Python Developer Job Trends

Python Developer
UK

The median Python Developer salary in the UK is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 424 437
Rank change year-on-year +53 +13 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 394 241 536
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.57% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.64% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 327 188 480
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,875 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £64,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £82,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% -8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £119,375
90th Percentile £140,000 £137,500 £146,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £58,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.13% -2.08% -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 83,425 37,731 90,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 89.01% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 53,614 23,379 66,680
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,860 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £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% -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 30 April 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 30 April 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 +55 382 £72,500 -12.12% 71
London +20 227 £90,000 +5.88% 46
UK excluding London +46 159 £60,000 +2.13% 42
Work from Home +19 124 £70,000 -30.00% 42
North of England -20 55 £70,000 +7.69% 14
Yorkshire -22 44 £75,000 +15.38% 5
South East +5 42 £70,000 +55.56% 17
Midlands -16 29 £60,000 +9.09%
South West - 25 £50,000 - 3
East Midlands -38 17 £65,000 +18.18%
West Midlands -13 12 £57,500 -
North West -27 10 £40,000 -33.33% 4
Scotland -19 3 £90,000 +20.00% 3
East of England -26 3 £52,500 -38.24% 3
Northern Ireland - 2 £73,750 - 2
North East - 1 - - 5

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 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.

1 394 (100.00%) Python
2 122 (30.96%) Software Engineering
3 102 (25.89%) Full-Stack Development
4 91 (23.10%) AI
5 81 (20.56%) AWS
6 77 (19.54%) React
7 74 (18.78%) Agile
8 58 (14.72%) CI/CD
9 57 (14.47%) JavaScript
10 53 (13.45%) Django
11 52 (13.20%) SQL
12 51 (12.94%) Flask
13 45 (11.42%) Test Automation
14 42 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
15 40 (10.15%) TypeScript
16 39 (9.90%) Azure
17 38 (9.64%) Mentoring
17 38 (9.64%) OOP
18 37 (9.39%) Docker
18 37 (9.39%) OO
18 37 (9.39%) Problem-Solving
18 37 (9.39%) Serverless
19 35 (8.88%) REST
20 34 (8.63%) FastAPI
20 34 (8.63%) Fintech
21 33 (8.38%) GitHub
22 32 (8.12%) SDLC
23 31 (7.87%) Linux
23 31 (7.87%) SaaS
24 29 (7.36%) RESTful

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 17 (4.31%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.78%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.51%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.25%) Apache
4 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 81 (20.56%) AWS
2 39 (9.90%) Azure
3 37 (9.39%) Serverless
4 33 (8.38%) GitHub
5 31 (7.87%) SaaS
6 28 (7.11%) AWS Lambda
7 25 (6.35%) Amazon S3
8 15 (3.81%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (3.05%) Amazon SQS
9 12 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.28%) GCP
11 7 (1.78%) Azure AI
12 5 (1.27%) Prefect
13 3 (0.76%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (0.76%) AWS Fargate
14 2 (0.51%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (0.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 1 (0.25%) Anthropic Claude
15 1 (0.25%) dbt
15 1 (0.25%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.27%) Broadband
2 3 (0.76%) HTTP
2 3 (0.76%) RTP
2 3 (0.76%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.76%) VoIP
2 3 (0.76%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.33%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (4.31%) Big Data
3 10 (2.54%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.78%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.52%) MySQL
5 6 (1.52%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.76%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
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 21 (5.33%) Git
2 4 (1.02%) GitLab
3 3 (0.76%) 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 (15.99%) Finance
2 59 (14.97%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.41%) Front Office
4 18 (4.57%) Tech for Good
5 15 (3.81%) Health Technology
6 14 (3.55%) Publishing
7 10 (2.54%) Banking
7 10 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.54%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.52%) Games
10 5 (1.27%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.02%) Aviation
12 3 (0.76%) Retail
13 1 (0.25%) Advertising
13 1 (0.25%) Back Office
13 1 (0.25%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.25%) Marketing
13 1 (0.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (19.54%) React
2 53 (13.45%) Django
3 51 (12.94%) Flask
4 35 (8.88%) REST
5 34 (8.63%) FastAPI
6 29 (7.36%) RESTful
7 26 (6.60%) Node.js
7 26 (6.60%) NumPy
8 25 (6.35%) Pandas
9 22 (5.58%) HTML
10 21 (5.33%) Vue
11 20 (5.08%) Kafka
12 19 (4.82%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 16 (4.06%) CSS
14 14 (3.55%) AngularJS
15 8 (2.03%) PyTorch
15 8 (2.03%) Redux
16 7 (1.78%) .NET
17 6 (1.52%) Google JAX
17 6 (1.52%) JAX
Miscellaneous
1 46 (11.68%) Algorithms
2 34 (8.63%) Hedge funds
3 31 (7.87%) Data Structures
4 29 (7.36%) Equities
5 26 (6.60%) Cloud Native
6 22 (5.58%) Fixed Income
7 19 (4.82%) Management Information System
8 17 (4.31%) Educational Technology
9 16 (4.06%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (3.55%) Product Ownership
11 10 (2.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (2.54%) PropTech
12 9 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (2.03%) Derivative
14 5 (1.27%) Low-Code
14 5 (1.27%) Video\Live Streaming
15 4 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
15 4 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
15 4 (1.02%) Mobile App
15 4 (1.02%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 31 (7.87%) Linux
2 3 (0.76%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (30.96%) Software Engineering
2 102 (25.89%) Full-Stack Development
3 91 (23.10%) AI
4 74 (18.78%) Agile
5 58 (14.72%) CI/CD
6 45 (11.42%) Test Automation
7 42 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (9.64%) Mentoring
8 38 (9.64%) OOP
9 37 (9.39%) OO
9 37 (9.39%) Problem-Solving
10 34 (8.63%) Fintech
11 32 (8.12%) SDLC
12 26 (6.60%) Clean Code
12 26 (6.60%) Microservices
13 24 (6.09%) Computer Science
14 23 (5.84%) Computer Vision
14 23 (5.84%) Containerisation
15 22 (5.58%) Deep Learning
15 22 (5.58%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 394 (100.00%) Python
2 57 (14.47%) JavaScript
3 52 (13.20%) SQL
4 40 (10.15%) TypeScript
5 24 (6.09%) C++
6 11 (2.79%) PHP
7 9 (2.28%) Java
8 5 (1.27%) C#
8 5 (1.27%) Go
8 5 (1.27%) VBA
9 4 (1.02%) C
10 2 (0.51%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.51%) Rust
11 1 (0.25%) Bicep
11 1 (0.25%) Haskell
11 1 (0.25%) OCaml
11 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.25%) Ruby
11 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (4.31%) Degree
2 7 (1.78%) SC Cleared
2 7 (1.78%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.06%) QA
2 3 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.76%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
System Software
1 37 (9.39%) Docker
2 3 (0.76%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 19 (4.82%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.55%) Terraform
3 3 (0.76%) Argo
4 1 (0.25%) Grafana
Vendors
1 11 (2.79%) Microsoft
2 6 (1.52%) Databricks
3 4 (1.02%) Oracle
4 3 (0.76%) BT
4 3 (0.76%) Fortinet
4 3 (0.76%) Mitel
5 2 (0.51%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.25%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.25%) Foundry
6 1 (0.25%) Google
6 1 (0.25%) SAP