Python Developer Job Trends in England

Python Developer
UK > England

The median Python Developer salary in England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 412 388
Rank change year-on-year +56 -24 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 396 232 513
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.61% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.68% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 327 185 466
10th Percentile £48,350 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £64,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -10.53% +8.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £133,750
90th Percentile £114,000 £137,500 £146,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% -5.56% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 77,318 34,317 80,969
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 89.54% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 52,516 19,695 61,369
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,250 £57,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.91% +8.49% -12.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Python Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Python Developer job vacancy trend in England

Python Developer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Python Developer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Python Developer job vacancies in England

Python Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python Developer in England over the 6 months to 24 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Python Developer in England

Python Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 24 May 2026. 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
London +4 237 £90,000 -5.26% 40
North of England +21 68 £62,500 -3.85% 8
South East +9 43 £70,000 +55.56% 10
Yorkshire -7 43 £70,000 +7.69% 1
South West - 24 £50,000 - 1
Midlands -13 18 £60,000 +9.09%
North West +11 16 £42,500 -32.00% 4
East Midlands -17 12 £60,000 +9.09%
North East - 9 £70,000 - 3
West Midlands -28 6 £55,000 -
East of England -13 5 £65,000 - 1
Python Developer
UK

Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 24 May 2026, Python Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Python Developer in the job title.

1 396 (100.00%) Python
2 120 (30.30%) Software Engineering
3 105 (26.52%) Full-Stack Development
4 93 (23.48%) AI
5 90 (22.73%) AWS
6 71 (17.93%) Agile
7 66 (16.67%) React
8 53 (13.38%) CI/CD
8 53 (13.38%) Flask
9 50 (12.63%) JavaScript
10 48 (12.12%) SQL
11 45 (11.36%) Django
11 45 (11.36%) Test Automation
11 45 (11.36%) TypeScript
12 41 (10.35%) Docker
13 38 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
14 35 (8.84%) Linux
14 35 (8.84%) OO
14 35 (8.84%) OOP
15 34 (8.59%) FastAPI
15 34 (8.59%) Fintech
16 32 (8.08%) Azure
16 32 (8.08%) Problem-Solving
16 32 (8.08%) REST
17 30 (7.58%) Mentoring
17 30 (7.58%) SDLC
18 29 (7.32%) PostgreSQL
18 29 (7.32%) RESTful
19 28 (7.07%) C++
19 28 (7.07%) Serverless

Python Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 16 (4.04%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.51%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.25%) Apache
4 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 90 (22.73%) AWS
2 32 (8.08%) Azure
3 28 (7.07%) Serverless
4 25 (6.31%) GitHub
4 25 (6.31%) SaaS
5 22 (5.56%) AWS Lambda
6 18 (4.55%) Amazon S3
7 16 (4.04%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.53%) GCP
10 5 (1.26%) Amazon SQS
10 5 (1.26%) Prefect
11 4 (1.01%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.01%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (0.76%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (0.76%) AWS Fargate
13 2 (0.51%) AWS CodePipeline
13 2 (0.51%) Azure AI
13 2 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.53%) Broadband
2 3 (0.76%) HTTP
2 3 (0.76%) RTP
2 3 (0.76%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.76%) VoIP
2 3 (0.76%) Wireshark
3 2 (0.51%) Firewall
4 1 (0.25%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.32%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (3.79%) Big Data
3 14 (3.54%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.52%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.52%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.26%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.01%) MySQL
7 2 (0.51%) GIS
8 1 (0.25%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.25%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.06%) Git
2 5 (1.26%) GitLab
3 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.25%) Poetry
4 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 60 (15.15%) Finance
2 47 (11.87%) Social Skills
3 42 (10.61%) Front Office
4 19 (4.80%) Tech for Good
5 15 (3.79%) Health Technology
6 12 (3.03%) Banking
7 11 (2.78%) Games
8 10 (2.53%) Publishing
9 6 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.52%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.01%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.01%) Aviation
10 4 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.51%) Retail
12 1 (0.25%) Back Office
12 1 (0.25%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.25%) Law
12 1 (0.25%) Marketing
12 1 (0.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (16.67%) React
2 53 (13.38%) Flask
3 45 (11.36%) Django
4 34 (8.59%) FastAPI
5 32 (8.08%) REST
6 29 (7.32%) RESTful
7 27 (6.82%) Node.js
8 25 (6.31%) NumPy
9 24 (6.06%) Pandas
10 22 (5.56%) Vue
11 21 (5.30%) HTML
12 19 (4.80%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 19 (4.80%) Kafka
13 16 (4.04%) CSS
14 11 (2.78%) AngularJS
15 8 (2.02%) .NET
15 8 (2.02%) Redux
16 6 (1.52%) PyTorch
16 6 (1.52%) SQLAlchemy
17 5 (1.26%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 49 (12.37%) Algorithms
2 33 (8.33%) Hedge funds
3 30 (7.58%) Cloud Native
4 29 (7.32%) Data Structures
4 29 (7.32%) Equities
5 22 (5.56%) Fixed Income
6 19 (4.80%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (4.80%) Management Information System
7 17 (4.29%) Educational Technology
8 15 (3.79%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (3.28%) Product Ownership
10 10 (2.53%) Derivative
10 10 (2.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (2.53%) Low-Code
10 10 (2.53%) PropTech
10 10 (2.53%) Video\Live Streaming
11 6 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.01%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 35 (8.84%) Linux
2 3 (0.76%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (30.30%) Software Engineering
2 105 (26.52%) Full-Stack Development
3 93 (23.48%) AI
4 71 (17.93%) Agile
5 53 (13.38%) CI/CD
6 45 (11.36%) Test Automation
7 38 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (8.84%) OO
8 35 (8.84%) OOP
9 34 (8.59%) Fintech
10 32 (8.08%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (7.58%) Mentoring
11 30 (7.58%) SDLC
12 24 (6.06%) Clean Code
12 24 (6.06%) Containerisation
13 23 (5.81%) Microservices
14 22 (5.56%) Computer Science
14 22 (5.56%) Computer Vision
14 22 (5.56%) Deep Learning
14 22 (5.56%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 396 (100.00%) Python
2 50 (12.63%) JavaScript
3 48 (12.12%) SQL
4 45 (11.36%) TypeScript
5 28 (7.07%) C++
6 10 (2.53%) Go
6 10 (2.53%) PHP
7 9 (2.27%) Java
8 4 (1.01%) C
8 4 (1.01%) C#
9 3 (0.76%) Bash
9 3 (0.76%) Perl
9 3 (0.76%) VBA
10 2 (0.51%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.51%) Rust
10 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.25%) Bicep
11 1 (0.25%) Haskell
11 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (4.04%) Degree
2 8 (2.02%) SC Cleared
2 8 (2.02%) Security Cleared
3 3 (0.76%) AWS Certification
4 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.03%) QA
2 3 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.76%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.25%) Data Quality
System Software
1 41 (10.35%) Docker
2 3 (0.76%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 25 (6.31%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.28%) Terraform
3 3 (0.76%) Argo
4 2 (0.51%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (1.77%) Databricks
1 7 (1.77%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.01%) Oracle
3 3 (0.76%) BT
3 3 (0.76%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.76%) Mitel
4 2 (0.51%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.25%) Google