Python Developer Job Trends in England

Python Developer
UK > England

The median Python Developer salary in England is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 April 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 391 400
Rank change year-on-year +38 +9 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 378 235 490
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.63% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.70% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 315 184 449
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,375 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £83,750 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% -9.46% +8.82%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £132,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £137,500 £150,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -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 73,299 33,353 78,588
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 88.82% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 48,050 21,342 60,019
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,625 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 26 April 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 26 April 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 +11 223 £90,000 +5.88% 41
North of England -13 55 £72,500 +11.54% 17
Yorkshire -15 45 £75,000 +15.38% 8
South East -3 41 £70,000 +55.56% 14
Midlands -22 30 £60,000 +9.09%
South West - 25 £50,000 - 4
East Midlands -48 17 £65,000 +18.18%
West Midlands -19 13 £60,000 -
North West -21 9 £40,000 -33.33% 4
East of England -35 3 £52,500 -38.24% 2
North East - 1 - - 5
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 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.

1 378 (100.00%) Python
2 117 (30.95%) Software Engineering
3 97 (25.66%) Full-Stack Development
4 81 (21.43%) AI
5 79 (20.90%) AWS
6 76 (20.11%) React
7 72 (19.05%) Agile
8 56 (14.81%) JavaScript
9 54 (14.29%) Django
9 54 (14.29%) Flask
10 53 (14.02%) CI/CD
10 53 (14.02%) SQL
11 43 (11.38%) Test Automation
12 42 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
13 41 (10.85%) Mentoring
14 39 (10.32%) TypeScript
15 38 (10.05%) OOP
15 38 (10.05%) Serverless
16 37 (9.79%) Problem-Solving
17 36 (9.52%) Docker
17 36 (9.52%) OO
17 36 (9.52%) REST
18 34 (8.99%) Azure
18 34 (8.99%) FastAPI
19 33 (8.73%) Fintech
19 33 (8.73%) GitHub
19 33 (8.73%) SDLC
20 31 (8.20%) Linux
21 29 (7.67%) SaaS
22 28 (7.41%) 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 18 (4.76%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.53%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 79 (20.90%) AWS
2 38 (10.05%) Serverless
3 34 (8.99%) Azure
4 33 (8.73%) GitHub
5 29 (7.67%) SaaS
6 28 (7.41%) AWS Lambda
7 26 (6.88%) Amazon S3
8 15 (3.97%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (3.44%) Amazon SQS
10 11 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.38%) GCP
12 5 (1.32%) Azure AI
12 5 (1.32%) Prefect
13 3 (0.79%) AWS Fargate
14 2 (0.53%) Amazon ECS
15 1 (0.26%) Amazon EKS
15 1 (0.26%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 1 (0.26%) AWS CodePipeline
15 1 (0.26%) Azure AKS
15 1 (0.26%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.79%) Broadband
1 3 (0.79%) HTTP
1 3 (0.79%) RTP
1 3 (0.79%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.79%) VoIP
1 3 (0.79%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.76%) Big Data
1 18 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (1.85%) MongoDB
2 7 (1.85%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.59%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.32%) MySQL
5 2 (0.53%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 20 (5.29%) Git
2 3 (0.79%) GitLab
3 2 (0.53%) 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
4 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 63 (16.67%) Finance
2 61 (16.14%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.85%) Front Office
4 19 (5.03%) Tech for Good
5 16 (4.23%) Health Technology
6 15 (3.97%) Publishing
7 12 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.12%) Banking
9 7 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.59%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.06%) Aviation
11 4 (1.06%) Games
12 3 (0.79%) Analytical Skills
12 3 (0.79%) Retail
13 1 (0.26%) Back Office
13 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.26%) Marketing
13 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (20.11%) React
2 54 (14.29%) Django
2 54 (14.29%) Flask
3 36 (9.52%) REST
4 34 (8.99%) FastAPI
5 27 (7.14%) RESTful
6 26 (6.88%) Node.js
7 23 (6.08%) HTML
7 23 (6.08%) NumPy
8 22 (5.82%) Pandas
9 21 (5.56%) Kafka
9 21 (5.56%) Vue
10 19 (5.03%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 17 (4.50%) CSS
12 14 (3.70%) AngularJS
13 8 (2.12%) Redux
14 7 (1.85%) PyTorch
15 6 (1.59%) .NET
15 6 (1.59%) Google JAX
15 6 (1.59%) JAX
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.38%) Algorithms
2 34 (8.99%) Hedge funds
3 31 (8.20%) Data Structures
4 29 (7.67%) Equities
5 22 (5.82%) Cloud Native
5 22 (5.82%) Fixed Income
6 19 (5.03%) Management Information System
7 17 (4.50%) Educational Technology
8 16 (4.23%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (3.70%) Product Ownership
10 10 (2.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (2.65%) PropTech
11 8 (2.12%) Derivative
12 5 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.06%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.79%) Low-Code
14 3 (0.79%) NHS
14 3 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
14 3 (0.79%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.20%) Linux
2 3 (0.79%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (30.95%) Software Engineering
2 97 (25.66%) Full-Stack Development
3 81 (21.43%) AI
4 72 (19.05%) Agile
5 53 (14.02%) CI/CD
6 43 (11.38%) Test Automation
7 42 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (10.85%) Mentoring
9 38 (10.05%) OOP
10 37 (9.79%) Problem-Solving
11 36 (9.52%) OO
12 33 (8.73%) Fintech
12 33 (8.73%) SDLC
13 26 (6.88%) Clean Code
14 25 (6.61%) Computer Science
14 25 (6.61%) Microservices
15 23 (6.08%) Containerisation
16 21 (5.56%) Computer Vision
16 21 (5.56%) Deep Learning
16 21 (5.56%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 378 (100.00%) Python
2 56 (14.81%) JavaScript
3 53 (14.02%) SQL
4 39 (10.32%) TypeScript
5 24 (6.35%) C++
6 10 (2.65%) PHP
7 8 (2.12%) Java
8 5 (1.32%) VBA
9 4 (1.06%) C
10 3 (0.79%) Go
11 2 (0.53%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.53%) C#
11 2 (0.53%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.53%) Rust
12 1 (0.26%) Haskell
12 1 (0.26%) OCaml
12 1 (0.26%) Perl
12 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (4.50%) Degree
2 7 (1.85%) SC Cleared
2 7 (1.85%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.53%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.50%) QA
2 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.79%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 36 (9.52%) Docker
2 3 (0.79%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 15 (3.97%) Kubernetes
1 15 (3.97%) Terraform
2 3 (0.79%) Argo
Vendors
1 11 (2.91%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.32%) Databricks
3 4 (1.06%) Oracle
4 3 (0.79%) BT
4 3 (0.79%) Fortinet
4 3 (0.79%) Mitel
5 2 (0.53%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.26%) Foundry
6 1 (0.26%) Google