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 2 August 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 373 413
Rank change year-on-year -30 +40 -79
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 379 310 396
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.41% 0.71% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.78% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 304 237 339
10th Percentile £47,500 £54,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £87,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -12.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £97,500 £130,000 £136,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £137,500 £162,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £87,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -12.50% +14.29%

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 86,552 39,594 69,134
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 90.72% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 60,762 24,042 48,003
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,201 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 2 August 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 2 August 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 -82 205 £90,000 -10.00% 49
North of England +19 79 £70,000 - 7
Yorkshire -9 38 £70,000 - 5
East of England +4 31 £65,000 -5.45% 5
South West -41 25 £50,000 -41.18% 1
South East -9 22 £60,000 +33.33% 7
North East - 21 £70,000 - 1
North West +6 20 £45,000 -30.77% 1
Midlands -22 15 £67,500 -3.57% 4
East Midlands -20 10 £70,000 +75.00% 1
West Midlands -39 5 £60,000 -14.29% 3
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 August 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.

1 379 (100.00%) Python
2 114 (30.08%) AWS
3 107 (28.23%) Software Engineering
4 96 (25.33%) AI
5 94 (24.80%) Full-Stack Development
6 62 (16.36%) CI/CD
7 56 (14.78%) Agile
7 56 (14.78%) SQL
8 53 (13.98%) JavaScript
9 52 (13.72%) PostgreSQL
10 47 (12.40%) Azure
11 45 (11.87%) FastAPI
12 44 (11.61%) Docker
13 42 (11.08%) Flask
14 40 (10.55%) RESTful
15 38 (10.03%) Test Automation
15 38 (10.03%) TypeScript
16 34 (8.97%) React
17 32 (8.44%) Kubernetes
17 32 (8.44%) Problem-Solving
18 31 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
19 30 (7.92%) Cybersecurity
19 30 (7.92%) Linux
20 29 (7.65%) Django
20 29 (7.65%) OOP
21 27 (7.12%) Infrastructure as Code
21 27 (7.12%) Microservices
21 27 (7.12%) Validation
22 26 (6.86%) C++
22 26 (6.86%) Containerisation

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 12 (3.17%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.53%) Apache
3 2 (0.53%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 114 (30.08%) AWS
2 47 (12.40%) Azure
3 23 (6.07%) SaaS
4 19 (5.01%) Serverless
5 15 (3.96%) AWS Lambda
6 14 (3.69%) Amazon S3
7 13 (3.43%) GCP
8 11 (2.90%) Amazon EC2
8 11 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.37%) GitHub
10 7 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (1.85%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.32%) Amazon SQS
12 5 (1.32%) Prefect
13 4 (1.06%) Amazon Bedrock
13 4 (1.06%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.06%) Kong
14 3 (0.79%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.96%) Broadband
2 7 (1.85%) MQTT
3 2 (0.53%) Firewall
4 1 (0.26%) HTTP
4 1 (0.26%) RTP
4 1 (0.26%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.26%) VoIP
4 1 (0.26%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (13.72%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (4.22%) MongoDB
3 12 (3.17%) DynamoDB
4 11 (2.90%) Big Data
5 9 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.32%) MySQL
7 5 (1.32%) SQL Server
8 4 (1.06%) GIS
8 4 (1.06%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.06%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.53%) Power BI
10 1 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.26%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.26%) Redis
10 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (6.86%) Git
2 7 (1.85%) GitLab
3 3 (0.79%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.26%) MLflow
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.26%) Poetry
5 1 (0.26%) Selenium
5 1 (0.26%) SonarQube
General
1 52 (13.72%) Finance
2 34 (8.97%) Front Office
2 34 (8.97%) Social Skills
3 19 (5.01%) Tech for Good
4 15 (3.96%) Games
5 12 (3.17%) Health Technology
6 9 (2.37%) Banking
7 6 (1.58%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (1.32%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.06%) Publishing
10 2 (0.53%) Aviation
10 2 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.53%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.53%) Legal
10 2 (0.53%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.53%) Marketing
11 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.26%) Automotive
11 1 (0.26%) Back Office
11 1 (0.26%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (11.87%) FastAPI
2 42 (11.08%) Flask
3 40 (10.55%) RESTful
4 34 (8.97%) React
5 29 (7.65%) Django
6 26 (6.86%) REST
7 25 (6.60%) NumPy
8 24 (6.33%) Node.js
8 24 (6.33%) Pandas
9 23 (6.07%) Vue
10 21 (5.54%) Kafka
11 20 (5.28%) CSS
12 18 (4.75%) HTML
13 15 (3.96%) Boost C++ Libraries
14 14 (3.69%) Swagger
15 11 (2.90%) RabbitMQ
16 10 (2.64%) AngularJS
17 9 (2.37%) .NET
18 8 (2.11%) Redux
19 7 (1.85%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 47 (12.40%) Algorithms
2 41 (10.82%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (10.29%) Cloud Native
4 26 (6.86%) Hedge funds
5 24 (6.33%) Equities
6 22 (5.80%) Fixed Income
7 21 (5.54%) Data Structures
7 21 (5.54%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (5.01%) Low-Code
9 18 (4.75%) Cyber Threat
10 15 (3.96%) Management Information System
10 15 (3.96%) Video\Live Streaming
11 12 (3.17%) Derivative
12 11 (2.90%) Renewable Energy
13 9 (2.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 7 (1.85%) Educational Technology
15 6 (1.58%) PropTech
16 5 (1.32%) Market Risk
16 5 (1.32%) Onboarding
17 4 (1.06%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 30 (7.92%) Linux
2 2 (0.53%) Unix
3 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (28.23%) Software Engineering
2 96 (25.33%) AI
3 94 (24.80%) Full-Stack Development
4 62 (16.36%) CI/CD
5 56 (14.78%) Agile
6 38 (10.03%) Test Automation
7 32 (8.44%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (7.92%) Cybersecurity
10 29 (7.65%) OOP
11 27 (7.12%) Infrastructure as Code
11 27 (7.12%) Microservices
11 27 (7.12%) Validation
12 26 (6.86%) Containerisation
13 25 (6.60%) Fintech
13 25 (6.60%) Mentoring
13 25 (6.60%) OO
14 24 (6.33%) Machine Learning
15 23 (6.07%) DevOps
16 22 (5.80%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 379 (100.00%) Python
2 56 (14.78%) SQL
3 53 (13.98%) JavaScript
4 38 (10.03%) TypeScript
5 26 (6.86%) C++
6 15 (3.96%) Go
7 7 (1.85%) C#
8 6 (1.58%) Java
8 6 (1.58%) PHP
9 5 (1.32%) Rust
10 4 (1.06%) Bash
11 3 (0.79%) Perl
12 2 (0.53%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.53%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.26%) Bicep
13 1 (0.26%) C
13 1 (0.26%) Haskell
13 1 (0.26%) OCaml
13 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (3.96%) Degree
2 10 (2.64%) Security Cleared
3 8 (2.11%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.32%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.96%) QA
2 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (11.61%) Docker
2 1 (0.26%) Kamailio
2 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 32 (8.44%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.22%) Terraform
3 3 (0.79%) Ansible
4 2 (0.53%) Grafana
4 2 (0.53%) Kibana
4 2 (0.53%) logstash
5 1 (0.26%) Argo
5 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 14 (3.69%) Databricks
2 4 (1.06%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.06%) Oracle
3 1 (0.26%) BT
3 1 (0.26%) Fortinet
3 1 (0.26%) HubSpot
3 1 (0.26%) Mitel
3 1 (0.26%) Salesforce