Python Developer Job Trends in England

Python Developer
UK > England

The median Python Developer salary in England is £76,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 February 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 386 366
Rank change year-on-year +31 -20 +74
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 309 290 468
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 0.68% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.74% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 248 200 437
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,125 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,188 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -11.11% +9.09%
75th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £133,750
90th Percentile £140,000 £110,250 £150,000
UK median annual salary £76,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -5.88% +6.25%

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 56,218 39,052 62,857
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.45% 91.19% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 36,340 21,134 50,106
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,750 £28,823
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 +26 202 £90,000 +5.88% 43
North of England +4 34 £72,500 +7.96% 13
Midlands +21 31 £65,000 +18.18% 2
South East +4 30 £70,000 +11.11% 7
Yorkshire -21 25 £75,000 -9.09% 10
East Midlands -20 17 £65,000 +18.18% 1
West Midlands +30 14 £75,000 +28.42% 1
North West -4 9 £40,000 -40.44% 3
South West -12 7 £55,000 - 5
East of England -5 1 £50,000 -41.18% 2
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 February 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.

1 309 (100.00%) Python
2 108 (34.95%) Software Engineering
3 99 (32.04%) React
4 88 (28.48%) AWS
5 80 (25.89%) Agile
6 70 (22.65%) Full-Stack Development
7 64 (20.71%) AI
8 63 (20.39%) CI/CD
9 62 (20.06%) Django
9 62 (20.06%) JavaScript
10 56 (18.12%) Flask
11 54 (17.48%) SQL
12 52 (16.83%) Problem-Solving
13 50 (16.18%) Mentoring
14 49 (15.86%) TypeScript
15 46 (14.89%) Serverless
16 45 (14.56%) Docker
17 44 (14.24%) GitHub
17 44 (14.24%) Test Automation
18 43 (13.92%) Fintech
19 41 (13.27%) OOP
20 40 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
21 39 (12.62%) Azure
21 39 (12.62%) FastAPI
22 34 (11.00%) Node.js
23 33 (10.68%) OO
24 31 (10.03%) Containerisation
25 30 (9.71%) REST
26 29 (9.39%) Order Management
27 28 (9.06%) HTML

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 19 (6.15%) Apache Spark
2 11 (3.56%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.65%) Jupyter
3 2 (0.65%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 88 (28.48%) AWS
2 46 (14.89%) Serverless
3 44 (14.24%) GitHub
4 39 (12.62%) Azure
5 27 (8.74%) AWS Lambda
6 26 (8.41%) Amazon S3
7 22 (7.12%) GCP
8 20 (6.47%) SaaS
9 14 (4.53%) Amazon SQS
9 14 (4.53%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (3.56%) dbt
11 10 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (2.27%) Azure AI
13 2 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (0.65%) n8n
13 2 (0.65%) Power Platform
14 1 (0.32%) Amazon ECS
14 1 (0.32%) AWS Fargate
14 1 (0.32%) Azure AKS
14 1 (0.32%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.97%) HTTP
1 3 (0.97%) RTP
1 3 (0.97%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.97%) VoIP
1 3 (0.97%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (8.74%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (5.83%) Big Data
3 11 (3.56%) Amazon Athena
3 11 (3.56%) Apache Arrow
3 11 (3.56%) Apache Iceberg
3 11 (3.56%) Dremio
4 8 (2.59%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.27%) MySQL
5 7 (2.27%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.94%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.94%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.65%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.65%) Tick Data
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 15 (4.85%) Git
2 3 (0.97%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.65%) GitLab
3 2 (0.65%) JIRA
3 2 (0.65%) Maven
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.32%) Selenium
4 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 78 (25.24%) Finance
2 66 (21.36%) Social Skills
3 44 (14.24%) Front Office
4 18 (5.83%) Tech for Good
5 17 (5.50%) Health Technology
6 16 (5.18%) Publishing
7 14 (4.53%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.53%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (3.56%) Banking
8 11 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.59%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.29%) Aviation
12 3 (0.97%) Retail
13 2 (0.65%) Games
13 2 (0.65%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.65%) Legal
13 2 (0.65%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.32%) Electronics
14 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (32.04%) React
2 62 (20.06%) Django
3 56 (18.12%) Flask
4 39 (12.62%) FastAPI
5 34 (11.00%) Node.js
6 30 (9.71%) REST
7 28 (9.06%) HTML
7 28 (9.06%) Vue
8 27 (8.74%) RESTful
9 21 (6.80%) Kafka
10 20 (6.47%) AngularJS
11 19 (6.15%) CSS
12 18 (5.83%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 13 (4.21%) NumPy
13 13 (4.21%) Pandas
14 11 (3.56%) SciPy
15 7 (2.27%) OAuth
15 7 (2.27%) OAuth2
16 6 (1.94%) Redux
17 5 (1.62%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 39 (12.62%) Equities
2 37 (11.97%) Data Structures
3 26 (8.41%) Hedge funds
4 21 (6.80%) Fixed Income
5 20 (6.47%) Algorithms
6 18 (5.83%) Management Information System
7 17 (5.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 14 (4.53%) Cloud Native
9 12 (3.88%) Educational Technology
10 10 (3.24%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.94%) Derivative
11 6 (1.94%) PropTech
12 4 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.29%) PKI
13 3 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
14 2 (0.65%) AI Agents
14 2 (0.65%) Grid Computing
14 2 (0.65%) Low-Code
14 2 (0.65%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 25 (8.09%) Linux
2 3 (0.97%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (34.95%) Software Engineering
2 80 (25.89%) Agile
3 70 (22.65%) Full-Stack Development
4 64 (20.71%) AI
5 63 (20.39%) CI/CD
6 52 (16.83%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (16.18%) Mentoring
8 44 (14.24%) Test Automation
9 43 (13.92%) Fintech
10 41 (13.27%) OOP
11 40 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (10.68%) OO
13 31 (10.03%) Containerisation
14 29 (9.39%) Order Management
15 28 (9.06%) SDLC
16 27 (8.74%) Clean Code
16 27 (8.74%) Microservices
17 25 (8.09%) Code Quality
17 25 (8.09%) Computer Science
17 25 (8.09%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 309 (100.00%) Python
2 62 (20.06%) JavaScript
3 54 (17.48%) SQL
4 49 (15.86%) TypeScript
5 25 (8.09%) C++
6 12 (3.88%) Java
7 7 (2.27%) PHP
8 5 (1.62%) VBA
9 4 (1.29%) C
9 4 (1.29%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.65%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.65%) Scala
11 1 (0.32%) Perl
11 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (4.21%) Degree
2 4 (1.29%) Security Cleared
3 3 (0.97%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.65%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.32%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.18%) QA
2 5 (1.62%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.65%) GDPR
4 2 (0.65%) PSD2
System Software
1 45 (14.56%) Docker
2 3 (0.97%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 22 (7.12%) Terraform
2 21 (6.80%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.97%) Argo
Vendors
1 12 (3.88%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.97%) BT
2 3 (0.97%) Fortinet
2 3 (0.97%) Mitel
2 3 (0.97%) Oracle
3 2 (0.65%) Google
3 2 (0.65%) iManage
3 2 (0.65%) OpenAI
3 2 (0.65%) Salesforce
3 2 (0.65%) Solace
4 1 (0.32%) Foundry
4 1 (0.32%) SAP
4 1 (0.32%) UiPath