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 15 March 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 380 414
Rank change year-on-year -11 +34 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 333 291 507
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.66% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.73% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 265 221 471
10th Percentile £49,100 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £63,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -11.11% +9.09%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £132,500
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 68,326 39,752 79,878
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.85% 90.66% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 43,620 23,240 61,244
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £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 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -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 15 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Python Developer in the UK

Python Developer
Top 14 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 15 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 +11 323 £76,000 -7.88% 109
London +10 206 £90,000 +5.88% 64
Work from Home +38 126 £75,000 -11.76% 46
UK excluding London +22 117 £70,000 +7.69% 54
North of England -17 37 £70,000 +1.00% 16
South East +8 32 £70,000 +11.11% 12
Midlands -4 31 £65,000 +18.18% 4
Yorkshire -17 29 £75,000 +11.11% 11
East Midlands -38 16 £65,000 +18.18% 3
West Midlands +17 15 £60,000 +2.73% 1
South West -18 11 £52,750 -4.09% 10
North West -2 8 £40,000 -42.29% 3
Scotland -17 4 £90,000 +20.00% 1
East of England -7 2 £50,000 -41.18% 10

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

For the 6 months to 15 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.

1 333 (100.00%) Python
2 114 (34.23%) Software Engineering
3 90 (27.03%) React
4 86 (25.83%) AWS
5 76 (22.82%) Agile
6 73 (21.92%) AI
7 72 (21.62%) Full-Stack Development
8 66 (19.82%) CI/CD
9 60 (18.02%) Django
10 58 (17.42%) JavaScript
11 57 (17.12%) Flask
11 57 (17.12%) SQL
12 52 (15.62%) Mentoring
13 50 (15.02%) Docker
13 50 (15.02%) Test Automation
14 49 (14.71%) Serverless
15 47 (14.11%) Problem-Solving
16 45 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
16 45 (13.51%) GitHub
16 45 (13.51%) OOP
17 41 (12.31%) Azure
18 40 (12.01%) FastAPI
19 39 (11.71%) TypeScript
20 38 (11.41%) Fintech
20 38 (11.41%) OO
21 33 (9.91%) REST
21 33 (9.91%) SDLC
22 32 (9.61%) Containerisation
22 32 (9.61%) Linux
23 29 (8.71%) AWS Lambda

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 20 (6.01%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.40%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.60%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.30%) Apache
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 86 (25.83%) AWS
2 49 (14.71%) Serverless
3 45 (13.51%) GitHub
4 41 (12.31%) Azure
5 29 (8.71%) AWS Lambda
6 27 (8.11%) Amazon S3
7 26 (7.81%) SaaS
8 15 (4.50%) Amazon SQS
8 15 (4.50%) GCP
8 15 (4.50%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.40%) Azure AI
11 4 (1.20%) Prefect
12 3 (0.90%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (0.90%) dbt
13 2 (0.60%) AWS Fargate
13 2 (0.60%) Azure AKS
13 2 (0.60%) GitHub Copilot
14 1 (0.30%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 1 (0.30%) Azure Cognitive Search
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.90%) HTTP
1 3 (0.90%) RTP
1 3 (0.90%) Unified Communications
1 3 (0.90%) VoIP
1 3 (0.90%) Wireshark
2 2 (0.60%) Broadband
2 2 (0.60%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.91%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (5.71%) Big Data
3 9 (2.70%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.40%) MongoDB
4 8 (2.40%) MySQL
4 8 (2.40%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.20%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.60%) Apache Arrow
6 2 (0.60%) Apache Iceberg
6 2 (0.60%) Dremio
6 2 (0.60%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.60%) Tick Data
7 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 19 (5.71%) Git
2 4 (1.20%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.90%) GitLab
4 2 (0.60%) JIRA
4 2 (0.60%) Maven
4 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.30%) MLflow
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.30%) Selenium
General
1 72 (21.62%) Finance
2 67 (20.12%) Social Skills
3 40 (12.01%) Front Office
4 19 (5.71%) Tech for Good
5 18 (5.41%) Health Technology
6 16 (4.80%) Publishing
7 14 (4.20%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.00%) Banking
8 10 (3.00%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.80%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.20%) Aviation
12 3 (0.90%) Games
12 3 (0.90%) Retail
13 2 (0.60%) Marketing
13 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.30%) Back Office
14 1 (0.30%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.30%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (27.03%) React
2 60 (18.02%) Django
3 57 (17.12%) Flask
4 40 (12.01%) FastAPI
5 33 (9.91%) REST
6 29 (8.71%) HTML
7 28 (8.41%) RESTful
8 26 (7.81%) Node.js
9 22 (6.61%) Kafka
9 22 (6.61%) Vue
10 21 (6.31%) CSS
11 20 (6.01%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 12 (3.60%) AngularJS
13 11 (3.30%) NumPy
13 11 (3.30%) Pandas
14 8 (2.40%) OAuth
14 8 (2.40%) OAuth2
14 8 (2.40%) Redux
15 6 (1.80%) PyTorch
15 6 (1.80%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.01%) Data Structures
2 34 (10.21%) Equities
3 31 (9.31%) Algorithms
3 31 (9.31%) Hedge funds
4 20 (6.01%) Management Information System
5 18 (5.41%) Cloud Native
5 18 (5.41%) Fixed Income
6 14 (4.20%) Educational Technology
7 12 (3.60%) Product Ownership
8 10 (3.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (3.00%) PropTech
9 8 (2.40%) Derivative
10 5 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.20%) PKI
12 2 (0.60%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.60%) NHS
12 2 (0.60%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.60%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 32 (9.61%) Linux
2 3 (0.90%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (34.23%) Software Engineering
2 76 (22.82%) Agile
3 73 (21.92%) AI
4 72 (21.62%) Full-Stack Development
5 66 (19.82%) CI/CD
6 52 (15.62%) Mentoring
7 50 (15.02%) Test Automation
8 47 (14.11%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (13.51%) OOP
10 38 (11.41%) Fintech
10 38 (11.41%) OO
11 33 (9.91%) SDLC
12 32 (9.61%) Containerisation
13 28 (8.41%) Microservices
14 26 (7.81%) Computer Science
15 25 (7.51%) Clean Code
15 25 (7.51%) Code Quality
16 22 (6.61%) Order Management
17 21 (6.31%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 333 (100.00%) Python
2 58 (17.42%) JavaScript
3 57 (17.12%) SQL
4 39 (11.71%) TypeScript
5 26 (7.81%) C++
6 12 (3.60%) Java
7 9 (2.70%) PHP
8 5 (1.50%) VBA
9 4 (1.20%) C
9 4 (1.20%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.90%) C#
11 2 (0.60%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.60%) Go
11 2 (0.60%) Scala
12 1 (0.30%) Perl
12 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.30%) Ruby
12 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (5.11%) Degree
2 2 (0.60%) Azure Certification
2 2 (0.60%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.30%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.41%) QA
2 5 (1.50%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.60%) GDPR
4 2 (0.60%) PSD2
5 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
System Software
1 50 (15.02%) Docker
2 3 (0.90%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 24 (7.21%) Terraform
2 20 (6.01%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.90%) Argo
4 1 (0.30%) Grafana
Vendors
1 15 (4.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.50%) Databricks
3 3 (0.90%) BT
3 3 (0.90%) Fortinet
3 3 (0.90%) Mitel
3 3 (0.90%) Oracle
4 2 (0.60%) Foundry
4 2 (0.60%) Google
4 2 (0.60%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.60%) Solace
5 1 (0.30%) SAP
5 1 (0.30%) UiPath