Python Developer Job Trends in England

Python Developer
UK > England

The median Python Developer salary in England is £71,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 July 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 389 422
Rank change year-on-year +12 +33 -61
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 386 294 448
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 0.68% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.75% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 312 223 391
10th Percentile £47,625 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.18% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £98,125 £122,500 £136,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £137,500 £150,000
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 83,664 39,191 77,342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 90.42% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 58,936 23,658 55,533
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,726
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,574 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £71,650
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -39 214 £90,000 -5.26% 34
North of England +34 79 £70,000 +3.70% 8
Yorkshire -9 39 £70,000 - 4
South East -12 26 £60,000 +33.33% 6
South West -34 25 £50,000 -41.18% 1
East of England +9 23 £71,250 +3.64% 3
North West +8 21 £45,000 -30.77% 2
North East - 19 £70,000 - 2
Midlands -21 17 £62,500 +13.64% 3
East Midlands -11 12 £70,000 +75.00% 3
West Midlands -19 5 £60,000 -14.29%
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 July 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.

1 386 (100.00%) Python
2 114 (29.53%) AWS
3 109 (28.24%) Software Engineering
4 97 (25.13%) Full-Stack Development
5 94 (24.35%) AI
6 60 (15.54%) CI/CD
7 57 (14.77%) SQL
8 55 (14.25%) Agile
9 53 (13.73%) JavaScript
10 48 (12.44%) PostgreSQL
11 46 (11.92%) FastAPI
12 44 (11.40%) Azure
12 44 (11.40%) Docker
12 44 (11.40%) React
13 43 (11.14%) TypeScript
14 42 (10.88%) Flask
15 40 (10.36%) RESTful
15 40 (10.36%) Test Automation
16 35 (9.07%) Django
17 32 (8.29%) Kubernetes
17 32 (8.29%) Linux
17 32 (8.29%) OOP
18 31 (8.03%) Continuous Improvement
19 30 (7.77%) Problem-Solving
20 29 (7.51%) Containerisation
21 28 (7.25%) C++
21 28 (7.25%) OO
21 28 (7.25%) REST
22 27 (6.99%) Fintech
22 27 (6.99%) Infrastructure as Code

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 13 (3.37%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.52%) Apache
3 2 (0.52%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 114 (29.53%) AWS
2 44 (11.40%) Azure
3 25 (6.48%) SaaS
4 22 (5.70%) Serverless
5 18 (4.66%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (3.89%) Amazon S3
7 13 (3.37%) GCP
8 12 (3.11%) GitHub
9 10 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.33%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.81%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (1.55%) Azure Service Bus
14 5 (1.30%) Amazon SQS
14 5 (1.30%) Prefect
15 4 (1.04%) Amazon Bedrock
15 4 (1.04%) Amazon ECS
15 4 (1.04%) Kong
16 3 (0.78%) AWS Fargate
16 3 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.89%) Broadband
2 6 (1.55%) MQTT
3 2 (0.52%) Firewall
3 2 (0.52%) HTTP
3 2 (0.52%) RTP
3 2 (0.52%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.52%) VoIP
3 2 (0.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (12.44%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (4.40%) MongoDB
3 12 (3.11%) Big Data
3 12 (3.11%) DynamoDB
4 9 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.55%) MySQL
6 5 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.30%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.30%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.04%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.52%) GIS
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.26%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.26%) Power BI
9 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.26%) Redis
9 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (6.48%) Git
2 7 (1.81%) GitLab
3 3 (0.78%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.26%) MLflow
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.26%) Poetry
5 1 (0.26%) Selenium
5 1 (0.26%) SonarQube
General
1 56 (14.51%) Finance
2 38 (9.84%) Front Office
3 35 (9.07%) Social Skills
4 19 (4.92%) Tech for Good
5 15 (3.89%) Games
6 12 (3.11%) Health Technology
7 10 (2.59%) Banking
8 5 (1.30%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.04%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.04%) Aviation
9 4 (1.04%) Publishing
10 2 (0.52%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.52%) Legal
10 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.52%) Marketing
11 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.26%) Automotive
11 1 (0.26%) Back Office
11 1 (0.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.26%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (11.92%) FastAPI
2 44 (11.40%) React
3 42 (10.88%) Flask
4 40 (10.36%) RESTful
5 35 (9.07%) Django
6 28 (7.25%) REST
7 26 (6.74%) Node.js
8 25 (6.48%) NumPy
9 24 (6.22%) Pandas
10 23 (5.96%) Vue
11 21 (5.44%) Kafka
12 18 (4.66%) CSS
12 18 (4.66%) HTML
13 16 (4.15%) Boost C++ Libraries
14 13 (3.37%) Swagger
15 10 (2.59%) AngularJS
15 10 (2.59%) RabbitMQ
16 9 (2.33%) .NET
17 8 (2.07%) Redux
18 6 (1.55%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 48 (12.44%) Algorithms
2 40 (10.36%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (9.59%) Cloud Native
4 26 (6.74%) Hedge funds
5 25 (6.48%) Equities
6 23 (5.96%) Fixed Income
7 22 (5.70%) Data Structures
8 19 (4.92%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (4.92%) Low-Code
9 16 (4.15%) Management Information System
10 15 (3.89%) Video\Live Streaming
11 14 (3.63%) Cyber Threat
12 12 (3.11%) Derivative
13 10 (2.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 9 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
15 7 (1.81%) Educational Technology
15 7 (1.81%) PropTech
16 5 (1.30%) Onboarding
16 5 (1.30%) Product Ownership
17 4 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.29%) Linux
2 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
2 2 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (28.24%) Software Engineering
2 97 (25.13%) Full-Stack Development
3 94 (24.35%) AI
4 60 (15.54%) CI/CD
5 55 (14.25%) Agile
6 40 (10.36%) Test Automation
7 32 (8.29%) OOP
8 31 (8.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (7.77%) Problem-Solving
10 29 (7.51%) Containerisation
11 28 (7.25%) OO
12 27 (6.99%) Fintech
12 27 (6.99%) Infrastructure as Code
12 27 (6.99%) Microservices
13 25 (6.48%) Cybersecurity
13 25 (6.48%) Validation
14 24 (6.22%) Machine Learning
14 24 (6.22%) Mentoring
15 22 (5.70%) Computer Vision
15 22 (5.70%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 386 (100.00%) Python
2 57 (14.77%) SQL
3 53 (13.73%) JavaScript
4 43 (11.14%) TypeScript
5 28 (7.25%) C++
6 15 (3.89%) Go
7 8 (2.07%) Java
8 7 (1.81%) C#
9 6 (1.55%) PHP
10 5 (1.30%) Rust
11 4 (1.04%) Bash
12 3 (0.78%) Perl
13 2 (0.52%) C
13 2 (0.52%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.52%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.26%) Bicep
14 1 (0.26%) Haskell
14 1 (0.26%) OCaml
14 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (3.63%) Degree
2 10 (2.59%) Security Cleared
3 8 (2.07%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.78%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.63%) QA
2 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
System Software
1 44 (11.40%) Docker
2 2 (0.52%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 32 (8.29%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.40%) Terraform
3 3 (0.78%) Ansible
4 2 (0.52%) Argo
4 2 (0.52%) Grafana
4 2 (0.52%) Kibana
4 2 (0.52%) logstash
5 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 14 (3.63%) Databricks
2 4 (1.04%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.04%) Oracle
3 2 (0.52%) BT
3 2 (0.52%) Fortinet
3 2 (0.52%) Mitel
4 1 (0.26%) Google
4 1 (0.26%) Salesforce