Python Developer Job Trends

Python Developer
UK

The median Python Developer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 August 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 403 449
Rank change year-on-year -14 +46 -117
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 412 307 411
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.62% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.69% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 330 235 338
10th Percentile £45,000 £53,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £53,916 £65,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -15.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £94,688 £131,250 £136,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £144,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% -10.71%

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 99,805 44,765 79,346
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.92% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 68,253 26,575 53,046
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.25% -3.00% -6.54%

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 11 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Python Developer in the UK

Python Developer
Top 16 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 11 August 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 -34 367 £70,000 -17.65% 94
UK excluding London +68 198 £60,000 -11.11% 38
London -77 191 £90,000 -10.00% 67
Work from Home -86 102 £70,000 -33.33% 36
North of England +12 79 £70,000 - 12
Yorkshire -6 38 £70,000 - 5
East of England +1 34 £65,000 -5.45% 8
South West -47 24 £50,000 -41.18% 7
North East - 21 £70,000 - 1
North West -4 20 £45,000 -30.77% 6
South East -25 19 £60,000 +33.33% 5
Midlands -38 18 £65,000 -7.14% 4
Scotland +25 17 £45,000 -
East Midlands -14 11 £70,000 +75.00%
West Midlands -36 7 £55,000 -21.43% 4
Northern Ireland - 7 £75,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 11 August 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.

1 412 (100.00%) Python
2 115 (27.91%) AWS
3 105 (25.49%) Software Engineering
4 101 (24.51%) AI
5 95 (23.06%) Full-Stack Development
6 67 (16.26%) CI/CD
7 59 (14.32%) SQL
8 55 (13.35%) JavaScript
9 54 (13.11%) Agile
10 51 (12.38%) PostgreSQL
11 49 (11.89%) Azure
12 47 (11.41%) Docker
13 45 (10.92%) FastAPI
14 41 (9.95%) Django
14 41 (9.95%) Test Automation
15 39 (9.47%) RESTful
16 38 (9.22%) Flask
17 35 (8.50%) Kubernetes
18 33 (8.01%) Cybersecurity
18 33 (8.01%) TypeScript
19 31 (7.52%) Continuous Improvement
20 30 (7.28%) Infrastructure as Code
20 30 (7.28%) Problem-Solving
20 30 (7.28%) React
21 28 (6.80%) OOP
21 28 (6.80%) Validation
22 27 (6.55%) Linux
22 27 (6.55%) Machine Learning
22 27 (6.55%) Microservices
22 27 (6.55%) NumPy

