Python Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 17 28
Rank change year-on-year -4 +11 -20
Permanent jobs citing Python 335 298 446
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 6.00% 9.85% 6.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.46% 38.06% 23.56%
Number of salaries quoted 177 160 347
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £100,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -10.86%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 871 783 1,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.60% 25.89% 28.94%
Number of salaries quoted 635 529 1,605
10th Percentile £39,100 £37,250 £36,350
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Python job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +5 133 £55,000 -1.02% 43
Oxfordshire -3 116 £63,125 +14.77% 56
Buckinghamshire -2 86 £55,000 -8.33% 26
Python
South East

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.39%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.60%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.60%) WordPress
3 1 (0.30%) Apache
3 1 (0.30%) Camunda
3 1 (0.30%) Confluence
3 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.30%) Kinematics
Applications
1 82 (24.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.58%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.90%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.90%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 176 (52.54%) Azure
2 108 (32.24%) Power Platform
3 85 (25.37%) AWS
4 83 (24.78%) Azure AI
5 32 (9.55%) GCP
6 23 (6.87%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (5.07%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (4.48%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (3.58%) OpenShift
10 11 (3.28%) SaaS
11 10 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
11 10 (2.99%) GitHub
11 10 (2.99%) Serverless
12 9 (2.69%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (2.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (2.09%) Amazon S3
13 7 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (2.09%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (2.09%) dbt
13 7 (2.09%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.97%) Firewall
2 17 (5.07%) DNS
3 7 (2.09%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.79%) SSL
5 5 (1.49%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (1.49%) HTTP
6 3 (0.90%) VPN
7 2 (0.60%) DHCP
7 2 (0.60%) Internet
7 2 (0.60%) MQTT
7 2 (0.60%) SpaceWire
8 1 (0.30%) Broadband
8 1 (0.30%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.30%) Intranet
8 1 (0.30%) Modbus
8 1 (0.30%) Network Security
8 1 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.30%) SMTP
8 1 (0.30%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.30%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (26.87%) Power BI
2 69 (20.60%) Tableau
3 14 (4.18%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (2.69%) Data Lake
4 9 (2.69%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.39%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.49%) Metadata
7 4 (1.19%) Airbyte
8 3 (0.90%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.90%) Spark SQL
8 3 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.60%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.60%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.30%) Big Data
10 1 (0.30%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.30%) Looker
10 1 (0.30%) MySQL
10 1 (0.30%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 42 (12.54%) Git
2 23 (6.87%) GitLab
3 14 (4.18%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.99%) JIRA
5 6 (1.79%) Cucumber
5 6 (1.79%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.19%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.90%) JMeter
7 3 (0.90%) JUnit
7 3 (0.90%) MLflow
7 3 (0.90%) Mockito
7 3 (0.90%) Polyspace
7 3 (0.90%) VectorCAST
8 2 (0.60%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.30%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.30%) Postman
9 1 (0.30%) Selenium
9 1 (0.30%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.30%) Subversion
General
1 168 (50.15%) Social Skills
2 67 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (14.63%) Finance
4 23 (6.87%) Manufacturing
5 15 (4.48%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (2.99%) Law
7 10 (2.99%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.19%) Games
12 3 (0.90%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.90%) Automotive
12 3 (0.90%) Marketing
12 3 (0.90%) Retail
13 2 (0.60%) Banking
13 2 (0.60%) Electronics
13 2 (0.60%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 101 (30.15%) Analyst
2 80 (23.88%) Data Analyst
3 65 (19.40%) Junior
4 63 (18.81%) Junior Analyst
4 63 (18.81%) Junior Data Analyst
5 58 (17.31%) Software Engineer
6 46 (13.73%) Developer
6 46 (13.73%) Python Engineer
7 40 (11.94%) Python Software Engineer
8 31 (9.25%) Senior
9 26 (7.76%) C++ Software Engineer
10 23 (6.87%) Data Engineer
11 21 (6.27%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 19 (5.67%) Automation Engineer
12 19 (5.67%) C# Software Engineer
13 15 (4.48%) Power Platform Developer
14 14 (4.18%) Python Developer
15 12 (3.58%) AWS Engineer
15 12 (3.58%) DevOps Engineer
15 12 (3.58%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.96%) REST
2 18 (5.37%) JSON
3 14 (4.18%) NumPy
3 14 (4.18%) Pandas
3 14 (4.18%) YAML
4 12 (3.58%) .NET
5 10 (2.99%) Jinja
5 10 (2.99%) Middleware
5 10 (2.99%) React
5 10 (2.99%) SOAP
6 8 (2.39%) Web Services
6 8 (2.39%) XML
7 7 (2.09%) Django
7 7 (2.09%) HTML
7 7 (2.09%) Lightning Web Components
7 7 (2.09%) Visualforce
8 6 (1.79%) TensorFlow
9 5 (1.49%) scikit-learn
9 5 (1.49%) Twisted
9 5 (1.49%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.36%) Low-Code
2 24 (7.16%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (5.97%) Life Science
4 18 (5.37%) Algorithms
5 14 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (3.88%) Client/Server
7 12 (3.58%) Cloud Native
8 11 (3.28%) Hackathon
9 10 (2.99%) Distributed Computing
10 8 (2.39%) Cyber Defence
11 7 (2.09%) Security Operations Centre
11 7 (2.09%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.79%) Embedded Systems
12 6 (1.79%) Product Ownership
13 5 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
14 4 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
14 4 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
14 4 (1.19%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
15 3 (0.90%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 55 (16.42%) Linux
2 13 (3.88%) Windows
3 7 (2.09%) Unix
4 3 (0.90%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.60%) VxWorks
6 1 (0.30%) FreeBSD
6 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.30%) OpenBSD
6 1 (0.30%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (40.00%) AI
2 94 (28.06%) Business Intelligence
3 90 (26.87%) CI/CD
4 78 (23.28%) Problem-Solving
5 73 (21.79%) Software Engineering
6 70 (20.90%) Agile
7 58 (17.31%) DevOps
8 48 (14.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 47 (14.03%) Computer Science
10 46 (13.73%) Analytics
11 39 (11.64%) Machine Learning
12 37 (11.04%) Deployment Automation
13 35 (10.45%) Test Automation
14 34 (10.15%) Data Modelling
14 34 (10.15%) Decision-Making
15 33 (9.85%) Containerisation
16 32 (9.55%) Data Governance
17 31 (9.25%) ETL
18 30 (8.96%) Data Pipeline
19 27 (8.06%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 126 (37.61%) SQL
2 50 (14.93%) C++
3 46 (13.73%) JavaScript
4 44 (13.13%) C#
5 27 (8.06%) Java
6 18 (5.37%) C
7 16 (4.78%) PowerShell
8 15 (4.48%) VBA
9 13 (3.88%) Rust
9 13 (3.88%) TypeScript
10 11 (3.28%) Bash
11 8 (2.39%) Shell Script
12 7 (2.09%) Apex Code
13 6 (1.79%) Groovy
13 6 (1.79%) R
14 5 (1.49%) Go
15 4 (1.19%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (1.19%) Perl
16 3 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 2 (0.60%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 83 (24.78%) Azure Certification
2 79 (23.58%) Degree
3 45 (13.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (8.36%) Security Cleared
5 22 (6.57%) SC Cleared
6 21 (6.27%) Master's Degree
7 12 (3.58%) ACCA
7 12 (3.58%) CIMA
8 7 (2.09%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (1.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (1.49%) PhD
11 3 (0.90%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (0.90%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.60%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.30%) GCIA
13 1 (0.30%) GIAC
13 1 (0.30%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.30%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (10.75%) QA
2 18 (5.37%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.69%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.90%) IEC 61508
4 3 (0.90%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.60%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 2 (0.60%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.60%) ECSS
5 2 (0.60%) GxP
5 2 (0.60%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.60%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.30%) MISRA
6 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (7.16%) Docker
2 17 (5.07%) Hyper-V
2 17 (5.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (4.48%) KVM
4 8 (2.39%) Active Directory
5 5 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.30%) Firmware
6 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (6.87%) Kubernetes
2 20 (5.97%) Terraform
3 10 (2.99%) Ansible
4 5 (1.49%) Grafana
4 5 (1.49%) Kibana
4 5 (1.49%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.19%) Graylog
5 4 (1.19%) Packer
6 3 (0.90%) Argo
7 2 (0.60%) Istio
7 2 (0.60%) Kustomize
7 2 (0.60%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.30%) Control-M
8 1 (0.30%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.30%) QRadar
8 1 (0.30%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 106 (31.64%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.07%) SAP
2 17 (5.07%) VMware
3 15 (4.48%) Databricks
4 13 (3.88%) Red Hat
5 10 (2.99%) Cisco
6 9 (2.69%) Oracle
7 7 (2.09%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.79%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.49%) AppDynamics
9 5 (1.49%) CrowdStrike
9 5 (1.49%) F5
9 5 (1.49%) Google
9 5 (1.49%) IBM
9 5 (1.49%) Juniper
9 5 (1.49%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.49%) Splunk
10 4 (1.19%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.19%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.60%) Agilent