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 6 March 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 266 402
Rank change year-on-year -125 +136 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 281 454 426
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 1.10% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 1.21% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 210 401 391
10th Percentile £56,250 £61,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £100,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £102,500 £118,750 £114,375
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 58,440 37,452 66,025
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.66% 90.91% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 37,876 20,898 52,390
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £38,996 £45,000 £39,154
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 6 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 6 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 -88 181 £100,000 -4.76% 43
North of England -11 30 £92,500 +32.14% 11
South East -28 30 £70,000 +12.00% 21
North West +17 28 £90,000 +53.19% 4
Midlands -7 18 £63,750 +50.00% 3
South West -3 14 £80,000 -15.79% 8
West Midlands +1 12 £60,000 +50.00% 2
East Midlands -23 8 £85,000 +30.77% 1
East of England 0 7 £50,000 -9.09% 6
North East -12 2 £100,000 +37.93% 2
Python Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 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.

1 281 (100.00%) Python
2 152 (54.09%) Software Engineering
3 97 (34.52%) AWS
4 76 (27.05%) Agile
5 75 (26.69%) AI
6 66 (23.49%) SQL
7 56 (19.93%) Azure
7 56 (19.93%) Fintech
8 52 (18.51%) CI/CD
9 51 (18.15%) Degree
10 49 (17.44%) Computer Science
11 44 (15.66%) GCP
12 42 (14.95%) TypeScript
13 39 (13.88%) Computer Science Degree
14 38 (13.52%) C++
15 36 (12.81%) Git
16 34 (12.10%) DevOps
17 32 (11.39%) Full-Stack Development
18 31 (11.03%) Test Automation
19 30 (10.68%) Linux
20 29 (10.32%) Terraform
21 27 (9.61%) Kubernetes
21 27 (9.61%) PostgreSQL
21 27 (9.61%) React
21 27 (9.61%) SaaS
22 26 (9.25%) Apache Airflow
22 26 (9.25%) Data Pipeline
22 26 (9.25%) Docker
22 26 (9.25%) GitHub
22 26 (9.25%) Google

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 (9.25%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (3.56%) Apache
3 7 (2.49%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 97 (34.52%) AWS
2 56 (19.93%) Azure
3 44 (15.66%) GCP
4 27 (9.61%) SaaS
5 26 (9.25%) GitHub
6 18 (6.41%) Snowflake
7 15 (5.34%) dbt
8 12 (4.27%) Serverless
9 11 (3.91%) IaaS
9 11 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (3.91%) PaaS
9 11 (3.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 10 (3.56%) Amazon S3
11 8 (2.85%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (2.49%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (2.14%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (2.14%) Amazon Kinesis
13 6 (2.14%) Power Platform
14 5 (1.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 5 (1.78%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.91%) Multicast
2 6 (2.14%) HTTP
3 4 (1.42%) DNS
3 4 (1.42%) SMTP
3 4 (1.42%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.36%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.61%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (4.27%) NoSQL
3 11 (3.91%) Amazon Athena
3 11 (3.91%) Apache Arrow
3 11 (3.91%) Apache Iceberg
3 11 (3.91%) Dremio
4 10 (3.56%) Data Lake
4 10 (3.56%) Tableau
5 9 (3.20%) MongoDB
6 8 (2.85%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.49%) DynamoDB
8 6 (2.14%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (2.14%) Apache Ignite
8 6 (2.14%) Flink
8 6 (2.14%) Power BI
8 6 (2.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.07%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (1.07%) Metadata
10 2 (0.71%) Big Data
10 2 (0.71%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 36 (12.81%) Git
2 11 (3.91%) JIRA
3 3 (1.07%) GitLab
3 3 (1.07%) Selenium
4 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
General
1 93 (33.10%) Finance
2 32 (11.39%) Social Skills
3 31 (11.03%) Banking
4 28 (9.96%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (9.96%) Front Office
5 15 (5.34%) Legal
6 11 (3.91%) Games
7 6 (2.14%) Investment Banking
8 5 (1.78%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.07%) Back Office
9 3 (1.07%) Law
9 3 (1.07%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.07%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.07%) Retail
9 3 (1.07%) Tech for Good
10 2 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.71%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.36%) iGaming
11 1 (0.36%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.61%) React
2 19 (6.76%) FastAPI
3 18 (6.41%) Django
4 17 (6.05%) Node.js
5 13 (4.63%) NumPy
5 13 (4.63%) Pandas
6 12 (4.27%) AngularJS
7 11 (3.91%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 11 (3.91%) FIX Protocol
7 11 (3.91%) Kafka
7 11 (3.91%) pytest
7 11 (3.91%) SciPy
8 10 (3.56%) Vue
9 9 (3.20%) Redux
10 8 (2.85%) Flask
10 8 (2.85%) PySpark
11 7 (2.49%) Celery
11 7 (2.49%) REST
11 7 (2.49%) RESTful
12 6 (2.14%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.81%) Fixed Income
2 31 (11.03%) Equities
2 31 (11.03%) Hedge funds
3 25 (8.90%) Derivative
4 23 (8.19%) Management Information System
5 21 (7.47%) Cloud Native
6 14 (4.98%) Algorithms
7 11 (3.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 11 (3.91%) Security Posture
8 8 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.85%) Robotics
9 6 (2.14%) Data Structures
9 6 (2.14%) Pricing Data
10 5 (1.78%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.42%) GNSS
11 4 (1.42%) Satnav
11 4 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.07%) Reinsurance
13 2 (0.71%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.68%) Linux
2 15 (5.34%) Windows
3 11 (3.91%) Mac OS
3 11 (3.91%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (54.09%) Software Engineering
2 76 (27.05%) Agile
3 75 (26.69%) AI
4 56 (19.93%) Fintech
5 52 (18.51%) CI/CD
6 49 (17.44%) Computer Science
7 34 (12.10%) DevOps
8 32 (11.39%) Full-Stack Development
9 31 (11.03%) Test Automation
10 26 (9.25%) Data Pipeline
10 26 (9.25%) Infrastructure as Code
11 25 (8.90%) Analytics
11 25 (8.90%) Investment Management
12 23 (8.19%) Data Science
12 23 (8.19%) ETL
13 22 (7.83%) Information Security
13 22 (7.83%) Process Improvement
13 22 (7.83%) TDD
14 19 (6.76%) Asset Management
14 19 (6.76%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 281 (100.00%) Python
2 66 (23.49%) SQL
3 42 (14.95%) TypeScript
4 38 (13.52%) C++
5 24 (8.54%) JavaScript
6 20 (7.12%) Java
7 13 (4.63%) Bash
8 12 (4.27%) PowerShell
9 11 (3.91%) C#
10 4 (1.42%) C
10 4 (1.42%) PHP
11 3 (1.07%) Rust
12 2 (0.71%) Julia
12 2 (0.71%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.71%) VBA
13 1 (0.36%) Go
13 1 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 51 (18.15%) Degree
2 39 (13.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (7.83%) CISSP
4 11 (3.91%) CCSK
4 11 (3.91%) CISA
4 11 (3.91%) CompTIA CySA+
5 7 (2.49%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.78%) PhD
7 4 (1.42%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.42%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.36%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.90%) QA
2 12 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (4.27%) NIST
3 11 (3.91%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.56%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.36%) GDPR
System Software
1 26 (9.25%) Docker
2 3 (1.07%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.07%) KVM
2 3 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 29 (10.32%) Terraform
2 27 (9.61%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.14%) Argo
3 6 (2.14%) Grafana
4 5 (1.78%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.36%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (9.25%) Google
2 11 (3.91%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.49%) Databricks
4 3 (1.07%) OpenAI
4 3 (1.07%) VMware
5 1 (0.36%) Foundry
5 1 (0.36%) Palantir
5 1 (0.36%) Splunk