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 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 393 407
Rank change year-on-year +31 +14 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 383 259 531
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 0.66% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.73% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 308 202 472
10th Percentile £47,000 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £65,000 £68,438
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 £120,000 £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 76,919 35,304 87,273
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.95% 89.82% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 53,907 20,476 64,903
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,400 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% +9.52% -12.98%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,250
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 9 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 9 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 -21 224 £90,000 -4.51% 42
North of England +20 74 £62,500 +4.17% 6
Yorkshire -8 42 £70,000 +16.67% 2
South East +12 37 £60,000 +33.33% 8
South West - 24 £50,000 - 1
North West +22 22 £43,750 -27.08% 1
Midlands -10 16 £60,000 -14.29%
East Midlands - 11 £60,000 -
North East - 10 £70,000 - 3
East of England -4 7 £71,250 -5.00% 2
West Midlands -20 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 9 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.

1 383 (100.00%) Python
2 114 (29.77%) Software Engineering
3 99 (25.85%) Full-Stack Development
4 92 (24.02%) AWS
5 89 (23.24%) AI
6 60 (15.67%) Agile
7 56 (14.62%) React
8 52 (13.58%) CI/CD
9 50 (13.05%) JavaScript
10 49 (12.79%) Flask
11 48 (12.53%) SQL
12 47 (12.27%) Test Automation
13 44 (11.49%) TypeScript
14 43 (11.23%) Docker
15 37 (9.66%) Django
15 37 (9.66%) OOP
16 36 (9.40%) FastAPI
16 36 (9.40%) Linux
16 36 (9.40%) OO
17 34 (8.88%) Azure
17 34 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
18 33 (8.62%) PostgreSQL
19 31 (8.09%) C++
20 30 (7.83%) REST
21 29 (7.57%) Fintech
21 29 (7.57%) Kubernetes
22 28 (7.31%) RESTful
23 27 (7.05%) Mentoring
23 27 (7.05%) Node.js
23 27 (7.05%) Problem-Solving

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 (3.66%) 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 92 (24.02%) AWS
2 34 (8.88%) Azure
3 26 (6.79%) SaaS
4 24 (6.27%) Serverless
5 22 (5.74%) GitHub
6 18 (4.70%) AWS Lambda
7 14 (3.66%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (3.39%) Amazon S3
9 12 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (2.87%) GCP
11 5 (1.31%) 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%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.39%) 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 33 (8.62%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (4.44%) MongoDB
3 13 (3.39%) Big Data
4 6 (1.57%) DynamoDB
4 6 (1.57%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.31%) Relational Database
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 (6.01%) 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 58 (15.14%) Finance
2 43 (11.23%) Front Office
3 38 (9.92%) Social Skills
4 16 (4.18%) Tech for Good
5 14 (3.66%) Games
6 12 (3.13%) Banking
6 12 (3.13%) Health Technology
7 6 (1.57%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.31%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.04%) Aviation
9 4 (1.04%) Publishing
10 3 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.26%) Automotive
12 1 (0.26%) Back Office
12 1 (0.26%) Electronics
12 1 (0.26%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.26%) Law
12 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (14.62%) React
2 49 (12.79%) Flask
3 37 (9.66%) Django
4 36 (9.40%) FastAPI
5 30 (7.83%) REST
6 28 (7.31%) RESTful
7 27 (7.05%) Node.js
8 25 (6.53%) NumPy
9 24 (6.27%) Pandas
10 23 (6.01%) Vue
11 20 (5.22%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 19 (4.96%) HTML
12 19 (4.96%) Kafka
13 15 (3.92%) CSS
14 10 (2.61%) AngularJS
15 8 (2.09%) .NET
15 8 (2.09%) Redux
15 8 (2.09%) Swagger
16 6 (1.57%) PyTorch
16 6 (1.57%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 51 (13.32%) Algorithms
2 35 (9.14%) Cloud Native
3 33 (8.62%) Hedge funds
4 30 (7.83%) Data Structures
4 30 (7.83%) Equities
5 25 (6.53%) Distributed Systems
6 22 (5.74%) Fixed Income
7 20 (5.22%) Management Information System
8 15 (3.92%) Educational Technology
9 13 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (3.39%) Low-Code
9 13 (3.39%) Video\Live Streaming
10 10 (2.61%) Derivative
10 10 (2.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (2.61%) Product Ownership
10 10 (2.61%) PropTech
11 7 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.57%) Renewable Energy
13 4 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.04%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.40%) Linux
2 3 (0.78%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (29.77%) Software Engineering
2 99 (25.85%) Full-Stack Development
3 89 (23.24%) AI
4 60 (15.67%) Agile
5 52 (13.58%) CI/CD
6 47 (12.27%) Test Automation
7 37 (9.66%) OOP
8 36 (9.40%) OO
9 34 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (7.57%) Fintech
11 27 (7.05%) Mentoring
11 27 (7.05%) Problem-Solving
12 26 (6.79%) SDLC
13 25 (6.53%) Containerisation
14 23 (6.01%) Computer Vision
15 22 (5.74%) Deep Learning
15 22 (5.74%) Signal Processing
16 21 (5.48%) Infrastructure as Code
16 21 (5.48%) Microservices
17 20 (5.22%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 383 (100.00%) Python
2 50 (13.05%) JavaScript
3 48 (12.53%) SQL
4 44 (11.49%) TypeScript
5 31 (8.09%) C++
6 13 (3.39%) Go
7 9 (2.35%) Java
7 9 (2.35%) PHP
8 5 (1.31%) C#
9 4 (1.04%) C
10 3 (0.78%) Bash
10 3 (0.78%) Perl
11 2 (0.52%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.52%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.52%) Rust
11 2 (0.52%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.52%) VBA
12 1 (0.26%) Bicep
12 1 (0.26%) OCaml
12 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (3.92%) Degree
2 8 (2.09%) SC Cleared
2 8 (2.09%) 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 (2.61%) 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 43 (11.23%) Docker
2 3 (0.78%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 29 (7.57%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.39%) Terraform
3 3 (0.78%) Argo
4 2 (0.52%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (2.87%) Databricks
2 5 (1.31%) 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