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 20 April 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 401 432
Rank change year-on-year +20 +31 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 388 245 530
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.59% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.66% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 318 195 474
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £117,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £137,500 £148,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,750 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.00% +4.17% -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 80,885 37,363 89,466
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 89.33% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 51,875 23,453 66,238
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £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 20 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 20 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 +28 375 £75,000 -9.09% 81
London +13 219 £90,000 +5.88% 45
UK excluding London +29 158 £63,750 +2.00% 52
Work from Home +18 125 £72,500 -14.71% 41
North of England -8 55 £75,000 +15.38% 24
Yorkshire -17 45 £77,500 +19.23% 11
South East -8 41 £70,000 +30.23% 11
Midlands -16 30 £60,000 +9.09% 1
South West - 25 £50,000 - 6
East Midlands -44 17 £65,000 +18.18% 1
West Midlands -20 13 £60,000 -
North West -20 9 £40,000 -33.33% 7
Scotland -19 4 £90,000 +20.00% 11
East of England -37 3 £52,500 -38.24%
North East - 1 - - 6

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 99 (25.52%) Full-Stack Development
4 88 (22.68%) AWS
5 84 (21.65%) AI
6 81 (20.88%) Agile
6 81 (20.88%) React
7 65 (16.75%) CI/CD
8 63 (16.24%) JavaScript
9 59 (15.21%) Django
9 59 (15.21%) SQL
10 58 (14.95%) Flask
11 48 (12.37%) Mentoring
11 48 (12.37%) Test Automation
12 46 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
13 45 (11.60%) OOP
13 45 (11.60%) Serverless
14 44 (11.34%) Docker
15 41 (10.57%) Azure
15 41 (10.57%) Problem-Solving
16 39 (10.05%) GitHub
16 39 (10.05%) OO
17 38 (9.79%) TypeScript
18 37 (9.54%) REST
19 36 (9.28%) FastAPI
20 34 (8.76%) Fintech
20 34 (8.76%) SDLC
21 31 (7.99%) Linux
22 30 (7.73%) AWS Lambda
23 29 (7.47%) Amazon S3

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 19 (4.90%) 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 88 (22.68%) AWS
2 45 (11.60%) Serverless
3 41 (10.57%) Azure
4 39 (10.05%) GitHub
5 30 (7.73%) AWS Lambda
6 29 (7.47%) Amazon S3
7 27 (6.96%) SaaS
8 16 (4.12%) Amazon SQS
9 15 (3.87%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (2.58%) GCP
12 9 (2.32%) Azure AI
13 5 (1.29%) Prefect
14 3 (0.77%) Amazon ECS
14 3 (0.77%) AWS Fargate
14 3 (0.77%) Azure AKS
14 3 (0.77%) GitHub Copilot
15 2 (0.52%) Amazon EKS
15 2 (0.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 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%) Big Data
1 19 (4.90%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (2.06%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.80%) MongoDB
3 7 (1.80%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.55%) MySQL
5 2 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.26%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.26%) NoSQL
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 69 (17.78%) Social Skills
2 65 (16.75%) Finance
3 40 (10.31%) Front Office
4 20 (5.15%) Tech for Good
5 17 (4.38%) Health Technology
6 16 (4.12%) Publishing
7 14 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.84%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.32%) Banking
10 8 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.29%) Analytical Skills
12 4 (1.03%) Aviation
12 4 (1.03%) Games
13 3 (0.77%) Retail
14 1 (0.26%) Back Office
14 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.26%) Marketing
14 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (20.88%) React
2 59 (15.21%) Django
3 58 (14.95%) Flask
4 37 (9.54%) REST
5 36 (9.28%) FastAPI
6 29 (7.47%) RESTful
7 28 (7.22%) HTML
8 26 (6.70%) Node.js
8 26 (6.70%) Vue
9 24 (6.19%) NumPy
10 23 (5.93%) Pandas
11 22 (5.67%) CSS
11 22 (5.67%) Kafka
12 19 (4.90%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 14 (3.61%) AngularJS
14 8 (2.06%) PyTorch
14 8 (2.06%) Redux
15 7 (1.80%) .NET
15 7 (1.80%) OAuth
15 7 (1.80%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.60%) Algorithms
2 36 (9.28%) Data Structures
3 34 (8.76%) Hedge funds
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 99 (25.52%) Full-Stack Development
3 84 (21.65%) AI
4 81 (20.88%) Agile
5 65 (16.75%) CI/CD
6 48 (12.37%) Mentoring
6 48 (12.37%) Test Automation
7 46 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 45 (11.60%) OOP
9 41 (10.57%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (10.05%) OO
11 34 (8.76%) Fintech
11 34 (8.76%) SDLC
12 28 (7.22%) Clean Code
12 28 (7.22%) Microservices
13 27 (6.96%) Containerisation
14 25 (6.44%) Computer Science
15 23 (5.93%) TDD
16 22 (5.67%) Computer Vision
17 21 (5.41%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 388 (100.00%) Python
2 63 (16.24%) JavaScript
3 59 (15.21%) SQL
4 38 (9.79%) 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 18 (4.64%) Degree
2 7 (1.80%) SC Cleared
2 7 (1.80%) 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 18 (4.64%) QA
2 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.77%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
System Software
1 44 (11.34%) Docker
2 3 (0.77%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 21 (5.41%) Terraform
2 18 (4.64%) Kubernetes
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