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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 16 18
Rank change year-on-year -12 +2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,148 1,542 2,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.80% 10.75% 11.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.06% 26.79% 22.74%
Number of salaries quoted 844 729 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 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +11.54%

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 4,978 5,755 9,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.48% 40.14% 48.83%
Number of salaries quoted 4,000 3,781 6,402
10th Percentile £34,475 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% +7.32%
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 20 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 20 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 -17 462 £55,000 -15.38% 165
Hampshire +2 348 £55,000 -8.33% 75
Surrey -7 212 £60,000 - 59
Berkshire -22 194 £60,000 -14.29% 71
Oxfordshire -2 185 £55,000 +57.14% 61
Buckinghamshire -25 83 £51,000 -18.40% 33
East Sussex +5 49 £42,500 -39.29% 9
West Sussex -15 35 £64,000 +34.74% 8
Kent -33 27 £55,000 - 7
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 (2.70%) 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 (6.53%) Simulink
2 20 (1.74%) Stateflow
3 9 (0.78%) 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 (0.78%) 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
1 374 (32.58%) Azure
2 278 (24.22%) AWS
3 128 (11.15%) Serverless
4 95 (8.28%) Azure DevOps
5 76 (6.62%) Azure Service Bus
5 76 (6.62%) IBM Cloud
6 75 (6.53%) Azure API Management
6 75 (6.53%) Azure Functions
7 74 (6.45%) Azure Logic Apps
8 54 (4.70%) Power Platform
9 43 (3.75%) GitHub
10 35 (3.05%) GCP
11 33 (2.87%) Amazon EKS
12 31 (2.70%) Amazon S3
13 28 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
14 27 (2.35%) Amazon ECS
14 27 (2.35%) SaaS
15 22 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
15 22 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
16 21 (1.83%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (4.88%) Firewall
2 38 (3.31%) Wireless
3 35 (3.05%) VPN
4 34 (2.96%) 5G
4 34 (2.96%) TCP/IP
5 28 (2.44%) DNS
6 27 (2.35%) Bluetooth
7 23 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
8 22 (1.92%) GSM
8 22 (1.92%) ISDN
8 22 (1.92%) LTE
8 22 (1.92%) Network Security
8 22 (1.92%) PSTN
8 22 (1.92%) UMTS
9 21 (1.83%) SNMP
10 18 (1.57%) LAN
10 18 (1.57%) WAN
11 16 (1.39%) Internet
12 14 (1.22%) J1939
12 14 (1.22%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 217 (18.90%) PostgreSQL
2 169 (14.72%) NoSQL
3 124 (10.80%) Relational Database
4 122 (10.63%) MongoDB
5 76 (6.62%) DB2
6 51 (4.44%) Power BI
7 42 (3.66%) MySQL
7 42 (3.66%) Tableau
8 41 (3.57%) GIS
9 40 (3.48%) Hadoop
10 34 (2.96%) SQL Server
11 29 (2.53%) Data Lake
11 29 (2.53%) QGIS
12 25 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
13 24 (2.09%) Big Data
14 20 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
15 14 (1.22%) Redis
16 11 (0.96%) RDBMS
17 10 (0.87%) BigQuery
18 9 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 159 (13.85%) Git
2 84 (7.32%) Jenkins
3 60 (5.23%) JIRA
4 40 (3.48%) GitLab
5 25 (2.18%) Robot Framework
6 23 (2.00%) LabVIEW
7 20 (1.74%) 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 (1.13%) Eclipse
11 13 (1.13%) Subversion
12 10 (0.87%) Trac
13 9 (0.78%) 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
1 266 (23.17%) Social Skills
2 137 (11.93%) Public Sector
3 135 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (8.01%) Finance
5 69 (6.01%) Electronics
6 59 (5.14%) Telecoms
7 56 (4.88%) Manufacturing
8 34 (2.96%) Marketing
9 32 (2.79%) Military
10 28 (2.44%) Automotive
11 27 (2.35%) Aerospace
11 27 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 25 (2.18%) Retail
13 24 (2.09%) Legal
14 20 (1.74%) 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
1 279 (24.30%) Software Engineer
2 259 (22.56%) Developer
3 242 (21.08%) Senior
4 103 (8.97%) Full Stack Developer
5 87 (7.58%) Senior Software Engineer
6 80 (6.97%) Azure Developer
7 70 (6.10%) DevOps Engineer
8 60 (5.23%) Lead
9 54 (4.70%) Python Engineer
10 53 (4.62%) Software Developer
11 50 (4.36%) Architect
12 47 (4.09%) Graduate
12 47 (4.09%) Junior
13 44 (3.83%) Analyst
14 39 (3.40%) Data Engineer
15 37 (3.22%) Java Developer
16 36 (3.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 32 (2.79%) Hardware Engineer
18 31 (2.70%) Consultant
19 30 (2.61%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 203 (17.68%) React
2 157 (13.68%) AngularJS
3 156 (13.59%) HTML
4 148 (12.89%) CSS
5 147 (12.80%) Node.js
6 145 (12.63%) .NET
7 126 (10.98%) REST
8 119 (10.37%) Web Services
9 89 (7.75%) Vue
10 87 (7.58%) jQuery
11 86 (7.49%) ASP.NET
12 79 (6.88%) Ember.js
13 76 (6.62%) ASP.NET Core
13 76 (6.62%) Backbone.js
13 76 (6.62%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 55 (4.79%) Kafka
14 55 (4.79%) XML
15 43 (3.75%) Middleware
16 42 (3.66%) Spring
17 35 (3.05%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 227 (19.77%) Algorithms
2 109 (9.49%) Data Structures
3 88 (7.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 76 (6.62%) Blockchain
5 63 (5.49%) IoT
6 31 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
7 30 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (2.35%) Data Centre
9 26 (2.26%) 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 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
12 20 (1.74%) CUDA
13 18 (1.57%) Product Ownership
14 16 (1.39%) PKI
15 14 (1.22%) Low-Code
15 14 (1.22%) Robotics
16 13 (1.13%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 396 (34.49%) Linux
2 224 (19.51%) Windows
3 101 (8.80%) Android
4 82 (7.14%) Apple iOS
5 51 (4.44%) Unix
6 28 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 27 (2.35%) CentOS
8 26 (2.26%) Embedded Linux
8 26 (2.26%) Windows Server
9 25 (2.18%) Ubuntu
10 12 (1.05%) 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
1 384 (33.45%) Software Engineering
2 368 (32.06%) DevOps
3 324 (28.22%) Computer Science
4 314 (27.35%) Agile
5 270 (23.52%) Problem-Solving
6 231 (20.12%) Artificial Intelligence
7 156 (13.59%) Mathematics
8 152 (13.24%) Machine Learning
9 149 (12.98%) Full Stack Development
10 136 (11.85%) Physics
11 129 (11.24%) Web Development
12 127 (11.06%) CI/CD
13 125 (10.89%) OO
14 103 (8.97%) User Experience
15 102 (8.89%) Business Intelligence
16 97 (8.45%) Software Testing
17 96 (8.36%) OOP
18 95 (8.28%) Containerisation
19 94 (8.19%) Mentoring
20 91 (7.93%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 375 (32.67%) Java
2 325 (28.31%) JavaScript
3 320 (27.87%) SQL
4 246 (21.43%) C#
5 226 (19.69%) C++
6 195 (16.99%) C
7 124 (10.80%) Bash
8 84 (7.32%) PowerShell
9 82 (7.14%) Fortran
10 65 (5.66%) Perl
11 61 (5.31%) MATLAB
12 56 (4.88%) R
13 50 (4.36%) Kotlin
14 38 (3.31%) Go
14 38 (3.31%) TypeScript
15 29 (2.53%) Ruby
16 27 (2.35%) Embedded C
17 18 (1.57%) Shell Script
18 16 (1.39%) Haskell
19 15 (1.31%) Scala
Qualifications
1 468 (40.77%) Degree
2 277 (24.13%) Security Cleared
3 186 (16.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 185 (16.11%) SC Cleared
5 114 (9.93%) Master's Degree
6 101 (8.80%) PhD
7 34 (2.96%) DV Cleared
8 27 (2.35%) 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 (0.78%) 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 44 (3.83%) QA
2 39 (3.40%) 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 (15.24%) Docker
2 49 (4.27%) Active Directory
3 42 (3.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (3.31%) Hyper-V
5 31 (2.70%) Firmware
6 24 (2.09%) 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
1 128 (11.15%) Terraform
2 125 (10.89%) Kubernetes
3 115 (10.02%) Ansible
4 17 (1.48%) WMI
5 14 (1.22%) Puppet
5 14 (1.22%) ZABBIX
6 13 (1.13%) 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
1 122 (10.63%) Microsoft
2 93 (8.10%) IBM
3 87 (7.58%) Red Hat
4 53 (4.62%) VMware
5 37 (3.22%) Xilinx
6 33 (2.87%) SAP
7 29 (2.53%) ESRI
8 28 (2.44%) Splunk
9 26 (2.26%) Oracle
10 25 (2.18%) Juniper
11 24 (2.09%) Databricks
12 20 (1.74%) Google
12 20 (1.74%) WSO2
13 15 (1.31%) Fortinet
14 14 (1.22%) Cisco
14 14 (1.22%) Lauterbach
15 13 (1.13%) Facebook
15 13 (1.13%) ServiceNow
16 11 (0.96%) Atlassian
17 10 (0.87%) Veeam