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 11 October 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 435 376 403
Rank change year-on-year -59 +27 -89
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 361 282 375
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 0.66% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.72% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 287 208 270
10th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £62,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £87,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £95,000 £137,500 £118,750
90th Percentile £100,000 - £142,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £87,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -2.78% -

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 96,332 38,980 61,684
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 90.58% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 67,219 23,193 35,285
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -1.79% -6.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,015 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.44% -2.73% -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 11 October 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 11 October 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 -82 194 £90,000 -5.26% 115
North of England -25 62 £57,500 -17.86% 17
East of England +8 54 £70,000 +1.82% 6
North West -4 27 £55,000 -10.20% 7
Midlands -33 26 £57,500 -25.81% 6
North East - 20 £70,000 - 1
East Midlands -14 17 £65,000 +10.64% 4
Yorkshire -40 15 £50,000 -29.58% 10
South East -38 11 £60,000 +55.84% 8
South West -64 11 £60,000 - 5
West Midlands -48 9 £55,000 -38.89% 2
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 October 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
2 138 (38.23%) AI
3 122 (33.80%) Software Engineering
4 117 (32.41%) AWS
5 73 (20.22%) Azure
6 69 (19.11%) CI/CD
7 59 (16.34%) Full-Stack Development
8 56 (15.51%) SQL
9 53 (14.68%) Docker
9 53 (14.68%) FastAPI
10 51 (14.13%) PostgreSQL
11 47 (13.02%) Agile
12 45 (12.47%) RESTful
13 43 (11.91%) Cybersecurity
14 40 (11.08%) Kubernetes
15 38 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
16 36 (9.97%) Validation
17 32 (8.86%) Infrastructure as Code
17 32 (8.86%) JavaScript
18 31 (8.59%) Generative AI
18 31 (8.59%) Observability
18 31 (8.59%) Test Automation
19 30 (8.31%) Containerisation
20 29 (8.03%) GCP
20 29 (8.03%) Git
21 28 (7.76%) API Design
21 28 (7.76%) React
21 28 (7.76%) TypeScript
22 27 (7.48%) DevOps
22 27 (7.48%) LLM

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 3 (0.83%) Apache
1 3 (0.83%) Apache Spark
1 3 (0.83%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 117 (32.41%) AWS
2 73 (20.22%) Azure
3 29 (8.03%) GCP
4 21 (5.82%) SaaS
5 19 (5.26%) Amazon Bedrock
6 16 (4.43%) Serverless
7 15 (4.16%) GitHub
8 13 (3.60%) Amazon S3
8 13 (3.60%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (3.60%) Azure Service Bus
9 11 (3.05%) Amazon EC2
10 9 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.94%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.39%) Power Platform
14 4 (1.11%) Amazon SQS
14 4 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (1.11%) GitHub Copilot
14 4 (1.11%) Kong
14 4 (1.11%) 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 51 (14.13%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (5.82%) MongoDB
3 12 (3.32%) Elasticsearch
4 11 (3.05%) DynamoDB
5 8 (2.22%) MySQL
6 7 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.94%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.39%) Power BI
7 5 (1.39%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.11%) Chroma
8 4 (1.11%) GIS
8 4 (1.11%) Pinecone
8 4 (1.11%) Redis
9 3 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.55%) Big Data
10 2 (0.55%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.28%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 29 (8.03%) Git
2 15 (4.16%) GitLab
3 9 (2.49%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.83%) Selenium
5 2 (0.55%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.55%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.28%) MLflow
6 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 61 (16.90%) Finance
2 36 (9.97%) Social Skills
3 34 (9.42%) Front Office
4 29 (8.03%) Banking
5 16 (4.43%) Marketing
6 15 (4.16%) Tech for Good
7 12 (3.32%) Games
8 10 (2.77%) Health Technology
9 7 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.66%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (1.39%) Law
12 4 (1.11%) Legal
12 4 (1.11%) Publishing
13 3 (0.83%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.55%) Automotive
14 2 (0.55%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.55%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.28%) Back Office
15 1 (0.28%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (14.68%) FastAPI
2 45 (12.47%) RESTful
3 28 (7.76%) React
4 25 (6.93%) Flask
5 23 (6.37%) Django
6 20 (5.54%) LangChain
6 20 (5.54%) LangGraph
6 20 (5.54%) Swagger
6 20 (5.54%) Terraform
7 19 (5.26%) CrewAI
7 19 (5.26%) Kafka
8 18 (4.99%) RabbitMQ
9 16 (4.43%) pydantic
9 16 (4.43%) REST
10 15 (4.16%) HTML
11 13 (3.60%) CSS
11 13 (3.60%) OpenAPI
12 12 (3.32%) Pandas
13 11 (3.05%) Node.js
14 9 (2.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 39 (10.80%) Distributed Systems
2 36 (9.97%) Cloud Native
3 29 (8.03%) Hedge funds
4 28 (7.76%) Cyber Threat
5 22 (6.09%) AI Agents
6 21 (5.82%) Algorithms
6 21 (5.82%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (4.43%) Low-Code
8 13 (3.60%) Equities
9 12 (3.32%) Video\Live Streaming
10 9 (2.49%) Data Structures
10 9 (2.49%) Renewable Energy
11 6 (1.66%) Derivative
11 6 (1.66%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.66%) Market Risk
12 4 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.11%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.83%) Fixed Income
13 3 (0.83%) Legacy Code
13 3 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.71%) Linux
2 1 (0.28%) Unix
2 1 (0.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (38.23%) AI
2 122 (33.80%) Software Engineering
3 69 (19.11%) CI/CD
4 59 (16.34%) Full-Stack Development
5 47 (13.02%) Agile
6 43 (11.91%) Cybersecurity
7 38 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
8 36 (9.97%) Validation
9 32 (8.86%) Infrastructure as Code
10 31 (8.59%) Generative AI
10 31 (8.59%) Observability
10 31 (8.59%) Test Automation
11 30 (8.31%) Containerisation
12 28 (7.76%) API Design
13 27 (7.48%) DevOps
13 27 (7.48%) LLM
14 25 (6.93%) Continuous Improvement
14 25 (6.93%) Roadmaps
15 23 (6.37%) Mentoring
16 22 (6.09%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 361 (100.00%) Python
2 56 (15.51%) SQL
3 32 (8.86%) JavaScript
4 28 (7.76%) TypeScript
5 17 (4.71%) R
6 15 (4.16%) C++
7 12 (3.32%) Go
8 10 (2.77%) C#
9 8 (2.22%) Bash
10 4 (1.11%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.83%) Java
11 3 (0.83%) Rust
12 2 (0.55%) Perl
12 2 (0.55%) PHP
13 1 (0.28%) Bicep
13 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (3.05%) Degree
2 9 (2.49%) Security Cleared
3 5 (1.39%) AWS Certification
3 5 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.83%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.55%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.88%) QA
2 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
System Software
1 53 (14.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 40 (11.08%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.49%) Grafana
3 5 (1.39%) Kibana
4 4 (1.11%) Ansible
4 4 (1.11%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.83%) logstash
6 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 16 (4.43%) Google
2 9 (2.49%) Databricks
3 6 (1.66%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.11%) Mistral
4 4 (1.11%) OpenAI
5 2 (0.55%) Autodesk
5 2 (0.55%) Bloomberg
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle
5 2 (0.55%) SAP
6 1 (0.28%) HubSpot