Python Jobs in the South East

Python
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 16 18
Rank change year-on-year -12 +2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,135 1,561 2,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.77% 10.84% 11.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.91% 27.03% 22.67%
Number of salaries quoted 834 744 1,174
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,922 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,938 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +4.17% +10.77%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,954 5,774 9,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.55% 40.08% 49.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,990 3,793 6,406
10th Percentile £34,475 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +5.77%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Python in the South East

Python
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python in the South East.

Salary trend for Python in the South East

Python
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Python in the South East

Python
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Thames Valley -17 459 £55,000 -15.38% 165
Hampshire +2 345 £55,000 -8.33% 80
Surrey -7 204 £60,000 - 60
Berkshire -24 191 £60,000 -14.29% 74
Oxfordshire -4 186 £55,000 +57.14% 61
Buckinghamshire -28 82 £51,750 -17.20% 30
East Sussex +3 49 £42,500 -39.29% 6
West Sussex -19 35 £64,000 +34.74% 7
Kent -34 27 £55,000 - 6
Sussex -17 8 £50,000 +5.26% 2
Middlesex -29 5 £60,000 -40.00% 3
Python
England

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 31 (2.73%) OpenStack
2 29 (2.56%) ArcGIS
2 29 (2.56%) GeoServer
3 18 (1.59%) Apache
4 11 (0.97%) Confluence
5 10 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.88%) nginx
6 8 (0.70%) SAS
7 4 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.18%) CMS
8 2 (0.18%) Drupal
8 2 (0.18%) IBM Domino
8 2 (0.18%) WordPress
9 1 (0.088%) Kinematics
9 1 (0.088%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 70 (6.17%) Simulink
2 20 (1.76%) Stateflow
3 8 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.62%) CANalyzer
5 6 (0.53%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.44%) Doxygen
7 4 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
9 2 (0.18%) GNU Octave
9 2 (0.18%) TargetLink
10 1 (0.088%) OrCAD
10 1 (0.088%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.53%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.44%) Odoo
4 1 (0.088%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.088%) FastStats
4 1 (0.088%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 367 (32.33%) Azure
2 274 (24.14%) AWS
3 129 (11.37%) Serverless
4 95 (8.37%) Azure DevOps
5 76 (6.70%) Azure Service Bus
5 76 (6.70%) IBM Cloud
6 75 (6.61%) Azure API Management
6 75 (6.61%) Azure Functions
7 74 (6.52%) Azure Logic Apps
8 52 (4.58%) Power Platform
9 43 (3.79%) GitHub
10 35 (3.08%) GCP
11 33 (2.91%) Amazon EKS
12 31 (2.73%) Amazon S3
13 27 (2.38%) Amazon ECS
13 27 (2.38%) SaaS
14 26 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
15 23 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
16 22 (1.94%) Amazon EC2
17 20 (1.76%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (4.76%) Firewall
2 38 (3.35%) Wireless
3 35 (3.08%) VPN
4 34 (3.00%) 5G
4 34 (3.00%) TCP/IP
5 28 (2.47%) DNS
6 27 (2.38%) Bluetooth
7 23 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
8 22 (1.94%) GSM
8 22 (1.94%) ISDN
8 22 (1.94%) LTE
8 22 (1.94%) Network Security
8 22 (1.94%) PSTN
8 22 (1.94%) UMTS
9 21 (1.85%) SNMP
10 18 (1.59%) LAN
10 18 (1.59%) WAN
11 16 (1.41%) Internet
12 14 (1.23%) J1939
12 14 (1.23%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 214 (18.85%) PostgreSQL
2 164 (14.45%) NoSQL
3 124 (10.93%) Relational Database
4 120 (10.57%) MongoDB
5 76 (6.70%) DB2
6 49 (4.32%) Power BI
7 43 (3.79%) MySQL
