Python Developer Job Trends in England

Python Developer
UK > England

The median Python Developer salary in England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 May 2026.

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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 418 406
Rank change year-on-year +72 -12 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 389 239 503
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.61% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.68% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 321 192 461
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,188 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £82,500 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% -13.16% +11.76%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £133,750
90th Percentile £140,000 £137,500 £146,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -15.15% -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 74,941 35,125 79,484
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 89.53% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 50,440 21,315 60,426
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% -11.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.37% -12.42%

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 11 May 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 11 May 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 +9 232 £90,000 +5.88% 45
North of England 0 59 £70,000 +16.67% 18
South East +19 45 £70,000 +55.56% 12
Yorkshire -13 40 £75,000 +20.00% 5
South West - 25 £50,000 - 2
Midlands -20 24 £60,000 +9.09% 1
East Midlands -16 17 £65,000 +18.18%
North West -1 13 £40,000 -33.33% 7
West Midlands -20 7 £55,000 - 1
North East - 6 £70,000 - 6
East of England -13 3 £62,500 -26.47%
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 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.

1 389 (100.00%) Python
2 120 (30.85%) Software Engineering
3 109 (28.02%) Full-Stack Development
4 90 (23.14%) AI
5 88 (22.62%) AWS
6 72 (18.51%) React
7 69 (17.74%) Agile
8 56 (14.40%) CI/CD
9 54 (13.88%) JavaScript
10 48 (12.34%) Flask
11 47 (12.08%) SQL
12 46 (11.83%) Django
12 46 (11.83%) Test Automation
13 44 (11.31%) TypeScript
14 43 (11.05%) Continuous Improvement
15 35 (9.00%) Docker
15 35 (9.00%) Fintech
15 35 (9.00%) OO
15 35 (9.00%) OOP
16 34 (8.74%) Linux
16 34 (8.74%) REST
17 33 (8.48%) Mentoring
17 33 (8.48%) Problem-Solving
17 33 (8.48%) Serverless
18 32 (8.23%) Azure
19 31 (7.97%) RESTful
19 31 (7.97%) SDLC
20 29 (7.46%) SaaS
21 27 (6.94%) AWS Lambda
21 27 (6.94%) C++

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 16 (4.11%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.51%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 88 (22.62%) AWS
2 33 (8.48%) Serverless
3 32 (8.23%) Azure
4 29 (7.46%) SaaS
5 27 (6.94%) AWS Lambda
5 27 (6.94%) GitHub
6 22 (5.66%) Amazon S3
7 15 (3.86%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.31%) Amazon SQS
9 9 (2.31%) GCP
10 5 (1.29%) Prefect
11 3 (0.77%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (0.77%) AWS Fargate
12 2 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.51%) Azure AI
13 1 (0.26%) Anthropic Claude
13 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.26%) PaaS
13 1 (0.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.57%) Broadband
2 3 (0.77%) HTTP
2 3 (0.77%) RTP
2 3 (0.77%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.77%) VoIP
2 3 (0.77%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.26%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.94%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (4.11%) Big Data
3 14 (3.60%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.54%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.29%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.29%) MySQL
5 5 (1.29%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.26%) GIS
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (5.66%) Git
2 5 (1.29%) GitLab
3 2 (0.51%) 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
General
1 61 (15.68%) Finance
2 52 (13.37%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.54%) Front Office
4 21 (5.40%) Tech for Good
5 17 (4.37%) Health Technology
6 14 (3.60%) Publishing
7 11 (2.83%) Games
8 10 (2.57%) Banking
9 8 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.54%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.03%) Aviation
12 3 (0.77%) Analytical Skills
13 2 (0.51%) Retail
14 1 (0.26%) Back Office
14 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.26%) Marketing
14 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (18.51%) React
2 48 (12.34%) Flask
3 46 (11.83%) Django
4 34 (8.74%) REST
5 31 (7.97%) RESTful
6 27 (6.94%) Node.js
7 26 (6.68%) FastAPI
8 24 (6.17%) NumPy
9 23 (5.91%) Pandas
10 21 (5.40%) HTML
11 20 (5.14%) Vue
12 19 (4.88%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 19 (4.88%) Kafka
13 15 (3.86%) CSS
14 14 (3.60%) AngularJS
15 8 (2.06%) Redux
16 7 (1.80%) .NET
16 7 (1.80%) PyTorch
17 6 (1.54%) Google JAX
17 6 (1.54%) JAX
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.57%) Algorithms
2 33 (8.48%) Hedge funds
3 29 (7.46%) Equities
4 27 (6.94%) Cloud Native
4 27 (6.94%) Data Structures
5 22 (5.66%) Fixed Income
6 19 (4.88%) Management Information System
7 18 (4.63%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (4.37%) Educational Technology
9 15 (3.86%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (3.60%) Product Ownership
11 10 (2.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (2.57%) Low-Code
11 10 (2.57%) PropTech
11 10 (2.57%) Video\Live Streaming
12 8 (2.06%) Derivative
13 5 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
13 5 (1.29%) Renewable Energy
14 4 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (1.03%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.74%) Linux
2 3 (0.77%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (30.85%) Software Engineering
2 109 (28.02%) Full-Stack Development
3 90 (23.14%) AI
4 69 (17.74%) Agile
5 56 (14.40%) CI/CD
6 46 (11.83%) Test Automation
7 43 (11.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (9.00%) Fintech
8 35 (9.00%) OO
8 35 (9.00%) OOP
9 33 (8.48%) Mentoring
9 33 (8.48%) Problem-Solving
10 31 (7.97%) SDLC
11 23 (5.91%) Clean Code
11 23 (5.91%) Computer Science
12 22 (5.66%) Computer Vision
12 22 (5.66%) Containerisation
12 22 (5.66%) Deep Learning
12 22 (5.66%) Microservices
12 22 (5.66%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 389 (100.00%) Python
2 54 (13.88%) JavaScript
3 47 (12.08%) SQL
4 44 (11.31%) TypeScript
5 27 (6.94%) C++
6 10 (2.57%) Go
6 10 (2.57%) PHP
7 8 (2.06%) Java
8 4 (1.03%) C
9 3 (0.77%) C#
9 3 (0.77%) Perl
9 3 (0.77%) VBA
10 2 (0.51%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.51%) Bash
10 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.51%) Rust
11 1 (0.26%) Bicep
11 1 (0.26%) OCaml
11 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (4.11%) Degree
2 8 (2.06%) SC Cleared
2 8 (2.06%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.26%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.11%) QA
2 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.77%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 35 (9.00%) Docker
2 3 (0.77%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 20 (5.14%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.08%) Terraform
3 3 (0.77%) Argo
4 2 (0.51%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (1.80%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.29%) Databricks
3 4 (1.03%) Oracle
4 3 (0.77%) BT
4 3 (0.77%) Fortinet
4 3 (0.77%) Mitel
5 2 (0.51%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.26%) Google