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 5 April 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 380 415
Rank change year-on-year +7 +35 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 372 263 526
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.64% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.72% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 298 213 472
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £80,000 £88,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.86% +10.94%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £117,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £134,500 £150,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -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 74,800 36,762 86,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 89.83% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 48,216 23,292 64,576
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,650
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.79% -8.92%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -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 5 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 5 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 +34 361 £76,000 -7.88% 90
London +5 221 £90,000 +5.88% 45
UK excluding London +16 142 £70,000 +7.69% 50
Work from Home 0 125 £73,750 -13.24% 36
North of England -15 51 £75,000 +8.21% 20
Yorkshire -16 42 £75,000 +11.11% 15
South East -4 38 £70,000 +14.29% 9
Midlands -23 30 £60,000 +9.09% 3
South West -22 17 £50,000 -39.39% 11
East Midlands -37 17 £65,000 +18.18%
West Midlands -6 13 £60,000 -13.43% 3
North West -23 8 £40,000 -40.44% 3
Scotland -32 4 £90,000 +20.00% 2
East of England -28 2 £50,000 -41.18% 4
North East -22 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 5 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.

1 372 (100.00%) Python
2 116 (31.18%) Software Engineering
3 91 (24.46%) AWS
3 91 (24.46%) Full-Stack Development
4 86 (23.12%) React
5 81 (21.77%) Agile
5 81 (21.77%) AI
6 71 (19.09%) CI/CD
7 65 (17.47%) Django
8 62 (16.67%) JavaScript
8 62 (16.67%) SQL
9 61 (16.40%) Flask
10 53 (14.25%) Mentoring
11 52 (13.98%) Test Automation
12 51 (13.71%) Docker
13 49 (13.17%) Serverless
14 48 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
15 46 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
16 45 (12.10%) OOP
17 43 (11.56%) GitHub
18 42 (11.29%) Azure
19 40 (10.75%) FastAPI
19 40 (10.75%) OO
20 38 (10.22%) Fintech
20 38 (10.22%) REST
20 38 (10.22%) TypeScript
21 36 (9.68%) SDLC
22 32 (8.60%) Containerisation
22 32 (8.60%) HTML
22 32 (8.60%) Linux

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 21 (5.65%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.54%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.27%) Apache
4 1 (0.27%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 91 (24.46%) AWS
2 49 (13.17%) Serverless
3 43 (11.56%) GitHub
4 42 (11.29%) Azure
5 30 (8.06%) AWS Lambda
6 29 (7.80%) Amazon S3
7 26 (6.99%) SaaS
8 16 (4.30%) Amazon SQS
9 15 (4.03%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (3.49%) GCP
11 12 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.15%) Azure AI
13 5 (1.34%) Prefect
14 3 (0.81%) Amazon ECS
14 3 (0.81%) AWS Fargate
15 2 (0.54%) Amazon EKS
15 2 (0.54%) Azure AKS
15 2 (0.54%) GitHub Copilot
16 1 (0.27%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 1 (0.27%) Azure Cognitive Search
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.81%) Broadband
1 3 (0.81%) HTTP
1 3 (0.81%) RTP
1 3 (0.81%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.81%) VoIP
1 3 (0.81%) Wireshark
2 2 (0.54%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.91%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (5.65%) Big Data
3 9 (2.42%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.15%) MySQL
4 8 (2.15%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.88%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.54%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.27%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 21 (5.65%) Git
2 3 (0.81%) GitLab
2 3 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.27%) JIRA
4 1 (0.27%) Maven
4 1 (0.27%) MLflow
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.27%) Selenium
4 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 71 (19.09%) Social Skills
2 70 (18.82%) Finance
3 39 (10.48%) Front Office
4 20 (5.38%) Tech for Good
5 17 (4.57%) Health Technology
6 16 (4.30%) Publishing
7 14 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (3.49%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.42%) Banking
9 9 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.08%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.08%) Aviation
10 4 (1.08%) Games
11 3 (0.81%) Retail
12 2 (0.54%) Marketing
12 2 (0.54%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.27%) Back Office
13 1 (0.27%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.27%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (23.12%) React
2 65 (17.47%) Django
3 61 (16.40%) Flask
4 40 (10.75%) FastAPI
5 38 (10.22%) REST
6 32 (8.60%) HTML
7 31 (8.33%) RESTful
8 29 (7.80%) Vue
9 26 (6.99%) CSS
9 26 (6.99%) Node.js
10 24 (6.45%) Kafka
11 19 (5.11%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 16 (4.30%) NumPy
12 16 (4.30%) Pandas
13 13 (3.49%) AngularJS
14 8 (2.15%) Redux
15 7 (1.88%) OAuth
15 7 (1.88%) OAuth2
15 7 (1.88%) PyTorch
16 6 (1.61%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.22%) Algorithms
1 38 (10.22%) Data Structures
2 34 (9.14%) Hedge funds
3 30 (8.06%) Equities
4 26 (6.99%) Cloud Native
5 21 (5.65%) Fixed Income
6 19 (5.11%) Management Information System
7 17 (4.57%) Educational Technology
8 14 (3.76%) Product Ownership
9 11 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (2.69%) PropTech
11 9 (2.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (2.15%) Derivative
13 5 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (1.08%) Mobile App
14 4 (1.08%) NHS
15 3 (0.81%) Low-Code
15 3 (0.81%) PKI
15 3 (0.81%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.60%) Linux
2 3 (0.81%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (31.18%) Software Engineering
2 91 (24.46%) Full-Stack Development
3 81 (21.77%) Agile
3 81 (21.77%) AI
4 71 (19.09%) CI/CD
5 53 (14.25%) Mentoring
6 52 (13.98%) Test Automation
7 48 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 46 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (12.10%) OOP
10 40 (10.75%) OO
11 38 (10.22%) Fintech
12 36 (9.68%) SDLC
13 32 (8.60%) Containerisation
13 32 (8.60%) Microservices
14 28 (7.53%) Clean Code
15 27 (7.26%) Computer Science
16 25 (6.72%) Code Quality
17 24 (6.45%) Infrastructure as Code
18 23 (6.18%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 372 (100.00%) Python
2 62 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 62 (16.67%) SQL
3 38 (10.22%) TypeScript
4 23 (6.18%) C++
5 12 (3.23%) Java
6 11 (2.96%) PHP
7 5 (1.34%) VBA
8 4 (1.08%) C
8 4 (1.08%) C#
8 4 (1.08%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.81%) Go
10 2 (0.54%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.54%) Scala
11 1 (0.27%) Perl
11 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.27%) Ruby
11 1 (0.27%) Rust
11 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (4.57%) Degree
2 3 (0.81%) SC Cleared
2 3 (0.81%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.54%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.11%) QA
2 5 (1.34%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.54%) GDPR
4 2 (0.54%) PSD2
5 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
System Software
1 51 (13.71%) Docker
2 3 (0.81%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 24 (6.45%) Terraform
2 22 (5.91%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.81%) Argo
4 1 (0.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 15 (4.03%) Microsoft
2 6 (1.61%) Databricks
3 3 (0.81%) BT
3 3 (0.81%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.81%) Mitel
3 3 (0.81%) Oracle
4 2 (0.54%) Foundry
4 2 (0.54%) Google
4 2 (0.54%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.27%) SAP
5 1 (0.27%) Solace