Senior Python Developer Job Trends in Scotland

Senior Python Developer
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Python Developer salary in Scotland is £58,565 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 July 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 - 253
Rank change year-on-year - - -70
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.030% - 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% - 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,555 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,565 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.18%
75th Percentile £63,576 - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £72,500 £80,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -9.38% -3.03% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 3,137 1,999 6,018
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 83.82% 96.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,700 869 2,889
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,929 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,813 £37,500 £39,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,788 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.93% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £93,778 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -12.50%

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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 Scotland.

Senior Python Developer job vacancy trend in Scotland

Senior Python Developer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in Scotland

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

For the 6 months to 3 July 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 Scotland region featuring Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon SQS
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) Async-Await
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CDK
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Dagster
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) FastAPI
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon SQS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) Dagster
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) MLflow
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CDK
1 1 (100.00%) FastAPI
1 1 (100.00%) Hugging Face
1 1 (100.00%) JWT
1 1 (100.00%) NumPy
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (100.00%) OpenCV
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) SQLAlchemy
1 1 (100.00%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform