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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 16 18
Rank change year-on-year -12 +2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,145 1,535 2,221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.78% 10.74% 11.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.04% 26.82% 22.79%
Number of salaries quoted 841 724 1,157
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,324 £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 £71,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £71,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +4.90% +10.00%

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 4,970 5,724 9,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.43% 40.06% 48.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3,993 3,759 6,343
10th Percentile £34,500 £35,000 £33,000
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% +8.37%
75th Percentile £68,750 £74,000 £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 18 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 18 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 -19 461 £55,000 -15.38% 156
Hampshire +1 346 £55,000 -8.33% 67
Surrey -6 210 £60,000 - 60
Berkshire -19 193 £60,000 -14.29% 73
Oxfordshire -2 185 £55,000 +57.14% 52
Buckinghamshire -30 83 £51,000 -18.40% 31
East Sussex +8 49 £42,500 -39.29% 8
West Sussex -14 35 £64,000 +34.74% 6
Kent -30 28 £55,000 - 5
Sussex -17 8 £50,000 +5.26% 1
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 (2.71%) OpenStack
2 29 (2.53%) ArcGIS
2 29 (2.53%) GeoServer
3 18 (1.57%) Apache
4 11 (0.96%) Confluence
5 10 (0.87%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.87%) nginx
6 8 (0.70%) SAS
7 4 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.17%) CMS
8 2 (0.17%) Drupal
8 2 (0.17%) IBM Domino
8 2 (0.17%) WordPress
9 1 (0.087%) Kinematics
9 1 (0.087%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 75 (6.55%) Simulink
2 20 (1.75%) Stateflow
3 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.61%) CANalyzer
5 6 (0.52%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.44%) Doxygen
7 4 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
9 2 (0.17%) GNU Octave
9 2 (0.17%) TargetLink
10 1 (0.087%) OrCAD
10 1 (0.087%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.52%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.44%) Odoo
4 1 (0.087%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.087%) FastStats
4 1 (0.087%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 371 (32.40%) Azure
2 276 (24.10%) AWS
3 128 (11.18%) Serverless
4 95 (8.30%) Azure DevOps
5 76 (6.64%) Azure Service Bus
5 76 (6.64%) IBM Cloud
6 75 (6.55%) Azure API Management
6 75 (6.55%) Azure Functions
7 74 (6.46%) Azure Logic Apps
8 53 (4.63%) Power Platform
9 43 (3.76%) GitHub
10 35 (3.06%) GCP
11 33 (2.88%) Amazon EKS
12 31 (2.71%) Amazon S3
13 28 (2.45%) Cloud Computing
14 27 (2.36%) Amazon ECS
14 27 (2.36%) SaaS
15 22 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
15 22 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
16 20 (1.75%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (4.89%) Firewall
2 38 (3.32%) Wireless
3 35 (3.06%) VPN
4 34 (2.97%) 5G
4 34 (2.97%) TCP/IP
5 27 (2.36%) Bluetooth
5 27 (2.36%) DNS
6 23 (2.01%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (1.92%) GSM
7 22 (1.92%) ISDN
7 22 (1.92%) LTE
7 22 (1.92%) Network Security
7 22 (1.92%) PSTN
7 22 (1.92%) UMTS
8 21 (1.83%) SNMP
9 18 (1.57%) LAN
9 18 (1.57%) WAN
10 16 (1.40%) Internet
11 14 (1.22%) J1939
11 14 (1.22%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (18.86%) PostgreSQL
2 168 (14.67%) NoSQL
3 124 (10.83%) Relational Database
4 121 (10.57%) MongoDB
5 76 (6.64%) DB2
6 50 (4.37%) Power BI
7 43 (3.76%) MySQL
