Python Engineer Job Trends in England

Python Engineer
UK > England

The median Python Engineer salary in England is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 323 266
Rank change year-on-year +56 -57 +76
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 688 370 705
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.68% 0.86% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.95% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 575 266 621
10th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £53,750
25th Percentile £67,704 £85,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £110,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £137,500 £148,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £110,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% +2.56%

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 94,011 39,021 65,407
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 90.42% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 66,359 23,411 39,739
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -25 353 £100,000 -9.09% 393
South East +39 103 £65,000 -7.14% 42
North of England +5 83 £80,000 +20.75% 35
South West -31 56 £75,000 +20.00% 35
Midlands +8 53 £70,000 +7.69% 10
North West +24 50 £75,000 +7.14% 21
East of England +8 48 £75,000 +20.00% 32
West Midlands -7 40 £75,000 +25.00% 5
North East -37 27 £85,000 +183.33% 1
East Midlands -27 13 £45,000 -33.33% 5
Yorkshire -30 6 £100,000 +66.67% 14
Python Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 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.

1 688 (100.00%) Python
2 418 (60.76%) Software Engineering
3 228 (33.14%) AI
4 222 (32.27%) AWS
5 104 (15.12%) Azure
6 88 (12.79%) Full-Stack Development
7 85 (12.35%) C++
7 85 (12.35%) CI/CD
8 78 (11.34%) Django
9 76 (11.05%) Agile
9 76 (11.05%) SQL
10 72 (10.47%) GCP
11 71 (10.32%) Degree
12 68 (9.88%) DevOps
12 68 (9.88%) FastAPI
12 68 (9.88%) Fintech
13 61 (8.87%) TypeScript
14 59 (8.58%) PostgreSQL
15 58 (8.43%) Computer Science Degree
15 58 (8.43%) Terraform
16 57 (8.28%) React
17 56 (8.14%) Machine Learning
18 53 (7.70%) Docker
19 52 (7.56%) Problem-Solving
20 51 (7.41%) LLM
21 50 (7.27%) Flask
22 47 (6.83%) Infrastructure as Code
22 47 (6.83%) SaaS
23 46 (6.69%) Computer Science
23 46 (6.69%) Continuous Improvement

