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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 52 16
Rank change year-on-year +19 -36 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 313 191 384
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.15% 5.04% 8.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.95% 32.21% 29.05%
Number of salaries quoted 212 90 166
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,218 £38,060
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £43,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -2.80% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,875 £92,625 £93,125
South East median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% +0.88% -5.00%

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 1,081 593 1,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.33% 15.64% 28.83%
Number of salaries quoted 845 378 751
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £84,125 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 October 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 October 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 +12 156 £63,750 -1.92% 189
Berkshire +14 109 £60,000 +28.31% 144
Buckinghamshire -3 48 £52,500 -9.87% 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 (2.24%) Confluence
1 7 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.28%) Palantir Foundry
2 4 (1.28%) SAS
3 3 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.64%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 16 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.24%) Lightworks
3 5 (1.60%) Mathematica
3 5 (1.60%) Simulink
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.32%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.32%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 6 (1.92%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 111 (35.46%) Azure
2 110 (35.14%) AWS
3 39 (12.46%) Power Platform
4 30 (9.58%) Azure Sentinel
5 29 (9.27%) GitHub
6 21 (6.71%) Azure AI
6 21 (6.71%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (5.75%) GCP
8 15 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (4.47%) Amazon EKS
9 14 (4.47%) Cloudflare
10 13 (4.15%) Azure Logic Apps
10 13 (4.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 13 (4.15%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (3.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 12 (3.83%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (3.51%) Entra ID
12 11 (3.51%) Serverless
13 10 (3.19%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (2.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 31 (9.90%) DNS
2 29 (9.27%) Firewall
3 17 (5.43%) VPN
4 14 (4.47%) TCP/IP
5 10 (3.19%) Wireless
6 9 (2.88%) DHCP
6 9 (2.88%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (2.56%) SSL
8 7 (2.24%) MQTT
8 7 (2.24%) VLAN
9 6 (1.92%) HTTP
10 5 (1.60%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.64%) IPv4
11 2 (0.64%) IPv6
11 2 (0.64%) SNMP
11 2 (0.64%) Software-Defined Radio
11 2 (0.64%) WireGuard
12 1 (0.32%) Network Security
12 1 (0.32%) NGN
12 1 (0.32%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (11.82%) Power BI
2 30 (9.58%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (5.75%) Relational Database
4 15 (4.79%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (4.79%) Metadata
4 15 (4.79%) NoSQL
5 14 (4.47%) SQL Server
5 14 (4.47%) Tableau
6 11 (3.51%) MongoDB
6 11 (3.51%) Star Schema
7 9 (2.88%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (2.88%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (2.88%) DynamoDB
7 9 (2.88%) Snowflake Schema
8 8 (2.56%) MySQL
9 6 (1.92%) Airbyte
9 6 (1.92%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.28%) Redis
11 3 (0.96%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.96%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 43 (13.74%) Git
2 13 (4.15%) GitLab
3 12 (3.83%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.56%) JIRA
4 8 (2.56%) JMeter
4 8 (2.56%) JUnit
4 8 (2.56%) LabVIEW
5 7 (2.24%) Mockito
6 4 (1.28%) PetaLinux
7 3 (0.96%) MLflow
7 3 (0.96%) Mocha
7 3 (0.96%) Selenium
8 2 (0.64%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.64%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.64%) Eclipse RCP
9 1 (0.32%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.32%) Storybook
General
1 103 (32.91%) Social Skills
2 39 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (10.22%) Manufacturing
4 29 (9.27%) Finance
5 21 (6.71%) Aerospace
6 17 (5.43%) Retail
7 13 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.83%) Electronics
9 10 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.88%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.56%) Automotive
12 7 (2.24%) Health Technology
13 5 (1.60%) Legal
14 4 (1.28%) Banking
14 4 (1.28%) Marketing
15 3 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.96%) Mandarin Language
16 2 (0.64%) Aviation
16 2 (0.64%) Telecoms
17 1 (0.32%) Law
Job Titles
1 84 (26.84%) Software Engineer
2 71 (22.68%) Python Engineer
3 67 (21.41%) Senior
4 57 (18.21%) Python Software Engineer
5 42 (13.42%) C++ Software Engineer
6 35 (11.18%) Analyst
7 27 (8.63%) C# Software Engineer
8 25 (7.99%) AWS Engineer
9 24 (7.67%) AWS Software Engineer
9 24 (7.67%) Data Engineer
10 20 (6.39%) Developer
10 20 (6.39%) Java Engineer
11 17 (5.43%) Cloud Engineer
