Python Developer Job Trends

Python Developer
UK

The median Python Developer salary in the UK is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 September 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 460 408 433
Rank change year-on-year -52 +25 -119
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 407 295 386
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.60% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.67% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 323 219 271
10th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £62,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £95,000 £137,500 £128,750
90th Percentile £100,000 - £142,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -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 109,655 44,258 71,074
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 89.76% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 74,828 25,506 41,262
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -65 357 £75,000 -11.76% 135
UK excluding London +25 194 £65,000 -7.14% 53
London -109 185 £90,000 -5.26% 101
Work from Home -87 115 £85,000 -19.05% 51
North of England -17 65 £70,000 - 14
East of England +15 53 £71,250 +3.64% 5
Yorkshire -21 24 £100,000 +42.86% 8
Midlands -43 23 £60,000 -14.29% 8
North West -16 21 £45,000 -28.00% 6
North East - 20 £70,000 -
Scotland +34 18 £45,000 - 13
East Midlands -26 15 £70,000 +19.15% 4
South West -64 15 £50,000 -16.67% 1
South East -43 13 £60,000 +63.27% 5
West Midlands -44 8 £55,000 -21.43% 4
Northern Ireland - 7 £75,000 - 7

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

For the 6 months to 30 September 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.

1 407 (100.00%) Python
2 119 (29.24%) Software Engineering
3 117 (28.75%) AI
4 110 (27.03%) AWS
5 73 (17.94%) Full-Stack Development
6 69 (16.95%) CI/CD
7 63 (15.48%) Azure
8 59 (14.50%) SQL
9 53 (13.02%) Docker
10 50 (12.29%) FastAPI
11 46 (11.30%) Agile
11 46 (11.30%) PostgreSQL
11 46 (11.30%) RESTful
12 42 (10.32%) Kubernetes
13 41 (10.07%) Cybersecurity
14 40 (9.83%) JavaScript
15 39 (9.58%) Django
16 37 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
17 36 (8.85%) Validation
18 33 (8.11%) Test Automation
19 30 (7.37%) Flask
20 29 (7.13%) Containerisation
20 29 (7.13%) Observability
21 28 (6.88%) Infrastructure as Code
22 27 (6.63%) DevOps
23 26 (6.39%) API Design
23 26 (6.39%) Git
24 24 (5.90%) Roadmaps
24 24 (5.90%) TypeScript
25 23 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement

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 4 (0.98%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.74%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.49%) Apache
4 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 110 (27.03%) AWS
2 63 (15.48%) Azure
3 22 (5.41%) GCP
4 20 (4.91%) SaaS
5 14 (3.44%) Serverless
6 13 (3.19%) Amazon Bedrock
6 13 (3.19%) Amazon S3
6 13 (3.19%) Azure Service Bus
7 12 (2.95%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (2.70%) Amazon EC2
9 10 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.21%) GitHub
11 8 (1.97%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.23%) OpenShift
12 5 (1.23%) Power Platform
13 4 (0.98%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (0.98%) GitHub Copilot
13 4 (0.98%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.19%) MQTT
2 12 (2.95%) Broadband
3 3 (0.74%) 4G
3 3 (0.74%) 5G
3 3 (0.74%) DNS
3 3 (0.74%) HTTP
3 3 (0.74%) SSH
3 3 (0.74%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.49%) Firewall
5 1 (0.25%) ATM
5 1 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.25%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.25%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (11.30%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (4.67%) MongoDB
3 11 (2.70%) DynamoDB
4 10 (2.46%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (1.97%) MySQL
6 7 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.72%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.47%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.23%) Power BI
9 4 (0.98%) GIS
9 4 (0.98%) Redis
10 3 (0.74%) Big Data
10 3 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.49%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.49%) SQL Server
12 1 (0.25%) Delta Lake
12 1 (0.25%) Pinecone
12 1 (0.25%) SAP BW
12 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (6.39%) Git
2 11 (2.70%) GitLab
3 5 (1.23%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.98%) Selenium
5 2 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.25%) MLflow
6 1 (0.25%) Poetry
6 1 (0.25%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 58 (14.25%) Finance
2 32 (7.86%) Front Office
3 30 (7.37%) Social Skills
4 24 (5.90%) Banking
5 15 (3.69%) Tech for Good
6 12 (2.95%) Games
7 10 (2.46%) Health Technology
7 10 (2.46%) Marketing
8 9 (2.21%) Public Sector
9 7 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.23%) Law
11 5 (1.23%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.98%) Publishing
13 3 (0.74%) Legal
13 3 (0.74%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.49%) Automotive
14 2 (0.49%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.25%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.25%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (12.29%) FastAPI
2 46 (11.30%) RESTful
3 39 (9.58%) Django
4 30 (7.37%) Flask
5 23 (5.65%) React
6 22 (5.41%) Kafka
7 20 (4.91%) RabbitMQ
7 20 (4.91%) REST
7 20 (4.91%) Swagger
8 19 (4.67%) Terraform
9 17 (4.18%) HTML
9 17 (4.18%) Pandas
10 15 (3.69%) CSS
10 15 (3.69%) NumPy
11 13 (3.19%) OpenAPI
11 13 (3.19%) Vue
12 11 (2.70%) .NET
12 11 (2.70%) LangChain
12 11 (2.70%) Node.js
13 10 (2.46%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 44 (10.81%) Distributed Systems
2 38 (9.34%) Cloud Native
3 27 (6.63%) Algorithms
3 27 (6.63%) Hedge funds
4 26 (6.39%) Cyber Threat
5 25 (6.14%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (3.93%) Low-Code
7 15 (3.69%) Equities
8 13 (3.19%) Data Structures
9 12 (2.95%) AI Agents
9 12 (2.95%) Video\Live Streaming
10 11 (2.70%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (1.97%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.72%) Fixed Income
13 6 (1.47%) Derivative
13 6 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (1.47%) Market Risk
14 4 (0.98%) Onboarding
14 4 (0.98%) Robotics
15 3 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.16%) Linux
2 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.25%) Unix
2 1 (0.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (29.24%) Software Engineering
2 117 (28.75%) AI
3 73 (17.94%) Full-Stack Development
4 69 (16.95%) CI/CD
5 46 (11.30%) Agile
6 41 (10.07%) Cybersecurity
7 37 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 36 (8.85%) Validation
9 33 (8.11%) Test Automation
10 29 (7.13%) Containerisation
10 29 (7.13%) Observability
11 28 (6.88%) Infrastructure as Code
12 27 (6.63%) DevOps
13 26 (6.39%) API Design
14 24 (5.90%) Roadmaps
15 23 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (5.41%) Generative AI
16 22 (5.41%) Machine Learning
17 21 (5.16%) Analytics
17 21 (5.16%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 407 (100.00%) Python
2 59 (14.50%) SQL
3 40 (9.83%) JavaScript
4 24 (5.90%) TypeScript
5 18 (4.42%) C++
6 12 (2.95%) Go
7 11 (2.70%) C#
7 11 (2.70%) R
8 7 (1.72%) Bash
9 5 (1.23%) Java
10 4 (0.98%) Rust
10 4 (0.98%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.74%) Perl
12 2 (0.49%) PHP
13 1 (0.25%) ABAP
13 1 (0.25%) Bicep
13 1 (0.25%) Haskell
13 1 (0.25%) OCaml
13 1 (0.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (3.19%) Degree
1 13 (3.19%) Security Cleared
2 7 (1.72%) SC Cleared
3 5 (1.23%) AWS Certification
3 5 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.25%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.69%) QA
2 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.25%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.25%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 53 (13.02%) Docker
2 1 (0.25%) GPFS
2 1 (0.25%) NFS
Systems Management
1 42 (10.32%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.21%) Grafana
3 6 (1.47%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.23%) Ansible
5 3 (0.74%) Kibana
6 2 (0.49%) logstash
7 1 (0.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (2.46%) Databricks
1 10 (2.46%) Google
2 4 (0.98%) Microsoft
2 4 (0.98%) SAP
3 3 (0.74%) Oracle
4 2 (0.49%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.25%) Alteryx
5 1 (0.25%) Autodesk
5 1 (0.25%) Brocade
5 1 (0.25%) EMC
5 1 (0.25%) Foundry
5 1 (0.25%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.25%) IBM
5 1 (0.25%) NetApp
5 1 (0.25%) Veritas