8 42 (3.67%) Tableau
9 41 (3.58%) GIS
10 38 (3.32%) Hadoop
11 33 (2.88%) SQL Server
12 29 (2.53%) Data Lake
12 29 (2.53%) QGIS
13 25 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
14 24 (2.10%) Big Data
15 20 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
16 14 (1.22%) Redis
17 11 (0.96%) RDBMS
18 10 (0.87%) BigQuery
19 9 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 159 (13.89%) Git
2 84 (7.34%) Jenkins
3 60 (5.24%) JIRA
4 40 (3.49%) GitLab
5 25 (2.18%) Robot Framework
6 23 (2.01%) LabVIEW
7 20 (1.75%) Bitbucket
8 18 (1.57%) Visual Studio
9 17 (1.48%) Vagrant
10 14 (1.22%) ClearCase
10 14 (1.22%) Plastic SCM
11 13 (1.14%) Eclipse
11 13 (1.14%) Subversion
12 10 (0.87%) Trac
13 9 (0.79%) JMeter
14 7 (0.61%) ClearQuest
14 7 (0.61%) JUnit
15 6 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
16 5 (0.44%) Maven
16 5 (0.44%) TeamCity
General
1 267 (23.32%) Social Skills
2 137 (11.97%) Public Sector
3 134 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (7.95%) Finance
5 69 (6.03%) Electronics
6 59 (5.15%) Telecoms
7 56 (4.89%) Manufacturing
8 34 (2.97%) Marketing
9 32 (2.79%) Military
10 28 (2.45%) Automotive
11 27 (2.36%) Aerospace
11 27 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 25 (2.18%) Retail
13 24 (2.10%) Legal
14 20 (1.75%) Games
15 15 (1.31%) Aviation
15 15 (1.31%) Tech for Good
16 11 (0.96%) Law
16 11 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 278 (24.28%) Software Engineer
2 260 (22.71%) Developer
3 240 (20.96%) Senior
4 104 (9.08%) Full Stack Developer
5 87 (7.60%) Senior Software Engineer
6 80 (6.99%) Azure Developer
7 68 (5.94%) DevOps Engineer
8 60 (5.24%) Lead
9 54 (4.72%) Python Engineer
10 53 (4.63%) Software Developer
11 49 (4.28%) Architect
12 47 (4.10%) Junior
13 46 (4.02%) Graduate
14 44 (3.84%) Analyst
15 38 (3.32%) Data Engineer
16 37 (3.23%) Java Developer
17 35 (3.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 32 (2.79%) Hardware Engineer
19 31 (2.71%) Consultant
20 30 (2.62%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (17.82%) React
2 157 (13.71%) AngularJS
2 157 (13.71%) HTML
3 149 (13.01%) CSS
4 146 (12.75%) Node.js
5 145 (12.66%) .NET
6 126 (11.00%) REST
7 119 (10.39%) Web Services
8 89 (7.77%) Vue
9 87 (7.60%) ASP.NET
9 87 (7.60%) jQuery
10 79 (6.90%) Ember.js
11 76 (6.64%) ASP.NET Core
11 76 (6.64%) Backbone.js
11 76 (6.64%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 55 (4.80%) XML
13 53 (4.63%) Kafka
14 42 (3.67%) Middleware
14 42 (3.67%) Spring
15 35 (3.06%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 227 (19.83%) Algorithms
2 109 (9.52%) Data Structures
3 88 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 76 (6.64%) Blockchain
5 63 (5.50%) IoT
6 31 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
7 30 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (2.36%) Data Centre
9 26 (2.27%) Management Information System
10 25 (2.18%) Embedded Systems
11 22 (1.92%) Acoustics
11 22 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
11 22 (1.92%) Satnav
12 20 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
12 20 (1.75%) CUDA
13 18 (1.57%) Product Ownership
14 17 (1.48%) PKI
15 14 (1.22%) Low-Code
15 14 (1.22%) Robotics
16 13 (1.14%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 395 (34.50%) Linux
2 224 (19.56%) Windows
3 101 (8.82%) Android
4 82 (7.16%) Apple iOS
5 51 (4.45%) Unix
6 28 (2.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 27 (2.36%) CentOS
7 27 (2.36%) Windows Server
8 26 (2.27%) Embedded Linux
9 25 (2.18%) Ubuntu
10 13 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.61%) Windows 10
12 5 (0.44%) Data ONTAP
12 5 (0.44%) Kali Linux
12 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.26%) Debian
13 3 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
14 2 (0.17%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (33.36%) Software Engineering
2 365 (31.88%) DevOps
3 323 (28.21%) Computer Science
4 314 (27.42%) Agile
5 270 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
6 231 (20.17%) Artificial Intelligence
7 155 (13.54%) Mathematics
8 152 (13.28%) Machine Learning
9 150 (13.10%) Full Stack Development
10 135 (11.79%) Physics
11 130 (11.35%) Web Development
12 126 (11.00%) CI/CD
12 126 (11.00%) OO
13 104 (9.08%) User Experience
14 101 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
15 97 (8.47%) Software Testing
16 96 (8.38%) OOP
17 95 (8.30%) Containerisation
17 95 (8.30%) Mentoring
18 91 (7.95%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 372 (32.49%) Java
2 326 (28.47%) JavaScript
3 317 (27.69%) SQL
4 247 (21.57%) C#
5 226 (19.74%) C++
6 195 (17.03%) C
7 124 (10.83%) Bash
8 85 (7.42%) PowerShell
9 82 (7.16%) Fortran
10 64 (5.59%) Perl
11 61 (5.33%) MATLAB
12 56 (4.89%) R
13 49 (4.28%) Kotlin
14 38 (3.32%) Go
14 38 (3.32%) TypeScript
15 29 (2.53%) Ruby
16 27 (2.36%) Embedded C
17 18 (1.57%) Shell Script
18 16 (1.40%) Haskell
19 15 (1.31%) Scala
Qualifications
1 467 (40.79%) Degree
2 275 (24.02%) Security Cleared
3 185 (16.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 182 (15.90%) SC Cleared
5 114 (9.96%) Master's Degree
6 101 (8.82%) PhD
7 35 (3.06%) DV Cleared
8 27 (2.36%) AWS Certification
9 15 (1.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (1.05%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 11 (0.96%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.96%) HND
12 9 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
14 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.52%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.52%) JNCIE
16 5 (0.44%) CCIE
16 5 (0.44%) CISSP
16 5 (0.44%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (3.93%) QA
2 38 (3.32%) Data Quality
3 15 (1.31%) ISO 26262
3 15 (1.31%) MISRA
4 14 (1.22%) Automotive SPICE
4 14 (1.22%) AUTOSAR
5 10 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.61%) ISO 13485
7 6 (0.52%) NIST
7 6 (0.52%) SLA
8 5 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (0.44%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.17%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.17%) GDPR
9 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.17%) PMO
9 2 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.087%) HIPAA
System Software
1 175 (15.28%) Docker
2 49 (4.28%) Active Directory
3 42 (3.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (3.32%) Hyper-V
5 31 (2.71%) Firmware
6 23 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (1.31%) Embedded Firmware
8 10 (0.87%) NFS
8 10 (0.87%) pfSense
9 5 (0.44%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 3 (0.26%) HDFS
10 3 (0.26%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.087%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.087%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 129 (11.27%) Terraform
2 125 (10.92%) Kubernetes
3 116 (10.13%) Ansible
4 17 (1.48%) WMI
5 14 (1.22%) Puppet
5 14 (1.22%) ZABBIX
6 13 (1.14%) Grafana
7 10 (0.87%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 10 (0.87%) 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 (0.17%) Argo
12 2 (0.17%) Kustomize
12 2 (0.17%) Netcool
12 2 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 123 (10.74%) Microsoft
2 93 (8.12%) IBM
3 87 (7.60%) Red Hat
4 53 (4.63%) VMware
5 37 (3.23%) Xilinx
6 33 (2.88%) SAP
7 29 (2.53%) ESRI
8 28 (2.45%) Splunk
9 25 (2.18%) Juniper
9 25 (2.18%) Oracle
10 24 (2.10%) Databricks
11 20 (1.75%) Google
11 20 (1.75%) WSO2
12 15 (1.31%) Fortinet
13 14 (1.22%) Cisco
13 14 (1.22%) Lauterbach
14 13 (1.14%) Facebook
14 13 (1.14%) ServiceNow
15 11 (0.96%) Atlassian
16 10 (0.87%) Veeam