Python Developer Job Trends

Python Developer
UK

The median Python Developer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 August 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 440 403 443
Rank change year-on-year -37 +40 -126
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 413 310 405
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.62% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.69% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 330 237 323
10th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -10.53% +8.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £132,500 £136,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £143,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% -7.41%

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 102,188 44,848 79,423
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 89.83% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 70,058 26,594 51,910
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,520 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.74% -4.96% -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 25 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Python Developer in the UK

Python Developer
Top 16 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 25 August 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 -48 368 £70,000 -17.65% 101
UK excluding London +58 202 £60,000 -14.29% 33
London -100 187 £87,500 -2.78% 77
Work from Home -95 105 £70,000 -33.33% 25
North of England +8 78 £70,000 - 9
East of England +15 41 £65,000 -5.45% 6
Yorkshire -19 36 £80,000 +14.29% 6
South West -46 23 £50,000 -41.18% 4
North West -3 21 £45,000 -30.77% 3
North East - 21 £70,000 -
Midlands -21 19 £65,000 -7.14% 7
Scotland +19 17 £45,000 - 2
South East -29 17 £60,000 +33.33% 2
East Midlands -14 11 £70,000 +75.00% 1
West Midlands -36 8 £52,500 -25.00% 5
Northern Ireland - 7 £75,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 25 August 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.

