Python Developer Job Trends

Python Developer
UK

The median Python Developer salary in the UK is £76,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 March 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 383 425
Rank change year-on-year +7 +42 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 357 266 520
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.65% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.72% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 285 216 476
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,063 £63,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £125,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £122,500 £150,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -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 71,927 36,735 83,837
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 90.01% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 46,076 23,059 63,351
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,608 £72,466
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -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 28 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Python Developer in the UK

Python Developer
Top 15 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 28 March 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 +30 346 £75,500 -8.48% 90
London +9 214 £90,000 +5.88% 45
UK excluding London +19 134 £70,000 +7.69% 50
Work from Home +1 125 £75,000 -11.76% 36
North of England -19 46 £70,000 +1.00% 20
Yorkshire -26 37 £75,000 +11.11% 15
South East -12 35 £70,000 +11.55% 9
Midlands -12 32 £65,000 +18.18% 3
East Midlands -40 17 £65,000 +18.18%
West Midlands +3 15 £60,000 -13.43% 3
South West -26 15 £50,250 -26.91% 11
North West -19 8 £40,000 -42.29% 3
Scotland -25 4 £90,000 +20.00% 2
East of England -33 2 £50,000 -41.18% 4
North East -25 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 28 March 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.

1 357 (100.00%) Python
2 114 (31.93%) Software Engineering
3 90 (25.21%) AWS
4 87 (24.37%) React
5 83 (23.25%) Full-Stack Development
6 78 (21.85%) Agile
6 78 (21.85%) AI
7 70 (19.61%) CI/CD
8 63 (17.65%) Django
9 60 (16.81%) SQL
10 59 (16.53%) Flask
10 59 (16.53%) JavaScript
11 54 (15.13%) Mentoring
12 52 (14.57%) Test Automation
13 49 (13.73%) Docker
13 49 (13.73%) Serverless
14 48 (13.45%) Continuous Improvement
15 46 (12.89%) Problem-Solving
16 44 (12.32%) GitHub
16 44 (12.32%) OOP
17 41 (11.48%) Azure
17 41 (11.48%) FastAPI
18 39 (10.92%) OO
19 38 (10.64%) Fintech
19 38 (10.64%) TypeScript
20 36 (10.08%) REST
21 35 (9.80%) SDLC
22 31 (8.68%) Containerisation
22 31 (8.68%) Linux
22 31 (8.68%) Microservices

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 21 (5.88%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.56%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.28%) Apache
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 90 (25.21%) AWS
2 49 (13.73%) Serverless
3 44 (12.32%) GitHub
4 41 (11.48%) Azure
5 30 (8.40%) AWS Lambda
6 28 (7.84%) Amazon S3
7 26 (7.28%) SaaS
8 16 (4.48%) Amazon SQS
9 15 (4.20%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (3.64%) GCP
11 12 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.24%) Azure AI
13 4 (1.12%) Prefect
14 3 (0.84%) Amazon ECS
15 2 (0.56%) AWS Fargate
15 2 (0.56%) Azure AKS
15 2 (0.56%) GitHub Copilot
16 1 (0.28%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 1 (0.28%) Azure Cognitive Search
16 1 (0.28%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.84%) Broadband
1 3 (0.84%) HTTP
1 3 (0.84%) RTP
1 3 (0.84%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.84%) VoIP
1 3 (0.84%) Wireshark
2 2 (0.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.16%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (5.88%) Big Data
3 9 (2.52%) MongoDB
3 9 (2.52%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.24%) MySQL
4 8 (2.24%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.84%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.56%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.56%) Tick Data
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 19 (5.32%) Git
2 4 (1.12%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.84%) GitLab
4 2 (0.56%) JIRA
4 2 (0.56%) Maven
4 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.28%) MLflow
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 72 (20.17%) Social Skills
2 70 (19.61%) Finance
3 38 (10.64%) Front Office
4 20 (5.60%) Tech for Good
5 17 (4.76%) Health Technology
6 16 (4.48%) Publishing
7 14 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (3.64%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.52%) Banking
9 9 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.68%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.12%) Aviation
11 4 (1.12%) Games
12 3 (0.84%) Retail
13 2 (0.56%) Marketing
13 2 (0.56%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.28%) Back Office
14 1 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.28%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (24.37%) React
2 63 (17.65%) Django
3 59 (16.53%) Flask
4 41 (11.48%) FastAPI
5 36 (10.08%) REST
6 30 (8.40%) HTML
7 29 (8.12%) RESTful
8 27 (7.56%) Vue
9 26 (7.28%) Node.js
10 24 (6.72%) CSS
10 24 (6.72%) Kafka
11 19 (5.32%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 13 (3.64%) NumPy
12 13 (3.64%) Pandas
13 12 (3.36%) AngularJS
14 8 (2.24%) Redux
15 7 (1.96%) OAuth
15 7 (1.96%) OAuth2
16 6 (1.68%) .NET
16 6 (1.68%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.64%) Data Structures
2 35 (9.80%) Algorithms
3 32 (8.96%) Hedge funds
4 31 (8.68%) Equities
5 25 (7.00%) Cloud Native
6 19 (5.32%) Management Information System
7 18 (5.04%) Fixed Income
8 17 (4.76%) Educational Technology
9 13 (3.64%) Product Ownership
10 10 (2.80%) PropTech
11 8 (2.24%) Derivative
11 8 (2.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.12%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.12%) NHS
13 3 (0.84%) Low-Code
13 3 (0.84%) PKI
13 3 (0.84%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.68%) Linux
2 3 (0.84%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (31.93%) Software Engineering
2 83 (23.25%) Full-Stack Development
3 78 (21.85%) Agile
3 78 (21.85%) AI
4 70 (19.61%) CI/CD
5 54 (15.13%) Mentoring
6 52 (14.57%) Test Automation
7 48 (13.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 46 (12.89%) Problem-Solving
9 44 (12.32%) OOP
10 39 (10.92%) OO
11 38 (10.64%) Fintech
12 35 (9.80%) SDLC
13 31 (8.68%) Containerisation
13 31 (8.68%) Microservices
14 28 (7.84%) Computer Science
15 26 (7.28%) Clean Code
16 25 (7.00%) Code Quality
17 24 (6.72%) Infrastructure as Code
18 21 (5.88%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 357 (100.00%) Python
2 60 (16.81%) SQL
3 59 (16.53%) JavaScript
4 38 (10.64%) TypeScript
5 24 (6.72%) C++
6 12 (3.36%) Java
7 11 (3.08%) PHP
8 5 (1.40%) VBA
9 4 (1.12%) C
9 4 (1.12%) C#
9 4 (1.12%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.84%) Go
11 2 (0.56%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.56%) Scala
12 1 (0.28%) Perl
12 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.28%) Ruby
12 1 (0.28%) Rust
12 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (4.76%) Degree
2 2 (0.56%) Azure Certification
2 2 (0.56%) SC Cleared
2 2 (0.56%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.32%) QA
2 5 (1.40%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.56%) GDPR
4 2 (0.56%) PSD2
5 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
System Software
1 49 (13.73%) Docker
2 3 (0.84%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 23 (6.44%) Terraform
2 21 (5.88%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.84%) Argo
4 1 (0.28%) Grafana
Vendors
1 15 (4.20%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.40%) Databricks
3 3 (0.84%) BT
3 3 (0.84%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.84%) Mitel
3 3 (0.84%) Oracle
4 2 (0.56%) Foundry
4 2 (0.56%) Google
4 2 (0.56%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.56%) Solace
5 1 (0.28%) SAP
5 1 (0.28%) UiPath