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 20 June 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 289 349
Rank change year-on-year -4 +60 +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 546 402 712
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.65% 1.01% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 1.12% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 465 291 638
10th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £82,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £110,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +22.22% -2.70%
75th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £116,500 £138,750 £143,750
UK median annual salary £90,000 £110,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +22.22% -

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 78,810 35,838 90,464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 90.06% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 55,430 20,848 67,006
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,969 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,750 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -38 313 £100,000 -9.09% 26
South East +52 95 £65,000 +4.00% 15
North of England +32 70 £90,000 +28.57% 3
North West +44 48 £82,500 -9.59% 2
West Midlands +7 29 £65,000 +85.71% 1
Midlands -9 29 £65,000 - 1
South West -53 24 £70,000 +12.00% 6
North East - 17 £100,000 - 1
East of England -8 12 £55,000 -8.33% 7
Yorkshire -39 5 £100,000 +60.00%
Python Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 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.

1 546 (100.00%) Python
2 302 (55.31%) Software Engineering
3 181 (33.15%) AI
4 175 (32.05%) AWS
5 90 (16.48%) Agile
6 88 (16.12%) C++
7 81 (14.84%) SQL
8 80 (14.65%) Degree
9 76 (13.92%) Azure
10 75 (13.74%) Fintech
11 70 (12.82%) Full-Stack Development
12 69 (12.64%) CI/CD
13 68 (12.45%) Computer Science Degree
14 62 (11.36%) Computer Science
15 60 (10.99%) Django
16 59 (10.81%) TypeScript
17 57 (10.44%) FastAPI
18 55 (10.07%) GCP
19 51 (9.34%) Machine Learning
20 50 (9.16%) PostgreSQL
20 50 (9.16%) SaaS
21 49 (8.97%) DevOps
22 46 (8.42%) Terraform
23 45 (8.24%) Docker
23 45 (8.24%) Infrastructure as Code
24 44 (8.06%) Kubernetes
25 43 (7.88%) QA
26 41 (7.51%) Git
26 41 (7.51%) React
27 38 (6.96%) Technical Leadership

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 25 (4.58%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (3.85%) Apache Spark
3 14 (2.56%) Apache
4 2 (0.37%) Apache Pulsar
Cloud Services
1 175 (32.05%) AWS
2 76 (13.92%) Azure
3 55 (10.07%) GCP
4 50 (9.16%) SaaS
5 20 (3.66%) Amazon S3
6 19 (3.48%) GitHub
6 19 (3.48%) Snowflake
7 16 (2.93%) Serverless
8 11 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (2.01%) Power Platform
8 11 (2.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 8 (1.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (1.28%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (1.28%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 7 (1.28%) Azure Stack
10 7 (1.28%) IaaS
10 7 (1.28%) PaaS
11 6 (1.10%) Anthropic Claude
11 6 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (0.92%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.11%) Multicast
2 5 (0.92%) Broadband
3 2 (0.37%) HTTP
3 2 (0.37%) SMS
4 1 (0.18%) BGP
4 1 (0.18%) DNS
4 1 (0.18%) Firewall
4 1 (0.18%) IPv4
4 1 (0.18%) Network Security
4 1 (0.18%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (9.16%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (5.49%) Relational Database
3 19 (3.48%) NoSQL
4 16 (2.93%) MongoDB
4 16 (2.93%) MySQL
5 11 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (1.83%) Power BI
6 10 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 9 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (1.65%) DynamoDB
8 6 (1.10%) Big Data
8 6 (1.10%) Tableau
9 5 (0.92%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (0.92%) Redis
10 4 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.73%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.55%) GIS
11 3 (0.55%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 41 (7.51%) Git
2 19 (3.48%) JIRA
3 6 (1.10%) Claude Code
3 6 (1.10%) GitLab
3 6 (1.10%) Selenium
4 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 106 (19.41%) Finance
2 51 (9.34%) Social Skills
3 32 (5.86%) Banking
4 28 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (2.56%) Games
6 12 (2.20%) Front Office
6 12 (2.20%) Manufacturing
7 9 (1.65%) Legal
8 8 (1.47%) Retail Banking
9 6 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (0.92%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.73%) Automotive
11 4 (0.73%) Health Technology
11 4 (0.73%) Law
11 4 (0.73%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.55%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.37%) Advertising
13 2 (0.37%) Marketing
13 2 (0.37%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (10.99%) Django
2 57 (10.44%) FastAPI
3 41 (7.51%) React
4 34 (6.23%) Flask
5 24 (4.40%) Node.js
6 23 (4.21%) Kafka
7 19 (3.48%) pytest
7 19 (3.48%) RESTful
8 17 (3.11%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 17 (3.11%) FIX Protocol
8 17 (3.11%) SQLAlchemy
9 13 (2.38%) REST
10 12 (2.20%) Celery
11 11 (2.01%) AngularJS
12 10 (1.83%) HTML
13 9 (1.65%) Vue
14 8 (1.47%) Playwright
14 8 (1.47%) Redux
15 7 (1.28%) Next.js
16 6 (1.10%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.79%) Cloud Native
2 30 (5.49%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (5.31%) Algorithms
4 26 (4.76%) Equities
5 25 (4.58%) Derivative
5 25 (4.58%) Fixed Income
6 24 (4.40%) Distributed Computing
7 19 (3.48%) Hedge funds
8 14 (2.56%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.83%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.65%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.65%) Robotics
11 7 (1.28%) Client/Server
11 7 (1.28%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.28%) PropTech
11 7 (1.28%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.10%) CUDA
12 6 (1.10%) Distributed Architecture
12 6 (1.10%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.92%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.23%) Linux
2 7 (1.28%) Unix
2 7 (1.28%) Windows
3 6 (1.10%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (55.31%) Software Engineering
2 181 (33.15%) AI
3 90 (16.48%) Agile
4 75 (13.74%) Fintech
5 70 (12.82%) Full-Stack Development
6 69 (12.64%) CI/CD
7 62 (11.36%) Computer Science
8 51 (9.34%) Machine Learning
9 49 (8.97%) DevOps
10 45 (8.24%) Infrastructure as Code
11 38 (6.96%) Technical Leadership
12 37 (6.78%) LLM
13 36 (6.59%) Data Pipeline
14 34 (6.23%) Data Science
14 34 (6.23%) Test Automation
15 33 (6.04%) Microservices
15 33 (6.04%) Observability
16 32 (5.86%) SDLC
17 31 (5.68%) Data Engineering
17 31 (5.68%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 546 (100.00%) Python
2 88 (16.12%) C++
3 81 (14.84%) SQL
4 59 (10.81%) TypeScript
5 37 (6.78%) C#
6 27 (4.95%) JavaScript
7 26 (4.76%) Java
8 13 (2.38%) Go
9 9 (1.65%) Bash
10 8 (1.47%) Ruby
10 8 (1.47%) Rust
11 7 (1.28%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.10%) C
13 4 (0.73%) Julia
13 4 (0.73%) Scala
14 2 (0.37%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 80 (14.65%) Degree
2 68 (12.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (5.13%) Master's Degree
4 20 (3.66%) PhD
5 13 (2.38%) CISSP
6 11 (2.01%) Security Cleared
7 10 (1.83%) SC Cleared
8 8 (1.47%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.28%) CCSK
10 6 (1.10%) CISA
10 6 (1.10%) CompTIA CySA+
11 1 (0.18%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.18%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.88%) QA
2 17 (3.11%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.28%) NIST
4 6 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.18%) GDPR
6 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 45 (8.24%) Docker
2 5 (0.92%) Hyper-V
2 5 (0.92%) KVM
2 5 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 46 (8.42%) Terraform
2 44 (8.06%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.47%) Ansible
4 5 (0.92%) Grafana
5 4 (0.73%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.37%) Kibana
Vendors
1 16 (2.93%) Google
2 14 (2.56%) Databricks
3 7 (1.28%) OpenAI
3 7 (1.28%) Splunk
4 6 (1.10%) Microsoft
5 5 (0.92%) VMware
6 4 (0.73%) Palantir
7 1 (0.18%) Intel