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 9 January 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 391 312
Rank change year-on-year +60 -79 +89
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 309 299 436
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.59% 0.62% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.67% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 242 204 403
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £64,000 £55,813 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £76,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +18.75%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £132,500
90th Percentile £137,500 £110,000 £150,000
UK median annual salary £76,000 £76,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year - -15.56% +16.13%

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 47,724 44,763 45,870
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 92.74% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 30,098 23,495 35,857
10th Percentile £28,697 £33,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,059
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.59% -3.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 January 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 January 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 +53 216 £85,000 - 39
North of England +33 36 £75,000 +11.68% 15
Midlands +40 31 £70,000 +27.27% 15
Yorkshire +15 25 £80,000 -3.03% 9
West Midlands +41 18 £80,000 +36.98% 6
South East +23 17 £70,000 +12.00% 32
East Midlands -8 13 £70,000 +27.27% 9
North West +25 11 £45,000 -32.99% 5
South West -6 4 £60,000 +9.09% 8
East of England +6 1 £50,000 -41.18% 6
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 January 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.

1 309 (100.00%) Python
2 115 (37.22%) AWS
3 112 (36.25%) Agile
4 106 (34.30%) React
5 105 (33.98%) Software Engineering
6 74 (23.95%) CI/CD
7 68 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
8 66 (21.36%) TypeScript
9 65 (21.04%) AI
10 63 (20.39%) JavaScript
11 59 (19.09%) Mentoring
12 58 (18.77%) Azure
12 58 (18.77%) Docker
13 57 (18.45%) SQL
13 57 (18.45%) Test Automation
14 56 (18.12%) Serverless
15 53 (17.15%) Flask
16 52 (16.83%) Full-Stack Development
17 51 (16.50%) Django
18 48 (15.53%) PostgreSQL
19 46 (14.89%) RESTful
20 45 (14.56%) Fintech
20 45 (14.56%) GCP
21 44 (14.24%) Continuous Improvement
21 44 (14.24%) Node.js
21 44 (14.24%) Order Management
22 42 (13.59%) Containerisation
23 41 (13.27%) FastAPI
23 41 (13.27%) Vue
24 40 (12.94%) GitHub

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 26 (8.41%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (4.53%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.94%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.29%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.32%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 115 (37.22%) AWS
2 58 (18.77%) Azure
3 56 (18.12%) Serverless
4 45 (14.56%) GCP
5 40 (12.94%) GitHub
6 35 (11.33%) AWS Lambda
7 26 (8.41%) dbt
8 23 (7.44%) Amazon S3
9 21 (6.80%) SaaS
10 15 (4.85%) Amazon SQS
10 15 (4.85%) Azure AI
11 9 (2.91%) Power Platform
12 8 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (2.59%) n8n
13 6 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
14 2 (0.65%) Azure AKS
14 2 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
14 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.65%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.65%) Internet
2 1 (0.32%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.32%) UWB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (15.53%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (8.41%) Amazon Athena
2 26 (8.41%) Apache Arrow
2 26 (8.41%) Apache Iceberg
2 26 (8.41%) Dremio
3 19 (6.15%) NoSQL
4 13 (4.21%) Big Data
5 12 (3.88%) DynamoDB
5 12 (3.88%) Elasticsearch
5 12 (3.88%) MySQL
6 11 (3.56%) Relational Database
7 10 (3.24%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.59%) SQL Server
9 6 (1.94%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.94%) Tick Data
10 4 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.32%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.32%) Power BI
11 1 (0.32%) Redis
11 1 (0.32%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (4.53%) Git
2 3 (0.97%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.65%) JIRA
3 2 (0.65%) Maven
3 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.32%) GitLab
General
1 95 (30.74%) Finance
2 53 (17.15%) Social Skills
3 50 (16.18%) Front Office
4 29 (9.39%) Health Technology
4 29 (9.39%) Publishing
5 28 (9.06%) Tech for Good
6 19 (6.15%) Marketing
7 15 (4.85%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (4.85%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (4.53%) Public Sector
9 12 (3.88%) Banking
9 12 (3.88%) Retail
10 10 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.59%) Analytical Skills
12 7 (2.27%) Legal
13 6 (1.94%) Electronics
13 6 (1.94%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.94%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.94%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.65%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (34.30%) React
2 53 (17.15%) Flask
3 51 (16.50%) Django
4 46 (14.89%) RESTful
5 44 (14.24%) Node.js
6 41 (13.27%) FastAPI
6 41 (13.27%) Vue
7 34 (11.00%) AngularJS
8 33 (10.68%) REST
9 30 (9.71%) NumPy
9 30 (9.71%) Pandas
10 28 (9.06%) HTML
11 26 (8.41%) SciPy
12 20 (6.47%) CSS
13 18 (5.83%) Boost C++ Libraries
14 15 (4.85%) Kafka
15 12 (3.88%) Swagger
16 10 (3.24%) LangChain
17 7 (2.27%) PyTorch
18 5 (1.62%) PyXLL
Miscellaneous
1 50 (16.18%) Equities
2 35 (11.33%) Data Structures
3 27 (8.74%) Fixed Income
3 27 (8.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 24 (7.77%) Hedge funds
5 22 (7.12%) Management Information System
6 21 (6.80%) Algorithms
7 17 (5.50%) Cloud Native
8 10 (3.24%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.91%) AI Agents
9 9 (2.91%) Educational Technology
9 9 (2.91%) Marketing Technology
10 8 (2.59%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.62%) Grid Computing
12 4 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.29%) PKI
13 1 (0.32%) Linux Command Line
13 1 (0.32%) PropTech
13 1 (0.32%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.77%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (36.25%) Agile
2 105 (33.98%) Software Engineering
3 74 (23.95%) CI/CD
4 68 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (21.04%) AI
6 59 (19.09%) Mentoring
7 57 (18.45%) Test Automation
8 52 (16.83%) Full-Stack Development
9 45 (14.56%) Fintech
10 44 (14.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 44 (14.24%) Order Management
11 42 (13.59%) Containerisation
12 38 (12.30%) OOP
13 37 (11.97%) Clean Code
14 32 (10.36%) Scrum
14 32 (10.36%) TDD
15 30 (9.71%) Microservices
15 30 (9.71%) Pair Programming
16 28 (9.06%) Investment Management
16 28 (9.06%) OO
Programming Languages
1 309 (100.00%) Python
2 66 (21.36%) TypeScript
3 63 (20.39%) JavaScript
4 57 (18.45%) SQL
5 30 (9.71%) C++
6 14 (4.53%) Java
7 7 (2.27%) C#
8 5 (1.62%) PHP
8 5 (1.62%) VBA
9 3 (0.97%) Bicep
10 2 (0.65%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.65%) Scala
11 1 (0.32%) ANSI SQL
11 1 (0.32%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.32%) Bash
11 1 (0.32%) R
11 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (5.18%) Degree
2 7 (2.27%) Security Cleared
3 6 (1.94%) Master's Degree
4 5 (1.62%) PhD
4 5 (1.62%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.32%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.32%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (11.33%) QA
2 2 (0.65%) GDPR
2 2 (0.65%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.65%) PSD2
3 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
System Software
1 58 (18.77%) Docker
2 1 (0.32%) zsh
Systems Management
1 26 (8.41%) Terraform
2 23 (7.44%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.32%) Grafana
Vendors
1 16 (5.18%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.59%) OpenAI
3 7 (2.27%) Google
3 7 (2.27%) SAP
4 6 (1.94%) iManage
5 5 (1.62%) Databricks
6 3 (0.97%) Oracle
7 2 (0.65%) Foundry
7 2 (0.65%) Solace
7 2 (0.65%) UiPath
8 1 (0.32%) Salesforce