12 16 (5.11%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 16 (5.11%) Network Engineer
12 16 (5.11%) Security Analyst
13 15 (4.79%) Systems Engineer
14 13 (4.15%) Data Analyst
15 11 (3.51%) Azure Engineer
15 11 (3.51%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (11.18%) React
2 20 (6.39%) Terraform
3 15 (4.79%) Django
3 15 (4.79%) JSON
3 15 (4.79%) REST
4 12 (3.83%) Node.js
4 12 (3.83%) PySpark
4 12 (3.83%) XML
5 11 (3.51%) HTML
6 10 (3.19%) Spring Boot
6 10 (3.19%) Vue
7 9 (2.88%) Spring
8 8 (2.56%) FastAPI
8 8 (2.56%) Hibernate
9 7 (2.24%) .NET
9 7 (2.24%) ActiveMQ
9 7 (2.24%) Apache Camel
9 7 (2.24%) jQuery
9 7 (2.24%) RESTful
9 7 (2.24%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.99%) Distributed Computing
2 17 (5.43%) Security Operations Centre
2 17 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (5.11%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.11%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (5.11%) Product Ownership
4 14 (4.47%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (3.83%) Algorithms
6 10 (3.19%) Embedded Systems
6 10 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (3.19%) Robotics
7 9 (2.88%) Cyber Defence
7 9 (2.88%) IoT
8 8 (2.56%) Fibre Optics
8 8 (2.56%) PKI
9 7 (2.24%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (2.24%) Synthetic Data
10 6 (1.92%) CCTV
10 6 (1.92%) CSOC
10 6 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 69 (22.04%) Linux
2 37 (11.82%) Windows
3 7 (2.24%) Debian
4 4 (1.28%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.96%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (0.96%) Gentoo
5 3 (0.96%) Robot Operating System
5 3 (0.96%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.32%) macOS
6 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (33.87%) Software Engineering
2 98 (31.31%) AI
3 87 (27.80%) Problem-Solving
4 86 (27.48%) CI/CD
5 63 (20.13%) Agile
6 51 (16.29%) DevOps
7 49 (15.65%) Business Intelligence
8 48 (15.34%) Analytics
9 44 (14.06%) Machine Learning
10 41 (13.10%) Data Modelling
11 34 (10.86%) Computer Science
12 33 (10.54%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (10.54%) Full-Stack Development
12 33 (10.54%) SIEM
13 32 (10.22%) Mentoring
14 29 (9.27%) Data Engineering
14 29 (9.27%) ETL
15 28 (8.95%) Cybersecurity
16 27 (8.63%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
16 27 (8.63%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 78 (24.92%) C++
1 78 (24.92%) SQL
2 58 (18.53%) C#
3 45 (14.38%) JavaScript
3 45 (14.38%) PowerShell
4 41 (13.10%) Java
5 36 (11.50%) TypeScript
6 33 (10.54%) Bash
7 19 (6.07%) MATLAB
8 15 (4.79%) Go
9 14 (4.47%) C
10 11 (3.51%) Kusto Query Language
10 11 (3.51%) Rust
11 10 (3.19%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.60%) Apex Code
13 4 (1.28%) Ruby
14 3 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.96%) R
15 1 (0.32%) Haskell
15 1 (0.32%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 81 (25.88%) Degree
2 44 (14.06%) Security Cleared
3 40 (12.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (12.78%) SC Cleared
4 32 (10.22%) Master's Degree
5 25 (7.99%) PhD
6 22 (7.03%) Azure Certification
7 15 (4.79%) CompTIA Security+
8 14 (4.47%) CISSP
9 7 (2.24%) CompTIA CySA+
10 6 (1.92%) GCIA
10 6 (1.92%) GIAC
10 6 (1.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (1.60%) CCNA CyberOps
11 5 (1.60%) CEH
11 5 (1.60%) SANS
12 3 (0.96%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.64%) ACCA
13 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.86%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.79%) GDPR
3 13 (4.15%) QA
4 9 (2.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 8 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.60%) ECSS
7 5 (1.60%) NIST
8 4 (1.28%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.96%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.64%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.64%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.32%) IASME
11 1 (0.32%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 41 (13.10%) Docker
2 18 (5.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.43%) Hyper-V
4 14 (4.47%) Active Directory
5 10 (3.19%) KVM
6 6 (1.92%) vSphere
7 2 (0.64%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.64%) Firmware
7 2 (0.64%) iptables
8 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (13.10%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.79%) Graylog
3 12 (3.83%) Grafana
4 11 (3.51%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.56%) Kibana
5 8 (2.56%) Proxmox
5 8 (2.56%) ZABBIX
6 6 (1.92%) Ansible
6 6 (1.92%) Argo
7 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.28%) Kustomize
8 4 (1.28%) Podman
9 3 (0.96%) Istio
10 2 (0.64%) Nagios
11 1 (0.32%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.32%) QRadar
11 1 (0.32%) WMI
Vendors
1 72 (23.00%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.75%) VMware
3 12 (3.83%) CrowdStrike
3 12 (3.83%) Databricks
4 11 (3.51%) Splunk
5 10 (3.19%) Thales
6 9 (2.88%) Informatica
6 9 (2.88%) Talend
7 8 (2.56%) Darktrace
7 8 (2.56%) Dynatrace
7 8 (2.56%) Veeam
8 6 (1.92%) New Relic
9 5 (1.60%) Cisco
9 5 (1.60%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.60%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.60%) Xilinx
10 4 (1.28%) Foundry
10 4 (1.28%) IBM
10 4 (1.28%) Palantir
10 4 (1.28%) Red Hat