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 5 March 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 274 402
Rank change year-on-year -108 +128 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 282 452 420
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 1.10% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 1.21% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 212 399 385
10th Percentile £56,250 £61,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £76,875 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £100,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £103,750 £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 58,143 37,385 65,565
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.66% 90.97% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 37,636 20,807 52,031
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
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 5 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 5 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 -80 182 £100,000 -4.76% 42
North of England -6 30 £92,500 +32.14% 16
South East -30 29 £68,750 +10.00% 17
North West +14 28 £90,000 +53.19% 6
Midlands +3 19 £62,500 +47.06% 7
South West -4 14 £80,000 -15.79% 8
West Midlands +3 12 £60,000 +50.00% 4
East Midlands -17 9 £70,000 +7.69% 3
East of England +6 7 £50,000 -9.09% 11
North East -16 2 £100,000 +37.93% 3
Python Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 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.

1 282 (100.00%) Python
2 152 (53.90%) Software Engineering
3 100 (35.46%) AWS
4 79 (28.01%) Agile
5 75 (26.60%) AI
6 67 (23.76%) SQL
7 57 (20.21%) Azure
7 57 (20.21%) Fintech
8 52 (18.44%) CI/CD
9 50 (17.73%) Degree
10 49 (17.38%) Computer Science
11 47 (16.67%) GCP
12 44 (15.60%) TypeScript
13 38 (13.48%) Computer Science Degree
14 37 (13.12%) C++
15 36 (12.77%) Git
16 34 (12.06%) DevOps
17 32 (11.35%) Full-Stack Development
18 31 (10.99%) Test Automation
19 30 (10.64%) Linux
20 29 (10.28%) PostgreSQL
20 29 (10.28%) React
20 29 (10.28%) Terraform
21 28 (9.93%) Apache Airflow
22 27 (9.57%) Investment Management
22 27 (9.57%) Kubernetes
22 27 (9.57%) SaaS
23 26 (9.22%) Data Pipeline
23 26 (9.22%) Docker
23 26 (9.22%) GitHub

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 (9.93%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (3.55%) Apache
3 7 (2.48%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 100 (35.46%) AWS
2 57 (20.21%) Azure
3 47 (16.67%) GCP
4 27 (9.57%) SaaS
5 26 (9.22%) GitHub
6 19 (6.74%) Snowflake
7 17 (6.03%) dbt
8 12 (4.26%) Serverless
9 11 (3.90%) IaaS
9 11 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (3.90%) PaaS
9 11 (3.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 10 (3.55%) Amazon S3
11 8 (2.84%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (2.48%) Power Platform
13 6 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (2.13%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (2.13%) Amazon Kinesis
14 5 (1.77%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.90%) Multicast
2 6 (2.13%) HTTP
3 4 (1.42%) DNS
3 4 (1.42%) SMTP
3 4 (1.42%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.35%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (10.28%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (4.61%) Amazon Athena
2 13 (4.61%) Apache Arrow
2 13 (4.61%) Apache Iceberg
2 13 (4.61%) Dremio
3 12 (4.26%) NoSQL
4 11 (3.90%) Tableau
5 10 (3.55%) Data Lake
6 9 (3.19%) MongoDB
7 8 (2.84%) Relational Database
8 7 (2.48%) DynamoDB
8 7 (2.48%) Power BI
9 6 (2.13%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (2.13%) Apache Ignite
9 6 (2.13%) Flink
9 6 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.06%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (1.06%) Metadata
11 2 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.71%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 36 (12.77%) Git
2 11 (3.90%) JIRA
3 3 (1.06%) GitLab
3 3 (1.06%) Selenium
4 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
