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 30 November 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 405 300
Rank change year-on-year +64 -105 +89
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 285 345 442
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 0.59% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.63% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 210 241 411
10th Percentile £59,625 £51,250 £55,000
25th Percentile £68,125 £57,500 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% +18.75%
75th Percentile £126,875 £110,000 £132,500
90th Percentile £137,500 £142,500 £150,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £92,500
% change year-on-year +9.68% -16.22% +19.35%

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 42,617 55,189 43,365
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.67% 94.12% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 27,464 30,846 33,811
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £43,746
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £54,855 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.60% -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 30 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 30 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 +42 221 £90,000 +5.88% 37
North of England +51 28 £80,000 +15.43% 11
Yorkshire +27 22 £80,000 +33.33% 6
Midlands +50 21 £70,000 +27.27% 3
West Midlands +59 13 £90,000 +89.47% 3
East Midlands +17 8 £70,000 +27.27%
North West +38 6 £70,000 -12.50% 5
South West +19 5 £60,000 +9.09% 2
South East +31 4 £70,000 - 13
East of England +20 2 £52,500 -38.24%
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 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.

1 285 (100.00%) Python
2 129 (45.26%) AWS
3 125 (43.86%) Agile
4 111 (38.95%) React
5 100 (35.09%) Software Engineering
6 81 (28.42%) CI/CD
7 77 (27.02%) JavaScript
8 73 (25.61%) TypeScript
9 72 (25.26%) PostgreSQL
10 67 (23.51%) GCP
11 66 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
12 65 (22.81%) Azure
13 62 (21.75%) Order Management
14 61 (21.40%) Docker
14 61 (21.40%) Test Automation
15 60 (21.05%) Vue
16 57 (20.00%) AngularJS
16 57 (20.00%) Fintech
17 55 (19.30%) Mentoring
17 55 (19.30%) Node.js
18 54 (18.95%) SQL
19 53 (18.60%) AI
20 50 (17.54%) Containerisation
20 50 (17.54%) NumPy
20 50 (17.54%) Pandas
21 49 (17.19%) Django
21 49 (17.19%) Flask
22 48 (16.84%) Risk Management
22 48 (16.84%) Serverless
23 47 (16.49%) Asset 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 44 (15.44%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (3.86%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.11%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.40%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.70%) Apache
6 1 (0.35%) CMS
6 1 (0.35%) nginx
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 129 (45.26%) AWS
2 67 (23.51%) GCP
3 65 (22.81%) Azure
4 48 (16.84%) Serverless
5 46 (16.14%) dbt
6 33 (11.58%) GitHub
7 30 (10.53%) AWS Lambda
8 17 (5.96%) Amazon S3
9 15 (5.26%) Amazon SQS
9 15 (5.26%) SaaS
10 14 (4.91%) Azure AI
11 9 (3.16%) Power Platform
12 8 (2.81%) n8n
13 6 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
15 2 (0.70%) Amazon EC2
15 2 (0.70%) Azure AKS
15 2 (0.70%) Copilot Studio
15 2 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
15 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.05%) FTP
2 2 (0.70%) Internet
3 1 (0.35%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.35%) UWB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (25.26%) PostgreSQL
2 46 (16.14%) Amazon Athena
2 46 (16.14%) Apache Iceberg
3 44 (15.44%) Apache Arrow
3 44 (15.44%) Dremio
4 25 (8.77%) NoSQL
5 16 (5.61%) DynamoDB
6 14 (4.91%) Relational Database
7 13 (4.56%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (4.21%) Big Data
8 12 (4.21%) MySQL
8 12 (4.21%) Tick Data
9 11 (3.86%) MongoDB
10 10 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (3.51%) SQL Server
11 9 (3.16%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
