Python Engineer Job Trends in England

Python Engineer
UK > England

The median Python Engineer salary in England is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 March 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 281 404
Rank change year-on-year -96 +123 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 269 457 424
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.43% 1.09% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 1.19% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 200 402 389
10th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £100,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +17.65% +0.59%
75th Percentile £105,313 £118,750 £112,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £138,750 £138,750
UK median annual salary £90,000 £100,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +3.03%

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 56,639 38,272 65,442
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.53% 91.08% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 36,607 21,032 52,042
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £28,801
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,883
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 1 March 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 1 March 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 -93 174 £100,000 -4.76% 48
North of England +3 28 £95,000 +35.71% 22
North West +27 26 £92,500 +57.45% 9
South East -25 26 £66,250 +6.00% 53
Midlands -4 19 £65,000 +20.93% 11
South West -2 14 £80,000 -15.79% 18
West Midlands +14 12 £60,000 +45.45% 7
East Midlands -23 9 £70,000 +7.69% 4
East of England +5 7 £50,000 -9.09% 27
North East -10 2 £100,000 +37.93% 6
Python Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 March 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.

1 269 (100.00%) Python
2 146 (54.28%) Software Engineering
3 95 (35.32%) AWS
4 78 (29.00%) Agile
5 73 (27.14%) AI
6 66 (24.54%) SQL
7 54 (20.07%) Azure
7 54 (20.07%) Fintech
8 53 (19.70%) CI/CD
9 49 (18.22%) Computer Science
10 47 (17.47%) Degree
11 45 (16.73%) GCP
12 42 (15.61%) TypeScript
13 36 (13.38%) C++
13 36 (13.38%) Computer Science Degree
14 35 (13.01%) Git
15 33 (12.27%) DevOps
16 31 (11.52%) Linux
16 31 (11.52%) Test Automation
17 30 (11.15%) Full-Stack Development
18 28 (10.41%) Apache Airflow
18 28 (10.41%) Terraform
19 27 (10.04%) Kubernetes
19 27 (10.04%) React
20 26 (9.67%) Docker
20 26 (9.67%) GitHub
20 26 (9.67%) Google
20 26 (9.67%) PostgreSQL
20 26 (9.67%) QA
21 25 (9.29%) Data Pipeline

