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 31 July 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 308 291
Rank change year-on-year +29 -17 +64
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 648 407 708
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.71% 0.94% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 1.03% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 543 300 636
10th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £69,375 £82,500 £73,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £110,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £137,500 £148,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £110,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +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 86,102 39,404 71,854
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 90.57% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 60,504 23,864 50,377
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £92,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 31 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 31 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 -22 357 £100,000 -9.09% 106
South East +62 109 £65,000 +18.18% 13
North of England +37 79 £80,000 +14.29% 9
North West +46 51 £68,496 -19.42% 3
South West -37 42 £75,000 +20.00% 9
West Midlands +11 37 £67,500 +92.86% 3
Midlands -17 37 £67,500 +3.85% 4
East of England -2 26 £75,000 +25.00% 4
North East -27 23 £85,000 +183.33% 3
Yorkshire -33 5 £100,000 +60.00% 3
Python Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 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.

1 648 (100.00%) Python
2 385 (59.41%) Software Engineering
3 218 (33.64%) AI
3 218 (33.64%) AWS
4 105 (16.20%) Agile
5 93 (14.35%) C++
6 92 (14.20%) Azure
6 92 (14.20%) CI/CD
7 87 (13.43%) Full-Stack Development
8 85 (13.12%) SQL
9 83 (12.81%) Degree
10 82 (12.65%) Fintech
11 78 (12.04%) Django
12 75 (11.57%) GCP
13 72 (11.11%) FastAPI
14 69 (10.65%) Computer Science Degree
14 69 (10.65%) DevOps
15 67 (10.34%) PostgreSQL
15 67 (10.34%) TypeScript
16 64 (9.88%) Machine Learning
17 62 (9.57%) React
18 61 (9.41%) Docker
19 60 (9.26%) Computer Science
20 59 (9.10%) Terraform
21 54 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
21 54 (8.33%) SaaS
22 52 (8.02%) Kubernetes
23 50 (7.72%) Flask
23 50 (7.72%) LLM
24 49 (7.56%) Problem-Solving

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 (4.17%) Apache Airflow
2 23 (3.55%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.31%) Apache
4 2 (0.31%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 218 (33.64%) AWS
2 92 (14.20%) Azure
3 75 (11.57%) GCP
4 54 (8.33%) SaaS
5 24 (3.70%) Amazon S3
6 19 (2.93%) Serverless
6 19 (2.93%) Snowflake
7 14 (2.16%) GitHub
8 13 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (1.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 10 (1.54%) Power Platform
10 9 (1.39%) Anthropic Claude
11 8 (1.23%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 8 (1.23%) dbt
12 7 (1.08%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (1.08%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (1.08%) AWS Step Functions
12 7 (1.08%) Azure Stack
12 7 (1.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (0.93%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.31%) Multicast
2 5 (0.77%) Broadband
2 5 (0.77%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.62%) SMS
4 2 (0.31%) BGP
5 1 (0.15%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.15%) DNS
5 1 (0.15%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.15%) Firewall
5 1 (0.15%) HTTP
5 1 (0.15%) IPv4
5 1 (0.15%) LAN
5 1 (0.15%) MQTT
5 1 (0.15%) Network Security
5 1 (0.15%) NX-OS
5 1 (0.15%) OSPF
5 1 (0.15%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.15%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (10.34%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (6.17%) Relational Database
3 25 (3.86%) MySQL
4 20 (3.09%) NoSQL
5 17 (2.62%) Elasticsearch
6 15 (2.31%) MongoDB
7 10 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (1.54%) Redis
8 9 (1.39%) Power BI
9 8 (1.23%) DynamoDB
10 7 (1.08%) Big Data
10 7 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.77%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.62%) Metadata
13 3 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.46%) GIS
13 3 (0.46%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 43 (6.64%) Git
2 21 (3.24%) JIRA
3 15 (2.31%) Claude Code
4 10 (1.54%) GitLab
5 5 (0.77%) Selenium
