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 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 17 27
Rank change year-on-year -20 +10 -21
Permanent jobs citing Python 196 318 381
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.50% 9.82% 7.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.13% 30.49% 21.03%
Number of salaries quoted 109 165 274
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,275
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £110,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -

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 610 1,043 1,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.99% 32.22% 33.40%
Number of salaries quoted 453 619 1,470
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £87,500 £86,250
South East median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +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 16 February 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 16 February 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 £45,000 -35.71% 47
Oxfordshire -6 63 £70,000 +3.70% 45
Buckinghamshire -12 53 £60,000 +1.69% 33
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 (3.06%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.02%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.51%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.51%) Camunda
3 1 (0.51%) Kinematics
3 1 (0.51%) SAS
Applications
1 46 (23.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (6.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 85 (43.37%) Azure
2 77 (39.29%) Power Platform
3 49 (25.00%) AWS
4 27 (13.78%) Azure AI
5 25 (12.76%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (9.18%) GCP
7 15 (7.65%) Azure Logic Apps
8 13 (6.63%) Serverless
9 12 (6.12%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (5.61%) Amazon EKS
11 10 (5.10%) SaaS
12 9 (4.59%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (4.08%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (4.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 7 (3.57%) GitHub
14 7 (3.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 5 (2.55%) dbt
16 4 (2.04%) Amazon S3
16 4 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
16 4 (2.04%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.06%) Firewall
2 5 (2.55%) DNS
2 5 (2.55%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.53%) Internet
3 3 (1.53%) MQTT
4 2 (1.02%) 5G
4 2 (1.02%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (1.02%) SpaceWire
5 1 (0.51%) 4G
5 1 (0.51%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.51%) Intranet
5 1 (0.51%) MIMO
5 1 (0.51%) Modbus
5 1 (0.51%) NGN
5 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (30.10%) Power BI
2 37 (18.88%) Tableau
3 15 (7.65%) Relational Database
4 12 (6.12%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (4.59%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (4.59%) Metadata
5 9 (4.59%) RDBMS
6 4 (2.04%) Qlik Sense
6 4 (2.04%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.53%) Data Hub
7 3 (1.53%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.53%) Spark SQL
8 2 (1.02%) Airbyte
8 2 (1.02%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.02%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.51%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.51%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.51%) MySQL
9 1 (0.51%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 21 (10.71%) Git
2 15 (7.65%) Jenkins
3 9 (4.59%) GitLab
3 9 (4.59%) JMeter
3 9 (4.59%) JUnit
3 9 (4.59%) Mockito
4 7 (3.57%) MLflow
5 4 (2.04%) Selenium
6 3 (1.53%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.53%) Postman
6 3 (1.53%) SoapUI
7 2 (1.02%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.51%) Appium
8 1 (0.51%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.51%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.51%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.51%) Subversion
General
1 84 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 51 (26.02%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (21.94%) Finance
4 17 (8.67%) Manufacturing
5 16 (8.16%) Public Sector
6 12 (6.12%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (5.61%) Law
8 9 (4.59%) Telecoms
9 7 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.53%) Aviation
10 3 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.02%) Aeronautics
11 2 (1.02%) Automotive
11 2 (1.02%) Banking
11 2 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.02%) Marketing
11 2 (1.02%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.51%) Legal
12 1 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Retail
Job Titles
1 54 (27.55%) Analyst
2 43 (21.94%) Data Analyst
