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 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 445 396 443
Rank change year-on-year -49 +47 -133
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 404 305 395
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.62% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.69% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 319 232 285
10th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -10.53% +8.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £137,500 £136,250
90th Percentile £100,000 - £142,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -10.71%

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 106,506 44,266 74,164
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.35% 89.67% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 73,200 26,014 44,625
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -64 358 £72,500 -14.71% 220
UK excluding London +39 200 £65,000 -7.14% 79
London -107 178 £86,250 -4.17% 176
Work from Home -92 99 £72,500 -30.95% 80
North of England -10 73 £70,000 - 15
East of England +16 52 £72,500 +5.45% 4
Yorkshire -11 31 £92,500 +32.14% 11
North West -5 21 £45,000 -26.53% 4
North East - 21 £70,000 -
Midlands -19 20 £65,000 -7.14% 10
South West -57 17 £50,000 -16.67% 8
Scotland +21 16 £45,000 - 20
South East -41 15 £60,000 +63.27% 15
East Midlands -21 12 £70,000 +19.15% 7
West Midlands -38 8 £55,000 -21.43% 2
Northern Ireland - 7 £75,000 - 7

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 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.

1 404 (100.00%) Python
2 109 (26.98%) Software Engineering
3 108 (26.73%) AWS
4 106 (26.24%) AI
5 84 (20.79%) Full-Stack Development
6 70 (17.33%) CI/CD
7 63 (15.59%) SQL
8 53 (13.12%) Azure
9 50 (12.38%) Docker
9 50 (12.38%) FastAPI
10 48 (11.88%) PostgreSQL
11 47 (11.63%) RESTful
12 46 (11.39%) Agile
13 45 (11.14%) JavaScript
14 42 (10.40%) Django
15 40 (9.90%) Cybersecurity
15 40 (9.90%) Kubernetes
16 38 (9.41%) Problem-Solving
17 37 (9.16%) Test Automation
18 35 (8.66%) Validation
19 34 (8.42%) Flask
20 30 (7.43%) Infrastructure as Code
21 28 (6.93%) Containerisation
22 26 (6.44%) API Design
22 26 (6.44%) Kafka
22 26 (6.44%) Observability
22 26 (6.44%) TypeScript
23 25 (6.19%) Continuous Improvement
23 25 (6.19%) DevOps
23 25 (6.19%) Git

