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 10 February 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 399 348
Rank change year-on-year +69 -51 +87
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 316 289 491
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.55% 0.64% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.70% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 250 193 458
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £77,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -8.82% +3.03%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £132,500
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 52,790 41,241 62,630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 91.55% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 33,765 21,574 50,021
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,750 £45,000 £40,000
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 10 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 10 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 +38 215 £85,000 - 58
Midlands +25 32 £67,500 +22.73% 7
North of England +15 32 £75,000 +8.21% 11
South East +23 28 £70,000 +11.11% 5
Yorkshire -14 23 £75,000 -9.09% 7
East Midlands -11 17 £65,000 +18.18% 4
West Midlands +31 15 £90,000 +54.10% 3
North West +21 9 £40,000 -42.29% 4
South West -21 4 £60,000 +9.09% 8
East of England +7 1 £50,000 -41.18% 1
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 316 (100.00%) Python
2 106 (33.54%) Software Engineering
3 103 (32.59%) React
4 92 (29.11%) AWS
5 90 (28.48%) Agile
6 73 (23.10%) CI/CD
7 72 (22.78%) AI
8 69 (21.84%) Full-Stack Development
9 61 (19.30%) Django
10 60 (18.99%) JavaScript
10 60 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
11 59 (18.67%) Flask
11 59 (18.67%) SQL
12 57 (18.04%) TypeScript
13 52 (16.46%) Test Automation
14 50 (15.82%) Docker
15 49 (15.51%) Mentoring
15 49 (15.51%) Serverless
16 47 (14.87%) Azure
17 45 (14.24%) GitHub
18 44 (13.92%) FastAPI
19 40 (12.66%) Continuous Improvement
19 40 (12.66%) OOP
20 39 (12.34%) Fintech
20 39 (12.34%) Node.js
21 37 (11.71%) REST
22 34 (10.76%) Containerisation
23 32 (10.13%) RESTful
24 31 (9.81%) OO
24 31 (9.81%) Order Management

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 17 (5.38%) Apache Spark
2 14 (4.43%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.90%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.58%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.32%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 92 (29.11%) AWS
2 49 (15.51%) Serverless
3 47 (14.87%) Azure
4 45 (14.24%) GitHub
5 30 (9.49%) AWS Lambda
6 26 (8.23%) Amazon S3
7 25 (7.91%) GCP
8 20 (6.33%) SaaS
9 14 (4.43%) Amazon SQS
9 14 (4.43%) dbt
10 13 (4.11%) Azure AI
10 13 (4.11%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (2.85%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.53%) n8n
12 8 (2.53%) Power Platform
13 6 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
14 2 (0.63%) Copilot Studio
14 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.63%) Power Automate
15 1 (0.32%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.95%) HTTP
1 3 (0.95%) RTP
1 3 (0.95%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.95%) VoIP
1 3 (0.95%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.49%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (5.06%) Big Data
2 16 (5.06%) NoSQL
3 14 (4.43%) Amazon Athena
3 14 (4.43%) Apache Arrow
3 14 (4.43%) Apache Iceberg
3 14 (4.43%) Dremio
4 11 (3.48%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.22%) MySQL
6 6 (1.90%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.90%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.58%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.27%) DynamoDB
8 4 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.63%) Tick Data
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.32%) Redis
Development Applications
1 15 (4.75%) Git
2 3 (0.95%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.63%) JIRA
3 2 (0.63%) Maven
4 1 (0.32%) GitLab
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.32%) Selenium
4 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 84 (26.58%) Finance
2 64 (20.25%) Social Skills
3 43 (13.61%) Front Office
4 20 (6.33%) Health Technology
4 20 (6.33%) Publishing
5 19 (6.01%) Tech for Good
6 14 (4.43%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (4.43%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.80%) Banking
7 12 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.48%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (2.22%) Legal
11 5 (1.58%) Marketing
11 5 (1.58%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.27%) Electronics
12 4 (1.27%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.27%) Retail
13 3 (0.95%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.63%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (32.59%) React
2 61 (19.30%) Django
3 59 (18.67%) Flask
4 44 (13.92%) FastAPI
5 39 (12.34%) Node.js
6 37 (11.71%) REST
7 32 (10.13%) RESTful
8 29 (9.18%) HTML
8 29 (9.18%) Vue
9 23 (7.28%) AngularJS
10 19 (6.01%) CSS
10 19 (6.01%) NumPy
10 19 (6.01%) Pandas
11 18 (5.70%) Kafka
12 17 (5.38%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 14 (4.43%) SciPy
14 10 (3.16%) LangChain
15 7 (2.22%) OAuth
15 7 (2.22%) OAuth2
15 7 (2.22%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.71%) Equities
2 36 (11.39%) Data Structures
3 25 (7.91%) Hedge funds
4 20 (6.33%) Algorithms
5 19 (6.01%) Fixed Income
6 17 (5.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 17 (5.38%) Management Information System
7 16 (5.06%) Cloud Native
8 10 (3.16%) Educational Technology
8 10 (3.16%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.53%) AI Agents
9 8 (2.53%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.58%) PropTech
11 4 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.27%) PKI
12 3 (0.95%) Grid Computing
13 2 (0.63%) Derivative
13 2 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
14 1 (0.32%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.91%) Linux
2 3 (0.95%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (33.54%) Software Engineering
2 90 (28.48%) Agile
3 73 (23.10%) CI/CD
4 72 (22.78%) AI
5 69 (21.84%) Full-Stack Development
6 60 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (16.46%) Test Automation
8 49 (15.51%) Mentoring
9 40 (12.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 40 (12.66%) OOP
10 39 (12.34%) Fintech
11 34 (10.76%) Containerisation
12 31 (9.81%) OO
12 31 (9.81%) Order Management
13 30 (9.49%) Clean Code
14 26 (8.23%) Microservices
15 25 (7.91%) SDLC
16 24 (7.59%) Code Quality
16 24 (7.59%) Investment Management
16 24 (7.59%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 316 (100.00%) Python
2 60 (18.99%) JavaScript
3 59 (18.67%) SQL
4 57 (18.04%) TypeScript
5 28 (8.86%) C++
6 14 (4.43%) Java
7 6 (1.90%) PHP
8 5 (1.58%) VBA
9 4 (1.27%) C
9 4 (1.27%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.95%) Bicep
10 3 (0.95%) C#
11 2 (0.63%) Scala
12 1 (0.32%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.32%) Perl
12 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.32%) Ruby
12 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (4.75%) Degree
2 6 (1.90%) Security Cleared
3 5 (1.58%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.95%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.63%) PhD
6 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.28%) QA
2 5 (1.58%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.63%) GDPR
4 2 (0.63%) PSD2
System Software
1 50 (15.82%) Docker
2 3 (0.95%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 26 (8.23%) Kubernetes
2 25 (7.91%) Terraform
3 3 (0.95%) Argo
4 1 (0.32%) Grafana
Vendors
1 18 (5.70%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.53%) OpenAI
3 6 (1.90%) iManage
4 5 (1.58%) Google
5 4 (1.27%) SAP
6 3 (0.95%) BT
6 3 (0.95%) Fortinet
6 3 (0.95%) Mitel
6 3 (0.95%) Oracle
7 2 (0.63%) Solace
8 1 (0.32%) Foundry
8 1 (0.32%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.32%) UiPath