Senior Python Developer Job Trends in Leeds

Senior Python Developer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Senior Python Developer salary in Leeds is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - -
75th Percentile £80,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £77,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 1,141 1,098 1,268
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.81% 97.09%
Number of salaries quoted 760 639 930
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,656 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,688 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £86,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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 Leeds.

Senior Python Developer job vacancy trend in Leeds

Senior Python Developer
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, 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 Leeds region featuring Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Django
1 4 (100.00%) FastAPI
1 4 (100.00%) Flask
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) AWS
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) CSS
2 3 (75.00%) Design Patterns
2 3 (75.00%) Docker
2 3 (75.00%) HTML
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) React
2 3 (75.00%) Serverless
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Terraform
3 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (50.00%) Vue
4 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
4 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
4 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (25.00%) Kanban
4 1 (25.00%) OOP
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Software Architecture

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) Serverless
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Django
1 4 (100.00%) FastAPI
1 4 (100.00%) Flask
2 3 (75.00%) CSS
2 3 (75.00%) HTML
2 3 (75.00%) React
3 2 (50.00%) Vue
4 1 (25.00%) SQLAlchemy
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (75.00%) Design Patterns
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) OOP
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Software Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Terraform