Python Developer Job Trends in England

Python Developer
UK > England

The median Python Developer salary in England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 June 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 392 406
Rank change year-on-year +21 +14 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 383 267 542
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.46% 0.67% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.75% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 307 207 479
10th Percentile £47,300 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -10.53% +8.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £135,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £137,500 £146,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% -5.56% +5.88%

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 78,395 35,712 90,083
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 90.05% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 55,154 20,740 66,741
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% +9.52% -12.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -25 223 £90,000 -3.74% 27
North of England +25 76 £62,500 +4.17% 7
Yorkshire -2 41 £70,000 +16.67% 4
South East +12 35 £60,000 +43.71% 8
South West -37 24 £50,000 -41.18%
North West +26 23 £45,000 -25.00%
Midlands -15 16 £60,000 +9.09% 1
North East - 12 £70,000 - 3
East Midlands -14 11 £60,000 +50.00% 1
East of England -12 8 £72,500 -3.33% 4
West Midlands -17 5 £55,000 -21.43%
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 June 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.

1 383 (100.00%) Python
2 112 (29.24%) Software Engineering
3 99 (25.85%) Full-Stack Development
4 95 (24.80%) AWS
5 91 (23.76%) AI
6 60 (15.67%) Agile
7 53 (13.84%) React
8 51 (13.32%) CI/CD
9 49 (12.79%) JavaScript
10 48 (12.53%) Flask
10 48 (12.53%) SQL
11 47 (12.27%) Test Automation
12 44 (11.49%) TypeScript
13 42 (10.97%) Docker
14 37 (9.66%) FastAPI
15 36 (9.40%) Azure
15 36 (9.40%) Linux
16 35 (9.14%) Django
16 35 (9.14%) OOP
16 35 (9.14%) PostgreSQL
17 34 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
18 33 (8.62%) OO
19 32 (8.36%) C++
20 31 (8.09%) RESTful
21 30 (7.83%) Kubernetes
22 29 (7.57%) REST
23 27 (7.05%) Fintech
23 27 (7.05%) Node.js
24 26 (6.79%) Containerisation
24 26 (6.79%) Mentoring

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 14 (3.66%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.52%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.26%) Apache
4 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 95 (24.80%) AWS
2 36 (9.40%) Azure
3 26 (6.79%) SaaS
4 23 (6.01%) Serverless
5 18 (4.70%) AWS Lambda
5 18 (4.70%) GitHub
6 13 (3.39%) Amazon S3
7 12 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (2.87%) GCP
9 10 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.31%) Prefect
11 4 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.04%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (1.04%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (0.78%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (0.78%) AWS Fargate
13 2 (0.52%) AWS CodePipeline
13 2 (0.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 2 (0.52%) Azure Functions
13 2 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.92%) Broadband
2 4 (1.04%) MQTT
3 3 (0.78%) HTTP
3 3 (0.78%) RTP
3 3 (0.78%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.78%) VoIP
3 3 (0.78%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.52%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (9.14%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (4.96%) MongoDB
3 13 (3.39%) Big Data
4 6 (1.57%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.31%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.04%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.78%) MySQL
8 2 (0.52%) GIS
9 1 (0.26%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (6.01%) Git
2 5 (1.31%) GitLab
3 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.26%) Poetry
4 1 (0.26%) Selenium
General
1 56 (14.62%) Finance
2 42 (10.97%) Front Office
3 36 (9.40%) Social Skills
4 16 (4.18%) Games
4 16 (4.18%) Tech for Good
5 13 (3.39%) Banking
6 12 (3.13%) Health Technology
7 5 (1.31%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.04%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.04%) Aviation
8 4 (1.04%) Publishing
9 3 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.52%) Marketing
11 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.26%) Automotive
11 1 (0.26%) Electronics
11 1 (0.26%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.26%) Law
11 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (13.84%) React
2 48 (12.53%) Flask
3 37 (9.66%) FastAPI
4 35 (9.14%) Django
5 31 (8.09%) RESTful
6 29 (7.57%) REST
7 27 (7.05%) Node.js
8 25 (6.53%) NumPy
9 24 (6.27%) Pandas
9 24 (6.27%) Vue
10 19 (4.96%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 19 (4.96%) Kafka
11 18 (4.70%) HTML
12 14 (3.66%) CSS
13 10 (2.61%) AngularJS
14 9 (2.35%) .NET
14 9 (2.35%) Swagger
15 8 (2.09%) Redux
16 6 (1.57%) PyTorch
16 6 (1.57%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 50 (13.05%) Algorithms
2 38 (9.92%) Cloud Native
3 31 (8.09%) Hedge funds
4 28 (7.31%) Distributed Systems
4 28 (7.31%) Equities
5 26 (6.79%) Data Structures
6 22 (5.74%) Fixed Income
7 19 (4.96%) Management Information System
8 15 (3.92%) Low-Code
8 15 (3.92%) Video\Live Streaming
9 14 (3.66%) Educational Technology
10 13 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (2.87%) Derivative
12 10 (2.61%) PropTech
13 9 (2.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (2.35%) Product Ownership
14 7 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
15 6 (1.57%) Renewable Energy
16 4 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
16 4 (1.04%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.40%) Linux
2 3 (0.78%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (29.24%) Software Engineering
2 99 (25.85%) Full-Stack Development
3 91 (23.76%) AI
4 60 (15.67%) Agile
5 51 (13.32%) CI/CD
6 47 (12.27%) Test Automation
7 35 (9.14%) OOP
8 34 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (8.62%) OO
10 27 (7.05%) Fintech
11 26 (6.79%) Containerisation
11 26 (6.79%) Mentoring
11 26 (6.79%) Problem-Solving
11 26 (6.79%) SDLC
12 23 (6.01%) Computer Vision
13 22 (5.74%) Deep Learning
13 22 (5.74%) Machine Learning
13 22 (5.74%) Microservices
13 22 (5.74%) Signal Processing
14 21 (5.48%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 383 (100.00%) Python
2 49 (12.79%) JavaScript
3 48 (12.53%) SQL
4 44 (11.49%) TypeScript
5 32 (8.36%) C++
6 15 (3.92%) Go
7 9 (2.35%) Java
7 9 (2.35%) PHP
8 6 (1.57%) C#
9 4 (1.04%) C
10 3 (0.78%) Bash
10 3 (0.78%) Perl
11 2 (0.52%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.52%) Rust
11 2 (0.52%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.52%) VBA
12 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.26%) Bicep
12 1 (0.26%) Haskell
12 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (4.18%) Degree
2 8 (2.09%) SC Cleared
2 8 (2.09%) Security Cleared
3 3 (0.78%) AWS Certification
4 2 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.87%) QA
2 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.78%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
System Software
1 42 (10.97%) Docker
2 3 (0.78%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 30 (7.83%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.13%) Terraform
3 3 (0.78%) Argo
4 2 (0.52%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (2.87%) Databricks
2 6 (1.57%) Microsoft
3 3 (0.78%) BT
3 3 (0.78%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.78%) Mitel
3 3 (0.78%) Oracle
4 1 (0.26%) Google
4 1 (0.26%) Salesforce