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 10 (2.43%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.73%) Apache
4 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 115 (27.91%) AWS
2 49 (11.89%) Azure
3 21 (5.10%) SaaS
4 20 (4.85%) Serverless
5 16 (3.88%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (3.64%) Amazon S3
7 13 (3.16%) GCP
8 12 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (2.67%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (2.43%) GitHub
11 9 (2.18%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (1.70%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (1.46%) Amazon SQS
14 5 (1.21%) Amazon ECS
14 5 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (1.21%) Prefect
15 4 (0.97%) Amazon Bedrock
15 4 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
15 4 (0.97%) Kong
15 4 (0.97%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.64%) Broadband
2 7 (1.70%) MQTT
3 2 (0.49%) Firewall
4 1 (0.24%) ATM
4 1 (0.24%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (12.38%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (4.37%) MongoDB
3 12 (2.91%) DynamoDB
4 9 (2.18%) Big Data
4 9 (2.18%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.21%) MySQL
6 5 (1.21%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.97%) GIS
7 4 (0.97%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.97%) Power BI
7 4 (0.97%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.24%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.24%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.24%) Redis
9 1 (0.24%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (6.07%) Git
2 9 (2.18%) GitLab
3 4 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.49%) MLflow
4 2 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.24%) Poetry
5 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 52 (12.62%) Finance
2 31 (7.52%) Social Skills
3 30 (7.28%) Front Office
4 18 (4.37%) Tech for Good
5 15 (3.64%) Games
6 12 (2.91%) Health Technology
7 10 (2.43%) Banking
7 10 (2.43%) Public Sector
8 7 (1.70%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (0.97%) Manufacturing
9 4 (0.97%) Publishing
10 3 (0.73%) Law
11 2 (0.49%) Automotive
11 2 (0.49%) Aviation
11 2 (0.49%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.49%) Legal
11 2 (0.49%) Marketing
12 1 (0.24%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.24%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (10.92%) FastAPI
2 41 (9.95%) Django
3 39 (9.47%) RESTful
4 38 (9.22%) Flask
5 30 (7.28%) React
6 27 (6.55%) NumPy
7 26 (6.31%) Pandas
8 25 (6.07%) REST
8 25 (6.07%) Vue
9 21 (5.10%) Kafka
9 21 (5.10%) Node.js
10 20 (4.85%) CSS
11 18 (4.37%) HTML
12 14 (3.40%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 14 (3.40%) Swagger
13 13 (3.16%) RabbitMQ
14 10 (2.43%) AngularJS
15 9 (2.18%) .NET
15 9 (2.18%) PyTorch
16 7 (1.70%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 48 (11.65%) Algorithms
2 44 (10.68%) Distributed Systems
3 43 (10.44%) Cloud Native
4 25 (6.07%) Hedge funds
5 23 (5.58%) Greenfield Project
6 21 (5.10%) Data Structures
6 21 (5.10%) Equities
7 19 (4.61%) Cyber Threat
7 19 (4.61%) Fixed Income
7 19 (4.61%) Low-Code
8 15 (3.64%) Video\Live Streaming
9 14 (3.40%) Management Information System
10 11 (2.67%) Renewable Energy
11 10 (2.43%) Derivative
12 8 (1.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 7 (1.70%) Educational Technology
14 5 (1.21%) Market Risk
14 5 (1.21%) Onboarding
14 5 (1.21%) PropTech
15 4 (0.97%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.55%) Linux
2 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (25.49%) Software Engineering
2 101 (24.51%) AI
3 95 (23.06%) Full-Stack Development
4 67 (16.26%) CI/CD
5 54 (13.11%) Agile
6 41 (9.95%) Test Automation
7 33 (8.01%) Cybersecurity
8 31 (7.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (7.28%) Infrastructure as Code
9 30 (7.28%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (6.80%) OOP
10 28 (6.80%) Validation
11 27 (6.55%) Machine Learning
11 27 (6.55%) Microservices
12 25 (6.07%) Containerisation
12 25 (6.07%) DevOps
12 25 (6.07%) Generative AI
12 25 (6.07%) Mentoring
13 24 (5.83%) Observability
13 24 (5.83%) OO
Programming Languages
1 412 (100.00%) Python
2 59 (14.32%) SQL
3 55 (13.35%) JavaScript
4 33 (8.01%) TypeScript
5 24 (5.83%) C++
6 15 (3.64%) Go
7 10 (2.43%) C#
8 7 (1.70%) PHP
9 6 (1.46%) Java
10 5 (1.21%) Rust
11 4 (0.97%) Bash
12 2 (0.49%) Perl
13 1 (0.24%) ABAP
13 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.24%) Bicep
13 1 (0.24%) Haskell
13 1 (0.24%) OCaml
13 1 (0.24%) Ruby
13 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (3.40%) Degree
2 12 (2.91%) Security Cleared
3 8 (1.94%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.21%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.24%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.40%) QA
2 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 47 (11.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 35 (8.50%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.61%) Terraform
3 6 (1.46%) Grafana
4 5 (1.21%) Ansible
5 3 (0.73%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.49%) Kibana
6 2 (0.49%) logstash
Vendors
1 14 (3.40%) Databricks
2 4 (0.97%) Microsoft
3 3 (0.73%) Oracle
3 3 (0.73%) SAP
4 1 (0.24%) Alteryx
4 1 (0.24%) Foundry
4 1 (0.24%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce