Python Engineer Job Trends in England

Python Engineer
UK > England

The median Python Engineer salary in England is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 February 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 270 395
Rank change year-on-year -128 +125 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 244 498 405
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 1.10% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 1.20% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 183 433 374
10th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £76,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £95,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% +3.03%
75th Percentile £111,875 £116,250 £111,250
90th Percentile £137,500 £138,750 £141,750
UK median annual salary £100,000 £94,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +6.38% +10.59% +6.25%

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 52,556 41,579 62,665
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.14% 91.63% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 33,580 21,720 50,036
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,626 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 9 February 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 9 February 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 -103 167 £102,500 -2.38% 49
North of England +7 21 £100,000 +25.00% 13
North West +38 19 £100,000 +70.21% 9
Midlands +15 17 £67,500 +3.85% 6
South East -16 17 £62,500 - 21
South West -1 13 £80,000 +33.33% 3
West Midlands +22 10 £55,000 +29.41% 6
East Midlands -7 10 £70,000 +7.69%
East of England +18 7 £50,000 -9.09% 2
North East -8 2 £100,000 +25.00% 1
Python Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 February 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.

1 244 (100.00%) Python
2 140 (57.38%) Software Engineering
3 89 (36.48%) AWS
4 75 (30.74%) Agile
5 58 (23.77%) AI
6 57 (23.36%) SQL
7 53 (21.72%) TypeScript
8 51 (20.90%) Fintech
9 45 (18.44%) CI/CD
10 42 (17.21%) Azure
11 41 (16.80%) Computer Science
12 40 (16.39%) GCP
13 39 (15.98%) Apache Airflow
14 37 (15.16%) Degree
15 36 (14.75%) Investment Management
15 36 (14.75%) JavaScript
16 30 (12.30%) Asset Management
16 30 (12.30%) NumPy
16 30 (12.30%) Pandas
17 29 (11.89%) dbt
17 29 (11.89%) Git
17 29 (11.89%) Linux
18 28 (11.48%) Amazon Athena
18 28 (11.48%) Apache Arrow
18 28 (11.48%) Apache Iceberg
18 28 (11.48%) C++
18 28 (11.48%) Computer Science Degree
18 28 (11.48%) Dremio
18 28 (11.48%) React
18 28 (11.48%) SciPy

