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 28 July 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 399 442
Rank change year-on-year -18 +43 -80
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 416 304 445
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.62% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.68% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 332 231 374
10th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -15.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £122,500 £136,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £137,500 £150,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -10.71%

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 95,905 44,405 83,583
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.37% 90.07% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 65,604 26,372 57,917
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.87%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -5 374 £70,000 -17.65% 57
London -76 203 £90,000 -7.69% 41
UK excluding London +69 192 £60,000 -7.69% 26
Work from Home -74 105 £70,000 -33.33% 30
North of England +22 78 £70,000 - 7
Yorkshire -12 38 £70,000 - 4
East of England +8 27 £67,500 -1.82% 6
South West -34 25 £50,000 -41.18% 1
South East +6 23 £60,000 +33.33% 6
North West +15 20 £45,000 -30.77% 1
North East - 20 £70,000 - 2
Scotland +29 16 £45,000 - 2
Midlands -26 16 £65,000 -7.14% 2
East Midlands -13 11 £70,000 +75.00% 1
Northern Ireland - 7 £75,000 - 2
West Midlands -16 5 £60,000 -14.29% 1

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

For the 6 months to 28 July 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
2 118 (28.37%) AWS
3 108 (25.96%) Software Engineering
4 99 (23.80%) AI
5 97 (23.32%) Full-Stack Development
6 67 (16.11%) CI/CD
7 59 (14.18%) Agile
7 59 (14.18%) SQL
8 57 (13.70%) JavaScript
9 50 (12.02%) PostgreSQL
10 48 (11.54%) Azure
10 48 (11.54%) Docker
11 47 (11.30%) FastAPI
12 44 (10.58%) Django
13 42 (10.10%) Test Automation
14 41 (9.86%) Flask
14 41 (9.86%) RESTful
15 40 (9.62%) TypeScript
16 39 (9.38%) Kubernetes
17 36 (8.65%) React
18 31 (7.45%) Infrastructure as Code
18 31 (7.45%) Problem-Solving
19 30 (7.21%) Continuous Improvement
19 30 (7.21%) Linux
19 30 (7.21%) OOP
20 29 (6.97%) Microservices
21 28 (6.73%) Containerisation
21 28 (6.73%) REST
22 27 (6.49%) Cybersecurity
22 27 (6.49%) Machine Learning

