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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 26 19
Rank change year-on-year +3 -7 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 352 286 380
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.32% 7.95% 7.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.78% 38.54% 28.15%
Number of salaries quoted 214 119 230
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,260 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,565 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.73% +1.03% -18.52%
75th Percentile £65,469 £76,250 £70,938
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

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 1,042 742 1,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.74% 20.63% 25.98%
Number of salaries quoted 793 435 991
10th Percentile £36,500 £36,450 £38,130
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 8 August 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 8 August 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 +3 147 £60,000 -4.00% 82
Berkshire +10 132 £60,000 +26.32% 88
Buckinghamshire -4 73 £53,750 -19.17% 31
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 (1.99%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.70%) Confluence
3 3 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.57%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.57%) WordPress
5 1 (0.28%) Apache
5 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
Applications
1 49 (13.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.42%) Lightworks
3 3 (0.85%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.85%) Simulink
4 2 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.28%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 6 (1.70%) Raiser’s Edge
2 3 (0.85%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 160 (45.45%) Azure
2 125 (35.51%) AWS
3 60 (17.05%) Azure AI
4 58 (16.48%) Power Platform
5 32 (9.09%) GCP
6 28 (7.95%) GitHub
7 21 (5.97%) Azure Sentinel
8 18 (5.11%) Amazon EKS
9 15 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (4.26%) Serverless
10 14 (3.98%) OpenShift
11 13 (3.69%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (3.69%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (3.69%) Cloudflare
12 8 (2.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (2.27%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (2.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (1.99%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (1.99%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (11.36%) Firewall
2 32 (9.09%) DNS
3 18 (5.11%) VPN
4 13 (3.69%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.84%) DHCP
6 9 (2.56%) Wireless
7 8 (2.27%) SSL
7 8 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (1.99%) HTTP
8 7 (1.99%) VLAN
9 5 (1.42%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (1.42%) MQTT
10 3 (0.85%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.57%) Internet
11 2 (0.57%) IPv4
11 2 (0.57%) IPv6
11 2 (0.57%) WireGuard
12 1 (0.28%) Broadband
12 1 (0.28%) DNSSEC
12 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (15.91%) Power BI
2 43 (12.22%) Tableau
3 28 (7.95%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (3.69%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.27%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.99%) SQL Server
7 6 (1.70%) Airbyte
7 6 (1.70%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.14%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.14%) MySQL
9 4 (1.14%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.14%) Redis
10 3 (0.85%) Metadata
11 2 (0.57%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.57%) GIS
11 2 (0.57%) QGIS
11 2 (0.57%) Spotfire
11 2 (0.57%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 47 (13.35%) Git
2 26 (7.39%) GitLab
3 19 (5.40%) Jenkins
4 15 (4.26%) JIRA
5 8 (2.27%) JUnit
5 8 (2.27%) LabVIEW
6 7 (1.99%) JMeter
6 7 (1.99%) Mockito
7 6 (1.70%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.42%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.14%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.85%) PetaLinux
10 3 (0.85%) Polyspace
10 3 (0.85%) VectorCAST
11 2 (0.57%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.57%) Eclipse RCP
11 2 (0.57%) Mocha
11 2 (0.57%) Selenium
12 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 149 (42.33%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (9.94%) Manufacturing
4 27 (7.67%) Finance
5 15 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (4.26%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.13%) Public Sector
7 10 (2.84%) Aerospace
7 10 (2.84%) Electronics
7 10 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.27%) Retail
9 7 (1.99%) Automotive
9 7 (1.99%) Health Technology
10 6 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.42%) Legal
12 4 (1.14%) Banking
12 4 (1.14%) Games
12 4 (1.14%) Marketing
13 3 (0.85%) Law
13 3 (0.85%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 86 (24.43%) Software Engineer
2 75 (21.31%) Python Engineer
3 67 (19.03%) Analyst
4 57 (16.19%) Python Software Engineer
5 53 (15.06%) Senior
6 48 (13.64%) Data Analyst
7 40 (11.36%) Junior
8 39 (11.08%) Junior Analyst
8 39 (11.08%) Junior Data Analyst
9 37 (10.51%) C++ Software Engineer
10 30 (8.52%) Developer
11 28 (7.95%) C# Software Engineer
12 26 (7.39%) Network Engineer
13 25 (7.10%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 22 (6.25%) Data Engineer
15 20 (5.68%) AWS Engineer
16 18 (5.11%) AWS Software Engineer
17 17 (4.83%) Automation Engineer
18 16 (4.55%) Java Engineer
19 14 (3.98%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.52%) React
2 29 (8.24%) REST
3 25 (7.10%) JSON
4 18 (5.11%) Django
5 14 (3.98%) HTML
5 14 (3.98%) YAML
6 13 (3.69%) XML
7 12 (3.41%) NumPy
7 12 (3.41%) Pandas
8 10 (2.84%) Jinja
8 10 (2.84%) Web Services
9 8 (2.27%) Node.js
9 8 (2.27%) Spring
9 8 (2.27%) Spring Boot
9 8 (2.27%) Vue
10 7 (1.99%) ActiveMQ
10 7 (1.99%) Apache Camel
10 7 (1.99%) CSS
10 7 (1.99%) Hibernate
10 7 (1.99%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.95%) Distributed Systems
2 26 (7.39%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (5.40%) Distributed Computing
4 15 (4.26%) Algorithms
5 14 (3.98%) Security Operations Centre
6 13 (3.69%) Cloud Native
6 13 (3.69%) Life Science
7 10 (2.84%) Client/Server
7 10 (2.84%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.56%) Embedded Systems
8 9 (2.56%) IoT
8 9 (2.56%) Low-Code
8 9 (2.56%) Robotics
9 8 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
9 8 (2.27%) Fibre Optics
9 8 (2.27%) Hackathon
9 8 (2.27%) PKI
9 8 (2.27%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.99%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 82 (23.30%) Linux
2 30 (8.52%) Windows
3 6 (1.70%) Unix
4 4 (1.14%) Debian
5 3 (0.85%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.85%) Gentoo
5 3 (0.85%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.57%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.28%) FreeBSD
7 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.28%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (34.66%) AI
2 102 (28.98%) Software Engineering
3 88 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 85 (24.15%) CI/CD
5 70 (19.89%) Agile
6 68 (19.32%) Business Intelligence
7 58 (16.48%) DevOps
8 44 (12.50%) Analytics
9 42 (11.93%) Computer Science
10 41 (11.65%) Containerisation
11 40 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
11 40 (11.36%) Test Automation
12 37 (10.51%) Machine Learning
13 36 (10.23%) Data Modelling
14 30 (8.52%) Infrastructure as Code
14 30 (8.52%) SIEM
15 29 (8.24%) Microservices
16 28 (7.95%) Full-Stack Development
17 26 (7.39%) Data Pipeline
17 26 (7.39%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 97 (27.56%) SQL
2 70 (19.89%) C++
3 50 (14.20%) C#
4 47 (13.35%) JavaScript
5 41 (11.65%) PowerShell
6 38 (10.80%) Java
7 34 (9.66%) TypeScript
8 31 (8.81%) Bash
9 17 (4.83%) C
10 15 (4.26%) Rust
11 12 (3.41%) Go
12 11 (3.13%) MATLAB
13 10 (2.84%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.70%) Apex Code
14 6 (1.70%) Groovy
15 5 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (1.42%) VBA
16 4 (1.14%) Perl
16 4 (1.14%) Ruby
17 3 (0.85%) R
Qualifications
1 84 (23.86%) Degree
2 61 (17.33%) Azure Certification
3 53 (15.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 35 (9.94%) Security Cleared
5 31 (8.81%) SC Cleared
6 26 (7.39%) Master's Degree
7 14 (3.98%) PhD
8 13 (3.69%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (2.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.70%) CompTIA CySA+
11 5 (1.42%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.42%) CISSP
11 5 (1.42%) GCIA
11 5 (1.42%) GIAC
12 4 (1.14%) CCNA CyberOps
12 4 (1.14%) CEH
13 3 (0.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 3 (0.85%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.57%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.09%) QA
2 18 (5.11%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.27%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.99%) GDPR
5 5 (1.42%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.85%) ECSS
6 3 (0.85%) IEC 61508
6 3 (0.85%) ISO 26262
6 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.57%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.57%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.57%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 47 (13.35%) Docker
2 29 (8.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (7.95%) Hyper-V
4 20 (5.68%) KVM
5 17 (4.83%) Active Directory
6 6 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.70%) vSphere
7 2 (0.57%) iptables
8 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.28%) Firmware
8 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 44 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 27 (7.67%) Terraform
3 14 (3.98%) Graylog
4 13 (3.69%) Ansible
5 10 (2.84%) Grafana
5 10 (2.84%) Prometheus
6 9 (2.56%) Proxmox
7 8 (2.27%) Kibana
7 8 (2.27%) ZABBIX
8 6 (1.70%) Argo
9 4 (1.14%) Kustomize
9 4 (1.14%) Packer
9 4 (1.14%) Podman
10 3 (0.85%) Istio
11 1 (0.28%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 94 (26.70%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.24%) VMware
3 14 (3.98%) Cisco
3 14 (3.98%) Red Hat
4 10 (2.84%) Databricks
4 10 (2.84%) Splunk
5 8 (2.27%) IBM
5 8 (2.27%) Oracle
5 8 (2.27%) Veeam
6 7 (1.99%) Dynatrace
7 6 (1.70%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (1.70%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.70%) SAP
8 5 (1.42%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.42%) F5
8 5 (1.42%) Juniper
8 5 (1.42%) New Relic
8 5 (1.42%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.14%) Google
9 4 (1.14%) Xilinx