Python Engineer Job Trends in England

Python Engineer
UK > England

The median Python Engineer salary in England is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 June 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 296 345
Rank change year-on-year -1 +49 +49
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 542 405 710
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.65% 1.02% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 1.13% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 462 293 638
10th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £82,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £110,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% +2.70%
75th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £138,750 £143,750
UK median annual salary £90,000 £110,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +22.22% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 78,596 35,808 90,229
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 90.04% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 55,264 20,815 66,854
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,821 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.87%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Python Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Python Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Python Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Python Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in England

Python Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python Engineer in England over the 6 months to 19 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Python Engineer in England

Python Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
London -39 311 £100,000 -9.09% 24
South East +50 95 £65,000 +4.00% 15
North of England +27 69 £87,500 +25.00% 4
North West +43 48 £82,500 -9.59% 3
West Midlands +12 29 £65,000 +85.71% 1
Midlands -2 29 £65,000 - 1
South West -48 23 £70,000 +12.00% 6
North East - 16 £92,500 - 1
East of England -14 12 £55,000 -8.33% 8
Yorkshire -41 5 £100,000 +60.00%
Python Engineer
UK

Python Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 June 2026, Python Engineer 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 England region featuring Python Engineer in the job title.

1 542 (100.00%) Python
2 302 (55.72%) Software Engineering
3 181 (33.39%) AI
4 173 (31.92%) AWS
5 90 (16.61%) Agile
6 88 (16.24%) C++
7 80 (14.76%) Degree
7 80 (14.76%) SQL
8 75 (13.84%) Azure
9 73 (13.47%) Fintech
10 70 (12.92%) Full-Stack Development
11 69 (12.73%) CI/CD
12 68 (12.55%) Computer Science Degree
13 62 (11.44%) Computer Science
14 59 (10.89%) Django
14 59 (10.89%) TypeScript
15 56 (10.33%) FastAPI
16 54 (9.96%) GCP
17 51 (9.41%) Machine Learning
18 50 (9.23%) PostgreSQL
18 50 (9.23%) SaaS
19 49 (9.04%) DevOps
20 46 (8.49%) Terraform
21 45 (8.30%) Docker
21 45 (8.30%) Infrastructure as Code
22 44 (8.12%) Kubernetes
23 43 (7.93%) QA
24 41 (7.56%) Git
24 41 (7.56%) React
25 38 (7.01%) Technical Leadership

Python Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 24 (4.43%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (3.87%) Apache Spark
3 14 (2.58%) Apache
4 2 (0.37%) Apache Pulsar
Cloud Services
1 173 (31.92%) AWS
2 75 (13.84%) Azure
3 54 (9.96%) GCP
4 50 (9.23%) SaaS
5 20 (3.69%) Amazon S3
6 19 (3.51%) GitHub
6 19 (3.51%) Snowflake
7 16 (2.95%) Serverless
8 11 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (2.03%) Power Platform
8 11 (2.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 8 (1.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (1.29%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (1.29%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 7 (1.29%) Azure Stack
10 7 (1.29%) IaaS
10 7 (1.29%) PaaS
11 6 (1.11%) Anthropic Claude
11 6 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (0.92%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.14%) Multicast
2 5 (0.92%) Broadband
3 2 (0.37%) HTTP
3 2 (0.37%) SMS
4 1 (0.18%) BGP
4 1 (0.18%) DNS
4 1 (0.18%) Firewall
4 1 (0.18%) IPv4
4 1 (0.18%) Network Security
4 1 (0.18%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (9.23%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (5.54%) Relational Database
3 19 (3.51%) NoSQL
4 16 (2.95%) MongoDB
4 16 (2.95%) MySQL
5 11 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (1.85%) Power BI
6 10 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 9 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (1.66%) DynamoDB
8 6 (1.11%) Big Data
8 6 (1.11%) Tableau
9 5 (0.92%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (0.92%) Redis
10 4 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.74%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.55%) GIS
11 3 (0.55%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 41 (7.56%) Git
2 19 (3.51%) JIRA
3 6 (1.11%) Claude Code
3 6 (1.11%) GitLab
3 6 (1.11%) Selenium
4 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 104 (19.19%) Finance
2 51 (9.41%) Social Skills
3 31 (5.72%) Banking
4 28 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (2.77%) Games
6 12 (2.21%) Manufacturing
7 11 (2.03%) Front Office
8 9 (1.66%) Legal
9 8 (1.48%) Retail Banking
10 6 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (0.92%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.74%) Automotive
12 4 (0.74%) Health Technology
12 4 (0.74%) Law
12 4 (0.74%) Public Sector
13 3 (0.55%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.37%) Advertising
14 2 (0.37%) Marketing
14 2 (0.37%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (10.89%) Django
2 56 (10.33%) FastAPI
3 41 (7.56%) React
4 34 (6.27%) Flask
5 24 (4.43%) Node.js
6 23 (4.24%) Kafka
7 19 (3.51%) pytest
7 19 (3.51%) RESTful
8 17 (3.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 17 (3.14%) FIX Protocol
8 17 (3.14%) SQLAlchemy
9 13 (2.40%) REST
10 12 (2.21%) Celery
11 11 (2.03%) AngularJS
12 10 (1.85%) HTML
13 9 (1.66%) Vue
14 8 (1.48%) Playwright
14 8 (1.48%) Redux
15 7 (1.29%) Next.js
16 6 (1.11%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.86%) Cloud Native
2 30 (5.54%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (5.35%) Algorithms
4 26 (4.80%) Equities
5 25 (4.61%) Derivative
5 25 (4.61%) Fixed Income
6 23 (4.24%) Distributed Computing
7 19 (3.51%) Hedge funds
8 14 (2.58%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.85%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.66%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.66%) Robotics
11 7 (1.29%) Client/Server
11 7 (1.29%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.29%) PropTech
11 7 (1.29%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.11%) CUDA
12 6 (1.11%) Distributed Architecture
12 6 (1.11%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.92%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.09%) Linux
2 7 (1.29%) Unix
2 7 (1.29%) Windows
3 6 (1.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (55.72%) Software Engineering
2 181 (33.39%) AI
3 90 (16.61%) Agile
4 73 (13.47%) Fintech
5 70 (12.92%) Full-Stack Development
6 69 (12.73%) CI/CD
7 62 (11.44%) Computer Science
8 51 (9.41%) Machine Learning
9 49 (9.04%) DevOps
10 45 (8.30%) Infrastructure as Code
11 38 (7.01%) Technical Leadership
12 37 (6.83%) LLM
13 35 (6.46%) Data Pipeline
14 34 (6.27%) Data Science
14 34 (6.27%) Test Automation
15 33 (6.09%) Microservices
15 33 (6.09%) Observability
16 32 (5.90%) SDLC
17 31 (5.72%) Data Engineering
18 30 (5.54%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 542 (100.00%) Python
2 88 (16.24%) C++
3 80 (14.76%) SQL
4 59 (10.89%) TypeScript
5 37 (6.83%) C#
6 27 (4.98%) JavaScript
7 26 (4.80%) Java
8 13 (2.40%) Go
9 9 (1.66%) Bash
10 8 (1.48%) Ruby
10 8 (1.48%) Rust
11 7 (1.29%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.11%) C
13 4 (0.74%) Julia
13 4 (0.74%) Scala
14 2 (0.37%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 80 (14.76%) Degree
2 68 (12.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (5.17%) Master's Degree
4 20 (3.69%) PhD
5 13 (2.40%) CISSP
6 10 (1.85%) Security Cleared
7 9 (1.66%) SC Cleared
8 7 (1.29%) CCSK
8 7 (1.29%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.11%) CISA
9 6 (1.11%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (0.18%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.18%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.93%) QA
2 17 (3.14%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.29%) NIST
4 6 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.18%) GDPR
6 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 45 (8.30%) Docker
2 5 (0.92%) Hyper-V
2 5 (0.92%) KVM
2 5 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 46 (8.49%) Terraform
2 44 (8.12%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.48%) Ansible
4 5 (0.92%) Grafana
5 4 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.37%) Kibana
Vendors
1 16 (2.95%) Google
2 13 (2.40%) Databricks
3 7 (1.29%) OpenAI
3 7 (1.29%) Splunk
4 6 (1.11%) Microsoft
5 5 (0.92%) VMware
6 4 (0.74%) Palantir
7 1 (0.18%) Intel