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 9 February 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 416 372
Rank change year-on-year +37 -44 +65
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 318 299 534
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.59% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.65% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 252 201 496
10th Percentile £50,125 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £77,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -8.82% +6.25%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £125,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £110,000 £150,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £62,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.55% +4.58% -

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 59,580 46,251 70,577
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.08% 91.84% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 37,171 23,847 55,273
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,500
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 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 9 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Python Developer in the UK

Python Developer
Top 14 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 9 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
England +47 312 £76,000 -1.94% 88
London +39 211 £85,000 - 50
Work from Home +47 132 £76,000 -7.88% 43
UK excluding London +36 100 £70,000 +11.55% 49
Midlands +27 32 £67,500 +22.73% 8
North of England +16 32 £75,000 +8.21% 15
South East +19 28 £70,000 +11.11% 6
Yorkshire -8 23 £75,000 -9.09% 9
East Midlands -14 17 £65,000 +18.18% 4
West Midlands +38 15 £90,000 +54.10% 4
North West +23 9 £40,000 -42.29% 6
South West -14 4 £60,000 +9.09% 8
Scotland -15 3 £90,000 +20.00% 9
East of England +6 1 £50,000 -41.18% 2

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 featuring Python Developer in the job title.

1 318 (100.00%) Python
2 105 (33.02%) Software Engineering
3 104 (32.70%) React
4 94 (29.56%) AWS
5 90 (28.30%) Agile
6 75 (23.58%) AI
6 75 (23.58%) CI/CD
7 68 (21.38%) Full-Stack Development
8 60 (18.87%) Django
8 60 (18.87%) JavaScript
9 59 (18.55%) Problem-Solving
10 58 (18.24%) Flask
10 58 (18.24%) SQL
11 57 (17.92%) TypeScript
12 53 (16.67%) Test Automation
13 52 (16.35%) Azure
13 52 (16.35%) Docker
14 49 (15.41%) Mentoring
14 49 (15.41%) Serverless
15 46 (14.47%) GitHub
16 43 (13.52%) FastAPI
17 41 (12.89%) OOP
18 40 (12.58%) Continuous Improvement
19 39 (12.26%) Node.js
20 38 (11.95%) Fintech
21 36 (11.32%) REST
22 35 (11.01%) Containerisation
23 31 (9.75%) OO
23 31 (9.75%) Order Management
23 31 (9.75%) RESTful

