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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 13 15
Rank change year-on-year -14 +2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 484 685 897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.81% 12.02% 12.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 25.01% 30.65% 27.12%
Number of salaries quoted 341 263 471
10th Percentile £37,500 £30,300 £36,953
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,125 £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 £77,500 £79,375
90th Percentile £82,500 £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 1,935 2,235 3,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.22% 39.22% 45.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,555 1,351 1,885
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £34,994
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,188 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +12.15%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% +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 1 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 1 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 -18 211 £60,000 -14.29% 62
Oxfordshire -2 189 £55,000 +44.55% 63
Buckinghamshire -22 84 £51,000 -21.54% 47
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 29 (5.99%) ArcGIS
1 29 (5.99%) GeoServer
2 21 (4.34%) OpenStack
3 7 (1.45%) Apache
4 6 (1.24%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.03%) nginx
6 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.41%) IBM Domino
7 2 (0.41%) SAS
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.21%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 5 (1.03%) Simulink
2 2 (0.41%) Stateflow
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.21%) Revit
3 1 (0.21%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 132 (27.27%) Azure
2 131 (27.07%) AWS
3 26 (5.37%) Serverless
4 21 (4.34%) Power Platform
5 19 (3.93%) GCP
5 19 (3.93%) GitHub
6 18 (3.72%) Amazon S3
7 17 (3.51%) Amazon ECS
8 16 (3.31%) Amazon EKS
8 16 (3.31%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.07%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (1.86%) Snowflake
12 8 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (1.65%) SaaS
13 7 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (1.45%) IaaS
14 6 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (1.24%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.37%) Wireless
2 23 (4.75%) Wi-Fi
3 22 (4.55%) 5G
3 22 (4.55%) Bluetooth
3 22 (4.55%) GSM
3 22 (4.55%) ISDN
3 22 (4.55%) LTE
3 22 (4.55%) PSTN
3 22 (4.55%) UMTS
4 20 (4.13%) VPN
5 17 (3.51%) Internet
6 15 (3.10%) Firewall
7 12 (2.48%) Network Security
8 10 (2.07%) LAN
8 10 (2.07%) WAN
9 7 (1.45%) NAS
9 7 (1.45%) SAN
9 7 (1.45%) SNMP
10 5 (1.03%) MQTT
10 5 (1.03%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (16.32%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (7.64%) GIS
3 29 (5.99%) QGIS
4 23 (4.75%) MySQL
4 23 (4.75%) NoSQL
5 19 (3.93%) Data Lake
5 19 (3.93%) Power BI
5 19 (3.93%) Relational Database
6 17 (3.51%) SQL Server
7 13 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (2.48%) Tableau
9 11 (2.27%) MongoDB
10 9 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (1.65%) Big Data
11 8 (1.65%) Redis
12 7 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.24%) Hadoop
13 6 (1.24%) MariaDB
13 6 (1.24%) RDBMS
14 5 (1.03%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 31 (6.40%) Git
2 26 (5.37%) Jenkins
3 22 (4.55%) LabVIEW
4 20 (4.13%) GitLab
5 16 (3.31%) Visual Studio
6 11 (2.27%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.24%) JIRA
7 6 (1.24%) JMeter
7 6 (1.24%) JUnit
8 5 (1.03%) Mockito
9 3 (0.62%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.62%) Selenium
10 2 (0.41%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket Server
11 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.21%) Postman
11 1 (0.21%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.21%) Serenity BDD
11 1 (0.21%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.21%) WebDriver
General
1 108 (22.31%) Social Skills
2 60 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (8.26%) Public Sector
4 31 (6.40%) Telecoms
5 25 (5.17%) Finance
6 22 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (2.89%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.07%) Electronics
9 9 (1.86%) Aerospace
9 9 (1.86%) Marketing
10 8 (1.65%) Automotive
10 8 (1.65%) Legal
11 7 (1.45%) Retail
12 5 (1.03%) Games
12 5 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.83%) Aeronautics
14 3 (0.62%) Banking
14 3 (0.62%) Law
14 3 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.41%) Billing
Job Titles
1 118 (24.38%) Senior
2 115 (23.76%) Software Engineer
3 91 (18.80%) Developer
4 45 (9.30%) Senior Software Engineer
5 35 (7.23%) Python Engineer
6 28 (5.79%) Hardware Engineer
7 27 (5.58%) Architect
8 26 (5.37%) Full Stack Developer
8 26 (5.37%) Junior
9 25 (5.17%) Lead
9 25 (5.17%) Python Developer
10 22 (4.55%) Java Developer
10 22 (4.55%) Research Engineer
11 21 (4.34%) Data Engineer
12 20 (4.13%) Senior Developer
