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 16 July 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 304 332
Rank change year-on-year +9 +28 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 590 409 722
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.67% 0.94% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 1.04% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 497 299 649
10th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £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 £119,250 £137,750 £148,750
UK median annual salary £86,250 £110,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -21.59% +15.79% -

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 82,591 39,177 83,567
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 90.42% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 58,075 23,624 60,974
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,233 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 16 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 16 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 -33 334 £100,000 -9.09% 66
South East +73 101 £65,000 +4.00% 14
North of England +27 70 £82,500 +17.86% 12
North West +39 47 £70,000 -30.00% 7
South West -34 38 £75,000 +20.00% 14
Midlands +1 32 £65,000 - 7
West Midlands -1 32 £65,000 +85.71% 7
North East -37 18 £92,500 +208.33% 3
East of England -5 16 £80,000 +39.13% 5
Yorkshire -33 5 £100,000 +60.00% 2
Python Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 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.

1 590 (100.00%) Python
2 351 (59.49%) Software Engineering
3 203 (34.41%) AI
4 200 (33.90%) AWS
5 100 (16.95%) Agile
6 92 (15.59%) C++
7 84 (14.24%) Azure
8 83 (14.07%) SQL
9 82 (13.90%) Degree
10 81 (13.73%) CI/CD
11 80 (13.56%) Fintech
12 73 (12.37%) Full-Stack Development
13 69 (11.69%) Django
14 68 (11.53%) Computer Science Degree
15 67 (11.36%) FastAPI
16 61 (10.34%) Computer Science
16 61 (10.34%) DevOps
17 60 (10.17%) GCP
17 60 (10.17%) PostgreSQL
17 60 (10.17%) TypeScript
18 57 (9.66%) Docker
19 56 (9.49%) Machine Learning
20 51 (8.64%) SaaS
21 50 (8.47%) React
21 50 (8.47%) Terraform
22 48 (8.14%) Flask
22 48 (8.14%) Kubernetes
23 47 (7.97%) Infrastructure as Code
24 44 (7.46%) LLM
25 43 (7.29%) 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 26 (4.41%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (3.73%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.54%) Apache
4 2 (0.34%) Apache Pulsar
Cloud Services
1 200 (33.90%) AWS
2 84 (14.24%) Azure
3 60 (10.17%) GCP
4 51 (8.64%) SaaS
5 22 (3.73%) Amazon S3
6 18 (3.05%) Serverless
6 18 (3.05%) Snowflake
7 16 (2.71%) GitHub
8 13 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (1.69%) Power Platform
10 9 (1.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (1.36%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 8 (1.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 7 (1.19%) Azure Stack
13 6 (1.02%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (1.02%) Amazon SQS
13 6 (1.02%) Anthropic Claude
13 6 (1.02%) AWS Step Functions
14 5 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
15 4 (0.68%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.71%) Multicast
2 5 (0.85%) Broadband
3 4 (0.68%) SMS
4 2 (0.34%) HTTP
5 1 (0.17%) BGP
5 1 (0.17%) DNS
5 1 (0.17%) Firewall
5 1 (0.17%) IPv4
5 1 (0.17%) Network Security
5 1 (0.17%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (10.17%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (6.61%) Relational Database
3 25 (4.24%) MySQL
4 20 (3.39%) NoSQL
5 16 (2.71%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (2.71%) MongoDB
6 10 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (1.69%) DynamoDB
7 9 (1.53%) Power BI
7 9 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (1.36%) Redis
9 6 (1.02%) Big Data
10 5 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.68%) Metadata
12 3 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.51%) GIS
12 3 (0.51%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 43 (7.29%) Git
2 21 (3.56%) JIRA
3 15 (2.54%) Claude Code
4 9 (1.53%) GitLab
