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 11 March 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 349 378
Rank change year-on-year -12 +29 +62
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 311 286 475
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.73% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.80% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 249 215 444
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,500 £51,075
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £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 £121,500 £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 59,237 35,681 69,690
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.80% 90.61% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 38,503 20,963 55,094
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,000
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 11 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 11 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 +13 202 £90,000 +5.88% 63
North of England -6 35 £70,000 +1.00% 15
South East 0 31 £70,000 +12.00% 21
Midlands -3 30 £65,000 +18.18% 2
Yorkshire -16 27 £75,000 +11.11% 10
East Midlands -33 16 £65,000 +18.18% 1
West Midlands +7 14 £75,000 +28.42% 1
North West -5 8 £40,000 -42.29% 3
South West -17 7 £55,000 - 12
East of England -11 2 £50,000 -41.18% 10
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 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.

1 311 (100.00%) Python
2 106 (34.08%) Software Engineering
3 89 (28.62%) React
4 80 (25.72%) AWS
5 71 (22.83%) Agile
6 69 (22.19%) Full-Stack Development
7 65 (20.90%) AI
8 62 (19.94%) CI/CD
9 59 (18.97%) Django
10 56 (18.01%) JavaScript
11 55 (17.68%) Flask
12 54 (17.36%) SQL
13 51 (16.40%) Mentoring
14 48 (15.43%) Problem-Solving
15 47 (15.11%) Serverless
15 47 (15.11%) Test Automation
16 43 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
16 43 (13.83%) GitHub
17 42 (13.50%) Docker
18 41 (13.18%) OOP
19 39 (12.54%) FastAPI
20 38 (12.22%) TypeScript
21 37 (11.90%) Azure
21 37 (11.90%) Fintech
22 35 (11.25%) OO
23 31 (9.97%) REST
23 31 (9.97%) SDLC
24 30 (9.65%) Containerisation
25 28 (9.00%) AWS Lambda
25 28 (9.00%) 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 (6.11%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.64%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 80 (25.72%) AWS
2 47 (15.11%) Serverless
3 43 (13.83%) GitHub
4 37 (11.90%) Azure
5 28 (9.00%) AWS Lambda
6 26 (8.36%) Amazon S3
7 25 (8.04%) SaaS
8 15 (4.82%) GCP
8 15 (4.82%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (4.50%) Amazon SQS
10 10 (3.22%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.61%) Azure AI
12 2 (0.64%) Amazon ECS
12 2 (0.64%) AWS Fargate
12 2 (0.64%) dbt
13 1 (0.32%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 1 (0.32%) Azure AKS
13 1 (0.32%) Cloud Run
13 1 (0.32%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.96%) HTTP
1 3 (0.96%) RTP
1 3 (0.96%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.96%) VoIP
1 3 (0.96%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.32%) Broadband
2 1 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.75%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (5.79%) Big Data
3 8 (2.57%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.25%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.25%) MySQL
4 7 (2.25%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.29%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.64%) Apache Arrow
6 2 (0.64%) Apache Iceberg
6 2 (0.64%) Dremio
6 2 (0.64%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.64%) Tick Data
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 15 (4.82%) Git
2 4 (1.29%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.96%) GitLab
4 2 (0.64%) JIRA
4 2 (0.64%) Maven
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.32%) Selenium
5 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 71 (22.83%) Finance
2 66 (21.22%) Social Skills
3 39 (12.54%) Front Office
4 19 (6.11%) Tech for Good
5 18 (5.79%) Health Technology
6 16 (5.14%) Publishing
7 14 (4.50%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (3.54%) Banking
9 9 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.57%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.93%) Analytical Skills
12 4 (1.29%) Aviation
13 3 (0.96%) Retail
14 2 (0.64%) Games
14 2 (0.64%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.64%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.32%) Back Office
15 1 (0.32%) Electronics
15 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (28.62%) React
2 59 (18.97%) Django
3 55 (17.68%) Flask
4 39 (12.54%) FastAPI
5 31 (9.97%) REST
6 28 (9.00%) HTML
7 27 (8.68%) RESTful
8 25 (8.04%) Node.js
9 21 (6.75%) Kafka
10 20 (6.43%) Vue
11 19 (6.11%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 19 (6.11%) CSS
12 12 (3.86%) AngularJS
13 8 (2.57%) Redux
14 7 (2.25%) OAuth
14 7 (2.25%) OAuth2
15 5 (1.61%) .NET
15 5 (1.61%) NumPy
15 5 (1.61%) Pandas
15 5 (1.61%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 38 (12.22%) Data Structures
2 33 (10.61%) Equities
3 29 (9.32%) Hedge funds
4 22 (7.07%) Algorithms
5 19 (6.11%) Management Information System
6 17 (5.47%) Fixed Income
7 14 (4.50%) Cloud Native
8 13 (4.18%) Educational Technology
9 11 (3.54%) Product Ownership
10 10 (3.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (2.89%) PropTech
12 8 (2.57%) Derivative
13 4 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.29%) PKI
14 2 (0.64%) Grid Computing
14 2 (0.64%) NHS
14 2 (0.64%) Onboarding
15 1 (0.32%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.36%) Linux
2 3 (0.96%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (34.08%) Software Engineering
2 71 (22.83%) Agile
3 69 (22.19%) Full-Stack Development
4 65 (20.90%) AI
5 62 (19.94%) CI/CD
6 51 (16.40%) Mentoring
7 48 (15.43%) Problem-Solving
8 47 (15.11%) Test Automation
9 43 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
10 41 (13.18%) OOP
11 37 (11.90%) Fintech
12 35 (11.25%) OO
13 31 (9.97%) SDLC
14 30 (9.65%) Containerisation
15 25 (8.04%) Code Quality
15 25 (8.04%) Computer Science
15 25 (8.04%) Microservices
16 23 (7.40%) Clean Code
17 21 (6.75%) Order Management
18 20 (6.43%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 311 (100.00%) Python
2 56 (18.01%) JavaScript
3 54 (17.36%) SQL
4 38 (12.22%) TypeScript
5 26 (8.36%) C++
6 10 (3.22%) Java
7 7 (2.25%) PHP
8 5 (1.61%) VBA
9 4 (1.29%) C
9 4 (1.29%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.64%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.64%) Scala
11 1 (0.32%) Go
11 1 (0.32%) Perl
11 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (3.86%) Degree
2 2 (0.64%) Azure Certification
2 2 (0.64%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.32%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.32%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.47%) QA
2 5 (1.61%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.64%) GDPR
4 2 (0.64%) PSD2
System Software
1 42 (13.50%) Docker
2 3 (0.96%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 22 (7.07%) Terraform
2 18 (5.79%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.96%) Argo
Vendors
1 10 (3.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.96%) BT
2 3 (0.96%) Fortinet
2 3 (0.96%) Mitel
2 3 (0.96%) Oracle
3 2 (0.64%) Google
3 2 (0.64%) Salesforce
3 2 (0.64%) Solace
4 1 (0.32%) Foundry
4 1 (0.32%) SAP
4 1 (0.32%) UiPath