Python Developer Job Trends

Python Developer
UK

The median Python Developer salary in the UK is £76,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 March 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 375 414
Rank change year-on-year -7 +39 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 362 261 525
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.64% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.71% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 290 213 478
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £80,000 £88,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.86% +10.94%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £124,375
90th Percentile £140,000 £122,500 £150,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 72,784 36,840 84,649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 89.99% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 46,735 23,216 63,790
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%

Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Python Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Python Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Python Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Python Developer job vacancies in the UK

Python Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python Developer over the 6 months to 31 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Python Developer in the UK

Python Developer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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
England +28 351 £76,000 -7.88% 90
London -3 217 £90,000 +5.88% 45
UK excluding London +23 136 £70,000 +7.69% 50
Work from Home +10 125 £75,000 -11.76% 36
North of England -18 47 £70,000 +1.00% 20
Yorkshire -10 38 £75,000 +11.11% 15
South East -3 36 £70,000 +14.29% 9
Midlands -11 32 £65,000 +18.18% 3
East Midlands -41 17 £65,000 +18.18%
West Midlands +2 15 £60,000 -13.43% 3
South West -26 15 £50,250 -26.91% 11
North West -15 8 £40,000 -40.44% 3
Scotland -30 4 £90,000 +20.00% 2
East of England -32 2 £50,000 -41.18% 4
North East -19 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 featuring Python Developer in the job title.

1 362 (100.00%) Python
2 114 (31.49%) Software Engineering
3 90 (24.86%) AWS
4 86 (23.76%) React
5 84 (23.20%) Full-Stack Development
6 80 (22.10%) AI
7 79 (21.82%) Agile
8 70 (19.34%) CI/CD
9 64 (17.68%) Django
10 61 (16.85%) Flask
11 59 (16.30%) JavaScript
11 59 (16.30%) SQL
12 53 (14.64%) Mentoring
12 53 (14.64%) Test Automation
13 49 (13.54%) Docker
13 49 (13.54%) Serverless
14 48 (13.26%) Continuous Improvement
15 46 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
16 45 (12.43%) OOP
17 44 (12.15%) GitHub
18 42 (11.60%) FastAPI
19 41 (11.33%) Azure
19 41 (11.33%) OO
20 38 (10.50%) Fintech
20 38 (10.50%) TypeScript
21 36 (9.94%) REST
22 35 (9.67%) SDLC
23 32 (8.84%) Linux
24 31 (8.56%) Containerisation
24 31 (8.56%) Microservices

Python Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 21 (5.80%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.55%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.28%) Apache
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 90 (24.86%) AWS
2 49 (13.54%) Serverless
3 44 (12.15%) GitHub
4 41 (11.33%) Azure
5 30 (8.29%) AWS Lambda
6 28 (7.73%) Amazon S3
7 26 (7.18%) SaaS
8 16 (4.42%) Amazon SQS
9 15 (4.14%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (3.59%) GCP
11 12 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.21%) Azure AI
13 4 (1.10%) Prefect
14 3 (0.83%) Amazon ECS
15 2 (0.55%) AWS Fargate
15 2 (0.55%) Azure AKS
15 2 (0.55%) GitHub Copilot
16 1 (0.28%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 1 (0.28%) Azure Cognitive Search
16 1 (0.28%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.83%) Broadband
1 3 (0.83%) HTTP
1 3 (0.83%) RTP
1 3 (0.83%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.83%) VoIP
1 3 (0.83%) Wireshark
2 2 (0.55%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.08%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (5.80%) Big Data
3 9 (2.49%) MongoDB
3 9 (2.49%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.21%) MySQL
4 8 (2.21%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.55%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.55%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.55%) Tick Data
6 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 19 (5.25%) Git
2 4 (1.10%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.83%) GitLab
4 2 (0.55%) JIRA
4 2 (0.55%) Maven
4 2 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.28%) MLflow
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 71 (19.61%) Finance
1 71 (19.61%) Social Skills
2 40 (11.05%) Front Office
3 20 (5.52%) Tech for Good
4 17 (4.70%) Health Technology
5 16 (4.42%) Publishing
6 14 (3.87%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (3.59%) Public Sector
8 9 (2.49%) Banking
8 9 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.66%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.10%) Aviation
10 4 (1.10%) Games
11 3 (0.83%) Retail
12 2 (0.55%) Marketing
12 2 (0.55%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.28%) Back Office
13 1 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (23.76%) React
2 64 (17.68%) Django
3 61 (16.85%) Flask
4 42 (11.60%) FastAPI
5 36 (9.94%) REST
6 30 (8.29%) HTML
6 30 (8.29%) RESTful
7 27 (7.46%) Vue
8 26 (7.18%) Node.js
9 24 (6.63%) CSS
9 24 (6.63%) Kafka
10 20 (5.52%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 14 (3.87%) NumPy
11 14 (3.87%) Pandas
12 11 (3.04%) AngularJS
13 8 (2.21%) Redux
14 7 (1.93%) OAuth
14 7 (1.93%) OAuth2
15 6 (1.66%) .NET
15 6 (1.66%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 39 (10.77%) Data Structures
2 37 (10.22%) Algorithms
3 33 (9.12%) Hedge funds
4 32 (8.84%) Equities
5 25 (6.91%) Cloud Native
6 20 (5.52%) Management Information System
7 19 (5.25%) Fixed Income
8 17 (4.70%) Educational Technology
9 13 (3.59%) Product Ownership
10 10 (2.76%) PropTech
11 9 (2.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (2.21%) Derivative
12 8 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (1.10%) Mobile App
14 4 (1.10%) NHS
15 3 (0.83%) Low-Code
15 3 (0.83%) PKI
15 3 (0.83%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.84%) Linux
2 3 (0.83%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (31.49%) Software Engineering
2 84 (23.20%) Full-Stack Development
3 80 (22.10%) AI
4 79 (21.82%) Agile
5 70 (19.34%) CI/CD
6 53 (14.64%) Mentoring
6 53 (14.64%) Test Automation
7 48 (13.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 46 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (12.43%) OOP
10 41 (11.33%) OO
11 38 (10.50%) Fintech
12 35 (9.67%) SDLC
13 31 (8.56%) Containerisation
13 31 (8.56%) Microservices
14 27 (7.46%) Clean Code
14 27 (7.46%) Computer Science
15 25 (6.91%) Code Quality
16 24 (6.63%) Infrastructure as Code
17 21 (5.80%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 362 (100.00%) Python
2 59 (16.30%) JavaScript
2 59 (16.30%) SQL
3 38 (10.50%) TypeScript
4 24 (6.63%) C++
5 12 (3.31%) Java
6 11 (3.04%) PHP
7 5 (1.38%) VBA
8 4 (1.10%) C
8 4 (1.10%) C#
8 4 (1.10%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.83%) Go
10 2 (0.55%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.55%) Scala
11 1 (0.28%) Perl
11 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.28%) Ruby
11 1 (0.28%) Rust
11 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (4.42%) Degree
2 2 (0.55%) Azure Certification
2 2 (0.55%) SC Cleared
2 2 (0.55%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.25%) QA
2 5 (1.38%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.55%) GDPR
4 2 (0.55%) PSD2
5 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
System Software
1 49 (13.54%) Docker
2 3 (0.83%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 23 (6.35%) Terraform
2 21 (5.80%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.83%) Argo
4 1 (0.28%) Grafana
Vendors
1 15 (4.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.38%) Databricks
3 3 (0.83%) BT
3 3 (0.83%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.83%) Mitel
3 3 (0.83%) Oracle
4 2 (0.55%) Foundry
4 2 (0.55%) Google
4 2 (0.55%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.55%) Solace
5 1 (0.28%) SAP