Python Developer Job Trends in England

Python Developer
UK > England

The median Python Developer salary in England is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 441 355 410
Rank change year-on-year -86 +55 -107
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 361 301 371
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 0.70% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.77% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 286 231 272
10th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £95,000 £137,500 £136,250
90th Percentile £100,000 - £145,875
UK median annual salary £71,250 £85,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -16.18% -10.53% +5.56%

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 95,525 38,959 65,649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 90.42% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 67,241 23,398 39,541
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,325 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £58,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.36% - -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 20 September 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 20 September 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 -108 184 £90,000 -3.23% 153
North of England -17 72 £70,000 - 11
East of England +14 52 £72,500 +5.45% 4
Yorkshire -16 31 £92,500 +32.14% 7
North West -12 21 £45,000 -26.53% 4
Midlands -36 20 £62,500 -10.71% 6
North East - 20 £70,000 -
South West -59 16 £50,000 -16.67% 5
South East -35 14 £60,000 +63.27% 12
East Midlands -25 12 £70,000 +19.15% 4
West Midlands -45 8 £55,000 -21.43% 2
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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.

1 361 (100.00%) Python
2 110 (30.47%) AWS
2 110 (30.47%) Software Engineering
3 104 (28.81%) AI
4 78 (21.61%) Full-Stack Development
5 64 (17.73%) CI/CD
6 61 (16.90%) SQL
7 53 (14.68%) Azure
8 49 (13.57%) FastAPI
9 47 (13.02%) Docker
9 47 (13.02%) RESTful
10 46 (12.74%) PostgreSQL
11 44 (12.19%) Agile
12 40 (11.08%) Cybersecurity
12 40 (11.08%) JavaScript
13 37 (10.25%) Problem-Solving
14 35 (9.70%) Kubernetes
15 34 (9.42%) Flask
16 33 (9.14%) Validation
17 32 (8.86%) Test Automation
18 27 (7.48%) Containerisation
18 27 (7.48%) Django
18 27 (7.48%) Infrastructure as Code
19 26 (7.20%) TypeScript
20 25 (6.93%) API Design
20 25 (6.93%) Git
20 25 (6.93%) Roadmaps
21 24 (6.65%) Continuous Improvement
21 24 (6.65%) Observability
22 23 (6.37%) DevOps

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 7 (1.94%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.83%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.55%) Apache
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.28%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 110 (30.47%) AWS
2 53 (14.68%) Azure
3 16 (4.43%) SaaS
3 16 (4.43%) Serverless
4 15 (4.16%) GCP
5 14 (3.88%) Amazon S3
6 13 (3.60%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (3.60%) Azure Service Bus
7 11 (3.05%) Amazon EC2
8 10 (2.77%) Amazon Bedrock
9 9 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.22%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (2.22%) GitHub
11 5 (1.39%) Amazon SQS
12 4 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.11%) Kong
12 4 (1.11%) Power Platform
13 3 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.83%) GitHub Copilot
13 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.60%) MQTT
2 12 (3.32%) Broadband
3 3 (0.83%) 4G
3 3 (0.83%) 5G
3 3 (0.83%) DNS
3 3 (0.83%) HTTP
3 3 (0.83%) SSH
3 3 (0.83%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.55%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (12.74%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (4.71%) MongoDB
3 12 (3.32%) DynamoDB
4 9 (2.49%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (2.22%) MySQL
6 7 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.94%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.66%) Big Data
7 6 (1.66%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.11%) GIS
8 4 (1.11%) Power BI
8 4 (1.11%) Redis
9 3 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.55%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.55%) SQL Server
11 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.28%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (6.93%) Git
2 7 (1.94%) GitLab
3 4 (1.11%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.83%) Selenium
5 2 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.28%) MLflow
6 1 (0.28%) Poetry
6 1 (0.28%) SonarQube
General
1 55 (15.24%) Finance
2 30 (8.31%) Front Office
3 27 (7.48%) Social Skills
4 18 (4.99%) Banking
5 15 (4.16%) Tech for Good
6 12 (3.32%) Games
7 10 (2.77%) Health Technology
8 7 (1.94%) Marketing
9 5 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (1.39%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.11%) Law
10 4 (1.11%) Publishing
11 3 (0.83%) Legal
11 3 (0.83%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.83%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.55%) Automotive
12 2 (0.55%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.28%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.28%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (13.57%) FastAPI
2 47 (13.02%) RESTful
3 34 (9.42%) Flask
4 27 (7.48%) Django
5 23 (6.37%) Kafka
6 22 (6.09%) React
7 20 (5.54%) CSS
7 20 (5.54%) HTML
7 20 (5.54%) Pandas
7 20 (5.54%) REST
7 20 (5.54%) Swagger
8 18 (4.99%) NumPy
8 18 (4.99%) RabbitMQ
9 17 (4.71%) Terraform
9 17 (4.71%) Vue
10 13 (3.60%) Node.js
10 13 (3.60%) OpenAPI
11 9 (2.49%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 8 (2.22%) Jinja
13 7 (1.94%) pydantic
Miscellaneous
1 40 (11.08%) Cloud Native
2 39 (10.80%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (8.86%) Algorithms
4 26 (7.20%) Greenfield Project
4 26 (7.20%) Hedge funds
5 25 (6.93%) Cyber Threat
6 16 (4.43%) Equities
6 16 (4.43%) Low-Code
7 13 (3.60%) Data Structures
8 12 (3.32%) Video\Live Streaming
9 11 (3.05%) Renewable Energy
10 9 (2.49%) Management Information System
11 8 (2.22%) AI Agents
11 8 (2.22%) Fixed Income
12 6 (1.66%) Derivative
12 6 (1.66%) Market Risk
13 4 (1.11%) Onboarding
14 3 (0.83%) Educational Technology
14 3 (0.83%) Legacy Code
14 3 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.82%) Linux
2 1 (0.28%) Unix
2 1 (0.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (30.47%) Software Engineering
2 104 (28.81%) AI
3 78 (21.61%) Full-Stack Development
4 64 (17.73%) CI/CD
5 44 (12.19%) Agile
6 40 (11.08%) Cybersecurity
7 37 (10.25%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (9.14%) Validation
9 32 (8.86%) Test Automation
10 27 (7.48%) Containerisation
10 27 (7.48%) Infrastructure as Code
11 25 (6.93%) API Design
11 25 (6.93%) Roadmaps
12 24 (6.65%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (6.65%) Observability
13 23 (6.37%) DevOps
13 23 (6.37%) Event-Driven
14 22 (6.09%) OOP
15 21 (5.82%) Clean Code
16 20 (5.54%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 361 (100.00%) Python
2 61 (16.90%) SQL
3 40 (11.08%) JavaScript
4 26 (7.20%) TypeScript
5 19 (5.26%) C++
6 12 (3.32%) Go
7 8 (2.22%) C#
7 8 (2.22%) R
8 7 (1.94%) Bash
9 4 (1.11%) Java
9 4 (1.11%) PHP
9 4 (1.11%) Rust
9 4 (1.11%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.55%) Perl
11 1 (0.28%) Bicep
11 1 (0.28%) Haskell
11 1 (0.28%) OCaml
11 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (3.60%) Degree
2 11 (3.05%) Security Cleared
3 8 (2.22%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.39%) AWS Certification
4 5 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.88%) QA
2 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
System Software
1 47 (13.02%) Docker
Systems Management
1 35 (9.70%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.39%) Grafana
3 4 (1.11%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.83%) Ansible
5 2 (0.55%) Kibana
5 2 (0.55%) logstash
6 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (2.77%) Databricks
2 7 (1.94%) Google
3 4 (1.11%) Microsoft
4 3 (0.83%) Oracle
5 2 (0.55%) Bloomberg
5 2 (0.55%) SAP
6 1 (0.28%) HubSpot