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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -18 +6 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 461 812 833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.87% 13.53% 11.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.15% 33.93% 26.56%
Number of salaries quoted 337 299 469
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,875 £34,990
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £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 1,909 2,393 3,136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 28.44% 39.88% 45.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,562 1,411 1,874
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,875 £34,990
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £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 12 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 12 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 -21 193 £59,000 -15.71% 61
Oxfordshire -5 185 £55,000 +57.14% 57
Buckinghamshire -28 83 £52,500 -16.00% 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 (6.29%) ArcGIS
1 29 (6.29%) GeoServer
2 24 (5.21%) OpenStack
3 7 (1.52%) Apache
4 6 (1.30%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.08%) nginx
6 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.43%) IBM Domino
7 2 (0.43%) SAS
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.22%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 5 (1.08%) Simulink
2 2 (0.43%) Stateflow
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 128 (27.77%) Azure
2 127 (27.55%) AWS
3 30 (6.51%) Serverless
4 20 (4.34%) Power Platform
5 19 (4.12%) GitHub
6 18 (3.90%) Amazon ECS
6 18 (3.90%) Amazon EKS
7 17 (3.69%) Amazon S3
8 15 (3.25%) GCP
9 14 (3.04%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.95%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (1.95%) Snowflake
12 7 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.52%) IaaS
13 6 (1.30%) SaaS
14 5 (1.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.64%) Wireless
2 23 (4.99%) Wi-Fi
3 22 (4.77%) 5G
3 22 (4.77%) Bluetooth
3 22 (4.77%) GSM
3 22 (4.77%) ISDN
3 22 (4.77%) LTE
3 22 (4.77%) PSTN
3 22 (4.77%) UMTS
4 19 (4.12%) VPN
5 16 (3.47%) Internet
6 14 (3.04%) Firewall
7 11 (2.39%) Network Security
8 9 (1.95%) LAN
8 9 (1.95%) WAN
9 7 (1.52%) NAS
9 7 (1.52%) SAN
9 7 (1.52%) SNMP
10 5 (1.08%) IPsec
10 5 (1.08%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (16.92%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (7.81%) GIS
3 29 (6.29%) QGIS
4 24 (5.21%) NoSQL
5 23 (4.99%) MySQL
5 23 (4.99%) Relational Database
6 20 (4.34%) Data Lake
7 18 (3.90%) Power BI
8 17 (3.69%) SQL Server
9 13 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (2.60%) Tableau
11 11 (2.39%) MongoDB
12 10 (2.17%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (1.95%) Redis
14 8 (1.74%) Big Data
14 8 (1.74%) RDBMS
15 6 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (1.30%) Hadoop
16 5 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
16 5 (1.08%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 37 (8.03%) Git
2 27 (5.86%) Jenkins
3 22 (4.77%) LabVIEW
4 14 (3.04%) GitLab
5 11 (2.39%) Bitbucket
5 11 (2.39%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.08%) JIRA
6 5 (1.08%) JMeter
6 5 (1.08%) JUnit
7 4 (0.87%) Mockito
8 3 (0.65%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.65%) JDeveloper
9 2 (0.43%) Selenium
10 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.22%) TestNG
10 1 (0.22%) WebDriver
General
1 102 (22.13%) Social Skills
2 58 (12.58%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (8.89%) Public Sector
4 32 (6.94%) Telecoms
5 24 (5.21%) Finance
6 22 (4.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (3.04%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.17%) Electronics
8 10 (2.17%) Marketing
9 9 (1.95%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.52%) Retail
11 6 (1.30%) Automotive
11 6 (1.30%) Games
11 6 (1.30%) Legal
12 5 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.87%) Aeronautics
14 3 (0.65%) Banking
14 3 (0.65%) Law
14 3 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.43%) Billing
Job Titles
1 109 (23.64%) Senior
2 104 (22.56%) Software Engineer
3 90 (19.52%) Developer
4 39 (8.46%) Senior Software Engineer
5 32 (6.94%) Python Engineer
6 28 (6.07%) Hardware Engineer
7 26 (5.64%) Java Developer
7 26 (5.64%) Junior
8 23 (4.99%) Architect
8 23 (4.99%) Python Developer
9 22 (4.77%) Full Stack Developer
9 22 (4.77%) Research Engineer
10 21 (4.56%) Data Engineer
11 20 (4.34%) Lead
11 20 (4.34%) Senior Developer
12 19 (4.12%) Analyst
13 18 (3.90%) Data Scientist
13 18 (3.90%) Software Developer
14 12 (2.60%) Data Analyst
14 12 (2.60%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (16.05%) React
2 35 (7.59%) .NET
