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 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 435 425
Rank change year-on-year +54 -10 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 418 243 552
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.55% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.62% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 346 192 491
10th Percentile £47,250 £51,250 £51,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £64,000 £66,875
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 £110,000 £121,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £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 86,124 39,293 92,007
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 89.47% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 56,991 22,669 67,426
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
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 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,729 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.34% +3.46% -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 21 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 21 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 +59 399 £70,000 -17.65% 48
London +10 239 £90,000 +4.35% 38
UK excluding London +81 169 £60,000 - 28
Work from Home +30 120 £70,000 -33.33% 27
North of England +22 67 £66,250 +10.42% 9
South East +17 45 £70,000 +55.56% 10
Yorkshire -2 42 £72,500 +16.00% 2
South West - 24 £50,000 - 1
Midlands -15 18 £60,000 +9.09%
North West +16 16 £42,500 -29.17% 5
East Midlands -13 12 £60,000 +9.09%
North East - 9 £70,000 - 2
Scotland -1 6 £45,000 -40.00% 4
West Midlands -37 6 £55,000 -
East of England -10 5 £65,000 -23.53%
Northern Ireland - 4 £75,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 21 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.

1 418 (100.00%) Python
2 125 (29.90%) Software Engineering
3 110 (26.32%) Full-Stack Development
4 100 (23.92%) AI
5 95 (22.73%) AWS
6 76 (18.18%) Agile
7 70 (16.75%) React
8 60 (14.35%) CI/CD
9 54 (12.92%) JavaScript
10 52 (12.44%) Flask
11 49 (11.72%) SQL
12 48 (11.48%) Django
12 48 (11.48%) Test Automation
13 47 (11.24%) TypeScript
14 44 (10.53%) Docker
15 41 (9.81%) Continuous Improvement
16 36 (8.61%) Azure
16 36 (8.61%) OO
16 36 (8.61%) OOP
17 34 (8.13%) FastAPI
17 34 (8.13%) Fintech
17 34 (8.13%) Linux
18 33 (7.89%) Mentoring
19 32 (7.66%) Problem-Solving
19 32 (7.66%) REST
20 31 (7.42%) RESTful
20 31 (7.42%) SDLC
20 31 (7.42%) Serverless
21 30 (7.18%) Kubernetes
22 29 (6.94%) PostgreSQL

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 (3.83%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.48%) Apache
3 2 (0.48%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 95 (22.73%) AWS
2 36 (8.61%) Azure
3 31 (7.42%) Serverless
4 27 (6.46%) SaaS
5 26 (6.22%) GitHub
6 25 (5.98%) AWS Lambda
7 21 (5.02%) Amazon S3
8 16 (3.83%) GitHub Actions
9 15 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.39%) GCP
11 8 (1.91%) Amazon SQS
12 5 (1.20%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (1.20%) Prefect
13 4 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (0.96%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (0.96%) Azure AI
14 3 (0.72%) AWS Fargate
15 2 (0.48%) AWS CodePipeline
15 2 (0.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 2 (0.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.39%) Broadband
2 3 (0.72%) HTTP
2 3 (0.72%) RTP
2 3 (0.72%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.72%) VoIP
2 3 (0.72%) Wireshark
3 2 (0.48%) Firewall
4 1 (0.24%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.94%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (3.59%) Big Data
2 15 (3.59%) MongoDB
3 7 (1.67%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.44%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.20%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.20%) MySQL
6 4 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.48%) GIS
8 1 (0.24%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.24%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.24%) Power BI
8 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.24%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (5.98%) Git
2 7 (1.67%) GitLab
3 3 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
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%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 62 (14.83%) Finance
2 51 (12.20%) Social Skills
3 42 (10.05%) Front Office
4 21 (5.02%) Tech for Good
5 17 (4.07%) Health Technology
6 12 (2.87%) Publishing
7 11 (2.63%) Banking
7 11 (2.63%) Games
8 9 (2.15%) Public Sector
9 6 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.20%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (0.96%) Aviation
12 2 (0.48%) Retail
13 1 (0.24%) Advertising
13 1 (0.24%) Back Office
13 1 (0.24%) Law
13 1 (0.24%) Marketing
13 1 (0.24%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (16.75%) React
2 52 (12.44%) Flask
3 48 (11.48%) Django
4 34 (8.13%) FastAPI
5 32 (7.66%) REST
6 31 (7.42%) RESTful
7 27 (6.46%) Node.js
8 26 (6.22%) NumPy
9 25 (5.98%) Pandas
10 23 (5.50%) Vue
11 21 (5.02%) HTML
12 20 (4.78%) Kafka
13 19 (4.55%) Boost C++ Libraries
14 16 (3.83%) CSS
15 12 (2.87%) AngularJS
16 9 (2.15%) .NET
17 8 (1.91%) PyTorch
17 8 (1.91%) Redux
18 7 (1.67%) SQLAlchemy
19 6 (1.44%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 51 (12.20%) Algorithms
2 34 (8.13%) Cloud Native
3 33 (7.89%) Hedge funds
4 29 (6.94%) Data Structures
4 29 (6.94%) Equities
5 22 (5.26%) Fixed Income
6 21 (5.02%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (4.55%) Management Information System
8 17 (4.07%) Educational Technology
9 15 (3.59%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (3.11%) Product Ownership
11 10 (2.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (2.39%) Low-Code
11 10 (2.39%) PropTech
11 10 (2.39%) Video\Live Streaming
12 9 (2.15%) Derivative
13 6 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (1.44%) Renewable Energy
14 4 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.96%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.13%) Linux
2 3 (0.72%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (29.90%) Software Engineering
2 110 (26.32%) Full-Stack Development
3 100 (23.92%) AI
4 76 (18.18%) Agile
5 60 (14.35%) CI/CD
6 48 (11.48%) Test Automation
7 41 (9.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (8.61%) OO
8 36 (8.61%) OOP
9 34 (8.13%) Fintech
10 33 (7.89%) Mentoring
11 32 (7.66%) Problem-Solving
12 31 (7.42%) SDLC
13 26 (6.22%) Containerisation
13 26 (6.22%) Microservices
14 25 (5.98%) Clean Code
15 23 (5.50%) Computer Vision
16 22 (5.26%) Computer Science
16 22 (5.26%) Deep Learning
16 22 (5.26%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 418 (100.00%) Python
2 54 (12.92%) JavaScript
3 49 (11.72%) SQL
4 47 (11.24%) TypeScript
5 28 (6.70%) C++
6 11 (2.63%) PHP
7 10 (2.39%) Go
7 10 (2.39%) Java
8 6 (1.44%) C#
9 4 (0.96%) C
10 3 (0.72%) Perl
10 3 (0.72%) VBA
11 2 (0.48%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.48%) Bash
11 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.48%) Rust
12 1 (0.24%) Bicep
12 1 (0.24%) Haskell
12 1 (0.24%) Ruby
12 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (3.83%) Degree
2 9 (2.15%) Security Cleared
3 8 (1.91%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.72%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.48%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.35%) QA
2 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
System Software
1 44 (10.53%) Docker
2 3 (0.72%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 30 (7.18%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.59%) Terraform
3 3 (0.72%) Ansible
3 3 (0.72%) Argo
4 2 (0.48%) Grafana
5 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 8 (1.91%) Databricks
1 8 (1.91%) Microsoft
2 4 (0.96%) Oracle
3 3 (0.72%) BT
3 3 (0.72%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.72%) Mitel
4 2 (0.48%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.24%) Alteryx
5 1 (0.24%) Foundry
5 1 (0.24%) Google
5 1 (0.24%) SAP