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 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 404 391
Rank change year-on-year +59 -13 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 399 237 511
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.49% 0.60% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.67% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 331 189 465
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £64,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -10.53% +8.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £136,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £137,500 £146,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% -5.56% +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 76,707 35,242 80,076
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 89.75% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 51,919 20,736 60,720
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,087
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 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 21 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 +10 239 £90,000 +4.35% 45
North of England +22 67 £66,250 +10.42% 9
South East +17 45 £70,000 +55.56% 10
Yorkshire -2 42 £72,500 +16.00% 2
South West - 24 £50,000 - 1
Midlands -15 18 £60,000 +9.09%
North West +16 16 £42,500 -29.17% 5
East Midlands -13 12 £60,000 +9.09%
North East - 9 £70,000 - 2
West Midlands -37 6 £55,000 -
East of England -10 5 £65,000 -23.53%
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 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.

1 399 (100.00%) Python
2 123 (30.83%) Software Engineering
3 108 (27.07%) Full-Stack Development
4 93 (23.31%) AI
5 92 (23.06%) AWS
6 72 (18.05%) Agile
7 69 (17.29%) React
8 54 (13.53%) CI/CD
9 52 (13.03%) Flask
10 51 (12.78%) JavaScript
11 47 (11.78%) SQL
11 47 (11.78%) TypeScript
12 45 (11.28%) Django
12 45 (11.28%) Test Automation
13 41 (10.28%) Continuous Improvement
14 40 (10.03%) Docker
15 35 (8.77%) OO
15 35 (8.77%) OOP
16 34 (8.52%) Fintech
16 34 (8.52%) Linux
17 32 (8.02%) Azure
17 32 (8.02%) FastAPI
17 32 (8.02%) Mentoring
17 32 (8.02%) Problem-Solving
18 31 (7.77%) REST
18 31 (7.77%) SDLC
19 30 (7.52%) RESTful
19 30 (7.52%) Serverless
20 28 (7.02%) C++
20 28 (7.02%) PostgreSQL

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 16 (4.01%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.50%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.25%) Apache
4 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 92 (23.06%) AWS
2 32 (8.02%) Azure
3 30 (7.52%) Serverless
4 26 (6.52%) SaaS
5 25 (6.27%) GitHub
6 24 (6.02%) AWS Lambda
7 20 (5.01%) Amazon S3
8 16 (4.01%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.51%) GCP
11 7 (1.75%) Amazon SQS
12 5 (1.25%) Prefect
13 4 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.00%) Amazon ECS
14 3 (0.75%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (0.75%) AWS Fargate
15 2 (0.50%) AWS CodePipeline
15 2 (0.50%) Azure AI
15 2 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
15 2 (0.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.51%) Broadband
2 3 (0.75%) HTTP
2 3 (0.75%) RTP
2 3 (0.75%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.75%) VoIP
2 3 (0.75%) Wireshark
3 2 (0.50%) Firewall
4 1 (0.25%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.02%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (3.76%) Big Data
3 14 (3.51%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.50%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.50%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.25%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.00%) MySQL
7 2 (0.50%) GIS
8 1 (0.25%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.25%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.02%) Git
2 5 (1.25%) GitLab
3 2 (0.50%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.25%) Poetry
4 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 60 (15.04%) Finance
2 49 (12.28%) Social Skills
3 42 (10.53%) Front Office
4 21 (5.26%) Tech for Good
5 17 (4.26%) Health Technology
6 12 (3.01%) Publishing
7 11 (2.76%) Banking
7 11 (2.76%) Games
8 6 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.50%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.00%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.00%) Aviation
10 2 (0.50%) Retail
11 1 (0.25%) Back Office
11 1 (0.25%) Law
11 1 (0.25%) Marketing
11 1 (0.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (17.29%) React
2 52 (13.03%) Flask
3 45 (11.28%) Django
4 32 (8.02%) FastAPI
5 31 (7.77%) REST
6 30 (7.52%) RESTful
7 27 (6.77%) Node.js
8 24 (6.02%) NumPy
9 23 (5.76%) Pandas
10 22 (5.51%) Vue
11 21 (5.26%) HTML
12 19 (4.76%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 19 (4.76%) Kafka
13 16 (4.01%) CSS
14 11 (2.76%) AngularJS
15 8 (2.01%) .NET
15 8 (2.01%) Redux
16 6 (1.50%) PyTorch
16 6 (1.50%) SQLAlchemy
17 5 (1.25%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 49 (12.28%) Algorithms
2 33 (8.27%) Hedge funds
3 30 (7.52%) Cloud Native
4 29 (7.27%) Equities
5 28 (7.02%) Data Structures
6 22 (5.51%) Fixed Income
7 19 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (4.76%) Management Information System
8 17 (4.26%) Educational Technology
9 15 (3.76%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (3.26%) Product Ownership
11 10 (2.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (2.51%) Low-Code
11 10 (2.51%) PropTech
11 10 (2.51%) Video\Live Streaming
12 9 (2.26%) Derivative
13 6 (1.50%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (1.50%) Renewable Energy
14 4 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (1.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.52%) Linux
2 3 (0.75%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (30.83%) Software Engineering
2 108 (27.07%) Full-Stack Development
3 93 (23.31%) AI
4 72 (18.05%) Agile
5 54 (13.53%) CI/CD
6 45 (11.28%) Test Automation
7 41 (10.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (8.77%) OO
8 35 (8.77%) OOP
9 34 (8.52%) Fintech
10 32 (8.02%) Mentoring
10 32 (8.02%) Problem-Solving
11 31 (7.77%) SDLC
12 24 (6.02%) Clean Code
12 24 (6.02%) Containerisation
13 23 (5.76%) Microservices
14 22 (5.51%) Computer Science
14 22 (5.51%) Computer Vision
14 22 (5.51%) Deep Learning
14 22 (5.51%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 399 (100.00%) Python
2 51 (12.78%) JavaScript
3 47 (11.78%) SQL
3 47 (11.78%) TypeScript
4 28 (7.02%) C++
5 10 (2.51%) Go
5 10 (2.51%) PHP
6 9 (2.26%) Java
7 4 (1.00%) C
7 4 (1.00%) C#
8 3 (0.75%) Perl
8 3 (0.75%) VBA
9 2 (0.50%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.50%) Bash
9 2 (0.50%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.50%) Rust
10 1 (0.25%) Bicep
10 1 (0.25%) OCaml
10 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (4.01%) Degree
2 8 (2.01%) SC Cleared
2 8 (2.01%) Security Cleared
3 3 (0.75%) AWS Certification
4 2 (0.50%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.51%) QA
2 3 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.75%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.25%) Data Quality
System Software
1 40 (10.03%) Docker
2 3 (0.75%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 25 (6.27%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.26%) Terraform
3 3 (0.75%) Argo
4 2 (0.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (1.75%) Databricks
1 7 (1.75%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.00%) Oracle
3 3 (0.75%) BT
3 3 (0.75%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.75%) Mitel
4 2 (0.50%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.25%) Google