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 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 15 32
Rank change year-on-year -10 +17 -25
Permanent jobs citing Python 252 279 396
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.26% 10.17% 6.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 36.95% 32.67% 20.82%
Number of salaries quoted 134 169 307
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,450 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,007
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +9.64% -2.13%
75th Percentile £68,563 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £100,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +16.38% -6.00%

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 682 854 1,902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.24% 31.13% 30.78%
Number of salaries quoted 494 579 1,569
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,563 £76,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
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 22 March 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 22 March 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 0 110 £47,500 -24.00% 70
Oxfordshire -4 74 £67,500 +8.00% 66
Buckinghamshire -6 68 £60,000 - 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 (2.38%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.79%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.79%) WordPress
3 1 (0.40%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.40%) Camunda
3 1 (0.40%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.40%) Kinematics
3 1 (0.40%) SAS
Applications
1 66 (26.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.40%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 127 (50.40%) Azure
2 94 (37.30%) Power Platform
3 66 (26.19%) AWS
4 47 (18.65%) Azure AI
5 29 (11.51%) GCP
6 23 (9.13%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (5.95%) Azure Data Factory
7 15 (5.95%) Azure Logic Apps
8 11 (4.37%) GitHub
8 11 (4.37%) OpenShift
8 11 (4.37%) SaaS
9 10 (3.97%) Serverless
10 9 (3.57%) Amazon EC2
10 9 (3.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 8 (3.17%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (3.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 8 (3.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 6 (2.38%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (1.98%) Figma
13 5 (1.98%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.16%) Firewall
2 5 (1.98%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (1.59%) DNS
4 2 (0.79%) Internet
4 2 (0.79%) MQTT
4 2 (0.79%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.79%) SpaceWire
4 2 (0.79%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.40%) 5G
5 1 (0.40%) Broadband
5 1 (0.40%) HTTP
5 1 (0.40%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.40%) Intranet
5 1 (0.40%) MIMO
5 1 (0.40%) Modbus
5 1 (0.40%) SMTP
5 1 (0.40%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.40%) SSL
5 1 (0.40%) VPN
5 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (30.16%) Power BI
2 55 (21.83%) Tableau
3 14 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (5.16%) Relational Database
5 10 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (3.57%) Data Lake
7 8 (3.17%) Metadata
7 8 (3.17%) SQL Server
8 6 (2.38%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.19%) Qlik Sense
9 3 (1.19%) Spark SQL
9 3 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.79%) Airbyte
10 2 (0.79%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.79%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.79%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.40%) Data Hub
11 1 (0.40%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.40%) MySQL
11 1 (0.40%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 32 (12.70%) Git
2 17 (6.75%) GitLab
3 13 (5.16%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.38%) JMeter
4 6 (2.38%) JUnit
4 6 (2.38%) MLflow
4 6 (2.38%) Mockito
5 3 (1.19%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.19%) JIRA
5 3 (1.19%) Postman
5 3 (1.19%) Selenium
5 3 (1.19%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.79%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.40%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.40%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.40%) Subversion
7 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 129 (51.19%) Social Skills
2 64 (25.40%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (18.65%) Finance
4 17 (6.75%) Manufacturing
5 16 (6.35%) Telecoms
6 14 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 12 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (4.76%) Law
8 8 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.59%) Games
12 3 (1.19%) Aviation
12 3 (1.19%) Marketing
13 2 (0.79%) Aeronautics
13 2 (0.79%) Automotive
13 2 (0.79%) Banking
13 2 (0.79%) Electronics
13 2 (0.79%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 78 (30.95%) Analyst
2 64 (25.40%) Data Analyst
3 47 (18.65%) Junior
4 45 (17.86%) Junior Analyst
