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 9 May 2026.

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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 408 405
Rank change year-on-year +76 -3 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 393 240 503
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.49% 0.62% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.69% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 325 193 462
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £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 £135,625
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 75,121 34,825 79,350
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 89.40% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 50,043 21,141 60,357
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +10.19% -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 £52,777
% change year-on-year -5.17% +9.90% -12.04%

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 9 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 9 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 +9 237 £90,000 +5.88% 43
North of England -13 58 £70,000 +16.67% 18
South East +19 45 £70,000 +55.56% 15
Yorkshire -14 42 £75,000 +20.00% 3
South West - 25 £50,000 - 1
Midlands -23 24 £60,000 +9.09% 1
East Midlands -14 17 £65,000 +18.18%
North West -13 11 £40,000 -33.33% 7
West Midlands -29 7 £55,000 - 1
North East - 5 £61,000 - 8
East of England -7 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 9 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.

1 393 (100.00%) Python
2 124 (31.55%) Software Engineering
3 110 (27.99%) Full-Stack Development
4 92 (23.41%) AI
5 90 (22.90%) AWS
6 75 (19.08%) React
7 72 (18.32%) Agile
8 58 (14.76%) CI/CD
9 55 (13.99%) JavaScript
10 51 (12.98%) Flask
11 50 (12.72%) Django
12 48 (12.21%) SQL
13 46 (11.70%) Test Automation
14 44 (11.20%) TypeScript
15 43 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
16 36 (9.16%) Docker
16 36 (9.16%) Fintech
16 36 (9.16%) OO
16 36 (9.16%) OOP
17 35 (8.91%) Problem-Solving
17 35 (8.91%) REST
18 34 (8.65%) Linux
18 34 (8.65%) Mentoring
18 34 (8.65%) Serverless
19 33 (8.40%) Azure
20 32 (8.14%) RESTful
20 32 (8.14%) SDLC
21 29 (7.38%) FastAPI
21 29 (7.38%) GitHub
21 29 (7.38%) SaaS

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 17 (4.33%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.51%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 90 (22.90%) AWS
2 34 (8.65%) Serverless
3 33 (8.40%) Azure
4 29 (7.38%) GitHub
4 29 (7.38%) SaaS
5 27 (6.87%) AWS Lambda
6 22 (5.60%) Amazon S3
7 15 (3.82%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.29%) Amazon SQS
9 9 (2.29%) GCP
10 5 (1.27%) Prefect
11 3 (0.76%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (0.76%) AWS Fargate
12 2 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.51%) Azure AI
13 1 (0.25%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 1 (0.25%) Anthropic Claude
13 1 (0.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 1 (0.25%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.54%) Broadband
2 3 (0.76%) HTTP
2 3 (0.76%) RTP
2 3 (0.76%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.76%) VoIP
2 3 (0.76%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.25%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.87%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (4.33%) Big Data
3 14 (3.56%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.78%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.27%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.27%) MySQL
5 5 (1.27%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.25%) GIS
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.25%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (5.60%) Git
2 5 (1.27%) GitLab
3 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.25%) Poetry
4 1 (0.25%) Selenium
4 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 62 (15.78%) Finance
2 53 (13.49%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.43%) Front Office
4 21 (5.34%) Tech for Good
5 17 (4.33%) Health Technology
6 14 (3.56%) Publishing
7 11 (2.80%) Banking
7 11 (2.80%) Games
8 8 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.78%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.02%) Aviation
11 3 (0.76%) Analytical Skills
12 2 (0.51%) Retail
13 1 (0.25%) Back Office
13 1 (0.25%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.25%) Marketing
13 1 (0.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (19.08%) React
2 51 (12.98%) Flask
3 50 (12.72%) Django
4 35 (8.91%) REST
5 32 (8.14%) RESTful
6 29 (7.38%) FastAPI
7 27 (6.87%) Node.js
8 24 (6.11%) NumPy
9 23 (5.85%) Pandas
10 22 (5.60%) HTML
11 20 (5.09%) Kafka
11 20 (5.09%) Vue
12 19 (4.83%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 16 (4.07%) CSS
14 14 (3.56%) AngularJS
15 8 (2.04%) Redux
16 7 (1.78%) .NET
16 7 (1.78%) PyTorch
17 6 (1.53%) Google JAX
17 6 (1.53%) JAX
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.45%) Algorithms
2 34 (8.65%) Hedge funds
3 29 (7.38%) Equities
4 28 (7.12%) Data Structures
5 27 (6.87%) Cloud Native
6 22 (5.60%) Fixed Income
7 19 (4.83%) Management Information System
8 18 (4.58%) Distributed Systems
9 17 (4.33%) Educational Technology
10 15 (3.82%) Greenfield Project
11 14 (3.56%) Product Ownership
12 10 (2.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (2.54%) Low-Code
12 10 (2.54%) PropTech
12 10 (2.54%) Video\Live Streaming
13 8 (2.04%) Derivative
14 5 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
14 5 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
15 4 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
15 4 (1.02%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.65%) Linux
2 3 (0.76%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (31.55%) Software Engineering
2 110 (27.99%) Full-Stack Development
3 92 (23.41%) AI
4 72 (18.32%) Agile
5 58 (14.76%) CI/CD
6 46 (11.70%) Test Automation
7 43 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (9.16%) Fintech
8 36 (9.16%) OO
8 36 (9.16%) OOP
9 35 (8.91%) Problem-Solving
10 34 (8.65%) Mentoring
11 32 (8.14%) SDLC
12 24 (6.11%) Clean Code
12 24 (6.11%) Computer Science
13 23 (5.85%) Microservices
14 22 (5.60%) Computer Vision
14 22 (5.60%) Containerisation
14 22 (5.60%) Deep Learning
14 22 (5.60%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 393 (100.00%) Python
2 55 (13.99%) JavaScript
3 48 (12.21%) SQL
4 44 (11.20%) TypeScript
5 26 (6.62%) C++
6 10 (2.54%) Go
6 10 (2.54%) PHP
7 8 (2.04%) Java
8 4 (1.02%) C
9 3 (0.76%) C#
9 3 (0.76%) Perl
9 3 (0.76%) VBA
10 2 (0.51%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.51%) Bash
10 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.51%) Rust
11 1 (0.25%) Bicep
11 1 (0.25%) Haskell
11 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (4.33%) Degree
2 8 (2.04%) SC Cleared
2 8 (2.04%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.07%) QA
2 3 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 36 (9.16%) Docker
2 3 (0.76%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 20 (5.09%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.31%) Terraform
3 3 (0.76%) Argo
4 2 (0.51%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (1.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.27%) Databricks
3 4 (1.02%) Oracle
4 3 (0.76%) BT
4 3 (0.76%) Fortinet
4 3 (0.76%) Mitel
5 2 (0.51%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.25%) Google