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 19 March 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 370 382
Rank change year-on-year +14 +12 +59
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 326 274 479
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.49% 0.72% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.80% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 261 211 446
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £50,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £58,125 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £82,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.88% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £132,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £122,500 £150,000
UK median annual salary £76,000 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -7.88% -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 61,075 34,418 70,577
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 90.30% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 39,827 20,994 55,639
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £28,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
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 19 March 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 19 March 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 +3 205 £90,000 +5.88% 58
North of England -14 39 £72,500 +4.61% 17
Midlands -5 32 £65,000 +18.18% 6
South East -10 32 £70,000 +11.11% 10
Yorkshire -11 30 £75,000 +11.11% 13
East Midlands -41 17 £65,000 +18.18% 4
West Midlands +9 15 £60,000 +2.73% 2
South West -22 12 £55,000 - 8
North West -6 8 £40,000 -42.29% 2
East of England -19 2 £50,000 -41.18% 2
North East -21 1 - - 2
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 March 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.

1 326 (100.00%) Python
2 108 (33.13%) Software Engineering
3 86 (26.38%) React
4 82 (25.15%) AWS
5 72 (22.09%) Agile
6 71 (21.78%) Full-Stack Development
7 68 (20.86%) AI
8 64 (19.63%) CI/CD
9 59 (18.10%) Django
10 58 (17.79%) Flask
11 55 (16.87%) JavaScript
12 54 (16.56%) SQL
13 52 (15.95%) Mentoring
14 48 (14.72%) Serverless
14 48 (14.72%) Test Automation
15 47 (14.42%) Docker
16 46 (14.11%) Problem-Solving
17 45 (13.80%) Continuous Improvement
18 44 (13.50%) GitHub
19 43 (13.19%) OOP
20 39 (11.96%) FastAPI
21 37 (11.35%) OO
22 36 (11.04%) Azure
22 36 (11.04%) Fintech
22 36 (11.04%) TypeScript
23 33 (10.12%) REST
23 33 (10.12%) SDLC
24 31 (9.51%) Containerisation
24 31 (9.51%) Linux
25 29 (8.90%) HTML

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 19 (5.83%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.61%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 82 (25.15%) AWS
2 48 (14.72%) Serverless
3 44 (13.50%) GitHub
4 36 (11.04%) Azure
5 28 (8.59%) AWS Lambda
6 26 (7.98%) Amazon S3
6 26 (7.98%) SaaS
7 15 (4.60%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (4.29%) Amazon SQS
9 13 (3.99%) GCP
10 11 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.53%) Azure AI
12 4 (1.23%) Prefect
13 2 (0.61%) Amazon ECS
13 2 (0.61%) AWS Fargate
14 1 (0.31%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 1 (0.31%) Anthropic Claude
14 1 (0.31%) Azure AKS
14 1 (0.31%) Cloud Run
14 1 (0.31%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.92%) HTTP
1 3 (0.92%) RTP
1 3 (0.92%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.92%) VoIP
1 3 (0.92%) Wireshark
2 2 (0.61%) Broadband
3 1 (0.31%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.13%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (5.83%) Big Data
3 8 (2.45%) MongoDB
3 8 (2.45%) Relational Database
3 8 (2.45%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.15%) MySQL
5 4 (1.23%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.61%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.61%) Tick Data
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 18 (5.52%) Git
2 4 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.92%) GitLab
4 2 (0.61%) JIRA
4 2 (0.61%) Maven
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.31%) Selenium
5 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 67 (20.55%) Finance
1 67 (20.55%) Social Skills
2 38 (11.66%) Front Office
3 20 (6.13%) Tech for Good
4 18 (5.52%) Health Technology
5 16 (4.91%) Publishing
6 14 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.76%) Banking
7 9 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.76%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.84%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.23%) Aviation
10 3 (0.92%) Games
10 3 (0.92%) Retail
11 2 (0.61%) Marketing
11 2 (0.61%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.31%) Back Office
12 1 (0.31%) Electronics
12 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (26.38%) React
2 59 (18.10%) Django
3 58 (17.79%) Flask
4 39 (11.96%) FastAPI
5 33 (10.12%) REST
6 29 (8.90%) HTML
7 27 (8.28%) RESTful
8 24 (7.36%) Node.js
9 22 (6.75%) Kafka
10 21 (6.44%) CSS
11 20 (6.13%) Vue
12 19 (5.83%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 10 (3.07%) AngularJS
14 9 (2.76%) NumPy
14 9 (2.76%) Pandas
15 8 (2.45%) Redux
16 7 (2.15%) OAuth
16 7 (2.15%) OAuth2
17 6 (1.84%) .NET
18 5 (1.53%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 39 (11.96%) Data Structures
2 31 (9.51%) Equities
2 31 (9.51%) Hedge funds
3 29 (8.90%) Algorithms
4 19 (5.83%) Management Information System
5 17 (5.21%) Cloud Native
5 17 (5.21%) Fixed Income
6 15 (4.60%) Educational Technology
7 12 (3.68%) Product Ownership
8 10 (3.07%) PropTech
9 8 (2.45%) Derivative
9 8 (2.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.23%) PKI
12 2 (0.61%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.61%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.61%) NHS
12 2 (0.61%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 31 (9.51%) Linux
2 3 (0.92%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (33.13%) Software Engineering
2 72 (22.09%) Agile
3 71 (21.78%) Full-Stack Development
4 68 (20.86%) AI
5 64 (19.63%) CI/CD
6 52 (15.95%) Mentoring
7 48 (14.72%) Test Automation
8 46 (14.11%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (13.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 43 (13.19%) OOP
11 37 (11.35%) OO
12 36 (11.04%) Fintech
13 33 (10.12%) SDLC
14 31 (9.51%) Containerisation
15 27 (8.28%) Microservices
16 26 (7.98%) Computer Science
17 25 (7.67%) Code Quality
18 23 (7.06%) Clean Code
19 20 (6.13%) Acceptance Criteria
19 20 (6.13%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 326 (100.00%) Python
2 55 (16.87%) JavaScript
3 54 (16.56%) SQL
4 36 (11.04%) TypeScript
5 24 (7.36%) C++
6 11 (3.37%) Java
7 8 (2.45%) PHP
8 5 (1.53%) VBA
9 4 (1.23%) C
9 4 (1.23%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.61%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.61%) C#
10 2 (0.61%) Go
10 2 (0.61%) Scala
11 1 (0.31%) Perl
11 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.31%) Rust
11 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (5.21%) Degree
2 2 (0.61%) Azure Certification
2 2 (0.61%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.31%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.52%) QA
2 5 (1.53%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.61%) GDPR
4 2 (0.61%) PSD2
System Software
1 47 (14.42%) Docker
2 3 (0.92%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 23 (7.06%) Terraform
2 18 (5.52%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.92%) Argo
Vendors
1 11 (3.37%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.23%) Databricks
3 3 (0.92%) BT
3 3 (0.92%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.92%) Mitel
3 3 (0.92%) Oracle
4 2 (0.61%) Google
4 2 (0.61%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.61%) Solace
5 1 (0.31%) Foundry
5 1 (0.31%) SAP
5 1 (0.31%) UiPath