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 20 August 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 411 365 422
Rank change year-on-year -46 +57 -106
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 369 308 377
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.39% 0.70% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.78% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 297 240 316
10th Percentile £47,300 £55,000 £53,125
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £95,000 £132,500 £136,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £145,000
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 89,484 39,616 68,834
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 90.59% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 62,877 23,853 46,367
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -94 188 £88,750 -6.58% 35
North of England +22 78 £70,000 - 3
East of England +16 40 £65,000 -5.45% 7
Yorkshire -8 36 £80,000 +14.29% 2
South West -48 23 £50,000 -41.18% 3
North West -3 21 £45,000 -30.77% 1
North East - 21 £70,000 -
Midlands -16 19 £65,000 -7.14% 7
South East -21 18 £60,000 +33.33% 6
East Midlands -16 11 £70,000 +75.00% 1
West Midlands -28 8 £52,500 -25.00% 5
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 August 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.

1 369 (100.00%) Python
2 111 (30.08%) AWS
3 106 (28.73%) Software Engineering
4 103 (27.91%) AI
5 89 (24.12%) Full-Stack Development
6 64 (17.34%) CI/CD
7 57 (15.45%) SQL
8 48 (13.01%) PostgreSQL
9 47 (12.74%) Agile
10 45 (12.20%) Azure
10 45 (12.20%) Docker
10 45 (12.20%) FastAPI
10 45 (12.20%) JavaScript
11 40 (10.84%) RESTful
12 37 (10.03%) Cybersecurity
13 35 (9.49%) Flask
14 34 (9.21%) Test Automation
15 32 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
16 31 (8.40%) Kubernetes
16 31 (8.40%) Problem-Solving
17 30 (8.13%) TypeScript
18 29 (7.86%) Infrastructure as Code
18 29 (7.86%) Validation
19 26 (7.05%) React
20 25 (6.78%) Linux
20 25 (6.78%) NumPy
20 25 (6.78%) OOP
21 24 (6.50%) API Design
21 24 (6.50%) Containerisation
21 24 (6.50%) Django

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 10 (2.71%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.54%) Apache
4 1 (0.27%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 2 (0.54%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 111 (30.08%) AWS
2 45 (12.20%) Azure
3 23 (6.23%) SaaS
4 18 (4.88%) Serverless
5 14 (3.79%) Amazon S3
5 14 (3.79%) AWS Lambda
6 11 (2.98%) Amazon EC2
6 11 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (2.98%) GCP
7 9 (2.44%) Azure Service Bus
7 9 (2.44%) GitHub
8 8 (2.17%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (1.36%) Amazon SQS
9 5 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (1.36%) Prefect
10 4 (1.08%) Amazon Bedrock
10 4 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.08%) Kong
11 3 (0.81%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (0.81%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.07%) Broadband
2 9 (2.44%) MQTT
3 2 (0.54%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (13.01%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (4.61%) MongoDB
3 12 (3.25%) DynamoDB
4 9 (2.44%) Big Data
4 9 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.36%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.08%) GIS
7 4 (1.08%) MySQL
7 4 (1.08%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.81%) Power BI
8 3 (0.81%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.54%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.27%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.27%) Redis
10 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.50%) Git
2 5 (1.36%) GitLab
3 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.27%) MLflow
4 1 (0.27%) Poetry
4 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 46 (12.47%) Finance
2 27 (7.32%) Front Office
3 25 (6.78%) Social Skills
4 16 (4.34%) Tech for Good
5 15 (4.07%) Games
6 11 (2.98%) Health Technology
7 9 (2.44%) Banking
8 5 (1.36%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (1.36%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.08%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.08%) Publishing
10 3 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.81%) Legal
11 2 (0.54%) Automotive
11 2 (0.54%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.54%) Law
11 2 (0.54%) Marketing
12 1 (0.27%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.27%) Back Office
12 1 (0.27%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (12.20%) FastAPI
2 40 (10.84%) RESTful
3 35 (9.49%) Flask
4 26 (7.05%) React
5 25 (6.78%) NumPy
6 24 (6.50%) Django
6 24 (6.50%) Pandas
7 22 (5.96%) REST
8 21 (5.69%) Kafka
9 20 (5.42%) Vue
10 19 (5.15%) CSS
11 18 (4.88%) HTML
11 18 (4.88%) Node.js
11 18 (4.88%) Terraform
12 16 (4.34%) Swagger
13 13 (3.52%) RabbitMQ
14 12 (3.25%) Boost C++ Libraries
15 9 (2.44%) OpenAPI
16 8 (2.17%) AngularJS
17 6 (1.63%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.92%) Algorithms
2 41 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 41 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (6.23%) Hedge funds
4 22 (5.96%) Cyber Threat
4 22 (5.96%) Greenfield Project
5 19 (5.15%) Low-Code
6 17 (4.61%) Data Structures
6 17 (4.61%) Equities
7 16 (4.34%) Fixed Income
8 15 (4.07%) Video\Live Streaming
9 12 (3.25%) Management Information System
10 11 (2.98%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (2.17%) Derivative
12 7 (1.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (1.36%) Educational Technology
13 5 (1.36%) Market Risk
13 5 (1.36%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.36%) PropTech
14 4 (1.08%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.78%) Linux
2 1 (0.27%) Unix
2 1 (0.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (28.73%) Software Engineering
2 103 (27.91%) AI
3 89 (24.12%) Full-Stack Development
4 64 (17.34%) CI/CD
5 47 (12.74%) Agile
6 37 (10.03%) Cybersecurity
7 34 (9.21%) Test Automation
8 32 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (8.40%) Problem-Solving
10 29 (7.86%) Infrastructure as Code
10 29 (7.86%) Validation
11 25 (6.78%) OOP
12 24 (6.50%) API Design
12 24 (6.50%) Containerisation
12 24 (6.50%) Machine Learning
12 24 (6.50%) Microservices
13 22 (5.96%) Computer Vision
13 22 (5.96%) DevOps
13 22 (5.96%) Mentoring
13 22 (5.96%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 369 (100.00%) Python
2 57 (15.45%) SQL
3 45 (12.20%) JavaScript
4 30 (8.13%) TypeScript
5 22 (5.96%) C++
6 15 (4.07%) Go
7 7 (1.90%) C#
8 5 (1.36%) Java
8 5 (1.36%) PHP
8 5 (1.36%) Rust
9 4 (1.08%) Bash
10 2 (0.54%) Perl
11 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.27%) Bicep
11 1 (0.27%) Haskell
11 1 (0.27%) OCaml
11 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (4.34%) Degree
2 11 (2.98%) Security Cleared
3 8 (2.17%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.36%) AWS Certification
5 3 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.79%) QA
2 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
System Software
1 45 (12.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 31 (8.40%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.81%) Ansible
3 2 (0.54%) Grafana
3 2 (0.54%) Kibana
3 2 (0.54%) logstash
4 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 14 (3.79%) Databricks
2 4 (1.08%) Microsoft
3 3 (0.81%) Oracle
4 2 (0.54%) SAP
5 1 (0.27%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.27%) Salesforce