Python Jobs in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Python skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Python over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 25 9
Rank change year-on-year +5 -16 +6
Permanent jobs citing Python 298 476 833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.65% 7.09% 13.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.87% 24.46% 34.13%
Number of salaries quoted 154 338 299
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £43,875 £41,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -12.00% -
75th Percentile £77,375 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% +8.70%

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 787 1,946 2,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.48% 28.98% 39.83%
Number of salaries quoted 527 1,586 1,420
10th Percentile £37,250 £36,250 £34,324
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £44,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £76,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £93,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

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 4 May 2025. 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 +7 116 £55,565 -7.39% 89
Oxfordshire +5 108 £55,000 - 95
Buckinghamshire +13 74 £60,000 +14.29% 73
Python
South East

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.68%) Confluence
2 6 (2.01%) Apache
3 5 (1.68%) IBM Domino
4 4 (1.34%) IIS
5 3 (1.01%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.01%) CMS
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.34%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 3 (1.01%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.67%) Simulink
4 2 (0.67%) Zemax
5 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.34%) Pipeline Pilot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.34%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 90 (30.20%) AWS
2 73 (24.50%) Azure
3 33 (11.07%) Serverless
4 28 (9.40%) Amazon EC2
5 27 (9.06%) Amazon EKS
5 27 (9.06%) GCP
6 24 (8.05%) Snowflake
7 22 (7.38%) Amazon ECS
8 20 (6.71%) Power Platform
9 13 (4.36%) Amazon S3
9 13 (4.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 7 (2.35%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (2.35%) GitHub
10 7 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.01%) PaaS
11 6 (2.01%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 38 (12.75%) TCP/IP
1 38 (12.75%) VPN
2 9 (3.02%) 5G
2 9 (3.02%) Bluetooth
2 9 (3.02%) LTE
2 9 (3.02%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (2.68%) Firewall
4 7 (2.35%) DNS
5 6 (2.01%) SSL
5 6 (2.01%) WAN
6 5 (1.68%) Internet
7 4 (1.34%) LAN
8 3 (1.01%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.67%) DWDM
9 2 (0.67%) GPON
9 2 (0.67%) IPv4
9 2 (0.67%) IPv6
9 2 (0.67%) MPLS
9 2 (0.67%) MQTT
10 1 (0.34%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (11.74%) Relational Database
2 33 (11.07%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (10.07%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (7.72%) Metadata
5 22 (7.38%) Data Lake
6 20 (6.71%) RDBMS
7 18 (6.04%) Power BI
8 16 (5.37%) MySQL
9 13 (4.36%) SQL Server
10 9 (3.02%) NoSQL
11 8 (2.68%) MongoDB
12 6 (2.01%) Data Mining
12 6 (2.01%) Tableau
13 5 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (1.34%) Metabase
15 3 (1.01%) Hadoop
15 3 (1.01%) Pinecone
15 3 (1.01%) Weaviate
16 2 (0.67%) Big Data
16 2 (0.67%) Redis
Development Applications
1 37 (12.42%) Git
2 35 (11.74%) Cucumber
3 34 (11.41%) Robot Framework
4 28 (9.40%) Jenkins
5 18 (6.04%) JMeter
5 18 (6.04%) JUnit
5 18 (6.04%) Mockito
6 11 (3.69%) JIRA
7 9 (3.02%) GitLab
8 4 (1.34%) Bitbucket Server
9 3 (1.01%) MLflow
10 2 (0.67%) Mocha
10 2 (0.67%) Moq
10 2 (0.67%) Selenium
10 2 (0.67%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.34%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.34%) CMake
11 1 (0.34%) ERwin
11 1 (0.34%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.34%) SonarQube
General
1 90 (30.20%) Social Skills
2 50 (16.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 37 (12.42%) Telecoms
4 31 (10.40%) Public Sector
5 26 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (8.72%) Electronics
5 26 (8.72%) Law
6 17 (5.70%) Manufacturing
7 15 (5.03%) Aerospace
8 12 (4.03%) Finance
9 6 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.34%) Advertising
10 4 (1.34%) Back Office
10 4 (1.34%) Local Government
10 4 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.34%) Retail
11 3 (1.01%) Automotive
11 3 (1.01%) Games
11 3 (1.01%) Legal
11 3 (1.01%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 57 (19.13%) Senior
2 54 (18.12%) Software Engineer
3 46 (15.44%) Developer
4 45 (15.10%) Lead
5 35 (11.74%) Test Engineer
6 34 (11.41%) Test Automation Engineer
7 20 (6.71%) Java Developer
8 19 (6.38%) Analyst
9 17 (5.70%) Senior Software Engineer
10 13 (4.36%) Python Engineer
11 12 (4.03%) DevOps Engineer
12 11 (3.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (3.69%) Machine Learning Engineer
