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 16 June 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 420 422
Rank change year-on-year +41 +2 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 416 269 578
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.60% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.67% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 328 206 499
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £97,500 £122,500 £117,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £137,500 £146,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 87,667 39,868 102,544
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 89.44% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 60,134 22,590 73,956
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,501 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.54%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 +13 382 £70,000 -17.65% 41
London -27 222 £90,000 -4.51% 29
UK excluding London +91 178 £60,000 - 21
Work from Home -25 111 £70,000 -33.33% 23
North of England +34 76 £62,500 +4.17% 6
Yorkshire -3 41 £70,000 +16.67% 2
South East +11 35 £60,000 +43.71% 7
South West -32 24 £50,000 -41.18%
North West +22 23 £45,000 -25.00%
Midlands -1 16 £60,000 +9.09% 1
Scotland +13 12 £45,000 - 1
North East - 12 £70,000 - 4
East Midlands -12 11 £60,000 +50.00% 1
East of England -13 8 £72,500 -3.33% 5
Northern Ireland - 7 £75,000 - 1
West Midlands -20 5 £55,000 -21.43%

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

For the 6 months to 16 June 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.

1 416 (100.00%) Python
2 115 (27.64%) Software Engineering
3 104 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 98 (23.56%) AI
4 98 (23.56%) AWS
5 63 (15.14%) Agile
6 59 (14.18%) CI/CD
7 54 (12.98%) JavaScript
7 54 (12.98%) React
8 51 (12.26%) SQL
8 51 (12.26%) Test Automation
9 47 (11.30%) Docker
9 47 (11.30%) Flask
10 44 (10.58%) TypeScript
11 41 (9.86%) Django
12 40 (9.62%) Azure
13 37 (8.89%) FastAPI
14 36 (8.65%) Linux
14 36 (8.65%) OOP
15 35 (8.41%) Kubernetes
15 35 (8.41%) PostgreSQL
16 34 (8.17%) Continuous Improvement
16 34 (8.17%) OO
17 32 (7.69%) C++
17 32 (7.69%) REST
17 32 (7.69%) RESTful
18 29 (6.97%) Mentoring
19 28 (6.73%) Fintech
20 27 (6.49%) Containerisation
20 27 (6.49%) Node.js

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 14 (3.37%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.48%) Apache
3 2 (0.48%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 98 (23.56%) AWS
2 40 (9.62%) Azure
3 27 (6.49%) SaaS
4 24 (5.77%) Serverless
5 20 (4.81%) GitHub
6 19 (4.57%) AWS Lambda
7 14 (3.37%) Amazon S3
8 13 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (2.88%) GCP
10 5 (1.20%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (1.20%) Prefect
11 4 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (0.96%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (0.96%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (0.72%) AWS Fargate
12 3 (0.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 2 (0.48%) AWS CodePipeline
13 2 (0.48%) Azure Functions
13 2 (0.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.61%) Broadband
2 4 (0.96%) MQTT
3 3 (0.72%) HTTP
3 3 (0.72%) RTP
3 3 (0.72%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.72%) VoIP
3 3 (0.72%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.48%) Firewall
5 1 (0.24%) ATM
5 1 (0.24%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.41%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (5.05%) MongoDB
3 13 (3.13%) Big Data
4 6 (1.44%) DynamoDB
4 6 (1.44%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.20%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.96%) MySQL
7 2 (0.48%) GIS
8 1 (0.24%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.24%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.24%) Power BI
8 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.24%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (5.53%) Git
2 8 (1.92%) GitLab
3 3 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.24%) MLflow
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.24%) Poetry
5 1 (0.24%) Selenium
5 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 60 (14.42%) Finance
2 42 (10.10%) Front Office
3 40 (9.62%) Social Skills
4 16 (3.85%) Games
4 16 (3.85%) Tech for Good
5 13 (3.13%) Banking
6 12 (2.88%) Health Technology
7 8 (1.92%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.44%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (0.96%) Aviation
9 4 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (0.96%) Publishing
10 2 (0.48%) Law
10 2 (0.48%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.48%) Marketing
11 1 (0.24%) Advertising
11 1 (0.24%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.24%) Automotive
11 1 (0.24%) Electronics
11 1 (0.24%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (12.98%) React
2 47 (11.30%) Flask
3 41 (9.86%) Django
4 37 (8.89%) FastAPI
5 32 (7.69%) REST
5 32 (7.69%) RESTful
6 27 (6.49%) Node.js
6 27 (6.49%) NumPy
6 27 (6.49%) Vue
7 26 (6.25%) Pandas
8 22 (5.29%) Kafka
9 19 (4.57%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 18 (4.33%) HTML
11 14 (3.37%) CSS
12 12 (2.88%) AngularJS
13 11 (2.64%) .NET
14 9 (2.16%) PyTorch
14 9 (2.16%) RabbitMQ
14 9 (2.16%) Swagger
15 8 (1.92%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 52 (12.50%) Algorithms
2 42 (10.10%) Cloud Native
3 31 (7.45%) Hedge funds
4 30 (7.21%) Distributed Systems
5 29 (6.97%) Data Structures
5 29 (6.97%) Equities
6 22 (5.29%) Fixed Income
7 19 (4.57%) Management Information System
8 15 (3.61%) Low-Code
8 15 (3.61%) Video\Live Streaming
9 14 (3.37%) Educational Technology
10 13 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (2.40%) Derivative
11 10 (2.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (2.40%) PropTech
12 9 (2.16%) Product Ownership
13 7 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (1.44%) Renewable Energy
15 4 (0.96%) Mobile App
15 4 (0.96%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 36 (8.65%) Linux
2 3 (0.72%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (27.64%) Software Engineering
2 104 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 98 (23.56%) AI
4 63 (15.14%) Agile
5 59 (14.18%) CI/CD
6 51 (12.26%) Test Automation
7 36 (8.65%) OOP
8 34 (8.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (8.17%) OO
9 29 (6.97%) Mentoring
10 28 (6.73%) Fintech
11 27 (6.49%) Containerisation
11 27 (6.49%) Problem-Solving
12 26 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
12 26 (6.25%) SDLC
13 25 (6.01%) Machine Learning
14 24 (5.77%) Computer Vision
14 24 (5.77%) Microservices
15 22 (5.29%) Deep Learning
15 22 (5.29%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 416 (100.00%) Python
2 54 (12.98%) JavaScript
3 51 (12.26%) SQL
4 44 (10.58%) TypeScript
5 32 (7.69%) C++
6 15 (3.61%) Go
7 12 (2.88%) Java
8 10 (2.40%) PHP
9 9 (2.16%) C#
10 4 (0.96%) C
11 3 (0.72%) Bash
11 3 (0.72%) Perl
12 2 (0.48%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.48%) Rust
12 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.48%) VBA
13 1 (0.24%) Bicep
13 1 (0.24%) Haskell
13 1 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (3.85%) Degree
2 10 (2.40%) Security Cleared
3 8 (1.92%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.72%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.48%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.40%) QA
2 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.48%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 47 (11.30%) Docker
2 3 (0.72%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 35 (8.41%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.37%) Terraform
3 4 (0.96%) Ansible
3 4 (0.96%) Grafana
4 3 (0.72%) Argo
5 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 12 (2.88%) Databricks
2 6 (1.44%) Microsoft
3 3 (0.72%) BT
3 3 (0.72%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.72%) Mitel
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle
4 2 (0.48%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.48%) SAP
5 1 (0.24%) Alteryx
5 1 (0.24%) Foundry
5 1 (0.24%) Google