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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 35 15
Rank change year-on-year +6 -20 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 323 240 419
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.33% 6.37% 8.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.31% 36.92% 30.49%
Number of salaries quoted 217 97 200
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,150 £38,962
25th Percentile £50,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -14.81%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,100 £94,250 £90,125
South East median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -10.20%

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 1,102 650 1,374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.79% 17.26% 28.41%
Number of salaries quoted 866 391 812
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,513
Median % change year-on-year - +4.33% -4.15%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £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 26 September 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 26 September 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 +9 162 £62,500 -3.85% 222
Berkshire +12 108 £61,250 +28.89% 172
Buckinghamshire -8 53 £53,750 +2.38% 52
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 7 (2.17%) Confluence
1 7 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.24%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.24%) SAS
3 2 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.62%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.31%) Apache
Applications
1 21 (6.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.86%) Lightworks
3 4 (1.24%) Mathematica
3 4 (1.24%) Simulink
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.31%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 6 (1.86%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.31%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 120 (37.15%) Azure
2 112 (34.67%) AWS
3 43 (13.31%) Power Platform
4 33 (10.22%) Azure AI
5 28 (8.67%) GitHub
6 27 (8.36%) Azure Sentinel
7 20 (6.19%) Amazon EKS
8 18 (5.57%) GCP
8 18 (5.57%) Microsoft 365
9 17 (5.26%) Serverless
10 15 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (4.33%) Amazon EC2
11 14 (4.33%) Cloudflare
12 13 (4.02%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (3.72%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (3.72%) Azure Logic Apps
13 12 (3.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 11 (3.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 10 (3.10%) Amazon ECS
16 8 (2.48%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 32 (9.91%) DNS
2 29 (8.98%) Firewall
3 17 (5.26%) VPN
4 14 (4.33%) TCP/IP
5 10 (3.10%) Wireless
6 9 (2.79%) DHCP
6 9 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (2.48%) SSL
8 7 (2.17%) VLAN
9 6 (1.86%) HTTP
9 6 (1.86%) MQTT
10 5 (1.55%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.62%) IPv4
11 2 (0.62%) IPv6
11 2 (0.62%) SNMP
11 2 (0.62%) WireGuard
12 1 (0.31%) Network Security
12 1 (0.31%) NGN
12 1 (0.31%) Software-Defined Radio
12 1 (0.31%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (12.69%) Power BI
2 28 (8.67%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (5.57%) Tableau
4 15 (4.64%) Relational Database
5 13 (4.02%) NoSQL
5 13 (4.02%) SQL Server
6 12 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (3.41%) Metadata
7 11 (3.41%) MongoDB
7 11 (3.41%) Star Schema
8 9 (2.79%) Amazon QuickSight
8 9 (2.79%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (2.79%) DynamoDB
8 9 (2.79%) Snowflake Schema
9 7 (2.17%) MySQL
9 7 (2.17%) RDBMS
10 6 (1.86%) Airbyte
11 4 (1.24%) Redis
12 3 (0.93%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.93%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 48 (14.86%) Git
2 19 (5.88%) GitLab
3 18 (5.57%) Jenkins
4 13 (4.02%) JIRA
5 9 (2.79%) JMeter
5 9 (2.79%) JUnit
6 8 (2.48%) LabVIEW
6 8 (2.48%) Mockito
7 6 (1.86%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.55%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.24%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.24%) PetaLinux
10 3 (0.93%) MLflow
10 3 (0.93%) Mocha
10 3 (0.93%) Selenium
11 2 (0.62%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.62%) Eclipse RCP
12 1 (0.31%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.31%) Storybook
12 1 (0.31%) VectorCAST
General
1 112 (34.67%) Social Skills
2 33 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
2 33 (10.22%) Manufacturing
3 29 (8.98%) Finance
4 16 (4.95%) Aerospace
5 14 (4.33%) Retail
6 11 (3.41%) Electronics
6 11 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (3.41%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.17%) Automotive
8 7 (2.17%) Health Technology
9 5 (1.55%) Legal
10 4 (1.24%) Banking
10 4 (1.24%) Marketing
11 3 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.93%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (0.62%) Aviation
12 2 (0.62%) Law
12 2 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 87 (26.93%) Software Engineer
2 75 (23.22%) Python Engineer
3 67 (20.74%) Senior
4 60 (18.58%) Python Software Engineer
5 44 (13.62%) C++ Software Engineer
6 41 (12.69%) Analyst
7 28 (8.67%) C# Software Engineer
8 25 (7.74%) AWS Engineer
8 25 (7.74%) Developer
9 23 (7.12%) AWS Software Engineer
10 22 (6.81%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 22 (6.81%) Java Engineer
11 19 (5.88%) Data Analyst
11 19 (5.88%) Data Engineer
12 18 (5.57%) Cloud Engineer
13 16 (4.95%) Network Engineer
14 15 (4.64%) Junior
14 15 (4.64%) Junior Analyst
14 15 (4.64%) Junior Data Analyst
14 15 (4.64%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (11.15%) React
2 26 (8.05%) Terraform
3 20 (6.19%) REST
4 18 (5.57%) JSON
5 14 (4.33%) Django
6 12 (3.72%) HTML
6 12 (3.72%) Node.js
7 11 (3.41%) XML
8 10 (3.10%) Spring
8 10 (3.10%) Spring Boot
9 9 (2.79%) NumPy
9 9 (2.79%) Pandas
9 9 (2.79%) PySpark
9 9 (2.79%) Vue
10 8 (2.48%) ActiveMQ
10 8 (2.48%) Apache Camel
10 8 (2.48%) FastAPI
10 8 (2.48%) Hibernate
10 8 (2.48%) jQuery
10 8 (2.48%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.43%) Distributed Computing
2 19 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (5.57%) Security Operations Centre
4 16 (4.95%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (4.64%) Cloud Native
5 15 (4.64%) Product Ownership
6 13 (4.02%) Algorithms
7 10 (3.10%) Embedded Systems
7 10 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.10%) Robotics
8 9 (2.79%) Cyber Defence
8 9 (2.79%) IoT
9 8 (2.48%) Fibre Optics
9 8 (2.48%) PKI
10 6 (1.86%) CCTV
10 6 (1.86%) CSOC
10 6 (1.86%) Life Science
10 6 (1.86%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.86%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 72 (22.29%) Linux
2 37 (11.46%) Windows
3 7 (2.17%) Debian
4 4 (1.24%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.93%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (0.93%) Gentoo
5 3 (0.93%) Robot Operating System
5 3 (0.93%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (33.44%) Software Engineering
2 104 (32.20%) AI
3 90 (27.86%) CI/CD
4 83 (25.70%) Problem-Solving
5 68 (21.05%) Agile
6 55 (17.03%) DevOps
7 53 (16.41%) Business Intelligence
8 46 (14.24%) Analytics
9 42 (13.00%) Machine Learning
10 37 (11.46%) Computer Science
11 34 (10.53%) Data Modelling
11 34 (10.53%) SIEM
12 32 (9.91%) Full-Stack Development
13 30 (9.29%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (9.29%) Mentoring
14 29 (8.98%) Cybersecurity
15 28 (8.67%) Containerisation
15 28 (8.67%) Data Engineering
15 28 (8.67%) Stakeholder Management
16 27 (8.36%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (23.84%) C++
2 75 (23.22%) SQL
3 59 (18.27%) C#
4 49 (15.17%) Java
5 44 (13.62%) JavaScript
6 43 (13.31%) PowerShell
7 34 (10.53%) Bash
7 34 (10.53%) TypeScript
8 16 (4.95%) MATLAB
9 13 (4.02%) Go
9 13 (4.02%) Shell Script
10 11 (3.41%) C
11 10 (3.10%) Rust
12 8 (2.48%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (1.86%) Groovy
14 5 (1.55%) Apex Code
15 4 (1.24%) Perl
15 4 (1.24%) Ruby
16 3 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 1 (0.31%) Julia
Qualifications
1 82 (25.39%) Degree
2 44 (13.62%) Computer Science Degree
2 44 (13.62%) Security Cleared
3 40 (12.38%) SC Cleared
4 34 (10.53%) Azure Certification
5 29 (8.98%) Master's Degree
6 23 (7.12%) PhD
7 15 (4.64%) CompTIA Security+
8 11 (3.41%) CISSP
9 7 (2.17%) CompTIA CySA+
10 6 (1.86%) GCIA
10 6 (1.86%) GIAC
10 6 (1.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (1.55%) CCNA CyberOps
11 5 (1.55%) CEH
12 3 (0.93%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.62%) CREST Certified
13 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.62%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.36%) Data Quality
2 20 (6.19%) QA
3 15 (4.64%) GDPR
4 9 (2.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 8 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.24%) ECSS
7 4 (1.24%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.93%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.62%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.62%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.62%) NIST
10 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.31%) IASME
10 1 (0.31%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 44 (13.62%) Docker
2 18 (5.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.26%) Hyper-V
4 14 (4.33%) Active Directory
5 10 (3.10%) KVM
6 6 (1.86%) vSphere
7 2 (0.62%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.62%) Firmware
7 2 (0.62%) iptables
8 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 46 (14.24%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.64%) Graylog
3 11 (3.41%) Ansible
4 10 (3.10%) Grafana
4 10 (3.10%) Prometheus
5 9 (2.79%) Kibana
6 8 (2.48%) Proxmox
6 8 (2.48%) ZABBIX
7 6 (1.86%) Argo
8 4 (1.24%) Kustomize
8 4 (1.24%) Packer
8 4 (1.24%) Podman
9 3 (0.93%) Istio
10 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.31%) Nagios
11 1 (0.31%) QRadar
11 1 (0.31%) WMI
Vendors
1 73 (22.60%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.57%) VMware
3 12 (3.72%) Splunk
4 11 (3.41%) Databricks
5 10 (3.10%) CrowdStrike
6 9 (2.79%) Informatica
6 9 (2.79%) Talend
7 8 (2.48%) Dynatrace
7 8 (2.48%) IBM
7 8 (2.48%) Veeam
8 7 (2.17%) Thales
9 6 (1.86%) New Relic
10 5 (1.55%) AppDynamics
10 5 (1.55%) Cisco
10 5 (1.55%) Darktrace
10 5 (1.55%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.55%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.24%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.24%) Xilinx
12 3 (0.93%) NVIDIA