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 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 401 414
Rank change year-on-year +44 +13 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 382 256 519
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.46% 0.66% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.73% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 308 201 467
10th Percentile £47,350 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £65,000 £68,125
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 £133,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £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 77,535 35,063 85,233
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 89.78% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 53,312 20,181 63,808
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -13.32%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
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 5 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 5 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 -4 227 £90,000 +1.41% 45
North of England +6 72 £62,500 +4.17% 8
Yorkshire -6 43 £70,000 +16.67% 2
South East -8 36 £60,000 +33.33% 8
South West - 23 £50,000 - 1
North West +8 20 £45,000 -25.00% 3
Midlands -21 17 £57,500 -8.00%
East Midlands -16 11 £60,000 +9.09%
North East - 9 £70,000 - 3
East of England -18 6 £70,000 -6.67% 1
West Midlands -33 6 £55,000 -21.43%
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 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.

1 382 (100.00%) Python
2 112 (29.32%) Software Engineering
3 97 (25.39%) Full-Stack Development
4 88 (23.04%) AWS
5 86 (22.51%) AI
6 62 (16.23%) Agile
7 57 (14.92%) React
8 52 (13.61%) Flask
9 50 (13.09%) CI/CD
9 50 (13.09%) SQL
10 49 (12.83%) JavaScript
11 45 (11.78%) Test Automation
12 43 (11.26%) Docker
13 42 (10.99%) TypeScript
14 40 (10.47%) Django
15 37 (9.69%) OOP
16 36 (9.42%) FastAPI
16 36 (9.42%) Linux
16 36 (9.42%) OO
17 33 (8.64%) Azure
18 32 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
19 31 (8.12%) C++
20 30 (7.85%) Fintech
20 30 (7.85%) Problem-Solving
20 30 (7.85%) REST
21 29 (7.59%) PostgreSQL
22 28 (7.33%) Kubernetes
23 27 (7.07%) Mentoring
23 27 (7.07%) SDLC
24 26 (6.81%) Node.js

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 15 (3.93%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.31%) 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 88 (23.04%) AWS
2 33 (8.64%) Azure
3 25 (6.54%) SaaS
4 24 (6.28%) GitHub
4 24 (6.28%) Serverless
5 17 (4.45%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (3.93%) GitHub Actions
7 13 (3.40%) Amazon S3
7 13 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.88%) GCP
9 5 (1.31%) Prefect
10 4 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.05%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (0.79%) AWS Fargate
12 2 (0.52%) AWS CodePipeline
12 2 (0.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 2 (0.52%) Azure Functions
12 2 (0.52%) Azure Service Bus
12 2 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.62%) Broadband
2 3 (0.79%) HTTP
2 3 (0.79%) RTP
2 3 (0.79%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.79%) VoIP
2 3 (0.79%) Wireshark
3 2 (0.52%) Firewall
3 2 (0.52%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.59%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (3.66%) Big Data
2 14 (3.66%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.57%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.31%) DynamoDB
4 5 (1.31%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.79%) MySQL
7 2 (0.52%) GIS
8 1 (0.26%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.28%) Git
2 5 (1.31%) 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 59 (15.45%) Finance
2 43 (11.26%) Front Office
3 40 (10.47%) Social Skills
4 16 (4.19%) Tech for Good
5 13 (3.40%) Banking
6 12 (3.14%) Health Technology
7 11 (2.88%) Games
8 6 (1.57%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.31%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.05%) Aviation
10 4 (1.05%) Publishing
11 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.26%) Automotive
11 1 (0.26%) Back Office
11 1 (0.26%) Electronics
11 1 (0.26%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.26%) Law
11 1 (0.26%) Marketing
11 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (14.92%) React
2 52 (13.61%) Flask
3 40 (10.47%) Django
4 36 (9.42%) FastAPI
5 30 (7.85%) REST
6 26 (6.81%) Node.js
7 25 (6.54%) NumPy
8 24 (6.28%) Pandas
8 24 (6.28%) RESTful
8 24 (6.28%) Vue
9 20 (5.24%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 20 (5.24%) HTML
10 19 (4.97%) Kafka
11 16 (4.19%) CSS
12 10 (2.62%) AngularJS
13 8 (2.09%) .NET
13 8 (2.09%) Redux
14 6 (1.57%) PyTorch
14 6 (1.57%) SQLAlchemy
14 6 (1.57%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 51 (13.35%) Algorithms
2 34 (8.90%) Hedge funds
3 30 (7.85%) Cloud Native
3 30 (7.85%) Data Structures
3 30 (7.85%) Equities
4 22 (5.76%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (5.76%) Fixed Income
5 20 (5.24%) Management Information System
6 16 (4.19%) Educational Technology
7 13 (3.40%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (2.88%) Product Ownership
9 10 (2.62%) Derivative
9 10 (2.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (2.62%) Low-Code
9 10 (2.62%) PropTech
9 10 (2.62%) Video\Live Streaming
10 7 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.57%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.05%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.42%) Linux
2 3 (0.79%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (29.32%) Software Engineering
2 97 (25.39%) Full-Stack Development
3 86 (22.51%) AI
4 62 (16.23%) Agile
5 50 (13.09%) CI/CD
6 45 (11.78%) Test Automation
7 37 (9.69%) OOP
8 36 (9.42%) OO
9 32 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (7.85%) Fintech
10 30 (7.85%) Problem-Solving
11 27 (7.07%) Mentoring
11 27 (7.07%) SDLC
12 25 (6.54%) Containerisation
13 23 (6.02%) Computer Vision
14 22 (5.76%) Deep Learning
14 22 (5.76%) Microservices
14 22 (5.76%) Signal Processing
15 21 (5.50%) Computer Science
16 20 (5.24%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 382 (100.00%) Python
2 50 (13.09%) SQL
3 49 (12.83%) JavaScript
4 42 (10.99%) TypeScript
5 31 (8.12%) C++
6 10 (2.62%) Go
6 10 (2.62%) PHP
7 9 (2.36%) Java
8 5 (1.31%) C#
9 4 (1.05%) C
10 3 (0.79%) Bash
10 3 (0.79%) Perl
10 3 (0.79%) VBA
11 2 (0.52%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.52%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.52%) Rust
11 2 (0.52%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.26%) Bicep
12 1 (0.26%) Haskell
12 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (4.19%) Degree
2 8 (2.09%) SC Cleared
2 8 (2.09%) Security Cleared
3 3 (0.79%) 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 (2.62%) QA
2 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.79%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
System Software
1 43 (11.26%) Docker
2 3 (0.79%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 28 (7.33%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.66%) Terraform
3 3 (0.79%) Argo
4 2 (0.52%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (2.88%) Databricks
2 5 (1.31%) Microsoft
3 3 (0.79%) BT
3 3 (0.79%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.79%) Mitel
3 3 (0.79%) Oracle
4 2 (0.52%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.26%) Google