Python Developer Job Trends in England

Python Developer
UK > England

The median Python Developer salary in England is £73,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 September 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 446 364 407
Rank change year-on-year -82 +43 -105
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 356 290 373
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.34% 0.68% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.75% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 282 218 265
10th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.24% -10.53% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £137,500 £128,750
90th Percentile £100,000 - £142,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £85,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -14.71% -10.53% +5.56%

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 96,354 38,754 63,738
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.01% 90.47% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 67,687 22,906 37,121
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 29 September 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 29 September 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 -108 184 £90,000 -4.51% 102
North of England -23 65 £70,000 - 12
East of England +18 53 £71,250 +3.64% 5
Yorkshire -18 24 £100,000 +42.86% 7
Midlands -38 23 £60,000 -14.29% 10
North West -11 21 £45,000 -28.00% 5
North East - 20 £70,000 -
East Midlands -29 15 £70,000 +19.15% 6
South West -69 15 £50,000 -16.67% 1
South East -39 13 £60,000 +63.27% 4
West Midlands -43 8 £55,000 -21.43% 4
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 September 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.

1 356 (100.00%) Python
2 113 (31.74%) AI
2 113 (31.74%) Software Engineering
3 108 (30.34%) AWS
4 71 (19.94%) Full-Stack Development
5 64 (17.98%) CI/CD
6 58 (16.29%) Azure
7 56 (15.73%) SQL
8 48 (13.48%) Docker
8 48 (13.48%) FastAPI
9 46 (12.92%) PostgreSQL
9 46 (12.92%) RESTful
10 44 (12.36%) Agile
11 41 (11.52%) Cybersecurity
12 37 (10.39%) JavaScript
13 36 (10.11%) Kubernetes
13 36 (10.11%) Problem-Solving
14 34 (9.55%) Validation
15 30 (8.43%) Flask
16 29 (8.15%) Test Automation
17 28 (7.87%) Containerisation
18 26 (7.30%) API Design
18 26 (7.30%) Git
18 26 (7.30%) Infrastructure as Code
19 25 (7.02%) DevOps
19 25 (7.02%) Observability
20 24 (6.74%) Django
20 24 (6.74%) Roadmaps
20 24 (6.74%) TypeScript
21 23 (6.46%) Continuous Improvement

