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 7 July 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 422 425
Rank change year-on-year +25 +3 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 413 279 558
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.58% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.65% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 328 212 479
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,375 £50,800
25th Percentile £56,250 £68,750 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -10.53% +8.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £122,500 £136,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £137,500 £146,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -11.11%

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 91,865 43,203 98,401
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 89.93% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 63,065 25,304 70,829
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,224 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,445 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.89% - -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 7 July 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 7 July 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 +17 378 £70,000 -17.65% 67
London -34 218 £90,000 -5.26% 39
UK excluding London +74 179 £60,000 - 38
Work from Home -47 110 £70,000 -33.33% 119
North of England +17 74 £66,250 +10.42% 13
Yorkshire +7 40 £70,000 +16.67% 2
South East -4 29 £60,000 +43.71% 9
South West -39 25 £50,000 -41.18% 3
North West +10 20 £45,000 -25.00% 8
Midlands -9 18 £60,000 +9.09% 2
East Midlands -10 14 £65,000 +62.50% 2
North East - 14 £70,000 - 3
Scotland +17 13 £45,000 - 1
East of England -10 13 £72,500 +5.45% 7
Northern Ireland - 7 £75,000 - 3
West Midlands -22 4 £57,500 -17.86%

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

For the 6 months to 7 July 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.

1 413 (100.00%) Python
2 112 (27.12%) AWS
3 107 (25.91%) Software Engineering
4 100 (24.21%) Full-Stack Development
5 95 (23.00%) AI
6 62 (15.01%) Agile
7 60 (14.53%) CI/CD
8 57 (13.80%) SQL
9 55 (13.32%) JavaScript
10 49 (11.86%) React
11 48 (11.62%) Docker
12 47 (11.38%) Test Automation
13 46 (11.14%) Flask
14 45 (10.90%) FastAPI
15 44 (10.65%) Azure
16 43 (10.41%) PostgreSQL
17 41 (9.93%) Django
18 40 (9.69%) TypeScript
19 37 (8.96%) Kubernetes
20 36 (8.72%) RESTful
21 34 (8.23%) Linux
21 34 (8.23%) OOP
22 32 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
23 31 (7.51%) C++
23 31 (7.51%) OO
24 30 (7.26%) REST
25 29 (7.02%) Containerisation
26 28 (6.78%) Infrastructure as Code
26 28 (6.78%) Microservices
26 28 (6.78%) NumPy

