Python Developer Job Trends

Python Developer
UK

The median Python Developer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 June 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 423 431
Rank change year-on-year +38 +8 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 417 273 577
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.60% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.68% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 329 211 500
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £97,500 £122,500 £119,375
90th Percentile £107,500 £137,500 £146,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.43%

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 89,062 40,399 103,075
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 89.44% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 61,111 23,040 74,444
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,567
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.54%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +29 382 £70,000 -17.65% 42
London -29 221 £90,000 -3.74% 30
UK excluding London +78 180 £60,000 - 25
Work from Home -17 112 £70,000 -33.33% 32
North of England +31 75 £62,500 +4.17% 7
Yorkshire +1 40 £70,000 +16.67% 3
South East +4 35 £60,000 +43.71% 6
South West -33 25 £50,000 -41.18% 1
North West +24 22 £45,000 -25.00% 1
Midlands -26 16 £60,000 +9.09% 1
Scotland +25 13 £45,000 - 1
North East - 13 £70,000 - 3
East Midlands -13 11 £60,000 +50.00% 1
East of England -12 9 £72,500 -3.33% 3
Northern Ireland - 7 £75,000 - 6
West Midlands -21 5 £55,000 -21.43%

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

For the 6 months to 23 June 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.

1 417 (100.00%) Python
2 114 (27.34%) Software Engineering
3 103 (24.70%) Full-Stack Development
4 102 (24.46%) AWS
5 97 (23.26%) AI
6 64 (15.35%) Agile
7 57 (13.67%) CI/CD
8 54 (12.95%) React
9 53 (12.71%) JavaScript
10 51 (12.23%) SQL
11 50 (11.99%) Test Automation
12 46 (11.03%) Docker
12 46 (11.03%) Flask
13 45 (10.79%) TypeScript
14 42 (10.07%) Azure
15 41 (9.83%) Django
16 40 (9.59%) FastAPI
17 37 (8.87%) Kubernetes
17 37 (8.87%) PostgreSQL
18 36 (8.63%) Linux
18 36 (8.63%) OOP
19 34 (8.15%) RESTful
20 33 (7.91%) Continuous Improvement
20 33 (7.91%) OO
21 32 (7.67%) C++
22 30 (7.19%) REST
23 29 (6.95%) Containerisation
24 28 (6.71%) Mentoring
24 28 (6.71%) SaaS
25 27 (6.47%) Node.js

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 13 (3.12%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.72%) Apache
4 2 (0.48%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 102 (24.46%) AWS
2 42 (10.07%) Azure
3 28 (6.71%) SaaS
4 25 (6.00%) Serverless
5 21 (5.04%) AWS Lambda
6 17 (4.08%) GitHub
7 15 (3.60%) Amazon S3
8 13 (3.12%) GCP
9 11 (2.64%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (1.20%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (1.20%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (1.20%) Prefect
12 4 (0.96%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (0.72%) AWS Fargate
13 3 (0.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 2 (0.48%) AWS CodePipeline
14 2 (0.48%) Azure Functions
14 2 (0.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.60%) Broadband
2 5 (1.20%) MQTT
3 3 (0.72%) HTTP
3 3 (0.72%) RTP
3 3 (0.72%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.72%) VoIP
3 3 (0.72%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.48%) Firewall
5 1 (0.24%) ATM
5 1 (0.24%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.87%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (5.04%) MongoDB
3 12 (2.88%) Big Data
4 7 (1.68%) DynamoDB
4 7 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.44%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.20%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.96%) MySQL
8 2 (0.48%) GIS
9 1 (0.24%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.24%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.24%) Power BI
9 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.24%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (5.52%) Git
2 9 (2.16%) GitLab
3 4 (0.96%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.24%) MLflow
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.24%) Poetry
5 1 (0.24%) Selenium
5 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 60 (14.39%) Finance
2 42 (10.07%) Front Office
3 39 (9.35%) Social Skills
4 16 (3.84%) Games
4 16 (3.84%) Tech for Good
5 14 (3.36%) Banking
6 12 (2.88%) Health Technology
7 8 (1.92%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.44%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (0.96%) Aviation
9 4 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (0.96%) Publishing
10 2 (0.48%) Law
10 2 (0.48%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.48%) Marketing
11 1 (0.24%) Advertising
11 1 (0.24%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.24%) Automotive
11 1 (0.24%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.24%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (12.95%) React
2 46 (11.03%) Flask
3 41 (9.83%) Django
4 40 (9.59%) FastAPI
5 34 (8.15%) RESTful
6 30 (7.19%) REST
7 27 (6.47%) Node.js
7 27 (6.47%) NumPy
8 26 (6.24%) Pandas
8 26 (6.24%) Vue
9 21 (5.04%) Kafka
10 19 (4.56%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 17 (4.08%) HTML
12 13 (3.12%) CSS
13 12 (2.88%) AngularJS
14 11 (2.64%) .NET
14 11 (2.64%) Swagger
15 9 (2.16%) PyTorch
15 9 (2.16%) RabbitMQ
16 8 (1.92%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 52 (12.47%) Algorithms
2 44 (10.55%) Cloud Native
3 31 (7.43%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (7.43%) Hedge funds
4 29 (6.95%) Equities
5 28 (6.71%) Data Structures
6 23 (5.52%) Fixed Income
7 19 (4.56%) Management Information System
8 15 (3.60%) Low-Code
8 15 (3.60%) Video\Live Streaming
9 13 (3.12%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (2.88%) Educational Technology
11 11 (2.64%) Derivative
12 10 (2.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (2.40%) PropTech
13 8 (1.92%) Product Ownership
14 7 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
15 6 (1.44%) Renewable Energy
16 4 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
16 4 (0.96%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 36 (8.63%) Linux
2 3 (0.72%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (27.34%) Software Engineering
2 103 (24.70%) Full-Stack Development
3 97 (23.26%) AI
4 64 (15.35%) Agile
5 57 (13.67%) CI/CD
6 50 (11.99%) Test Automation
7 36 (8.63%) OOP
8 33 (7.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (7.91%) OO
9 29 (6.95%) Containerisation
10 28 (6.71%) Mentoring
11 27 (6.47%) Problem-Solving
12 26 (6.24%) Fintech
12 26 (6.24%) Infrastructure as Code
13 25 (6.00%) Machine Learning
13 25 (6.00%) Microservices
13 25 (6.00%) SDLC
14 24 (5.76%) Computer Vision
15 22 (5.28%) Deep Learning
15 22 (5.28%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 417 (100.00%) Python
2 53 (12.71%) JavaScript
3 51 (12.23%) SQL
4 45 (10.79%) TypeScript
5 32 (7.67%) C++
6 15 (3.60%) Go
7 11 (2.64%) Java
8 10 (2.40%) PHP
9 9 (2.16%) C#
10 4 (0.96%) Bash
10 4 (0.96%) C
11 3 (0.72%) Perl
12 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.48%) Rust
12 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.48%) VBA
13 1 (0.24%) ABAP
13 1 (0.24%) Bicep
13 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (3.84%) Degree
2 11 (2.64%) Security Cleared
3 8 (1.92%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.72%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.24%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.64%) QA
2 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.48%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 46 (11.03%) Docker
2 3 (0.72%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 37 (8.87%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.60%) Terraform
3 5 (1.20%) Ansible
3 5 (1.20%) Grafana
4 3 (0.72%) Argo
5 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.24%) Kibana
6 1 (0.24%) logstash
Vendors
1 13 (3.12%) Databricks
2 6 (1.44%) Microsoft
3 3 (0.72%) BT
3 3 (0.72%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.72%) Mitel
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle
4 2 (0.48%) SAP
5 1 (0.24%) Alteryx
5 1 (0.24%) Foundry
5 1 (0.24%) Google
5 1 (0.24%) Salesforce