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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 32 19
Rank change year-on-year +8 -13 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 341 275 391
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.99% 7.28% 7.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.51% 37.52% 28.88%
Number of salaries quoted 214 113 235
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,603 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -18.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £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 1,049 733 1,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.36% 19.39% 26.23%
Number of salaries quoted 809 430 971
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £38,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,750 £43,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £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% - -5.17%

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 20 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 20 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 +4 150 £60,000 -4.00% 77
Berkshire +16 122 £60,000 +26.26% 82
Buckinghamshire -8 69 £50,500 -22.31% 48
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 (2.05%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.76%) Confluence
3 3 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.59%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.59%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.59%) WordPress
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
Applications
1 41 (12.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.47%) Lightworks
3 3 (0.88%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.88%) Simulink
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.29%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 6 (1.76%) Raiser’s Edge
2 3 (0.88%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 151 (44.28%) Azure
2 123 (36.07%) AWS
3 56 (16.42%) Azure AI
4 51 (14.96%) Power Platform
5 32 (9.38%) GitHub
6 28 (8.21%) GCP
7 25 (7.33%) Azure Sentinel
8 18 (5.28%) Amazon EKS
9 16 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
10 15 (4.40%) Serverless
11 14 (4.11%) Cloudflare
12 13 (3.81%) Amazon EC2
12 13 (3.81%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (2.93%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (2.93%) OpenShift
14 9 (2.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (2.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (2.35%) Amazon ECS
15 8 (2.35%) Azure Logic Apps
16 7 (2.05%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (10.56%) Firewall
2 33 (9.68%) DNS
3 17 (4.99%) VPN
4 14 (4.11%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.93%) DHCP
6 9 (2.64%) Wireless
7 8 (2.35%) SSL
7 8 (2.35%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.76%) HTTP
8 6 (1.76%) VLAN
9 5 (1.47%) MQTT
10 3 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (0.88%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.59%) Internet
11 2 (0.59%) IPv4
11 2 (0.59%) IPv6
11 2 (0.59%) WireGuard
12 1 (0.29%) Broadband
12 1 (0.29%) DNSSEC
12 1 (0.29%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (14.37%) Power BI
2 37 (10.85%) Tableau
3 29 (8.50%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (3.81%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.35%) Data Lake
6 7 (2.05%) SQL Server
7 6 (1.76%) Airbyte
7 6 (1.76%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.47%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.47%) MySQL
9 4 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.17%) Metadata
9 4 (1.17%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.17%) Redis
10 3 (0.88%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.59%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.59%) GIS
11 2 (0.59%) Snowflake Schema
11 2 (0.59%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 46 (13.49%) Git
2 23 (6.74%) GitLab
3 19 (5.57%) Jenkins
4 15 (4.40%) JIRA
5 8 (2.35%) JUnit
5 8 (2.35%) LabVIEW
6 7 (2.05%) JMeter
6 7 (2.05%) Mockito
7 6 (1.76%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.47%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.17%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.88%) PetaLinux
10 3 (0.88%) Polyspace
10 3 (0.88%) VectorCAST
11 2 (0.59%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.59%) Eclipse RCP
11 2 (0.59%) Mocha
11 2 (0.59%) Selenium
12 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 143 (41.94%) Social Skills
2 42 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (9.97%) Manufacturing
4 24 (7.04%) Finance
5 13 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (3.23%) Aerospace
7 10 (2.93%) Electronics
7 10 (2.93%) Public Sector
7 10 (2.93%) Retail
8 9 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.64%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.35%) Automotive
10 7 (2.05%) Health Technology
11 5 (1.47%) Legal
12 4 (1.17%) Banking
12 4 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.17%) Games
13 3 (0.88%) Mandarin Language
13 3 (0.88%) Marketing
14 2 (0.59%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 83 (24.34%) Software Engineer
2 72 (21.11%) Python Engineer
3 61 (17.89%) Analyst
4 55 (16.13%) Senior
5 54 (15.84%) Python Software Engineer
6 39 (11.44%) Data Analyst
7 37 (10.85%) C++ Software Engineer
8 34 (9.97%) Junior
9 33 (9.68%) Junior Analyst
9 33 (9.68%) Junior Data Analyst
10 29 (8.50%) Developer
11 28 (8.21%) C# Software Engineer
12 25 (7.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 22 (6.45%) AWS Engineer
13 22 (6.45%) Network Engineer
14 21 (6.16%) Data Engineer
15 20 (5.87%) AWS Software Engineer
16 17 (4.99%) Java Engineer
17 16 (4.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 14 (4.11%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (10.56%) React
2 26 (7.62%) REST
2 26 (7.62%) Terraform
3 21 (6.16%) JSON
4 19 (5.57%) Django
5 15 (4.40%) HTML
6 12 (3.52%) NumPy
6 12 (3.52%) Pandas
7 11 (3.23%) Node.js
7 11 (3.23%) XML
8 10 (2.93%) Web Services
8 10 (2.93%) YAML
9 9 (2.64%) Spring
9 9 (2.64%) Spring Boot
9 9 (2.64%) Vue
10 8 (2.35%) CSS
11 7 (2.05%) .NET
11 7 (2.05%) ActiveMQ
11 7 (2.05%) Hibernate
11 7 (2.05%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.04%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (6.74%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (6.16%) Distributed Computing
4 16 (4.69%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (4.11%) Algorithms
6 12 (3.52%) Life Science
7 11 (3.23%) Cloud Native
7 11 (3.23%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.93%) Robotics
9 9 (2.64%) Cyber Defence
9 9 (2.64%) Embedded Systems
10 8 (2.35%) Fibre Optics
10 8 (2.35%) IoT
10 8 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (2.35%) PKI
11 7 (2.05%) Hackathon
11 7 (2.05%) Renewable Energy
11 7 (2.05%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (1.76%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 78 (22.87%) Linux
2 33 (9.68%) Windows
3 5 (1.47%) Debian
4 3 (0.88%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (0.88%) Gentoo
4 3 (0.88%) Unix
4 3 (0.88%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.59%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.29%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (34.31%) AI
2 100 (29.33%) Software Engineering
3 85 (24.93%) Problem-Solving
4 81 (23.75%) CI/CD
5 67 (19.65%) Agile
6 61 (17.89%) Business Intelligence
7 56 (16.42%) DevOps
8 42 (12.32%) Analytics
9 39 (11.44%) Computer Science
10 37 (10.85%) Containerisation
10 37 (10.85%) Machine Learning
11 36 (10.56%) Test Automation
12 34 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
12 34 (9.97%) Data Modelling
12 34 (9.97%) Full-Stack Development
12 34 (9.97%) SIEM
13 28 (8.21%) Infrastructure as Code
14 27 (7.92%) Mentoring
14 27 (7.92%) Microservices
14 27 (7.92%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (25.81%) SQL
2 65 (19.06%) C++
3 51 (14.96%) C#
4 49 (14.37%) JavaScript
5 43 (12.61%) PowerShell
6 39 (11.44%) Java
7 37 (10.85%) TypeScript
8 32 (9.38%) Bash
9 12 (3.52%) C
9 12 (3.52%) Go
10 11 (3.23%) MATLAB
11 10 (2.93%) Rust
12 9 (2.64%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.76%) Groovy
13 6 (1.76%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (1.47%) Apex Code
15 4 (1.17%) Perl
15 4 (1.17%) Ruby
16 3 (0.88%) VBA
17 2 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 79 (23.17%) Degree
2 57 (16.72%) Azure Certification
3 49 (14.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 37 (10.85%) Security Cleared
5 33 (9.68%) SC Cleared
6 26 (7.62%) Master's Degree
7 15 (4.40%) CompTIA Security+
7 15 (4.40%) PhD
8 9 (2.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 8 (2.35%) CISSP
10 7 (2.05%) CompTIA CySA+
11 6 (1.76%) GCIA
11 6 (1.76%) GIAC
12 5 (1.47%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.47%) CCNA CyberOps
12 5 (1.47%) CEH
13 3 (0.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 3 (0.88%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.09%) QA
2 18 (5.28%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.35%) GDPR
4 7 (2.05%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.47%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.88%) ECSS
6 3 (0.88%) IEC 61508
6 3 (0.88%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.59%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.59%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.59%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 48 (14.08%) Docker
2 23 (6.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (6.45%) Hyper-V
4 18 (5.28%) Active Directory
5 14 (4.11%) KVM
6 6 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.76%) vSphere
7 2 (0.59%) iptables
8 1 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 44 (12.90%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.40%) Graylog
3 12 (3.52%) Ansible
4 10 (2.93%) Grafana
4 10 (2.93%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.35%) Kibana
5 8 (2.35%) Proxmox
5 8 (2.35%) ZABBIX
6 6 (1.76%) Argo
7 4 (1.17%) Kustomize
7 4 (1.17%) Packer
7 4 (1.17%) Podman
8 3 (0.88%) Istio
9 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.29%) QRadar
9 1 (0.29%) WMI
Vendors
1 91 (26.69%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.74%) VMware
3 11 (3.23%) Cisco
4 10 (2.93%) Red Hat
4 10 (2.93%) Splunk
5 9 (2.64%) Databricks
6 8 (2.35%) CrowdStrike
6 8 (2.35%) IBM
6 8 (2.35%) Veeam
7 7 (2.05%) Dynatrace
7 7 (2.05%) Oracle
8 5 (1.47%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.47%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.47%) New Relic
8 5 (1.47%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.17%) Google
9 4 (1.17%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.17%) Xilinx
10 3 (0.88%) F5
10 3 (0.88%) Palo Alto