Python Developer Job Trends in England

Python Developer
UK > England

The median Python Developer salary in England is £75,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 March 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 366 395
Rank change year-on-year +26 +29 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 348 259 483
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 0.70% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.78% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 280 209 448
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £65,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,500 £82,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.48% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £132,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £122,500 £150,000
UK median annual salary £76,000 £80,000 £88,750
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.86% +10.94%

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 64,000 33,086 73,548
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 89.97% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 42,045 21,264 57,443
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,419 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
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 29 March 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 29 March 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 +3 215 £90,000 +5.88% 45
North of England -13 46 £70,000 +1.00% 20
Yorkshire -19 37 £75,000 +11.11% 15
South East -6 36 £70,000 +11.55% 9
Midlands -8 32 £65,000 +18.18% 3
East Midlands -34 17 £65,000 +18.18%
West Midlands -1 15 £60,000 -13.43% 3
South West -27 15 £50,250 -26.91% 11
North West -20 8 £40,000 -40.44% 3
East of England -30 2 £50,000 -41.18% 4
North East -23 1 - - 2
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 March 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.

1 348 (100.00%) Python
2 112 (32.18%) Software Engineering
3 86 (24.71%) AWS
4 85 (24.43%) React
5 81 (23.28%) Full-Stack Development
6 74 (21.26%) Agile
7 71 (20.40%) AI
8 66 (18.97%) CI/CD
9 62 (17.82%) Django
10 59 (16.95%) Flask
11 58 (16.67%) SQL
12 57 (16.38%) JavaScript
13 53 (15.23%) Mentoring
14 50 (14.37%) Test Automation
15 48 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 48 (13.79%) Serverless
16 46 (13.22%) Docker
16 46 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
17 43 (12.36%) GitHub
18 42 (12.07%) OOP
19 40 (11.49%) FastAPI
20 38 (10.92%) Fintech
20 38 (10.92%) OO
20 38 (10.92%) TypeScript
21 36 (10.34%) Azure
21 36 (10.34%) REST
22 35 (10.06%) SDLC
23 31 (8.91%) Linux
24 30 (8.62%) HTML
25 29 (8.33%) AWS Lambda

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 21 (6.03%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.57%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 2 (0.57%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 86 (24.71%) AWS
2 48 (13.79%) Serverless
3 43 (12.36%) GitHub
4 36 (10.34%) Azure
5 29 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
6 27 (7.76%) Amazon S3
7 26 (7.47%) SaaS
8 15 (4.31%) Amazon SQS
8 15 (4.31%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (3.74%) GCP
10 11 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.44%) Azure AI
12 4 (1.15%) Prefect
13 2 (0.57%) Amazon ECS
13 2 (0.57%) AWS Fargate
14 1 (0.29%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 1 (0.29%) Anthropic Claude
14 1 (0.29%) Azure AKS
14 1 (0.29%) Cloud Run
14 1 (0.29%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.86%) Broadband
1 3 (0.86%) HTTP
1 3 (0.86%) RTP
1 3 (0.86%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.86%) VoIP
1 3 (0.86%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.03%) Big Data
1 21 (6.03%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (2.59%) MongoDB
3 8 (2.30%) Relational Database
3 8 (2.30%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.01%) MySQL
5 3 (0.86%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.57%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.57%) Tick Data
7 1 (0.29%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 18 (5.17%) Git
2 4 (1.15%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.86%) GitLab
4 2 (0.57%) JIRA
4 2 (0.57%) Maven
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.29%) Selenium
5 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 71 (20.40%) Social Skills
2 69 (19.83%) Finance
3 38 (10.92%) Front Office
4 20 (5.75%) Tech for Good
5 17 (4.89%) Health Technology
6 16 (4.60%) Publishing
7 14 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.87%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.59%) Banking
9 9 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.15%) Aviation
11 4 (1.15%) Games
12 3 (0.86%) Retail
13 2 (0.57%) Marketing
13 2 (0.57%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.29%) Back Office
14 1 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.29%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (24.43%) React
2 62 (17.82%) Django
3 59 (16.95%) Flask
4 40 (11.49%) FastAPI
5 36 (10.34%) REST
6 30 (8.62%) HTML
7 28 (8.05%) RESTful
8 26 (7.47%) Node.js
8 26 (7.47%) Vue
9 24 (6.90%) CSS
9 24 (6.90%) Kafka
10 19 (5.46%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 13 (3.74%) NumPy
11 13 (3.74%) Pandas
12 12 (3.45%) AngularJS
13 8 (2.30%) Redux
14 6 (1.72%) .NET
14 6 (1.72%) OAuth
14 6 (1.72%) OAuth2
15 5 (1.44%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.92%) Data Structures
2 34 (9.77%) Algorithms
3 32 (9.20%) Hedge funds
4 31 (8.91%) Equities
5 21 (6.03%) Cloud Native
6 19 (5.46%) Management Information System
7 18 (5.17%) Fixed Income
8 17 (4.89%) Educational Technology
9 13 (3.74%) Product Ownership
10 10 (2.87%) PropTech
11 8 (2.30%) Derivative
11 8 (2.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.15%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.86%) Low-Code
13 3 (0.86%) NHS
13 3 (0.86%) PKI
13 3 (0.86%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.91%) Linux
2 3 (0.86%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (32.18%) Software Engineering
2 81 (23.28%) Full-Stack Development
3 74 (21.26%) Agile
4 71 (20.40%) AI
5 66 (18.97%) CI/CD
6 53 (15.23%) Mentoring
7 50 (14.37%) Test Automation
8 48 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 46 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
10 42 (12.07%) OOP
11 38 (10.92%) Fintech
11 38 (10.92%) OO
12 35 (10.06%) SDLC
13 29 (8.33%) Containerisation
13 29 (8.33%) Microservices
14 28 (8.05%) Computer Science
15 25 (7.18%) Code Quality
16 24 (6.90%) Clean Code
17 22 (6.32%) Infrastructure as Code
18 21 (6.03%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 348 (100.00%) Python
2 58 (16.67%) SQL
3 57 (16.38%) JavaScript
4 38 (10.92%) TypeScript
5 24 (6.90%) C++
6 11 (3.16%) Java
7 10 (2.87%) PHP
8 5 (1.44%) VBA
9 4 (1.15%) C
9 4 (1.15%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.86%) Go
11 2 (0.57%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.57%) C#
11 2 (0.57%) Scala
12 1 (0.29%) Perl
12 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.29%) Rust
12 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (4.89%) Degree
2 2 (0.57%) Azure Certification
2 2 (0.57%) SC Cleared
2 2 (0.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.46%) QA
2 5 (1.44%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.57%) GDPR
4 2 (0.57%) PSD2
System Software
1 46 (13.22%) Docker
2 3 (0.86%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 22 (6.32%) Terraform
2 18 (5.17%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.86%) Argo
Vendors
1 11 (3.16%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.15%) Databricks
3 3 (0.86%) BT
3 3 (0.86%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.86%) Mitel
3 3 (0.86%) Oracle
4 2 (0.57%) Google
4 2 (0.57%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.57%) Solace
5 1 (0.29%) Foundry
5 1 (0.29%) SAP
5 1 (0.29%) UiPath