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 (3.15%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.73%) Apache
4 2 (0.48%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 112 (27.12%) AWS
2 44 (10.65%) Azure
3 26 (6.30%) SaaS
4 25 (6.05%) Serverless
5 21 (5.08%) AWS Lambda
6 17 (4.12%) Amazon S3
7 16 (3.87%) GitHub
8 14 (3.39%) GCP
9 11 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (1.45%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.21%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (1.21%) Azure Service Bus
13 5 (1.21%) Prefect
14 4 (0.97%) Amazon SQS
15 3 (0.73%) AWS Fargate
15 3 (0.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 3 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
16 2 (0.48%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.63%) Broadband
2 5 (1.21%) MQTT
3 3 (0.73%) HTTP
3 3 (0.73%) RTP
3 3 (0.73%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.73%) VoIP
3 3 (0.73%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.48%) Firewall
5 1 (0.24%) ATM
5 1 (0.24%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (10.41%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (5.08%) MongoDB
3 12 (2.91%) Big Data
4 9 (2.18%) DynamoDB
5 7 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (1.45%) MySQL
6 6 (1.45%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.21%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.48%) GIS
8 2 (0.48%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.48%) Power BI
9 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.24%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.24%) Pinecone
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 (5.57%) Git
2 9 (2.18%) GitLab
3 4 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.48%) MLflow
4 2 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
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 61 (14.77%) Finance
2 40 (9.69%) Front Office
3 38 (9.20%) Social Skills
4 17 (4.12%) Tech for Good
5 15 (3.63%) Games
6 13 (3.15%) Banking
7 12 (2.91%) Health Technology
8 8 (1.94%) Public Sector
9 6 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (0.97%) Aviation
10 4 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.97%) Publishing
11 2 (0.48%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.48%) Law
11 2 (0.48%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.48%) Marketing
12 1 (0.24%) Advertising
12 1 (0.24%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.24%) Automotive
12 1 (0.24%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (11.86%) React
2 46 (11.14%) Flask
3 45 (10.90%) FastAPI
4 41 (9.93%) Django
5 36 (8.72%) RESTful
6 30 (7.26%) REST
7 28 (6.78%) NumPy
8 27 (6.54%) Node.js
8 27 (6.54%) Pandas
9 26 (6.30%) Vue
10 21 (5.08%) Kafka
11 18 (4.36%) HTML
12 17 (4.12%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 16 (3.87%) CSS
14 12 (2.91%) AngularJS
15 11 (2.66%) .NET
15 11 (2.66%) Swagger
16 9 (2.18%) PyTorch
16 9 (2.18%) RabbitMQ
17 8 (1.94%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 52 (12.59%) Algorithms
2 44 (10.65%) Cloud Native
3 35 (8.47%) Distributed Systems
4 29 (7.02%) Hedge funds
5 27 (6.54%) Equities
6 26 (6.30%) Data Structures
7 23 (5.57%) Fixed Income
8 17 (4.12%) Low-Code
8 17 (4.12%) Management Information System
9 15 (3.63%) Video\Live Streaming
10 14 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
11 12 (2.91%) Derivative
11 12 (2.91%) Educational Technology
12 10 (2.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (2.18%) Cyber Threat
13 9 (2.18%) PropTech
14 7 (1.69%) Product Ownership
14 7 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
15 4 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
15 4 (0.97%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.23%) Linux
2 3 (0.73%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (25.91%) Software Engineering
2 100 (24.21%) Full-Stack Development
3 95 (23.00%) AI
4 62 (15.01%) Agile
5 60 (14.53%) CI/CD
6 47 (11.38%) Test Automation
7 34 (8.23%) OOP
8 32 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (7.51%) OO
10 29 (7.02%) Containerisation
11 28 (6.78%) Infrastructure as Code
11 28 (6.78%) Microservices
11 28 (6.78%) Problem-Solving
12 27 (6.54%) Fintech
12 27 (6.54%) Machine Learning
13 26 (6.30%) Mentoring
14 24 (5.81%) Computer Vision
14 24 (5.81%) SDLC
14 24 (5.81%) Validation
15 23 (5.57%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 413 (100.00%) Python
2 57 (13.80%) SQL
3 55 (13.32%) JavaScript
4 40 (9.69%) TypeScript
5 31 (7.51%) C++
6 15 (3.63%) Go
7 11 (2.66%) Java
8 10 (2.42%) C#
9 9 (2.18%) PHP
10 4 (0.97%) Bash
10 4 (0.97%) C
11 3 (0.73%) Perl
11 3 (0.73%) Rust
12 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.24%) Bicep
13 1 (0.24%) Haskell
13 1 (0.24%) OCaml
13 1 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (3.87%) Degree
2 11 (2.66%) Security Cleared
3 8 (1.94%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.73%) 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 12 (2.91%) QA
2 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.73%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.48%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 48 (11.62%) Docker
2 3 (0.73%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 37 (8.96%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.12%) Terraform
3 5 (1.21%) Ansible
3 5 (1.21%) Grafana
4 3 (0.73%) Argo
5 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.24%) Kibana
6 1 (0.24%) logstash
Vendors
1 15 (3.63%) Databricks
2 6 (1.45%) Microsoft
3 3 (0.73%) BT
3 3 (0.73%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.73%) Mitel
3 3 (0.73%) 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