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 3 February 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 396 346
Rank change year-on-year +49 -50 +78
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 303 291 494
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.54% 0.63% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.68% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 239 197 459
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £77,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -8.82% +3.03%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £128,750
90th Percentile £140,000 £110,000 £150,000
UK median annual salary £76,000 £76,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year - -7.88% +3.13%

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 51,483 42,527 61,999
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.08% 91.78% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 32,822 21,999 49,640
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%

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 February 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 February 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 +39 203 £80,000 -5.88% 53
Midlands +29 32 £67,500 +22.73% 7
North of England +9 31 £75,000 +11.68% 8
South East +32 28 £70,000 +11.11% 10
Yorkshire -1 22 £75,000 -9.09% 4
East Midlands +2 17 £65,000 +18.18% 3
West Midlands +39 15 £90,000 +54.10% 4
North West +21 9 £40,000 -40.44% 4
South West -4 4 £60,000 +2.13% 7
East of England +5 1 £50,000 -41.18% 2
Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 February 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.

1 303 (100.00%) Python
2 101 (33.33%) React
3 99 (32.67%) Software Engineering
4 90 (29.70%) AWS
5 89 (29.37%) Agile
6 73 (24.09%) CI/CD
7 65 (21.45%) AI
7 65 (21.45%) Full-Stack Development
8 59 (19.47%) Django
9 57 (18.81%) Problem-Solving
10 56 (18.48%) Flask
10 56 (18.48%) JavaScript
10 56 (18.48%) SQL
11 55 (18.15%) TypeScript
12 54 (17.82%) Test Automation
13 51 (16.83%) Docker
13 51 (16.83%) Serverless
14 47 (15.51%) Mentoring
15 45 (14.85%) Azure
15 45 (14.85%) GitHub
16 41 (13.53%) FastAPI
17 40 (13.20%) OOP
18 39 (12.87%) Continuous Improvement
19 36 (11.88%) Node.js
20 35 (11.55%) Fintech
20 35 (11.55%) REST
21 34 (11.22%) Containerisation
22 32 (10.56%) AWS Lambda
22 32 (10.56%) Order Management
22 32 (10.56%) 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 15 (4.95%) Apache Spark
2 14 (4.62%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.98%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.32%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.33%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 90 (29.70%) AWS
2 51 (16.83%) Serverless
3 45 (14.85%) Azure
3 45 (14.85%) GitHub
4 32 (10.56%) AWS Lambda
5 26 (8.58%) Amazon S3
6 23 (7.59%) GCP
7 18 (5.94%) SaaS
8 14 (4.62%) Amazon SQS
8 14 (4.62%) dbt
9 13 (4.29%) Azure AI
9 13 (4.29%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (2.64%) n8n
11 8 (2.64%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (0.66%) Copilot Studio
13 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.66%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.33%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.99%) HTTP
1 3 (0.99%) RTP
1 3 (0.99%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.99%) VoIP
1 3 (0.99%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (8.91%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (5.28%) NoSQL
3 14 (4.62%) Amazon Athena
3 14 (4.62%) Apache Arrow
3 14 (4.62%) Apache Iceberg
3 14 (4.62%) Big Data
3 14 (4.62%) Dremio
4 10 (3.30%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.31%) MySQL
6 6 (1.98%) DynamoDB
6 6 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.98%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.98%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.32%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.99%) Tick Data
9 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (4.62%) Git
2 3 (0.99%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.66%) JIRA
3 2 (0.66%) Maven
4 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 79 (26.07%) Finance
2 59 (19.47%) Social Skills
3 41 (13.53%) Front Office
4 22 (7.26%) Health Technology
4 22 (7.26%) Publishing
5 21 (6.93%) Tech for Good
6 14 (4.62%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.63%) Banking
8 11 (3.63%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.31%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (2.31%) Legal
10 6 (1.98%) Marketing
11 5 (1.65%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.32%) Electronics
12 4 (1.32%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.32%) Retail
13 3 (0.99%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.66%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (33.33%) React
2 59 (19.47%) Django
3 56 (18.48%) Flask
4 41 (13.53%) FastAPI
5 36 (11.88%) Node.js
6 35 (11.55%) REST
7 32 (10.56%) RESTful
8 29 (9.57%) HTML
9 28 (9.24%) Vue
10 21 (6.93%) AngularJS
11 19 (6.27%) CSS
11 19 (6.27%) NumPy
11 19 (6.27%) Pandas
12 18 (5.94%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 16 (5.28%) Kafka
14 14 (4.62%) SciPy
15 10 (3.30%) LangChain
16 7 (2.31%) OAuth
16 7 (2.31%) OAuth2
16 7 (2.31%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.88%) Data Structures
1 36 (11.88%) Equities
2 26 (8.58%) Hedge funds
3 21 (6.93%) Algorithms
4 19 (6.27%) Management Information System
5 16 (5.28%) Cloud Native
5 16 (5.28%) Fixed Income
5 16 (5.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 10 (3.30%) Educational Technology
6 10 (3.30%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.64%) AI Agents
7 8 (2.64%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.32%) PKI
9 4 (1.32%) PropTech
10 3 (0.99%) Grid Computing
11 1 (0.33%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.33%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 25 (8.25%) Linux
2 3 (0.99%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (32.67%) Software Engineering
2 89 (29.37%) Agile
3 73 (24.09%) CI/CD
4 65 (21.45%) AI
4 65 (21.45%) Full-Stack Development
5 57 (18.81%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (17.82%) Test Automation
7 47 (15.51%) Mentoring
8 40 (13.20%) OOP
9 39 (12.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (11.55%) Fintech
11 34 (11.22%) Containerisation
12 32 (10.56%) Order Management
13 31 (10.23%) OO
14 28 (9.24%) Clean Code
15 26 (8.58%) TDD
16 24 (7.92%) Microservices
16 24 (7.92%) Scrum
17 23 (7.59%) Code Quality
17 23 (7.59%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 303 (100.00%) Python
2 56 (18.48%) JavaScript
2 56 (18.48%) SQL
3 55 (18.15%) TypeScript
4 30 (9.90%) C++
5 12 (3.96%) Java
6 6 (1.98%) PHP
7 5 (1.65%) VBA
8 4 (1.32%) C
8 4 (1.32%) C#
9 3 (0.99%) Bicep
10 2 (0.66%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.66%) Scala
11 1 (0.33%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (4.62%) Degree
2 6 (1.98%) Security Cleared
3 5 (1.65%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.66%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.66%) PhD
5 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.92%) QA
2 5 (1.65%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.66%) GDPR
4 2 (0.66%) PSD2
System Software
1 51 (16.83%) Docker
2 3 (0.99%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 25 (8.25%) Terraform
2 24 (7.92%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.99%) Argo
4 1 (0.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 18 (5.94%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.64%) OpenAI
3 6 (1.98%) iManage
4 5 (1.65%) Google
5 4 (1.32%) SAP
6 3 (0.99%) BT
6 3 (0.99%) Fortinet
6 3 (0.99%) Mitel
7 2 (0.66%) Oracle
7 2 (0.66%) Solace
8 1 (0.33%) Databricks
8 1 (0.33%) Foundry
8 1 (0.33%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.33%) UiPath