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 1 May 2026.

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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 395 402
Rank change year-on-year +52 +7 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 385 234 502
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.62% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.70% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 322 184 459
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,375 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £63,625 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £82,500 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% -13.16% +11.76%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £133,125
90th Percentile £140,000 £137,500 £150,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -15.15% -8.33% +7.46%

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 74,248 33,643 78,805
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 88.94% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 48,779 21,258 60,122
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,800 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.03% +12.83% -11.67%

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 1 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 1 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 -2 229 £90,000 +5.88% 41
North of England -14 55 £70,000 +7.69% 15
South East +9 43 £70,000 +55.56% 12
Yorkshire -20 42 £75,000 +15.38% 3
Midlands -20 29 £60,000 +9.09%
South West - 25 £50,000 - 1
East Midlands -36 17 £65,000 +18.18%
West Midlands -20 12 £57,500 -
North West -21 10 £40,000 -33.33% 7
East of England -24 3 £52,500 -38.24% 3
North East - 3 £61,000 - 5
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 385 (100.00%) Python
2 118 (30.65%) Software Engineering
3 102 (26.49%) Full-Stack Development
4 86 (22.34%) AI
5 80 (20.78%) AWS
6 76 (19.74%) React
7 70 (18.18%) Agile
8 55 (14.29%) JavaScript
9 53 (13.77%) CI/CD
10 52 (13.51%) Django
11 51 (13.25%) Flask
12 49 (12.73%) SQL
13 43 (11.17%) Test Automation
14 41 (10.65%) Continuous Improvement
14 41 (10.65%) TypeScript
15 37 (9.61%) Mentoring
16 36 (9.35%) OO
16 36 (9.35%) OOP
16 36 (9.35%) Problem-Solving
16 36 (9.35%) Serverless
17 35 (9.09%) Azure
17 35 (9.09%) REST
18 34 (8.83%) Docker
18 34 (8.83%) Fintech
19 32 (8.31%) Linux
19 32 (8.31%) SDLC
20 31 (8.05%) FastAPI
20 31 (8.05%) GitHub
21 30 (7.79%) SaaS
22 29 (7.53%) RESTful

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 (4.42%) 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 80 (20.78%) AWS
2 36 (9.35%) Serverless
3 35 (9.09%) Azure
4 31 (8.05%) GitHub
5 30 (7.79%) SaaS
6 28 (7.27%) AWS Lambda
7 24 (6.23%) Amazon S3
8 15 (3.90%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (2.86%) Amazon SQS
11 9 (2.34%) GCP
12 5 (1.30%) Prefect
13 4 (1.04%) Azure AI
14 3 (0.78%) Amazon ECS
14 3 (0.78%) AWS Fargate
15 2 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
16 1 (0.26%) AWS CodePipeline
16 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
16 1 (0.26%) PaaS
16 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 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (4.42%) Big Data
3 9 (2.34%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.82%) 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 (5.45%) Git
2 3 (0.78%) 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 (16.10%) Finance
2 57 (14.81%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.65%) Front Office
4 19 (4.94%) Tech for Good
5 16 (4.16%) Health Technology
6 15 (3.90%) Publishing
7 10 (2.60%) Banking
7 10 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.82%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.56%) Games
11 4 (1.04%) Aviation
12 3 (0.78%) Analytical Skills
12 3 (0.78%) 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 76 (19.74%) React
2 52 (13.51%) Django
3 51 (13.25%) Flask
4 35 (9.09%) REST
5 31 (8.05%) FastAPI
6 29 (7.53%) RESTful
7 27 (7.01%) Node.js
8 24 (6.23%) NumPy
9 23 (5.97%) Pandas
10 22 (5.71%) HTML
11 20 (5.19%) Kafka
12 19 (4.94%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 19 (4.94%) Vue
13 16 (4.16%) CSS
14 14 (3.64%) AngularJS
15 8 (2.08%) Redux
16 7 (1.82%) .NET
16 7 (1.82%) PyTorch
17 6 (1.56%) Google JAX
17 6 (1.56%) JAX
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.69%) Algorithms
2 34 (8.83%) Hedge funds
3 29 (7.53%) Data Structures
3 29 (7.53%) Equities
4 22 (5.71%) Cloud Native
4 22 (5.71%) Fixed Income
5 19 (4.94%) Management Information System
6 17 (4.42%) Educational Technology
7 16 (4.16%) Greenfield Project
8 14 (3.64%) Product Ownership
9 10 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (2.60%) PropTech
10 8 (2.08%) Derivative
10 8 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.30%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.30%) Video\Live Streaming
12 4 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.04%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.31%) Linux
2 3 (0.78%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (30.65%) Software Engineering
2 102 (26.49%) Full-Stack Development
3 86 (22.34%) AI
4 70 (18.18%) Agile
5 53 (13.77%) CI/CD
6 43 (11.17%) Test Automation
7 41 (10.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (9.61%) Mentoring
9 36 (9.35%) OO
9 36 (9.35%) OOP
9 36 (9.35%) Problem-Solving
10 34 (8.83%) Fintech
11 32 (8.31%) SDLC
12 25 (6.49%) Clean Code
12 25 (6.49%) Computer Science
13 23 (5.97%) Microservices
14 22 (5.71%) Computer Vision
14 22 (5.71%) Deep Learning
14 22 (5.71%) Signal Processing
15 21 (5.45%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 385 (100.00%) Python
2 55 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 49 (12.73%) SQL
4 41 (10.65%) TypeScript
5 24 (6.23%) C++
6 10 (2.60%) PHP
7 8 (2.08%) Java
8 5 (1.30%) Go
8 5 (1.30%) VBA
9 4 (1.04%) C
10 3 (0.78%) C#
11 2 (0.52%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.52%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.52%) Rust
12 1 (0.26%) Bicep
12 1 (0.26%) Haskell
12 1 (0.26%) OCaml
12 1 (0.26%) Perl
12 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (4.68%) Degree
2 7 (1.82%) SC Cleared
2 7 (1.82%) 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 (4.42%) QA
2 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.78%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 34 (8.83%) Docker
2 3 (0.78%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 16 (4.16%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.12%) Terraform
3 3 (0.78%) Argo
Vendors
1 9 (2.34%) 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