8 42 (3.70%) Tableau
9 41 (3.61%) GIS
10 36 (3.17%) Hadoop
11 33 (2.91%) SQL Server
12 30 (2.64%) Data Lake
13 29 (2.56%) QGIS
14 24 (2.11%) Big Data
14 24 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
15 20 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
16 15 (1.32%) Redis
17 11 (0.97%) RDBMS
18 10 (0.88%) BigQuery
18 10 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 156 (13.74%) Git
2 82 (7.22%) Jenkins
3 58 (5.11%) JIRA
4 38 (3.35%) GitLab
5 23 (2.03%) Robot Framework
6 22 (1.94%) LabVIEW
7 20 (1.76%) Bitbucket
8 16 (1.41%) Visual Studio
9 15 (1.32%) Vagrant
10 14 (1.23%) ClearCase
10 14 (1.23%) Plastic SCM
11 13 (1.15%) Eclipse
12 12 (1.06%) Subversion
13 10 (0.88%) JMeter
13 10 (0.88%) Trac
14 7 (0.62%) ClearQuest
14 7 (0.62%) JUnit
15 6 (0.53%) Selenium
15 6 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
16 5 (0.44%) Maven
General
1 264 (23.26%) Social Skills
2 137 (12.07%) Public Sector
3 135 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (7.75%) Finance
5 69 (6.08%) Electronics
6 60 (5.29%) Telecoms
7 56 (4.93%) Manufacturing
8 35 (3.08%) Marketing
9 32 (2.82%) Military
10 28 (2.47%) Automotive
11 27 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 26 (2.29%) Retail
13 25 (2.20%) Aerospace
14 24 (2.11%) Legal
15 21 (1.85%) Games
16 15 (1.32%) Aviation
17 14 (1.23%) Tech for Good
18 11 (0.97%) Law
18 11 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
19 7 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 272 (23.96%) Software Engineer
2 258 (22.73%) Developer
3 239 (21.06%) Senior
4 103 (9.07%) Full Stack Developer
5 86 (7.58%) Senior Software Engineer
6 80 (7.05%) Azure Developer
7 66 (5.81%) DevOps Engineer
8 59 (5.20%) Lead
9 54 (4.76%) Python Engineer
10 51 (4.49%) Software Developer
11 48 (4.23%) Architect
12 46 (4.05%) Junior
13 44 (3.88%) Analyst
13 44 (3.88%) Graduate
14 38 (3.35%) Java Developer
15 37 (3.26%) Data Engineer
16 35 (3.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 32 (2.82%) Hardware Engineer
18 30 (2.64%) Python Developer
18 30 (2.64%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (17.97%) React
2 158 (13.92%) AngularJS
3 154 (13.57%) HTML
4 148 (13.04%) CSS
5 144 (12.69%) .NET
5 144 (12.69%) Node.js
6 126 (11.10%) REST
7 119 (10.48%) Web Services
8 89 (7.84%) Vue
9 87 (7.67%) ASP.NET
9 87 (7.67%) jQuery
10 79 (6.96%) Ember.js
11 76 (6.70%) ASP.NET Core
11 76 (6.70%) Backbone.js
11 76 (6.70%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 53 (4.67%) XML
13 51 (4.49%) Kafka
14 43 (3.79%) Spring
15 39 (3.44%) Middleware
16 35 (3.08%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 227 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 110 (9.69%) Data Structures
3 88 (7.75%) Hybrid Cloud
4 76 (6.70%) Blockchain
5 63 (5.55%) IoT
6 31 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
7 30 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (2.38%) Data Centre
9 26 (2.29%) Management Information System
10 25 (2.20%) Embedded Systems
11 22 (1.94%) Acoustics
11 22 (1.94%) Satnav
12 20 (1.76%) CUDA
12 20 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
13 19 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
14 18 (1.59%) PKI
14 18 (1.59%) Product Ownership
15 14 (1.23%) Low-Code
15 14 (1.23%) Robotics
16 13 (1.15%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 388 (34.19%) Linux
2 227 (20.00%) Windows
3 99 (8.72%) Android
4 82 (7.22%) Apple iOS
5 51 (4.49%) Unix
6 29 (2.56%) Windows Server
7 26 (2.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 25 (2.20%) CentOS
9 24 (2.11%) Embedded Linux
10 23 (2.03%) Ubuntu
11 13 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (0.62%) Windows 10
13 5 (0.44%) Data ONTAP
13 5 (0.44%) Kali Linux
13 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
14 3 (0.26%) Debian
14 3 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