4 45 (17.86%) Junior Data Analyst
5 43 (17.06%) Developer
6 37 (14.68%) Software Engineer
7 25 (9.92%) Senior
8 20 (7.94%) Python Engineer
9 18 (7.14%) Data Engineer
10 17 (6.75%) Automation Engineer
11 16 (6.35%) Python Software Engineer
12 15 (5.95%) Power Platform Developer
13 12 (4.76%) Financial Analyst
14 11 (4.37%) Full-Stack Developer
15 10 (3.97%) Associate Director
15 10 (3.97%) Network Engineer
15 10 (3.97%) Telecoms Engineer
16 9 (3.57%) Lead
17 8 (3.17%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (12.30%) REST
2 17 (6.75%) JSON
3 15 (5.95%) SOAP
4 14 (5.56%) .NET
5 12 (4.76%) Middleware
5 12 (4.76%) Web Services
5 12 (4.76%) XML
6 10 (3.97%) HTML
6 10 (3.97%) Jinja
6 10 (3.97%) YAML
7 9 (3.57%) Lightning Web Components
7 9 (3.57%) React
7 9 (3.57%) Visualforce
8 7 (2.78%) Django
8 7 (2.78%) Spring
8 7 (2.78%) Spring Boot
9 6 (2.38%) Apache Camel
9 6 (2.38%) NumPy
9 6 (2.38%) Pandas
9 6 (2.38%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.11%) Low-Code
2 20 (7.94%) Distributed Systems
2 20 (7.94%) Life Science
3 13 (5.16%) Client/Server
4 12 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.97%) Algorithms
5 10 (3.97%) Hackathon
6 8 (3.17%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.38%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.98%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.19%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.19%) Animation
9 3 (1.19%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.19%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.19%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.19%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.79%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 42 (16.67%) Linux
2 8 (3.17%) Unix
3 5 (1.98%) Windows
4 3 (1.19%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.79%) VxWorks
6 1 (0.40%) FreeBSD
6 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.40%) OpenBSD
6 1 (0.40%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (35.71%) AI
2 80 (31.75%) Business Intelligence
3 79 (31.35%) CI/CD
4 72 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (24.21%) Agile
6 53 (21.03%) Software Engineering
7 52 (20.63%) DevOps
8 45 (17.86%) Computer Science
9 41 (16.27%) Analytics
10 39 (15.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 37 (14.68%) Data Modelling
11 37 (14.68%) Decision-Making
12 34 (13.49%) ETL
13 33 (13.10%) Machine Learning
14 32 (12.70%) Data Governance
15 30 (11.90%) Containerisation
16 26 (10.32%) Data Pipeline
16 26 (10.32%) Deployment Automation
16 26 (10.32%) Test Automation
17 23 (9.13%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 115 (45.63%) SQL
2 50 (19.84%) JavaScript
3 38 (15.08%) C++
4 31 (12.30%) C#
5 29 (11.51%) Java
6 18 (7.14%) C
7 14 (5.56%) VBA
8 13 (5.16%) Rust
9 11 (4.37%) TypeScript
10 10 (3.97%) Shell Script
11 9 (3.57%) Apex Code
12 7 (2.78%) R
13 5 (1.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (1.98%) Go
13 5 (1.98%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (1.19%) Bash
14 3 (1.19%) PHP
14 3 (1.19%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.40%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 69 (27.38%) Degree
2 47 (18.65%) Azure Certification
3 28 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (8.73%) Master's Degree
5 21 (8.33%) Security Cleared
6 12 (4.76%) ACCA
6 12 (4.76%) CIMA
6 12 (4.76%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.59%) PhD
8 3 (1.19%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (1.19%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.52%) QA
2 19 (7.54%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.17%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.59%) ECSS
5 2 (0.79%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 2 (0.79%) GxP
6 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.40%) GDPR
6 1 (0.40%) MISRA
6 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (10.71%) Docker
2 15 (5.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (5.56%) Hyper-V
3 14 (5.56%) KVM
4 5 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.19%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.79%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.37%) Terraform
3 7 (2.78%) Ansible
3 7 (2.78%) Kibana
4 3 (1.19%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.79%) Argo
6 1 (0.40%) Control-M
6 1 (0.40%) Grafana
6 1 (0.40%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.40%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 76 (30.16%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.75%) SAP
3 15 (5.95%) VMware
4 12 (4.76%) Red Hat
5 11 (4.37%) Databricks
6 10 (3.97%) Cisco
6 10 (3.97%) Oracle
7 9 (3.57%) MuleSoft
7 9 (3.57%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.78%) Dynatrace
9 6 (2.38%) Splunk
10 5 (1.98%) F5
10 5 (1.98%) Google
10 5 (1.98%) Juniper
10 5 (1.98%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.59%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.79%) Agilent
12 2 (0.79%) IBM
12 2 (0.79%) Informatica
12 2 (0.79%) NVIDIA