Python Developer Job Trends in England

Python Developer
UK > England

The median Python Developer salary in England is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 November 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 387 305
Rank change year-on-year +30 -82 +92
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 284 359 476
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.64% 0.59% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.63% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 204 250 439
10th Percentile £57,000 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% +18.75%
75th Percentile £132,500 £110,938 £130,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £142,500 £150,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% -8.33% +16.13%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 40,075 57,187 45,708
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 94.73% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 25,464 32,162 35,353
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,387
25th Percentile £35,009 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 9 November 2025.

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 9 November 2025. 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 +35 224 £91,250 -3.95% 228
North of England +36 30 £77,500 +11.82% 30
Yorkshire +30 23 £80,000 +33.33% 14
Midlands +47 15 £90,000 +63.64% 9
West Midlands +43 13 £90,000 +75.61% 4
North West +14 7 £66,250 -17.19% 15
East of England +16 5 £62,500 +47.06% 4
South West +18 3 £60,000 +9.09% 11
South East +16 2 £38,500 -50.32% 171
East Midlands +9 2 £58,750 +6.82% 5
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 November 2025, 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.

1 284 (100.00%) Python
2 138 (48.59%) AWS
3 132 (46.48%) Agile
4 107 (37.68%) React
5 106 (37.32%) Software Engineering
6 88 (30.99%) CI/CD
7 81 (28.52%) PostgreSQL
8 80 (28.17%) JavaScript
9 77 (27.11%) GCP
9 77 (27.11%) TypeScript
10 70 (24.65%) Azure
11 69 (24.30%) Order Management
11 69 (24.30%) Vue
12 66 (23.24%) Docker
12 66 (23.24%) Test Automation
13 65 (22.89%) Problem-Solving
14 61 (21.48%) AngularJS
15 59 (20.77%) Fintech
15 59 (20.77%) Node.js
15 59 (20.77%) Pandas
16 58 (20.42%) Containerisation
16 58 (20.42%) NumPy
17 56 (19.72%) Flask
17 56 (19.72%) SQL
18 54 (19.01%) Amazon Athena
18 54 (19.01%) Apache Iceberg
18 54 (19.01%) dbt
18 54 (19.01%) Risk Management
19 53 (18.66%) Asset Management
20 51 (17.96%) Investment Management

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 50 (17.61%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.17%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.11%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.41%) Apache
5 3 (1.06%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.35%) CMS
6 1 (0.35%) nginx
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.35%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 138 (48.59%) AWS
2 77 (27.11%) GCP
3 70 (24.65%) Azure
4 54 (19.01%) dbt
5 47 (16.55%) Serverless
6 31 (10.92%) GitHub
7 30 (10.56%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (4.58%) Azure AI
9 12 (4.23%) Amazon S3
10 11 (3.87%) Amazon SQS
10 11 (3.87%) SaaS
11 9 (3.17%) Power Platform
12 8 (2.82%) n8n
13 6 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
15 3 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
16 2 (0.70%) Azure AKS
16 2 (0.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.06%) FTP
2 2 (0.70%) Internet
3 1 (0.35%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.35%) UWB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (28.52%) PostgreSQL
2 54 (19.01%) Amazon Athena
2 54 (19.01%) Apache Iceberg
3 50 (17.61%) Apache Arrow
3 50 (17.61%) Dremio
4 31 (10.92%) NoSQL
5 23 (8.10%) DynamoDB
6 15 (5.28%) Elasticsearch
7 14 (4.93%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (4.93%) Relational Database
7 14 (4.93%) Tick Data
8 12 (4.23%) Big Data
8 12 (4.23%) MongoDB
8 12 (4.23%) SQL Server
9 11 (3.87%) MySQL
9 11 (3.87%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.35%) Redis
11 1 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (8.45%) Git
2 3 (1.06%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.70%) JIRA
3 2 (0.70%) Maven
3 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.35%) GitLab
4 1 (0.35%) Selenium
4 1 (0.35%) WebDriver
General
1 134 (47.18%) Finance
2 79 (27.82%) Front Office
3 40 (14.08%) Social Skills
4 35 (12.32%) Marketing
5 23 (8.10%) Banking
6 22 (7.75%) Health Technology
7 21 (7.39%) Publishing
7 21 (7.39%) Tech for Good
8 20 (7.04%) Public Sector
9 19 (6.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
11 12 (4.23%) Manufacturing
12 11 (3.87%) Electronics
12 11 (3.87%) Telecoms
13 10 (3.52%) Retail
14 8 (2.82%) Investment Banking
14 8 (2.82%) Legal
15 7 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (2.11%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (37.68%) React
2 69 (24.30%) Vue
3 61 (21.48%) AngularJS
4 59 (20.77%) Node.js
4 59 (20.77%) Pandas
5 58 (20.42%) NumPy
6 56 (19.72%) Flask
7 50 (17.61%) SciPy
8 43 (15.14%) Django
9 42 (14.79%) RESTful
10 39 (13.73%) FastAPI
11 34 (11.97%) REST
12 24 (8.45%) HTML
13 22 (7.75%) CSS
14 19 (6.69%) Boost C++ Libraries
15 15 (5.28%) Swagger
16 12 (4.23%) Kafka
17 10 (3.52%) LangChain
18 9 (3.17%) PySpark
19 6 (2.11%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 74 (26.06%) Equities
2 51 (17.96%) Fixed Income
3 50 (17.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 32 (11.27%) Data Structures
5 29 (10.21%) Hedge funds
5 29 (10.21%) Management Information System
6 23 (8.10%) Algorithms
7 14 (4.93%) Cloud Native
8 9 (3.17%) AI Agents
8 9 (3.17%) Marketing Technology
9 8 (2.82%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.76%) Grid Computing
10 5 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.41%) PKI
12 3 (1.06%) Embedded Systems
13 2 (0.70%) Product Ownership
13 2 (0.70%) Reinsurance
14 1 (0.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (11.62%) Linux
2 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (46.48%) Agile
2 106 (37.32%) Software Engineering
3 88 (30.99%) CI/CD
4 69 (24.30%) Order Management
5 66 (23.24%) Test Automation
6 65 (22.89%) Problem-Solving
7 59 (20.77%) Fintech
8 58 (20.42%) Containerisation
9 54 (19.01%) Risk Management
10 53 (18.66%) Asset Management
11 51 (17.96%) Investment Management
12 50 (17.61%) Mentoring
12 50 (17.61%) Performance Attribution
13 47 (16.55%) AI
14 41 (14.44%) OOP
15 34 (11.97%) OO
16 33 (11.62%) Clean Code
17 32 (11.27%) Data Analysis
18 31 (10.92%) TDD
19 28 (9.86%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 284 (100.00%) Python
2 80 (28.17%) JavaScript
3 77 (27.11%) TypeScript
4 56 (19.72%) SQL
5 31 (10.92%) C++
6 14 (4.93%) Java
7 10 (3.52%) C#
8 6 (2.11%) Bash
9 4 (1.41%) Bicep
10 3 (1.06%) Scala
11 2 (0.70%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.70%) PHP
11 2 (0.70%) Ruby
11 2 (0.70%) VBA
12 1 (0.35%) ANSI SQL
12 1 (0.35%) Clojure
12 1 (0.35%) Groovy
12 1 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (7.75%) Degree
2 11 (3.87%) Security Cleared
3 8 (2.82%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.46%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.76%) PhD
7 4 (1.41%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.41%) AWS Certified Developer
7 4 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.70%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.35%) MCP
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (12.32%) QA
2 5 (1.76%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.70%) GDPR
3 2 (0.70%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.70%) PSD2
4 1 (0.35%) MiFID
System Software
1 66 (23.24%) Docker
2 5 (1.76%) zsh
Systems Management
1 34 (11.97%) Kubernetes
1 34 (11.97%) Terraform
2 1 (0.35%) Grafana
2 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (9.86%) Databricks
2 15 (5.28%) Microsoft
3 14 (4.93%) Google
4 12 (4.23%) SAP
5 8 (2.82%) OpenAI
6 6 (2.11%) iManage
7 4 (1.41%) Splunk
8 2 (0.70%) Foundry
8 2 (0.70%) Solace
8 2 (0.70%) UiPath
9 1 (0.35%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle
9 1 (0.35%) Reuters
9 1 (0.35%) SimCorp