13 1 (0.35%) Power BI
13 1 (0.35%) Redis
13 1 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (5.96%) Git
2 3 (1.05%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.70%) JIRA
3 2 (0.70%) Maven
3 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.35%) GitLab
General
1 123 (43.16%) Finance
2 72 (25.26%) Front Office
3 46 (16.14%) Social Skills
4 28 (9.82%) Marketing
5 26 (9.12%) Health Technology
5 26 (9.12%) Publishing
6 25 (8.77%) Tech for Good
7 20 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (6.32%) Banking
9 16 (5.61%) Public Sector
10 13 (4.56%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (4.56%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (4.21%) Retail
12 11 (3.86%) Analytical Skills
13 9 (3.16%) Electronics
13 9 (3.16%) Manufacturing
13 9 (3.16%) Telecoms
14 7 (2.46%) Investment Banking
14 7 (2.46%) Legal
15 3 (1.05%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (38.95%) React
2 60 (21.05%) Vue
3 57 (20.00%) AngularJS
4 55 (19.30%) Node.js
5 50 (17.54%) NumPy
5 50 (17.54%) Pandas
6 49 (17.19%) Django
6 49 (17.19%) Flask
7 44 (15.44%) SciPy
8 43 (15.09%) RESTful
9 38 (13.33%) REST
10 37 (12.98%) FastAPI
11 22 (7.72%) HTML
12 20 (7.02%) CSS
13 18 (6.32%) Boost C++ Libraries
14 14 (4.91%) Kafka
15 12 (4.21%) Swagger
16 10 (3.51%) LangChain
17 7 (2.46%) PyTorch
18 5 (1.75%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 67 (23.51%) Equities
2 45 (15.79%) Fixed Income
3 44 (15.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 32 (11.23%) Data Structures
5 29 (10.18%) Hedge funds
6 26 (9.12%) Management Information System
7 22 (7.72%) Algorithms
8 12 (4.21%) Cloud Native
9 9 (3.16%) AI Agents
9 9 (3.16%) Marketing Technology
10 8 (2.81%) Low-Code
11 6 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.75%) Grid Computing
12 5 (1.75%) Product Ownership
13 4 (1.40%) PKI
14 3 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
15 2 (0.70%) Embedded Systems
16 1 (0.35%) Data Protection Act
16 1 (0.35%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (43.86%) Agile
2 100 (35.09%) Software Engineering
3 81 (28.42%) CI/CD
4 66 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (21.75%) Order Management
6 61 (21.40%) Test Automation
7 57 (20.00%) Fintech
8 55 (19.30%) Mentoring
9 53 (18.60%) AI
10 50 (17.54%) Containerisation
11 48 (16.84%) Risk Management
12 47 (16.49%) Asset Management
13 44 (15.44%) Investment Management
13 44 (15.44%) Performance Attribution
14 38 (13.33%) OOP
15 37 (12.98%) Full-Stack Development
16 32 (11.23%) Continuous Improvement
16 32 (11.23%) TDD
17 31 (10.88%) OO
17 31 (10.88%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 285 (100.00%) Python
2 77 (27.02%) JavaScript
3 73 (25.61%) TypeScript
4 54 (18.95%) SQL
5 30 (10.53%) C++
6 13 (4.56%) Java
7 9 (3.16%) C#
8 3 (1.05%) Bash
8 3 (1.05%) Bicep
8 3 (1.05%) Scala
9 2 (0.70%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.70%) PHP
9 2 (0.70%) Ruby
9 2 (0.70%) VBA
10 1 (0.35%) ANSI SQL
10 1 (0.35%) Clojure
10 1 (0.35%) Groovy
10 1 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (7.72%) Degree
2 10 (3.51%) Security Cleared
3 7 (2.46%) Master's Degree
3 7 (2.46%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.75%) PhD
5 4 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.70%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
6 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (0.70%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.35%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.63%) QA
2 3 (1.05%) 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 61 (21.40%) Docker
2 3 (1.05%) zsh
Systems Management
1 29 (10.18%) Kubernetes
1 29 (10.18%) Terraform
2 1 (0.35%) Grafana
Vendors
1 18 (6.32%) Databricks
2 15 (5.26%) Microsoft
3 10 (3.51%) Google
3 10 (3.51%) SAP
4 8 (2.81%) OpenAI
5 6 (2.11%) iManage
6 3 (1.05%) Oracle
7 2 (0.70%) Foundry
7 2 (0.70%) Solace
7 2 (0.70%) Splunk
7 2 (0.70%) UiPath
8 1 (0.35%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.35%) Reuters