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 13 May 2026.

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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 434 421
Rank change year-on-year +74 -13 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 404 240 549
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.55% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.62% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 334 192 492
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,125 £51,150
25th Percentile £57,500 £63,625 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £82,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% -8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £119,375
90th Percentile £120,000 £137,500 £146,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 83,861 38,850 91,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.26% 89.47% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 55,212 22,832 66,939
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,670 £52,686
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% +9.46% -12.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £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% -5.66%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 +76 389 £70,000 -17.65% 72
London +13 233 £90,000 +5.88% 44
UK excluding London +58 161 £60,000 - 47
Work from Home +28 124 £70,000 -30.00% 32
North of England +26 60 £70,000 +16.67% 19
South East +26 45 £70,000 +55.56% 16
Yorkshire -24 40 £75,000 +20.00% 5
South West - 24 £50,000 - 4
Midlands -19 22 £60,000 +9.09% 1
East Midlands -11 16 £65,000 +18.18%
North West +7 13 £40,000 -33.33% 8
North East - 7 £70,000 - 6
West Midlands -19 6 £55,000 - 1
East of England -12 4 £60,000 -29.41% 1
Scotland +2 3 £58,565 -21.91% 3
Northern Ireland - 3 £75,000 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 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.

1 404 (100.00%) Python
2 122 (30.20%) Software Engineering
3 111 (27.48%) Full-Stack Development
4 98 (24.26%) AI
5 91 (22.52%) AWS
6 73 (18.07%) Agile
7 72 (17.82%) React
8 61 (15.10%) CI/CD
9 57 (14.11%) JavaScript
10 49 (12.13%) Flask
11 48 (11.88%) SQL
11 48 (11.88%) Test Automation
12 46 (11.39%) Django
13 44 (10.89%) TypeScript
14 43 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
15 40 (9.90%) Docker
16 36 (8.91%) OO
16 36 (8.91%) OOP
17 35 (8.66%) Azure
17 35 (8.66%) Fintech
18 34 (8.42%) Linux
18 34 (8.42%) Mentoring
18 34 (8.42%) Serverless
19 33 (8.17%) REST
20 32 (7.92%) Problem-Solving
20 32 (7.92%) RESTful
21 31 (7.67%) SDLC
22 29 (7.18%) FastAPI
22 29 (7.18%) SaaS
23 28 (6.93%) 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 16 (3.96%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.50%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.25%) Apache
4 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 91 (22.52%) AWS
2 35 (8.66%) Azure
3 34 (8.42%) Serverless
4 29 (7.18%) SaaS
5 28 (6.93%) AWS Lambda
6 27 (6.68%) GitHub
7 23 (5.69%) Amazon S3
8 15 (3.71%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (3.22%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.48%) Amazon SQS
11 9 (2.23%) GCP
12 5 (1.24%) Prefect
13 4 (0.99%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (0.99%) Azure AI
14 3 (0.74%) AWS Fargate
15 2 (0.50%) Amazon EC2
15 2 (0.50%) Amazon EKS
15 2 (0.50%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 2 (0.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 1 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.48%) Broadband
2 3 (0.74%) HTTP
2 3 (0.74%) RTP
2 3 (0.74%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.74%) VoIP
2 3 (0.74%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.25%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.68%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (3.96%) Big Data
3 15 (3.71%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.49%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.24%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.24%) MySQL
5 5 (1.24%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.25%) GIS
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.25%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.25%) Power BI
8 1 (0.25%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.25%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (5.69%) Git
2 7 (1.73%) GitLab
3 3 (0.74%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.25%) MLflow
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.25%) Poetry
4 1 (0.25%) Selenium
4 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 63 (15.59%) Finance
2 53 (13.12%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.15%) Front Office
4 22 (5.45%) Tech for Good
5 18 (4.46%) Health Technology
6 14 (3.47%) Publishing
7 11 (2.72%) Games
8 10 (2.48%) Banking
9 9 (2.23%) Public Sector
10 8 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.99%) Analytical Skills
12 4 (0.99%) Aviation
13 2 (0.50%) Retail
14 1 (0.25%) Advertising
14 1 (0.25%) Back Office
14 1 (0.25%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.25%) Marketing
14 1 (0.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (17.82%) React
2 49 (12.13%) Flask
3 46 (11.39%) Django
4 33 (8.17%) REST
5 32 (7.92%) RESTful
6 29 (7.18%) FastAPI
7 27 (6.68%) Node.js
8 26 (6.44%) NumPy
9 25 (6.19%) Pandas
10 22 (5.45%) Vue
11 21 (5.20%) HTML
12 20 (4.95%) Kafka
13 19 (4.70%) Boost C++ Libraries
14 15 (3.71%) CSS
15 14 (3.47%) AngularJS
16 9 (2.23%) PyTorch
17 8 (1.98%) .NET
17 8 (1.98%) Redux
18 6 (1.49%) Google JAX
18 6 (1.49%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.63%) Algorithms
2 33 (8.17%) Hedge funds
3 31 (7.67%) Cloud Native
4 29 (7.18%) Equities
5 28 (6.93%) Data Structures
6 22 (5.45%) Fixed Income
7 21 (5.20%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (4.70%) Management Information System
9 17 (4.21%) Educational Technology
10 15 (3.71%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (3.22%) Product Ownership
12 10 (2.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (2.48%) Low-Code
12 10 (2.48%) PropTech
12 10 (2.48%) Video\Live Streaming
13 8 (1.98%) Derivative
14 5 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
14 5 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
15 4 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
15 4 (0.99%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.42%) Linux
2 3 (0.74%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (30.20%) Software Engineering
2 111 (27.48%) Full-Stack Development
3 98 (24.26%) AI
4 73 (18.07%) Agile
5 61 (15.10%) CI/CD
6 48 (11.88%) Test Automation
7 43 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (8.91%) OO
8 36 (8.91%) OOP
9 35 (8.66%) Fintech
10 34 (8.42%) Mentoring
11 32 (7.92%) Problem-Solving
12 31 (7.67%) SDLC
13 25 (6.19%) Microservices
14 24 (5.94%) Clean Code
14 24 (5.94%) Containerisation
15 23 (5.69%) Computer Vision
16 22 (5.45%) Computer Science
16 22 (5.45%) Deep Learning
16 22 (5.45%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 404 (100.00%) Python
2 57 (14.11%) JavaScript
3 48 (11.88%) SQL
4 44 (10.89%) TypeScript
5 27 (6.68%) C++
6 11 (2.72%) PHP
7 10 (2.48%) Go
8 9 (2.23%) Java
9 5 (1.24%) C#
10 4 (0.99%) C
11 3 (0.74%) Perl
11 3 (0.74%) VBA
12 2 (0.50%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.50%) Bash
12 2 (0.50%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.50%) Rust
13 1 (0.25%) Bicep
13 1 (0.25%) Haskell
13 1 (0.25%) Ruby
13 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (3.71%) Degree
2 9 (2.23%) Security Cleared
3 8 (1.98%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.50%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.96%) QA
2 3 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.74%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
System Software
1 40 (9.90%) Docker
2 3 (0.74%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 26 (6.44%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.47%) Terraform
3 3 (0.74%) Ansible
3 3 (0.74%) Argo
4 2 (0.50%) Grafana
5 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 8 (1.98%) Microsoft
2 6 (1.49%) Databricks
3 3 (0.74%) BT
3 3 (0.74%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.74%) Mitel
3 3 (0.74%) Oracle
4 2 (0.50%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.25%) Alteryx
5 1 (0.25%) Foundry
5 1 (0.25%) Google
5 1 (0.25%) SAP