Senior Python Developer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Python Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Python Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £73,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 November 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 568 538
Rank change year-on-year +61 -30 +208
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 19 29 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.052% 0.061% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.065% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 18 19 10
10th Percentile £60,250 £57,500 £61,625
25th Percentile £70,000 £58,750 £63,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.16% +3.33% +11.94%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 - £85,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £62,500 £82,000
% change year-on-year +28.00% -23.78% +2.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 33,083 44,628 28,686
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 94.38% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 20,746 23,891 21,560
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,498 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.76% -1.91% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,048 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.74% -4.17% -

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Python Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior Python Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Python Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior Python Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Python Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Python Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior Python Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 November 2025. 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
Midlands +72 8 £70,000 +7.69% 3
North of England +42 7 £75,000 -6.25% 2
East Midlands +28 5 £70,000 +7.69% 1
Yorkshire - 5 £75,000 -
West Midlands - 3 £90,000 - 2
North West +31 2 £75,000 -6.25% 2
Scotland - 2 £90,000 - 2
South East +33 1 - - 3
East of England +23 1 £75,000 - 1
Senior Python Developer
UK

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 November 2025, Senior 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1 19 (100.00%) Python
2 12 (63.16%) AWS
3 9 (47.37%) Azure
4 8 (42.11%) CI/CD
4 8 (42.11%) React
5 7 (36.84%) Django
5 7 (36.84%) JavaScript
6 6 (31.58%) AI
6 6 (31.58%) Full-Stack Development
6 6 (31.58%) Serverless
7 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
7 5 (26.32%) Web Development
8 4 (21.05%) AngularJS
8 4 (21.05%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (21.05%) FastAPI
8 4 (21.05%) HTML
8 4 (21.05%) REST
8 4 (21.05%) Software Engineering
8 4 (21.05%) SQL
9 3 (15.79%) Agile
9 3 (15.79%) Azure AI
9 3 (15.79%) DynamoDB
9 3 (15.79%) Flask
9 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
9 3 (15.79%) Intelligent Automation
9 3 (15.79%) Mentoring
9 3 (15.79%) Terraform
10 2 (10.53%) Code Quality
10 2 (10.53%) Containerisation
10 2 (10.53%) CSS

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (63.16%) AWS
2 9 (47.37%) Azure
3 6 (31.58%) Serverless
4 4 (21.05%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (15.79%) Azure AI
6 1 (5.26%) Amazon EventBridge
6 1 (5.26%) Amazon S3
6 1 (5.26%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (5.26%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) DynamoDB
2 1 (5.26%) MongoDB
2 1 (5.26%) NoSQL
General
1 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
2 2 (10.53%) Games
2 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Agriculture
3 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (42.11%) React
2 7 (36.84%) Django
3 4 (21.05%) AngularJS
3 4 (21.05%) FastAPI
3 4 (21.05%) HTML
3 4 (21.05%) REST
4 3 (15.79%) Flask
5 2 (10.53%) CSS
6 1 (5.26%) AWS SAM
6 1 (5.26%) Node.js
6 1 (5.26%) RESTful
6 1 (5.26%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (5.26%) Vue
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) CI/CD
2 6 (31.58%) AI
2 6 (31.58%) Full-Stack Development
3 5 (26.32%) Web Development
4 4 (21.05%) Software Engineering
5 3 (15.79%) Agile
5 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (15.79%) Intelligent Automation
5 3 (15.79%) Mentoring
6 2 (10.53%) Code Quality
6 2 (10.53%) Containerisation
6 2 (10.53%) Data Analysis
6 2 (10.53%) Design Patterns
6 2 (10.53%) DevOps
6 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (5.26%) Kanban
7 1 (5.26%) Machine Learning
7 1 (5.26%) Software Architecture
7 1 (5.26%) TDD
7 1 (5.26%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) Python
2 7 (36.84%) JavaScript
3 4 (21.05%) SQL
4 1 (5.26%) Bash
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft