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 25 April 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 412 429
Rank change year-on-year +40 +17 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 388 241 535
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.57% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.64% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 321 188 479
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,875 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +7.46%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £121,250
90th Percentile £140,000 £137,500 £147,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £58,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.26% -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 82,175 37,486 90,129
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 89.02% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 52,627 23,548 66,532
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
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 25 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 25 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 +46 375 £75,000 -9.09% 71
London +10 221 £90,000 +5.88% 43
UK excluding London +49 157 £61,250 +4.26% 43
Work from Home +2 122 £70,000 -30.00% 50
North of England 0 54 £70,000 +7.69% 16
Yorkshire -18 44 £75,000 +15.38% 8
South East -4 41 £70,000 +55.56% 13
Midlands -25 30 £60,000 +9.09%
South West - 25 £50,000 - 4
East Midlands -49 17 £65,000 +18.18%
West Midlands -16 13 £60,000 -
North West -31 9 £40,000 -33.33% 4
Scotland -20 4 £90,000 +20.00% 6
East of England -34 3 £52,500 -38.24% 2
North East - 1 - - 4

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 388 (100.00%) Python
2 119 (30.67%) Software Engineering
3 98 (25.26%) Full-Stack Development
4 88 (22.68%) AI
5 81 (20.88%) AWS
6 78 (20.10%) React
7 77 (19.85%) Agile
8 58 (14.95%) CI/CD
8 58 (14.95%) JavaScript
9 56 (14.43%) SQL
10 55 (14.18%) Django
11 53 (13.66%) Flask
12 46 (11.86%) Test Automation
13 42 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
13 42 (10.82%) Mentoring
14 40 (10.31%) Azure
14 40 (10.31%) OOP
15 39 (10.05%) Docker
15 39 (10.05%) Serverless
15 39 (10.05%) TypeScript
16 37 (9.54%) OO
16 37 (9.54%) Problem-Solving
17 36 (9.28%) REST
18 35 (9.02%) FastAPI
18 35 (9.02%) GitHub
19 33 (8.51%) Fintech
19 33 (8.51%) SDLC
20 31 (7.99%) Linux
21 30 (7.73%) SaaS
22 29 (7.47%) AWS Lambda

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 18 (4.64%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.80%) 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 81 (20.88%) AWS
2 40 (10.31%) Azure
3 39 (10.05%) Serverless
4 35 (9.02%) GitHub
5 30 (7.73%) SaaS
6 29 (7.47%) AWS Lambda
7 27 (6.96%) Amazon S3
8 15 (3.87%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (3.61%) Amazon SQS
10 12 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.32%) Azure AI
11 9 (2.32%) GCP
12 5 (1.29%) Prefect
13 3 (0.77%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (0.77%) AWS Fargate
13 3 (0.77%) Azure AKS
13 3 (0.77%) GitHub Copilot
14 2 (0.52%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (0.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 1 (0.26%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.77%) Broadband
1 3 (0.77%) HTTP
1 3 (0.77%) RTP
1 3 (0.77%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.77%) VoIP
1 3 (0.77%) Wireshark
2 2 (0.52%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.90%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (4.64%) Big Data
3 7 (1.80%) MongoDB
3 7 (1.80%) Relational Database
3 7 (1.80%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.55%) MySQL
5 2 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.52%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.26%) Power BI
6 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.26%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (5.41%) Git
2 3 (0.77%) GitLab
2 3 (0.77%) 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 64 (16.49%) Finance
2 63 (16.24%) Social Skills
3 40 (10.31%) Front Office
4 19 (4.90%) Tech for Good
5 16 (4.12%) Health Technology
6 15 (3.87%) Publishing
7 12 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.32%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.06%) Banking
10 7 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.03%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.03%) Aviation
11 4 (1.03%) Games
12 3 (0.77%) Retail
13 1 (0.26%) Back Office
13 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.26%) Marketing
13 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (20.10%) React
2 55 (14.18%) Django
3 53 (13.66%) Flask
4 36 (9.28%) REST
5 35 (9.02%) FastAPI
6 28 (7.22%) RESTful
7 26 (6.70%) Node.js
8 24 (6.19%) NumPy
9 23 (5.93%) HTML
9 23 (5.93%) Pandas
10 22 (5.67%) Vue
11 21 (5.41%) Kafka
12 19 (4.90%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 17 (4.38%) CSS
14 14 (3.61%) AngularJS
15 8 (2.06%) PyTorch
15 8 (2.06%) Redux
16 7 (1.80%) .NET
17 6 (1.55%) Google JAX
17 6 (1.55%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.60%) Algorithms
2 33 (8.51%) Hedge funds
3 32 (8.25%) Data Structures
4 29 (7.47%) Equities
5 27 (6.96%) Cloud Native
6 22 (5.67%) Fixed Income
7 19 (4.90%) Management Information System
8 17 (4.38%) Educational Technology
9 15 (3.87%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (3.61%) Product Ownership
11 10 (2.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (2.58%) PropTech
12 8 (2.06%) Derivative
13 6 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (1.03%) Mobile App
14 4 (1.03%) NHS
15 3 (0.77%) Low-Code
15 3 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
15 3 (0.77%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 31 (7.99%) Linux
2 3 (0.77%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (30.67%) Software Engineering
2 98 (25.26%) Full-Stack Development
3 88 (22.68%) AI
4 77 (19.85%) Agile
5 58 (14.95%) CI/CD
6 46 (11.86%) Test Automation
7 42 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 42 (10.82%) Mentoring
8 40 (10.31%) OOP
9 37 (9.54%) OO
9 37 (9.54%) Problem-Solving
10 33 (8.51%) Fintech
10 33 (8.51%) SDLC
11 28 (7.22%) Clean Code
12 27 (6.96%) Microservices
13 25 (6.44%) Computer Science
13 25 (6.44%) Containerisation
14 22 (5.67%) Computer Vision
14 22 (5.67%) TDD
15 21 (5.41%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 388 (100.00%) Python
2 58 (14.95%) JavaScript
3 56 (14.43%) SQL
4 39 (10.05%) TypeScript
5 24 (6.19%) C++
6 11 (2.84%) PHP
7 9 (2.32%) Java
8 5 (1.29%) C#
8 5 (1.29%) VBA
9 4 (1.03%) C
10 3 (0.77%) 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 17 (4.38%) Degree
2 6 (1.55%) SC Cleared
2 6 (1.55%) 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 17 (4.38%) QA
2 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.77%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
System Software
1 39 (10.05%) Docker
2 3 (0.77%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 18 (4.64%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.12%) Terraform
3 3 (0.77%) Argo
4 1 (0.26%) Grafana
Vendors
1 15 (3.87%) Microsoft
2 6 (1.55%) Databricks
3 4 (1.03%) Oracle
4 3 (0.77%) BT
4 3 (0.77%) Fortinet
4 3 (0.77%) Foundry
4 3 (0.77%) Mitel
5 2 (0.52%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.26%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.26%) Google
6 1 (0.26%) SAP