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 17 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (2.18%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.60%) Apache
4 2 (0.29%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 222 (32.27%) AWS
2 104 (15.12%) Azure
3 72 (10.47%) GCP
4 47 (6.83%) SaaS
5 14 (2.03%) Power Platform
6 13 (1.89%) Serverless
6 13 (1.89%) Snowflake
7 11 (1.60%) Amazon S3
7 11 (1.60%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (1.60%) Datadog
8 10 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
8 10 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (1.16%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 8 (1.16%) Anthropic Claude
9 8 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (1.16%) GitHub
10 7 (1.02%) Azure Stack
10 7 (1.02%) dbt
11 6 (0.87%) Amazon SQS
11 6 (0.87%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.89%) TCP/IP
2 11 (1.60%) Multicast
3 6 (0.87%) DNS
4 4 (0.58%) BGP
4 4 (0.58%) SMS
5 3 (0.44%) Broadband
5 3 (0.44%) OSPF
6 2 (0.29%) DHCP
6 2 (0.29%) MQTT
6 2 (0.29%) VLAN
6 2 (0.29%) VPN
7 1 (0.15%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.15%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.15%) Firewall
7 1 (0.15%) IPv4
7 1 (0.15%) LAN
7 1 (0.15%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.15%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.15%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (8.58%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (5.09%) Relational Database
3 24 (3.49%) MySQL
4 20 (2.91%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (2.33%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.89%) Power BI
7 12 (1.74%) MongoDB
8 10 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (1.45%) Redis
9 7 (1.02%) Big Data
10 4 (0.58%) SQL Server
10 4 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.44%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.44%) GIS
12 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.29%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.29%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.15%) Flink
13 1 (0.15%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 30 (4.36%) Git
2 17 (2.47%) JIRA
3 15 (2.18%) Claude Code
4 9 (1.31%) GitLab
5 4 (0.58%) Selenium
6 2 (0.29%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 91 (13.23%) Finance
2 75 (10.90%) Social Skills
3 27 (3.92%) Banking
4 18 (2.62%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (2.33%) Front Office
6 15 (2.18%) Pharmaceutical
7 14 (2.03%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.02%) Automotive
8 7 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (0.87%) Aerospace
9 6 (0.87%) Health Technology
9 6 (0.87%) Marketing
10 5 (0.73%) Tech for Good
11 4 (0.58%) Investment Banking
11 4 (0.58%) Legal
11 4 (0.58%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.44%) Games
13 2 (0.29%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.15%) Advertising
14 1 (0.15%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (11.34%) Django
2 68 (9.88%) FastAPI
3 58 (8.43%) Terraform
4 57 (8.28%) React
5 50 (7.27%) Flask
6 31 (4.51%) Kafka
7 22 (3.20%) Node.js
7 22 (3.20%) RESTful
7 22 (3.20%) SQLAlchemy
8 21 (3.05%) REST
9 14 (2.03%) pytest
10 13 (1.89%) Celery
10 13 (1.89%) Vue
11 11 (1.60%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 11 (1.60%) FIX Protocol
11 11 (1.60%) Keycloak
11 11 (1.60%) LangChain
12 10 (1.45%) Next.js
13 8 (1.16%) Ruby on Rails
14 7 (1.02%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 46 (6.69%) Cloud Native
2 40 (5.81%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (4.65%) Distributed Computing
4 25 (3.63%) Algorithms
5 23 (3.34%) Cyber Threat
6 18 (2.62%) AI Agents
6 18 (2.62%) Hedge funds
7 17 (2.47%) Equities
8 12 (1.74%) Derivative
8 12 (1.74%) Fixed Income
9 11 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (1.45%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (1.02%) Client/Server
13 7 (1.02%) PKI
14 6 (0.87%) Distributed Architecture
14 6 (0.87%) PropTech
15 5 (0.73%) Management Information System
15 5 (0.73%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 39 (5.67%) Linux
2 11 (1.60%) Windows
3 9 (1.31%) Unix
4 3 (0.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (60.76%) Software Engineering
2 228 (33.14%) AI
3 88 (12.79%) Full-Stack Development
4 85 (12.35%) CI/CD
5 76 (11.05%) Agile
6 68 (9.88%) DevOps
6 68 (9.88%) Fintech
7 56 (8.14%) Machine Learning
8 52 (7.56%) Problem-Solving
9 51 (7.41%) LLM
10 47 (6.83%) Infrastructure as Code
11 46 (6.69%) Computer Science
11 46 (6.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 46 (6.69%) Observability
12 44 (6.40%) Clean Code
13 41 (5.96%) Data Pipeline
13 41 (5.96%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 39 (5.67%) Data Engineering
15 38 (5.52%) Cybersecurity
16 37 (5.38%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 688 (100.00%) Python
2 85 (12.35%) C++
3 76 (11.05%) SQL
4 61 (8.87%) TypeScript
5 44 (6.40%) C#
6 37 (5.38%) Java
7 26 (3.78%) JavaScript
8 22 (3.20%) Go
9 16 (2.33%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.89%) Ruby
11 12 (1.74%) Rust
12 5 (0.73%) R
13 4 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.44%) C
14 3 (0.44%) Julia
15 1 (0.15%) Scala
Qualifications
1 71 (10.32%) Degree
2 58 (8.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 35 (5.09%) Security Cleared
4 33 (4.80%) Master's Degree
5 27 (3.92%) SC Cleared
6 20 (2.91%) DV Cleared
6 20 (2.91%) PhD
7 12 (1.74%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.58%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.58%) CEH
8 4 (0.58%) CISSP
8 4 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (0.58%) GCIA
8 4 (0.58%) GCIH
8 4 (0.58%) OSCP
9 1 (0.15%) CCIE
9 1 (0.15%) CCNP
9 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.78%) QA
2 9 (1.31%) Data Quality
3 4 (0.58%) SLA
4 3 (0.44%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.29%) GDPR
6 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 53 (7.70%) Docker
2 4 (0.58%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.29%) KVM
3 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 43 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.76%) Ansible
3 10 (1.45%) Grafana
4 4 (0.58%) Kibana
5 2 (0.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (2.76%) Databricks
2 12 (1.74%) Google
3 10 (1.45%) Dynatrace
3 10 (1.45%) Microsoft
4 9 (1.31%) OpenAI
5 8 (1.16%) Intel
6 6 (0.87%) Splunk
7 4 (0.58%) Palantir
8 3 (0.44%) Revolut
9 2 (0.29%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.29%) VMware
10 1 (0.15%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.15%) Arista
10 1 (0.15%) Cisco
10 1 (0.15%) MarketAxess
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle
10 1 (0.15%) Refinitiv