13 19 (3.93%) Analyst
14 18 (3.72%) Data Scientist
14 18 (3.72%) Software Developer
15 16 (3.31%) Software Architect
16 12 (2.48%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (14.88%) React
2 36 (7.44%) .NET
3 35 (7.23%) CSS
4 34 (7.02%) OpenLayers
5 31 (6.40%) Leaflet
6 29 (5.99%) PostGIS
7 25 (5.17%) .NET Core
7 25 (5.17%) REST
7 25 (5.17%) Spring
8 23 (4.75%) Django
9 21 (4.34%) Kafka
9 21 (4.34%) Web Services
10 20 (4.13%) OpenMP
11 19 (3.93%) AngularJS
11 19 (3.93%) HTML
12 17 (3.51%) Spring Boot
13 16 (3.31%) Node.js
14 15 (3.10%) Apache Camel
14 15 (3.10%) Flask
15 14 (2.89%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 119 (24.59%) Algorithms
2 27 (5.58%) IoT
3 22 (4.55%) Acoustics
3 22 (4.55%) Satnav
4 20 (4.13%) CUDA
4 20 (4.13%) Data Structures
5 18 (3.72%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (3.51%) Management Information System
7 15 (3.10%) Data Centre
8 13 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (2.27%) Life Science
10 8 (1.65%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.45%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.24%) Embedded Systems
12 6 (1.24%) PKI
12 6 (1.24%) Robotics
13 5 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.03%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 125 (25.83%) Linux
2 45 (9.30%) Unix
3 24 (4.96%) Windows
4 7 (1.45%) CentOS
4 7 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.24%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.03%) Data ONTAP
6 5 (1.03%) Kali Linux
6 5 (1.03%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.62%) Debian
7 3 (0.62%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.62%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.21%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (33.68%) Computer Science
2 161 (33.26%) Software Engineering
3 159 (32.85%) Agile
4 122 (25.21%) Physics
5 105 (21.69%) Problem-Solving
6 91 (18.80%) DevOps
6 91 (18.80%) Mathematics
7 73 (15.08%) Machine Learning
8 63 (13.02%) Full Stack Development
9 62 (12.81%) Software Testing
10 56 (11.57%) Parallel Programming
11 50 (10.33%) SDLC
12 46 (9.50%) CI/CD
13 44 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
14 42 (8.68%) Test Automation
15 41 (8.47%) Coaching
15 41 (8.47%) Microservices
16 40 (8.26%) Open Source
17 37 (7.64%) Actionable Insight
17 37 (7.64%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 102 (21.07%) Java
2 96 (19.83%) JavaScript
3 95 (19.63%) Fortran
4 93 (19.21%) C++
5 91 (18.80%) C
6 74 (15.29%) SQL
7 70 (14.46%) C#
8 60 (12.40%) Bash
9 28 (5.79%) TypeScript
10 27 (5.58%) MATLAB
11 26 (5.37%) R
12 19 (3.93%) PowerShell
13 16 (3.31%) Shell Script
14 15 (3.10%) Perl
15 14 (2.89%) Go
16 12 (2.48%) Ruby
16 12 (2.48%) Scala
17 10 (2.07%) Kotlin
18 6 (1.24%) Embedded C
19 4 (0.83%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 234 (48.35%) Degree
2 131 (27.07%) Security Cleared
3 103 (21.28%) PhD
4 95 (19.63%) Master's Degree
5 53 (10.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 52 (10.74%) SC Cleared
7 13 (2.69%) AWS Certification
8 12 (2.48%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.03%) CCNA
10 5 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.03%) CISSP
11 4 (0.83%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.83%) MCSE
12 3 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.41%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.21%) JNCIP
14 1 (0.21%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.89%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.48%) QA
3 10 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (1.03%) NIST
4 5 (1.03%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.62%) SLA
6 2 (0.41%) PMO
6 2 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 84 (17.36%) Docker
2 17 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.10%) Firmware
3 15 (3.10%) Hyper-V
4 12 (2.48%) Active Directory
5 5 (1.03%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 4 (0.83%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.62%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 58 (11.98%) Kubernetes
2 34 (7.02%) Ansible
3 30 (6.20%) Terraform
4 6 (1.24%) Puppet
5 5 (1.03%) Kibana
5 5 (1.03%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.03%) Red Hat Spacewalk
5 5 (1.03%) Suricata
5 5 (1.03%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.62%) ZABBIX
7 2 (0.41%) Kustomize
7 2 (0.41%) Nagios
7 2 (0.41%) Netcool
8 1 (0.21%) Packer
8 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.21%) Salt
Vendors
1 87 (17.98%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.99%) ESRI
3 17 (3.51%) VMware
4 13 (2.69%) Splunk
5 11 (2.27%) Google
5 11 (2.27%) Juniper
6 10 (2.07%) Cisco
6 10 (2.07%) Palo Alto
6 10 (2.07%) WSO2
7 9 (1.86%) Databricks
8 8 (1.65%) SAP
9 7 (1.45%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.24%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.03%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.03%) NetApp
11 5 (1.03%) SolidFire
12 4 (0.83%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.83%) Talend
13 3 (0.62%) Cloudera
13 3 (0.62%) Informatica