15 2 (0.18%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 375 (33.04%) Software Engineering
2 357 (31.45%) DevOps
3 313 (27.58%) Computer Science
4 309 (27.22%) Agile
5 268 (23.61%) Problem-Solving
6 224 (19.74%) Artificial Intelligence
7 153 (13.48%) Mathematics
8 149 (13.13%) Full Stack Development
9 147 (12.95%) Machine Learning
10 131 (11.54%) Physics
11 130 (11.45%) Web Development
12 128 (11.28%) OO
13 124 (10.93%) CI/CD
14 104 (9.16%) User Experience
15 100 (8.81%) Business Intelligence
16 97 (8.55%) Mentoring
16 97 (8.55%) OOP
17 94 (8.28%) Software Testing
18 93 (8.19%) Containerisation
19 91 (8.02%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 366 (32.25%) Java
2 323 (28.46%) JavaScript
3 309 (27.22%) SQL
4 246 (21.67%) C#
5 220 (19.38%) C++
6 192 (16.92%) C
7 123 (10.84%) Bash
8 88 (7.75%) PowerShell
9 80 (7.05%) Fortran
10 64 (5.64%) Perl
11 59 (5.20%) MATLAB
12 55 (4.85%) R
13 47 (4.14%) Kotlin
14 38 (3.35%) Go
14 38 (3.35%) TypeScript
15 30 (2.64%) Ruby
16 27 (2.38%) Embedded C
17 18 (1.59%) Shell Script
18 16 (1.41%) Haskell
19 15 (1.32%) Scala
Qualifications
1 457 (40.26%) Degree
2 268 (23.61%) Security Cleared
3 179 (15.77%) SC Cleared
4 178 (15.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 115 (10.13%) Master's Degree
6 101 (8.90%) PhD
7 32 (2.82%) DV Cleared
8 27 (2.38%) AWS Certification
9 15 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (1.06%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 11 (0.97%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.97%) HND
12 9 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
14 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.53%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.53%) JNCIE
16 5 (0.44%) CCIE
16 5 (0.44%) CISSP
16 5 (0.44%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (4.05%) QA
2 37 (3.26%) Data Quality
3 15 (1.32%) ISO 26262
3 15 (1.32%) MISRA
4 14 (1.23%) Automotive SPICE
4 14 (1.23%) AUTOSAR
5 10 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.62%) ISO 13485
7 6 (0.53%) NIST
7 6 (0.53%) SLA
8 5 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (0.44%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.18%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.18%) GDPR
9 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.18%) PMO
9 2 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.088%) HIPAA
System Software
1 176 (15.51%) Docker
2 52 (4.58%) Active Directory
3 45 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (3.35%) Hyper-V
5 30 (2.64%) Firmware
6 23 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (1.32%) Embedded Firmware
8 10 (0.88%) NFS
8 10 (0.88%) pfSense
9 5 (0.44%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 3 (0.26%) HDFS
10 3 (0.26%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.088%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.088%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 127 (11.19%) Terraform
2 123 (10.84%) Kubernetes
3 114 (10.04%) Ansible
4 17 (1.50%) WMI
5 14 (1.23%) Puppet
5 14 (1.23%) ZABBIX
6 13 (1.15%) Grafana
7 10 (0.88%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 10 (0.88%) SCDPM
8 8 (0.70%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.44%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 5 (0.44%) SELinux
9 5 (0.44%) Suricata
9 5 (0.44%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.35%) Kibana
11 3 (0.26%) Nagios
12 2 (0.18%) Argo
12 2 (0.18%) Nessus
12 2 (0.18%) Netcool
12 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 122 (10.75%) Microsoft
2 93 (8.19%) IBM
3 87 (7.67%) Red Hat
4 56 (4.93%) VMware
5 33 (2.91%) SAP
6 32 (2.82%) Xilinx
7 29 (2.56%) ESRI
8 28 (2.47%) Splunk
9 25 (2.20%) Juniper
9 25 (2.20%) Oracle
10 24 (2.11%) Databricks
11 20 (1.76%) WSO2
12 19 (1.67%) Google
13 15 (1.32%) Fortinet
14 14 (1.23%) Cisco
14 14 (1.23%) Lauterbach
15 13 (1.15%) Facebook
16 11 (0.97%) Atlassian
16 11 (0.97%) ServiceNow
17 10 (0.88%) Veeam