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 7 (1.73%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.74%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.50%) Apache
4 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 2 (0.50%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 108 (26.73%) AWS
2 53 (13.12%) Azure
3 17 (4.21%) SaaS
4 16 (3.96%) Serverless
5 14 (3.47%) Amazon S3
6 13 (3.22%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (3.22%) Azure Service Bus
7 12 (2.97%) GCP
8 11 (2.72%) Amazon EC2
8 11 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.23%) GitHub
10 8 (1.98%) Amazon EKS
11 7 (1.73%) Amazon Bedrock
12 5 (1.24%) Amazon SQS
12 5 (1.24%) Power Platform
13 4 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.99%) GitHub Copilot
13 4 (0.99%) Kong
14 3 (0.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.22%) Broadband
1 13 (3.22%) MQTT
2 3 (0.74%) 4G
2 3 (0.74%) 5G
2 3 (0.74%) DNS
2 3 (0.74%) HTTP
2 3 (0.74%) SSH
2 3 (0.74%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.50%) Firewall
4 1 (0.25%) ATM
4 1 (0.25%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (11.88%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (4.95%) MongoDB
3 12 (2.97%) DynamoDB
4 9 (2.23%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (1.98%) MySQL
6 7 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.73%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.49%) Big Data
7 6 (1.49%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.24%) Power BI
9 4 (0.99%) GIS
9 4 (0.99%) Redis
10 3 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.74%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.50%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.25%) Delta Lake
12 1 (0.25%) Milvus
12 1 (0.25%) Pinecone
12 1 (0.25%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 25 (6.19%) Git
2 10 (2.48%) GitLab
3 5 (1.24%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.74%) Selenium
5 2 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.25%) MLflow
6 1 (0.25%) Poetry
6 1 (0.25%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 53 (13.12%) Finance
2 28 (6.93%) Social Skills
3 25 (6.19%) Front Office
4 16 (3.96%) Banking
5 15 (3.71%) Tech for Good
6 13 (3.22%) Games
7 10 (2.48%) Health Technology
8 9 (2.23%) Public Sector
9 7 (1.73%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.24%) Law
10 5 (1.24%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.99%) Marketing
11 4 (0.99%) Publishing
12 3 (0.74%) Legal
12 3 (0.74%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.50%) Automotive
13 2 (0.50%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.25%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.25%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (12.38%) FastAPI
2 47 (11.63%) RESTful
3 42 (10.40%) Django
4 34 (8.42%) Flask
5 26 (6.44%) Kafka
6 23 (5.69%) React
6 23 (5.69%) REST
7 21 (5.20%) Pandas
7 21 (5.20%) RabbitMQ
8 20 (4.95%) CSS
8 20 (4.95%) HTML
8 20 (4.95%) Swagger
8 20 (4.95%) Vue
9 19 (4.70%) NumPy
9 19 (4.70%) Terraform
10 13 (3.22%) Node.js
10 13 (3.22%) OpenAPI
11 10 (2.48%) .NET
12 9 (2.23%) AngularJS
12 9 (2.23%) Boost C++ Libraries
Miscellaneous
1 43 (10.64%) Cloud Native
2 42 (10.40%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (8.17%) Algorithms
4 26 (6.44%) Greenfield Project
5 25 (6.19%) Cyber Threat
6 22 (5.45%) Hedge funds
7 17 (4.21%) Low-Code
8 15 (3.71%) Data Structures
8 15 (3.71%) Equities
9 13 (3.22%) Video\Live Streaming
10 11 (2.72%) Renewable Energy
11 9 (2.23%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.73%) Fixed Income
13 6 (1.49%) Market Risk
14 5 (1.24%) AI Agents
14 5 (1.24%) Derivative
14 5 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
15 4 (0.99%) Onboarding
16 3 (0.74%) Client/Server
16 3 (0.74%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.20%) Linux
2 1 (0.25%) Unix
2 1 (0.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (26.98%) Software Engineering
2 106 (26.24%) AI
3 84 (20.79%) Full-Stack Development
4 70 (17.33%) CI/CD
5 46 (11.39%) Agile
6 40 (9.90%) Cybersecurity
7 38 (9.41%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (9.16%) Test Automation
9 35 (8.66%) Validation
10 30 (7.43%) Infrastructure as Code
11 28 (6.93%) Containerisation
12 26 (6.44%) API Design
12 26 (6.44%) Observability
13 25 (6.19%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (6.19%) DevOps
14 24 (5.94%) Event-Driven
14 24 (5.94%) Roadmaps
15 23 (5.69%) Generative AI
15 23 (5.69%) Machine Learning
15 23 (5.69%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 404 (100.00%) Python
2 63 (15.59%) SQL
3 45 (11.14%) JavaScript
4 26 (6.44%) TypeScript
5 19 (4.70%) C++
6 13 (3.22%) Go
7 10 (2.48%) C#
8 7 (1.73%) Bash
9 5 (1.24%) Java
9 5 (1.24%) Rust
10 4 (0.99%) PHP
10 4 (0.99%) R
10 4 (0.99%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.50%) Perl
12 1 (0.25%) ABAP
12 1 (0.25%) Bicep
12 1 (0.25%) Haskell
12 1 (0.25%) OCaml
12 1 (0.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (3.22%) Degree
1 13 (3.22%) Security Cleared
2 8 (1.98%) SC Cleared
3 5 (1.24%) AWS Certification
3 5 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.25%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.71%) QA
2 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.25%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.25%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 50 (12.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 40 (9.90%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.98%) Grafana
3 6 (1.49%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.24%) Ansible
5 2 (0.50%) Kibana
5 2 (0.50%) logstash
6 1 (0.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (2.48%) Databricks
2 4 (0.99%) Google
2 4 (0.99%) Microsoft
2 4 (0.99%) SAP
3 3 (0.74%) Oracle
4 1 (0.25%) Alteryx
4 1 (0.25%) Bloomberg
4 1 (0.25%) Foundry
4 1 (0.25%) HubSpot