6 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 105 (16.20%) Finance
2 71 (10.96%) Social Skills
3 32 (4.94%) Banking
4 26 (4.01%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (2.31%) Pharmaceutical
6 14 (2.16%) Front Office
6 14 (2.16%) Manufacturing
7 8 (1.23%) Retail Banking
8 7 (1.08%) Games
9 6 (0.93%) Health Technology
9 6 (0.93%) Telecoms
10 5 (0.77%) Automotive
10 5 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (0.77%) Legal
11 4 (0.62%) Aerospace
11 4 (0.62%) Law
11 4 (0.62%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.46%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.46%) Marketing
12 3 (0.46%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (12.04%) Django
2 72 (11.11%) FastAPI
3 62 (9.57%) React
4 50 (7.72%) Flask
5 30 (4.63%) Kafka
5 30 (4.63%) Node.js
6 25 (3.86%) SQLAlchemy
7 22 (3.40%) RESTful
8 21 (3.24%) REST
9 18 (2.78%) pytest
10 16 (2.47%) Celery
11 15 (2.31%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 15 (2.31%) FIX Protocol
12 12 (1.85%) Vue
13 11 (1.70%) AngularJS
14 9 (1.39%) HTML
14 9 (1.39%) Next.js
15 8 (1.23%) Redux
15 8 (1.23%) Ruby on Rails
16 7 (1.08%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 41 (6.33%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (4.32%) Algorithms
3 28 (4.32%) Distributed Computing
4 25 (3.86%) Equities
5 23 (3.55%) Derivative
5 23 (3.55%) Fixed Income
6 15 (2.31%) AI Agents
6 15 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
6 15 (2.31%) Hedge funds
7 12 (1.85%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.70%) Client/Server
9 10 (1.54%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.08%) PropTech
10 7 (1.08%) Robotics
11 6 (0.93%) CUDA
11 6 (0.93%) Data Structures
11 6 (0.93%) Distributed Architecture
11 6 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.93%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (5.86%) Linux
2 9 (1.39%) Windows
3 7 (1.08%) Unix
4 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (59.41%) Software Engineering
2 218 (33.64%) AI
3 105 (16.20%) Agile
4 92 (14.20%) CI/CD
5 87 (13.43%) Full-Stack Development
6 82 (12.65%) Fintech
7 69 (10.65%) DevOps
8 64 (9.88%) Machine Learning
9 60 (9.26%) Computer Science
10 54 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
11 50 (7.72%) LLM
12 49 (7.56%) Problem-Solving
13 45 (6.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 45 (6.94%) Data Engineering
13 45 (6.94%) Data Pipeline
14 44 (6.79%) Observability
15 41 (6.33%) Clean Code
15 41 (6.33%) Technical Leadership
16 40 (6.17%) Mentoring
16 40 (6.17%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 648 (100.00%) Python
2 93 (14.35%) C++
3 85 (13.12%) SQL
4 67 (10.34%) TypeScript
5 42 (6.48%) C#
6 34 (5.25%) Java
7 31 (4.78%) JavaScript
8 18 (2.78%) Go
9 12 (1.85%) Ruby
9 12 (1.85%) Rust
10 9 (1.39%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.93%) C
12 5 (0.77%) Bash
13 4 (0.62%) Julia
13 4 (0.62%) Scala
14 2 (0.31%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.15%) R
Qualifications
1 83 (12.81%) Degree
2 69 (10.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 33 (5.09%) Master's Degree
4 23 (3.55%) Security Cleared
5 21 (3.24%) PhD
6 20 (3.09%) SC Cleared
7 14 (2.16%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.93%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.77%) CISSP
10 3 (0.46%) CCSK
11 2 (0.31%) CISA
11 2 (0.31%) CompTIA CySA+
12 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.15%) CCIE
12 1 (0.15%) CCNP
12 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.71%) QA
2 18 (2.78%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.46%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.46%) NIST
4 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.31%) GDPR
5 1 (0.15%) SLA
5 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 61 (9.41%) Docker
2 5 (0.77%) Hyper-V
2 5 (0.77%) KVM
2 5 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 59 (9.10%) Terraform
2 52 (8.02%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.01%) Ansible
4 9 (1.39%) Grafana
5 4 (0.62%) Kibana
5 4 (0.62%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.31%) Puppet
Vendors
1 20 (3.09%) Databricks
2 12 (1.85%) Google
3 10 (1.54%) OpenAI
4 7 (1.08%) Splunk
5 5 (0.77%) Intel
5 5 (0.77%) VMware
6 4 (0.62%) Dynatrace
6 4 (0.62%) Palantir
7 2 (0.31%) Microsoft
8 1 (0.15%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.15%) Arista
8 1 (0.15%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.15%) Cisco
8 1 (0.15%) MarketAxess
8 1 (0.15%) Refinitiv
8 1 (0.15%) Revolut