Python Developer Job Trends in England

Python Developer
UK > England

The median Python Developer salary in England is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 376 422
Rank change year-on-year -21 +46 -71
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 379 297 436
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.43% 0.69% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.76% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 305 226 379
10th Percentile £48,500 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £97,500 £122,500 £136,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £137,500 £152,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% -10.53% +8.57%

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 84,123 39,251 75,359
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 90.71% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 59,120 23,732 53,784
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
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 £75,578 £75,000 £71,650
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,389
% change year-on-year - +1.12% -9.35%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -60 209 £90,000 -5.26% 37
North of England +21 78 £70,000 +3.70% 9
Yorkshire -4 39 £70,000 - 7
East of England +8 25 £71,250 +3.64% 4
South West -35 25 £50,000 -41.18% 2
South East 0 24 £60,000 +33.33% 6
North West +6 20 £45,000 -30.77%
North East - 19 £70,000 - 2
Midlands -23 16 £65,000 +18.18% 3
East Midlands -16 11 £70,000 +75.00% 3
West Midlands -32 5 £60,000 -14.29%
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 July 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
2 113 (29.82%) AWS
3 106 (27.97%) Software Engineering
4 94 (24.80%) Full-Stack Development
5 93 (24.54%) AI
6 59 (15.57%) CI/CD
7 56 (14.78%) SQL
8 55 (14.51%) Agile
9 52 (13.72%) JavaScript
10 48 (12.66%) PostgreSQL
11 46 (12.14%) FastAPI
12 43 (11.35%) Azure
12 43 (11.35%) Docker
13 42 (11.08%) Flask
14 41 (10.82%) RESTful
15 40 (10.55%) TypeScript
16 39 (10.29%) Test Automation
17 38 (10.03%) React
18 33 (8.71%) Django
18 33 (8.71%) Kubernetes
19 32 (8.44%) Linux
20 31 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
20 31 (8.18%) OOP
21 29 (7.65%) Problem-Solving
22 28 (7.39%) C++
22 28 (7.39%) REST
23 27 (7.12%) Containerisation
23 27 (7.12%) Fintech
23 27 (7.12%) Infrastructure as Code
23 27 (7.12%) OO

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 13 (3.43%) 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
1 113 (29.82%) AWS
2 43 (11.35%) Azure
3 24 (6.33%) SaaS
4 21 (5.54%) Serverless
5 17 (4.49%) AWS Lambda
6 14 (3.69%) Amazon S3
7 12 (3.17%) GCP
8 10 (2.64%) GitHub
9 9 (2.37%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (1.85%) Azure Service Bus
10 7 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.32%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (1.32%) Prefect
12 4 (1.06%) Amazon Bedrock
12 4 (1.06%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (1.06%) Kong
13 3 (0.79%) AWS Fargate
13 3 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.96%) Broadband
2 7 (1.85%) MQTT
3 2 (0.53%) Firewall
3 2 (0.53%) HTTP
3 2 (0.53%) RTP
3 2 (0.53%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.53%) VoIP
3 2 (0.53%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (12.66%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (4.49%) MongoDB
3 12 (3.17%) Big Data
3 12 (3.17%) DynamoDB
4 9 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.58%) MySQL
6 5 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.32%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.06%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.06%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.53%) GIS
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.26%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.26%) Power BI
9 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.26%) Redis
9 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.33%) 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 55 (14.51%) Finance
2 37 (9.76%) Front Office
3 34 (8.97%) Social Skills
4 19 (5.01%) Tech for Good
5 15 (3.96%) Games
6 12 (3.17%) Health Technology
7 10 (2.64%) Banking
8 5 (1.32%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.06%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.06%) Aviation
9 4 (1.06%) Publishing
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%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.26%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (12.14%) FastAPI
2 42 (11.08%) Flask
3 41 (10.82%) RESTful
4 38 (10.03%) React
5 33 (8.71%) Django
6 28 (7.39%) REST
7 25 (6.60%) Node.js
7 25 (6.60%) NumPy
8 24 (6.33%) Pandas
9 23 (6.07%) Vue
10 22 (5.80%) Kafka
11 18 (4.75%) CSS
12 17 (4.49%) HTML
13 16 (4.22%) 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 48 (12.66%) Algorithms
2 40 (10.55%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (9.76%) Cloud Native
4 26 (6.86%) Hedge funds
5 25 (6.60%) Equities
6 23 (6.07%) Fixed Income
7 22 (5.80%) Data Structures
8 19 (5.01%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (5.01%) Low-Code
9 16 (4.22%) Management Information System
10 15 (3.96%) Video\Live Streaming
11 14 (3.69%) Cyber Threat
12 12 (3.17%) Derivative
13 10 (2.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 9 (2.37%) Renewable Energy
15 7 (1.85%) Educational Technology
15 7 (1.85%) PropTech
16 5 (1.32%) Onboarding
17 4 (1.06%) Market Risk
17 4 (1.06%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.44%) Linux
2 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
2 2 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (27.97%) Software Engineering
2 94 (24.80%) Full-Stack Development
3 93 (24.54%) AI
4 59 (15.57%) CI/CD
5 55 (14.51%) Agile
6 39 (10.29%) Test Automation
7 31 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (8.18%) OOP
8 29 (7.65%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (7.12%) Containerisation
9 27 (7.12%) Fintech
9 27 (7.12%) Infrastructure as Code
9 27 (7.12%) OO
10 26 (6.86%) Microservices
10 26 (6.86%) Validation
11 25 (6.60%) Cybersecurity
11 25 (6.60%) Mentoring
12 24 (6.33%) Machine Learning
13 22 (5.80%) Computer Vision
13 22 (5.80%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 379 (100.00%) Python
2 56 (14.78%) SQL
3 52 (13.72%) JavaScript
4 40 (10.55%) TypeScript
5 28 (7.39%) C++
6 15 (3.96%) Go
7 7 (1.85%) C#
7 7 (1.85%) 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%) C
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%) Haskell
13 1 (0.26%) OCaml
13 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (3.69%) Degree
2 10 (2.64%) Security Cleared
3 8 (2.11%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.79%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.69%) QA
2 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
System Software
1 43 (11.35%) Docker
2 2 (0.53%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 33 (8.71%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.22%) Terraform
3 3 (0.79%) Ansible
4 2 (0.53%) Argo
4 2 (0.53%) Grafana
4 2 (0.53%) Kibana
4 2 (0.53%) logstash
5 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 14 (3.69%) Databricks
2 4 (1.06%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.06%) Oracle
3 2 (0.53%) BT
3 2 (0.53%) Fortinet
3 2 (0.53%) Mitel
4 1 (0.26%) Salesforce