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 1 April 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 372 392
Rank change year-on-year +34 +20 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 354 251 485
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 0.69% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.76% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 285 203 450
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £82,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.88% -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 64,914 32,868 73,783
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.18% 89.93% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 42,649 21,136 57,579
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,159
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 1 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 1 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 +9 219 £90,000 +5.88% 45
North of England -16 48 £70,000 +1.00% 20
Yorkshire -16 39 £75,000 +11.11% 15
South East -11 36 £70,000 +14.29% 9
Midlands -11 32 £65,000 +18.18% 3
East Midlands -37 17 £65,000 +18.18%
West Midlands 0 15 £60,000 -13.43% 3
South West -24 15 £50,250 -26.91% 11
North West -19 8 £40,000 -40.44% 3
East of England -29 2 £50,000 -41.18% 4
North East -26 1 - - 2
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 354 (100.00%) Python
2 113 (31.92%) Software Engineering
3 87 (24.58%) AWS
4 84 (23.73%) Full-Stack Development
4 84 (23.73%) React
5 75 (21.19%) Agile
6 74 (20.90%) AI
7 66 (18.64%) CI/CD
8 64 (18.08%) Django
9 61 (17.23%) Flask
10 58 (16.38%) SQL
11 57 (16.10%) JavaScript
12 52 (14.69%) Mentoring
13 50 (14.12%) Test Automation
14 48 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 48 (13.56%) Serverless
15 46 (12.99%) Docker
15 46 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
16 43 (12.15%) GitHub
17 42 (11.86%) OOP
18 41 (11.58%) FastAPI
19 39 (11.02%) OO
20 38 (10.73%) Fintech
20 38 (10.73%) TypeScript
21 37 (10.45%) REST
22 36 (10.17%) Azure
23 35 (9.89%) SDLC
24 31 (8.76%) HTML
24 31 (8.76%) Linux
25 29 (8.19%) 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 (5.93%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.56%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 87 (24.58%) AWS
2 48 (13.56%) Serverless
3 43 (12.15%) GitHub
4 36 (10.17%) Azure
5 29 (8.19%) AWS Lambda
6 27 (7.63%) Amazon S3
7 26 (7.34%) SaaS
8 15 (4.24%) Amazon SQS
8 15 (4.24%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (3.67%) GCP
10 11 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.41%) Azure AI
12 4 (1.13%) Prefect
13 2 (0.56%) Amazon ECS
13 2 (0.56%) AWS Fargate
14 1 (0.28%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 1 (0.28%) Anthropic Claude
14 1 (0.28%) Azure AKS
14 1 (0.28%) Cloud Run
14 1 (0.28%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.85%) Broadband
1 3 (0.85%) HTTP
1 3 (0.85%) RTP
1 3 (0.85%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.85%) VoIP
1 3 (0.85%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.28%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.93%) Big Data
1 21 (5.93%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (2.54%) MongoDB
3 8 (2.26%) Relational Database
3 8 (2.26%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.98%) MySQL
5 2 (0.56%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.56%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.56%) Tick Data
6 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 18 (5.08%) Git
2 4 (1.13%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.85%) GitLab
4 2 (0.56%) JIRA
4 2 (0.56%) Maven
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.28%) Selenium
5 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 70 (19.77%) Social Skills
2 69 (19.49%) Finance
3 39 (11.02%) Front Office
4 20 (5.65%) Tech for Good
5 17 (4.80%) Health Technology
6 16 (4.52%) Publishing
7 14 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.82%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.54%) Banking
9 9 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.13%) Aviation
11 4 (1.13%) Games
12 3 (0.85%) Retail
13 2 (0.56%) Marketing
13 2 (0.56%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.28%) Back Office
14 1 (0.28%) Electronics
14 1 (0.28%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (23.73%) React
2 64 (18.08%) Django
3 61 (17.23%) Flask
4 41 (11.58%) FastAPI
5 37 (10.45%) REST
6 31 (8.76%) HTML
7 29 (8.19%) RESTful
8 27 (7.63%) Vue
9 26 (7.34%) Node.js
10 25 (7.06%) CSS
11 24 (6.78%) Kafka
12 19 (5.37%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 13 (3.67%) NumPy
13 13 (3.67%) Pandas
14 12 (3.39%) AngularJS
15 8 (2.26%) Redux
16 6 (1.69%) .NET
16 6 (1.69%) OAuth
16 6 (1.69%) OAuth2
17 5 (1.41%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.73%) Data Structures
2 34 (9.60%) Algorithms
3 33 (9.32%) Hedge funds
4 31 (8.76%) Equities
5 21 (5.93%) Cloud Native
6 20 (5.65%) Fixed Income
7 19 (5.37%) Management Information System
8 17 (4.80%) Educational Technology
9 13 (3.67%) Product Ownership
10 10 (2.82%) PropTech
11 9 (2.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (2.26%) Derivative
12 8 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (1.13%) Mobile App
15 3 (0.85%) Low-Code
15 3 (0.85%) NHS
15 3 (0.85%) PKI
15 3 (0.85%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.76%) Linux
2 3 (0.85%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (31.92%) Software Engineering
2 84 (23.73%) Full-Stack Development
3 75 (21.19%) Agile
4 74 (20.90%) AI
5 66 (18.64%) CI/CD
6 52 (14.69%) Mentoring
7 50 (14.12%) Test Automation
8 48 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 46 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
10 42 (11.86%) OOP
11 39 (11.02%) OO
12 38 (10.73%) Fintech
13 35 (9.89%) SDLC
14 29 (8.19%) Containerisation
14 29 (8.19%) Microservices
15 27 (7.63%) Computer Science
16 25 (7.06%) Clean Code
16 25 (7.06%) Code Quality
17 22 (6.21%) Data Analysis
17 22 (6.21%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 354 (100.00%) Python
2 58 (16.38%) SQL
3 57 (16.10%) JavaScript
4 38 (10.73%) TypeScript
5 23 (6.50%) C++
6 11 (3.11%) Java
7 10 (2.82%) PHP
8 5 (1.41%) VBA
9 4 (1.13%) C
9 4 (1.13%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.85%) Go
11 2 (0.56%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.56%) C#
11 2 (0.56%) Scala
12 1 (0.28%) Perl
12 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.28%) Rust
12 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (4.52%) Degree
2 2 (0.56%) Azure Certification
2 2 (0.56%) SC Cleared
2 2 (0.56%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.37%) QA
2 5 (1.41%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.56%) GDPR
4 2 (0.56%) PSD2
System Software
1 46 (12.99%) Docker
2 3 (0.85%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 23 (6.50%) Terraform
2 18 (5.08%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.85%) Argo
Vendors
1 11 (3.11%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.13%) Databricks
3 3 (0.85%) BT
3 3 (0.85%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.85%) Mitel
3 3 (0.85%) Oracle
4 2 (0.56%) Google
4 2 (0.56%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.56%) Solace
5 1 (0.28%) Foundry
5 1 (0.28%) SAP