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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 16 32
Rank change year-on-year -22 +16 -25
Permanent jobs citing Python 182 343 279
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.54% 10.03% 7.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.90% 30.06% 21.04%
Number of salaries quoted 104 178 185
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,723
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,813 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,144 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% +20.26% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,313 £79,688 £77,000
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 589 1,141 1,326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.69% 33.36% 33.58%
Number of salaries quoted 436 675 1,004
10th Percentile £33,250 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,688 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,430 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.71% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £71,250 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,125 £88,250 £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 11 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 11 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 -28 80 £47,520 -32.11% 318
Oxfordshire -5 52 £67,500 - 100
Buckinghamshire -15 50 £60,000 +1.69% 76
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 (3.30%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.55%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.55%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.55%) Kinematics
2 1 (0.55%) SAS
Applications
1 28 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.30%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.10%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.55%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 63 (34.62%) Azure
2 61 (33.52%) Power Platform
3 45 (24.73%) AWS
4 26 (14.29%) GCP
5 21 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (8.24%) Azure AI
6 15 (8.24%) Serverless
7 14 (7.69%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (6.59%) Amazon EKS
8 12 (6.59%) GitHub
9 11 (6.04%) Amazon ECS
10 8 (4.40%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (4.40%) Azure Logic Apps
10 8 (4.40%) SaaS
11 7 (3.85%) dbt
11 7 (3.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 6 (3.30%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 6 (3.30%) Snowflake
13 5 (2.75%) Azure Machine Learning
13 5 (2.75%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.30%) DNS
1 6 (3.30%) Firewall
1 6 (3.30%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.65%) Internet
2 3 (1.65%) MQTT
3 2 (1.10%) 5G
3 2 (1.10%) Wireless
4 1 (0.55%) 4G
4 1 (0.55%) DHCP
4 1 (0.55%) Intranet
4 1 (0.55%) MIMO
4 1 (0.55%) Modbus
4 1 (0.55%) NGN
4 1 (0.55%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.55%) SpaceWire
4 1 (0.55%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (26.92%) Power BI
2 27 (14.84%) Tableau
3 20 (10.99%) Relational Database
4 18 (9.89%) BigQuery
5 14 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (6.59%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (6.04%) RDBMS
8 10 (5.49%) Metadata
9 6 (3.30%) SQL Server
10 5 (2.75%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.65%) Data Hub
11 3 (1.65%) Looker
11 3 (1.65%) MySQL
12 2 (1.10%) Airbyte
12 2 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (1.10%) Data Lake
12 2 (1.10%) Snowflake Schema
12 2 (1.10%) Spark SQL
12 2 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (12.64%) Git
2 19 (10.44%) Jenkins
3 11 (6.04%) JMeter
3 11 (6.04%) JUnit
3 11 (6.04%) Mockito
4 7 (3.85%) MLflow
5 5 (2.75%) GitLab
5 5 (2.75%) Selenium
6 4 (2.20%) Cucumber
6 4 (2.20%) Postman
6 4 (2.20%) SoapUI
7 2 (1.10%) JIRA
7 2 (1.10%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.55%) Appium
8 1 (0.55%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.55%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.55%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.55%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.55%) Metasploit
General
1 67 (36.81%) Social Skills
2 36 (19.78%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (16.48%) Finance
4 24 (13.19%) Law
5 17 (9.34%) Marketing
5 17 (9.34%) Public Sector
6 14 (7.69%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.75%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.65%) Retail
10 2 (1.10%) Automotive
10 2 (1.10%) Aviation
10 2 (1.10%) Banking
10 2 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.10%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.55%) Aeronautics
11 1 (0.55%) Electronics
11 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (20.88%) Analyst
2 37 (20.33%) Developer
3 27 (14.84%) Senior
4 24 (13.19%) Data Analyst
5 18 (9.89%) Architect
6 16 (8.79%) Junior
6 16 (8.79%) Software Engineer
7 15 (8.24%) Junior Analyst
7 15 (8.24%) Junior Data Analyst
8 14 (7.69%) Cloud Architect
8 14 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
