Django: market
Django is a 'batteries-included' Python framework: ORM, migrations, admin, authentication and templates out of the box, plus Django REST Framework for APIs. We track 1 337 open positions listing Django, 1 254 of them fresh. Django is chosen for products where development speed and a mature ecosystem matter: marketplaces, fintech, content platforms, internal systems. Most of the demand comes from Backend, Fullstack and DevOps roles. It most often appears next to Python, AWS and FastAPI. 39% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is measured demand for Django developers.
The Django market currently has 1,337 open roles, 1,254 of them freshly observed. Median salary $5,857/mo. Observed candidate pool — 1,115.
39% of Django postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the work format.
⚠ salary known for 103 of 1337 jobs; remote share from 1079 with a stated format; 1254 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Demand and observed supply
| Open demand | 1,337 |
| Observed supply | 1,115 |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Salary distribution
One in ten earns under $1,544, one in ten over $14,583. Half the market falls between $2,771 and $8,152. Sample: 103.
The range histogram for Django postings uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
Demand geography
| country | jobs |
|---|---|
| US | 241 |
| PL | 176 |
| IN | 119 |
| RU | 100 |
| GB | 62 |
| CA | 43 |
| DE | 42 |
| ZA | 34 |
| UA | 30 |
| ES | 24 |
The top country for Django demand is the US (241 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Used together with
Django most often appears next to Python, AWS and FastAPI. FastAPI and Flask among the neighbours — Python backend often expects several frameworks.
Roles that use it
| role | jobs |
|---|---|
| Backend | 569 |
| Fullstack | 363 |
| DevOps | 113 |
| Frontend | 52 |
| AI Engineer | 40 |
| Architect | 37 |
| Data | 32 |
| ML/AI | 29 |
| Platform Engineer | 17 |
| PM | 9 |
⚠ the `Other` and `IT` buckets are excluded as non-roles
Demand by grade
| grade | jobs |
|---|---|
| senior | 468 |
| middle | 111 |
| principal | 53 |
| junior | 52 |
| lead | 45 |
Senior-and-above is about 78% of 729 graded Django postings.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Employers
Demand is spread across 739 employers. The largest accounts for 1.6%, the top ten for 9.8%; the remaining 90.3% is long tail.
| share | value |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 1.6% |
| top-3 | 3.8% |
| top-10 | 9.8% |
| long tail | 90.3% |
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Where Zorky sees this market
Observed across 114 sources; the largest accounts for 15.3% — this market does not rest on a single channel.
Django postings arrive mostly from job boards & aggregators and ATS & career sites.
Recent openings
- Product Engineer/Python-разработчик (Django, React, Claude Code / Codex) · RU
- Младший Python-разработчик · RU
- Senior Software Engineer (Python/Django) - (F/H/X) - CDI · FR
- Backend-разработчик (Python/JS) · RU
- Senior Software Engineer - Developer Infrastructure · US · $15,417
- 1 APS6 Software Engineer (Developer) · AU
- Softwareentwickler – Business Applications & Integrationen · DE
- Python Developer · PL · $3,750
Adjacent markets
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
How this is measured
- Vacancy
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Observed candidate
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Matchable candidate
- not counted yet
- Window
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
About the data
- Some breakdowns are hidden: their data coverage is not yet sufficient.
- Statistics are shown only where the sample clears a quality gate.
- A missing block does not mean a value of zero.
Breakdowns currently hidden: 7.
Data as of 2026-10-20
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the Django market — short answers from the same data slice.
What is asked of a Django developer?
ORM and query optimization (select_related, prefetch_related), migrations, DRF and serializers, Celery for background jobs, caching, tests, PostgreSQL.
Django or FastAPI?
Both are in demand: the slice tracks 1 337 open Django positions. Django is stronger where an admin, ORM and monolith are needed; FastAPI — in async APIs and AI services. Many postings name both.
Is Django a good entry into backend?
Yes, one of the clearest: the framework sets the project structure, and the docs and community are large. A pet project with DRF, PostgreSQL and Docker covers the baseline requirements.