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 4 August 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 399 446
Rank change year-on-year -26 +47 -102
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 412 310 423
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.62% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.69% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 327 237 351
10th Percentile £45,000 £54,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £87,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £130,000 £136,250
90th Percentile £102,000 £137,500 £146,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% -10.71%

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 97,595 44,677 79,563
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 90.06% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 66,719 26,547 53,755
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £90,793
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -25 368 £70,000 -20.00% 79
London -81 196 £90,000 -10.00% 59
UK excluding London +65 193 £60,000 -11.11% 30
Work from Home -79 103 £70,000 -33.33% 35
North of England +21 79 £70,000 - 8
Yorkshire -7 38 £70,000 - 5
East of England +2 31 £65,000 -5.45% 6
South West -34 25 £50,000 -41.18% 1
North East - 21 £70,000 - 1
North West +5 20 £45,000 -30.77% 2
South East -15 19 £60,000 +33.33% 7
Scotland +21 16 £45,000 - 2
Midlands -31 16 £70,000 - 4
East Midlands -9 11 £70,000 +75.00% 1
Northern Ireland - 7 £75,000 - 2
West Midlands -34 5 £60,000 -14.29% 3

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

For the 6 months to 4 August 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.

1 412 (100.00%) Python
2 115 (27.91%) AWS
3 105 (25.49%) Software Engineering
4 100 (24.27%) AI
5 96 (23.30%) Full-Stack Development
6 67 (16.26%) CI/CD
7 58 (14.08%) SQL
8 56 (13.59%) Agile
9 55 (13.35%) JavaScript
10 51 (12.38%) PostgreSQL
11 49 (11.89%) Azure
12 48 (11.65%) Docker
13 46 (11.17%) FastAPI
14 42 (10.19%) Django
15 41 (9.95%) Test Automation
16 40 (9.71%) Flask
16 40 (9.71%) RESTful
17 36 (8.74%) Kubernetes
18 33 (8.01%) TypeScript
19 31 (7.52%) Continuous Improvement
19 31 (7.52%) Infrastructure as Code
19 31 (7.52%) Problem-Solving
20 30 (7.28%) Cybersecurity
20 30 (7.28%) React
21 29 (7.04%) Microservices
22 28 (6.80%) Linux
22 28 (6.80%) Validation
23 27 (6.55%) Machine Learning
23 27 (6.55%) NumPy
23 27 (6.55%) OOP

