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 £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 January 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 494 543 544
Rank change year-on-year +49 +1 +167
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 18 26 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.043% 0.071% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.076% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 18 16 10
10th Percentile £67,750 £57,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £58,438 £55,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £83,125
90th Percentile - £79,375 £85,500
UK median annual salary £82,500 £62,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +32.00% -21.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 38,294 33,993 31,323
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.44% 92.95% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 23,265 16,733 23,650
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -3.33%

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 7 January 2026.

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 7 January 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
Midlands +26 8 £70,000 +7.69% 3
East Midlands +6 6 £70,000 +7.69%
North of England +16 5 £80,000 +23.08% 3
Yorkshire - 4 £77,500 - 2
Scotland - 3 £90,000 -
South East +12 2 £85,000 +36.00% 1
West Midlands - 2 £90,000 - 3
North West +21 1 £90,000 +38.46% 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 7 January 2026, 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 18 (100.00%) Python
2 10 (55.56%) Azure
3 9 (50.00%) AWS
3 9 (50.00%) React
4 8 (44.44%) Django
5 7 (38.89%) CI/CD
5 7 (38.89%) Full-Stack Development
6 6 (33.33%) AI
6 6 (33.33%) JavaScript
6 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 5 (27.78%) Agile
7 5 (27.78%) HTML
7 5 (27.78%) Mentoring
7 5 (27.78%) Serverless
7 5 (27.78%) SQL
8 4 (22.22%) AngularJS
8 4 (22.22%) Azure AI
8 4 (22.22%) FastAPI
8 4 (22.22%) Flask
8 4 (22.22%) Intelligent Automation
8 4 (22.22%) REST
8 4 (22.22%) Web Development
9 3 (16.67%) CSS
9 3 (16.67%) Design Patterns
9 3 (16.67%) Docker
9 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (16.67%) Terraform
10 2 (11.11%) Amazon S3
10 2 (11.11%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (11.11%) Change Management

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 10 (55.56%) Azure
2 9 (50.00%) AWS
3 5 (27.78%) Serverless
4 4 (22.22%) Azure AI
5 2 (11.11%) Amazon S3
5 2 (11.11%) AWS Lambda
General
1 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
1 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (50.00%) React
2 8 (44.44%) Django
3 5 (27.78%) HTML
4 4 (22.22%) AngularJS
4 4 (22.22%) FastAPI
4 4 (22.22%) Flask
4 4 (22.22%) REST
5 3 (16.67%) CSS
6 2 (11.11%) Node.js
6 2 (11.11%) Vue
7 1 (5.56%) SQLAlchemy
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) CI/CD
1 7 (38.89%) Full-Stack Development
2 6 (33.33%) AI
3 5 (27.78%) Agile
3 5 (27.78%) Mentoring
4 4 (22.22%) Intelligent Automation
4 4 (22.22%) Web Development
5 3 (16.67%) Design Patterns
5 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.11%) Change Management
6 2 (11.11%) Containerisation
6 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (11.11%) Software Engineering
7 1 (5.56%) Code Quality
7 1 (5.56%) Kanban
7 1 (5.56%) OOP
7 1 (5.56%) Scrum
7 1 (5.56%) Software Architecture
7 1 (5.56%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) Python
2 6 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 5 (27.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft