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 11 November 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 459 392 414
Rank change year-on-year -67 +22 -92
Permanent Python Developer jobs 438 295 367
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.57% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.63% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 350 213 255
10th Percentile £46,250 £56,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £71,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £85,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% +3.03% -8.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £132,500 £110,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £137,500 £142,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year -13.33% +22.45% -5.77%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
11 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 113,137 46,791 63,694
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.78% 90.01% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 74,688 28,721 35,684
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%

Python Developer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Python Developer job postings 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 Python Developer jobs over the 6 months to 11 November 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 Python Developer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 11 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -90 385 £75,000 -11.76% 129
UK excluding London -30 209 £65,000 -13.33% 44
London -81 204 £90,000 -1.37% 93
Work from Home -94 126 £95,000 -5.00% 54
East of England +4 65 £65,000 +4.00% 4
North of England -64 61 £65,000 -13.33% 15
North West -31 36 £55,000 -16.98% 2
Scotland +14 27 £45,000 -50.00% 7
Midlands -67 27 £55,000 -38.89% 3
East Midlands -37 17 £65,000 +10.64%
South East -60 17 £100,000 +159.74% 6
North East - 15 £70,000 - 1
Yorkshire -58 10 £65,000 -16.13% 13
West Midlands -59 10 £52,500 -41.67% 3
South West -77 8 £85,000 +41.67% 7
Northern Ireland - 4 £75,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 11 November 2026, Python Developer job ads cited 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 Python Developer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Python100.0%438
2AI39.5%173
3Software Engineering34.5%151
4AWS26.7%117
5Azure21.0%92
6CI/CD17.1%75
7SQL13.9%61
8Docker13.7%60
9Generative AI13.0%57
10FastAPI12.1%53
11Full-Stack Development11.2%49
11GCP11.2%49
13PostgreSQL10.7%47
14Django10.3%45
14LLM10.3%45
16Cybersecurity10.0%44
17Problem-Solving9.8%43
18JavaScript9.1%40
19Agile8.9%39
20Infrastructure as Code8.7%38
20Kubernetes8.7%38
22RESTful8.4%37
23Investment Management8.2%36
24Amazon Bedrock8.0%35
24Git8.0%35
24LangChain8.0%35
24LangGraph8.0%35
24Validation8.0%35
29CrewAI7.8%34
30Observability7.5%33

Python Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Python Developer30.4%133
2Software Developer12.1%53
3Lead Python Developer9.8%43
4Artificial Intelligence Developer7.3%32
5Developer/Software Engineer7.1%31
5Python Software Engineer7.1%31
7Artificial Intelligence Engineer6.6%29
8Python/Django Developer6.4%28
9AWS Developer5.7%25
10Full-Stack Python Developer5.3%23
11Gen AI Developer3.4%15
12Lead Software Developer3.2%14
12Lead Software Engineer3.2%14
12React Developer3.2%14
12Senior Full-Stack Developer3.2%14
16C++ Developer2.5%11
16Python Developer - Fintech2.5%11
16Senior React Developer2.5%11
19Automation Developer2.1%9
19Backend Developer2.1%9
144 Python Developer jobs Nationwide