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 12 June 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 398 408
Rank change year-on-year +35 +10 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 384 260 536
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 0.66% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.74% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 307 202 475
10th Percentile £47,000 £51,375 £52,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £65,000 £68,750
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 £119,375 £136,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £137,500 £146,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £92,500
% change year-on-year -17.65% -8.11% +8.82%

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 77,507 35,371 88,423
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 89.95% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 54,461 20,505 65,670
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% +9.52% -12.98%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -19 226 £90,000 -1.91% 19
North of England +28 73 £62,500 +4.17% 5
Yorkshire -4 41 £70,000 +16.67% 2
South East +3 37 £60,000 +33.33% 7
South West -39 24 £50,000 -41.18% 1
North West +30 21 £45,000 -25.00%
Midlands -9 16 £60,000 -14.29%
North East - 11 £70,000 - 3
East Midlands - 11 £60,000 -
East of England -14 7 £71,250 -5.00% 2
West Midlands -23 5 £55,000 -21.43%
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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.

1 384 (100.00%) Python
2 115 (29.95%) Software Engineering
3 101 (26.30%) Full-Stack Development
4 94 (24.48%) AWS
5 91 (23.70%) AI
6 60 (15.63%) Agile
7 55 (14.32%) React
8 53 (13.80%) CI/CD
9 49 (12.76%) JavaScript
9 49 (12.76%) Test Automation
10 48 (12.50%) SQL
11 47 (12.24%) Flask
12 44 (11.46%) TypeScript
13 42 (10.94%) Docker
14 37 (9.64%) Linux
15 36 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
15 36 (9.38%) Django
15 36 (9.38%) OOP
16 35 (9.11%) Azure
16 35 (9.11%) FastAPI
16 35 (9.11%) OO
16 35 (9.11%) PostgreSQL
17 31 (8.07%) C++
18 30 (7.81%) REST
18 30 (7.81%) RESTful
19 29 (7.55%) Kubernetes
20 28 (7.29%) Fintech
21 27 (7.03%) Node.js
21 27 (7.03%) Problem-Solving
22 26 (6.77%) Mentoring

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 14 (3.65%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.52%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.26%) Apache
4 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 94 (24.48%) AWS
2 35 (9.11%) Azure
3 26 (6.77%) SaaS
4 23 (5.99%) Serverless
5 21 (5.47%) GitHub
6 18 (4.69%) AWS Lambda
7 14 (3.65%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (3.39%) Amazon S3
9 12 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (2.86%) GCP
11 5 (1.30%) Prefect
12 4 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.04%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (0.78%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (0.78%) AWS Fargate
13 3 (0.78%) Azure Service Bus
14 2 (0.52%) AWS CodePipeline
14 2 (0.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 2 (0.52%) Azure Functions
14 2 (0.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.91%) Broadband
2 3 (0.78%) HTTP
2 3 (0.78%) MQTT
2 3 (0.78%) RTP
2 3 (0.78%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.78%) VoIP
2 3 (0.78%) Wireshark
3 2 (0.52%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (9.11%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (4.95%) MongoDB
3 13 (3.39%) Big Data
4 6 (1.56%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.30%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.30%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.78%) MySQL
8 2 (0.52%) GIS
9 1 (0.26%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (5.99%) Git
2 5 (1.30%) GitLab
3 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.26%) Poetry
4 1 (0.26%) Selenium
General
1 57 (14.84%) Finance
2 43 (11.20%) Front Office
3 38 (9.90%) Social Skills
4 16 (4.17%) Games
4 16 (4.17%) Tech for Good
5 12 (3.13%) Banking
5 12 (3.13%) Health Technology
6 5 (1.30%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (1.30%) Public Sector
7 4 (1.04%) Aviation
7 4 (1.04%) Publishing
8 3 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.52%) Marketing
10 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.26%) Automotive
10 1 (0.26%) Back Office
10 1 (0.26%) Electronics
10 1 (0.26%) Law
10 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (14.32%) React
2 47 (12.24%) Flask
3 36 (9.38%) Django
4 35 (9.11%) FastAPI
5 30 (7.81%) REST
5 30 (7.81%) RESTful
6 27 (7.03%) Node.js
7 25 (6.51%) NumPy
8 24 (6.25%) Pandas
9 22 (5.73%) Vue
10 20 (5.21%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 19 (4.95%) Kafka
12 18 (4.69%) HTML
13 14 (3.65%) CSS
14 10 (2.60%) AngularJS
15 9 (2.34%) .NET
16 8 (2.08%) Redux
16 8 (2.08%) Swagger
17 6 (1.56%) RabbitMQ
17 6 (1.56%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 51 (13.28%) Algorithms
2 37 (9.64%) Cloud Native
3 33 (8.59%) Hedge funds
4 30 (7.81%) Equities
5 29 (7.55%) Data Structures
6 27 (7.03%) Distributed Systems
7 22 (5.73%) Fixed Income
8 20 (5.21%) Management Information System
9 15 (3.91%) Educational Technology
9 15 (3.91%) Low-Code
9 15 (3.91%) Video\Live Streaming
10 13 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (2.60%) Derivative
11 10 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (2.60%) Product Ownership
11 10 (2.60%) PropTech
12 7 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
14 4 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (1.04%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 37 (9.64%) Linux
2 3 (0.78%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (29.95%) Software Engineering
2 101 (26.30%) Full-Stack Development
3 91 (23.70%) AI
4 60 (15.63%) Agile
5 53 (13.80%) CI/CD
6 49 (12.76%) Test Automation
7 36 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (9.38%) OOP
8 35 (9.11%) OO
9 28 (7.29%) Fintech
10 27 (7.03%) Problem-Solving
11 26 (6.77%) Mentoring
11 26 (6.77%) SDLC
12 25 (6.51%) Containerisation
13 23 (5.99%) Computer Vision
14 22 (5.73%) Deep Learning
14 22 (5.73%) Infrastructure as Code
14 22 (5.73%) Machine Learning
14 22 (5.73%) Signal Processing
15 21 (5.47%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 384 (100.00%) Python
2 49 (12.76%) JavaScript
3 48 (12.50%) SQL
4 44 (11.46%) TypeScript
5 31 (8.07%) C++
6 15 (3.91%) Go
7 10 (2.60%) Java
8 9 (2.34%) PHP
9 6 (1.56%) C#
10 4 (1.04%) C
11 3 (0.78%) Bash
11 3 (0.78%) Perl
12 2 (0.52%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.52%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.52%) Rust
12 2 (0.52%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.52%) VBA
13 1 (0.26%) Bicep
13 1 (0.26%) Haskell
13 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (4.17%) Degree
2 8 (2.08%) SC Cleared
2 8 (2.08%) Security Cleared
3 3 (0.78%) AWS Certification
4 2 (0.52%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.60%) QA
2 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.78%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
System Software
1 42 (10.94%) Docker
2 3 (0.78%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 29 (7.55%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.13%) Terraform
3 3 (0.78%) Argo
4 2 (0.52%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (2.86%) Databricks
2 6 (1.56%) Microsoft
3 3 (0.78%) BT
3 3 (0.78%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.78%) Mitel
3 3 (0.78%) Oracle
4 2 (0.52%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.26%) Google