Python Developer Job Trends in England

Python Developer
UK > England

The median Python Developer salary in England is £76,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 April 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 369 395
Rank change year-on-year +34 +26 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 361 255 485
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 0.70% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.78% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 291 205 445
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £50,400
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £82,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.88% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £132,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £137,500 £150,000
UK median annual salary £76,000 £80,000 £88,750
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.86% +10.94%

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 66,408 32,846 74,851
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 89.81% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 43,805 21,228 58,232
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,591
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,363
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,650
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.79% -8.92%

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 5 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 5 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 +5 221 £90,000 +5.88% 45
North of England -15 51 £75,000 +8.21% 20
Yorkshire -16 42 £75,000 +11.11% 15
South East -4 38 £70,000 +14.29% 9
Midlands -23 30 £60,000 +9.09% 3
South West -22 17 £50,000 -39.39% 11
East Midlands -37 17 £65,000 +18.18%
West Midlands -6 13 £60,000 -13.43% 3
North West -23 8 £40,000 -40.44% 3
East of England -28 2 £50,000 -41.18% 4
North East -22 1 - - 2
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 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.

1 361 (100.00%) Python
2 114 (31.58%) Software Engineering
3 89 (24.65%) Full-Stack Development
4 87 (24.10%) AWS
5 84 (23.27%) React
6 77 (21.33%) Agile
7 74 (20.50%) AI
8 67 (18.56%) CI/CD
9 64 (17.73%) Django
10 61 (16.90%) Flask
11 60 (16.62%) JavaScript
11 60 (16.62%) SQL
12 52 (14.40%) Mentoring
13 50 (13.85%) Test Automation
14 48 (13.30%) Continuous Improvement
14 48 (13.30%) Docker
14 48 (13.30%) Serverless
15 46 (12.74%) Problem-Solving
16 43 (11.91%) OOP
17 42 (11.63%) GitHub
18 39 (10.80%) FastAPI
18 39 (10.80%) OO
19 38 (10.53%) Fintech
19 38 (10.53%) REST
19 38 (10.53%) TypeScript
20 37 (10.25%) Azure
21 36 (9.97%) SDLC
22 32 (8.86%) HTML
22 32 (8.86%) Linux
23 30 (8.31%) Containerisation

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 21 (5.82%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.55%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.28%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 87 (24.10%) AWS
2 48 (13.30%) Serverless
3 42 (11.63%) GitHub
4 37 (10.25%) Azure
5 29 (8.03%) AWS Lambda
6 28 (7.76%) Amazon S3
7 26 (7.20%) SaaS
8 15 (4.16%) Amazon SQS
8 15 (4.16%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (3.60%) GCP
10 11 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.39%) Azure AI
11 5 (1.39%) Prefect
12 3 (0.83%) AWS Fargate
13 2 (0.55%) Amazon ECS
14 1 (0.28%) Amazon EKS
14 1 (0.28%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 1 (0.28%) AWS CodePipeline
14 1 (0.28%) Azure AKS
14 1 (0.28%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.83%) Broadband
1 3 (0.83%) HTTP
1 3 (0.83%) RTP
1 3 (0.83%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.83%) VoIP
1 3 (0.83%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.28%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.82%) Big Data
1 21 (5.82%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (2.22%) Relational Database
2 8 (2.22%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.94%) MongoDB
3 7 (1.94%) MySQL
4 2 (0.55%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.55%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.28%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 20 (5.54%) Git
2 3 (0.83%) GitLab
2 3 (0.83%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.28%) JIRA
3 1 (0.28%) Maven
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.28%) Selenium
3 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 70 (19.39%) Social Skills
2 69 (19.11%) Finance
3 39 (10.80%) Front Office
4 20 (5.54%) Tech for Good
5 17 (4.71%) Health Technology
6 16 (4.43%) Publishing
7 14 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.77%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.49%) Banking
9 9 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.11%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.11%) Aviation
10 4 (1.11%) Games
11 3 (0.83%) Retail
12 2 (0.55%) Marketing
12 2 (0.55%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.28%) Back Office
13 1 (0.28%) Electronics
13 1 (0.28%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (23.27%) React
2 64 (17.73%) Django
3 61 (16.90%) Flask
4 39 (10.80%) FastAPI
5 38 (10.53%) REST
6 32 (8.86%) HTML
7 30 (8.31%) RESTful
8 28 (7.76%) Vue
9 26 (7.20%) CSS
9 26 (7.20%) Node.js
10 24 (6.65%) Kafka
11 19 (5.26%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 15 (4.16%) NumPy
12 15 (4.16%) Pandas
13 13 (3.60%) AngularJS
14 8 (2.22%) Redux
15 6 (1.66%) Google JAX
15 6 (1.66%) JAX
15 6 (1.66%) OAuth2
15 6 (1.66%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.53%) Data Structures
2 36 (9.97%) Algorithms
3 34 (9.42%) Hedge funds
4 30 (8.31%) Equities
5 22 (6.09%) Cloud Native
6 21 (5.82%) Fixed Income
7 19 (5.26%) Management Information System
8 17 (4.71%) Educational Technology
9 14 (3.88%) Product Ownership
10 11 (3.05%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (2.77%) PropTech
12 9 (2.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (2.22%) Derivative
14 5 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
15 4 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
15 4 (1.11%) Mobile App
16 3 (0.83%) Low-Code
16 3 (0.83%) NHS
16 3 (0.83%) PKI
16 3 (0.83%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.86%) Linux
2 3 (0.83%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (31.58%) Software Engineering
2 89 (24.65%) Full-Stack Development
3 77 (21.33%) Agile
4 74 (20.50%) AI
5 67 (18.56%) CI/CD
6 52 (14.40%) Mentoring
7 50 (13.85%) Test Automation
8 48 (13.30%) Continuous Improvement
9 46 (12.74%) Problem-Solving
10 43 (11.91%) OOP
11 39 (10.80%) OO
12 38 (10.53%) Fintech
13 36 (9.97%) SDLC
14 30 (8.31%) Containerisation
14 30 (8.31%) Microservices
15 27 (7.48%) Computer Science
16 26 (7.20%) Clean Code
17 25 (6.93%) Code Quality
18 23 (6.37%) Data Analysis
19 22 (6.09%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 361 (100.00%) Python
2 60 (16.62%) JavaScript
2 60 (16.62%) SQL
3 38 (10.53%) TypeScript
4 23 (6.37%) C++
5 11 (3.05%) Java
6 10 (2.77%) PHP
7 5 (1.39%) VBA
8 4 (1.11%) C
8 4 (1.11%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.83%) Go
10 2 (0.55%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.55%) C#
10 2 (0.55%) Scala
11 1 (0.28%) Perl
11 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.28%) Rust
11 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (4.71%) Degree
2 3 (0.83%) SC Cleared
2 3 (0.83%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.55%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.26%) QA
2 5 (1.39%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.55%) GDPR
4 2 (0.55%) PSD2
System Software
1 48 (13.30%) Docker
2 3 (0.83%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 23 (6.37%) Terraform
2 19 (5.26%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.83%) Argo
Vendors
1 11 (3.05%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.39%) Databricks
3 3 (0.83%) BT
3 3 (0.83%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.83%) Mitel
3 3 (0.83%) Oracle
4 2 (0.55%) Google
4 2 (0.55%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.28%) Foundry
5 1 (0.28%) SAP
5 1 (0.28%) Solace