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 4 May 2026.

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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 400 395
Rank change year-on-year +61 -5 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 386 235 492
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.61% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.69% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 324 187 450
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £64,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £85,000 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% -8.11% +8.82%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £125,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £137,500 £146,250
UK median annual salary £72,500 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -12.12% -8.33% +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 74,670 34,301 78,810
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 89.25% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 49,156 21,336 60,056
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £38,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £52,900
% change year-on-year -6.78% +11.53% -11.83%

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 4 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 4 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 +24 231 £90,000 +5.88% 42
North of England -11 55 £70,000 +7.69% 17
South East +5 44 £70,000 +55.56% 12
Yorkshire -17 43 £75,000 +15.38% 3
Midlands -17 28 £60,000 +9.09% 1
South West - 25 £50,000 - 1
East Midlands -34 17 £65,000 +18.18%
West Midlands -5 11 £60,000 - 1
North West -22 9 £40,000 -33.33% 7
North East - 3 £61,000 - 7
East of England -18 2 £55,000 -35.29% 3
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 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.

1 386 (100.00%) Python
2 120 (31.09%) Software Engineering
3 105 (27.20%) Full-Stack Development
4 85 (22.02%) AI
5 82 (21.24%) AWS
6 75 (19.43%) React
7 71 (18.39%) Agile
8 54 (13.99%) JavaScript
9 53 (13.73%) CI/CD
10 51 (13.21%) Django
11 50 (12.95%) Flask
12 48 (12.44%) SQL
13 41 (10.62%) Test Automation
13 41 (10.62%) TypeScript
14 40 (10.36%) Continuous Improvement
15 36 (9.33%) Fintech
15 36 (9.33%) Mentoring
15 36 (9.33%) OO
15 36 (9.33%) OOP
16 35 (9.07%) Problem-Solving
16 35 (9.07%) REST
16 35 (9.07%) Serverless
17 34 (8.81%) Azure
18 33 (8.55%) Docker
18 33 (8.55%) Linux
19 32 (8.29%) SDLC
20 30 (7.77%) GitHub
20 30 (7.77%) SaaS
21 29 (7.51%) FastAPI
22 28 (7.25%) 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 17 (4.40%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.52%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 82 (21.24%) AWS
2 35 (9.07%) Serverless
3 34 (8.81%) Azure
4 30 (7.77%) GitHub
4 30 (7.77%) SaaS
5 28 (7.25%) AWS Lambda
6 24 (6.22%) Amazon S3
7 15 (3.89%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (2.85%) Amazon SQS
10 9 (2.33%) GCP
11 5 (1.30%) Prefect
12 3 (0.78%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (0.78%) AWS Fargate
12 3 (0.78%) Azure AI
13 2 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
14 1 (0.26%) AWS CodePipeline
14 1 (0.26%) Azure Functions
14 1 (0.26%) PaaS
14 1 (0.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.30%) Broadband
2 3 (0.78%) HTTP
2 3 (0.78%) RTP
2 3 (0.78%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.78%) VoIP
2 3 (0.78%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.26%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.44%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (4.40%) Big Data
3 9 (2.33%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.81%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.30%) MySQL
5 5 (1.30%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.04%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.26%) GIS
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 21 (5.44%) Git
2 4 (1.04%) GitLab
3 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.26%) Poetry
4 1 (0.26%) Selenium
4 1 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 62 (16.06%) Finance
2 56 (14.51%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.62%) Front Office
4 19 (4.92%) Tech for Good
5 16 (4.15%) Health Technology
6 15 (3.89%) Publishing
7 11 (2.85%) Banking
8 10 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.81%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.55%) Games
12 4 (1.04%) Aviation
13 3 (0.78%) Analytical Skills
13 3 (0.78%) Retail
14 1 (0.26%) Back Office
14 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.26%) Marketing
14 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (19.43%) React
2 51 (13.21%) Django
3 50 (12.95%) Flask
4 35 (9.07%) REST
5 29 (7.51%) FastAPI
6 28 (7.25%) RESTful
7 27 (6.99%) Node.js
8 24 (6.22%) NumPy
9 23 (5.96%) Pandas
10 21 (5.44%) HTML
11 20 (5.18%) Kafka
12 19 (4.92%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 18 (4.66%) Vue
14 15 (3.89%) CSS
15 14 (3.63%) AngularJS
16 8 (2.07%) Redux
17 7 (1.81%) .NET
17 7 (1.81%) PyTorch
18 6 (1.55%) Google JAX
18 6 (1.55%) JAX
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.66%) Algorithms
2 34 (8.81%) Hedge funds
3 29 (7.51%) Equities
4 28 (7.25%) Data Structures
5 22 (5.70%) Cloud Native
5 22 (5.70%) Fixed Income
6 19 (4.92%) Management Information System
7 17 (4.40%) Educational Technology
8 16 (4.15%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (3.63%) Product Ownership
10 10 (2.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (2.59%) PropTech
11 9 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (2.07%) Derivative
13 5 (1.30%) Low-Code
13 5 (1.30%) Video\Live Streaming
14 4 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
14 4 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (1.04%) Mobile App
14 4 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 33 (8.55%) Linux
2 3 (0.78%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (31.09%) Software Engineering
2 105 (27.20%) Full-Stack Development
3 85 (22.02%) AI
4 71 (18.39%) Agile
5 53 (13.73%) CI/CD
6 41 (10.62%) Test Automation
7 40 (10.36%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (9.33%) Fintech
8 36 (9.33%) Mentoring
8 36 (9.33%) OO
8 36 (9.33%) OOP
9 35 (9.07%) Problem-Solving
10 32 (8.29%) SDLC
11 25 (6.48%) Computer Science
12 24 (6.22%) Clean Code
13 23 (5.96%) Microservices
14 22 (5.70%) Computer Vision
14 22 (5.70%) Deep Learning
14 22 (5.70%) Signal Processing
15 21 (5.44%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 386 (100.00%) Python
2 54 (13.99%) JavaScript
3 48 (12.44%) SQL
4 41 (10.62%) TypeScript
5 24 (6.22%) C++
6 10 (2.59%) PHP
7 8 (2.07%) Java
8 5 (1.30%) Go
9 4 (1.04%) C
9 4 (1.04%) VBA
10 3 (0.78%) C#
11 2 (0.52%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.52%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.52%) Perl
11 2 (0.52%) Rust
12 1 (0.26%) Bash
12 1 (0.26%) Bicep
12 1 (0.26%) Haskell
12 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (4.66%) Degree
2 8 (2.07%) SC Cleared
2 8 (2.07%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.52%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.26%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.40%) QA
2 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.78%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (8.55%) Docker
2 3 (0.78%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 17 (4.40%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.11%) Terraform
3 3 (0.78%) Argo
4 1 (0.26%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (2.07%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.30%) Databricks
3 4 (1.04%) Oracle
4 3 (0.78%) BT
4 3 (0.78%) Fortinet
4 3 (0.78%) Mitel
5 2 (0.52%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.26%) Google