Python Developer Job Trends

Python Developer
UK

The median Python Developer salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 December 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 433 320
Rank change year-on-year +50 -113 +71
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 293 353 468
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.56% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.59% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 220 245 434
10th Percentile £59,625 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £69,375 £57,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -16.22% +19.35%
75th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £125,000
90th Percentile £137,750 £142,500 £150,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 49,602 59,661 47,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.09% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 31,401 33,077 36,945
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025. 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 +68 288 £85,000 +9.68% 84
London +47 221 £90,000 +5.88% 53
Work from Home +50 139 £100,000 +17.65% 51
UK excluding London +67 66 £75,000 +20.00% 45
North of England +47 28 £80,000 +23.08% 18
Yorkshire +21 22 £80,000 +33.33% 9
Midlands +49 21 £70,000 +27.27% 2
West Midlands +53 13 £90,000 +89.47% 2
East Midlands +10 8 £70,000 +27.27%
South East +32 7 £70,000 +11.55% 20
North West +39 6 £70,000 -6.23% 9
South West +9 5 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Scotland +24 3 £90,000 +24.73% 3
East of England +12 2 £52,500 -38.24%

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

For the 6 months to 4 December 2025, 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.

1 293 (100.00%) Python
2 126 (43.00%) AWS
3 123 (41.98%) Agile
4 107 (36.52%) React
5 101 (34.47%) Software Engineering
6 81 (27.65%) CI/CD
7 73 (24.91%) JavaScript
8 71 (24.23%) TypeScript
9 69 (23.55%) Azure
10 68 (23.21%) PostgreSQL
10 68 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
11 64 (21.84%) GCP
12 62 (21.16%) AI
12 62 (21.16%) Test Automation
13 61 (20.82%) Docker
14 59 (20.14%) Order Management
15 57 (19.45%) Vue
16 55 (18.77%) Fintech
16 55 (18.77%) Mentoring
17 54 (18.43%) SQL
18 53 (18.09%) AngularJS
19 52 (17.75%) Node.js
20 50 (17.06%) Containerisation
21 49 (16.72%) Django
21 49 (16.72%) Flask
22 48 (16.38%) Serverless
23 45 (15.36%) NumPy
23 45 (15.36%) Pandas
24 44 (15.02%) RESTful
25 43 (14.68%) Amazon Athena

