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 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 414 406
Rank change year-on-year +71 -8 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 389 236 492
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.61% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.68% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 326 187 450
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £64,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -8.11% +8.82%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £125,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £137,500 £146,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -15.15% -8.33% +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 75,487 34,743 78,820
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 89.32% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 49,799 21,313 60,080
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £52,777
% change year-on-year -6.78% +11.79% -12.04%

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 6 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 6 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 +2 231 £90,000 +5.88% 40
North of England 0 58 £70,000 +7.69% 17
South East +11 44 £70,000 +55.56% 12
Yorkshire -10 43 £75,000 +15.38% 3
Midlands -18 27 £60,000 +9.09% 1
South West - 25 £50,000 - 1
East Midlands -31 17 £65,000 +18.18%
West Midlands -14 10 £57,500 - 1
North West -18 10 £40,000 -33.33% 7
North East - 5 £61,000 - 7
East of England -13 3 £62,500 -26.47% 3
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 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.

1 389 (100.00%) Python
2 119 (30.59%) Software Engineering
3 106 (27.25%) Full-Stack Development
4 87 (22.37%) AI
5 83 (21.34%) AWS
6 75 (19.28%) React
7 71 (18.25%) Agile
8 55 (14.14%) JavaScript
9 53 (13.62%) CI/CD
10 51 (13.11%) Django
10 51 (13.11%) Flask
11 48 (12.34%) SQL
12 42 (10.80%) TypeScript
13 41 (10.54%) Test Automation
14 39 (10.03%) Continuous Improvement
15 36 (9.25%) Fintech
15 36 (9.25%) OO
15 36 (9.25%) OOP
16 35 (9.00%) Mentoring
16 35 (9.00%) Problem-Solving
16 35 (9.00%) REST
17 34 (8.74%) Azure
17 34 (8.74%) Docker
17 34 (8.74%) Serverless
18 33 (8.48%) Linux
19 32 (8.23%) SDLC
20 30 (7.71%) GitHub
20 30 (7.71%) SaaS
21 29 (7.46%) FastAPI
22 27 (6.94%) AWS Lambda

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 17 (4.37%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.51%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 83 (21.34%) AWS
2 34 (8.74%) Azure
2 34 (8.74%) Serverless
3 30 (7.71%) GitHub
3 30 (7.71%) SaaS
4 27 (6.94%) AWS Lambda
5 23 (5.91%) Amazon S3
6 15 (3.86%) GitHub Actions
7 12 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.57%) Amazon SQS
9 9 (2.31%) GCP
10 5 (1.29%) Prefect
11 3 (0.77%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (0.77%) AWS Fargate
11 3 (0.77%) Azure AI
12 2 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
13 1 (0.26%) AWS CodePipeline
13 1 (0.26%) Azure Functions
13 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.29%) Broadband
2 3 (0.77%) HTTP
2 3 (0.77%) RTP
2 3 (0.77%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.77%) VoIP
2 3 (0.77%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.26%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.66%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (4.37%) Big Data
3 9 (2.31%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.80%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.29%) MySQL
5 5 (1.29%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.03%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.26%) GIS
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (5.66%) Git
2 4 (1.03%) GitLab
3 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.26%) Poetry
4 1 (0.26%) Selenium
4 1 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 62 (15.94%) Finance
2 55 (14.14%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.54%) Front Office
4 20 (5.14%) Tech for Good
5 16 (4.11%) Health Technology
6 14 (3.60%) Publishing
7 11 (2.83%) Banking
8 9 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.80%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.54%) Games
12 4 (1.03%) Aviation
13 3 (0.77%) Analytical Skills
13 3 (0.77%) Retail
14 1 (0.26%) Back Office
14 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.26%) Marketing
14 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (19.28%) React
2 51 (13.11%) Django
2 51 (13.11%) Flask
3 35 (9.00%) REST
4 29 (7.46%) FastAPI
5 27 (6.94%) Node.js
5 27 (6.94%) RESTful
6 24 (6.17%) NumPy
7 23 (5.91%) Pandas
8 22 (5.66%) HTML
9 20 (5.14%) Kafka
10 19 (4.88%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 19 (4.88%) Vue
11 16 (4.11%) CSS
12 14 (3.60%) AngularJS
13 8 (2.06%) Redux
14 7 (1.80%) .NET
14 7 (1.80%) PyTorch
15 6 (1.54%) Google JAX
15 6 (1.54%) JAX
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.57%) Algorithms
2 34 (8.74%) Hedge funds
3 29 (7.46%) Equities
4 28 (7.20%) Data Structures
5 22 (5.66%) Cloud Native
5 22 (5.66%) Fixed Income
6 19 (4.88%) Management Information System
7 17 (4.37%) Educational Technology
8 16 (4.11%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (3.60%) Product Ownership
10 10 (2.57%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (2.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (2.57%) PropTech
11 8 (2.06%) Derivative
12 5 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.29%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.29%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (1.29%) Video\Live Streaming
13 4 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.03%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 33 (8.48%) Linux
2 3 (0.77%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (30.59%) Software Engineering
2 106 (27.25%) Full-Stack Development
3 87 (22.37%) AI
4 71 (18.25%) Agile
5 53 (13.62%) CI/CD
6 41 (10.54%) Test Automation
7 39 (10.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (9.25%) Fintech
8 36 (9.25%) OO
8 36 (9.25%) OOP
9 35 (9.00%) Mentoring
9 35 (9.00%) Problem-Solving
10 32 (8.23%) SDLC
11 25 (6.43%) Computer Science
12 24 (6.17%) Clean Code
13 23 (5.91%) Microservices
14 22 (5.66%) Computer Vision
14 22 (5.66%) Containerisation
14 22 (5.66%) Deep Learning
14 22 (5.66%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 389 (100.00%) Python
2 55 (14.14%) JavaScript
3 48 (12.34%) SQL
4 42 (10.80%) TypeScript
5 25 (6.43%) C++
6 10 (2.57%) PHP
7 8 (2.06%) Java
8 5 (1.29%) Go
9 4 (1.03%) C
9 4 (1.03%) VBA
10 3 (0.77%) C#
11 2 (0.51%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.51%) Perl
11 2 (0.51%) Rust
12 1 (0.26%) Bash
12 1 (0.26%) Bicep
12 1 (0.26%) Haskell
12 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (4.63%) Degree
2 8 (2.06%) SC Cleared
2 8 (2.06%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.26%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.11%) QA
2 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.77%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 34 (8.74%) Docker
2 3 (0.77%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 17 (4.37%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.08%) Terraform
3 3 (0.77%) Argo
4 1 (0.26%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (2.06%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.29%) Databricks
3 4 (1.03%) Oracle
4 3 (0.77%) BT
4 3 (0.77%) Fortinet
4 3 (0.77%) Mitel
5 2 (0.51%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.26%) Google