1 413 (100.00%) Python
2 112 (27.12%) AWS
3 107 (25.91%) AI
4 106 (25.67%) Software Engineering
5 93 (22.52%) Full-Stack Development
6 69 (16.71%) CI/CD
7 60 (14.53%) SQL
8 49 (11.86%) Docker
9 48 (11.62%) Agile
10 47 (11.38%) FastAPI
10 47 (11.38%) JavaScript
11 46 (11.14%) Azure
11 46 (11.14%) PostgreSQL
12 41 (9.93%) RESTful
13 39 (9.44%) Django
14 38 (9.20%) Cybersecurity
14 38 (9.20%) Test Automation
15 36 (8.72%) Kubernetes
16 35 (8.47%) Flask
17 33 (7.99%) Problem-Solving
18 32 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
18 32 (7.75%) Infrastructure as Code
19 30 (7.26%) Validation
20 28 (6.78%) TypeScript
21 27 (6.54%) NumPy
22 26 (6.30%) Machine Learning
22 26 (6.30%) Microservices
22 26 (6.30%) OOP
22 26 (6.30%) Pandas
23 25 (6.05%) 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 10 (2.42%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.73%) Apache
4 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 112 (27.12%) AWS
2 46 (11.14%) Azure
3 24 (5.81%) SaaS
4 19 (4.60%) Serverless
5 15 (3.63%) Amazon S3
5 15 (3.63%) AWS Lambda
6 12 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.66%) Amazon EC2
8 10 (2.42%) GCP
8 10 (2.42%) GitHub
9 9 (2.18%) Amazon EKS
9 9 (2.18%) Azure Service Bus
10 6 (1.45%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.21%) Prefect
12 4 (0.97%) Amazon Bedrock
12 4 (0.97%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (0.97%) Kong
12 4 (0.97%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.63%) Broadband
2 9 (2.18%) MQTT
3 2 (0.48%) Firewall
4 1 (0.24%) ATM
4 1 (0.24%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (11.14%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (4.60%) MongoDB
3 12 (2.91%) DynamoDB
4 9 (2.18%) Big Data
4 9 (2.18%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.21%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.97%) GIS
7 4 (0.97%) MySQL
7 4 (0.97%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.97%) Power BI
8 3 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.73%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.48%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.24%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.24%) Pinecone
10 1 (0.24%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (6.05%) Git
2 8 (1.94%) GitLab
3 3 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.48%) MLflow
4 2 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.24%) Poetry
5 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 50 (12.11%) Finance
2 29 (7.02%) Social Skills
3 24 (5.81%) Front Office
4 16 (3.87%) Tech for Good
5 15 (3.63%) Games
6 11 (2.66%) Health Technology
7 10 (2.42%) Banking
7 10 (2.42%) Public Sector
8 7 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (1.21%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.97%) Publishing
11 3 (0.73%) Law
11 3 (0.73%) Legal
12 2 (0.48%) Automotive
12 2 (0.48%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.48%) Marketing
13 1 (0.24%) Advertising
13 1 (0.24%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.24%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (11.38%) FastAPI
2 41 (9.93%) RESTful
3 39 (9.44%) Django
4 35 (8.47%) Flask
5 27 (6.54%) NumPy
6 26 (6.30%) Pandas
7 25 (6.05%) React
8 24 (5.81%) REST
9 23 (5.57%) Kafka
9 23 (5.57%) Vue
10 21 (5.08%) Terraform
11 19 (4.60%) CSS
12 18 (4.36%) HTML
13 16 (3.87%) Node.js
13 16 (3.87%) Swagger
14 15 (3.63%) RabbitMQ
15 12 (2.91%) Boost C++ Libraries
16 10 (2.42%) AngularJS
17 9 (2.18%) OpenAPI
17 9 (2.18%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 45 (10.90%) Algorithms
2 44 (10.65%) Cloud Native
3 43 (10.41%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (5.81%) Greenfield Project
5 23 (5.57%) Cyber Threat
5 23 (5.57%) Hedge funds
6 19 (4.60%) Data Structures
6 19 (4.60%) Low-Code
7 15 (3.63%) Equities
7 15 (3.63%) Video\Live Streaming
8 13 (3.15%) Fixed Income
9 12 (2.91%) Management Information System
10 11 (2.66%) Renewable Energy
11 6 (1.45%) Derivative
11 6 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (1.21%) Educational Technology
12 5 (1.21%) Market Risk
12 5 (1.21%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.21%) PropTech
13 4 (0.97%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.05%) Linux
2 1 (0.24%) Unix
2 1 (0.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (25.91%) AI
2 106 (25.67%) Software Engineering
3 93 (22.52%) Full-Stack Development
4 69 (16.71%) CI/CD
5 48 (11.62%) Agile
6 38 (9.20%) Cybersecurity
6 38 (9.20%) Test Automation
7 33 (7.99%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (7.75%) Infrastructure as Code
9 30 (7.26%) Validation
10 26 (6.30%) Machine Learning
10 26 (6.30%) Microservices
10 26 (6.30%) OOP
11 25 (6.05%) Containerisation
11 25 (6.05%) Generative AI
11 25 (6.05%) Observability
12 24 (5.81%) API Design
12 24 (5.81%) DevOps
13 23 (5.57%) Computer Vision
Programming Languages
1 413 (100.00%) Python
2 60 (14.53%) SQL
3 47 (11.38%) JavaScript
4 28 (6.78%) TypeScript
5 22 (5.33%) C++
6 15 (3.63%) Go
7 9 (2.18%) C#
8 6 (1.45%) Java
9 5 (1.21%) PHP
9 5 (1.21%) Rust
10 4 (0.97%) Bash
11 2 (0.48%) Perl
12 1 (0.24%) ABAP
12 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.24%) Bicep
12 1 (0.24%) Haskell
12 1 (0.24%) OCaml
12 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (3.87%) Degree
2 13 (3.15%) Security Cleared
3 8 (1.94%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.21%) AWS Certification
5 3 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.24%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.39%) QA
2 2 (0.48%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 49 (11.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 36 (8.72%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.45%) Grafana
3 5 (1.21%) Ansible
4 3 (0.73%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.48%) Kibana
5 2 (0.48%) logstash
6 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 14 (3.39%) Databricks
2 4 (0.97%) Microsoft
2 4 (0.97%) SAP
3 3 (0.73%) Oracle
4 1 (0.24%) Alteryx
4 1 (0.24%) Foundry
4 1 (0.24%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce