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 30 May 2026.

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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 395 396
Rank change year-on-year +41 +1 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 392 249 517
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 0.64% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.72% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 321 199 464
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £64,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -10.53% +8.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £136,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £137,500 £146,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% -5.56% +5.88%

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 77,699 34,696 83,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 89.68% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 52,970 19,964 62,604
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,615 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% +9.52% -13.65%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 30 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 30 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 -4 234 £90,000 +2.86% 18
North of England +2 70 £62,500 +4.17% 7
Yorkshire -10 43 £70,000 +16.67% 3
South East +13 41 £70,000 +55.56% 8
South West - 23 £50,000 -
North West +12 18 £45,000 -25.00% 3
Midlands -23 17 £57,500 -8.00%
East Midlands -11 11 £60,000 +9.09%
North East - 9 £70,000 - 1
East of England -13 6 £70,000 -6.67%
West Midlands -31 6 £55,000 -21.43%
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 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.

1 392 (100.00%) Python
2 119 (30.36%) Software Engineering
3 100 (25.51%) Full-Stack Development
4 91 (23.21%) AI
5 90 (22.96%) AWS
6 68 (17.35%) Agile
7 60 (15.31%) React
8 53 (13.52%) Flask
9 52 (13.27%) CI/CD
10 49 (12.50%) JavaScript
11 48 (12.24%) SQL
12 45 (11.48%) Test Automation
13 44 (11.22%) TypeScript
14 43 (10.97%) Docker
15 41 (10.46%) Django
16 37 (9.44%) FastAPI
16 37 (9.44%) OOP
17 36 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
17 36 (9.18%) Linux
17 36 (9.18%) OO
18 34 (8.67%) Azure
19 32 (8.16%) Fintech
19 32 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
20 31 (7.91%) REST
21 30 (7.65%) C++
21 30 (7.65%) SDLC
22 29 (7.40%) Mentoring
22 29 (7.40%) PostgreSQL
23 28 (7.14%) Kubernetes
24 27 (6.89%) RESTful

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 16 (4.08%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.51%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.26%) Apache
4 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 90 (22.96%) AWS
2 34 (8.67%) Azure
3 27 (6.89%) SaaS
4 26 (6.63%) Serverless
5 24 (6.12%) GitHub
6 19 (4.85%) AWS Lambda
7 15 (3.83%) Amazon S3
7 15 (3.83%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (2.81%) GCP
10 5 (1.28%) Prefect
11 4 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.02%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (0.77%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (0.77%) Amazon SQS
12 3 (0.77%) AWS Fargate
13 2 (0.51%) AWS CodePipeline
13 2 (0.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 2 (0.51%) Azure Functions
13 2 (0.51%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.55%) Broadband
2 3 (0.77%) HTTP
2 3 (0.77%) RTP
2 3 (0.77%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.77%) VoIP
2 3 (0.77%) Wireshark
3 2 (0.51%) Firewall
3 2 (0.51%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.40%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (3.83%) Big Data
3 14 (3.57%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.53%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.28%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.28%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.77%) MySQL
8 2 (0.51%) GIS
9 1 (0.26%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.12%) Git
2 5 (1.28%) GitLab
3 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.26%) Poetry
4 1 (0.26%) Selenium
General
1 61 (15.56%) Finance
2 44 (11.22%) Social Skills
3 43 (10.97%) Front Office
4 18 (4.59%) Tech for Good
5 14 (3.57%) Health Technology
6 13 (3.32%) Banking
7 11 (2.81%) Games
8 7 (1.79%) Publishing
9 6 (1.53%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.28%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.02%) Aviation
12 2 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.26%) Automotive
13 1 (0.26%) Back Office
13 1 (0.26%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.26%) Law
13 1 (0.26%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (15.31%) React
2 53 (13.52%) Flask
3 41 (10.46%) Django
4 37 (9.44%) FastAPI
5 31 (7.91%) REST
6 27 (6.89%) RESTful
7 26 (6.63%) Node.js
8 25 (6.38%) NumPy
9 24 (6.12%) Pandas
10 23 (5.87%) Vue
11 20 (5.10%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 20 (5.10%) HTML
11 20 (5.10%) Kafka
12 16 (4.08%) CSS
13 10 (2.55%) AngularJS
14 8 (2.04%) .NET
14 8 (2.04%) Redux
15 6 (1.53%) PyTorch
15 6 (1.53%) SQLAlchemy
15 6 (1.53%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 51 (13.01%) Algorithms
2 34 (8.67%) Hedge funds
3 31 (7.91%) Cloud Native
4 30 (7.65%) Data Structures
4 30 (7.65%) Equities
5 22 (5.61%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (5.61%) Fixed Income
6 20 (5.10%) Management Information System
7 17 (4.34%) Educational Technology
8 13 (3.32%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (2.81%) Product Ownership
10 10 (2.55%) Derivative
10 10 (2.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (2.55%) Low-Code
10 10 (2.55%) PropTech
10 10 (2.55%) Video\Live Streaming
11 7 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
13 4 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.02%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.18%) Linux
2 3 (0.77%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (30.36%) Software Engineering
2 100 (25.51%) Full-Stack Development
3 91 (23.21%) AI
4 68 (17.35%) Agile
5 52 (13.27%) CI/CD
6 45 (11.48%) Test Automation
7 37 (9.44%) OOP
8 36 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (9.18%) OO
9 32 (8.16%) Fintech
9 32 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (7.65%) SDLC
11 29 (7.40%) Mentoring
12 25 (6.38%) Containerisation
13 23 (5.87%) Clean Code
13 23 (5.87%) Computer Vision
13 23 (5.87%) Microservices
14 22 (5.61%) Computer Science
14 22 (5.61%) Deep Learning
14 22 (5.61%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 392 (100.00%) Python
2 49 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 48 (12.24%) SQL
4 44 (11.22%) TypeScript
5 30 (7.65%) C++
6 10 (2.55%) Go
6 10 (2.55%) PHP
7 9 (2.30%) Java
8 5 (1.28%) C#
9 4 (1.02%) C
10 3 (0.77%) Bash
10 3 (0.77%) Perl
10 3 (0.77%) VBA
11 2 (0.51%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.51%) Rust
11 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.26%) Bicep
12 1 (0.26%) Haskell
12 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (4.08%) Degree
2 8 (2.04%) SC Cleared
2 8 (2.04%) Security Cleared
3 3 (0.77%) AWS Certification
4 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.06%) QA
2 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.77%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
System Software
1 43 (10.97%) Docker
2 3 (0.77%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 28 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.57%) Terraform
3 3 (0.77%) Argo
4 2 (0.51%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (2.04%) Databricks
2 6 (1.53%) Microsoft
3 3 (0.77%) BT
3 3 (0.77%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.77%) Mitel
3 3 (0.77%) Oracle
4 2 (0.51%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.26%) Google