13 10 (3.36%) Data Scientist
13 10 (3.36%) Junior
14 9 (3.02%) Data Analyst
14 9 (3.02%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (3.02%) Principal Engineer
14 9 (3.02%) Software Developer
15 8 (2.68%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (9.73%) HTML
2 27 (9.06%) REST
3 23 (7.72%) React
4 22 (7.38%) jQuery
5 18 (6.04%) ActiveMQ
5 18 (6.04%) Apache Camel
5 18 (6.04%) Hibernate
5 18 (6.04%) Spring
5 18 (6.04%) Spring Boot
5 18 (6.04%) Web Services
5 18 (6.04%) WireMock
6 15 (5.03%) .NET
7 14 (4.70%) Node.js
8 13 (4.36%) Qt
9 12 (4.03%) CSS
9 12 (4.03%) Django
10 8 (2.68%) Flask
11 6 (2.01%) JSON
11 6 (2.01%) TensorFlow
11 6 (2.01%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (16.11%) Linux Command Line
2 33 (11.07%) Algorithms
3 22 (7.38%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (6.04%) IoT
5 14 (4.70%) Embedded Systems
6 11 (3.69%) Molecular Biology
7 9 (3.02%) NB-IoT
8 7 (2.35%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.35%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.01%) Client/Server
9 6 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.34%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.34%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.01%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.01%) Clustering
11 3 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.01%) Robotics
11 3 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 106 (35.57%) Linux
2 52 (17.45%) Windows
3 14 (4.70%) Unix
4 13 (4.36%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.68%) Debian
5 5 (1.68%) SUSE
5 5 (1.68%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 4 (1.34%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.34%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (24.50%) DevOps
2 72 (24.16%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (22.15%) Software Engineering
4 57 (19.13%) Test Automation
5 52 (17.45%) Analytics
6 51 (17.11%) Agile
6 51 (17.11%) Mentoring
7 50 (16.78%) CI/CD
8 42 (14.09%) Validation
9 39 (13.09%) Machine Learning
10 38 (12.75%) Coaching
10 38 (12.75%) Microservices
11 37 (12.42%) Software Testing
12 36 (12.08%) Collaborative Working
12 36 (12.08%) Computer Science
12 36 (12.08%) System Testing
12 36 (12.08%) Workflow
13 34 (11.41%) Artificial Intelligence
13 34 (11.41%) Test Management
14 31 (10.40%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 85 (28.52%) JavaScript
2 76 (25.50%) SQL
3 68 (22.82%) Bash
4 61 (20.47%) C++
5 60 (20.13%) PowerShell
6 41 (13.76%) Java
7 35 (11.74%) C
8 25 (8.39%) Shell Script
9 23 (7.72%) C#
10 17 (5.70%) TypeScript
11 16 (5.37%) MATLAB
12 14 (4.70%) Go
13 11 (3.69%) Fortran
13 11 (3.69%) Ruby
14 9 (3.02%) Rust
15 8 (2.68%) Perl
16 7 (2.35%) R
17 4 (1.34%) T-SQL
18 2 (0.67%) VB
18 2 (0.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 122 (40.94%) Degree
2 46 (15.44%) Security Cleared
3 42 (14.09%) SC Cleared
4 32 (10.74%) Master's Degree
5 21 (7.05%) PhD
6 15 (5.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (4.36%) DV Cleared
8 11 (3.69%) CompTIA Security+
9 9 (3.02%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.34%) A+ Certification
11 4 (1.34%) Dell Certification
11 4 (1.34%) MCP
11 4 (1.34%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.67%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.67%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.34%) HND
13 1 (0.34%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (19.46%) QA
2 27 (9.06%) Accessibility
2 27 (9.06%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.01%) ECSS
4 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.34%) CDISC
4 1 (0.34%) GDPR
4 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 56 (18.79%) Docker
2 21 (7.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (4.03%) Active Directory
4 9 (3.02%) vSphere
5 7 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.68%) NFS
7 4 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.01%) HDFS
8 3 (1.01%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 51 (17.11%) Kubernetes
2 40 (13.42%) Terraform
3 27 (9.06%) Ansible
4 18 (6.04%) Kibana
5 9 (3.02%) Puppet
6 6 (2.01%) Kustomize
7 4 (1.34%) Nessus
7 4 (1.34%) Proxmox
7 4 (1.34%) ZABBIX
8 3 (1.01%) Grafana
8 3 (1.01%) Kubeflow
8 3 (1.01%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.01%) SCCM
9 2 (0.67%) Graylog
10 1 (0.34%) Argo
10 1 (0.34%) Packer
10 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (9.73%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.38%) VMware
3 20 (6.71%) Splunk
4 18 (6.04%) Dynatrace
5 12 (4.03%) SAP
6 7 (2.35%) Databricks
7 6 (2.01%) Oracle
7 6 (2.01%) Sawtooth Software
8 5 (1.68%) NVIDIA
9 4 (1.34%) Aruba
9 4 (1.34%) Cisco
9 4 (1.34%) Dell
9 4 (1.34%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.34%) Juniper
9 4 (1.34%) Mellanox
9 4 (1.34%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.01%) Citrix
10 3 (1.01%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.67%) Apple
11 2 (0.67%) Nokia