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 30 June 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 394 420 437
Rank change year-on-year +26 +17 -40
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 415 274 565
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.59% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.66% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 330 208 487
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £68,750 £66,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -10.53% +8.57%
75th Percentile £96,875 £122,500 £133,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £137,500 £146,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -11.11%

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 90,569 41,555 99,935
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 89.51% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 62,167 23,987 72,008
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,673 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +7.95% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.00% - -6.54%

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 June 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 June 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 +12 380 £70,000 -17.65% 51
London -40 219 £90,000 -5.26% 36
UK excluding London +81 180 £60,000 - 27
Work from Home -37 112 £70,000 -33.33% 30
North of England +5 74 £66,250 +10.42% 8
Yorkshire +2 40 £70,000 +16.67% 2
South East +2 33 £60,000 +43.71% 6
South West -37 25 £50,000 -41.18% 2
North West +14 21 £45,000 -25.00% 3
Midlands -24 17 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Scotland +26 13 £45,000 - 3
East Midlands -15 13 £62,500 +56.25% 2
North East - 13 £70,000 - 3
East of England -11 11 £72,500 -3.33% 4
Northern Ireland - 7 £75,000 - 2
West Midlands -23 4 £57,500 -17.86%

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

For the 6 months to 30 June 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.

1 415 (100.00%) Python
2 111 (26.75%) Software Engineering
3 108 (26.02%) AWS
4 103 (24.82%) Full-Stack Development
5 95 (22.89%) AI
6 63 (15.18%) Agile
7 57 (13.73%) CI/CD
8 53 (12.77%) JavaScript
8 53 (12.77%) SQL
9 52 (12.53%) React
10 48 (11.57%) Test Automation
11 47 (11.33%) Docker
12 45 (10.84%) Flask
13 43 (10.36%) Azure
13 43 (10.36%) FastAPI
13 43 (10.36%) TypeScript
14 41 (9.88%) PostgreSQL
15 40 (9.64%) Django
16 37 (8.92%) Kubernetes
17 35 (8.43%) Linux
17 35 (8.43%) OOP
17 35 (8.43%) RESTful
18 33 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
19 32 (7.71%) OO
20 31 (7.47%) C++
21 30 (7.23%) REST
22 28 (6.75%) Containerisation
23 27 (6.51%) Infrastructure as Code
23 27 (6.51%) Machine Learning
23 27 (6.51%) Mentoring

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 13 (3.13%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.72%) Apache
4 2 (0.48%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 108 (26.02%) AWS
2 43 (10.36%) Azure
3 27 (6.51%) SaaS
4 25 (6.02%) Serverless
5 21 (5.06%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (3.86%) Amazon S3
6 16 (3.86%) GitHub
7 14 (3.37%) GCP
8 10 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (1.20%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (1.20%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (1.20%) Prefect
11 3 (0.72%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (0.72%) AWS Fargate
11 3 (0.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 2 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.48%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.61%) Broadband
2 5 (1.20%) MQTT
3 3 (0.72%) HTTP
3 3 (0.72%) RTP
3 3 (0.72%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.72%) VoIP
3 3 (0.72%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.48%) Firewall
5 1 (0.24%) ATM
5 1 (0.24%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.88%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (5.06%) MongoDB
3 12 (2.89%) Big Data
4 8 (1.93%) DynamoDB
5 7 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (1.45%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.20%) MySQL
7 5 (1.20%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.48%) GIS
8 2 (0.48%) Power BI
9 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.24%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.24%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.24%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (5.30%) Git
2 9 (2.17%) GitLab
3 4 (0.96%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.48%) MLflow
4 2 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.24%) Poetry
5 1 (0.24%) Selenium
5 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 60 (14.46%) Finance
2 41 (9.88%) Front Office
3 37 (8.92%) Social Skills
4 16 (3.86%) Tech for Good
5 15 (3.61%) Games
6 13 (3.13%) Banking
7 12 (2.89%) Health Technology
8 8 (1.93%) Public Sector
9 6 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (0.96%) Aviation
10 4 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.96%) Publishing
11 2 (0.48%) Law
11 2 (0.48%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.48%) Marketing
12 1 (0.24%) Advertising
12 1 (0.24%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.24%) Automotive
12 1 (0.24%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.24%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (12.53%) React
2 45 (10.84%) Flask
3 43 (10.36%) FastAPI
4 40 (9.64%) Django
5 35 (8.43%) RESTful
6 30 (7.23%) REST
7 27 (6.51%) Node.js
7 27 (6.51%) NumPy
8 26 (6.27%) Pandas
8 26 (6.27%) Vue
9 21 (5.06%) Kafka
10 18 (4.34%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 17 (4.10%) HTML
12 14 (3.37%) CSS
13 12 (2.89%) AngularJS
14 11 (2.65%) .NET
14 11 (2.65%) Swagger
15 9 (2.17%) PyTorch
15 9 (2.17%) RabbitMQ
16 8 (1.93%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 53 (12.77%) Algorithms
2 44 (10.60%) Cloud Native
3 32 (7.71%) Distributed Systems
4 30 (7.23%) Hedge funds
5 28 (6.75%) Equities
6 27 (6.51%) Data Structures
7 23 (5.54%) Fixed Income
8 18 (4.34%) Management Information System
9 16 (3.86%) Low-Code
10 15 (3.61%) Video\Live Streaming
11 13 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (2.89%) Educational Technology
13 11 (2.65%) Derivative
14 10 (2.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 10 (2.41%) PropTech
15 7 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
15 7 (1.69%) Product Ownership
16 6 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
17 4 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
17 4 (0.96%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 35 (8.43%) Linux
2 3 (0.72%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (26.75%) Software Engineering
2 103 (24.82%) Full-Stack Development
3 95 (22.89%) AI
4 63 (15.18%) Agile
5 57 (13.73%) CI/CD
6 48 (11.57%) Test Automation
7 35 (8.43%) OOP
8 33 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (7.71%) OO
10 28 (6.75%) Containerisation
11 27 (6.51%) Infrastructure as Code
11 27 (6.51%) Machine Learning
11 27 (6.51%) Mentoring
11 27 (6.51%) Microservices
11 27 (6.51%) Problem-Solving
12 26 (6.27%) Fintech
13 25 (6.02%) SDLC
14 24 (5.78%) Computer Vision
15 23 (5.54%) Validation
16 22 (5.30%) Deep Learning
Programming Languages
1 415 (100.00%) Python
2 53 (12.77%) JavaScript
2 53 (12.77%) SQL
3 43 (10.36%) TypeScript
4 31 (7.47%) C++
5 15 (3.61%) Go
6 11 (2.65%) Java
7 10 (2.41%) C#
8 9 (2.17%) PHP
9 4 (0.96%) Bash
9 4 (0.96%) C
10 3 (0.72%) Perl
11 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.48%) Rust
11 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.24%) ABAP
12 1 (0.24%) Bicep
12 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.24%) Ruby
12 1 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (3.86%) Degree
2 11 (2.65%) Security Cleared
3 8 (1.93%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.72%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.24%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.65%) QA
2 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.48%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 47 (11.33%) Docker
2 3 (0.72%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 37 (8.92%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.86%) Terraform
3 5 (1.20%) Ansible
3 5 (1.20%) Grafana
4 3 (0.72%) Argo
5 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.24%) Kibana
6 1 (0.24%) logstash
Vendors
1 14 (3.37%) Databricks
2 6 (1.45%) Microsoft
3 3 (0.72%) BT
3 3 (0.72%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.72%) Mitel
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle
4 2 (0.48%) SAP
5 1 (0.24%) Alteryx
5 1 (0.24%) Foundry
5 1 (0.24%) Google
5 1 (0.24%) Salesforce