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 11 (2.67%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.73%) Apache
4 2 (0.49%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 115 (27.91%) AWS
2 49 (11.89%) Azure
3 23 (5.58%) SaaS
4 20 (4.85%) Serverless
5 16 (3.88%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (3.64%) Amazon S3
7 12 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (2.91%) GCP
8 11 (2.67%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (2.18%) GitHub
10 8 (1.94%) Amazon EKS
11 7 (1.70%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (1.46%) Amazon SQS
13 5 (1.21%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.21%) Prefect
14 4 (0.97%) Amazon Bedrock
14 4 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (0.97%) Kong
15 3 (0.73%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.64%) Broadband
2 7 (1.70%) MQTT
3 2 (0.49%) Firewall
4 1 (0.24%) ATM
4 1 (0.24%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (12.38%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (4.13%) MongoDB
3 12 (2.91%) DynamoDB
4 10 (2.43%) Big Data
5 9 (2.18%) Elasticsearch
6 8 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.21%) MySQL
7 5 (1.21%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.21%) SQL Server
8 4 (0.97%) GIS
8 4 (0.97%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.73%) Power BI
10 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.24%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.24%) Pinecone
10 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.24%) Redis
10 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (6.31%) Git
2 9 (2.18%) GitLab
3 4 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.49%) MLflow
4 2 (0.49%) 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 51 (12.38%) Finance
2 34 (8.25%) Social Skills
3 30 (7.28%) Front Office
4 19 (4.61%) Tech for Good
5 15 (3.64%) Games
6 12 (2.91%) Health Technology
7 10 (2.43%) Banking
8 9 (2.18%) Public Sector
9 8 (1.94%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (0.97%) Publishing
11 3 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.49%) Automotive
12 2 (0.49%) Aviation
12 2 (0.49%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.49%) Law
12 2 (0.49%) Legal
12 2 (0.49%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.49%) Marketing
13 1 (0.24%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.24%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (11.17%) FastAPI
2 42 (10.19%) Django
3 40 (9.71%) Flask
3 40 (9.71%) RESTful
4 30 (7.28%) React
5 27 (6.55%) NumPy
6 26 (6.31%) Pandas
6 26 (6.31%) REST
7 25 (6.07%) Vue
8 22 (5.34%) Kafka
9 21 (5.10%) Node.js
10 20 (4.85%) CSS
11 18 (4.37%) HTML
12 14 (3.40%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 14 (3.40%) Swagger
13 13 (3.16%) RabbitMQ
14 12 (2.91%) AngularJS
15 10 (2.43%) .NET
16 9 (2.18%) PyTorch
17 7 (1.70%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 48 (11.65%) Algorithms
2 44 (10.68%) Distributed Systems
3 43 (10.44%) Cloud Native
4 25 (6.07%) Hedge funds
5 22 (5.34%) Data Structures
6 21 (5.10%) Equities
6 21 (5.10%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (4.85%) Fixed Income
8 19 (4.61%) Low-Code
9 18 (4.37%) Cyber Threat
10 15 (3.64%) Video\Live Streaming
11 14 (3.40%) Management Information System
12 11 (2.67%) Renewable Energy
13 10 (2.43%) Derivative
14 9 (2.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 7 (1.70%) Educational Technology
16 6 (1.46%) PropTech
17 5 (1.21%) Market Risk
17 5 (1.21%) Onboarding
18 4 (0.97%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.80%) Linux
2 2 (0.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (25.49%) Software Engineering
2 100 (24.27%) AI
3 96 (23.30%) Full-Stack Development
4 67 (16.26%) CI/CD
5 56 (13.59%) Agile
6 41 (9.95%) Test Automation
7 31 (7.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (7.52%) Infrastructure as Code
7 31 (7.52%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (7.28%) Cybersecurity
9 29 (7.04%) Microservices
10 28 (6.80%) Validation
11 27 (6.55%) Machine Learning
11 27 (6.55%) OOP
12 26 (6.31%) Containerisation
13 25 (6.07%) DevOps
13 25 (6.07%) Generative AI
13 25 (6.07%) Mentoring
14 24 (5.83%) Observability
15 23 (5.58%) Computer Vision
Programming Languages
1 412 (100.00%) Python
2 58 (14.08%) SQL
3 55 (13.35%) JavaScript
4 33 (8.01%) TypeScript
5 24 (5.83%) C++
6 15 (3.64%) Go
7 10 (2.43%) C#
8 8 (1.94%) Java
9 7 (1.70%) PHP
10 5 (1.21%) Rust
11 4 (0.97%) Bash
12 3 (0.73%) Perl
13 2 (0.49%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.24%) ABAP
14 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.24%) Bicep
14 1 (0.24%) Haskell
14 1 (0.24%) OCaml
14 1 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 15 (3.64%) Degree
2 12 (2.91%) Security Cleared
3 8 (1.94%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.21%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.24%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.64%) QA
2 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 48 (11.65%) Docker
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 36 (8.74%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.61%) Terraform
3 6 (1.46%) Grafana
4 5 (1.21%) Ansible
5 3 (0.73%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.49%) Kibana
6 2 (0.49%) logstash
Vendors
1 15 (3.64%) Databricks
2 4 (0.97%) Oracle
3 3 (0.73%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.49%) SAP
5 1 (0.24%) Alteryx
5 1 (0.24%) Foundry
5 1 (0.24%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.24%) Salesforce