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 8 May 2026.

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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 431 423
Rank change year-on-year +63 -8 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 403 242 545
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.56% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.62% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 331 191 488
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £52,050
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,875 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -11.11% +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 £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 84,240 38,844 90,932
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 89.44% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 54,564 23,127 66,916
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,033 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +9.50% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £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% -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 8 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 8 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 +65 392 £70,000 -15.15% 80
London +23 237 £90,000 +5.88% 54
UK excluding London +57 158 £60,000 - 42
Work from Home +29 129 £70,000 -24.32% 37
North of England -4 58 £70,000 +16.67% 20
South East +4 44 £70,000 +55.56% 12
Yorkshire -12 42 £75,000 +20.00% 6
South West - 25 £50,000 - 1
Midlands -11 24 £60,000 +9.09% 1
East Midlands -19 17 £65,000 +18.18%
North West -15 11 £40,000 -33.33% 8
West Midlands -20 7 £55,000 - 1
North East - 5 £61,000 - 6
East of England -14 3 £62,500 -26.47%
Scotland -7 2 £74,283 -0.96% 5
Northern Ireland - 2 £73,750 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 8 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.

1 403 (100.00%) Python
2 125 (31.02%) Software Engineering
3 112 (27.79%) Full-Stack Development
4 99 (24.57%) AI
5 91 (22.58%) AWS
6 76 (18.86%) React
7 75 (18.61%) Agile
8 62 (15.38%) CI/CD
9 57 (14.14%) JavaScript
10 51 (12.66%) Django
10 51 (12.66%) Flask
11 50 (12.41%) SQL
12 48 (11.91%) Test Automation
13 44 (10.92%) TypeScript
14 43 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
15 39 (9.68%) Docker
16 37 (9.18%) Azure
16 37 (9.18%) OO
16 37 (9.18%) OOP
17 36 (8.93%) Fintech
18 35 (8.68%) Mentoring
18 35 (8.68%) Problem-Solving
18 35 (8.68%) REST
18 35 (8.68%) Serverless
19 33 (8.19%) Linux
19 33 (8.19%) RESTful
20 32 (7.94%) SDLC
21 31 (7.69%) FastAPI
21 31 (7.69%) GitHub
21 31 (7.69%) SaaS

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 (4.22%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.50%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.25%) Apache
4 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 91 (22.58%) AWS
2 37 (9.18%) Azure
3 35 (8.68%) Serverless
4 31 (7.69%) GitHub
4 31 (7.69%) SaaS
5 28 (6.95%) AWS Lambda
6 23 (5.71%) Amazon S3
7 15 (3.72%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.48%) Amazon SQS
10 9 (2.23%) GCP
11 5 (1.24%) Prefect
12 4 (0.99%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (0.99%) Azure AI
13 3 (0.74%) AWS Fargate
14 2 (0.50%) Amazon EC2
14 2 (0.50%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (0.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 1 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
15 1 (0.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.48%) Broadband
2 3 (0.74%) HTTP
2 3 (0.74%) RTP
2 3 (0.74%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.74%) VoIP
2 3 (0.74%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.25%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.95%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (4.22%) Big Data
3 15 (3.72%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.74%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.49%) MySQL
5 6 (1.49%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.24%) DynamoDB
7 4 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.25%) GIS
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.25%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.25%) Power BI
9 1 (0.25%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.25%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (5.71%) Git
2 5 (1.24%) GitLab
3 3 (0.74%) 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 (15.63%) Finance
2 56 (13.90%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.17%) Front Office
4 20 (4.96%) Tech for Good
5 16 (3.97%) Health Technology
6 14 (3.47%) Publishing
7 11 (2.73%) Banking
7 11 (2.73%) Games
8 10 (2.48%) Public Sector
9 8 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.99%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (0.99%) Aviation
11 2 (0.50%) Retail
12 1 (0.25%) Advertising
12 1 (0.25%) Back Office
12 1 (0.25%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.25%) Marketing
12 1 (0.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (18.86%) React
2 51 (12.66%) Django
2 51 (12.66%) Flask
3 35 (8.68%) REST
4 33 (8.19%) RESTful
5 31 (7.69%) FastAPI
6 27 (6.70%) Node.js
7 26 (6.45%) NumPy
8 25 (6.20%) Pandas
9 22 (5.46%) HTML
10 21 (5.21%) Vue
11 20 (4.96%) Kafka
12 19 (4.71%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 16 (3.97%) CSS
14 14 (3.47%) AngularJS
15 8 (1.99%) .NET
15 8 (1.99%) PyTorch
15 8 (1.99%) Redux
16 6 (1.49%) Google JAX
16 6 (1.49%) JAX
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.66%) Algorithms
2 34 (8.44%) Hedge funds
3 31 (7.69%) Cloud Native
4 29 (7.20%) Data Structures
4 29 (7.20%) Equities
5 22 (5.46%) Fixed Income
6 19 (4.71%) Management Information System
7 18 (4.47%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (4.22%) Educational Technology
9 15 (3.72%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (3.47%) Product Ownership
11 10 (2.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (2.48%) Low-Code
11 10 (2.48%) PropTech
11 10 (2.48%) Video\Live Streaming
12 8 (1.99%) Derivative
13 5 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
13 5 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
14 4 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.99%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 33 (8.19%) Linux
2 3 (0.74%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (31.02%) Software Engineering
2 112 (27.79%) Full-Stack Development
3 99 (24.57%) AI
4 75 (18.61%) Agile
5 62 (15.38%) CI/CD
6 48 (11.91%) Test Automation
7 43 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (9.18%) OO
8 37 (9.18%) OOP
9 36 (8.93%) Fintech
10 35 (8.68%) Mentoring
10 35 (8.68%) Problem-Solving
11 32 (7.94%) SDLC
12 26 (6.45%) Microservices
13 25 (6.20%) Clean Code
13 25 (6.20%) Computer Science
14 24 (5.96%) Containerisation
15 23 (5.71%) Computer Vision
16 22 (5.46%) Deep Learning
16 22 (5.46%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 403 (100.00%) Python
2 57 (14.14%) JavaScript
3 50 (12.41%) SQL
4 44 (10.92%) TypeScript
5 26 (6.45%) C++
6 10 (2.48%) Go
6 10 (2.48%) PHP
7 9 (2.23%) Java
8 5 (1.24%) C#
9 4 (0.99%) C
10 3 (0.74%) VBA
11 2 (0.50%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.50%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.50%) Perl
11 2 (0.50%) Rust
12 1 (0.25%) Bash
12 1 (0.25%) Bicep
12 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.25%) Ruby
12 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (4.47%) Degree
2 8 (1.99%) SC Cleared
2 8 (1.99%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.50%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.97%) QA
2 3 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.74%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
System Software
1 39 (9.68%) Docker
2 3 (0.74%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 23 (5.71%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.23%) Terraform
3 3 (0.74%) Argo
4 1 (0.25%) Ansible
4 1 (0.25%) Grafana
Vendors
1 8 (1.99%) Microsoft
2 6 (1.49%) Databricks
3 4 (0.99%) Oracle
4 3 (0.74%) BT
4 3 (0.74%) Fortinet
4 3 (0.74%) Mitel
5 2 (0.50%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.25%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.25%) Foundry
6 1 (0.25%) Google
6 1 (0.25%) SAP