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 5 March 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 402 402
Rank change year-on-year +15 0 +56
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 321 287 497
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.63% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.69% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 257 209 461
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £132,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £115,000 £150,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% +6.67% -4.00%

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 65,777 41,647 74,342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.60% 91.11% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 41,594 22,804 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £39,073
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 £72,624
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% -5.66%

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 5 March 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 5 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 +24 313 £76,000 -7.88% 139
London +27 204 £90,000 +5.88% 67
Work from Home +25 122 £76,000 -7.88% 82
UK excluding London +30 108 £70,000 +9.38% 90
North of England 0 35 £70,000 +1.00% 22
Midlands +12 31 £65,000 +18.18% 10
South East -6 30 £70,000 +11.11% 23
Yorkshire -11 27 £75,000 -9.09% 15
East Midlands -23 17 £65,000 +18.18% 6
West Midlands +16 14 £75,000 +28.42% 4
North West -8 8 £40,000 -40.44% 7
South West -16 8 £55,000 - 13
Scotland -12 3 £90,000 +20.00% 8
East of England -3 1 £50,000 -41.18% 13

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

For the 6 months to 5 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.

1 321 (100.00%) Python
2 108 (33.64%) Software Engineering
3 97 (30.22%) React
4 88 (27.41%) AWS
5 80 (24.92%) Agile
6 70 (21.81%) AI
6 70 (21.81%) Full-Stack Development
7 64 (19.94%) CI/CD
8 62 (19.31%) Django
8 62 (19.31%) JavaScript
9 56 (17.45%) Flask
10 55 (17.13%) SQL
11 51 (15.89%) Mentoring
12 50 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
13 47 (14.64%) Serverless
14 46 (14.33%) Test Automation
15 45 (14.02%) Docker
15 45 (14.02%) GitHub
15 45 (14.02%) TypeScript
16 43 (13.40%) Azure
17 41 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
17 41 (12.77%) Fintech
17 41 (12.77%) OOP
18 40 (12.46%) FastAPI
19 33 (10.28%) OO
20 31 (9.66%) Containerisation
20 31 (9.66%) Node.js
21 29 (9.03%) REST
22 28 (8.72%) AWS Lambda
22 28 (8.72%) HTML

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 18 (5.61%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.49%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.62%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 88 (27.41%) AWS
2 47 (14.64%) Serverless
3 45 (14.02%) GitHub
4 43 (13.40%) Azure
5 28 (8.72%) AWS Lambda
6 26 (8.10%) Amazon S3
7 23 (7.17%) SaaS
8 20 (6.23%) GCP
9 15 (4.67%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (4.36%) Amazon SQS
11 11 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (2.80%) Azure AI
13 8 (2.49%) dbt
14 2 (0.62%) Amazon ECS
14 2 (0.62%) AWS Fargate
14 2 (0.62%) Azure AKS
14 2 (0.62%) GitHub Copilot
15 1 (0.31%) Microsoft 365
15 1 (0.31%) n8n
15 1 (0.31%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.93%) HTTP
1 3 (0.93%) RTP
1 3 (0.93%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.93%) VoIP
1 3 (0.93%) Wireshark
2 2 (0.62%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.10%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (5.30%) Big Data
3 9 (2.80%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.49%) MySQL
5 7 (2.18%) Amazon Athena
5 7 (2.18%) Apache Arrow
5 7 (2.18%) Apache Iceberg
5 7 (2.18%) Dremio
5 7 (2.18%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.87%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.56%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.62%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.62%) Tick Data
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 15 (4.67%) Git
2 4 (1.25%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.93%) GitLab
4 2 (0.62%) JIRA
4 2 (0.62%) Maven
4 2 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.31%) Selenium
General
1 76 (23.68%) Finance
2 66 (20.56%) Social Skills
3 42 (13.08%) Front Office
4 19 (5.92%) Tech for Good
5 18 (5.61%) Health Technology
6 16 (4.98%) Publishing
7 14 (4.36%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.36%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (3.43%) Banking
9 10 (3.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.80%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.18%) Analytical Skills
12 4 (1.25%) Aviation
13 3 (0.93%) Retail
14 2 (0.62%) Games
14 2 (0.62%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.62%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.31%) Legal
15 1 (0.31%) Marketing
15 1 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (30.22%) React
2 62 (19.31%) Django
3 56 (17.45%) Flask
4 40 (12.46%) FastAPI
5 31 (9.66%) Node.js
6 29 (9.03%) REST
7 28 (8.72%) HTML
8 27 (8.41%) RESTful
9 25 (7.79%) Vue
10 20 (6.23%) Kafka
11 19 (5.92%) CSS
12 18 (5.61%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 17 (5.30%) AngularJS
14 9 (2.80%) NumPy
14 9 (2.80%) Pandas
15 8 (2.49%) Redux
16 7 (2.18%) OAuth
16 7 (2.18%) OAuth2
16 7 (2.18%) SciPy
17 5 (1.56%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.53%) Data Structures
1 37 (11.53%) Equities
2 27 (8.41%) Hedge funds
3 21 (6.54%) Algorithms
4 20 (6.23%) Fixed Income
5 18 (5.61%) Cloud Native
5 18 (5.61%) Management Information System
6 14 (4.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 13 (4.05%) Educational Technology
8 10 (3.12%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.49%) Derivative
10 7 (2.18%) PropTech
11 4 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.25%) PKI
12 3 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
13 2 (0.62%) Grid Computing
13 2 (0.62%) NHS
13 2 (0.62%) Onboarding
14 1 (0.31%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.79%) Linux
2 3 (0.93%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (33.64%) Software Engineering
2 80 (24.92%) Agile
3 70 (21.81%) AI
3 70 (21.81%) Full-Stack Development
4 64 (19.94%) CI/CD
5 51 (15.89%) Mentoring
6 50 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (14.33%) Test Automation
8 41 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (12.77%) Fintech
8 41 (12.77%) OOP
9 33 (10.28%) OO
10 31 (9.66%) Containerisation
11 28 (8.72%) SDLC
12 27 (8.41%) Clean Code
13 26 (8.10%) Code Quality
13 26 (8.10%) Microservices
14 25 (7.79%) Order Management
15 24 (7.48%) Computer Science
16 23 (7.17%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 321 (100.00%) Python
2 62 (19.31%) JavaScript
3 55 (17.13%) SQL
4 45 (14.02%) TypeScript
5 25 (7.79%) C++
6 12 (3.74%) Java
7 8 (2.49%) PHP
8 5 (1.56%) VBA
9 4 (1.25%) C
9 4 (1.25%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.62%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.62%) C#
10 2 (0.62%) Scala
11 1 (0.31%) Perl
11 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.31%) Ruby
11 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (4.05%) Degree
2 3 (0.93%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.62%) Azure Certification
3 2 (0.62%) Master's Degree
3 2 (0.62%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.31%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.98%) QA
2 5 (1.56%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.62%) GDPR
4 2 (0.62%) PSD2
System Software
1 45 (14.02%) Docker
2 3 (0.93%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 22 (6.85%) Terraform
2 21 (6.54%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.93%) Argo
Vendors
1 15 (4.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.93%) BT
2 3 (0.93%) Fortinet
2 3 (0.93%) Mitel
2 3 (0.93%) Oracle
3 2 (0.62%) Foundry
3 2 (0.62%) Google
3 2 (0.62%) Salesforce
3 2 (0.62%) Solace
4 1 (0.31%) Databricks
4 1 (0.31%) iManage
4 1 (0.31%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.31%) SAP
4 1 (0.31%) UiPath