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 18 May 2026.

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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 403 398
Rank change year-on-year +55 -5 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 392 240 508
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.61% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.68% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 326 190 462
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,125 £52,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £64,000 £67,813
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 £135,625
90th Percentile £130,000 £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 76,221 35,517 79,971
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 89.91% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 51,560 21,008 60,702
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,000
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 £90,519
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 18 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 18 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 +15 235 £90,000 +4.35% 53
North of England +16 65 £70,000 +16.67% 13
South East +23 45 £70,000 +55.56% 11
Yorkshire -5 41 £75,000 +20.00% 3
South West - 24 £50,000 - 4
Midlands -19 18 £60,000 +9.09% 1
North West +19 16 £42,500 -29.17% 6
East Midlands -24 12 £60,000 +9.09%
North East - 8 £70,000 - 4
West Midlands -17 6 £55,000 - 1
East of England -17 4 £60,000 -29.41% 1
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 392 (100.00%) Python
2 122 (31.12%) Software Engineering
3 105 (26.79%) Full-Stack Development
4 93 (23.72%) AI
5 86 (21.94%) AWS
6 70 (17.86%) Agile
7 67 (17.09%) React
8 51 (13.01%) CI/CD
8 51 (13.01%) JavaScript
9 49 (12.50%) Flask
10 46 (11.73%) SQL
11 45 (11.48%) TypeScript
12 44 (11.22%) Test Automation
13 43 (10.97%) Django
14 41 (10.46%) Continuous Improvement
15 37 (9.44%) Docker
16 35 (8.93%) Fintech
17 34 (8.67%) OO
17 34 (8.67%) OOP
18 33 (8.42%) Linux
19 32 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
20 31 (7.91%) REST
20 31 (7.91%) SDLC
21 30 (7.65%) Mentoring
21 30 (7.65%) Serverless
22 29 (7.40%) Azure
22 29 (7.40%) RESTful
23 28 (7.14%) FastAPI
24 27 (6.89%) C++
24 27 (6.89%) SaaS

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 17 (4.34%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.77%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.26%) Apache
4 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 86 (21.94%) AWS
2 30 (7.65%) Serverless
3 29 (7.40%) Azure
4 27 (6.89%) SaaS
5 25 (6.38%) GitHub
6 24 (6.12%) AWS Lambda
7 20 (5.10%) Amazon S3
8 15 (3.83%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.30%) GCP
11 7 (1.79%) Amazon SQS
12 5 (1.28%) Prefect
13 3 (0.77%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (0.77%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (0.77%) AWS Fargate
14 2 (0.51%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (0.51%) AWS CodePipeline
14 2 (0.51%) Azure AI
15 1 (0.26%) Anthropic Claude
15 1 (0.26%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.55%) Broadband
2 3 (0.77%) HTTP
2 3 (0.77%) RTP
2 3 (0.77%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.77%) VoIP
2 3 (0.77%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.26%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.63%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (4.08%) Big Data
3 14 (3.57%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.53%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.28%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.28%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.02%) MySQL
7 3 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.26%) GIS
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.12%) Git
2 5 (1.28%) GitLab
3 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.51%) 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 61 (15.56%) Finance
2 49 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.46%) Front Office
4 21 (5.36%) Tech for Good
5 17 (4.34%) Health Technology
6 12 (3.06%) Publishing
7 11 (2.81%) Games
8 10 (2.55%) Banking
9 6 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.53%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.02%) Aviation
11 3 (0.77%) Analytical Skills
12 2 (0.51%) Retail
13 1 (0.26%) Back Office
13 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.26%) Marketing
13 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (17.09%) React
2 49 (12.50%) Flask
3 43 (10.97%) Django
4 31 (7.91%) REST
5 29 (7.40%) RESTful
6 28 (7.14%) FastAPI
7 26 (6.63%) Node.js
8 25 (6.38%) NumPy
9 24 (6.12%) Pandas
10 22 (5.61%) Vue
11 20 (5.10%) HTML
12 19 (4.85%) Kafka
13 18 (4.59%) Boost C++ Libraries
14 15 (3.83%) CSS
15 11 (2.81%) AngularJS
16 8 (2.04%) Redux
17 7 (1.79%) .NET
17 7 (1.79%) PyTorch
18 6 (1.53%) Google JAX
18 6 (1.53%) JAX
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.48%) Algorithms
2 32 (8.16%) Hedge funds
3 29 (7.40%) Cloud Native
4 28 (7.14%) Equities
5 27 (6.89%) Data Structures
6 22 (5.61%) Fixed Income
7 19 (4.85%) Distributed Systems
8 18 (4.59%) Management Information System
9 17 (4.34%) Educational Technology
10 15 (3.83%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (3.32%) Product Ownership
12 10 (2.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (2.55%) Low-Code
12 10 (2.55%) PropTech
12 10 (2.55%) Video\Live Streaming
13 9 (2.30%) Derivative
14 6 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
15 5 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
16 4 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
16 4 (1.02%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 33 (8.42%) Linux
2 3 (0.77%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (31.12%) Software Engineering
2 105 (26.79%) Full-Stack Development
3 93 (23.72%) AI
4 70 (17.86%) Agile
5 51 (13.01%) CI/CD
6 44 (11.22%) Test Automation
7 41 (10.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (8.93%) Fintech
9 34 (8.67%) OO
9 34 (8.67%) OOP
10 32 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
11 31 (7.91%) SDLC
12 30 (7.65%) Mentoring
13 23 (5.87%) Clean Code
13 23 (5.87%) Microservices
14 22 (5.61%) Computer Science
14 22 (5.61%) Computer Vision
14 22 (5.61%) Containerisation
14 22 (5.61%) Deep Learning
14 22 (5.61%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 392 (100.00%) Python
2 51 (13.01%) JavaScript
3 46 (11.73%) SQL
4 45 (11.48%) TypeScript
5 27 (6.89%) C++
6 10 (2.55%) Go
6 10 (2.55%) PHP
7 9 (2.30%) Java
8 4 (1.02%) C
8 4 (1.02%) C#
9 3 (0.77%) Perl
9 3 (0.77%) VBA
10 2 (0.51%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.51%) Bash
10 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.51%) Rust
11 1 (0.26%) Bicep
11 1 (0.26%) OCaml
11 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (3.83%) Degree
2 8 (2.04%) SC Cleared
2 8 (2.04%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
3 2 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.26%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.57%) QA
2 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.77%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
System Software
1 37 (9.44%) Docker
2 3 (0.77%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 22 (5.61%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.06%) Terraform
3 3 (0.77%) Argo
4 2 (0.51%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (1.79%) Microsoft
2 6 (1.53%) Databricks
3 3 (0.77%) BT
3 3 (0.77%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.77%) Mitel
3 3 (0.77%) Oracle
4 2 (0.51%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.26%) Google