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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 15 31
Rank change year-on-year -26 +16 -24
Permanent jobs citing Python 177 340 281
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.39% 10.05% 7.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.68% 30.17% 21.03%
Number of salaries quoted 102 177 188
10th Percentile £41,375 £41,250 £40,861
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% +19.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,938 £78,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £107,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.33%

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 577 1,127 1,336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.31% 33.30% 33.75%
Number of salaries quoted 437 663 1,016
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,350 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £79,250 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 14 January 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 14 January 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 -31 74 £47,520 -32.11% 282
Oxfordshire -6 53 £67,500 - 76
Buckinghamshire -13 50 £60,000 +1.69% 45
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 (3.39%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.56%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.56%) Kinematics
2 1 (0.56%) SAS
Applications
1 29 (16.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.39%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.56%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 2 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 63 (35.59%) Azure
2 60 (33.90%) Power Platform
3 47 (26.55%) AWS
4 21 (11.86%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (10.73%) GCP
6 15 (8.47%) Azure AI
6 15 (8.47%) Serverless
7 14 (7.91%) Amazon EC2
8 13 (7.34%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (6.21%) Amazon ECS
9 11 (6.21%) GitHub
10 9 (5.08%) SaaS
11 8 (4.52%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (4.52%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (3.95%) dbt
12 7 (3.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 6 (3.39%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 6 (3.39%) Snowflake
14 5 (2.82%) Azure Machine Learning
14 5 (2.82%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.95%) DNS
1 7 (3.95%) Firewall
2 6 (3.39%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.69%) Internet
3 3 (1.69%) MQTT
4 2 (1.13%) 5G
5 1 (0.56%) 4G
5 1 (0.56%) DHCP
5 1 (0.56%) Intranet
5 1 (0.56%) MIMO
5 1 (0.56%) Modbus
5 1 (0.56%) NGN
5 1 (0.56%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.56%) SpaceWire
5 1 (0.56%) VLAN
5 1 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (27.12%) Power BI
2 28 (15.82%) Tableau
3 20 (11.30%) Relational Database
4 14 (7.91%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (6.78%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (6.21%) RDBMS
7 10 (5.65%) BigQuery
7 10 (5.65%) Metadata
8 6 (3.39%) SQL Server
9 5 (2.82%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.69%) Data Hub
10 3 (1.69%) Looker
10 3 (1.69%) MySQL
11 2 (1.13%) Airbyte
11 2 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (1.13%) Data Lake
11 2 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
11 2 (1.13%) Spark SQL
11 2 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (12.99%) Git
2 19 (10.73%) Jenkins
3 11 (6.21%) JMeter
3 11 (6.21%) JUnit
3 11 (6.21%) Mockito
4 7 (3.95%) MLflow
5 6 (3.39%) GitLab
6 5 (2.82%) Selenium
7 4 (2.26%) Cucumber
7 4 (2.26%) Postman
7 4 (2.26%) SoapUI
8 2 (1.13%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.56%) Appium
9 1 (0.56%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.56%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.56%) JIRA
9 1 (0.56%) LabVIEW
General
1 67 (37.85%) Social Skills
2 37 (20.90%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (18.08%) Finance
4 17 (9.60%) Public Sector
5 16 (9.04%) Law
6 14 (7.91%) Manufacturing
7 9 (5.08%) Marketing
8 6 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.82%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.69%) Retail
11 2 (1.13%) Automotive
11 2 (1.13%) Aviation
11 2 (1.13%) Banking
11 2 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.13%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.56%) Aeronautics
12 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (22.03%) Analyst
2 37 (20.90%) Developer
3 26 (14.69%) Senior
4 25 (14.12%) Data Analyst
5 18 (10.17%) Software Engineer
6 16 (9.04%) Junior
7 15 (8.47%) Junior Analyst
7 15 (8.47%) Junior Data Analyst
8 14 (7.91%) Full-Stack Developer
9 12 (6.78%) Java Developer
10 11 (6.21%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 11 (6.21%) Mid-Level Java Developer
11 10 (5.65%) Architect
12 9 (5.08%) Lead
13 8 (4.52%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 8 (4.52%) Data Engineer
13 8 (4.52%) Power Platform Developer
14 6 (3.39%) Automation Engineer
14 6 (3.39%) Platform Architect
14 6 (3.39%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (14.12%) REST
2 15 (8.47%) SOAP
3 13 (7.34%) HTML
3 13 (7.34%) Spring Boot
4 12 (6.78%) .NET
4 12 (6.78%) JSON
4 12 (6.78%) Spring
4 12 (6.78%) Web Services
4 12 (6.78%) XML
5 11 (6.21%) ActiveMQ
5 11 (6.21%) Apache Camel
5 11 (6.21%) Hibernate
5 11 (6.21%) jQuery
5 11 (6.21%) Middleware
5 11 (6.21%) WireMock
6 7 (3.95%) Lightning Web Components
6 7 (3.95%) Visualforce
7 6 (3.39%) scikit-learn
8 5 (2.82%) PyTorch
9 4 (2.26%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.91%) Distributed Systems
1 14 (7.91%) Life Science
1 14 (7.91%) Low-Code
2 11 (6.21%) Cloud Native
3 6 (3.39%) Algorithms
3 6 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.82%) Hackathon
5 4 (2.26%) AI Agents
5 4 (2.26%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.69%) Animation
6 3 (1.69%) LIMS
7 2 (1.13%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.13%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.13%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (1.13%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 2 (1.13%) SCADA
8 1 (0.56%) Autonomous Agent
8 1 (0.56%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.56%) PCIe
8 1 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 25 (14.12%) Linux
2 10 (5.65%) Unix
3 7 (3.95%) Windows
4 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.56%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.56%) VxWorks
4 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 54 (30.51%) Agile
3 48 (27.12%) Business Intelligence
4 44 (24.86%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (24.29%) AI
6 38 (21.47%) Analytics
7 35 (19.77%) DevOps
8 32 (18.08%) Computer Science
9 31 (17.51%) ETL
10 30 (16.95%) Software Engineering
11 28 (15.82%) Decision-Making
11 28 (15.82%) Machine Learning
12 26 (14.69%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (14.12%) Data Modelling
14 23 (12.99%) Data Governance
15 22 (12.43%) Data Science
16 20 (11.30%) Full-Stack Development
16 20 (11.30%) SDLC
17 19 (10.73%) Data Pipeline
17 19 (10.73%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 73 (41.24%) SQL
2 36 (20.34%) Java
2 36 (20.34%) JavaScript
3 22 (12.43%) C++
4 18 (10.17%) C#
5 14 (7.91%) Shell Script
6 12 (6.78%) Go
7 11 (6.21%) Bash
8 8 (4.52%) C
9 7 (3.95%) Apex Code
9 7 (3.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (3.95%) PowerShell
10 6 (3.39%) TypeScript
10 6 (3.39%) VBA
11 5 (2.82%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (2.26%) Fortran
12 4 (2.26%) PHP
12 4 (2.26%) R
13 3 (1.69%) MATLAB
14 2 (1.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (25.99%) Degree
2 26 (14.69%) Security Cleared
3 21 (11.86%) Master's Degree
4 19 (10.73%) Azure Certification
5 12 (6.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (5.65%) SC Cleared
7 7 (3.95%) PhD
8 6 (3.39%) ACCA
8 6 (3.39%) CIMA
9 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.13%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (1.13%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.56%) MCSE
11 1 (0.56%) RHCE
11 1 (0.56%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.04%) Data Quality
2 13 (7.34%) QA
3 4 (2.26%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.69%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 3 (1.69%) ECSS
4 3 (1.69%) GDPR
4 3 (1.69%) GxP
5 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 26 (14.69%) Docker
2 4 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.69%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.13%) KVM
4 2 (1.13%) vCloud
5 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.56%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (19.21%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.78%) Kibana
2 12 (6.78%) Terraform
3 9 (5.08%) Ansible
4 4 (2.26%) Kubeflow
5 3 (1.69%) Argo
6 2 (1.13%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (1.13%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.56%) Control-M
7 1 (0.56%) Grafana
7 1 (0.56%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.56%) SCCM
7 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 28 (15.82%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.78%) Dynatrace
3 11 (6.21%) Google
3 11 (6.21%) Splunk
4 9 (5.08%) Databricks
4 9 (5.08%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.95%) MuleSoft
5 7 (3.95%) SAP
6 6 (3.39%) VMware
7 3 (1.69%) Agilent
7 3 (1.69%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.69%) Talend
8 2 (1.13%) Allen-Bradley
8 2 (1.13%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.13%) Cognos
8 2 (1.13%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.13%) IBM
8 2 (1.13%) Informatica
8 2 (1.13%) Siemens
8 2 (1.13%) Zoho