Senior Python Developer Jobs

Senior Python Developer
UK

The median Senior Python Developer salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 December 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 687 688 882
Rank change year-on-year +1 +194 -203
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 79 42 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.079% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.083% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 60 37 152
10th Percentile - £64,750 £58,850
25th Percentile £52,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% +6.25% -15.79%
75th Percentile £81,875 £115,000 £93,125
90th Percentile £106,000 £173,250 £117,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% -26.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 64,932 50,573 117,209
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 95.45% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 32,232 36,954 73,757
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,798
25th Percentile £43,650 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.07% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Python Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Python Developer in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Python Developer.

Salary trend for Senior Python Developer in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Python Developer over the 6 months to 8 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Python Developer in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Python Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 8 December 2024. 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 -17 79 £62,500 -31.51% 16
London +6 52 £55,000 -45.00% 11
Work from Home +32 47 £77,500 -4.32% 11
UK excluding London -54 26 £65,000 -13.33% 6
South East -31 15 £70,000 -6.67% 4
North of England - 4 £72,500 -
North West - 4 £72,500 -
South West - 3 £62,500 -
East Midlands -31 2 £65,000 -
Midlands -48 2 £65,000 -
East of England - 2 £85,000 -

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 December 2024, Senior Python Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1 79 (100.00%) Python
2 37 (46.84%) AWS
3 34 (43.04%) Django
4 31 (39.24%) Linux
5 28 (35.44%) JavaScript
5 28 (35.44%) Git
6 24 (30.38%) Games
7 23 (29.11%) Agile
7 23 (29.11%) MySQL
7 23 (29.11%) Asynchronous Programming
8 22 (27.85%) TypeScript
9 21 (26.58%) React
10 20 (25.32%) Serverless
11 19 (24.05%) Azure
11 19 (24.05%) Finance
11 19 (24.05%) Software Engineering
12 17 (21.52%) SQL
13 16 (20.25%) Full-Stack Development
14 15 (18.99%) AWS Lambda
14 15 (18.99%) Docker
14 15 (18.99%) DevOps
15 14 (17.72%) Amazon SQS
15 14 (17.72%) Front Office
16 13 (16.46%) Equities
16 13 (16.46%) Asset Management
16 13 (16.46%) AngularJS
16 13 (16.46%) Hedge funds
16 13 (16.46%) Algorithms
17 11 (13.92%) Kubernetes
17 11 (13.92%) Flask

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 37 (46.84%) AWS
2 20 (25.32%) Serverless
3 19 (24.05%) Azure
4 15 (18.99%) AWS Lambda
5 14 (17.72%) Amazon SQS
6 10 (12.66%) Amazon ECS
6 10 (12.66%) AWS Step Functions
7 5 (6.33%) Amazon S3
8 4 (5.06%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (5.06%) Azure Functions
8 4 (5.06%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (2.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (2.53%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (2.53%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (2.53%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.53%) Entra ID
9 2 (2.53%) GitHub
10 1 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (1.27%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (29.11%) MySQL
2 8 (10.13%) NoSQL
3 4 (5.06%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (3.80%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.53%) KDB
5 2 (2.53%) Kdb+
5 2 (2.53%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.27%) DynamoDB
6 1 (1.27%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 28 (35.44%) Git
2 6 (7.59%) GitLab
General
1 24 (30.38%) Games
2 19 (24.05%) Finance
3 14 (17.72%) Front Office
4 11 (13.92%) Banking
5 10 (12.66%) Investment Banking
6 8 (10.13%) Social Skills
7 7 (8.86%) Law
8 6 (7.59%) Marketing
9 4 (5.06%) Publishing
9 4 (5.06%) Tech for Good
10 2 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (1.27%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (43.04%) Django
2 21 (26.58%) React
3 13 (16.46%) AngularJS
4 11 (13.92%) Flask
4 11 (13.92%) Lambda Expressions
5 8 (10.13%) RESTful
6 6 (7.59%) Celery
6 6 (7.59%) FastAPI
6 6 (7.59%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (6.33%) NumPy
7 5 (6.33%) Pandas
8 3 (3.80%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 3 (3.80%) CSS
8 3 (3.80%) HTML
9 2 (2.53%) Node.js
10 1 (1.27%) CSS3
10 1 (1.27%) HTML5
10 1 (1.27%) SQLAlchemy
10 1 (1.27%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 1 (1.27%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.46%) Algorithms
1 13 (16.46%) Equities
1 13 (16.46%) Hedge funds
2 10 (12.66%) Derivative
2 10 (12.66%) Fixed Income
2 10 (12.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (8.86%) Data Structures
4 6 (7.59%) Private Cloud
5 4 (5.06%) Product Ownership
6 3 (3.80%) Management Information System
6 3 (3.80%) Virtual Team
7 2 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.27%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.27%) Educational Technology
8 1 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.27%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 31 (39.24%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (29.11%) Agile
1 23 (29.11%) Asynchronous Programming
2 19 (24.05%) Software Engineering
3 16 (20.25%) Full-Stack Development
4 15 (18.99%) DevOps
5 13 (16.46%) Asset Management
6 10 (12.66%) CI/CD
7 9 (11.39%) Code Quality
8 8 (10.13%) Artificial Intelligence
8 8 (10.13%) Machine Learning
8 8 (10.13%) Mathematics
9 7 (8.86%) Microservices
10 6 (7.59%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (7.59%) Continuous Integration
10 6 (7.59%) Open Source
11 5 (6.33%) Computer Science
11 5 (6.33%) Front End Development
11 5 (6.33%) OOP
11 5 (6.33%) TDD
12 4 (5.06%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 79 (100.00%) Python
2 28 (35.44%) JavaScript
3 22 (27.85%) TypeScript
4 17 (21.52%) SQL
5 11 (13.92%) Java
6 5 (6.33%) C++
7 2 (2.53%) C
8 1 (1.27%) Go
Qualifications
1 10 (12.66%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.59%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.06%) Degree
4 3 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.27%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.06%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.80%) Accessibility
System Software
1 15 (18.99%) Docker
2 2 (2.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (13.92%) Kubernetes
2 8 (10.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (5.06%) Microsoft
1 4 (5.06%) OpenAI
2 1 (1.27%) Google
2 1 (1.27%) NVIDIA