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 16 (5.03%) Apache Spark
2 15 (4.72%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.89%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.57%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.31%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 94 (29.56%) AWS
2 52 (16.35%) Azure
3 49 (15.41%) Serverless
4 46 (14.47%) GitHub
5 30 (9.43%) AWS Lambda
6 26 (8.18%) Amazon S3
7 25 (7.86%) GCP
8 20 (6.29%) SaaS
9 16 (5.03%) Azure AI
10 14 (4.40%) Amazon SQS
10 14 (4.40%) dbt
11 13 (4.09%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (2.52%) n8n
13 8 (2.52%) Power Platform
14 6 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
15 2 (0.63%) Copilot Studio
15 2 (0.63%) GitHub Copilot
15 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
15 2 (0.63%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.94%) HTTP
1 3 (0.94%) RTP
1 3 (0.94%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.94%) VoIP
1 3 (0.94%) Wireshark
2 2 (0.63%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.43%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (5.03%) NoSQL
3 15 (4.72%) Big Data
4 14 (4.40%) Amazon Athena
4 14 (4.40%) Apache Arrow
4 14 (4.40%) Apache Iceberg
4 14 (4.40%) Dremio
5 10 (3.14%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.20%) MySQL
7 6 (1.89%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.89%) SQL Server
8 4 (1.26%) DynamoDB
8 4 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.26%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.63%) Tick Data
10 1 (0.31%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (4.40%) Git
2 3 (0.94%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.63%) JIRA
3 2 (0.63%) Maven
3 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.31%) GitLab
General
1 83 (26.10%) Finance
2 62 (19.50%) Social Skills
3 43 (13.52%) Front Office
4 20 (6.29%) Health Technology
4 20 (6.29%) Publishing
5 19 (5.97%) Tech for Good
6 14 (4.40%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.77%) Banking
7 12 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.46%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.20%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (2.20%) Legal
10 5 (1.57%) Marketing
10 5 (1.57%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.26%) Electronics
11 4 (1.26%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.26%) Retail
12 3 (0.94%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.63%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (32.70%) React
2 60 (18.87%) Django
3 58 (18.24%) Flask
4 43 (13.52%) FastAPI
5 39 (12.26%) Node.js
6 36 (11.32%) REST
7 31 (9.75%) RESTful
8 29 (9.12%) HTML
8 29 (9.12%) Vue
9 22 (6.92%) AngularJS
10 19 (5.97%) CSS
10 19 (5.97%) NumPy
10 19 (5.97%) Pandas
11 17 (5.35%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 17 (5.35%) Kafka
12 14 (4.40%) SciPy
13 10 (3.14%) LangChain
14 7 (2.20%) OAuth
14 7 (2.20%) OAuth2
14 7 (2.20%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.64%) Equities
2 36 (11.32%) Data Structures
3 25 (7.86%) Hedge funds
4 20 (6.29%) Algorithms
5 19 (5.97%) Fixed Income
6 18 (5.66%) Cloud Native
7 17 (5.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 17 (5.35%) Management Information System
8 10 (3.14%) Educational Technology
8 10 (3.14%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.52%) AI Agents
9 8 (2.52%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.57%) PropTech
11 4 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.26%) PKI
12 3 (0.94%) Grid Computing
13 2 (0.63%) Derivative
13 2 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
14 1 (0.31%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.55%) Linux
2 3 (0.94%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (33.02%) Software Engineering
2 90 (28.30%) Agile
3 75 (23.58%) AI
3 75 (23.58%) CI/CD
4 68 (21.38%) Full-Stack Development
5 59 (18.55%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (16.67%) Test Automation
7 49 (15.41%) Mentoring
8 41 (12.89%) OOP
9 40 (12.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 38 (11.95%) Fintech
11 35 (11.01%) Containerisation
12 31 (9.75%) OO
12 31 (9.75%) Order Management
13 30 (9.43%) Clean Code
14 26 (8.18%) Microservices
15 24 (7.55%) Code Quality
15 24 (7.55%) Investment Management
15 24 (7.55%) TDD
16 23 (7.23%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 318 (100.00%) Python
2 60 (18.87%) JavaScript
3 58 (18.24%) SQL
4 57 (17.92%) TypeScript
5 28 (8.81%) C++
6 13 (4.09%) Java
7 6 (1.89%) PHP
8 5 (1.57%) VBA
9 4 (1.26%) C
9 4 (1.26%) C#
10 3 (0.94%) Bicep
10 3 (0.94%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.63%) Scala
12 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (4.40%) Degree
2 6 (1.89%) Security Cleared
3 5 (1.57%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.63%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.63%) PhD
5 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.92%) QA
2 5 (1.57%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.63%) GDPR
4 2 (0.63%) PSD2
System Software
1 52 (16.35%) Docker
2 3 (0.94%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 28 (8.81%) Kubernetes
2 25 (7.86%) Terraform
3 3 (0.94%) Argo
4 1 (0.31%) Grafana
Vendors
1 22 (6.92%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.52%) OpenAI
3 6 (1.89%) iManage
4 5 (1.57%) Google
5 4 (1.26%) SAP
6 3 (0.94%) BT
6 3 (0.94%) Fortinet
6 3 (0.94%) Mitel
7 2 (0.63%) Foundry
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle
7 2 (0.63%) Solace
8 1 (0.31%) Databricks
8 1 (0.31%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.31%) UiPath