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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 14 15
Rank change year-on-year -13 +1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Python 492 658 918
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.71% 11.75% 12.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 25.13% 29.92% 27.24%
Number of salaries quoted 340 260 473
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £35,382
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +9.65%
75th Percentile £72,500 £79,063 £80,000
90th Percentile £80,250 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +9.09%

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 1,958 2,199 3,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 26.69% 39.27% 44.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,557 1,339 1,890
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £63,500 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year -13.39% +9.01% +5.91%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,250 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% +10.00%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -17 214 £58,000 -17.14% 66
Oxfordshire -2 191 £54,750 +40.38% 66
Buckinghamshire -20 87 £51,000 -23.02% 37
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 28 (5.69%) ArcGIS
1 28 (5.69%) GeoServer
2 19 (3.86%) OpenStack
3 7 (1.42%) Apache
4 6 (1.22%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.02%) nginx
6 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.41%) IBM Domino
7 2 (0.41%) SAS
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.20%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 4 (0.81%) Simulink
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.20%) Revit
2 1 (0.20%) SPSS
2 1 (0.20%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 133 (27.03%) Azure
2 130 (26.42%) AWS
3 24 (4.88%) Serverless
4 23 (4.67%) Power Platform
5 20 (4.07%) GCP
6 19 (3.86%) GitHub
7 18 (3.66%) Amazon S3
8 16 (3.25%) Cloud Computing
9 15 (3.05%) Amazon ECS
10 14 (2.85%) Amazon EKS
11 11 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (2.03%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (1.83%) SaaS
13 9 (1.83%) Snowflake
14 8 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
15 7 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
15 7 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (1.42%) IaaS
15 7 (1.42%) WhatsApp
16 6 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.28%) Wireless
2 23 (4.67%) Wi-Fi
3 22 (4.47%) 5G
3 22 (4.47%) Bluetooth
3 22 (4.47%) GSM
3 22 (4.47%) ISDN
3 22 (4.47%) LTE
3 22 (4.47%) PSTN
3 22 (4.47%) UMTS
4 21 (4.27%) VPN
5 16 (3.25%) Firewall
5 16 (3.25%) Internet
6 12 (2.44%) Network Security
7 10 (2.03%) LAN
7 10 (2.03%) WAN
8 7 (1.42%) SNMP
9 6 (1.22%) NAS
9 6 (1.22%) SAN
10 5 (1.02%) IPsec
10 5 (1.02%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (15.65%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (7.32%) GIS
3 28 (5.69%) QGIS
4 24 (4.88%) MySQL
5 21 (4.27%) NoSQL
5 21 (4.27%) Power BI
6 19 (3.86%) Data Lake
7 18 (3.66%) Relational Database
8 17 (3.46%) SQL Server
9 13 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (2.44%) Tableau
11 11 (2.24%) MongoDB
12 9 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (1.63%) Big Data
13 8 (1.63%) Redis
14 7 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (1.22%) Hadoop
15 6 (1.22%) MariaDB
15 6 (1.22%) RDBMS
16 5 (1.02%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 29 (5.89%) Git
2 24 (4.88%) Jenkins
3 22 (4.47%) LabVIEW
4 20 (4.07%) GitLab
5 16 (3.25%) Visual Studio
6 11 (2.24%) Bitbucket
7 9 (1.83%) JIRA
8 6 (1.22%) JMeter
8 6 (1.22%) JUnit
9 5 (1.02%) Mockito
10 3 (0.61%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.61%) Selenium
11 2 (0.41%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.41%) TestRail
12 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket Server
12 1 (0.20%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.20%) Postman
12 1 (0.20%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.20%) Serenity BDD
12 1 (0.20%) Terragrunt
General
1 108 (21.95%) Social Skills
2 61 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 31 (6.30%) Telecoms
5 26 (5.28%) Finance
6 23 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (2.85%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.03%) Aerospace
8 10 (2.03%) Automotive
8 10 (2.03%) Electronics
9 9 (1.83%) Marketing
10 8 (1.63%) Legal
11 7 (1.42%) Retail
12 5 (1.02%) Games
12 5 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.81%) Aeronautics
14 3 (0.61%) Banking
14 3 (0.61%) Law
14 3 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 121 (24.59%) Senior
2 117 (23.78%) Software Engineer
3 87 (17.68%) Developer
4 45 (9.15%) Senior Software Engineer
5 35 (7.11%) Python Engineer
6 28 (5.69%) Hardware Engineer
6 28 (5.69%) Lead
7 27 (5.49%) Architect
8 26 (5.28%) Full Stack Developer
8 26 (5.28%) Junior
8 26 (5.28%) Python Developer
9 22 (4.47%) Data Scientist
9 22 (4.47%) Research Engineer
10 21 (4.27%) Data Engineer
11 19 (3.86%) Analyst
11 19 (3.86%) Java Developer
11 19 (3.86%) Senior Developer
12 16 (3.25%) Software Architect
12 16 (3.25%) Software Developer
13 14 (2.85%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (14.63%) React
2 36 (7.32%) .NET
3 35 (7.11%) CSS
4 33 (6.71%) OpenLayers
5 30 (6.10%) Leaflet
6 28 (5.69%) PostGIS
7 25 (5.08%) .NET Core
8 23 (4.67%) Spring
9 22 (4.47%) Django
9 22 (4.47%) REST
10 21 (4.27%) Kafka
11 20 (4.07%) HTML
11 20 (4.07%) OpenMP
12 19 (3.86%) Web Services
13 17 (3.46%) AngularJS
14 15 (3.05%) Flask
14 15 (3.05%) Spring Boot
15 14 (2.85%) Node.js
15 14 (2.85%) OpenACC
15 14 (2.85%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 121 (24.59%) Algorithms
2 27 (5.49%) IoT
3 22 (4.47%) Acoustics
3 22 (4.47%) Satnav
4 20 (4.07%) CUDA
5 17 (3.46%) Data Structures
5 17 (3.46%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (3.46%) Management Information System
6 16 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (3.05%) Data Centre
8 13 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (2.24%) Life Science
10 8 (1.63%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.63%) Embedded Systems
11 7 (1.42%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.22%) PKI
12 6 (1.22%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.22%) Robotics
13 5 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 125 (25.41%) Linux
2 48 (9.76%) Unix
3 23 (4.67%) Windows
4 7 (1.42%) CentOS
4 7 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.02%) Data ONTAP
5 5 (1.02%) Kali Linux
5 5 (1.02%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.02%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.61%) Debian
6 3 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.61%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.20%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (33.74%) Computer Science
1 166 (33.74%) Software Engineering
2 157 (31.91%) Agile
3 125 (25.41%) Physics
4 106 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
5 94 (19.11%) Mathematics
6 89 (18.09%) DevOps
7 77 (15.65%) Machine Learning
8 65 (13.21%) Software Testing
9 63 (12.80%) Full Stack Development
10 56 (11.38%) Parallel Programming
11 51 (10.37%) SDLC
12 46 (9.35%) Artificial Intelligence
12 46 (9.35%) CI/CD
13 43 (8.74%) Test Automation
14 42 (8.54%) Open Source
15 41 (8.33%) Coaching
16 40 (8.13%) Data Science
17 39 (7.93%) Microservices
18 36 (7.32%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 104 (21.14%) Java
2 98 (19.92%) JavaScript
3 97 (19.72%) C++
4 96 (19.51%) Fortran
5 92 (18.70%) C
6 76 (15.45%) SQL
7 73 (14.84%) C#
8 64 (13.01%) Bash
9 29 (5.89%) TypeScript
10 28 (5.69%) R
11 26 (5.28%) MATLAB
12 19 (3.86%) PowerShell
13 16 (3.25%) Perl
14 15 (3.05%) Go
14 15 (3.05%) Shell Script
15 13 (2.64%) Ruby
16 12 (2.44%) Scala
17 10 (2.03%) Kotlin
18 6 (1.22%) Embedded C
19 4 (0.81%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 241 (48.98%) Degree
2 135 (27.44%) Security Cleared
3 103 (20.93%) PhD
4 96 (19.51%) Master's Degree
5 55 (11.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 52 (10.57%) SC Cleared
7 12 (2.44%) AWS Certification
8 11 (2.24%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.02%) CCNA
9 5 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.02%) CISSP
9 5 (1.02%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.81%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.61%) MCSE
12 2 (0.41%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.20%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.85%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.44%) QA
3 10 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (1.02%) NIST
4 5 (1.02%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.61%) SLA
6 2 (0.41%) PMO
6 2 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 82 (16.67%) Docker
2 18 (3.66%) Firmware
3 16 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.64%) Hyper-V
5 11 (2.24%) Active Directory
6 5 (1.02%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 4 (0.81%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.61%) HDFS
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 56 (11.38%) Kubernetes
2 33 (6.71%) Ansible
3 29 (5.89%) Terraform
4 6 (1.22%) Puppet
5 5 (1.02%) Kibana
5 5 (1.02%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.02%) Red Hat Spacewalk
5 5 (1.02%) Suricata
5 5 (1.02%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.61%) ZABBIX
7 2 (0.41%) Kustomize
7 2 (0.41%) Nagios
7 2 (0.41%) Netcool
8 1 (0.20%) Packer
8 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.20%) Salt
Vendors
1 90 (18.29%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.69%) ESRI
3 16 (3.25%) VMware
4 13 (2.64%) Splunk
5 11 (2.24%) Google
5 11 (2.24%) Juniper
6 10 (2.03%) Cisco
6 10 (2.03%) Palo Alto
7 9 (1.83%) Databricks
8 8 (1.63%) SAP
8 8 (1.63%) WSO2
9 7 (1.42%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.22%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.02%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.02%) NetApp
11 5 (1.02%) SolidFire
12 4 (0.81%) Talend
13 3 (0.61%) Cloudera
13 3 (0.61%) IBM
13 3 (0.61%) Informatica