Python Jobs in the South East

Python
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 15 22
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 +3
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,003 906 1,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.16% 11.04% 9.98%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.46% 27.21% 24.31%
Number of salaries quoted 523 557 1,013
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,953
25th Percentile £43,911 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £70,900
% change year-on-year +3.45% +2.26% +1.29%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,653 3,330 7,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.71% 40.58% 41.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,139 2,385 5,022
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

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 31 October 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 31 October 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 -3 380 £65,000 +13.04% 134
Hampshire -5 291 £57,500 -4.17% 44
Berkshire -5 212 £70,000 +27.27% 57
Surrey +4 182 £60,000 +9.09% 27
Oxfordshire -6 94 £56,509 -1.72% 38
Buckinghamshire -19 74 £55,000 -18.52% 39
Kent +10 68 £70,000 +16.67% 12
Middlesex +7 30 - -
East Sussex -15 29 £92,500 +29.82% 19
West Sussex +21 23 £47,500 -20.83% 9
Isle of Wight - 14 - - 2
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 23 (2.29%) SAS
2 21 (2.09%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.20%) SharePoint
5 9 (0.90%) Apache
6 7 (0.70%) CMS
6 7 (0.70%) WordPress
7 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.50%) Confluence
9 4 (0.40%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.40%) Umbraco
Applications
1 98 (9.77%) Simulink
2 29 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.70%) Adobe Illustrator
5 7 (0.70%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.70%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.70%) Sketch
6 4 (0.40%) SOLIDWORKS
7 3 (0.30%) Fusion 360
7 3 (0.30%) Siemens NX
8 2 (0.20%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.100%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.100%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.100%) Revit
9 1 (0.100%) SketchUp
9 1 (0.100%) Stateflow
9 1 (0.100%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.100%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 280 (27.92%) Azure
2 216 (21.54%) AWS
3 89 (8.87%) GitHub
4 50 (4.99%) Azure DevOps
5 49 (4.89%) Power Platform
6 47 (4.69%) Serverless
7 46 (4.59%) Azure Data Factory
8 43 (4.29%) GCP
9 42 (4.19%) SaaS
10 38 (3.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 34 (3.39%) Azure API Management
12 31 (3.09%) IaaS
12 31 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
13 28 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
14 21 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
15 19 (1.89%) Amazon S3
16 16 (1.60%) Amazon EC2
17 14 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
17 14 (1.40%) Anthropic Claude
17 14 (1.40%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.19%) Firewall
2 31 (3.09%) DNS
3 26 (2.59%) TCP/IP
4 14 (1.40%) DHCP
5 12 (1.20%) Internet
5 12 (1.20%) Wireless
6 11 (1.10%) HTTPS
7 10 (1.00%) SSL
8 8 (0.80%) Modbus
8 8 (0.80%) Network Security
8 8 (0.80%) VPN
9 7 (0.70%) HTTP
10 6 (0.60%) SNMP
11 5 (0.50%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (0.50%) Multicast
11 5 (0.50%) RS-232
11 5 (0.50%) VSAN
11 5 (0.50%) WAN
12 4 (0.40%) 5G
12 4 (0.40%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (9.57%) PostgreSQL
2 89 (8.87%) NoSQL
3 54 (5.38%) MongoDB
4 47 (4.69%) Power BI
5 46 (4.59%) Relational Database
6 43 (4.29%) Hadoop
7 39 (3.89%) Data Warehouse
8 36 (3.59%) Big Data
9 32 (3.19%) Azure SQL Database
10 26 (2.59%) SQL Server
11 20 (1.99%) MySQL
12 17 (1.69%) Data Lake
13 15 (1.50%) Tableau
14 13 (1.30%) Data Mining
15 10 (1.00%) Looker
16 9 (0.90%) QGIS
17 7 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
17 7 (0.70%) Metadata
17 7 (0.70%) RDBMS
18 6 (0.60%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 123 (12.26%) Git
2 57 (5.68%) JIRA
3 49 (4.89%) GitLab
4 45 (4.49%) Jenkins
5 29 (2.89%) Vagrant
6 28 (2.79%) Visual Studio
7 24 (2.39%) SonarQube
8 19 (1.89%) Artifactory
9 18 (1.79%) Subversion
10 16 (1.60%) Selenium
11 14 (1.40%) Rational Rhapsody
12 12 (1.20%) Bitbucket
12 12 (1.20%) JUnit
13 11 (1.10%) LabVIEW
14 10 (1.00%) Cucumber
14 10 (1.00%) Robot Framework
15 7 (0.70%) JMeter
15 7 (0.70%) Mockito
16 6 (0.60%) TestRail
17 5 (0.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 234 (23.33%) Social Skills
2 116 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
3 102 (10.17%) Finance
4 78 (7.78%) Electronics
5 46 (4.59%) Multimedia
6 41 (4.09%) Law
7 40 (3.99%) Automotive
8 38 (3.79%) Public Sector
9 30 (2.99%) Aerospace
10 29 (2.89%) Telecoms
11 26 (2.59%) Marketing
12 25 (2.49%) Manufacturing
13 23 (2.29%) Military
13 23 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (1.50%) Banking
16 13 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (1.20%) Tech for Good
18 8 (0.80%) Games
18 8 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 261 (26.02%) Software Engineer
2 218 (21.73%) Senior
3 214 (21.34%) Developer
4 103 (10.27%) Lead
5 84 (8.37%) Senior Software Engineer
6 74 (7.38%) Software Developer
7 60 (5.98%) Analyst
7 60 (5.98%) DevOps Engineer
8 57 (5.68%) Architect
8 57 (5.68%) Principal Engineer
9 52 (5.18%) Data Engineer
10 49 (4.89%) Web Developer
11 46 (4.59%) Trainee Developer
11 46 (4.59%) Trainee Web Developer
12 40 (3.99%) Embedded Developer
12 40 (3.99%) Embedded Software Developer
13 38 (3.79%) Graduate
14 35 (3.49%) Python Engineer
15 29 (2.89%) Lead Software Engineer
16 28 (2.79%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (8.87%) HTML
2 81 (8.08%) .NET
3 77 (7.68%) CSS
4 68 (6.78%) Middleware
5 64 (6.38%) React
6 60 (5.98%) REST
7 58 (5.78%) Kafka
8 57 (5.68%) Node.js
9 48 (4.79%) HTML5
10 46 (4.59%) CSS3
11 28 (2.79%) RabbitMQ
12 27 (2.69%) RESTful
13 26 (2.59%) Django
13 26 (2.59%) Web Services
14 24 (2.39%) AngularJS
15 17 (1.69%) Qt
16 16 (1.60%) JSON
17 15 (1.50%) ASP.NET
17 15 (1.50%) Flask
18 13 (1.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 107 (10.67%) Algorithms
2 42 (4.19%) Product Ownership
3 29 (2.89%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (2.59%) Linux Command Line
5 25 (2.49%) IoT
6 22 (2.19%) Management Information System
7 21 (2.09%) Data Centre
8 19 (1.89%) Embedded Systems
9 16 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
9 16 (1.60%) Life Science
10 15 (1.50%) CUDA
10 15 (1.50%) FPGA
11 12 (1.20%) Robotics
12 11 (1.10%) Analogue Electronics
12 11 (1.10%) Industry 4.0
12 11 (1.10%) VHDL
13 10 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
14 9 (0.90%) Public Cloud
14 9 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 283 (28.22%) Linux
2 76 (7.58%) Windows
3 47 (4.69%) Embedded Linux
4 45 (4.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 42 (4.19%) Unix
6 38 (3.79%) CentOS
6 38 (3.79%) Ubuntu
7 34 (3.39%) Android
8 14 (1.40%) VxWorks
9 10 (1.00%) Windows Server
10 9 (0.90%) Mac OS
11 8 (0.80%) Debian
12 5 (0.50%) Windows 10
13 4 (0.40%) Apple iOS
13 4 (0.40%) Rocky
14 3 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
14 3 (0.30%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 3 (0.30%) VMS
15 1 (0.100%) Kali Linux
15 1 (0.100%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (38.88%) Software Engineering
2 252 (25.12%) Computer Science
3 231 (23.03%) Agile
4 223 (22.23%) Artificial Intelligence
