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 20 February 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 386 365
Rank change year-on-year +38 -21 +79
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 312 293 480
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.52% 0.67% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.73% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 247 196 447
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,625 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -11.11% +9.09%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,938 £133,750
90th Percentile £140,000 £110,000 £150,000
UK median annual salary £76,000 £77,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year -1.94% -8.82% +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 55,232 40,206 62,874
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 91.33% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 35,738 21,398 50,239
10th Percentile £29,250 £33,000 £28,829
25th Percentile £37,973 £45,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
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 20 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 20 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 +32 205 £90,000 +5.88% 52
North of England +15 34 £72,500 +4.61% 16
Midlands +12 31 £65,000 +18.18% 3
South East +1 29 £70,000 +11.11% 9
Yorkshire -10 25 £75,000 -9.09% 13
East Midlands -14 17 £65,000 +18.18% 1
West Midlands +25 14 £75,000 +28.42% 2
North West +4 9 £40,000 -42.29% 3
South West -16 8 £55,000 - 7
East of England 0 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 20 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.

1 312 (100.00%) Python
2 107 (34.29%) Software Engineering
3 99 (31.73%) React
4 88 (28.21%) AWS
5 81 (25.96%) Agile
6 71 (22.76%) Full-Stack Development
7 66 (21.15%) CI/CD
8 65 (20.83%) AI
9 62 (19.87%) Django
10 61 (19.55%) JavaScript
11 58 (18.59%) Flask
12 55 (17.63%) Problem-Solving
13 54 (17.31%) SQL
14 50 (16.03%) TypeScript
15 49 (15.71%) Mentoring
16 48 (15.38%) Test Automation
17 47 (15.06%) Docker
18 46 (14.74%) Serverless
19 44 (14.10%) GitHub
20 42 (13.46%) Azure
20 42 (13.46%) OOP
21 41 (13.14%) FastAPI
22 39 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
22 39 (12.50%) Fintech
23 34 (10.90%) Containerisation
23 34 (10.90%) Node.js
24 33 (10.58%) OO
25 31 (9.94%) REST
26 30 (9.62%) Order Management
27 29 (9.29%) Clean Code

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 18 (5.77%) Apache Spark
2 11 (3.53%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.28%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.96%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 88 (28.21%) AWS
2 46 (14.74%) Serverless
3 44 (14.10%) GitHub
4 42 (13.46%) Azure
5 27 (8.65%) AWS Lambda
6 26 (8.33%) Amazon S3
7 21 (6.73%) GCP
8 19 (6.09%) SaaS
9 14 (4.49%) Amazon SQS
10 13 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (3.53%) dbt
12 9 (2.88%) Azure AI
12 9 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (1.28%) n8n
13 4 (1.28%) Power Platform
14 1 (0.32%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 1 (0.32%) Copilot Studio
14 1 (0.32%) GitHub Copilot
14 1 (0.32%) Microsoft 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 26 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (5.45%) Big Data
3 11 (3.53%) Amazon Athena
3 11 (3.53%) Apache Arrow
3 11 (3.53%) Apache Iceberg
3 11 (3.53%) Dremio
4 9 (2.88%) NoSQL
4 9 (2.88%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.24%) MySQL
6 6 (1.92%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.92%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.96%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.64%) Tick Data
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 15 (4.81%) Git
2 3 (0.96%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.64%) GitLab
3 2 (0.64%) JIRA
3 2 (0.64%) Maven
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.32%) Selenium
4 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 81 (25.96%) Finance
2 66 (21.15%) Social Skills
3 43 (13.78%) Front Office
4 18 (5.77%) Tech for Good
5 17 (5.45%) Health Technology
6 16 (5.13%) Publishing
7 14 (4.49%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.85%) Banking
8 12 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.21%) Public Sector
10 8 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.28%) Legal
12 3 (0.96%) Aviation
12 3 (0.96%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.96%) Retail
12 3 (0.96%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.64%) Electronics
13 2 (0.64%) Marketing
13 2 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (31.73%) React
2 62 (19.87%) Django
3 58 (18.59%) Flask
4 41 (13.14%) FastAPI
5 34 (10.90%) Node.js
6 31 (9.94%) REST
7 29 (9.29%) HTML
8 28 (8.97%) Vue
9 26 (8.33%) RESTful
10 20 (6.41%) AngularJS
10 20 (6.41%) CSS
11 19 (6.09%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 19 (6.09%) Kafka
12 14 (4.49%) NumPy
12 14 (4.49%) Pandas
13 11 (3.53%) SciPy
14 7 (2.24%) OAuth
14 7 (2.24%) OAuth2
15 5 (1.60%) .NET
15 5 (1.60%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 38 (12.18%) Data Structures
1 38 (12.18%) Equities
2 27 (8.65%) Hedge funds
3 22 (7.05%) Algorithms
4 19 (6.09%) Fixed Income
4 19 (6.09%) Management Information System
5 16 (5.13%) Cloud Native
6 15 (4.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (3.85%) Educational Technology
8 10 (3.21%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.60%) PropTech
10 4 (1.28%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.28%) Derivative
10 4 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.28%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.28%) PKI
11 3 (0.96%) Grid Computing
11 3 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.32%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.33%) Linux
2 3 (0.96%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (34.29%) Software Engineering
2 81 (25.96%) Agile
3 71 (22.76%) Full-Stack Development
4 66 (21.15%) CI/CD
5 65 (20.83%) AI
6 55 (17.63%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (15.71%) Mentoring
8 48 (15.38%) Test Automation
9 42 (13.46%) OOP
10 39 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 39 (12.50%) Fintech
11 34 (10.90%) Containerisation
12 33 (10.58%) OO
13 30 (9.62%) Order Management
14 29 (9.29%) Clean Code
15 27 (8.65%) Microservices
16 26 (8.33%) SDLC
17 25 (8.01%) Code Quality
18 24 (7.69%) Computer Science
19 23 (7.37%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 312 (100.00%) Python
2 61 (19.55%) JavaScript
3 54 (17.31%) SQL
4 50 (16.03%) TypeScript
5 28 (8.97%) C++
6 14 (4.49%) Java
7 7 (2.24%) PHP
8 5 (1.60%) VBA
9 4 (1.28%) C
9 4 (1.28%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.64%) Scala
11 1 (0.32%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.32%) Bicep
11 1 (0.32%) C#
11 1 (0.32%) Perl
11 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (4.81%) Degree
2 5 (1.60%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.28%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.96%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.64%) PhD
6 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.45%) QA
2 5 (1.60%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.64%) GDPR
4 2 (0.64%) PSD2
System Software
1 47 (15.06%) Docker
2 3 (0.96%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 25 (8.01%) Kubernetes
2 23 (7.37%) Terraform
3 3 (0.96%) Argo
Vendors
1 14 (4.49%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.28%) iManage
2 4 (1.28%) OpenAI
3 3 (0.96%) BT
3 3 (0.96%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.96%) Google
3 3 (0.96%) Mitel
3 3 (0.96%) Oracle
4 2 (0.64%) SAP
4 2 (0.64%) Solace
5 1 (0.32%) Foundry
5 1 (0.32%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.32%) UiPath