3 34 (7.38%) CSS
3 34 (7.38%) OpenLayers
4 31 (6.72%) Leaflet
5 29 (6.29%) PostGIS
6 28 (6.07%) Spring
7 26 (5.64%) REST
8 25 (5.42%) .NET Core
9 23 (4.99%) AngularJS
9 23 (4.99%) Django
9 23 (4.99%) Web Services
10 21 (4.56%) Kafka
10 21 (4.56%) Node.js
11 20 (4.34%) OpenMP
12 19 (4.12%) Spring Boot
13 17 (3.69%) Apache Camel
13 17 (3.69%) HTML
14 15 (3.25%) JSON
15 14 (3.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 107 (23.21%) Algorithms
2 26 (5.64%) IoT
3 22 (4.77%) Acoustics
3 22 (4.77%) Satnav
4 21 (4.56%) Data Structures
5 20 (4.34%) CUDA
6 18 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (3.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (3.69%) Management Information System
8 13 (2.82%) Data Centre
9 12 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (2.39%) Life Science
11 7 (1.52%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.52%) PKI
12 6 (1.30%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.30%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (1.08%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 112 (24.30%) Linux
2 35 (7.59%) Unix
3 27 (5.86%) Windows
4 7 (1.52%) CentOS
4 7 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.30%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.08%) Data ONTAP
6 5 (1.08%) Kali Linux
6 5 (1.08%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.65%) Debian
7 3 (0.65%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.65%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (32.75%) Agile
2 147 (31.89%) Software Engineering
3 143 (31.02%) Computer Science
4 105 (22.78%) Physics
5 102 (22.13%) Problem-Solving
6 93 (20.17%) DevOps
7 80 (17.35%) Mathematics
8 72 (15.62%) Machine Learning
9 57 (12.36%) Full Stack Development
10 46 (9.98%) Parallel Programming
10 46 (9.98%) Software Testing
11 44 (9.54%) Microservices
12 43 (9.33%) CI/CD
13 42 (9.11%) Artificial Intelligence
14 41 (8.89%) Coaching
15 40 (8.68%) Actionable Insight
16 39 (8.46%) SDLC
16 39 (8.46%) Test Automation
17 37 (8.03%) Web Development
18 35 (7.59%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 102 (22.13%) Java
2 97 (21.04%) JavaScript
3 81 (17.57%) C
4 80 (17.35%) Fortran
5 77 (16.70%) C++
6 69 (14.97%) SQL
7 62 (13.45%) C#
8 50 (10.85%) Bash
9 26 (5.64%) R
9 26 (5.64%) TypeScript
10 25 (5.42%) MATLAB
11 20 (4.34%) PowerShell
12 18 (3.90%) Perl
13 17 (3.69%) Go
13 17 (3.69%) Shell Script
14 16 (3.47%) Ruby
15 12 (2.60%) Scala
16 11 (2.39%) Kotlin
17 6 (1.30%) Embedded C
18 4 (0.87%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 211 (45.77%) Degree
2 117 (25.38%) Security Cleared
3 92 (19.96%) PhD
4 84 (18.22%) Master's Degree
5 55 (11.93%) SC Cleared
6 49 (10.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.60%) AWS Certification
8 11 (2.39%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.08%) CISSP
11 4 (0.87%) CCNA
11 4 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.87%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.87%) MCSE
12 3 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.43%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.22%) JNCIP
14 1 (0.22%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.25%) Data Quality
1 15 (3.25%) QA
2 10 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 5 (1.08%) NIST
3 5 (1.08%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.65%) SLA
5 2 (0.43%) PMO
5 2 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 84 (18.22%) Docker
2 20 (4.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (3.90%) Hyper-V
4 15 (3.25%) Active Directory
4 15 (3.25%) Firmware
5 5 (1.08%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 4 (0.87%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.65%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 57 (12.36%) Kubernetes
2 36 (7.81%) Ansible
3 31 (6.72%) Terraform
4 6 (1.30%) Puppet
5 5 (1.08%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.08%) Red Hat Spacewalk
5 5 (1.08%) Suricata
5 5 (1.08%) vCenter Server
6 4 (0.87%) Kibana
7 3 (0.65%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.43%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.43%) Nagios
8 2 (0.43%) Netcool
9 1 (0.22%) Nessus
9 1 (0.22%) Packer
9 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.22%) Salt
Vendors
1 71 (15.40%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.29%) ESRI
3 20 (4.34%) VMware
4 13 (2.82%) WSO2
5 12 (2.60%) Splunk
6 11 (2.39%) Juniper
7 10 (2.17%) Cisco
7 10 (2.17%) Databricks
7 10 (2.17%) Palo Alto
8 9 (1.95%) Google
9 8 (1.74%) SAP
10 6 (1.30%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.30%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.08%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.08%) NetApp
11 5 (1.08%) Oracle
11 5 (1.08%) SolidFire
12 4 (0.87%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.87%) Talend
13 3 (0.65%) Cloudera