5 219 (21.83%) Problem-Solving
6 216 (21.54%) DevOps
7 209 (20.84%) Machine Learning
8 140 (13.96%) Mathematics
9 133 (13.26%) CI/CD
10 122 (12.16%) Data Science
11 108 (10.77%) Data Analysis
12 107 (10.67%) Physics
13 102 (10.17%) Full-Stack Development
14 99 (9.87%) Collaborative Working
15 98 (9.77%) Microservices
16 86 (8.57%) Signal Processing
16 86 (8.57%) Software Testing
17 81 (8.08%) Test Automation
18 80 (7.98%) Code Quality
18 80 (7.98%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 289 (28.81%) SQL
2 284 (28.32%) C++
3 279 (27.82%) Java
4 208 (20.74%) JavaScript
5 171 (17.05%) C
6 162 (16.15%) C#
7 94 (9.37%) Bash
8 90 (8.97%) PowerShell
9 66 (6.58%) Fortran
10 64 (6.38%) MATLAB
11 48 (4.79%) Kotlin
12 43 (4.29%) R
13 40 (3.99%) VBA
14 39 (3.89%) Perl
15 38 (3.79%) TypeScript
16 35 (3.49%) Go
17 31 (3.09%) Rust
18 24 (2.39%) Ruby
19 22 (2.19%) Shell Script
20 19 (1.89%) PHP
Qualifications
1 459 (45.76%) Degree
2 299 (29.81%) Security Cleared
3 158 (15.75%) SC Cleared
4 135 (13.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 83 (8.28%) DV Cleared
6 78 (7.78%) Master's Degree
7 49 (4.89%) PhD
8 38 (3.79%) Azure Certification
9 26 (2.59%) Chartered Engineer
10 11 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (0.80%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.70%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.60%) CCNA
13 6 (0.60%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.50%) CTC Cleared
14 5 (0.50%) Numerate Degree
14 5 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
15 4 (0.40%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (3.89%) QA
2 32 (3.19%) Data Quality
3 27 (2.69%) Accessibility
4 15 (1.50%) GDPR
5 10 (1.00%) Solvency II
6 9 (0.90%) CDISC
7 8 (0.80%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.30%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.30%) NIST
8 3 (0.30%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.20%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.100%) IFRS
10 1 (0.100%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.100%) ISO 15765
10 1 (0.100%) ISO 26262
10 1 (0.100%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 1 (0.100%) MISRA
10 1 (0.100%) MISRA C
System Software
1 124 (12.36%) Docker
2 40 (3.99%) Firmware
3 35 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (3.09%) Active Directory
5 27 (2.69%) VMware NSX
6 21 (2.09%) vSphere
7 13 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.60%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 5 (0.50%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.40%) HDFS
11 3 (0.30%) Ceph
11 3 (0.30%) GPFS
11 3 (0.30%) Lustre
12 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 137 (13.66%) Kubernetes
2 99 (9.87%) Terraform
3 69 (6.88%) Ansible
4 21 (2.09%) vRealize
4 21 (2.09%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 15 (1.50%) Nagios
6 12 (1.20%) Grafana
7 11 (1.10%) Packer
8 8 (0.80%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.80%) Puppet
9 7 (0.70%) Graylog
9 7 (0.70%) Kibana
10 6 (0.60%) ZABBIX
11 5 (0.50%) Cacti
11 5 (0.50%) Podman
11 5 (0.50%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.40%) NetBackup
13 2 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 2 (0.20%) Nmap
13 2 (0.20%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 152 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 78 (7.78%) Xilinx
3 49 (4.89%) Databricks
4 44 (4.39%) VMware
5 22 (2.19%) Oracle
5 22 (2.19%) SAP
6 21 (2.09%) EMC
7 16 (1.60%) Google
7 16 (1.60%) IBM
7 16 (1.60%) Red Hat
8 14 (1.40%) Wind River
9 12 (1.20%) Palo Alto
9 12 (1.20%) Splunk
10 11 (1.10%) Veracode
11 10 (1.00%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.00%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.90%) Cisco
12 9 (0.90%) OpenAI
13 8 (0.80%) Adobe
13 8 (0.80%) Dell