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 41 (13.99%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (4.10%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.05%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.37%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.68%) Apache
6 1 (0.34%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 126 (43.00%) AWS
2 69 (23.55%) Azure
3 64 (21.84%) GCP
4 48 (16.38%) Serverless
5 43 (14.68%) dbt
6 33 (11.26%) GitHub
7 30 (10.24%) AWS Lambda
8 18 (6.14%) Azure AI
8 18 (6.14%) SaaS
9 17 (5.80%) Amazon S3
10 15 (5.12%) Amazon SQS
11 9 (3.07%) Power Platform
12 8 (2.73%) n8n
13 6 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
15 3 (1.02%) Azure AKS
15 3 (1.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 3 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
15 3 (1.02%) GitHub Copilot
16 2 (0.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.02%) Internet
2 2 (0.68%) FTP
3 1 (0.34%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.34%) UWB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (23.21%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (14.68%) Amazon Athena
2 43 (14.68%) Apache Iceberg
3 41 (13.99%) Apache Arrow
3 41 (13.99%) Dremio
4 25 (8.53%) NoSQL
5 16 (5.46%) DynamoDB
6 14 (4.78%) Relational Database
7 13 (4.44%) Big Data
7 13 (4.44%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (4.10%) MySQL
8 12 (4.10%) Tick Data
9 10 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (3.41%) MongoDB
10 9 (3.07%) RDBMS
11 8 (2.73%) SQL Server
12 2 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
13 1 (0.34%) Data Vault
13 1 (0.34%) Power BI
13 1 (0.34%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (5.80%) Git
2 3 (1.02%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.68%) JIRA
3 2 (0.68%) Maven
4 1 (0.34%) GitLab
General
1 118 (40.27%) Finance
2 67 (22.87%) Front Office
3 47 (16.04%) Social Skills
4 28 (9.56%) Marketing
5 27 (9.22%) Health Technology
5 27 (9.22%) Publishing
6 26 (8.87%) Tech for Good
7 16 (5.46%) Banking
7 16 (5.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (5.46%) Public Sector
8 13 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (4.10%) Retail
10 10 (3.41%) Analytical Skills
11 9 (3.07%) Electronics
11 9 (3.07%) Manufacturing
11 9 (3.07%) Telecoms
12 7 (2.39%) Investment Banking
12 7 (2.39%) Legal
13 3 (1.02%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (36.52%) React
2 57 (19.45%) Vue
3 53 (18.09%) AngularJS
4 52 (17.75%) Node.js
5 49 (16.72%) Django
5 49 (16.72%) Flask
6 45 (15.36%) NumPy
6 45 (15.36%) Pandas
7 44 (15.02%) RESTful
8 41 (13.99%) SciPy
9 38 (12.97%) REST
10 37 (12.63%) FastAPI
11 21 (7.17%) HTML
12 19 (6.48%) CSS
13 18 (6.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
14 14 (4.78%) Kafka
15 12 (4.10%) Swagger
16 10 (3.41%) LangChain
17 7 (2.39%) PyTorch
18 5 (1.71%) PyXLL
Miscellaneous
1 64 (21.84%) Equities
2 42 (14.33%) Fixed Income
3 41 (13.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 32 (10.92%) Data Structures
5 26 (8.87%) Hedge funds
5 26 (8.87%) Management Information System
6 22 (7.51%) Algorithms
7 13 (4.44%) Cloud Native
8 9 (3.07%) AI Agents
8 9 (3.07%) Marketing Technology
9 8 (2.73%) Low-Code
10 6 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.71%) Grid Computing
11 5 (1.71%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.37%) PKI
13 3 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
14 2 (0.68%) Embedded Systems
14 2 (0.68%) Public Cloud
15 1 (0.34%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 28 (9.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (41.98%) Agile
2 101 (34.47%) Software Engineering
3 81 (27.65%) CI/CD
4 68 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (21.16%) AI
5 62 (21.16%) Test Automation
6 59 (20.14%) Order Management
7 55 (18.77%) Fintech
7 55 (18.77%) Mentoring
8 50 (17.06%) Containerisation
9 43 (14.68%) Asset Management
9 43 (14.68%) Risk Management
10 41 (13.99%) Investment Management
10 41 (13.99%) Performance Attribution
11 39 (13.31%) OOP
12 37 (12.63%) Full-Stack Development
13 34 (11.60%) Clean Code
13 34 (11.60%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (10.58%) Microservices
14 31 (10.58%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 293 (100.00%) Python
2 73 (24.91%) JavaScript
3 71 (24.23%) TypeScript
4 54 (18.43%) SQL
5 30 (10.24%) C++
6 13 (4.44%) Java
7 10 (3.41%) C#
8 3 (1.02%) Bash
8 3 (1.02%) Bicep
9 2 (0.68%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.68%) PHP
9 2 (0.68%) Ruby
9 2 (0.68%) Scala
9 2 (0.68%) VBA
10 1 (0.34%) ANSI SQL
10 1 (0.34%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (6.48%) Degree
2 10 (3.41%) Security Cleared
3 7 (2.39%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.05%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.71%) PhD
6 4 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.68%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.68%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.34%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.29%) QA
2 3 (1.02%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.68%) GDPR
3 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.68%) PSD2
System Software
1 61 (20.82%) Docker
2 3 (1.02%) zsh
Systems Management
1 30 (10.24%) Kubernetes
2 29 (9.90%) Terraform
3 1 (0.34%) Grafana
Vendors
1 20 (6.83%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.80%) Databricks
3 10 (3.41%) Google
3 10 (3.41%) SAP
4 8 (2.73%) OpenAI
5 6 (2.05%) iManage
6 3 (1.02%) Foundry
6 3 (1.02%) Oracle
7 2 (0.68%) Solace
7 2 (0.68%) Splunk
7 2 (0.68%) UiPath