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 12 July 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 394 414
Rank change year-on-year +6 +20 -48
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 372 285 501
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 0.66% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.73% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 300 216 438
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,875 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £136,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £137,500 £150,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% -10.53% +8.57%

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 82,535 39,220 83,741
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 90.37% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 58,071 23,613 61,241
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,123
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +3.53% -11.46%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 12 July 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 12 July 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 -47 212 £90,000 -7.69% 29
North of England +43 75 £70,000 +16.67% 7
Yorkshire +1 39 £70,000 +12.00%
South East -6 29 £60,000 +43.71% 8
South West -34 25 £50,000 -41.18% 3
North West +2 20 £45,000 -25.00% 4
East of England -4 16 £72,500 +5.45% 4
North East - 16 £70,000 - 3
Midlands -22 13 £65,000 +18.18% 5
East Midlands -17 12 £65,000 +62.50% 3
West Midlands -20 1 £50,000 -28.57% 2
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 July 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.

1 372 (100.00%) Python
2 108 (29.03%) AWS
3 102 (27.42%) Software Engineering
4 94 (25.27%) Full-Stack Development
5 89 (23.92%) AI
6 56 (15.05%) CI/CD
7 54 (14.52%) Agile
8 53 (14.25%) SQL
9 50 (13.44%) JavaScript
10 44 (11.83%) PostgreSQL
10 44 (11.83%) React
11 43 (11.56%) FastAPI
12 42 (11.29%) Docker
12 42 (11.29%) Flask
12 42 (11.29%) Test Automation
13 41 (11.02%) Azure
13 41 (11.02%) TypeScript
14 36 (9.68%) RESTful
15 34 (9.14%) Linux
16 33 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
16 33 (8.87%) OOP
17 32 (8.60%) Django
18 31 (8.33%) C++
18 31 (8.33%) Kubernetes
19 30 (8.06%) OO
20 28 (7.53%) REST
21 27 (7.26%) Containerisation
21 27 (7.26%) Fintech
21 27 (7.26%) Problem-Solving
22 26 (6.99%) Infrastructure as 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 13 (3.49%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.54%) Apache
3 2 (0.54%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.27%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 108 (29.03%) AWS
2 41 (11.02%) Azure
3 26 (6.99%) SaaS
4 22 (5.91%) Serverless
5 18 (4.84%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (4.03%) Amazon S3
7 14 (3.76%) GitHub
8 13 (3.49%) GCP
9 10 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.69%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (2.15%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (1.61%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.34%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (1.34%) Prefect
13 4 (1.08%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (1.08%) Amazon SQS
14 3 (0.81%) Amazon Bedrock
14 3 (0.81%) AWS Fargate
14 3 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (0.81%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.03%) Broadband
2 5 (1.34%) MQTT
3 3 (0.81%) HTTP
3 3 (0.81%) RTP
3 3 (0.81%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.81%) VoIP
3 3 (0.81%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.54%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (11.83%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (5.11%) MongoDB
3 12 (3.23%) Big Data
4 10 (2.69%) DynamoDB
5 7 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.61%) MySQL
7 5 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.34%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.34%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.81%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.54%) GIS
10 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.27%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.27%) Power BI
10 1 (0.27%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (6.18%) Git
2 6 (1.61%) GitLab
3 3 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.27%) MLflow
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.27%) Poetry
5 1 (0.27%) Selenium
5 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 58 (15.59%) Finance
2 40 (10.75%) Front Office
3 34 (9.14%) Social Skills
4 18 (4.84%) Tech for Good
5 15 (4.03%) Games
6 12 (3.23%) Health Technology
7 10 (2.69%) Banking
8 5 (1.34%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.08%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.08%) Aviation
9 4 (1.08%) Publishing
10 2 (0.54%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.54%) Marketing
11 1 (0.27%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.27%) Automotive
11 1 (0.27%) Back Office
11 1 (0.27%) Electronics
11 1 (0.27%) Law
11 1 (0.27%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (11.83%) React
2 43 (11.56%) FastAPI
3 42 (11.29%) Flask
4 36 (9.68%) RESTful
5 32 (8.60%) Django
6 28 (7.53%) REST
7 26 (6.99%) NumPy
8 25 (6.72%) Node.js
8 25 (6.72%) Pandas
9 23 (6.18%) Vue
10 19 (5.11%) Kafka
11 17 (4.57%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 17 (4.57%) CSS
11 17 (4.57%) HTML
12 11 (2.96%) Swagger
13 10 (2.69%) AngularJS
14 9 (2.42%) .NET
15 8 (2.15%) Redux
16 7 (1.88%) RabbitMQ
17 6 (1.61%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 50 (13.44%) Algorithms
2 36 (9.68%) Cloud Native
3 34 (9.14%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (7.26%) Equities
4 27 (7.26%) Hedge funds
5 24 (6.45%) Data Structures
6 23 (6.18%) Fixed Income
7 18 (4.84%) Low-Code
8 17 (4.57%) Management Information System
9 15 (4.03%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (4.03%) Video\Live Streaming
10 12 (3.23%) Derivative
11 11 (2.96%) Cyber Threat
12 10 (2.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (2.42%) PropTech
14 8 (2.15%) Renewable Energy
15 7 (1.88%) Educational Technology
16 6 (1.61%) Product Ownership
17 4 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
17 4 (1.08%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 34 (9.14%) Linux
2 3 (0.81%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (27.42%) Software Engineering
2 94 (25.27%) Full-Stack Development
3 89 (23.92%) AI
4 56 (15.05%) CI/CD
5 54 (14.52%) Agile
6 42 (11.29%) Test Automation
7 33 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 33 (8.87%) OOP
8 30 (8.06%) OO
9 27 (7.26%) Containerisation
9 27 (7.26%) Fintech
9 27 (7.26%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (6.99%) Infrastructure as Code
10 26 (6.99%) Microservices
11 24 (6.45%) Machine Learning
11 24 (6.45%) SDLC
11 24 (6.45%) Validation
12 23 (6.18%) Computer Vision
12 23 (6.18%) Mentoring
13 22 (5.91%) Deep Learning
Programming Languages
1 372 (100.00%) Python
2 53 (14.25%) SQL
3 50 (13.44%) JavaScript
4 41 (11.02%) TypeScript
5 31 (8.33%) C++
6 15 (4.03%) Go
7 9 (2.42%) Java
8 7 (1.88%) C#
9 6 (1.61%) PHP
10 4 (1.08%) Bash
10 4 (1.08%) C
10 4 (1.08%) Rust
11 3 (0.81%) Perl
12 2 (0.54%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.27%) Bicep
13 1 (0.27%) Haskell
13 1 (0.27%) OCaml
13 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (3.76%) Degree
2 10 (2.69%) Security Cleared
3 8 (2.15%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.81%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.23%) QA
2 3 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.81%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
System Software
1 42 (11.29%) Docker
2 3 (0.81%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 31 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.30%) Terraform
3 3 (0.81%) Ansible
3 3 (0.81%) Argo
4 1 (0.27%) Grafana
4 1 (0.27%) Kibana
4 1 (0.27%) logstash
Vendors
1 14 (3.76%) Databricks
2 5 (1.34%) Microsoft
3 3 (0.81%) BT
3 3 (0.81%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.81%) Mitel
3 3 (0.81%) Oracle
4 1 (0.27%) Google
4 1 (0.27%) Salesforce