Python Developer Job Trends

Python Developer
UK

The median Python Developer salary in the UK is £76,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 March 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 387 402
Rank change year-on-year +2 +15 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 329 288 514
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.66% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.73% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 262 218 480
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,875 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £59,063 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £81,250 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.46% -9.72% +9.09%
75th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £132,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £119,875 £150,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -5.88%

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 67,702 39,587 79,421
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 90.67% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 43,107 22,950 61,067
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -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 13 March 2026.

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 13 March 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 +20 320 £76,000 -7.88% 104
London +13 205 £90,000 +5.88% 59
Work from Home +19 124 £75,000 -11.76% 45
UK excluding London +14 114 £70,000 +7.69% 55
North of England -12 37 £70,000 +1.00% 16
South East -4 32 £70,000 +11.55% 13
Midlands -9 31 £65,000 +18.18% 4
Yorkshire -27 29 £75,000 +11.11% 11
East Midlands -32 16 £65,000 +18.18% 3
West Midlands +7 15 £60,000 +2.73% 1
South West -18 9 £50,500 -8.18% 10
North West -12 8 £40,000 -42.29% 3
Scotland -18 3 £90,000 +20.00% 1
East of England -11 2 £50,000 -41.18% 10

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

For the 6 months to 13 March 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.

1 329 (100.00%) Python
2 111 (33.74%) Software Engineering
3 91 (27.66%) React
4 84 (25.53%) AWS
5 75 (22.80%) Agile
6 72 (21.88%) AI
7 71 (21.58%) Full-Stack Development
8 65 (19.76%) CI/CD
9 61 (18.54%) Django
10 59 (17.93%) JavaScript
11 57 (17.33%) Flask
12 55 (16.72%) SQL
13 52 (15.81%) Mentoring
14 49 (14.89%) Docker
14 49 (14.89%) Test Automation
15 48 (14.59%) Serverless
16 47 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
17 45 (13.68%) GitHub
18 44 (13.37%) Continuous Improvement
18 44 (13.37%) OOP
19 42 (12.77%) Azure
20 39 (11.85%) FastAPI
20 39 (11.85%) TypeScript
21 37 (11.25%) Fintech
21 37 (11.25%) OO
22 32 (9.73%) Linux
22 32 (9.73%) SDLC
23 31 (9.42%) Containerisation
23 31 (9.42%) REST
24 29 (8.81%) HTML

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 (5.78%) Apache Spark
2 7 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.61%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 84 (25.53%) AWS
2 48 (14.59%) Serverless
3 45 (13.68%) GitHub
4 42 (12.77%) Azure
5 28 (8.51%) AWS Lambda
6 26 (7.90%) Amazon S3
6 26 (7.90%) SaaS
7 15 (4.56%) GCP
7 15 (4.56%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (4.26%) Amazon SQS
9 11 (3.34%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.43%) Azure AI
11 4 (1.22%) Prefect
12 3 (0.91%) dbt
13 2 (0.61%) Amazon ECS
13 2 (0.61%) AWS Fargate
13 2 (0.61%) Azure AKS
13 2 (0.61%) GitHub Copilot
14 1 (0.30%) Azure Cognitive Search
14 1 (0.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.91%) HTTP
1 3 (0.91%) RTP
1 3 (0.91%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.91%) VoIP
1 3 (0.91%) Wireshark
2 2 (0.61%) Internet
3 1 (0.30%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.69%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (5.47%) Big Data
3 9 (2.74%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.43%) MySQL
4 8 (2.43%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.13%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.22%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.61%) Apache Arrow
7 2 (0.61%) Apache Iceberg
7 2 (0.61%) Dremio
7 2 (0.61%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.61%) Tick Data
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 19 (5.78%) Git
2 4 (1.22%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.91%) GitLab
4 2 (0.61%) JIRA
4 2 (0.61%) Maven
4 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.30%) Selenium
General
1 72 (21.88%) Finance
2 66 (20.06%) Social Skills
3 40 (12.16%) Front Office
4 19 (5.78%) Tech for Good
5 18 (5.47%) Health Technology
6 16 (4.86%) Publishing
7 14 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.04%) Banking
9 9 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.74%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.22%) Aviation
12 3 (0.91%) Retail
13 2 (0.61%) Games
13 2 (0.61%) Marketing
13 2 (0.61%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.30%) Back Office
14 1 (0.30%) Electronics
14 1 (0.30%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (27.66%) React
2 61 (18.54%) Django
3 57 (17.33%) Flask
4 39 (11.85%) FastAPI
5 31 (9.42%) REST
6 29 (8.81%) HTML
7 27 (8.21%) RESTful
8 26 (7.90%) Node.js
9 22 (6.69%) Vue
10 21 (6.38%) CSS
10 21 (6.38%) Kafka
11 20 (6.08%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 12 (3.65%) AngularJS
13 9 (2.74%) NumPy
13 9 (2.74%) Pandas
14 8 (2.43%) Redux
15 7 (2.13%) OAuth
15 7 (2.13%) OAuth2
16 6 (1.82%) .NET
16 6 (1.82%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.16%) Data Structures
2 34 (10.33%) Equities
3 30 (9.12%) Hedge funds
4 29 (8.81%) Algorithms
5 20 (6.08%) Management Information System
6 17 (5.17%) Cloud Native
6 17 (5.17%) Fixed Income
7 14 (4.26%) Educational Technology
8 11 (3.34%) Product Ownership
9 10 (3.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (3.04%) PropTech
10 8 (2.43%) Derivative
11 5 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.22%) PKI
13 2 (0.61%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.61%) NHS
13 2 (0.61%) Onboarding
14 1 (0.30%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 32 (9.73%) Linux
2 3 (0.91%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (33.74%) Software Engineering
2 75 (22.80%) Agile
3 72 (21.88%) AI
4 71 (21.58%) Full-Stack Development
5 65 (19.76%) CI/CD
6 52 (15.81%) Mentoring
7 49 (14.89%) Test Automation
8 47 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
9 44 (13.37%) Continuous Improvement
9 44 (13.37%) OOP
10 37 (11.25%) Fintech
10 37 (11.25%) OO
11 32 (9.73%) SDLC
12 31 (9.42%) Containerisation
13 26 (7.90%) Microservices
14 25 (7.60%) Clean Code
14 25 (7.60%) Code Quality
14 25 (7.60%) Computer Science
15 22 (6.69%) Order Management
16 20 (6.08%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 329 (100.00%) Python
2 59 (17.93%) JavaScript
3 55 (16.72%) SQL
4 39 (11.85%) TypeScript
5 26 (7.90%) C++
6 12 (3.65%) Java
7 9 (2.74%) PHP
8 5 (1.52%) VBA
9 4 (1.22%) C
9 4 (1.22%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.91%) C#
11 2 (0.61%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.61%) Scala
12 1 (0.30%) Go
12 1 (0.30%) Perl
12 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.30%) Ruby
12 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (5.17%) Degree
2 2 (0.61%) Azure Certification
2 2 (0.61%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.30%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.17%) QA
2 5 (1.52%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.61%) GDPR
4 2 (0.61%) PSD2
System Software
1 49 (14.89%) Docker
2 3 (0.91%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 23 (6.99%) Terraform
2 19 (5.78%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.91%) Argo
Vendors
1 15 (4.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.52%) Databricks
3 3 (0.91%) BT
3 3 (0.91%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.91%) Mitel
3 3 (0.91%) Oracle
4 2 (0.61%) Foundry
4 2 (0.61%) Google
4 2 (0.61%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.61%) Solace
5 1 (0.30%) SAP
5 1 (0.30%) UiPath