Python Developer Job Trends

Python Developer
UK

The median Python Developer salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 428 323
Rank change year-on-year +50 -105 +65
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 293 321 460
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.57% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.60% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 222 224 425
10th Percentile £52,750 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £76,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -20.00% +22.58%
75th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £130,000
90th Percentile £139,750 £119,625 £150,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 53,173 53,172 46,462
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.28% 93.59% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 32,782 28,551 36,094
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,589 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% - -

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 19 December 2025.

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 19 December 2025. 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 +64 288 £80,000 +5.26% 96
London +43 213 £90,000 +5.88% 48
Work from Home +47 134 £85,000 +3.03% 44
UK excluding London +37 74 £75,000 +20.00% 66
North of England +44 33 £75,000 +20.00% 19
Yorkshire +5 25 £80,000 +12.28% 11
Midlands +18 21 £70,000 +27.27% 11
West Midlands +43 14 £90,000 +54.10% 5
South East +30 11 £70,000 +12.00% 25
North West +30 8 £62,500 -3.85% 8
East Midlands -18 7 £70,000 +27.27% 6
South West +7 4 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Scotland +10 3 £90,000 +20.00% 2
East of England +17 2 £52,500 -38.24% 5

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

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, 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.

1 293 (100.00%) Python
2 118 (40.27%) Agile
2 118 (40.27%) AWS
3 105 (35.84%) React
4 97 (33.11%) Software Engineering
5 78 (26.62%) CI/CD
6 69 (23.55%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (23.55%) TypeScript
7 66 (22.53%) JavaScript
8 64 (21.84%) Azure
9 61 (20.82%) AI
10 60 (20.48%) Docker
11 58 (19.80%) PostgreSQL
11 58 (19.80%) Test Automation
12 56 (19.11%) Mentoring
13 55 (18.77%) GCP
14 53 (18.09%) Fintech
14 53 (18.09%) Order Management
14 53 (18.09%) SQL
15 51 (17.41%) Django
15 51 (17.41%) Vue
16 50 (17.06%) Flask
16 50 (17.06%) Serverless
17 46 (15.70%) Node.js
17 46 (15.70%) RESTful
18 45 (15.36%) Containerisation
19 44 (15.02%) AngularJS
20 41 (13.99%) FastAPI
21 40 (13.65%) Continuous Improvement
22 39 (13.31%) NumPy

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 35 (11.95%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (4.44%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.05%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.37%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.34%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 118 (40.27%) AWS
2 64 (21.84%) Azure
3 55 (18.77%) GCP
4 50 (17.06%) Serverless
5 38 (12.97%) GitHub
6 35 (11.95%) dbt
7 29 (9.90%) AWS Lambda
8 18 (6.14%) Azure AI
8 18 (6.14%) SaaS
9 17 (5.80%) Amazon S3
10 15 (5.12%) Amazon SQS
11 9 (3.07%) Power Platform
12 8 (2.73%) n8n
13 6 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
14 5 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
15 3 (1.02%) Azure AKS
15 3 (1.02%) GitHub Copilot
16 2 (0.68%) Azure Cognitive Search
16 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.02%) Internet
2 1 (0.34%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.34%) FTP
2 1 (0.34%) UWB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (19.80%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (11.95%) Amazon Athena
2 35 (11.95%) Apache Arrow
2 35 (11.95%) Apache Iceberg
2 35 (11.95%) Dremio
3 21 (7.17%) NoSQL
4 12 (4.10%) Big Data
4 12 (4.10%) DynamoDB
4 12 (4.10%) Elasticsearch
4 12 (4.10%) MySQL
4 12 (4.10%) Relational Database
5 10 (3.41%) MongoDB
5 10 (3.41%) Tick Data
6 8 (2.73%) SQL Server
7 7 (2.39%) RDBMS
8 6 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.34%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.34%) Power BI
9 1 (0.34%) Redis
9 1 (0.34%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (4.78%) Git
2 3 (1.02%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.68%) JIRA
3 2 (0.68%) Maven
4 1 (0.34%) GitLab
General
1 108 (36.86%) Finance
2 60 (20.48%) Front Office
3 49 (16.72%) Social Skills
4 29 (9.90%) Health Technology
4 29 (9.90%) Publishing
5 28 (9.56%) Tech for Good
6 22 (7.51%) Marketing
7 15 (5.12%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (5.12%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (5.12%) Public Sector
8 14 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (4.44%) Banking
10 12 (4.10%) Retail
11 8 (2.73%) Analytical Skills
12 7 (2.39%) Electronics
12 7 (2.39%) Legal
12 7 (2.39%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.39%) Telecoms
13 6 (2.05%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.37%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (35.84%) React
2 51 (17.41%) Django
2 51 (17.41%) Vue
3 50 (17.06%) Flask
4 46 (15.70%) Node.js
4 46 (15.70%) RESTful
5 44 (15.02%) AngularJS
6 41 (13.99%) FastAPI
7 39 (13.31%) NumPy
7 39 (13.31%) Pandas
8 35 (11.95%) SciPy
9 34 (11.60%) REST
10 22 (7.51%) HTML
11 20 (6.83%) CSS
12 18 (6.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 15 (5.12%) Kafka
14 12 (4.10%) Swagger
15 10 (3.41%) LangChain
16 7 (2.39%) PyTorch
17 5 (1.71%) PyXLL
Miscellaneous
1 59 (20.14%) Equities
2 36 (12.29%) Fixed Income
2 36 (12.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 35 (11.95%) Data Structures
4 26 (8.87%) Hedge funds
5 24 (8.19%) Management Information System
6 21 (7.17%) Algorithms
7 14 (4.78%) Cloud Native
8 9 (3.07%) AI Agents
8 9 (3.07%) Marketing Technology
9 8 (2.73%) Low-Code
10 7 (2.39%) Product Ownership
11 6 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.71%) Grid Computing
13 4 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (1.37%) PKI
14 3 (1.02%) Educational Technology
15 2 (0.68%) Public Cloud
16 1 (0.34%) Blockchain
16 1 (0.34%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 25 (8.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (40.27%) Agile
2 97 (33.11%) Software Engineering
3 78 (26.62%) CI/CD
4 69 (23.55%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (20.82%) AI
6 58 (19.80%) Test Automation
7 56 (19.11%) Mentoring
8 53 (18.09%) Fintech
8 53 (18.09%) Order Management
9 45 (15.36%) Containerisation
10 40 (13.65%) Continuous Improvement
11 39 (13.31%) OOP
12 38 (12.97%) Full-Stack Development
13 37 (12.63%) Asset Management
14 36 (12.29%) Risk Management
15 35 (11.95%) Investment Management
15 35 (11.95%) Performance Attribution
16 34 (11.60%) Clean Code
17 32 (10.92%) Scrum
18 31 (10.58%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 293 (100.00%) Python
2 69 (23.55%) TypeScript
3 66 (22.53%) JavaScript
4 53 (18.09%) SQL
5 30 (10.24%) C++
6 14 (4.78%) Java
7 10 (3.41%) C#
8 3 (1.02%) Bicep
8 3 (1.02%) PHP
8 3 (1.02%) VBA
9 2 (0.68%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.68%) Scala
10 1 (0.34%) ANSI SQL
10 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.34%) Bash
10 1 (0.34%) R
10 1 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (5.80%) Degree
2 8 (2.73%) Security Cleared
3 6 (2.05%) Master's Degree
3 6 (2.05%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.71%) PhD
5 2 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.34%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.34%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.29%) QA
2 2 (0.68%) GDPR
2 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.68%) PSD2
3 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
System Software
1 60 (20.48%) Docker
2 1 (0.34%) zsh
Systems Management
1 27 (9.22%) Terraform
2 26 (8.87%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.34%) Grafana
Vendors
1 20 (6.83%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.41%) Databricks
3 8 (2.73%) Google
3 8 (2.73%) OpenAI
3 8 (2.73%) SAP
4 6 (2.05%) iManage
5 3 (1.02%) Foundry
5 3 (1.02%) Oracle
6 2 (0.68%) Solace
6 2 (0.68%) UiPath
7 1 (0.34%) Salesforce