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 6 February 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 402 352
Rank change year-on-year +66 -50 +75
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 314 288 486
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.55% 0.63% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.68% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 250 193 451
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £51,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £77,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -8.82% +3.03%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £132,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £110,000 £150,000
UK median annual salary £76,000 £76,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year - -10.59% +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 52,153 42,193 61,784
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.13% 91.71% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 33,298 22,115 49,437
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
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 6 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 6 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 +37 213 £85,000 - 43
Midlands +28 32 £67,500 +22.73% 8
North of England +8 32 £75,000 +11.68% 14
South East +25 28 £70,000 +11.11% 10
Yorkshire 0 23 £75,000 -9.09% 10
East Midlands -13 17 £65,000 +18.18% 4
West Midlands +39 15 £90,000 +54.10% 4
North West +13 9 £40,000 -40.44% 4
South West -2 4 £60,000 +9.09% 8
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 6 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.

1 314 (100.00%) Python
2 105 (33.44%) React
3 103 (32.80%) Software Engineering
4 94 (29.94%) AWS
5 93 (29.62%) Agile
6 74 (23.57%) CI/CD
7 68 (21.66%) AI
8 67 (21.34%) Full-Stack Development
9 60 (19.11%) Django
10 59 (18.79%) JavaScript
10 59 (18.79%) Problem-Solving
11 58 (18.47%) TypeScript
12 57 (18.15%) Flask
12 57 (18.15%) SQL
13 54 (17.20%) Test Automation
14 51 (16.24%) Docker
14 51 (16.24%) Serverless
15 49 (15.61%) Mentoring
16 47 (14.97%) Azure
17 45 (14.33%) GitHub
18 42 (13.38%) FastAPI
19 41 (13.06%) OOP
20 40 (12.74%) Continuous Improvement
21 39 (12.42%) Node.js
22 38 (12.10%) Fintech
23 36 (11.46%) REST
24 35 (11.15%) Containerisation
25 33 (10.51%) RESTful
26 32 (10.19%) AWS Lambda
26 32 (10.19%) OO

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 16 (5.10%) Apache Spark
2 14 (4.46%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.91%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.27%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.32%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 94 (29.94%) AWS
2 51 (16.24%) Serverless
3 47 (14.97%) Azure
4 45 (14.33%) GitHub
5 32 (10.19%) AWS Lambda
6 26 (8.28%) Amazon S3
7 25 (7.96%) GCP
8 20 (6.37%) SaaS
9 14 (4.46%) Amazon SQS
9 14 (4.46%) dbt
10 13 (4.14%) Azure AI
10 13 (4.14%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.55%) n8n
12 8 (2.55%) Power Platform
13 6 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
14 2 (0.64%) Copilot Studio
14 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.64%) Power Automate
15 1 (0.32%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.96%) HTTP
1 3 (0.96%) RTP
1 3 (0.96%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.96%) VoIP
1 3 (0.96%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.24%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (5.10%) NoSQL
3 15 (4.78%) Big Data
4 14 (4.46%) Amazon Athena
4 14 (4.46%) Apache Arrow
4 14 (4.46%) Apache Iceberg
4 14 (4.46%) Dremio
5 10 (3.18%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.23%) MySQL
7 6 (1.91%) DynamoDB
7 6 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (1.91%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.91%) SQL Server
8 4 (1.27%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.96%) Tick Data
10 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.32%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (4.46%) Git
2 3 (0.96%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.64%) JIRA
3 2 (0.64%) Maven
4 1 (0.32%) GitLab
4 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 83 (26.43%) Finance
2 62 (19.75%) Social Skills
3 45 (14.33%) Front Office
4 22 (7.01%) Health Technology
4 22 (7.01%) Publishing
5 21 (6.69%) Tech for Good
6 14 (4.46%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.50%) Banking
8 11 (3.50%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.23%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (2.23%) Legal
10 6 (1.91%) Marketing
11 5 (1.59%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.27%) Electronics
12 4 (1.27%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.27%) Retail
13 3 (0.96%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.64%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (33.44%) React
2 60 (19.11%) Django
3 57 (18.15%) Flask
4 42 (13.38%) FastAPI
5 39 (12.42%) Node.js
6 36 (11.46%) REST
7 33 (10.51%) RESTful
8 29 (9.24%) HTML
8 29 (9.24%) Vue
9 21 (6.69%) AngularJS
10 19 (6.05%) CSS
10 19 (6.05%) NumPy
10 19 (6.05%) Pandas
11 18 (5.73%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 17 (5.41%) Kafka
13 14 (4.46%) SciPy
14 10 (3.18%) LangChain
15 7 (2.23%) OAuth
15 7 (2.23%) OAuth2
15 7 (2.23%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 38 (12.10%) Equities
2 36 (11.46%) Data Structures
3 26 (8.28%) Hedge funds
4 21 (6.69%) Algorithms
5 19 (6.05%) Fixed Income
5 19 (6.05%) Management Information System
6 17 (5.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 16 (5.10%) Cloud Native
8 10 (3.18%) Educational Technology
8 10 (3.18%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.55%) AI Agents
9 8 (2.55%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.59%) PropTech
11 4 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.27%) PKI
12 3 (0.96%) Grid Computing
13 2 (0.64%) Derivative
14 1 (0.32%) Data Protection Act
14 1 (0.32%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.96%) Linux
2 3 (0.96%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (32.80%) Software Engineering
2 93 (29.62%) Agile
3 74 (23.57%) CI/CD
4 68 (21.66%) AI
5 67 (21.34%) Full-Stack Development
6 59 (18.79%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (17.20%) Test Automation
8 49 (15.61%) Mentoring
9 41 (13.06%) OOP
10 40 (12.74%) Continuous Improvement
11 38 (12.10%) Fintech
12 35 (11.15%) Containerisation
13 32 (10.19%) OO
13 32 (10.19%) Order Management
14 29 (9.24%) Clean Code
15 26 (8.28%) TDD
16 25 (7.96%) Microservices
17 24 (7.64%) Code Quality
17 24 (7.64%) Scrum
18 23 (7.32%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 314 (100.00%) Python
2 59 (18.79%) JavaScript
3 58 (18.47%) TypeScript
4 57 (18.15%) SQL
5 30 (9.55%) C++
6 12 (3.82%) Java
7 6 (1.91%) PHP
8 5 (1.59%) VBA
9 4 (1.27%) C
9 4 (1.27%) C#
10 3 (0.96%) Bicep
11 2 (0.64%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.64%) Scala
12 1 (0.32%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (4.46%) Degree
2 6 (1.91%) Security Cleared
3 5 (1.59%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.64%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.64%) PhD
5 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.64%) QA
2 5 (1.59%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.64%) GDPR
4 2 (0.64%) PSD2
System Software
1 51 (16.24%) Docker
2 3 (0.96%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 25 (7.96%) Kubernetes
1 25 (7.96%) Terraform
2 3 (0.96%) Argo
3 1 (0.32%) Grafana
Vendors
1 18 (5.73%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.55%) OpenAI
3 6 (1.91%) iManage
4 5 (1.59%) Google
5 4 (1.27%) SAP
6 3 (0.96%) BT
6 3 (0.96%) Fortinet
6 3 (0.96%) Mitel
7 2 (0.64%) Oracle
7 2 (0.64%) Solace
8 1 (0.32%) Databricks
8 1 (0.32%) Foundry
8 1 (0.32%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.32%) UiPath