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 4 (1.12%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.84%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.56%) Apache
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.28%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 108 (30.34%) AWS
2 58 (16.29%) Azure
3 20 (5.62%) GCP
4 18 (5.06%) SaaS
5 14 (3.93%) Serverless
6 13 (3.65%) Amazon Bedrock
6 13 (3.65%) Amazon S3
6 13 (3.65%) Azure Service Bus
7 12 (3.37%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (3.09%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.25%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (2.25%) GitHub
11 4 (1.12%) Amazon SQS
11 4 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.12%) Kong
11 4 (1.12%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.84%) GitHub Copilot
12 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.65%) MQTT
2 12 (3.37%) Broadband
3 3 (0.84%) 4G
3 3 (0.84%) 5G
3 3 (0.84%) DNS
3 3 (0.84%) HTTP
3 3 (0.84%) SSH
3 3 (0.84%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.56%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (12.92%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (4.78%) MongoDB
3 11 (3.09%) DynamoDB
4 10 (2.81%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (2.25%) MySQL
6 7 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.97%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.69%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.12%) GIS
8 4 (1.12%) Power BI
8 4 (1.12%) Redis
9 3 (0.84%) Big Data
9 3 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.56%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.56%) SQL Server
11 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.28%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (7.30%) Git
2 8 (2.25%) GitLab
3 4 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.84%) Selenium
5 2 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.28%) MLflow
6 1 (0.28%) Poetry
6 1 (0.28%) SonarQube
General
1 55 (15.45%) Finance
2 32 (8.99%) Front Office
3 27 (7.58%) Social Skills
4 23 (6.46%) Banking
5 15 (4.21%) Tech for Good
6 12 (3.37%) Games
7 10 (2.81%) Health Technology
7 10 (2.81%) Marketing
8 5 (1.40%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.40%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.12%) Law
9 4 (1.12%) Publishing
10 3 (0.84%) Legal
10 3 (0.84%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.56%) Automotive
11 2 (0.56%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.56%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.28%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.28%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (13.48%) FastAPI
2 46 (12.92%) RESTful
3 30 (8.43%) Flask
4 24 (6.74%) Django
5 23 (6.46%) React
6 20 (5.62%) Kafka
6 20 (5.62%) Swagger
7 18 (5.06%) RabbitMQ
7 18 (5.06%) REST
8 17 (4.78%) HTML
8 17 (4.78%) Terraform
9 16 (4.49%) Pandas
10 15 (4.21%) CSS
11 14 (3.93%) NumPy
12 13 (3.65%) OpenAPI
13 11 (3.09%) Node.js
13 11 (3.09%) Vue
14 10 (2.81%) LangChain
14 10 (2.81%) LangGraph
14 10 (2.81%) pydantic
Miscellaneous
1 40 (11.24%) Distributed Systems
2 36 (10.11%) Cloud Native
3 27 (7.58%) Algorithms
3 27 (7.58%) Hedge funds
4 26 (7.30%) Cyber Threat
5 25 (7.02%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (4.49%) Low-Code
7 15 (4.21%) Equities
8 12 (3.37%) AI Agents
8 12 (3.37%) Video\Live Streaming
9 11 (3.09%) Data Structures
9 11 (3.09%) Renewable Energy
10 8 (2.25%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.97%) Fixed Income
12 6 (1.69%) Derivative
12 6 (1.69%) Market Risk
13 4 (1.12%) Onboarding
14 3 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
14 3 (0.84%) Legacy Code
14 3 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.62%) Linux
2 1 (0.28%) Unix
2 1 (0.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (31.74%) AI
1 113 (31.74%) Software Engineering
2 71 (19.94%) Full-Stack Development
3 64 (17.98%) CI/CD
4 44 (12.36%) Agile
5 41 (11.52%) Cybersecurity
6 36 (10.11%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (9.55%) Validation
8 29 (8.15%) Test Automation
9 28 (7.87%) Containerisation
10 26 (7.30%) API Design
10 26 (7.30%) Infrastructure as Code
11 25 (7.02%) DevOps
11 25 (7.02%) Observability
12 24 (6.74%) Roadmaps
13 23 (6.46%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (5.90%) Event-Driven
15 20 (5.62%) Clean Code
15 20 (5.62%) Continuous Delivery
15 20 (5.62%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 356 (100.00%) Python
2 56 (15.73%) SQL
3 37 (10.39%) JavaScript
4 24 (6.74%) TypeScript
5 18 (5.06%) C++
6 12 (3.37%) Go
7 11 (3.09%) R
8 9 (2.53%) C#
9 7 (1.97%) Bash
10 4 (1.12%) Java
10 4 (1.12%) Rust
10 4 (1.12%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.56%) Perl
11 2 (0.56%) PHP
12 1 (0.28%) Bicep
12 1 (0.28%) Haskell
12 1 (0.28%) OCaml
12 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (3.65%) Degree
2 11 (3.09%) Security Cleared
3 7 (1.97%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.40%) AWS Certification
4 5 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.93%) QA
2 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
System Software
1 48 (13.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 36 (10.11%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.69%) Grafana
3 4 (1.12%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.84%) Ansible
4 3 (0.84%) Kibana
5 2 (0.56%) logstash
6 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (2.81%) Databricks
1 10 (2.81%) Google
2 4 (1.12%) Microsoft
3 3 (0.84%) Oracle
4 2 (0.56%) Bloomberg
4 2 (0.56%) SAP
5 1 (0.28%) Autodesk
5 1 (0.28%) HubSpot