Python Developer Job Trends in England

Python Developer
UK > England

The median Python Developer salary in England is £75,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 April 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 381 397
Rank change year-on-year +33 +16 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 366 249 484
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 0.68% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.76% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 296 199 444
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,000 £50,300
25th Percentile £60,000 £59,625 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,500 £82,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.48% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £132,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £137,500 £150,000
UK median annual salary £76,000 £80,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -11.11% +12.50%

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 68,051 32,753 75,846
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 89.63% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 44,772 21,239 58,828
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
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 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 9 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 9 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 +4 220 £90,000 +5.88% 45
North of England -31 54 £75,000 +8.21% 20
Yorkshire -19 45 £75,000 +11.11% 15
South East -3 39 £70,000 +16.67% 9
Midlands -23 30 £60,000 +9.09% 3
South West -15 19 £50,000 -39.39% 11
East Midlands -47 17 £65,000 +18.18%
West Midlands -10 13 £60,000 -13.43% 3
North West -30 8 £40,000 -40.44% 3
East of England -31 2 £50,000 -41.18% 4
North East -32 1 - - 2
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 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.

1 366 (100.00%) Python
2 114 (31.15%) Software Engineering
3 93 (25.41%) Full-Stack Development
4 87 (23.77%) AWS
5 83 (22.68%) React
6 78 (21.31%) Agile
7 74 (20.22%) AI
8 65 (17.76%) CI/CD
9 63 (17.21%) Django
10 61 (16.67%) Flask
10 61 (16.67%) JavaScript
11 59 (16.12%) SQL
12 51 (13.93%) Mentoring
13 50 (13.66%) Test Automation
14 48 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
14 48 (13.11%) Serverless
15 46 (12.57%) Docker
16 45 (12.30%) OOP
16 45 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
17 40 (10.93%) GitHub
17 40 (10.93%) OO
18 38 (10.38%) FastAPI
18 38 (10.38%) REST
18 38 (10.38%) TypeScript
19 36 (9.84%) Azure
19 36 (9.84%) Fintech
20 35 (9.56%) SDLC
21 32 (8.74%) HTML
21 32 (8.74%) Linux
22 29 (7.92%) 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 20 (5.46%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.55%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.27%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 87 (23.77%) AWS
2 48 (13.11%) Serverless
3 40 (10.93%) GitHub
4 36 (9.84%) Azure
5 29 (7.92%) AWS Lambda
6 28 (7.65%) Amazon S3
7 26 (7.10%) SaaS
8 15 (4.10%) Amazon SQS
8 15 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (3.28%) GCP
10 11 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.37%) Azure AI
11 5 (1.37%) Prefect
12 3 (0.82%) AWS Fargate
13 2 (0.55%) Amazon ECS
14 1 (0.27%) Amazon EKS
14 1 (0.27%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 1 (0.27%) Anthropic Claude
14 1 (0.27%) Cloud Run
14 1 (0.27%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.82%) Broadband
1 3 (0.82%) HTTP
1 3 (0.82%) RTP
1 3 (0.82%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.82%) VoIP
1 3 (0.82%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.46%) Big Data
1 20 (5.46%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (2.19%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.91%) MongoDB
3 7 (1.91%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.64%) MySQL
5 2 (0.55%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.55%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 20 (5.46%) Git
2 3 (0.82%) GitLab
3 2 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.27%) Selenium
4 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 69 (18.85%) Social Skills
2 68 (18.58%) Finance
3 40 (10.93%) Front Office
4 20 (5.46%) Tech for Good
5 17 (4.64%) Health Technology
6 16 (4.37%) Publishing
7 14 (3.83%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.73%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.46%) Banking
10 8 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.09%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.09%) Aviation
11 4 (1.09%) Games
12 3 (0.82%) Retail
13 2 (0.55%) Marketing
13 2 (0.55%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.27%) Back Office
14 1 (0.27%) Electronics
14 1 (0.27%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (22.68%) React
2 63 (17.21%) Django
3 61 (16.67%) Flask
4 38 (10.38%) FastAPI
4 38 (10.38%) REST
5 32 (8.74%) HTML
6 29 (7.92%) RESTful
7 28 (7.65%) Vue
8 26 (7.10%) CSS
8 26 (7.10%) Node.js
9 23 (6.28%) Kafka
10 20 (5.46%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 16 (4.37%) NumPy
11 16 (4.37%) Pandas
12 14 (3.83%) AngularJS
13 8 (2.19%) Redux
14 6 (1.64%) Google JAX
14 6 (1.64%) JAX
14 6 (1.64%) OAuth2
14 6 (1.64%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 39 (10.66%) Data Structures
2 38 (10.38%) Algorithms
3 35 (9.56%) Hedge funds
4 30 (8.20%) Equities
5 22 (6.01%) Cloud Native
6 21 (5.74%) Fixed Income
7 20 (5.46%) Management Information System
8 17 (4.64%) Educational Technology
9 14 (3.83%) Product Ownership
10 12 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (2.73%) PropTech
12 9 (2.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (2.19%) Derivative
14 4 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (1.09%) Mobile App
15 3 (0.82%) Low-Code
15 3 (0.82%) NHS
15 3 (0.82%) PKI
15 3 (0.82%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.74%) Linux
2 3 (0.82%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (31.15%) Software Engineering
2 93 (25.41%) Full-Stack Development
3 78 (21.31%) Agile
4 74 (20.22%) AI
5 65 (17.76%) CI/CD
6 51 (13.93%) Mentoring
7 50 (13.66%) Test Automation
8 48 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (12.30%) OOP
9 45 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
10 40 (10.93%) OO
11 36 (9.84%) Fintech
12 35 (9.56%) SDLC
13 28 (7.65%) Containerisation
13 28 (7.65%) Microservices
14 26 (7.10%) Clean Code
14 26 (7.10%) Computer Science
15 23 (6.28%) Code Quality
15 23 (6.28%) Data Analysis
16 22 (6.01%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 366 (100.00%) Python
2 61 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 59 (16.12%) SQL
4 38 (10.38%) TypeScript
5 24 (6.56%) C++
6 10 (2.73%) PHP
7 9 (2.46%) Java
8 5 (1.37%) VBA
9 4 (1.09%) C
10 3 (0.82%) Go
10 3 (0.82%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.55%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.55%) C#
12 1 (0.27%) Perl
12 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.27%) Rust
12 1 (0.27%) Scala
12 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (4.64%) Degree
2 5 (1.37%) SC Cleared
2 5 (1.37%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.55%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.19%) QA
2 4 (1.09%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.27%) GDPR
4 1 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 46 (12.57%) Docker
2 3 (0.82%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 24 (6.56%) Terraform
2 17 (4.64%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.82%) Argo
Vendors
1 11 (3.01%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.37%) Databricks
3 3 (0.82%) BT
3 3 (0.82%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.82%) Mitel
3 3 (0.82%) Oracle
4 2 (0.55%) Google
4 2 (0.55%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.27%) Foundry
5 1 (0.27%) SAP