Python Developer Job Trends in England

Python Developer
UK > England

The median Python Developer salary in England is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 October 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 442 377 392
Rank change year-on-year -65 +15 -81
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 371 283 371
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 0.67% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.73% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 294 207 267
10th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,500 £62,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £90,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £95,000 £137,500 £115,000
90th Percentile £107,750 - £142,500
UK median annual salary £71,250 £90,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -20.83% +2.86% -2.78%

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.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 97,344 38,609 59,519
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 90.75% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 67,910 23,218 34,173
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,750 £42,394
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,793 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.68% -4.71% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £53,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +10.38% -5.36% -6.67%

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 17 October 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 17 October 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 -81 201 £90,000 -10.00% 86
North of England -21 66 £62,500 -10.71% 18
East of England +25 58 £70,000 +1.82% 4
North West -16 30 £57,500 -6.12% 6
Midlands -44 26 £57,500 -25.81% 5
North East - 20 £70,000 - 1
East Midlands -17 17 £65,000 +10.64% 4
Yorkshire -35 16 £50,000 -30.56% 12
South East -54 10 £60,000 +55.84% 9
West Midlands -45 9 £55,000 -38.89% 1
South West -68 7 £85,000 +41.67% 6
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 October 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.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Python100.0%371
2AI39.9%148
3Software Engineering34.8%129
4AWS32.6%121
5Azure21.3%79
6CI/CD20.2%75
7Full-Stack Development16.2%60
8Docker15.9%59
8SQL15.9%59
10PostgreSQL14.3%53
11FastAPI14.0%52
12Agile13.5%50
13Cybersecurity12.7%47
14RESTful12.4%46
15Kubernetes10.8%40
16Problem-Solving10.2%38
17Validation10.0%37
18JavaScript9.7%36
19GCP9.4%35
20Git9.2%34
21Generative AI8.9%33
22Infrastructure as Code8.6%32
22Observability8.6%32
22Test Automation8.6%32
25Containerisation8.4%31
25LLM8.4%31
27API Design8.1%30
28React7.8%29
29TypeScript7.5%28
30DevOps7.3%27

Python Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Python Developer31.5%117
2Lead Python Developer12.1%45
3Software Developer11.6%43
4AWS Developer9.2%34
5Full-Stack Python Developer8.1%30
6Artificial Intelligence Developer5.9%22
7React Developer5.7%21
8Developer/Software Engineer5.4%20
8Python Software Engineer5.4%20
10Artificial Intelligence Engineer4.9%18
11Senior React Developer4.6%17
12C++ Developer4.0%15
13Senior Full-Stack Developer3.8%14
14Lead Software Developer3.2%12
14Lead Software Engineer3.2%12
14Python Developer - Fintech3.2%12
14Python/Django Developer3.2%12
18SQL Developer3.0%11
19Backend Developer2.7%10
20Azure Developer2.2%8
130 Python Developer jobs in England