3 42 (21.43%) Developer
4 28 (14.29%) Junior
5 27 (13.78%) Junior Analyst
5 27 (13.78%) Junior Data Analyst
6 26 (13.27%) Senior
6 26 (13.27%) Software Engineer
7 15 (7.65%) Power Platform Developer
8 12 (6.12%) Financial Analyst
8 12 (6.12%) Full-Stack Developer
8 12 (6.12%) Python Engineer
9 11 (5.61%) Lead
10 10 (5.10%) Data Engineer
10 10 (5.10%) Java Developer
10 10 (5.10%) Python Software Engineer
11 9 (4.59%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 9 (4.59%) Mid-Level Java Developer
12 7 (3.57%) Associate Engineer
12 7 (3.57%) Customer Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (12.76%) REST
2 15 (7.65%) SOAP
3 14 (7.14%) .NET
4 12 (6.12%) JSON
4 12 (6.12%) Middleware
5 11 (5.61%) HTML
5 11 (5.61%) Spring Boot
5 11 (5.61%) XML
6 10 (5.10%) Spring
6 10 (5.10%) Web Services
7 9 (4.59%) ActiveMQ
7 9 (4.59%) Apache Camel
7 9 (4.59%) Hibernate
7 9 (4.59%) jQuery
7 9 (4.59%) WireMock
8 8 (4.08%) Lightning Web Components
8 8 (4.08%) Visualforce
9 5 (2.55%) PyTorch
10 4 (2.04%) React
10 4 (2.04%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.22%) Low-Code
2 17 (8.67%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (8.16%) Life Science
4 7 (3.57%) Client/Server
4 7 (3.57%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.06%) Algorithms
6 5 (2.55%) Hackathon
6 5 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.04%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.04%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.53%) Animation
8 3 (1.53%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.53%) LIMS
9 2 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.02%) FPGA
9 2 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.02%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.51%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 25 (12.76%) Linux
2 8 (4.08%) Unix
3 3 (1.53%) Windows
4 2 (1.02%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.51%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (35.20%) CI/CD
2 60 (30.61%) Agile
3 59 (30.10%) Business Intelligence
4 58 (29.59%) AI
5 56 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (21.43%) DevOps
7 41 (20.92%) Software Engineering
8 37 (18.88%) Computer Science
9 33 (16.84%) Decision-Making
10 31 (15.82%) ETL
11 29 (14.80%) Data Governance
12 28 (14.29%) Machine Learning
13 27 (13.78%) Analytics
13 27 (13.78%) Data Modelling
14 25 (12.76%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (11.22%) Deployment Automation
16 19 (9.69%) Cybersecurity
16 19 (9.69%) Data Pipeline
16 19 (9.69%) Full-Stack Development
17 18 (9.18%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 82 (41.84%) SQL
2 42 (21.43%) JavaScript
3 31 (15.82%) C++
4 30 (15.31%) Java
5 29 (14.80%) C#
6 14 (7.14%) C
7 12 (6.12%) Shell Script
7 12 (6.12%) VBA
8 8 (4.08%) Apex Code
8 8 (4.08%) Bash
9 7 (3.57%) Rust
9 7 (3.57%) TypeScript
10 5 (2.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (2.55%) Go
10 5 (2.55%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (2.04%) R
12 3 (1.53%) Fortran
12 3 (1.53%) PHP
12 3 (1.53%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.51%) Perl
Qualifications
1 55 (28.06%) Degree
2 31 (15.82%) Azure Certification
3 25 (12.76%) Security Cleared
4 22 (11.22%) Master's Degree
5 20 (10.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (6.12%) ACCA
6 12 (6.12%) CIMA
7 10 (5.10%) SC Cleared
8 7 (3.57%) PhD
9 2 (1.02%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.67%) QA
2 15 (7.65%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.04%) ECSS
4 3 (1.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 3 (1.53%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.53%) GDPR
4 3 (1.53%) GxP
5 1 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.51%) MISRA
System Software
1 22 (11.22%) Docker
2 8 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.57%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.57%) KVM
4 1 (0.51%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (12.24%) Kubernetes
2 13 (6.63%) Terraform
3 10 (5.10%) Kibana
4 6 (3.06%) Ansible
5 4 (2.04%) Kubeflow
6 3 (1.53%) Argo
7 1 (0.51%) Control-M
7 1 (0.51%) Grafana
7 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.51%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 46 (23.47%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.14%) SAP
3 11 (5.61%) Databricks
4 10 (5.10%) Dynatrace
5 9 (4.59%) Splunk
6 8 (4.08%) MuleSoft
6 8 (4.08%) Salesforce
6 8 (4.08%) VMware
7 4 (2.04%) Google
7 4 (2.04%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.53%) Agilent
8 3 (1.53%) Oracle
9 2 (1.02%) Cisco
9 2 (1.02%) IBM
9 2 (1.02%) Informatica
10 1 (0.51%) Dell
10 1 (0.51%) Epicor
10 1 (0.51%) Juniper
10 1 (0.51%) Software AG
10 1 (0.51%) TIBCO