5 6 (1.02%) Selenium
6 2 (0.34%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.17%) Zephyr
General
1 105 (17.80%) Finance
2 56 (9.49%) Social Skills
3 32 (5.42%) Banking
4 25 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (2.54%) Pharmaceutical
6 14 (2.37%) Front Office
7 13 (2.20%) Manufacturing
8 8 (1.36%) Games
8 8 (1.36%) Retail Banking
9 6 (1.02%) Health Technology
9 6 (1.02%) Legal
9 6 (1.02%) Telecoms
10 4 (0.68%) Automotive
10 4 (0.68%) Law
10 4 (0.68%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.51%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.51%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.51%) Marketing
12 2 (0.34%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (11.69%) Django
2 67 (11.36%) FastAPI
3 50 (8.47%) React
4 48 (8.14%) Flask
5 28 (4.75%) Kafka
6 26 (4.41%) Node.js
7 25 (4.24%) SQLAlchemy
8 21 (3.56%) RESTful
9 18 (3.05%) pytest
10 16 (2.71%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 16 (2.71%) FIX Protocol
11 15 (2.54%) Celery
11 15 (2.54%) REST
12 11 (1.86%) AngularJS
12 11 (1.86%) Vue
13 10 (1.69%) HTML
14 8 (1.36%) Next.js
14 8 (1.36%) Playwright
14 8 (1.36%) Redux
15 7 (1.19%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 49 (8.31%) Cloud Native
2 32 (5.42%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (4.92%) Algorithms
4 26 (4.41%) Equities
5 25 (4.24%) Distributed Computing
6 24 (4.07%) Derivative
6 24 (4.07%) Fixed Income
7 17 (2.88%) Hedge funds
8 13 (2.20%) AI Agents
9 12 (2.03%) Cyber Threat
10 11 (1.86%) Client/Server
10 11 (1.86%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.53%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.53%) Robotics
12 8 (1.36%) Data Structures
13 7 (1.19%) PropTech
13 7 (1.19%) Public Cloud
14 6 (1.02%) CUDA
14 6 (1.02%) Distributed Architecture
15 5 (0.85%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 33 (5.59%) Linux
2 9 (1.53%) Windows
3 4 (0.68%) Unix
4 3 (0.51%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (59.49%) Software Engineering
2 203 (34.41%) AI
3 100 (16.95%) Agile
4 81 (13.73%) CI/CD
5 80 (13.56%) Fintech
6 73 (12.37%) Full-Stack Development
7 61 (10.34%) Computer Science
7 61 (10.34%) DevOps
8 56 (9.49%) Machine Learning
9 47 (7.97%) Infrastructure as Code
10 44 (7.46%) LLM
11 43 (7.29%) Data Pipeline
12 40 (6.78%) Problem-Solving
13 39 (6.61%) Data Engineering
13 39 (6.61%) Technical Leadership
14 37 (6.27%) Microservices
15 36 (6.10%) Analytics
15 36 (6.10%) Clean Code
16 35 (5.93%) Data Science
17 34 (5.76%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 590 (100.00%) Python
2 92 (15.59%) C++
3 83 (14.07%) SQL
4 60 (10.17%) TypeScript
5 39 (6.61%) C#
6 32 (5.42%) Java
7 27 (4.58%) JavaScript
8 17 (2.88%) Go
9 12 (2.03%) Rust
10 9 (1.53%) Ruby
11 6 (1.02%) Bash
11 6 (1.02%) C
11 6 (1.02%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.68%) Julia
12 4 (0.68%) Scala
13 2 (0.34%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.17%) PHP
14 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 82 (13.90%) Degree
2 68 (11.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 30 (5.08%) Master's Degree
4 20 (3.39%) PhD
5 17 (2.88%) Security Cleared
6 15 (2.54%) SC Cleared
7 13 (2.20%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.19%) CISSP
9 5 (0.85%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.68%) CCSK
11 3 (0.51%) CISA
11 3 (0.51%) CompTIA CySA+
12 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.27%) QA
2 18 (3.05%) Data Quality
3 4 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.68%) NIST
4 3 (0.51%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.17%) GDPR
5 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 57 (9.66%) Docker
2 5 (0.85%) Hyper-V
2 5 (0.85%) KVM
2 5 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 50 (8.47%) Terraform
2 48 (8.14%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.36%) Ansible
4 5 (0.85%) Grafana
5 4 (0.68%) Kibana
5 4 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 16 (2.71%) Databricks
2 10 (1.69%) Google
3 7 (1.19%) OpenAI
3 7 (1.19%) Splunk
4 5 (0.85%) VMware
5 4 (0.68%) Intel
5 4 (0.68%) Palantir
6 3 (0.51%) Microsoft