Python Developer Job Trends in England

Python Developer
UK > England

The median Python Developer salary in England is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 April 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 397 395
Rank change year-on-year +53 -2 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 378 236 487
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 0.62% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.70% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 316 185 446
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £66,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £125,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £137,500 £150,000
UK median annual salary £73,750 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -10.61% -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 74,036 33,691 78,502
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 88.93% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 48,620 21,281 59,900
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,580 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £38,000
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 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -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 29 April 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 April 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 +13 224 £90,000 +5.88% 44
North of England -5 55 £70,000 +7.69% 17
Yorkshire -19 45 £75,000 +15.38% 8
South East +2 42 £70,000 +55.56% 11
Midlands -15 29 £60,000 +9.09%
South West - 25 £50,000 - 3
East Midlands -40 17 £65,000 +18.18%
West Midlands -21 12 £57,500 -
North West -28 9 £40,000 -33.33% 5
East of England -20 3 £52,500 -38.24%
North East - 1 - - 4
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 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.

1 378 (100.00%) Python
2 116 (30.69%) Software Engineering
3 97 (25.66%) Full-Stack Development
4 82 (21.69%) AI
5 76 (20.11%) AWS
6 75 (19.84%) React
7 71 (18.78%) Agile
8 55 (14.55%) JavaScript
9 53 (14.02%) Django
10 52 (13.76%) CI/CD
10 52 (13.76%) Flask
11 50 (13.23%) SQL
12 41 (10.85%) Continuous Improvement
12 41 (10.85%) Test Automation
13 39 (10.32%) Mentoring
13 39 (10.32%) TypeScript
14 37 (9.79%) OOP
15 36 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
16 35 (9.26%) Docker
16 35 (9.26%) OO
16 35 (9.26%) REST
16 35 (9.26%) Serverless
17 33 (8.73%) Azure
17 33 (8.73%) FastAPI
17 33 (8.73%) Fintech
18 32 (8.47%) GitHub
18 32 (8.47%) SDLC
19 31 (8.20%) Linux
20 29 (7.67%) SaaS
21 27 (7.14%) 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 (4.50%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.53%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 76 (20.11%) AWS
2 35 (9.26%) Serverless
3 33 (8.73%) Azure
4 32 (8.47%) GitHub
5 29 (7.67%) SaaS
6 27 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
7 25 (6.61%) Amazon S3
8 15 (3.97%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (3.17%) Amazon SQS
10 11 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.38%) GCP
12 5 (1.32%) Azure AI
12 5 (1.32%) Prefect
13 3 (0.79%) AWS Fargate
14 2 (0.53%) Amazon ECS
15 1 (0.26%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 1 (0.26%) Anthropic Claude
15 1 (0.26%) Azure AKS
15 1 (0.26%) Cloud Run
15 1 (0.26%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.79%) Broadband
1 3 (0.79%) HTTP
1 3 (0.79%) RTP
1 3 (0.79%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.79%) VoIP
1 3 (0.79%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (4.50%) Big Data
3 7 (1.85%) MongoDB
3 7 (1.85%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.32%) MySQL
4 5 (1.32%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.53%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 20 (5.29%) Git
2 3 (0.79%) GitLab
3 2 (0.53%) 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
4 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 62 (16.40%) Finance
2 58 (15.34%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.85%) Front Office
4 18 (4.76%) Tech for Good
5 15 (3.97%) Health Technology
6 14 (3.70%) Publishing
7 11 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.38%) Banking
9 7 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.59%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.06%) Aviation
11 4 (1.06%) Games
12 3 (0.79%) Analytical Skills
12 3 (0.79%) 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 75 (19.84%) React
2 53 (14.02%) Django
3 52 (13.76%) Flask
4 35 (9.26%) REST
5 33 (8.73%) FastAPI
6 26 (6.88%) Node.js
6 26 (6.88%) RESTful
7 24 (6.35%) NumPy
8 23 (6.08%) Pandas
9 22 (5.82%) HTML
10 20 (5.29%) Kafka
10 20 (5.29%) Vue
11 19 (5.03%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 16 (4.23%) CSS
13 14 (3.70%) AngularJS
14 8 (2.12%) Redux
15 7 (1.85%) PyTorch
16 6 (1.59%) .NET
16 6 (1.59%) Google JAX
16 6 (1.59%) JAX
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.64%) Algorithms
2 34 (8.99%) Hedge funds
3 30 (7.94%) Data Structures
4 29 (7.67%) Equities
5 22 (5.82%) Fixed Income
6 21 (5.56%) Cloud Native
7 19 (5.03%) Management Information System
8 17 (4.50%) Educational Technology
9 16 (4.23%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (3.70%) Product Ownership
11 10 (2.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (2.65%) PropTech
12 8 (2.12%) Derivative
13 6 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (1.06%) Mobile App
15 3 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
15 3 (0.79%) Low-Code
15 3 (0.79%) NHS
15 3 (0.79%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.20%) Linux
2 3 (0.79%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (30.69%) Software Engineering
2 97 (25.66%) Full-Stack Development
3 82 (21.69%) AI
4 71 (18.78%) Agile
5 52 (13.76%) CI/CD
6 41 (10.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (10.85%) Test Automation
7 39 (10.32%) Mentoring
8 37 (9.79%) OOP
9 36 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (9.26%) OO
11 33 (8.73%) Fintech
12 32 (8.47%) SDLC
13 25 (6.61%) Clean Code
14 24 (6.35%) Computer Science
15 23 (6.08%) Microservices
16 22 (5.82%) Computer Vision
16 22 (5.82%) Deep Learning
16 22 (5.82%) Signal Processing
17 21 (5.56%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 378 (100.00%) Python
2 55 (14.55%) JavaScript
3 50 (13.23%) SQL
4 39 (10.32%) TypeScript
5 24 (6.35%) C++
6 10 (2.65%) PHP
7 8 (2.12%) Java
8 5 (1.32%) VBA
9 4 (1.06%) C
10 3 (0.79%) Go
11 2 (0.53%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.53%) C#
11 2 (0.53%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.53%) Rust
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 17 (4.50%) Degree
2 7 (1.85%) SC Cleared
2 7 (1.85%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.53%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.23%) QA
2 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.79%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 35 (9.26%) Docker
2 3 (0.79%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 16 (4.23%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.44%) Terraform
3 3 (0.79%) Argo
Vendors
1 10 (2.65%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.32%) Databricks
3 4 (1.06%) Oracle
4 3 (0.79%) BT
4 3 (0.79%) Fortinet
4 3 (0.79%) Mitel
5 2 (0.53%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.26%) Foundry
6 1 (0.26%) Google