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 6 April 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 389 414
Rank change year-on-year +12 +25 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 376 263 525
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.64% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.71% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 302 213 471
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £117,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £134,500 £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 75,427 36,820 85,883
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 89.83% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 48,455 23,325 64,410
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -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 6 April 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 6 April 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 +29 365 £76,000 -7.88% 90
London +17 221 £90,000 +5.88% 45
UK excluding London +38 146 £70,000 +7.69% 50
Work from Home +5 125 £73,750 -13.24% 36
North of England -19 53 £75,000 +8.21% 20
Yorkshire -12 44 £75,000 +11.11% 15
South East -9 39 £70,000 +14.29% 9
Midlands -16 30 £60,000 +9.09% 3
South West -28 18 £50,000 -39.39% 11
East Midlands -40 17 £65,000 +18.18%
West Midlands -1 13 £60,000 -13.43% 3
North West -24 8 £40,000 -40.44% 3
Scotland -26 4 £90,000 +20.00% 2
East of England -35 2 £50,000 -41.18% 4
North East -27 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 6 April 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.

1 376 (100.00%) Python
2 115 (30.59%) Software Engineering
3 94 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 91 (24.20%) AWS
5 86 (22.87%) React
6 82 (21.81%) Agile
7 81 (21.54%) AI
8 71 (18.88%) CI/CD
9 65 (17.29%) Django
10 63 (16.76%) JavaScript
11 62 (16.49%) Flask
12 61 (16.22%) SQL
13 53 (14.10%) Mentoring
14 52 (13.83%) Test Automation
15 51 (13.56%) Docker
16 49 (13.03%) Serverless
17 48 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
18 46 (12.23%) OOP
18 46 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
19 43 (11.44%) GitHub
20 42 (11.17%) Azure
21 40 (10.64%) FastAPI
21 40 (10.64%) OO
22 38 (10.11%) TypeScript
23 37 (9.84%) Fintech
23 37 (9.84%) REST
24 35 (9.31%) SDLC
25 32 (8.51%) Containerisation
25 32 (8.51%) HTML
25 32 (8.51%) Linux

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 20 (5.32%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.86%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.53%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.27%) Apache
4 1 (0.27%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 91 (24.20%) AWS
2 49 (13.03%) Serverless
3 43 (11.44%) GitHub
4 42 (11.17%) Azure
5 30 (7.98%) AWS Lambda
6 29 (7.71%) Amazon S3
7 26 (6.91%) SaaS
8 16 (4.26%) Amazon SQS
9 15 (3.99%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (3.46%) GCP
11 12 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.13%) Azure AI
13 5 (1.33%) Prefect
14 3 (0.80%) Amazon ECS
14 3 (0.80%) AWS Fargate
15 2 (0.53%) Amazon EKS
15 2 (0.53%) Azure AKS
15 2 (0.53%) GitHub Copilot
16 1 (0.27%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 1 (0.27%) Azure Cognitive Search
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.80%) Broadband
1 3 (0.80%) HTTP
1 3 (0.80%) RTP
1 3 (0.80%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.80%) VoIP
1 3 (0.80%) Wireshark
2 2 (0.53%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.85%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (5.32%) Big Data
3 9 (2.39%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.13%) MySQL
4 8 (2.13%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.86%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.53%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.53%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.27%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 21 (5.59%) Git
2 3 (0.80%) GitLab
2 3 (0.80%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.27%) JIRA
4 1 (0.27%) Maven
4 1 (0.27%) MLflow
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.27%) Selenium
4 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 70 (18.62%) Social Skills
2 69 (18.35%) Finance
3 39 (10.37%) Front Office
4 20 (5.32%) Tech for Good
5 17 (4.52%) Health Technology
6 16 (4.26%) Publishing
7 14 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (3.46%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.39%) Banking
9 9 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.06%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.06%) Aviation
10 4 (1.06%) Games
11 3 (0.80%) Retail
12 2 (0.53%) Marketing
12 2 (0.53%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.27%) Back Office
13 1 (0.27%) Electronics
13 1 (0.27%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (22.87%) React
2 65 (17.29%) Django
3 62 (16.49%) Flask
4 40 (10.64%) FastAPI
5 37 (9.84%) REST
6 32 (8.51%) HTML
7 31 (8.24%) RESTful
8 29 (7.71%) Vue
9 26 (6.91%) CSS
9 26 (6.91%) Node.js
10 23 (6.12%) Kafka
11 19 (5.05%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 17 (4.52%) NumPy
12 17 (4.52%) Pandas
13 13 (3.46%) AngularJS
14 8 (2.13%) Redux
15 7 (1.86%) OAuth
15 7 (1.86%) OAuth2
15 7 (1.86%) PyTorch
16 6 (1.60%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 39 (10.37%) Algorithms
2 38 (10.11%) Data Structures
3 34 (9.04%) Hedge funds
4 30 (7.98%) Equities
5 26 (6.91%) Cloud Native
6 21 (5.59%) Fixed Income
7 19 (5.05%) Management Information System
8 17 (4.52%) Educational Technology
9 14 (3.72%) Product Ownership
10 12 (3.19%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (2.66%) PropTech
12 9 (2.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (2.13%) Derivative
14 5 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
15 4 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
15 4 (1.06%) Mobile App
15 4 (1.06%) NHS
16 3 (0.80%) Low-Code
16 3 (0.80%) PKI
16 3 (0.80%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.51%) Linux
2 3 (0.80%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (30.59%) Software Engineering
2 94 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 82 (21.81%) Agile
4 81 (21.54%) AI
5 71 (18.88%) CI/CD
6 53 (14.10%) Mentoring
7 52 (13.83%) Test Automation
8 48 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
9 46 (12.23%) OOP
9 46 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
10 40 (10.64%) OO
11 37 (9.84%) Fintech
12 35 (9.31%) SDLC
13 32 (8.51%) Containerisation
14 31 (8.24%) Microservices
15 28 (7.45%) Clean Code
16 26 (6.91%) Computer Science
17 25 (6.65%) Code Quality
18 24 (6.38%) Infrastructure as Code
19 23 (6.12%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 376 (100.00%) Python
2 63 (16.76%) JavaScript
3 61 (16.22%) SQL
4 38 (10.11%) TypeScript
5 23 (6.12%) C++
6 12 (3.19%) Java
7 11 (2.93%) PHP
8 5 (1.33%) VBA
9 4 (1.06%) C
9 4 (1.06%) C#
9 4 (1.06%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.80%) Go
11 2 (0.53%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.53%) Scala
12 1 (0.27%) Perl
12 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.27%) Ruby
12 1 (0.27%) Rust
12 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (4.52%) Degree
2 4 (1.06%) SC Cleared
2 4 (1.06%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.53%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.05%) QA
2 5 (1.33%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.53%) GDPR
4 2 (0.53%) PSD2
5 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
System Software
1 51 (13.56%) Docker
2 3 (0.80%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 24 (6.38%) Terraform
2 22 (5.85%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.80%) Argo
4 1 (0.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 15 (3.99%) Microsoft
2 6 (1.60%) Databricks
3 3 (0.80%) BT
3 3 (0.80%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.80%) Mitel
3 3 (0.80%) Oracle
4 2 (0.53%) Foundry
4 2 (0.53%) Google
4 2 (0.53%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.27%) SAP
5 1 (0.27%) Solace