8 14 (7.69%) GCP Architect
8 14 (7.69%) Platform Architect
9 12 (6.59%) Java Developer
10 11 (6.04%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 11 (6.04%) Mid-Level Java Developer
11 9 (4.95%) Lead
12 8 (4.40%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 8 (4.40%) Data Engineer
12 8 (4.40%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (13.74%) REST
2 15 (8.24%) SOAP
3 13 (7.14%) HTML
3 13 (7.14%) Spring Boot
4 12 (6.59%) .NET
4 12 (6.59%) JSON
4 12 (6.59%) Spring
4 12 (6.59%) Web Services
4 12 (6.59%) XML
5 11 (6.04%) ActiveMQ
5 11 (6.04%) Apache Camel
5 11 (6.04%) Hibernate
5 11 (6.04%) jQuery
5 11 (6.04%) Middleware
5 11 (6.04%) WireMock
6 7 (3.85%) Lightning Web Components
6 7 (3.85%) Visualforce
7 6 (3.30%) scikit-learn
8 5 (2.75%) PyTorch
9 4 (2.20%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.89%) Cloud Native
2 13 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
2 13 (7.14%) Life Science
2 13 (7.14%) Low-Code
3 6 (3.30%) Algorithms
4 5 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.20%) Hackathon
5 4 (2.20%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.65%) AI Agents
6 3 (1.65%) Animation
6 3 (1.65%) Industry 4.0
6 3 (1.65%) LIMS
6 3 (1.65%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 3 (1.65%) SCADA
7 1 (0.55%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.55%) FPGA
7 1 (0.55%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.55%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.55%) Replication
7 1 (0.55%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 24 (13.19%) Linux
2 10 (5.49%) Unix
3 7 (3.85%) Windows
4 1 (0.55%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.55%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.55%) VxWorks
4 1 (0.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (31.87%) CI/CD
2 52 (28.57%) Agile
3 49 (26.92%) Business Intelligence
4 46 (25.27%) Analytics
5 41 (22.53%) AI
5 41 (22.53%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (18.68%) DevOps
7 32 (17.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (17.03%) ETL
9 29 (15.93%) Computer Science
9 29 (15.93%) Data Science
10 28 (15.38%) Decision-Making
10 28 (15.38%) Software Engineering
11 27 (14.84%) Roadmaps
12 26 (14.29%) Machine Learning
12 26 (14.29%) Mentoring
13 25 (13.74%) Data Modelling
14 23 (12.64%) Data Governance
15 22 (12.09%) Strategic Roadmap
16 21 (11.54%) Cost Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 73 (40.11%) SQL
2 44 (24.18%) Java
3 37 (20.33%) JavaScript
4 20 (10.99%) C++
4 20 (10.99%) Go
5 17 (9.34%) C#
6 14 (7.69%) Shell Script
7 12 (6.59%) Bash
8 8 (4.40%) PowerShell
9 7 (3.85%) Apex Code
9 7 (3.85%) C
9 7 (3.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (3.30%) VBA
11 5 (2.75%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (2.75%) TypeScript
12 4 (2.20%) Fortran
12 4 (2.20%) PHP
12 4 (2.20%) R
13 3 (1.65%) MATLAB
14 2 (1.10%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (23.63%) Degree
2 25 (13.74%) Security Cleared
3 20 (10.99%) Master's Degree
4 19 (10.44%) Azure Certification
5 11 (6.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (5.49%) SC Cleared
7 7 (3.85%) PhD
8 6 (3.30%) ACCA
8 6 (3.30%) CIMA
9 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.10%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.10%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.55%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.55%) GPEN
11 1 (0.55%) MCSE
11 1 (0.55%) OSCP
11 1 (0.55%) RHCE
11 1 (0.55%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.79%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.59%) QA
3 3 (1.65%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (1.65%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.65%) ECSS
3 3 (1.65%) GDPR
3 3 (1.65%) GxP
4 1 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.55%) NIST
System Software
1 26 (14.29%) Docker
2 3 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.10%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.10%) vCloud
4 1 (0.55%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.55%) KVM
4 1 (0.55%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (22.53%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.59%) Kibana
2 12 (6.59%) Terraform
3 9 (4.95%) Ansible
4 4 (2.20%) Kubeflow
5 3 (1.65%) Argo
6 2 (1.10%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (1.10%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.55%) Control-M
7 1 (0.55%) Grafana
7 1 (0.55%) Nmap
7 1 (0.55%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.55%) SCCM
7 1 (0.55%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 27 (14.84%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.99%) Google
3 12 (6.59%) Dynatrace
4 11 (6.04%) Splunk
5 9 (4.95%) Databricks
5 9 (4.95%) Salesforce
6 7 (3.85%) MuleSoft
6 7 (3.85%) SAP
7 5 (2.75%) VMware
8 3 (1.65%) Agilent
8 3 (1.65%) Allen-Bradley
8 3 (1.65%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.65%) Siemens
8 3 (1.65%) Talend
9 2 (1.10%) Alteryx
9 2 (1.10%) Cognos
9 2 (1.10%) HubSpot
9 2 (1.10%) IBM
9 2 (1.10%) Informatica
9 2 (1.10%) Zoho