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 27 February 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 406 389
Rank change year-on-year +22 -17 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 314 296 500
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.62% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.68% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 249 207 465
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £51,100
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
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 £103,125 £132,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £110,000 £150,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% +6.67% -4.00%

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 63,755 43,253 71,453
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 91.31% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 40,200 23,124 55,563
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,674 £45,000 £39,302
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 27 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 27 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 +26 306 £76,000 -5.00% 76
London +20 199 £90,000 +5.88% 47
Work from Home +22 120 £76,000 -7.88% 43
UK excluding London +21 106 £70,000 +9.38% 45
North of England +11 34 £72,500 +4.61% 12
Midlands +12 31 £65,000 +18.18% 1
South East +9 30 £70,000 +11.11% 15
Yorkshire -12 25 £75,000 -9.09% 9
East Midlands -24 17 £65,000 +18.18% 1
West Midlands +26 14 £75,000 +28.42%
North West +1 9 £40,000 -40.44% 3
South West -6 7 £55,000 - 7
Scotland -14 3 £90,000 +20.00% 6
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 27 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.

1 314 (100.00%) Python
2 105 (33.44%) Software Engineering
3 96 (30.57%) React
4 86 (27.39%) AWS
5 78 (24.84%) Agile
6 70 (22.29%) AI
6 70 (22.29%) Full-Stack Development
7 65 (20.70%) CI/CD
8 63 (20.06%) Django
9 59 (18.79%) JavaScript
10 56 (17.83%) Flask
11 55 (17.52%) SQL
12 52 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
13 50 (15.92%) Mentoring
14 47 (14.97%) Docker
15 46 (14.65%) Serverless
15 46 (14.65%) Test Automation
16 45 (14.33%) GitHub
16 45 (14.33%) TypeScript
17 44 (14.01%) Azure
18 43 (13.69%) OOP
19 40 (12.74%) Continuous Improvement
20 39 (12.42%) FastAPI
20 39 (12.42%) Fintech
21 34 (10.83%) OO
22 32 (10.19%) Containerisation
23 30 (9.55%) Node.js
23 30 (9.55%) REST
24 29 (9.24%) Clean Code
25 28 (8.92%) HTML

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 (6.05%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.55%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.64%) Jupyter
3 2 (0.64%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 86 (27.39%) AWS
2 46 (14.65%) Serverless
3 45 (14.33%) GitHub
4 44 (14.01%) Azure
5 27 (8.60%) AWS Lambda
6 26 (8.28%) Amazon S3
7 20 (6.37%) SaaS
8 18 (5.73%) GCP
9 14 (4.46%) Amazon SQS
9 14 (4.46%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (3.18%) Azure AI
12 8 (2.55%) dbt
13 2 (0.64%) Azure AKS
13 2 (0.64%) GitHub Copilot
13 2 (0.64%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (0.64%) n8n
13 2 (0.64%) Power Platform
14 1 (0.32%) Amazon ECS
14 1 (0.32%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.96%) HTTP
1 3 (0.96%) RTP
1 3 (0.96%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.96%) VoIP
1 3 (0.96%) Wireshark
2 2 (0.64%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.64%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (5.73%) Big Data
3 9 (2.87%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.55%) MySQL
5 7 (2.23%) Amazon Athena
5 7 (2.23%) Apache Arrow
5 7 (2.23%) Apache Iceberg
5 7 (2.23%) Dremio
5 7 (2.23%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.91%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.91%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.64%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.64%) Tick Data
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 15 (4.78%) Git
2 3 (0.96%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.64%) GitLab
3 2 (0.64%) JIRA
3 2 (0.64%) Maven
3 2 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.32%) Selenium
General
1 76 (24.20%) Finance
2 66 (21.02%) Social Skills
3 41 (13.06%) Front Office
4 18 (5.73%) Tech for Good
5 17 (5.41%) Health Technology
6 16 (5.10%) Publishing
7 14 (4.46%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (3.50%) Banking
8 11 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.87%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.23%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.27%) Aviation
12 3 (0.96%) Retail
13 2 (0.64%) Games
13 2 (0.64%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.64%) Legal
13 2 (0.64%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (30.57%) React
2 63 (20.06%) Django
3 56 (17.83%) Flask
4 39 (12.42%) FastAPI
5 30 (9.55%) Node.js
5 30 (9.55%) REST
6 28 (8.92%) HTML
7 27 (8.60%) RESTful
8 24 (7.64%) Vue
9 21 (6.69%) Kafka
10 19 (6.05%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 19 (6.05%) CSS
11 16 (5.10%) AngularJS
12 9 (2.87%) NumPy
12 9 (2.87%) Pandas
13 7 (2.23%) OAuth
13 7 (2.23%) OAuth2
13 7 (2.23%) SciPy
14 6 (1.91%) Redux
15 5 (1.59%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 38 (12.10%) Data Structures
2 36 (11.46%) Equities
3 27 (8.60%) Hedge funds
4 22 (7.01%) Algorithms
5 19 (6.05%) Management Information System
6 17 (5.41%) Fixed Income
7 16 (5.10%) Cloud Native
8 13 (4.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (3.82%) Educational Technology
10 10 (3.18%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.91%) Derivative
11 6 (1.91%) PropTech
12 4 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.27%) PKI
13 3 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
14 2 (0.64%) AI Agents
14 2 (0.64%) Grid Computing
14 2 (0.64%) Low-Code
14 2 (0.64%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.28%) Linux
2 3 (0.96%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (33.44%) Software Engineering
2 78 (24.84%) Agile
3 70 (22.29%) AI
3 70 (22.29%) Full-Stack Development
4 65 (20.70%) CI/CD
5 52 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (15.92%) Mentoring
7 46 (14.65%) Test Automation
8 43 (13.69%) OOP
9 40 (12.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 39 (12.42%) Fintech
11 34 (10.83%) OO
12 32 (10.19%) Containerisation
13 29 (9.24%) Clean Code
14 28 (8.92%) Microservices
14 28 (8.92%) SDLC
15 26 (8.28%) Order Management
16 25 (7.96%) Code Quality
16 25 (7.96%) Computer Science
17 21 (6.69%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 314 (100.00%) Python
2 59 (18.79%) JavaScript
3 55 (17.52%) SQL
4 45 (14.33%) TypeScript
5 26 (8.28%) C++
6 13 (4.14%) Java
7 8 (2.55%) PHP
8 5 (1.59%) VBA
9 4 (1.27%) C
9 4 (1.27%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.64%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.64%) C#
10 2 (0.64%) Scala
11 1 (0.32%) Perl
11 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.32%) Ruby
11 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (4.14%) Degree
2 4 (1.27%) Security Cleared
3 3 (0.96%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.64%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.64%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.32%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.10%) QA
2 5 (1.59%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.64%) GDPR
4 2 (0.64%) PSD2
System Software
1 47 (14.97%) Docker
2 3 (0.96%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 23 (7.32%) Kubernetes
2 22 (7.01%) Terraform
3 3 (0.96%) Argo
Vendors
1 16 (5.10%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.96%) BT
2 3 (0.96%) Fortinet
2 3 (0.96%) Mitel
2 3 (0.96%) Oracle
3 2 (0.64%) Foundry
3 2 (0.64%) Google
3 2 (0.64%) iManage
3 2 (0.64%) OpenAI
3 2 (0.64%) Salesforce
3 2 (0.64%) Solace
4 1 (0.32%) Databricks
4 1 (0.32%) SAP
4 1 (0.32%) UiPath