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 28 (10.41%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (3.72%) Apache
3 7 (2.60%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 95 (35.32%) AWS
2 54 (20.07%) Azure
3 45 (16.73%) GCP
4 26 (9.67%) GitHub
5 25 (9.29%) SaaS
6 19 (7.06%) Snowflake
7 17 (6.32%) dbt
8 11 (4.09%) IaaS
8 11 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (4.09%) PaaS
8 11 (4.09%) Serverless
8 11 (4.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 8 (2.97%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (2.60%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.23%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.23%) Amazon Kinesis
11 6 (2.23%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (1.86%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.46%) Multicast
2 6 (2.23%) HTTP
3 4 (1.49%) DNS
3 4 (1.49%) SMTP
3 4 (1.49%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.37%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (9.67%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (4.83%) Amazon Athena
2 13 (4.83%) Apache Arrow
2 13 (4.83%) Apache Iceberg
2 13 (4.83%) Dremio
2 13 (4.83%) NoSQL
3 11 (4.09%) Tableau
4 10 (3.72%) Data Lake
4 10 (3.72%) MongoDB
5 8 (2.97%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.23%) Apache Ignite
6 6 (2.23%) DynamoDB
6 6 (2.23%) Flink
6 6 (2.23%) Power BI
7 5 (1.86%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.74%) Big Data
9 2 (0.74%) MySQL
9 2 (0.74%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 35 (13.01%) Git
2 12 (4.46%) JIRA
3 3 (1.12%) GitLab
3 3 (1.12%) Selenium
4 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
General
1 93 (34.57%) Finance
2 32 (11.90%) Social Skills
3 31 (11.52%) Banking
4 28 (10.41%) Front Office
5 27 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (5.58%) Legal
7 11 (4.09%) Games
8 6 (2.23%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.49%) Law
9 4 (1.49%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.12%) Back Office
10 3 (1.12%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.12%) Retail
10 3 (1.12%) Tech for Good
11 2 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.74%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.74%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.37%) Advertising
12 1 (0.37%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (10.04%) React
2 19 (7.06%) FastAPI
3 17 (6.32%) Django
3 17 (6.32%) Node.js
4 15 (5.58%) NumPy
4 15 (5.58%) Pandas
5 13 (4.83%) SciPy
6 12 (4.46%) AngularJS
6 12 (4.46%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 12 (4.46%) FIX Protocol
6 12 (4.46%) Kafka
6 12 (4.46%) pytest
6 12 (4.46%) Vue
7 8 (2.97%) Flask
7 8 (2.97%) PySpark
8 7 (2.60%) Celery
8 7 (2.60%) Redux
8 7 (2.60%) REST
8 7 (2.60%) RESTful
9 6 (2.23%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 37 (13.75%) Fixed Income
2 32 (11.90%) Equities
3 31 (11.52%) Hedge funds
4 24 (8.92%) Derivative
5 23 (8.55%) Management Information System
6 20 (7.43%) Cloud Native
7 15 (5.58%) Algorithms
8 13 (4.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (4.09%) Security Posture
10 8 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (2.60%) Data Structures
11 7 (2.60%) Robotics
12 6 (2.23%) Pricing Data
13 5 (1.86%) Client/Server
14 4 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
14 4 (1.49%) GNSS
14 4 (1.49%) Satnav
14 4 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
15 3 (1.12%) Reinsurance
16 2 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 31 (11.52%) Linux
2 15 (5.58%) Windows
3 11 (4.09%) Mac OS
3 11 (4.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (54.28%) Software Engineering
2 78 (29.00%) Agile
3 73 (27.14%) AI
4 54 (20.07%) Fintech
5 53 (19.70%) CI/CD
6 49 (18.22%) Computer Science
7 33 (12.27%) DevOps
8 31 (11.52%) Test Automation
9 30 (11.15%) Full-Stack Development
10 25 (9.29%) Data Pipeline
10 25 (9.29%) Infrastructure as Code
10 25 (9.29%) Investment Management
11 24 (8.92%) Analytics
12 23 (8.55%) ETL
12 23 (8.55%) Process Improvement
13 22 (8.18%) Data Science
13 22 (8.18%) Information Security
14 21 (7.81%) Data Engineering
15 20 (7.43%) TDD
16 19 (7.06%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 269 (100.00%) Python
2 66 (24.54%) SQL
3 42 (15.61%) TypeScript
4 36 (13.38%) C++
5 24 (8.92%) JavaScript
6 20 (7.43%) Java
7 13 (4.83%) Bash
8 12 (4.46%) PowerShell
9 11 (4.09%) C#
10 4 (1.49%) C
10 4 (1.49%) PHP
11 3 (1.12%) Rust
12 2 (0.74%) Julia
12 2 (0.74%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.74%) VBA
13 1 (0.37%) Go
13 1 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 47 (17.47%) Degree
2 36 (13.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (8.18%) CISSP
4 11 (4.09%) CCSK
4 11 (4.09%) CISA
4 11 (4.09%) CompTIA CySA+
5 5 (1.86%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.12%) PhD
6 3 (1.12%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.12%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.37%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.67%) QA
2 12 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (4.46%) NIST
3 10 (3.72%) Actionable Recommendations
3 10 (3.72%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.37%) GDPR
System Software
1 26 (9.67%) Docker
2 3 (1.12%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.12%) KVM
2 3 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (10.41%) Terraform
2 27 (10.04%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.23%) Argo
3 6 (2.23%) Grafana
4 5 (1.86%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.37%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (9.67%) Google
2 11 (4.09%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.60%) Databricks
4 3 (1.12%) OpenAI
4 3 (1.12%) VMware
5 1 (0.37%) Foundry
5 1 (0.37%) Palantir
5 1 (0.37%) Splunk