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 12 (2.88%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.72%) Apache
4 2 (0.48%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 118 (28.37%) AWS
2 48 (11.54%) Azure
3 24 (5.77%) SaaS
4 21 (5.05%) Serverless
5 17 (4.09%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (3.61%) Amazon S3
7 13 (3.13%) GCP
8 11 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.40%) Amazon EC2
9 10 (2.40%) GitHub
10 8 (1.92%) Amazon EKS
11 7 (1.68%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (1.44%) Amazon SQS
12 6 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.20%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (1.20%) Prefect
14 4 (0.96%) Amazon Bedrock
14 4 (0.96%) Kong
15 3 (0.72%) AWS Fargate
15 3 (0.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.61%) Broadband
2 7 (1.68%) MQTT
3 2 (0.48%) Firewall
4 1 (0.24%) ATM
4 1 (0.24%) HTTP
4 1 (0.24%) RTP
4 1 (0.24%) SMS
4 1 (0.24%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.24%) VoIP
4 1 (0.24%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (12.02%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (4.33%) MongoDB
3 12 (2.88%) DynamoDB
4 11 (2.64%) Big Data
5 9 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.44%) MySQL
8 5 (1.20%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.20%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.96%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.72%) GIS
11 2 (0.48%) Power BI
12 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.24%) Delta Lake
12 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.24%) Pinecone
12 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.24%) Redis
12 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (6.01%) Git
2 10 (2.40%) GitLab
3 4 (0.96%) 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%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.24%) Poetry
5 1 (0.24%) Selenium
5 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 55 (13.22%) Finance
2 37 (8.89%) Social Skills
3 34 (8.17%) Front Office
4 19 (4.57%) Tech for Good
5 15 (3.61%) Games
6 12 (2.88%) Health Technology
7 11 (2.64%) Banking
8 8 (1.92%) Public Sector
9 7 (1.68%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (0.96%) Aviation
10 4 (0.96%) Publishing
11 2 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.48%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.48%) Law
11 2 (0.48%) Legal
11 2 (0.48%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.48%) Marketing
12 1 (0.24%) Advertising
12 1 (0.24%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.24%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (11.30%) FastAPI
2 44 (10.58%) Django
3 41 (9.86%) Flask
3 41 (9.86%) RESTful
4 36 (8.65%) React
5 28 (6.73%) REST
6 27 (6.49%) NumPy
7 26 (6.25%) Pandas
7 26 (6.25%) Vue
8 25 (6.01%) Node.js
9 23 (5.53%) Kafka
10 19 (4.57%) CSS
11 18 (4.33%) HTML
12 15 (3.61%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 14 (3.37%) Swagger
14 13 (3.13%) RabbitMQ
15 12 (2.88%) .NET
15 12 (2.88%) AngularJS
16 9 (2.16%) PyTorch
17 8 (1.92%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 49 (11.78%) Algorithms
2 44 (10.58%) Distributed Systems
3 42 (10.10%) Cloud Native
4 25 (6.01%) Hedge funds
5 24 (5.77%) Equities
6 23 (5.53%) Data Structures
7 22 (5.29%) Fixed Income
8 19 (4.57%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (4.57%) Low-Code
9 16 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
10 15 (3.61%) Management Information System
10 15 (3.61%) Video\Live Streaming
11 12 (2.88%) Derivative
12 10 (2.40%) Renewable Energy
13 9 (2.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 7 (1.68%) Educational Technology
15 6 (1.44%) PropTech
16 5 (1.20%) Onboarding
17 4 (0.96%) Market Risk
17 4 (0.96%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 30 (7.21%) Linux
2 2 (0.48%) Unix
3 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (25.96%) Software Engineering
2 99 (23.80%) AI
3 97 (23.32%) Full-Stack Development
4 67 (16.11%) CI/CD
5 59 (14.18%) Agile
6 42 (10.10%) Test Automation
7 31 (7.45%) Infrastructure as Code
7 31 (7.45%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (7.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (7.21%) OOP
9 29 (6.97%) Microservices
10 28 (6.73%) Containerisation
11 27 (6.49%) Cybersecurity
11 27 (6.49%) Machine Learning
11 27 (6.49%) Mentoring
11 27 (6.49%) Validation
12 26 (6.25%) OO
13 25 (6.01%) Fintech
13 25 (6.01%) Generative AI
14 24 (5.77%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 416 (100.00%) Python
2 59 (14.18%) SQL
3 57 (13.70%) JavaScript
4 40 (9.62%) TypeScript
5 26 (6.25%) C++
6 15 (3.61%) Go
7 10 (2.40%) C#
8 8 (1.92%) Java
9 7 (1.68%) PHP
10 5 (1.20%) Rust
11 4 (0.96%) Bash
12 3 (0.72%) Perl
13 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.24%) ABAP
14 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.24%) Haskell
14 1 (0.24%) OCaml
14 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (3.37%) Degree
2 12 (2.88%) Security Cleared
3 8 (1.92%) SC Cleared
4 4 (0.96%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.24%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.61%) QA
2 2 (0.48%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
3 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 48 (11.54%) Docker
2 1 (0.24%) Kamailio
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 39 (9.38%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.57%) Terraform
3 6 (1.44%) Grafana
4 5 (1.20%) Ansible
5 3 (0.72%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.48%) Kibana
6 2 (0.48%) logstash
7 1 (0.24%) Argo
Vendors
1 15 (3.61%) Databricks
2 4 (0.96%) Oracle
3 3 (0.72%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.48%) SAP
5 1 (0.24%) Alteryx
5 1 (0.24%) BT
5 1 (0.24%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.24%) Foundry
5 1 (0.24%) Mitel
5 1 (0.24%) Salesforce