Python Developer Job Trends

Python Developer
UK

The median Python Developer salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 April 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 389 426
Rank change year-on-year +14 +37 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 383 247 533
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.59% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.67% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 313 196 477
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,063 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% +9.09%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £117,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £137,500 £147,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,750 £58,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.51% -2.08% -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 79,728 37,132 89,450
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 89.29% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 51,035 23,360 66,363
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
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 17 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 17 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 +15 371 £75,000 -7.69% 84
London +8 219 £90,000 +5.88% 55
UK excluding London +35 154 £63,750 +8.51% 39
Work from Home +8 124 £72,500 -14.71% 36
North of England -9 52 £75,000 +15.38% 15
Yorkshire -18 43 £75,000 +15.38% 10
South East -6 40 £70,000 +30.23% 12
Midlands -32 30 £60,000 +9.09% 1
South West - 25 £50,000 - 6
East Midlands -39 17 £65,000 +18.18% 1
West Midlands -12 13 £60,000 -
North West -14 8 £40,000 -33.33% 2
Scotland -22 4 £90,000 +20.00% 5
East of England -27 3 £52,500 -38.24%
North East - 1 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 17 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.

1 383 (100.00%) Python
2 118 (30.81%) Software Engineering
3 97 (25.33%) Full-Stack Development
4 88 (22.98%) AWS
5 84 (21.93%) AI
6 81 (21.15%) React
7 80 (20.89%) Agile
8 66 (17.23%) CI/CD
9 63 (16.45%) JavaScript
10 59 (15.40%) Django
11 58 (15.14%) Flask
12 57 (14.88%) SQL
13 49 (12.79%) Test Automation
14 48 (12.53%) Mentoring
15 46 (12.01%) Continuous Improvement
16 45 (11.75%) Docker
16 45 (11.75%) Serverless
17 44 (11.49%) OOP
18 42 (10.97%) Problem-Solving
19 41 (10.70%) Azure
20 39 (10.18%) GitHub
20 39 (10.18%) OO
21 38 (9.92%) REST
21 38 (9.92%) TypeScript
22 36 (9.40%) FastAPI
23 34 (8.88%) Fintech
23 34 (8.88%) SDLC
24 31 (8.09%) Linux
25 30 (7.83%) AWS Lambda
26 29 (7.57%) Amazon S3

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 19 (4.96%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.52%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.26%) Apache
4 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 88 (22.98%) AWS
2 45 (11.75%) Serverless
3 41 (10.70%) Azure
4 39 (10.18%) GitHub
5 30 (7.83%) AWS Lambda
6 29 (7.57%) Amazon S3
7 25 (6.53%) SaaS
8 16 (4.18%) Amazon SQS
9 15 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (2.87%) GCP
12 9 (2.35%) Azure AI
13 5 (1.31%) Prefect
14 3 (0.78%) Amazon ECS
14 3 (0.78%) AWS Fargate
14 3 (0.78%) Azure AKS
14 3 (0.78%) GitHub Copilot
15 2 (0.52%) Amazon EKS
15 2 (0.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 1 (0.26%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.78%) Broadband
1 3 (0.78%) HTTP
1 3 (0.78%) RTP
1 3 (0.78%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.78%) VoIP
1 3 (0.78%) Wireshark
2 2 (0.52%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.22%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (4.96%) Big Data
3 8 (2.09%) Relational Database
3 8 (2.09%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.83%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.57%) MySQL
6 2 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.52%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.52%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.26%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 21 (5.48%) Git
2 3 (0.78%) GitLab
2 3 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.26%) MLflow
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.26%) Poetry
4 1 (0.26%) Selenium
4 1 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 68 (17.75%) Social Skills
2 66 (17.23%) Finance
3 40 (10.44%) Front Office
4 20 (5.22%) Tech for Good
5 17 (4.44%) Health Technology
6 16 (4.18%) Publishing
7 14 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.13%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.35%) Banking
10 8 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.04%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.04%) Aviation
11 4 (1.04%) Games
12 3 (0.78%) Retail
13 2 (0.52%) Marketing
13 2 (0.52%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.26%) Back Office
14 1 (0.26%) Electronics
14 1 (0.26%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (21.15%) React
2 59 (15.40%) Django
3 58 (15.14%) Flask
4 38 (9.92%) REST
5 36 (9.40%) FastAPI
6 29 (7.57%) RESTful
7 28 (7.31%) HTML
8 26 (6.79%) Node.js
8 26 (6.79%) Vue
9 22 (5.74%) CSS
9 22 (5.74%) Kafka
9 22 (5.74%) NumPy
10 21 (5.48%) Pandas
11 19 (4.96%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 14 (3.66%) AngularJS
13 8 (2.09%) PyTorch
13 8 (2.09%) Redux
14 7 (1.83%) OAuth
14 7 (1.83%) OAuth2
15 6 (1.57%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.23%) Algorithms
2 35 (9.14%) Data Structures
3 34 (8.88%) Hedge funds
4 29 (7.57%) Equities
5 27 (7.05%) Cloud Native
6 22 (5.74%) Fixed Income
7 19 (4.96%) Management Information System
8 17 (4.44%) Educational Technology
9 15 (3.92%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (3.66%) Product Ownership
11 10 (2.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (2.61%) PropTech
12 8 (2.09%) Derivative
13 6 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (1.04%) Mobile App
14 4 (1.04%) NHS
15 3 (0.78%) PKI
15 3 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
15 3 (0.78%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.09%) Linux
2 3 (0.78%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (30.81%) Software Engineering
2 97 (25.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 84 (21.93%) AI
4 80 (20.89%) Agile
5 66 (17.23%) CI/CD
6 49 (12.79%) Test Automation
7 48 (12.53%) Mentoring
8 46 (12.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 44 (11.49%) OOP
10 42 (10.97%) Problem-Solving
11 39 (10.18%) OO
12 34 (8.88%) Fintech
12 34 (8.88%) SDLC
13 28 (7.31%) Clean Code
13 28 (7.31%) Containerisation
13 28 (7.31%) Microservices
14 25 (6.53%) Computer Science
15 23 (6.01%) TDD
16 21 (5.48%) Acceptance Criteria
16 21 (5.48%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 383 (100.00%) Python
2 63 (16.45%) JavaScript
3 57 (14.88%) SQL
4 38 (9.92%) TypeScript
5 24 (6.27%) C++
6 11 (2.87%) PHP
7 9 (2.35%) Java
8 5 (1.31%) VBA
9 4 (1.04%) C
9 4 (1.04%) C#
10 3 (0.78%) Go
11 2 (0.52%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.52%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.52%) Rust
12 1 (0.26%) Haskell
12 1 (0.26%) OCaml
12 1 (0.26%) Perl
12 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.26%) Ruby
12 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (4.70%) Degree
2 6 (1.57%) SC Cleared
2 6 (1.57%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.52%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.96%) QA
2 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.78%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
System Software
1 45 (11.75%) Docker
2 3 (0.78%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 22 (5.74%) Terraform
2 19 (4.96%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.78%) Argo
4 1 (0.26%) Grafana
Vendors
1 15 (3.92%) Microsoft
2 6 (1.57%) Databricks
3 4 (1.04%) Oracle
4 3 (0.78%) BT
4 3 (0.78%) Fortinet
4 3 (0.78%) Foundry
4 3 (0.78%) Mitel
5 2 (0.52%) Google
5 2 (0.52%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.26%) SAP