Senior Python Developer Job Trends in England

Senior Python Developer
UK > England

The median Senior Python Developer salary in England is £71,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 June 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 607 578 790
Rank change year-on-year -29 +212 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 88 68 71
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.10% 0.17% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.19% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 54 47 61
10th Percentile £60,000 - £52,500
25th Percentile £68,500 £64,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.94% -5.88% +21.43%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £110,000
90th Percentile £97,750 £87,500 £138,750
UK median annual salary £72,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -9.38% -5.88% +13.33%

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 79,179 36,002 90,573
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 89.97% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 55,726 21,020 67,065
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
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%

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Python Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Senior Python Developer job vacancy trend in England

Senior Python Developer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in England

Senior Python Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Python Developer in England over the 6 months to 22 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Python Developer in England

Senior 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 Senior Python Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 22 June 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 -21 62 £80,000 - 6
North of England -23 15 £70,000 +16.67% 1
Yorkshire -25 8 £66,250 +10.42%
East of England -11 6 £72,500 -3.33%
North East - 6 £75,000 - 1
West Midlands -17 2 £60,000 -14.29%
Midlands -28 2 £60,000 -14.29% 2
North West +2 1 £80,000 +33.33%
South East -24 1 - - 1
South West - 1 - -
Senior Python Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 June 2026, Senior 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 Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1 88 (100.00%) Python
2 43 (48.86%) AWS
3 33 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 27 (30.68%) AI
5 24 (27.27%) Software Engineering
6 21 (23.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (23.86%) Full-Stack Development
7 20 (22.73%) Linux
7 20 (22.73%) RESTful
8 19 (21.59%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 19 (21.59%) C++
8 19 (21.59%) Low Latency
8 19 (21.59%) OO
8 19 (21.59%) OOP
8 19 (21.59%) Order Management
9 15 (17.05%) API Design
9 15 (17.05%) CI/CD
9 15 (17.05%) Flask
9 15 (17.05%) Validation
10 13 (14.77%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (13.64%) Azure
11 12 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
12 11 (12.50%) Agile
12 11 (12.50%) AIOps
12 11 (12.50%) Broadband
12 11 (12.50%) Change Management
12 11 (12.50%) Generative AI
12 11 (12.50%) Go
12 11 (12.50%) Intelligent Automation
12 11 (12.50%) Machine Learning

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 43 (48.86%) AWS
2 12 (13.64%) Azure
3 10 (11.36%) SaaS
4 8 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
4 8 (9.09%) Serverless
5 4 (4.55%) Amazon ECS
5 4 (4.55%) Azure Service Bus
5 4 (4.55%) GitHub
6 2 (2.27%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (2.27%) AWS Fargate
6 2 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (2.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.14%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (12.50%) Broadband
2 4 (4.55%) MQTT
3 2 (2.27%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (14.77%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (12.50%) MongoDB
3 6 (6.82%) DynamoDB
3 6 (6.82%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (2.27%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Git
1 2 (2.27%) GitLab
1 2 (2.27%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (23.86%) Finance
2 19 (21.59%) Front Office
3 12 (13.64%) Health Technology
4 11 (12.50%) Games
5 10 (11.36%) Tech for Good
6 5 (5.68%) Social Skills
7 4 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.55%) Publishing
8 2 (2.27%) Banking
8 2 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.14%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.14%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (22.73%) RESTful
2 19 (21.59%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 15 (17.05%) Flask
4 10 (11.36%) React
4 10 (11.36%) Swagger
5 8 (9.09%) FastAPI
6 4 (4.55%) Django
6 4 (4.55%) Kafka
6 4 (4.55%) OpenAPI
6 4 (4.55%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (3.41%) Node.js
7 3 (3.41%) REST
7 3 (3.41%) Vue
8 2 (2.27%) .NET
8 2 (2.27%) Ajax
8 2 (2.27%) boto
8 2 (2.27%) Jinja
8 2 (2.27%) jQuery
8 2 (2.27%) OpenLayers
8 2 (2.27%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 26 (29.55%) Cloud Native
2 23 (26.14%) Algorithms
3 20 (22.73%) Data Structures
4 19 (21.59%) Equities
4 19 (21.59%) Hedge funds
4 19 (21.59%) Management Information System
5 12 (13.64%) Educational Technology
6 11 (12.50%) Low-Code
6 11 (12.50%) Video\Live Streaming
7 10 (11.36%) PropTech
8 9 (10.23%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (3.41%) NHS
10 2 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (2.27%) Product Ownership
10 2 (2.27%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (2.27%) Web Conferencing
11 1 (1.14%) Derivative
11 1 (1.14%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 20 (22.73%) Linux
2 1 (1.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (37.50%) Test Automation
2 27 (30.68%) AI
3 24 (27.27%) Software Engineering
4 21 (23.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (23.86%) Full-Stack Development
5 19 (21.59%) Low Latency
5 19 (21.59%) OO
5 19 (21.59%) OOP
5 19 (21.59%) Order Management
6 15 (17.05%) API Design
6 15 (17.05%) CI/CD
6 15 (17.05%) Validation
7 12 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
8 11 (12.50%) Agile
8 11 (12.50%) AIOps
8 11 (12.50%) Change Management
8 11 (12.50%) Generative AI
8 11 (12.50%) Intelligent Automation
8 11 (12.50%) Machine Learning
8 11 (12.50%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 88 (100.00%) Python
2 19 (21.59%) C++
3 11 (12.50%) Go
4 6 (6.82%) TypeScript
5 5 (5.68%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.14%) Bash
6 1 (1.14%) Bicep
6 1 (1.14%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (2.27%) AWS Certification
1 2 (2.27%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.82%) QA
System Software
1 7 (7.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (7.95%) Kubernetes