Python Engineer Job Trends in England

Python Engineer
UK > England

The median Python Engineer salary in England is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 July 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 301 332
Rank change year-on-year +20 +31 +53
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 558 408 728
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.65% 0.98% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 1.08% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 469 299 655
10th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £51,750
25th Percentile £66,250 £82,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £110,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £138,750 £148,750
UK median annual salary £87,500 £110,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -20.45% +15.79% +5.56%

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 80,906 37,725 87,507
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 90.30% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 56,953 22,407 64,506
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,945 £38,594
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,201 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.52% +8.95% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -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 3 July 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 3 July 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 -32 315 £100,000 -9.09% 77
South East +58 97 £65,000 +4.00% 14
North of England +23 70 £85,000 +21.43% 14
North West +33 47 £81,250 -18.75% 7
West Midlands +5 31 £65,000 +85.71% 2
Midlands -3 31 £65,000 - 2
South West -50 31 £75,000 +20.00% 13
North East -31 18 £92,500 +208.33% 1
East of England -7 13 £75,000 +30.43% 11
Yorkshire -33 5 £100,000 +60.00% 7
Python Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 July 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.

1 558 (100.00%) Python
2 319 (57.17%) Software Engineering
3 188 (33.69%) AWS
4 187 (33.51%) AI
5 95 (17.03%) Agile
6 92 (16.49%) C++
7 82 (14.70%) Azure
7 82 (14.70%) SQL
8 81 (14.52%) Degree
9 77 (13.80%) Fintech
10 74 (13.26%) CI/CD
11 71 (12.72%) Full-Stack Development
12 67 (12.01%) Computer Science Degree
13 63 (11.29%) Django
14 62 (11.11%) Computer Science
15 61 (10.93%) TypeScript
16 60 (10.75%) FastAPI
17 57 (10.22%) GCP
18 54 (9.68%) DevOps
18 54 (9.68%) Docker
18 54 (9.68%) PostgreSQL
19 53 (9.50%) Machine Learning
20 51 (9.14%) SaaS
21 47 (8.42%) Kubernetes
21 47 (8.42%) Terraform
22 45 (8.06%) Infrastructure as Code
23 44 (7.89%) React
24 42 (7.53%) Git
25 40 (7.17%) Data Pipeline
25 40 (7.17%) Flask

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 27 (4.84%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (3.94%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.69%) Apache
4 2 (0.36%) Apache Pulsar
Cloud Services
1 188 (33.69%) AWS
2 82 (14.70%) Azure
3 57 (10.22%) GCP
4 51 (9.14%) SaaS
5 21 (3.76%) Amazon S3
6 19 (3.41%) Snowflake
7 17 (3.05%) GitHub
7 17 (3.05%) Serverless
8 12 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
9 11 (1.97%) Power Platform
10 9 (1.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 9 (1.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 8 (1.43%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 7 (1.25%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (1.25%) Azure Stack
13 6 (1.08%) Amazon SQS
13 6 (1.08%) Anthropic Claude
13 6 (1.08%) AWS Step Functions
14 5 (0.90%) IaaS
14 5 (0.90%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.05%) Multicast
2 5 (0.90%) Broadband
3 4 (0.72%) SMS
4 2 (0.36%) HTTP
5 1 (0.18%) BGP
5 1 (0.18%) DNS
5 1 (0.18%) Firewall
5 1 (0.18%) IPv4
5 1 (0.18%) Network Security
5 1 (0.18%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (9.68%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (6.45%) Relational Database
3 22 (3.94%) MySQL
4 19 (3.41%) NoSQL
5 16 (2.87%) MongoDB
6 14 (2.51%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (1.79%) DynamoDB
7 10 (1.79%) Power BI
7 10 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (1.08%) Big Data
9 5 (0.90%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.90%) Redis
10 4 (0.72%) Metadata
10 4 (0.72%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.72%) Tableau
11 3 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.54%) GIS
Development Applications
1 42 (7.53%) Git
2 21 (3.76%) JIRA
3 12 (2.15%) Claude Code
4 8 (1.43%) GitLab
5 6 (1.08%) Selenium
6 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 106 (19.00%) Finance
2 54 (9.68%) Social Skills
3 32 (5.73%) Banking
4 26 (4.66%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (2.33%) Manufacturing
6 12 (2.15%) Front Office
6 12 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
7 11 (1.97%) Games
8 8 (1.43%) Retail Banking
9 7 (1.25%) Legal
10 6 (1.08%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.72%) Automotive
11 4 (0.72%) Health Technology
11 4 (0.72%) Law
11 4 (0.72%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.54%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.36%) Advertising
13 2 (0.36%) Marketing
13 2 (0.36%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (11.29%) Django
2 60 (10.75%) FastAPI
3 44 (7.89%) React
4 40 (7.17%) Flask
5 26 (4.66%) Kafka
6 25 (4.48%) Node.js
7 23 (4.12%) SQLAlchemy
8 19 (3.41%) pytest
8 19 (3.41%) RESTful
9 17 (3.05%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 17 (3.05%) FIX Protocol
10 13 (2.33%) Celery
10 13 (2.33%) REST
11 11 (1.97%) AngularJS
12 10 (1.79%) HTML
12 10 (1.79%) Vue
13 8 (1.43%) Playwright
13 8 (1.43%) Redux
14 7 (1.25%) Next.js
14 7 (1.25%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 49 (8.78%) Cloud Native
2 29 (5.20%) Algorithms
2 29 (5.20%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (4.84%) Equities
4 25 (4.48%) Derivative
4 25 (4.48%) Distributed Computing
4 25 (4.48%) Fixed Income
5 15 (2.69%) Hedge funds
6 12 (2.15%) AI Agents
7 10 (1.79%) Client/Server
7 10 (1.79%) Management Information System
7 10 (1.79%) Product Ownership
8 9 (1.61%) Robotics
9 8 (1.43%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.25%) PropTech
10 7 (1.25%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.08%) CUDA
11 6 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.08%) Distributed Architecture
12 5 (0.90%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.09%) Linux
2 7 (1.25%) Windows
3 5 (0.90%) Unix
4 4 (0.72%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (57.17%) Software Engineering
2 187 (33.51%) AI
3 95 (17.03%) Agile
4 77 (13.80%) Fintech
5 74 (13.26%) CI/CD
6 71 (12.72%) Full-Stack Development
7 62 (11.11%) Computer Science
8 54 (9.68%) DevOps
9 53 (9.50%) Machine Learning
10 45 (8.06%) Infrastructure as Code
11 40 (7.17%) Data Pipeline
12 39 (6.99%) LLM
12 39 (6.99%) Technical Leadership
13 36 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
14 34 (6.09%) Data Science
14 34 (6.09%) Microservices
14 34 (6.09%) Observability
14 34 (6.09%) SDLC
15 33 (5.91%) Data Engineering
15 33 (5.91%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 558 (100.00%) Python
2 92 (16.49%) C++
3 82 (14.70%) SQL
4 61 (10.93%) TypeScript
5 39 (6.99%) C#
6 28 (5.02%) JavaScript
7 27 (4.84%) Java
8 15 (2.69%) Go
9 11 (1.97%) Rust
10 8 (1.43%) Ruby
11 7 (1.25%) Bash
12 6 (1.08%) C
13 5 (0.90%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.72%) Julia
14 4 (0.72%) Scala
15 2 (0.36%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.36%) PHP
16 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 81 (14.52%) Degree
2 67 (12.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 29 (5.20%) Master's Degree
4 20 (3.58%) PhD
5 14 (2.51%) Security Cleared
6 13 (2.33%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.97%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.61%) CISSP
9 5 (0.90%) CCSK
10 4 (0.72%) CISA
10 4 (0.72%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (0.54%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.18%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.17%) QA
2 18 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (0.90%) NIST
4 4 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.18%) GDPR
6 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 54 (9.68%) Docker
2 5 (0.90%) Hyper-V
2 5 (0.90%) KVM
2 5 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 47 (8.42%) Kubernetes
1 47 (8.42%) Terraform
2 8 (1.43%) Ansible
3 5 (0.90%) Grafana
4 4 (0.72%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.54%) Kibana
Vendors
1 16 (2.87%) Databricks
2 12 (2.15%) Google
3 7 (1.25%) Splunk
4 6 (1.08%) OpenAI
5 5 (0.90%) VMware
6 4 (0.72%) Microsoft
6 4 (0.72%) Palantir
7 3 (0.54%) Intel