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 15 February 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 398 378
Rank change year-on-year +27 -20 +63
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 321 309 525
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.48% 0.62% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.68% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 253 207 489
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 £104,375 £132,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £111,000 £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 61,307 45,494 70,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.18% 91.70% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 38,565 23,655 55,494
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,420
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 15 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 15 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 +64 314 £76,000 -5.00% 85
London +20 210 £90,000 +5.88% 27
Work from Home +24 128 £76,000 -7.88% 40
UK excluding London +30 103 £70,000 +11.55% 58
North of England +19 33 £75,000 +8.21% 19
Midlands +21 31 £65,000 +18.18% 7
South East +23 28 £70,000 +11.11% 7
Yorkshire -3 24 £75,000 -9.09% 15
East Midlands -9 17 £65,000 +18.18% 4
West Midlands +31 14 £75,000 +28.42% 3
North West +13 9 £40,000 -42.29% 4
South West -8 7 £55,000 - 10
Scotland -14 3 £90,000 +20.00% 10
East of England +5 1 £50,000 -41.18% 4

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

For the 6 months to 15 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.

1 321 (100.00%) Python
2 110 (34.27%) Software Engineering
3 105 (32.71%) React
4 95 (29.60%) AWS
5 89 (27.73%) Agile
6 71 (22.12%) AI
7 70 (21.81%) CI/CD
7 70 (21.81%) Full-Stack Development
8 64 (19.94%) JavaScript
9 63 (19.63%) Django
10 59 (18.38%) Flask
11 56 (17.45%) Problem-Solving
11 56 (17.45%) SQL
12 54 (16.82%) TypeScript
13 51 (15.89%) Docker
14 50 (15.58%) Mentoring
14 50 (15.58%) Test Automation
15 48 (14.95%) Azure
16 47 (14.64%) Serverless
17 45 (14.02%) GitHub
18 42 (13.08%) FastAPI
18 42 (13.08%) OOP
19 41 (12.77%) Fintech
20 39 (12.15%) Continuous Improvement
21 37 (11.53%) Node.js
22 35 (10.90%) Containerisation
23 33 (10.28%) REST
24 32 (9.97%) OO
24 32 (9.97%) Order Management
24 32 (9.97%) PostgreSQL

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 17 (5.30%) Apache Spark
2 15 (4.67%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.25%) Jupyter
3 4 (1.25%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.31%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 95 (29.60%) AWS
2 48 (14.95%) Azure
3 47 (14.64%) Serverless
4 45 (14.02%) GitHub
5 28 (8.72%) AWS Lambda
6 26 (8.10%) Amazon S3
7 25 (7.79%) GCP
8 19 (5.92%) SaaS
9 15 (4.67%) dbt
10 14 (4.36%) Amazon SQS
11 13 (4.05%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (3.74%) Azure AI
13 10 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (1.25%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (1.25%) n8n
14 4 (1.25%) Power Platform
15 2 (0.62%) Azure AKS
15 2 (0.62%) GitHub Copilot
16 1 (0.31%) Copilot Studio
16 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Copilot
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 32 (9.97%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (4.98%) Big Data
3 14 (4.36%) Amazon Athena
3 14 (4.36%) Apache Arrow
3 14 (4.36%) Apache Iceberg
3 14 (4.36%) Dremio
4 11 (3.43%) NoSQL
4 11 (3.43%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.49%) MySQL
6 6 (1.87%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.87%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.25%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.62%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.62%) Tick Data
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.31%) Redis
Development Applications
1 15 (4.67%) Git
2 3 (0.93%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.62%) JIRA
3 2 (0.62%) Maven
3 2 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.31%) GitLab
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.31%) Selenium
General
1 85 (26.48%) Finance
2 64 (19.94%) Social Skills
3 45 (14.02%) Front Office
4 20 (6.23%) Tech for Good
5 18 (5.61%) Health Technology
5 18 (5.61%) Publishing
6 14 (4.36%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (4.36%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.74%) Banking
7 12 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.43%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.49%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.25%) Legal
10 4 (1.25%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.93%) Electronics
11 3 (0.93%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.93%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.93%) Marketing
11 3 (0.93%) Retail
12 2 (0.62%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (32.71%) React
2 63 (19.63%) Django
3 59 (18.38%) Flask
4 42 (13.08%) FastAPI
5 37 (11.53%) Node.js
6 33 (10.28%) REST
7 29 (9.03%) HTML
7 29 (9.03%) Vue
8 27 (8.41%) RESTful
9 23 (7.17%) AngularJS
10 19 (5.92%) CSS
11 18 (5.61%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 18 (5.61%) Kafka
11 18 (5.61%) NumPy
11 18 (5.61%) Pandas
12 14 (4.36%) SciPy
13 7 (2.18%) OAuth
13 7 (2.18%) OAuth2
14 6 (1.87%) LangChain
15 5 (1.56%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.46%) Equities
2 37 (11.53%) Data Structures
3 26 (8.10%) Hedge funds
4 22 (6.85%) Fixed Income
5 21 (6.54%) Algorithms
6 19 (5.92%) Cloud Native
7 18 (5.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (5.61%) Management Information System
8 12 (3.74%) Educational Technology
9 10 (3.12%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.56%) PropTech
11 4 (1.25%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.25%) Derivative
11 4 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.25%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.25%) PKI
12 3 (0.93%) Grid Computing
13 2 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
14 1 (0.31%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.79%) Linux
2 3 (0.93%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (34.27%) Software Engineering
2 89 (27.73%) Agile
3 71 (22.12%) AI
4 70 (21.81%) CI/CD
4 70 (21.81%) Full-Stack Development
5 56 (17.45%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (15.58%) Mentoring
6 50 (15.58%) Test Automation
7 42 (13.08%) OOP
8 41 (12.77%) Fintech
9 39 (12.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (10.90%) Containerisation
11 32 (9.97%) OO
11 32 (9.97%) Order Management
12 30 (9.35%) Clean Code
13 27 (8.41%) Microservices
14 26 (8.10%) Investment Management
15 25 (7.79%) SDLC
16 24 (7.48%) Code Quality
17 23 (7.17%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 321 (100.00%) Python
2 64 (19.94%) JavaScript
3 56 (17.45%) SQL
4 54 (16.82%) TypeScript
5 27 (8.41%) C++
6 15 (4.67%) Java
7 7 (2.18%) PHP
8 5 (1.56%) VBA
9 4 (1.25%) C
9 4 (1.25%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.93%) C#
11 2 (0.62%) Bicep
11 2 (0.62%) Ruby
11 2 (0.62%) Scala
12 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.31%) Perl
12 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (4.67%) Degree
2 6 (1.87%) Security Cleared
3 5 (1.56%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.93%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.62%) PhD
6 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.23%) 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 51 (15.89%) Docker
2 3 (0.93%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 28 (8.72%) Kubernetes
2 24 (7.48%) Terraform
3 3 (0.93%) Argo
4 1 (0.31%) Grafana
Vendors
1 18 (5.61%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.25%) Google
2 4 (1.25%) iManage
2 4 (1.25%) OpenAI
3 3 (0.93%) BT
3 3 (0.93%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.93%) Mitel
3 3 (0.93%) Oracle
3 3 (0.93%) SAP
4 2 (0.62%) Foundry
4 2 (0.62%) Solace
5 1 (0.31%) Databricks
5 1 (0.31%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.31%) UiPath