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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 29 20
Rank change year-on-year +5 -9 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 340 290 445
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.42% 8.02% 7.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.31% 37.66% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 204 119 279
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,350 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,565 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% +1.03% -18.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £78,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -15.38%

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 991 770 1,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.80% 21.29% 27.39%
Number of salaries quoted 754 455 1,258
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -14.06%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,125 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.33%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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
Oxfordshire +3 135 £60,000 -2.04% 42
Berkshire +13 129 £60,000 +26.32% 35
Buckinghamshire -2 76 £55,000 -18.52% 21
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 6 (1.76%) Confluence
1 6 (1.76%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.88%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.59%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.59%) WordPress
4 1 (0.29%) Apache
4 1 (0.29%) Camunda
4 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
Applications
1 56 (16.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.47%) Lightworks
3 4 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.88%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.88%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (1.76%) Raiser’s Edge
2 3 (0.88%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 160 (47.06%) Azure
2 116 (34.12%) AWS
3 67 (19.71%) Power Platform
4 66 (19.41%) Azure AI
5 30 (8.82%) GCP
6 22 (6.47%) GitHub
7 20 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
8 16 (4.71%) Amazon EKS
9 15 (4.41%) Serverless
10 14 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (4.12%) OpenShift
11 13 (3.82%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (3.82%) Cloudflare
12 12 (3.53%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (2.65%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (2.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (2.06%) Amazon ECS
14 7 (2.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 6 (1.76%) AWS Lambda
15 6 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 38 (11.18%) Firewall
2 30 (8.82%) DNS
3 16 (4.71%) VPN
4 13 (3.82%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.94%) DHCP
6 9 (2.65%) Wireless
7 8 (2.35%) SSL
8 7 (2.06%) HTTP
8 7 (2.06%) VLAN
9 6 (1.76%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (1.47%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (1.47%) MQTT
11 3 (0.88%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.59%) Internet
13 1 (0.29%) Broadband
13 1 (0.29%) DNSSEC
13 1 (0.29%) HTTPS
13 1 (0.29%) Network Security
13 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
13 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (18.24%) Power BI
2 49 (14.41%) Tableau
3 23 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (4.12%) Relational Database
5 9 (2.65%) Data Lake
6 8 (2.35%) SQL Server
7 6 (1.76%) Airbyte
7 6 (1.76%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.18%) MySQL
10 3 (0.88%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.88%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.59%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.59%) GIS
11 2 (0.59%) QGIS
11 2 (0.59%) Redis
11 2 (0.59%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.59%) Spotfire
11 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 43 (12.65%) Git
2 26 (7.65%) GitLab
3 19 (5.59%) Jenkins
4 15 (4.41%) JIRA
5 8 (2.35%) JUnit
5 8 (2.35%) LabVIEW
6 7 (2.06%) JMeter
6 7 (2.06%) Mockito
7 6 (1.76%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.47%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.18%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.88%) PetaLinux
10 3 (0.88%) Polyspace
10 3 (0.88%) VectorCAST
11 2 (0.59%) Mocha
11 2 (0.59%) Selenium
12 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
12 1 (0.29%) Eclipse RCP
12 1 (0.29%) Subversion
12 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 150 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 55 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (9.71%) Manufacturing
4 24 (7.06%) Finance
5 15 (4.41%) Telecoms
6 14 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (3.24%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.65%) Aerospace
9 9 (2.65%) Electronics
10 7 (2.06%) Health Technology
11 6 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.76%) Retail
12 4 (1.18%) Automotive
12 4 (1.18%) Banking
12 4 (1.18%) Games
12 4 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.18%) Marketing
13 3 (0.88%) Mandarin Language
14 2 (0.59%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 81 (23.82%) Software Engineer
2 75 (22.06%) Analyst
3 68 (20.00%) Python Engineer
4 56 (16.47%) Data Analyst
5 54 (15.88%) Python Software Engineer
6 46 (13.53%) Junior
7 45 (13.24%) Junior Analyst
7 45 (13.24%) Junior Data Analyst
8 42 (12.35%) Senior
9 36 (10.59%) C++ Software Engineer
10 30 (8.82%) Developer
11 27 (7.94%) C# Software Engineer
12 25 (7.35%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 24 (7.06%) Network Engineer
14 22 (6.47%) Data Engineer
15 19 (5.59%) AWS Engineer
16 18 (5.29%) Automation Engineer
17 17 (5.00%) AWS Software Engineer
18 15 (4.41%) Java Engineer
19 12 (3.53%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.24%) REST
2 25 (7.35%) JSON
3 20 (5.88%) React
4 14 (4.12%) Django
4 14 (4.12%) HTML
4 14 (4.12%) YAML
5 13 (3.82%) XML
6 12 (3.53%) NumPy
6 12 (3.53%) Pandas
7 10 (2.94%) Jinja
7 10 (2.94%) Web Services
8 8 (2.35%) Spring
8 8 (2.35%) Spring Boot
9 7 (2.06%) ActiveMQ
9 7 (2.06%) Apache Camel
9 7 (2.06%) CSS
9 7 (2.06%) Hibernate
9 7 (2.06%) jQuery
9 7 (2.06%) Node.js
9 7 (2.06%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.24%) Distributed Systems
2 25 (7.35%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (5.29%) Distributed Computing
4 15 (4.41%) Algorithms
4 15 (4.41%) Cloud Native
5 14 (4.12%) Security Operations Centre
6 13 (3.82%) Life Science
6 13 (3.82%) Low-Code
7 10 (2.94%) Client/Server
8 8 (2.35%) Cyber Defence
8 8 (2.35%) Fibre Optics
8 8 (2.35%) Hackathon
8 8 (2.35%) PKI
8 8 (2.35%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.06%) Embedded Systems
9 7 (2.06%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (2.06%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.76%) CCTV
10 6 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 73 (21.47%) Linux
2 29 (8.53%) Windows
3 6 (1.76%) Unix
4 4 (1.18%) Debian
5 3 (0.88%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.88%) Gentoo
5 3 (0.88%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.29%) FreeBSD
6 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.29%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (35.88%) AI
2 95 (27.94%) Software Engineering
3 85 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (23.24%) CI/CD
5 73 (21.47%) Business Intelligence
6 65 (19.12%) Agile
7 51 (15.00%) DevOps
8 41 (12.06%) Analytics
9 40 (11.76%) Computer Science
9 40 (11.76%) Containerisation
10 39 (11.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 38 (11.18%) Test Automation
12 35 (10.29%) Machine Learning
13 33 (9.71%) Data Modelling
14 29 (8.53%) Infrastructure as Code
15 28 (8.24%) SIEM
16 27 (7.94%) Microservices
17 26 (7.65%) Full-Stack Development
18 24 (7.06%) Cybersecurity
18 24 (7.06%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 98 (28.82%) SQL
2 63 (18.53%) C++
3 49 (14.41%) C#
4 46 (13.53%) JavaScript
5 40 (11.76%) PowerShell
6 37 (10.88%) Java
7 30 (8.82%) Bash
8 26 (7.65%) TypeScript
9 18 (5.29%) C
10 14 (4.12%) Rust
11 11 (3.24%) MATLAB
12 10 (2.94%) Shell Script
13 7 (2.06%) VBA
14 6 (1.76%) Groovy
15 5 (1.47%) Apex Code
15 5 (1.47%) Go
15 5 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (1.18%) Perl
16 4 (1.18%) R
16 4 (1.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 82 (24.12%) Degree
2 67 (19.71%) Azure Certification
3 50 (14.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 36 (10.59%) Security Cleared
5 31 (9.12%) SC Cleared
6 26 (7.65%) Master's Degree
7 13 (3.82%) CompTIA Security+
7 13 (3.82%) PhD
8 8 (2.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (1.76%) CompTIA CySA+
10 5 (1.47%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.47%) GCIA
10 5 (1.47%) GIAC
11 4 (1.18%) ACCA
11 4 (1.18%) CCNA CyberOps
11 4 (1.18%) CEH
11 4 (1.18%) CIMA
11 4 (1.18%) CISSP
12 3 (0.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 3 (0.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.12%) QA
2 17 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.35%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.76%) GDPR
5 5 (1.47%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.88%) ECSS
6 3 (0.88%) IEC 61508
6 3 (0.88%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.59%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.59%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.59%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.29%) MISRA
8 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (11.47%) Docker
2 29 (8.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (8.24%) Hyper-V
4 20 (5.88%) KVM
5 17 (5.00%) Active Directory
6 6 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.76%) vSphere
7 1 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (10.59%) Kubernetes
2 22 (6.47%) Terraform
3 14 (4.12%) Graylog
4 13 (3.82%) Ansible
5 9 (2.65%) Proxmox
6 8 (2.35%) Kibana
6 8 (2.35%) ZABBIX
7 7 (2.06%) Grafana
7 7 (2.06%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.76%) Argo
9 4 (1.18%) Kustomize
9 4 (1.18%) Packer
9 4 (1.18%) Podman
10 3 (0.88%) Istio
11 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.29%) QRadar
Vendors
1 98 (28.82%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.53%) VMware
3 14 (4.12%) Cisco
3 14 (4.12%) Red Hat
4 10 (2.94%) Splunk
5 9 (2.65%) Oracle
5 9 (2.65%) SAP
6 8 (2.35%) Databricks
6 8 (2.35%) IBM
6 8 (2.35%) Veeam
7 7 (2.06%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.47%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.47%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (1.47%) F5
8 5 (1.47%) Google
8 5 (1.47%) Juniper
8 5 (1.47%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.47%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.18%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.18%) Xilinx