Python Jobs in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Python skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Python over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -16 +6 0
Permanent jobs citing Python 471 831 825
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.03% 13.56% 11.87%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.29% 34.07% 26.24%
Number of salaries quoted 337 299 468
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,875 £34,990
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +4.55%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

Python is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,939 2,439 3,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 28.95% 39.79% 45.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,584 1,421 1,908
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,875 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,525 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £71,938
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

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 2024.

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 2024. 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 -25 192 £60,000 -13.04% 60
Oxfordshire -3 187 £55,000 +57.14% 53
Buckinghamshire -27 92 £52,500 -19.23% 28
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 29 (6.16%) ArcGIS
1 29 (6.16%) GeoServer
2 24 (5.10%) OpenStack
3 14 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.49%) Apache
5 5 (1.06%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.06%) nginx
6 2 (0.42%) IBM Domino
6 2 (0.42%) SAS
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.21%) Confluence
7 1 (0.21%) Kinematics
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 5 (1.06%) Simulink
2 2 (0.42%) Stateflow
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.21%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 130 (27.60%) Azure
2 126 (26.75%) AWS
3 32 (6.79%) Serverless
4 20 (4.25%) GitHub
4 20 (4.25%) Power Platform
5 18 (3.82%) Amazon ECS
5 18 (3.82%) Amazon EKS
6 17 (3.61%) Amazon S3
7 16 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (3.18%) GCP
9 13 (2.76%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (2.12%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (2.12%) Snowflake
11 9 (1.91%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (1.49%) IaaS
14 6 (1.27%) SaaS
15 5 (1.06%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.52%) Wireless
2 23 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
3 22 (4.67%) 5G
3 22 (4.67%) Bluetooth
3 22 (4.67%) GSM
3 22 (4.67%) ISDN
3 22 (4.67%) LTE
3 22 (4.67%) PSTN
3 22 (4.67%) UMTS
4 18 (3.82%) VPN
5 15 (3.18%) Internet
6 13 (2.76%) Firewall
7 10 (2.12%) Network Security
8 9 (1.91%) LAN
8 9 (1.91%) WAN
9 7 (1.49%) NAS
9 7 (1.49%) SAN
9 7 (1.49%) SNMP
10 5 (1.06%) IPsec
10 5 (1.06%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (16.56%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (7.64%) GIS
3 29 (6.16%) QGIS
4 24 (5.10%) NoSQL
5 23 (4.88%) MySQL
5 23 (4.88%) Relational Database
6 21 (4.46%) Data Lake
6 21 (4.46%) MongoDB
7 18 (3.82%) Power BI
8 17 (3.61%) SQL Server
9 14 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (2.55%) Tableau
11 10 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (1.91%) Redis
13 8 (1.70%) RDBMS
14 7 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (1.27%) Big Data
16 5 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
16 5 (1.06%) BigQuery
16 5 (1.06%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 41 (8.70%) Git
2 29 (6.16%) Jenkins
3 22 (4.67%) LabVIEW
4 11 (2.34%) GitLab
5 10 (2.12%) Bitbucket
6 8 (1.70%) Visual Studio
7 6 (1.27%) JIRA
7 6 (1.27%) JUnit
8 5 (1.06%) JMeter
8 5 (1.06%) Mockito
8 5 (1.06%) Selenium
9 4 (0.85%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.64%) JDeveloper
11 2 (0.42%) Postman
11 2 (0.42%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.42%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.42%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.42%) TestNG
12 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket Server
12 1 (0.21%) Serenity BDD
General
1 102 (21.66%) Social Skills
2 58 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 32 (6.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 32 (6.79%) Telecoms
5 23 (4.88%) Finance
6 15 (3.18%) Manufacturing
7 10 (2.12%) Electronics
7 10 (2.12%) Marketing
8 8 (1.70%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.49%) Retail
10 6 (1.27%) Games
11 5 (1.06%) Automotive
11 5 (1.06%) Legal
11 5 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.85%) Aeronautics
13 3 (0.64%) Banking
13 3 (0.64%) Law
13 3 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.42%) Billing
Job Titles
1 109 (23.14%) Senior
2 104 (22.08%) Software Engineer
3 90 (19.11%) Developer
4 39 (8.28%) Senior Software Engineer
5 31 (6.58%) Python Engineer
6 28 (5.94%) Hardware Engineer
7 25 (5.31%) Java Developer
7 25 (5.31%) Junior
8 23 (4.88%) Full Stack Developer
8 23 (4.88%) Python Developer
9 22 (4.67%) Analyst
10 21 (4.46%) Data Engineer
10 21 (4.46%) Research Engineer
11 20 (4.25%) Architect
11 20 (4.25%) Lead
11 20 (4.25%) Senior Developer