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 39 (15.98%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (6.97%) Apache
3 3 (1.23%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.82%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 89 (36.48%) AWS
2 42 (17.21%) Azure
3 40 (16.39%) GCP
4 29 (11.89%) dbt
5 24 (9.84%) GitHub
6 23 (9.43%) SaaS
6 23 (9.43%) Snowflake
7 10 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (3.69%) IaaS
8 9 (3.69%) PaaS
8 9 (3.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 8 (3.28%) Serverless
10 7 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.46%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.46%) Amazon Kinesis
12 5 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (2.05%) Dagster
12 5 (2.05%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.64%) Prefect
14 2 (0.82%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.92%) Multicast
2 6 (2.46%) HTTP
2 6 (2.46%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.64%) DNS
3 4 (1.64%) SMTP
4 2 (0.82%) Fibre Channel
4 2 (0.82%) Firewall
4 2 (0.82%) LAN
4 2 (0.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.48%) Amazon Athena
1 28 (11.48%) Apache Arrow
1 28 (11.48%) Apache Iceberg
1 28 (11.48%) Dremio
2 26 (10.66%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (7.38%) Data Lake
4 14 (5.74%) Apache Ignite
5 11 (4.51%) NoSQL
6 10 (4.10%) Tableau
7 8 (3.28%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.46%) Flink
9 5 (2.05%) Power BI
10 4 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.64%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.64%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.82%) Big Data
12 2 (0.82%) MySQL
13 1 (0.41%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 29 (11.89%) Git
2 12 (4.92%) JIRA
3 3 (1.23%) Selenium
4 2 (0.82%) GitLab
5 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
General
1 96 (39.34%) Finance
2 39 (15.98%) Front Office
3 35 (14.34%) Banking
4 27 (11.07%) Social Skills
5 18 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.74%) Investment Banking
6 14 (5.74%) Legal
7 9 (3.69%) Games
8 3 (1.23%) Back Office
8 3 (1.23%) Law
8 3 (1.23%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.23%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.82%) Retail
10 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.41%) iGaming
10 1 (0.41%) Marketing
10 1 (0.41%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.30%) NumPy
1 30 (12.30%) Pandas
2 28 (11.48%) React
2 28 (11.48%) SciPy
3 19 (7.79%) Node.js
4 18 (7.38%) AngularJS
4 18 (7.38%) Vue
5 17 (6.97%) FastAPI
6 15 (6.15%) Django
6 15 (6.15%) gRPC
7 14 (5.74%) Protocol Buffers
8 12 (4.92%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 12 (4.92%) FIX Protocol
8 12 (4.92%) pytest
9 9 (3.69%) Kafka
10 8 (3.28%) PySpark
11 7 (2.87%) Flask
11 7 (2.87%) REST
12 6 (2.46%) HTML
13 5 (2.05%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 48 (19.67%) Fixed Income
2 43 (17.62%) Equities
3 36 (14.75%) Hedge funds
4 28 (11.48%) Derivative
4 28 (11.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 21 (8.61%) Management Information System
6 14 (5.74%) Algorithms
6 14 (5.74%) Cloud Native
6 14 (5.74%) Pricing Data
7 9 (3.69%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.46%) Data Structures
9 5 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.64%) GNSS
10 4 (1.64%) Satnav
10 4 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.23%) Reinsurance
11 3 (1.23%) Robotics
12 2 (0.82%) Client/Server
12 2 (0.82%) Distributed Computing
12 2 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 29 (11.89%) Linux
2 14 (5.74%) Windows
3 10 (4.10%) Mac OS
4 9 (3.69%) Unix
5 2 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (57.38%) Software Engineering
2 75 (30.74%) Agile
3 58 (23.77%) AI
4 51 (20.90%) Fintech
5 45 (18.44%) CI/CD
6 41 (16.80%) Computer Science
7 36 (14.75%) Investment Management
8 30 (12.30%) Asset Management
9 27 (11.07%) DevOps
10 25 (10.25%) Full-Stack Development
10 25 (10.25%) Risk Management
11 23 (9.43%) Test Automation
12 22 (9.02%) Analytics
13 21 (8.61%) ETL
13 21 (8.61%) Process Improvement
14 19 (7.79%) Data Pipeline
14 19 (7.79%) Data Science
14 19 (7.79%) Information Security
14 19 (7.79%) Infrastructure as Code
15 18 (7.38%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 244 (100.00%) Python
2 57 (23.36%) SQL
3 53 (21.72%) TypeScript
4 36 (14.75%) JavaScript
5 28 (11.48%) C++
6 24 (9.84%) Java
7 10 (4.10%) Bash
7 10 (4.10%) PowerShell
8 9 (3.69%) C#
9 5 (2.05%) PHP
10 3 (1.23%) VBA
11 2 (0.82%) C
11 2 (0.82%) Julia
12 1 (0.41%) Go
12 1 (0.41%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 37 (15.16%) Degree
2 28 (11.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (7.79%) CISSP
4 10 (4.10%) CISA
4 10 (4.10%) CompTIA CySA+
5 9 (3.69%) CCSK
6 4 (1.64%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.23%) PhD
7 3 (1.23%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.23%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.43%) QA
2 10 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (4.10%) NIST
3 9 (3.69%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (2.05%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 20 (8.20%) Docker
2 2 (0.82%) NFS
2 2 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.82%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (9.84%) Terraform
2 23 (9.43%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.46%) Argo
4 3 (1.23%) Ansible
4 3 (1.23%) Grafana
4 3 (1.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 23 (9.43%) Google
2 10 (4.10%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.46%) Databricks
4 2 (0.82%) Cisco
4 2 (0.82%) Commvault
4 2 (0.82%) Foundry
4 2 (0.82%) OpenAI
4 2 (0.82%) Palantir
4 2 (0.82%) Pure Storage
4 2 (0.82%) Red Hat
4 2 (0.82%) VMware