Python Developer Job Trends in England

Python Developer
UK > England

The median Python Developer salary in England is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 April 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 385 398
Rank change year-on-year +28 +13 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 375 240 488
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.64% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.72% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 309 191 446
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,875 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £130,625
90th Percentile £140,000 £137,500 £150,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +9.09%

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 71,777 33,354 77,878
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 89.28% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 47,086 21,349 59,699
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 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 20 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 +13 219 £90,000 +5.88% 46
North of England -8 55 £75,000 +15.38% 24
Yorkshire -17 45 £77,500 +19.23% 11
South East -8 41 £70,000 +30.23% 12
Midlands -16 30 £60,000 +9.09% 1
South West - 25 £50,000 - 6
East Midlands -44 17 £65,000 +18.18% 1
West Midlands -20 13 £60,000 -
North West -20 9 £40,000 -33.33% 7
East of England -37 3 £52,500 -38.24%
North East - 1 - - 6
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 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.

1 375 (100.00%) Python
2 117 (31.20%) Software Engineering
3 97 (25.87%) Full-Stack Development
4 84 (22.40%) AWS
5 79 (21.07%) React
6 76 (20.27%) Agile
6 76 (20.27%) AI
7 61 (16.27%) JavaScript
8 60 (16.00%) CI/CD
9 58 (15.47%) Django
9 58 (15.47%) Flask
10 56 (14.93%) SQL
11 47 (12.53%) Mentoring
12 46 (12.27%) Continuous Improvement
13 45 (12.00%) Test Automation
14 44 (11.73%) Serverless
15 43 (11.47%) OOP
16 41 (10.93%) Problem-Solving
17 40 (10.67%) Docker
18 38 (10.13%) OO
18 38 (10.13%) TypeScript
19 37 (9.87%) GitHub
19 37 (9.87%) REST
20 35 (9.33%) Azure
20 35 (9.33%) FastAPI
21 34 (9.07%) Fintech
21 34 (9.07%) SDLC
22 31 (8.27%) Linux
23 29 (7.73%) AWS Lambda
24 28 (7.47%) Amazon S3

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 19 (5.07%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.53%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.27%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 84 (22.40%) AWS
2 44 (11.73%) Serverless
3 37 (9.87%) GitHub
4 35 (9.33%) Azure
5 29 (7.73%) AWS Lambda
6 28 (7.47%) Amazon S3
7 26 (6.93%) SaaS
8 15 (4.00%) Amazon SQS
8 15 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.67%) GCP
11 5 (1.33%) Azure AI
11 5 (1.33%) Prefect
12 3 (0.80%) AWS Fargate
13 2 (0.53%) Amazon ECS
14 1 (0.27%) Amazon EKS
14 1 (0.27%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 1 (0.27%) Anthropic Claude
14 1 (0.27%) AWS CodePipeline
14 1 (0.27%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.80%) Broadband
1 3 (0.80%) HTTP
1 3 (0.80%) RTP
1 3 (0.80%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.80%) VoIP
1 3 (0.80%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.07%) Big Data
2 18 (4.80%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.13%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.87%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.60%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.33%) MySQL
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.27%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 20 (5.33%) Git
2 3 (0.80%) GitLab
3 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.27%) Poetry
4 1 (0.27%) Selenium
4 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 67 (17.87%) Social Skills
2 64 (17.07%) Finance
3 40 (10.67%) Front Office
4 20 (5.33%) Tech for Good
5 17 (4.53%) Health Technology
6 16 (4.27%) Publishing
7 14 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.40%) Banking
9 8 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.13%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.07%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.07%) Aviation
10 4 (1.07%) Games
11 3 (0.80%) Retail
12 1 (0.27%) Back Office
12 1 (0.27%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.27%) Marketing
12 1 (0.27%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (21.07%) React
2 58 (15.47%) Django
2 58 (15.47%) Flask
3 37 (9.87%) REST
4 35 (9.33%) FastAPI
5 28 (7.47%) HTML
5 28 (7.47%) RESTful
6 26 (6.93%) Node.js
7 25 (6.67%) Vue
8 23 (6.13%) NumPy
9 22 (5.87%) CSS
9 22 (5.87%) Kafka
9 22 (5.87%) Pandas
10 19 (5.07%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 14 (3.73%) AngularJS
12 8 (2.13%) Redux
13 7 (1.87%) PyTorch
14 6 (1.60%) Google JAX
14 6 (1.60%) JAX
14 6 (1.60%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.47%) Algorithms
2 35 (9.33%) Data Structures
3 34 (9.07%) Hedge funds
4 29 (7.73%) Equities
5 22 (5.87%) Cloud Native
5 22 (5.87%) Fixed Income
6 19 (5.07%) Management Information System
7 17 (4.53%) Educational Technology
8 15 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (3.73%) Product Ownership
10 10 (2.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (2.67%) PropTech
11 8 (2.13%) Derivative
12 5 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.07%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.80%) Low-Code
14 3 (0.80%) NHS
14 3 (0.80%) PKI
14 3 (0.80%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.27%) Linux
2 3 (0.80%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (31.20%) Software Engineering
2 97 (25.87%) Full-Stack Development
3 76 (20.27%) Agile
3 76 (20.27%) AI
4 60 (16.00%) CI/CD
5 47 (12.53%) Mentoring
6 46 (12.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (12.00%) Test Automation
8 43 (11.47%) OOP
9 41 (10.93%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (10.13%) OO
11 34 (9.07%) Fintech
11 34 (9.07%) SDLC
12 26 (6.93%) Clean Code
12 26 (6.93%) Microservices
13 25 (6.67%) Computer Science
13 25 (6.67%) Containerisation
14 22 (5.87%) TDD
15 21 (5.60%) Deep Learning
15 21 (5.60%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 375 (100.00%) Python
2 61 (16.27%) JavaScript
3 56 (14.93%) SQL
4 38 (10.13%) TypeScript
5 24 (6.40%) C++
6 10 (2.67%) PHP
7 8 (2.13%) Java
8 5 (1.33%) VBA
9 4 (1.07%) C
10 3 (0.80%) Go
11 2 (0.53%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.53%) C#
11 2 (0.53%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.53%) Rust
12 1 (0.27%) Haskell
12 1 (0.27%) OCaml
12 1 (0.27%) Perl
12 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (4.80%) Degree
2 7 (1.87%) SC Cleared
2 7 (1.87%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.53%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.80%) QA
2 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.80%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 40 (10.67%) Docker
2 3 (0.80%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 20 (5.33%) Terraform
2 14 (3.73%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.80%) Argo
Vendors
1 11 (2.93%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.33%) Databricks
3 4 (1.07%) Oracle
4 3 (0.80%) BT
4 3 (0.80%) Fortinet
4 3 (0.80%) Mitel
5 2 (0.53%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.27%) Foundry
6 1 (0.27%) Google