12 19 (4.03%) Data Scientist
13 18 (3.82%) Software Developer
14 12 (2.55%) Senior Python Developer
14 12 (2.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (16.56%) React
2 35 (7.43%) .NET
3 34 (7.22%) CSS
3 34 (7.22%) OpenLayers
4 31 (6.58%) Leaflet
4 31 (6.58%) Spring
5 29 (6.16%) PostGIS
6 27 (5.73%) REST
7 25 (5.31%) .NET Core
8 23 (4.88%) AngularJS
8 23 (4.88%) Django
8 23 (4.88%) Web Services
9 22 (4.67%) Node.js
10 20 (4.25%) Kafka
10 20 (4.25%) OpenMP
11 19 (4.03%) Spring Boot
12 17 (3.61%) Apache Camel
12 17 (3.61%) HTML
13 15 (3.18%) JSON
14 14 (2.97%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 107 (22.72%) Algorithms
2 27 (5.73%) IoT
3 26 (5.52%) Management Information System
4 22 (4.67%) Acoustics
4 22 (4.67%) Satnav
5 21 (4.46%) Data Structures
6 20 (4.25%) CUDA
7 19 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (3.61%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (2.34%) Data Centre
9 11 (2.34%) Life Science
9 11 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.70%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.70%) PKI
11 6 (1.27%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.27%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (1.06%) Robotics
12 5 (1.06%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 113 (23.99%) Linux
2 35 (7.43%) Unix
3 30 (6.37%) Windows
4 8 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.27%) CentOS
6 5 (1.06%) Data ONTAP
6 5 (1.06%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.06%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.85%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.85%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.64%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.64%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.42%) Debian
10 1 (0.21%) Android
10 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (32.06%) Agile
2 146 (31.00%) Software Engineering
3 136 (28.87%) Computer Science
4 105 (22.29%) DevOps
5 103 (21.87%) Problem-Solving
6 99 (21.02%) Physics
7 78 (16.56%) Mathematics
8 72 (15.29%) Machine Learning
9 57 (12.10%) Full Stack Development
10 47 (9.98%) Microservices
11 46 (9.77%) Parallel Programming
12 44 (9.34%) Actionable Insight
12 44 (9.34%) CI/CD
13 42 (8.92%) Artificial Intelligence
13 42 (8.92%) Coaching
13 42 (8.92%) Software Testing
14 40 (8.49%) Test Automation
15 38 (8.07%) SDLC
16 37 (7.86%) Data Science
17 36 (7.64%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 103 (21.87%) Java
2 98 (20.81%) JavaScript
3 81 (17.20%) C
4 77 (16.35%) Fortran
5 76 (16.14%) SQL
6 75 (15.92%) C++
7 61 (12.95%) Bash
8 60 (12.74%) C#
9 33 (7.01%) PowerShell
10 26 (5.52%) R
10 26 (5.52%) TypeScript
11 24 (5.10%) MATLAB
12 18 (3.82%) Perl
12 18 (3.82%) Ruby
13 17 (3.61%) Shell Script
14 15 (3.18%) Go
15 12 (2.55%) Scala
16 10 (2.12%) Kotlin
17 6 (1.27%) Embedded C
18 5 (1.06%) PHP
Qualifications
1 214 (45.44%) Degree
2 117 (24.84%) Security Cleared
3 92 (19.53%) PhD
4 84 (17.83%) Master's Degree
5 56 (11.89%) SC Cleared
6 48 (10.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.97%) CCNA
7 14 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (2.34%) AWS Certification
9 10 (2.12%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.85%) CISSP
11 4 (0.85%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.85%) MCSE
12 3 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.42%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.21%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.21%) JNCIP
14 1 (0.21%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.40%) Data Quality
2 15 (3.18%) QA
3 9 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 4 (0.85%) NIST
4 4 (0.85%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.64%) SLA
6 2 (0.42%) GDPR
6 2 (0.42%) PMO
6 2 (0.42%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 85 (18.05%) Docker
2 26 (5.52%) Active Directory
3 23 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (3.82%) Hyper-V
5 15 (3.18%) Firmware
6 5 (1.06%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 4 (0.85%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.64%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 57 (12.10%) Kubernetes
2 36 (7.64%) Ansible
3 32 (6.79%) Terraform
4 6 (1.27%) Puppet
5 5 (1.06%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.06%) Red Hat Spacewalk
5 5 (1.06%) vCenter Server
6 4 (0.85%) Kibana
6 4 (0.85%) Suricata
7 3 (0.64%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.42%) Nagios
8 2 (0.42%) Nessus
8 2 (0.42%) Netcool
9 1 (0.21%) Consul
9 1 (0.21%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.21%) Packer
9 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.21%) Salt
Vendors
1 69 (14.65%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.16%) ESRI
3 23 (4.88%) VMware
4 19 (4.03%) Cisco
5 13 (2.76%) WSO2
6 11 (2.34%) Databricks
6 11 (2.34%) Splunk
7 10 (2.12%) Juniper
8 9 (1.91%) Google
8 9 (1.91%) Palo Alto
8 9 (1.91%) SAP
9 6 (1.27%) Dynatrace
9 6 (1.27%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.06%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.06%) NetApp
10 5 (1.06%) Oracle
10 5 (1.06%) SolidFire
10 5 (1.06%) Talend
11 4 (0.85%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.64%) Cloudera