General
1 94 (33.33%) Finance
2 32 (11.35%) Social Skills
3 31 (10.99%) Banking
4 30 (10.64%) Front Office
5 28 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (5.32%) Legal
7 11 (3.90%) Games
8 6 (2.13%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.77%) Retail Banking
10 4 (1.42%) Law
11 3 (1.06%) Back Office
11 3 (1.06%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.06%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.06%) Retail
11 3 (1.06%) Tech for Good
12 2 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.71%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.35%) Advertising
13 1 (0.35%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (10.28%) React
2 19 (6.74%) FastAPI
2 19 (6.74%) Node.js
3 18 (6.38%) Django
4 15 (5.32%) NumPy
4 15 (5.32%) Pandas
5 14 (4.96%) AngularJS
6 13 (4.61%) SciPy
7 12 (4.26%) Vue
8 11 (3.90%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 11 (3.90%) FIX Protocol
8 11 (3.90%) Kafka
8 11 (3.90%) pytest
9 9 (3.19%) Redux
10 8 (2.84%) Flask
10 8 (2.84%) PySpark
11 7 (2.48%) Celery
11 7 (2.48%) REST
11 7 (2.48%) RESTful
12 6 (2.13%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.48%) Fixed Income
2 33 (11.70%) Equities
3 31 (10.99%) Hedge funds
4 25 (8.87%) Derivative
5 23 (8.16%) Management Information System
6 21 (7.45%) Cloud Native
7 14 (4.96%) Algorithms
8 13 (4.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (3.90%) Security Posture
10 8 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (2.84%) Robotics
11 6 (2.13%) Data Structures
11 6 (2.13%) Pricing Data
12 5 (1.77%) Client/Server
13 4 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (1.42%) GNSS
13 4 (1.42%) Satnav
13 4 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (1.06%) Reinsurance
15 2 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.64%) Linux
2 15 (5.32%) Windows
3 11 (3.90%) Mac OS
3 11 (3.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (53.90%) Software Engineering
2 79 (28.01%) Agile
3 75 (26.60%) AI
4 57 (20.21%) Fintech
5 52 (18.44%) CI/CD
6 49 (17.38%) Computer Science
7 34 (12.06%) DevOps
8 32 (11.35%) Full-Stack Development
9 31 (10.99%) Test Automation
10 27 (9.57%) Investment Management
11 26 (9.22%) Data Pipeline
11 26 (9.22%) Infrastructure as Code
12 25 (8.87%) Analytics
13 24 (8.51%) ETL
14 23 (8.16%) Data Science
15 22 (7.80%) Information Security
15 22 (7.80%) Process Improvement
15 22 (7.80%) TDD
16 21 (7.45%) Asset Management
17 20 (7.09%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 282 (100.00%) Python
2 67 (23.76%) SQL
3 44 (15.60%) TypeScript
4 37 (13.12%) C++
5 26 (9.22%) JavaScript
6 20 (7.09%) Java
7 13 (4.61%) Bash
8 12 (4.26%) PowerShell
9 11 (3.90%) C#
10 4 (1.42%) C
10 4 (1.42%) PHP
11 3 (1.06%) Rust
12 2 (0.71%) Julia
12 2 (0.71%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.71%) VBA
13 1 (0.35%) Go
13 1 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 50 (17.73%) Degree
2 38 (13.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (7.80%) CISSP
4 11 (3.90%) CCSK
4 11 (3.90%) CISA
4 11 (3.90%) CompTIA CySA+
5 6 (2.13%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.42%) PhD
6 4 (1.42%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.42%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.35%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.87%) QA
2 12 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (4.26%) NIST
3 11 (3.90%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.55%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 26 (9.22%) Docker
2 3 (1.06%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.06%) KVM
2 3 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 29 (10.28%) Terraform
2 27 (9.57%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.13%) Argo
3 6 (2.13%) Grafana
4 5 (1.77%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (9.22%) Google
2 11 (3.90%) Microsoft
3 8 (2.84%) Databricks
4 3 (1.06%) OpenAI
4 3 (1.06%) VMware
5 1 (0.35%) Foundry
5 1 (0.35%) Palantir
5 1 (0.35%) Splunk