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 3 May 2026.

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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 399 401
Rank change year-on-year +54 +2 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 384 236 498
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.62% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.70% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 321 187 455
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £64,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £133,125
90th Percentile £140,000 £137,500 £148,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -15.15% -8.33% +9.09%

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 74,665 33,869 78,856
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 89.15% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 49,095 21,316 60,150
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £38,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +11.32% -11.67%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 +16 229 £90,000 +5.88% 46
North of England -12 55 £70,000 +7.69% 17
South East +10 43 £70,000 +55.56% 13
Yorkshire -19 43 £75,000 +15.38% 3
Midlands -16 28 £60,000 +9.09% 1
South West - 25 £50,000 - 1
East Midlands -28 17 £65,000 +18.18%
West Midlands -12 11 £60,000 - 1
North West -13 9 £40,000 -33.33% 7
East of England -19 3 £52,500 -38.24% 3
North East - 3 £61,000 - 7
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 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.

1 384 (100.00%) Python
2 118 (30.73%) Software Engineering
3 103 (26.82%) Full-Stack Development
4 84 (21.88%) AI
5 80 (20.83%) AWS
6 76 (19.79%) React
7 71 (18.49%) Agile
8 55 (14.32%) JavaScript
9 53 (13.80%) CI/CD
10 51 (13.28%) Django
10 51 (13.28%) Flask
11 49 (12.76%) SQL
12 43 (11.20%) Test Automation
13 41 (10.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 41 (10.68%) TypeScript
14 37 (9.64%) Mentoring
14 37 (9.64%) OOP
15 36 (9.38%) OO
15 36 (9.38%) Serverless
16 35 (9.11%) Fintech
16 35 (9.11%) Problem-Solving
16 35 (9.11%) REST
17 34 (8.85%) Azure
17 34 (8.85%) Docker
18 32 (8.33%) Linux
18 32 (8.33%) SDLC
19 31 (8.07%) GitHub
20 30 (7.81%) FastAPI
20 30 (7.81%) SaaS
21 28 (7.29%) AWS Lambda

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 (4.43%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.52%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 80 (20.83%) AWS
2 36 (9.38%) Serverless
3 34 (8.85%) Azure
4 31 (8.07%) GitHub
5 30 (7.81%) SaaS
6 28 (7.29%) AWS Lambda
7 24 (6.25%) Amazon S3
8 15 (3.91%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (2.86%) Amazon SQS
11 9 (2.34%) GCP
12 5 (1.30%) Prefect
13 3 (0.78%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (0.78%) AWS Fargate
13 3 (0.78%) Azure AI
14 2 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
15 1 (0.26%) AWS CodePipeline
15 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
15 1 (0.26%) PaaS
15 1 (0.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.30%) Broadband
2 3 (0.78%) HTTP
2 3 (0.78%) RTP
2 3 (0.78%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.78%) VoIP
2 3 (0.78%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.26%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.47%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (4.43%) Big Data
3 9 (2.34%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.82%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.30%) MySQL
5 5 (1.30%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.04%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.26%) GIS
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 21 (5.47%) Git
2 3 (0.78%) GitLab
3 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.26%) Poetry
4 1 (0.26%) Selenium
4 1 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 62 (16.15%) Finance
2 57 (14.84%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.68%) Front Office
4 19 (4.95%) Tech for Good
5 16 (4.17%) Health Technology
6 15 (3.91%) Publishing
7 11 (2.86%) Banking
8 10 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.82%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.56%) Games
12 4 (1.04%) Aviation
13 3 (0.78%) Analytical Skills
13 3 (0.78%) Retail
14 1 (0.26%) Back Office
14 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.26%) Marketing
14 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (19.79%) React
2 51 (13.28%) Django
2 51 (13.28%) Flask
3 35 (9.11%) REST
4 30 (7.81%) FastAPI
5 28 (7.29%) RESTful
6 27 (7.03%) Node.js
7 24 (6.25%) NumPy
8 23 (5.99%) Pandas
9 22 (5.73%) HTML
10 20 (5.21%) Kafka
11 19 (4.95%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 19 (4.95%) Vue
12 16 (4.17%) CSS
13 14 (3.65%) AngularJS
14 8 (2.08%) Redux
15 7 (1.82%) .NET
15 7 (1.82%) PyTorch
16 6 (1.56%) Google JAX
16 6 (1.56%) JAX
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.72%) Algorithms
2 34 (8.85%) Hedge funds
3 29 (7.55%) Data Structures
3 29 (7.55%) Equities
4 22 (5.73%) Cloud Native
4 22 (5.73%) Fixed Income
5 19 (4.95%) Management Information System
6 17 (4.43%) Educational Technology
7 16 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
8 14 (3.65%) Product Ownership
9 10 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (2.60%) PropTech
10 8 (2.08%) Derivative
10 8 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.30%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.30%) Video\Live Streaming
12 4 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.04%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.33%) Linux
2 3 (0.78%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (30.73%) Software Engineering
2 103 (26.82%) Full-Stack Development
3 84 (21.88%) AI
4 71 (18.49%) Agile
5 53 (13.80%) CI/CD
6 43 (11.20%) Test Automation
7 41 (10.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (9.64%) Mentoring
8 37 (9.64%) OOP
9 36 (9.38%) OO
10 35 (9.11%) Fintech
10 35 (9.11%) Problem-Solving
11 32 (8.33%) SDLC
12 25 (6.51%) Computer Science
13 24 (6.25%) Clean Code
14 23 (5.99%) Microservices
15 22 (5.73%) Computer Vision
15 22 (5.73%) Deep Learning
15 22 (5.73%) Signal Processing
16 21 (5.47%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 384 (100.00%) Python
2 55 (14.32%) JavaScript
3 49 (12.76%) SQL
4 41 (10.68%) TypeScript
5 24 (6.25%) C++
6 9 (2.34%) PHP
7 8 (2.08%) Java
8 5 (1.30%) Go
9 4 (1.04%) C
9 4 (1.04%) VBA
10 3 (0.78%) C#
11 2 (0.52%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.52%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.52%) Rust
12 1 (0.26%) Bicep
12 1 (0.26%) Haskell
12 1 (0.26%) OCaml
12 1 (0.26%) Perl
12 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (4.69%) Degree
2 7 (1.82%) SC Cleared
2 7 (1.82%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.52%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.26%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.43%) QA
2 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.78%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 34 (8.85%) Docker
2 3 (0.78%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 16 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.13%) Terraform
3 3 (0.78%) Argo
Vendors
1 8 (2.08%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.30%) Databricks
3 4 (1.04%) Oracle
4 3 (0.78%) BT
4 3 (0.78%) Fortinet
4 3 (0.78%) Mitel
5 2 (0.52%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.26%) Google