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 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 413 328
Rank change year-on-year +56 -85 +74
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 312 311 480
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.58% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.62% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 245 213 445
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £64,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £76,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.56% +16.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £125,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £110,000 £150,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -3.85% +8.33%

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 53,748 49,914 53,281
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.60% 92.93% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 33,232 25,949 41,098
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,125
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 11 January 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 11 January 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 +73 307 £76,000 - 139
London +50 214 £85,000 - 38
Work from Home +68 137 £76,000 -7.88% 116
UK excluding London +47 92 £70,000 +12.00% 117
North of England +41 36 £75,000 +11.68% 18
Midlands +35 31 £70,000 +27.27% 14
Yorkshire +6 25 £80,000 -3.03% 9
West Midlands +51 18 £80,000 +36.98% 6
South East +27 17 £70,000 +12.00% 44
East Midlands -10 13 £70,000 +27.27% 8
North West +28 11 £45,000 -32.99% 6
South West -6 4 £60,000 +9.09% 13
Scotland +3 3 £90,000 +20.00% 4
East of England +4 1 £50,000 -41.18% 18

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

For the 6 months to 11 January 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.

1 312 (100.00%) Python
2 114 (36.54%) AWS
3 113 (36.22%) Agile
4 109 (34.94%) React
5 104 (33.33%) Software Engineering
6 72 (23.08%) CI/CD
7 70 (22.44%) AI
8 66 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
8 66 (21.15%) TypeScript
9 64 (20.51%) JavaScript
10 59 (18.91%) Azure
11 57 (18.27%) Docker
11 57 (18.27%) Mentoring
11 57 (18.27%) SQL
12 56 (17.95%) Serverless
13 55 (17.63%) Test Automation
14 54 (17.31%) Full-Stack Development
15 53 (16.99%) Flask
16 52 (16.67%) Django
17 46 (14.74%) PostgreSQL
18 45 (14.42%) Fintech
18 45 (14.42%) RESTful
19 44 (14.10%) Node.js
20 43 (13.78%) Continuous Improvement
20 43 (13.78%) GCP
20 43 (13.78%) Order Management
21 42 (13.46%) GitHub
22 41 (13.14%) FastAPI
22 41 (13.14%) Vue
23 39 (12.50%) Containerisation

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 26 (8.33%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (4.49%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.92%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.28%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.32%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 114 (36.54%) AWS
2 59 (18.91%) Azure
3 56 (17.95%) Serverless
4 43 (13.78%) GCP
5 42 (13.46%) GitHub
6 35 (11.22%) AWS Lambda
7 26 (8.33%) dbt
8 23 (7.37%) Amazon S3
9 20 (6.41%) SaaS
10 18 (5.77%) Azure AI
11 15 (4.81%) Amazon SQS
12 9 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (2.88%) Power Platform
13 8 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (2.56%) n8n
14 6 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
15 3 (0.96%) Azure AKS
15 3 (0.96%) GitHub Copilot
16 2 (0.64%) Azure Cognitive Search
16 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.96%) Internet
2 1 (0.32%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.32%) UWB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (14.74%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (8.33%) Amazon Athena
2 26 (8.33%) Apache Arrow
2 26 (8.33%) Apache Iceberg
2 26 (8.33%) Dremio
3 18 (5.77%) NoSQL
4 13 (4.17%) Big Data
5 12 (3.85%) DynamoDB
5 12 (3.85%) Elasticsearch
6 11 (3.53%) MySQL
7 10 (3.21%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.88%) MongoDB
9 7 (2.24%) SQL Server
10 5 (1.60%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.60%) Tick Data
11 3 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.32%) Data Vault
12 1 (0.32%) Power BI
12 1 (0.32%) Redis
12 1 (0.32%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (3.85%) Git
2 3 (0.96%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.96%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.64%) JIRA
3 2 (0.64%) Maven
4 1 (0.32%) GitLab
General
1 92 (29.49%) Finance
2 53 (16.99%) Social Skills
3 49 (15.71%) Front Office
4 29 (9.29%) Health Technology
4 29 (9.29%) Publishing
5 28 (8.97%) Tech for Good
6 16 (5.13%) Marketing
7 15 (4.81%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (4.17%) Banking
8 13 (4.17%) Public Sector
9 12 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (3.53%) Retail
11 7 (2.24%) Analytical Skills
11 7 (2.24%) Legal
12 6 (1.92%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.60%) Electronics
13 5 (1.60%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.60%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.64%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (34.94%) React
2 53 (16.99%) Flask
3 52 (16.67%) Django
4 45 (14.42%) RESTful
5 44 (14.10%) Node.js
6 41 (13.14%) FastAPI
6 41 (13.14%) Vue
7 34 (10.90%) AngularJS
8 32 (10.26%) REST
9 30 (9.62%) NumPy
9 30 (9.62%) Pandas
10 28 (8.97%) HTML
11 26 (8.33%) SciPy
12 20 (6.41%) CSS
13 17 (5.45%) Boost C++ Libraries
14 15 (4.81%) Kafka
15 12 (3.85%) Swagger
16 10 (3.21%) LangChain
17 7 (2.24%) PyTorch
18 5 (1.60%) PyXLL
Miscellaneous
1 48 (15.38%) Equities
2 34 (10.90%) Data Structures
3 27 (8.65%) Fixed Income
3 27 (8.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 25 (8.01%) Hedge funds
5 20 (6.41%) Algorithms
5 20 (6.41%) Management Information System
6 19 (6.09%) Cloud Native
7 10 (3.21%) Educational Technology
7 10 (3.21%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.88%) AI Agents
9 8 (2.56%) Low-Code
9 8 (2.56%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.60%) Grid Computing
11 4 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.28%) PKI
12 2 (0.64%) Public Cloud
13 1 (0.32%) Blockchain
13 1 (0.32%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.73%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (36.22%) Agile
2 104 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 72 (23.08%) CI/CD
4 70 (22.44%) AI
5 66 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
6 57 (18.27%) Mentoring
7 55 (17.63%) Test Automation
8 54 (17.31%) Full-Stack Development
9 45 (14.42%) Fintech
10 43 (13.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 43 (13.78%) Order Management
11 39 (12.50%) Containerisation
12 38 (12.18%) OOP
13 35 (11.22%) Clean Code
14 32 (10.26%) Scrum
14 32 (10.26%) TDD
15 29 (9.29%) Microservices
15 29 (9.29%) Pair Programming
16 28 (8.97%) Investment Management
17 27 (8.65%) OO
Programming Languages
1 312 (100.00%) Python
2 66 (21.15%) TypeScript
3 64 (20.51%) JavaScript
4 57 (18.27%) SQL
5 29 (9.29%) C++
6 13 (4.17%) Java
7 8 (2.56%) C#
8 6 (1.92%) PHP
9 5 (1.60%) VBA
10 3 (0.96%) Bicep
11 2 (0.64%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.64%) Scala
12 1 (0.32%) ANSI SQL
12 1 (0.32%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.32%) R
12 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (5.45%) Degree
2 7 (2.24%) Security Cleared
3 5 (1.60%) Master's Degree
3 5 (1.60%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.28%) PhD
5 2 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.32%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.32%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (10.58%) QA
2 2 (0.64%) GDPR
2 2 (0.64%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.64%) PSD2
System Software
1 57 (18.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (8.01%) Terraform
2 23 (7.37%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.32%) Grafana
Vendors
1 21 (6.73%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.56%) OpenAI
3 6 (1.92%) Google
3 6 (1.92%) iManage
3 6 (1.92%) SAP
4 3 (0.96%) Databricks
4 3 (0.96%) Foundry
4 3 (0.96%) Oracle
5 2 (0.64%) Solace
5 2 (0.64%) UiPath
6 1 (0.32%) Salesforce