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 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 431 419
Rank change year-on-year +53 -12 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 415 232 554
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.54% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.61% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 342 183 493
10th Percentile £47,050 £51,250 £51,300
25th Percentile £56,250 £64,000 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £97,500 £111,250 £117,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £137,500 £146,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £61,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.04% +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 86,286 38,345 92,039
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 89.33% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 57,161 21,611 67,433
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -6.17%

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 22 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 22 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 +61 396 £70,000 -17.65% 55
London +10 237 £90,000 +1.41% 44
UK excluding London +95 168 £60,000 -2.04% 31
Work from Home +21 115 £70,000 -33.33% 31
North of England +23 68 £62,500 - 9
South East +1 43 £70,000 +55.56% 9
Yorkshire -5 43 £70,000 +12.00% 2
South West - 24 £50,000 - 1
Midlands -24 18 £60,000 +9.09%
North West +7 16 £42,500 -32.00% 5
East Midlands -26 12 £60,000 +9.09%
North East - 9 £70,000 - 2
Scotland -4 6 £45,000 -40.00% 7
West Midlands -23 6 £55,000 -
East of England -11 5 £65,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 4 £75,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 415 (100.00%) Python
2 122 (29.40%) Software Engineering
3 107 (25.78%) Full-Stack Development
4 100 (24.10%) AI
5 93 (22.41%) AWS
6 75 (18.07%) Agile
7 67 (16.14%) React
8 59 (14.22%) CI/CD
9 53 (12.77%) Flask
9 53 (12.77%) JavaScript
10 50 (12.05%) SQL
11 48 (11.57%) Django
11 48 (11.57%) Test Automation
12 45 (10.84%) Docker
12 45 (10.84%) TypeScript
13 38 (9.16%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (8.67%) Azure
14 36 (8.67%) FastAPI
14 36 (8.67%) OO
14 36 (8.67%) OOP
15 35 (8.43%) Linux
16 34 (8.19%) Fintech
17 33 (7.95%) REST
18 32 (7.71%) Problem-Solving
19 31 (7.47%) Mentoring
20 30 (7.23%) Kubernetes
20 30 (7.23%) PostgreSQL
20 30 (7.23%) RESTful
20 30 (7.23%) SDLC
21 29 (6.99%) Serverless

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 16 (3.86%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.48%) Apache
3 2 (0.48%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 93 (22.41%) AWS
2 36 (8.67%) Azure
3 29 (6.99%) Serverless
4 26 (6.27%) GitHub
4 26 (6.27%) SaaS
5 23 (5.54%) AWS Lambda
6 19 (4.58%) Amazon S3
7 16 (3.86%) GitHub Actions
8 15 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.41%) GCP
10 6 (1.45%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (1.20%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (1.20%) Prefect
12 4 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (0.96%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (0.96%) Azure AI
13 3 (0.72%) AWS Fargate
14 2 (0.48%) AWS CodePipeline
14 2 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
14 2 (0.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.41%) Broadband
2 3 (0.72%) HTTP
2 3 (0.72%) RTP
2 3 (0.72%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.72%) VoIP
2 3 (0.72%) Wireshark
3 2 (0.48%) Firewall
4 1 (0.24%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.23%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (3.61%) Big Data
2 15 (3.61%) MongoDB
3 7 (1.69%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.45%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.20%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.20%) MySQL
6 4 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.48%) GIS
8 1 (0.24%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.24%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.24%) Power BI
8 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.24%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (6.02%) Git
2 7 (1.69%) GitLab
3 3 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.24%) MLflow
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.24%) Poetry
5 1 (0.24%) Selenium
5 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 62 (14.94%) Finance
2 49 (11.81%) Social Skills
3 42 (10.12%) Front Office
4 19 (4.58%) Tech for Good
5 15 (3.61%) Health Technology
6 12 (2.89%) Banking
7 11 (2.65%) Games
8 10 (2.41%) Publishing
9 9 (2.17%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.20%) Analytical Skills
12 4 (0.96%) Aviation
12 4 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.48%) Retail
14 1 (0.24%) Advertising
14 1 (0.24%) Back Office
14 1 (0.24%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.24%) Law
14 1 (0.24%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (16.14%) React
2 53 (12.77%) Flask
3 48 (11.57%) Django
4 36 (8.67%) FastAPI
5 33 (7.95%) REST
6 30 (7.23%) RESTful
7 27 (6.51%) Node.js
7 27 (6.51%) NumPy
8 26 (6.27%) Pandas
9 23 (5.54%) Vue
10 21 (5.06%) HTML
11 20 (4.82%) Kafka
12 19 (4.58%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 16 (3.86%) CSS
14 12 (2.89%) AngularJS
15 9 (2.17%) .NET
16 8 (1.93%) PyTorch
16 8 (1.93%) Redux
17 7 (1.69%) SQLAlchemy
18 6 (1.45%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 51 (12.29%) Algorithms
2 34 (8.19%) Cloud Native
3 33 (7.95%) Hedge funds
4 30 (7.23%) Data Structures
5 29 (6.99%) Equities
6 22 (5.30%) Fixed Income
7 21 (5.06%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (4.58%) Management Information System
9 17 (4.10%) Educational Technology
10 15 (3.61%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (3.13%) Product Ownership
12 10 (2.41%) Derivative
12 10 (2.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (2.41%) Low-Code
12 10 (2.41%) PropTech
12 10 (2.41%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
14 4 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.96%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 35 (8.43%) Linux
2 3 (0.72%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (29.40%) Software Engineering
2 107 (25.78%) Full-Stack Development
3 100 (24.10%) AI
4 75 (18.07%) Agile
5 59 (14.22%) CI/CD
6 48 (11.57%) Test Automation
7 38 (9.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (8.67%) OO
8 36 (8.67%) OOP
9 34 (8.19%) Fintech
10 32 (7.71%) Problem-Solving
11 31 (7.47%) Mentoring
12 30 (7.23%) SDLC
13 26 (6.27%) Containerisation
13 26 (6.27%) Microservices
14 25 (6.02%) Clean Code
15 23 (5.54%) Computer Vision
16 22 (5.30%) Computer Science
16 22 (5.30%) Deep Learning
16 22 (5.30%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 415 (100.00%) Python
2 53 (12.77%) JavaScript
3 50 (12.05%) SQL
4 45 (10.84%) TypeScript
5 28 (6.75%) C++
6 11 (2.65%) PHP
7 10 (2.41%) Go
7 10 (2.41%) Java
8 6 (1.45%) C#
9 4 (0.96%) C
10 3 (0.72%) Bash
10 3 (0.72%) Perl
10 3 (0.72%) VBA
11 2 (0.48%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.48%) Rust
11 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.24%) Haskell
12 1 (0.24%) OCaml
12 1 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (3.86%) Degree
2 9 (2.17%) Security Cleared
3 8 (1.93%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.72%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.48%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.89%) QA
2 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
System Software
1 45 (10.84%) Docker
2 3 (0.72%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 30 (7.23%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.61%) Terraform
3 3 (0.72%) Ansible
3 3 (0.72%) Argo
4 2 (0.48%) Grafana
5 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 8 (1.93%) Databricks
1 8 (1.93%) Microsoft
2 4 (0.96%) Oracle
3 3 (0.72%) BT
3 3 (0.72%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.72%) Mitel
4 2 (0.48%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.24%) Alteryx
5 1 (0.24%) Foundry
5 1 (0.24%) Google
5 1 (0.24%) SAP