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 1 September 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 430 358 413
Rank change year-on-year -72 +55 -103
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 361 312 387
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.37% 0.71% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.79% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 287 240 304
10th Percentile £47,300 £55,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £99,750
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -14.79% +10.83%
75th Percentile £93,125 £132,500 £136,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £164,250
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 91,197 39,586 67,877
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 90.45% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 64,443 24,001 43,893
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -104 177 £87,500 -2.78% 118
North of England +10 77 £70,000 - 11
East of England +21 45 £67,500 -1.82% 6
Yorkshire -15 35 £80,000 +14.29% 5
South West -54 22 £50,000 -31.03% 5
North West -6 21 £45,000 -28.00% 6
North East - 21 £70,000 -
Midlands -32 20 £65,000 -7.14% 5
South East -29 17 £60,000 +33.33% 7
East Midlands -9 12 £70,000 +75.00% 1
West Midlands -23 8 £52,500 -25.00% 3
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 September 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.

1 361 (100.00%) Python
2 107 (29.64%) AWS
3 102 (28.25%) Software Engineering
4 101 (27.98%) AI
5 87 (24.10%) Full-Stack Development
6 63 (17.45%) CI/CD
7 57 (15.79%) SQL
8 46 (12.74%) Docker
9 45 (12.47%) PostgreSQL
10 44 (12.19%) FastAPI
11 43 (11.91%) Agile
12 42 (11.63%) Azure
12 42 (11.63%) RESTful
13 41 (11.36%) JavaScript
14 38 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
15 36 (9.97%) Flask
16 34 (9.42%) Test Automation
17 33 (9.14%) Problem-Solving
18 32 (8.86%) Kubernetes
19 31 (8.59%) Validation
20 30 (8.31%) Continuous Improvement
21 29 (8.03%) Infrastructure as Code
22 26 (7.20%) Git
22 26 (7.20%) TypeScript
23 25 (6.93%) API Design
23 25 (6.93%) Linux
23 25 (6.93%) NumPy
23 25 (6.93%) OOP
23 25 (6.93%) Pandas
24 24 (6.65%) Containerisation

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 10 (2.77%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.55%) Apache
4 1 (0.28%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 107 (29.64%) AWS
2 42 (11.63%) Azure
3 19 (5.26%) SaaS
4 17 (4.71%) Serverless
5 14 (3.88%) Amazon S3
6 13 (3.60%) AWS Lambda
7 11 (3.05%) Amazon EC2
8 10 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.77%) Azure Service Bus
9 8 (2.22%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (2.22%) GitHub
10 7 (1.94%) GCP
11 5 (1.39%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (1.39%) Prefect
12 4 (1.11%) Amazon Bedrock
12 4 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.11%) Kong
13 3 (0.83%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.83%) Power Platform
14 2 (0.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.16%) Broadband
2 10 (2.77%) MQTT
3 2 (0.55%) Firewall
4 1 (0.28%) 4G
4 1 (0.28%) 5G
4 1 (0.28%) DNS
4 1 (0.28%) HTTP
4 1 (0.28%) SSH
4 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (12.47%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (4.99%) MongoDB
3 12 (3.32%) DynamoDB
4 9 (2.49%) Big Data
4 9 (2.49%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.39%) MySQL
6 5 (1.39%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.39%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.11%) GIS
7 4 (1.11%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.83%) Power BI
9 2 (0.55%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.55%) Redis
10 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.28%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (7.20%) Git
2 5 (1.39%) GitLab
3 2 (0.55%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.28%) MLflow
4 1 (0.28%) Poetry
4 1 (0.28%) Selenium
4 1 (0.28%) SonarQube
General
1 45 (12.47%) Finance
2 23 (6.37%) Front Office
2 23 (6.37%) Social Skills
3 15 (4.16%) Games
3 15 (4.16%) Tech for Good
4 10 (2.77%) Banking
4 10 (2.77%) Health Technology
5 5 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (1.39%) Manufacturing
6 4 (1.11%) Publishing
7 3 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (0.83%) Law
7 3 (0.83%) Legal
7 3 (0.83%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.55%) Automotive
8 2 (0.55%) Investment Banking
8 2 (0.55%) Marketing
9 1 (0.28%) Back Office
9 1 (0.28%) Electronics
9 1 (0.28%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (12.19%) FastAPI
2 42 (11.63%) RESTful
3 36 (9.97%) Flask
4 25 (6.93%) NumPy
4 25 (6.93%) Pandas
5 24 (6.65%) Django
6 22 (6.09%) Kafka
6 22 (6.09%) REST
7 21 (5.82%) React
8 20 (5.54%) CSS
9 19 (5.26%) HTML
9 19 (5.26%) Vue
10 18 (4.99%) Terraform
11 17 (4.71%) Swagger
12 14 (3.88%) Node.js
12 14 (3.88%) RabbitMQ
13 11 (3.05%) Boost C++ Libraries
14 10 (2.77%) OpenAPI
15 8 (2.22%) AngularJS
16 6 (1.66%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.91%) Algorithms
2 40 (11.08%) Cloud Native
2 40 (11.08%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (6.65%) Cyber Threat
3 24 (6.65%) Greenfield Project
4 23 (6.37%) Hedge funds
5 19 (5.26%) Low-Code
6 16 (4.43%) Data Structures
7 15 (4.16%) Video\Live Streaming
8 12 (3.32%) Equities
9 11 (3.05%) Fixed Income
9 11 (3.05%) Management Information System
9 11 (3.05%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.39%) Educational Technology
10 5 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.39%) Market Risk
11 4 (1.11%) Derivative
11 4 (1.11%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.11%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.83%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.93%) Linux
2 1 (0.28%) Unix
2 1 (0.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (28.25%) Software Engineering
2 101 (27.98%) AI
3 87 (24.10%) Full-Stack Development
4 63 (17.45%) CI/CD
5 43 (11.91%) Agile
6 38 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
7 34 (9.42%) Test Automation
8 33 (9.14%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (8.59%) Validation
10 30 (8.31%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (8.03%) Infrastructure as Code
12 25 (6.93%) API Design
12 25 (6.93%) OOP
13 24 (6.65%) Containerisation
13 24 (6.65%) Microservices
14 23 (6.37%) Machine Learning
15 22 (6.09%) Computer Vision
15 22 (6.09%) Observability
16 21 (5.82%) Data Engineering
16 21 (5.82%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 361 (100.00%) Python
2 57 (15.79%) SQL
3 41 (11.36%) JavaScript
4 26 (7.20%) TypeScript
5 21 (5.82%) C++
6 15 (4.16%) Go
7 8 (2.22%) C#
8 5 (1.39%) Bash
8 5 (1.39%) Java
8 5 (1.39%) PHP
8 5 (1.39%) Rust
9 2 (0.55%) Perl
9 2 (0.55%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.28%) Bicep
10 1 (0.28%) Haskell
10 1 (0.28%) OCaml
10 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (4.71%) Degree
2 11 (3.05%) Security Cleared
3 8 (2.22%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.39%) AWS Certification
5 4 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.16%) QA
2 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
System Software
1 46 (12.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 32 (8.86%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.83%) Ansible
2 3 (0.83%) Grafana
3 2 (0.55%) Kibana
3 2 (0.55%) logstash
3 2 (0.55%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 14 (3.88%) Databricks
2 4 (1.11%) Microsoft
3 3 (0.83%) Oracle
4 2 (0.55%) SAP
5 1 (0.28%) HubSpot