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 18 February 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 281 402
Rank change year-on-year -101 +121 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 261 486 403
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 1.10% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 1.20% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 195 420 372
10th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £100,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% +3.03%
75th Percentile £111,250 £118,750 £112,500
90th Percentile £137,500 £138,875 £138,750
UK median annual salary £100,000 £100,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year - +17.65% +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 54,650 40,463 62,780
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.29% 91.38% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 35,243 21,304 50,139
10th Percentile £29,250 £33,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £38,208 £45,000 £39,750
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 18 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 18 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 -99 175 £100,000 -4.76% 44
North of England -3 24 £100,000 +25.00% 10
North West +28 22 £97,500 +65.96% 9
South East -3 22 £68,750 +10.00% 18
Midlands +15 18 £65,000 - 3
South West +10 13 £80,000 -15.79% 4
West Midlands +14 11 £57,500 +35.29% 3
East Midlands -7 10 £70,000 +7.69%
East of England +14 7 £50,000 -9.09% 4
North East -9 2 £100,000 +25.00%
Python Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 261 (100.00%) Python
2 148 (56.70%) Software Engineering
3 95 (36.40%) AWS
4 78 (29.89%) Agile
5 66 (25.29%) AI
6 62 (23.75%) SQL
7 55 (21.07%) Fintech
8 50 (19.16%) TypeScript
9 49 (18.77%) Azure
9 49 (18.77%) CI/CD
10 47 (18.01%) Computer Science
10 47 (18.01%) GCP
11 45 (17.24%) Degree
12 36 (13.79%) Apache Airflow
13 35 (13.41%) Computer Science Degree
14 34 (13.03%) Investment Management
15 33 (12.64%) C++
15 33 (12.64%) Git
15 33 (12.64%) JavaScript
16 32 (12.26%) Linux
17 31 (11.88%) DevOps
17 31 (11.88%) React
18 29 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
19 28 (10.73%) Asset Management
20 27 (10.34%) Full-Stack Development
20 27 (10.34%) GitHub
20 27 (10.34%) Terraform
20 27 (10.34%) Test Automation
21 26 (9.96%) dbt
21 26 (9.96%) NumPy

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 36 (13.79%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (4.98%) Apache
3 4 (1.53%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 95 (36.40%) AWS
2 49 (18.77%) Azure
3 47 (18.01%) GCP
4 27 (10.34%) GitHub
5 26 (9.96%) dbt
6 24 (9.20%) SaaS
7 20 (7.66%) Snowflake
8 11 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (3.83%) IaaS
9 10 (3.83%) PaaS
9 10 (3.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 9 (3.45%) Serverless
11 7 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (2.30%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.30%) Amazon Kinesis
12 6 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.92%) Dagster
13 5 (1.92%) Power Platform
14 4 (1.53%) Prefect
15 3 (1.15%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.60%) Multicast
2 6 (2.30%) HTTP
2 6 (2.30%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.53%) DNS
3 4 (1.53%) SMTP
4 2 (0.77%) Fibre Channel
4 2 (0.77%) Firewall
4 2 (0.77%) LAN
4 2 (0.77%) WAN
5 1 (0.38%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (9.20%) Amazon Athena
2 24 (9.20%) Apache Arrow
2 24 (9.20%) Apache Iceberg
2 24 (9.20%) Dremio
3 14 (5.36%) Data Lake
4 13 (4.98%) NoSQL
5 11 (4.21%) Tableau
6 10 (3.83%) Apache Ignite
7 9 (3.45%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.30%) Flink
8 6 (2.30%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.92%) DynamoDB
9 5 (1.92%) Power BI
10 4 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.77%) Big Data
12 2 (0.77%) MySQL
12 2 (0.77%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 33 (12.64%) Git
2 12 (4.60%) JIRA
3 3 (1.15%) GitLab
3 3 (1.15%) Selenium
4 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
General
1 99 (37.93%) Finance
2 37 (14.18%) Front Office
3 32 (12.26%) Banking
4 31 (11.88%) Social Skills
5 21 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (5.75%) Legal
7 10 (3.83%) Games
7 10 (3.83%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.15%) Back Office
8 3 (1.15%) Law
8 3 (1.15%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.15%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.77%) Retail
10 1 (0.38%) Advertising
10 1 (0.38%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.38%) Marketing
10 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (11.88%) React
2 26 (9.96%) NumPy
2 26 (9.96%) Pandas
3 24 (9.20%) SciPy
4 21 (8.05%) Node.js
5 19 (7.28%) AngularJS
5 19 (7.28%) Vue
6 18 (6.90%) FastAPI
7 16 (6.13%) Django
8 12 (4.60%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 12 (4.60%) FIX Protocol
8 12 (4.60%) pytest
9 11 (4.21%) gRPC
10 10 (3.83%) Kafka
10 10 (3.83%) Protocol Buffers
11 8 (3.07%) Flask
11 8 (3.07%) PySpark
12 7 (2.68%) Celery
12 7 (2.68%) REST
13 6 (2.30%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 46 (17.62%) Fixed Income
2 41 (15.71%) Equities
3 34 (13.03%) Hedge funds
4 26 (9.96%) Derivative
5 24 (9.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 24 (9.20%) Management Information System
6 16 (6.13%) Cloud Native
7 15 (5.75%) Algorithms
8 10 (3.83%) Pricing Data
8 10 (3.83%) Security Posture
9 8 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (2.68%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.92%) Robotics
12 4 (1.53%) Client/Server
12 4 (1.53%) GNSS
12 4 (1.53%) Satnav
12 4 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (1.15%) Reinsurance
14 2 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
14 2 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 32 (12.26%) Linux
2 15 (5.75%) Windows
3 11 (4.21%) Mac OS
4 10 (3.83%) Unix
5 2 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (56.70%) Software Engineering
2 78 (29.89%) Agile
3 66 (25.29%) AI
4 55 (21.07%) Fintech
5 49 (18.77%) CI/CD
6 47 (18.01%) Computer Science
7 34 (13.03%) Investment Management
8 31 (11.88%) DevOps
9 28 (10.73%) Asset Management
10 27 (10.34%) Full-Stack Development
10 27 (10.34%) Test Automation
11 26 (9.96%) Risk Management
12 23 (8.81%) Analytics
13 22 (8.43%) Infrastructure as Code
13 22 (8.43%) Process Improvement
14 21 (8.05%) Data Pipeline
14 21 (8.05%) Data Science
14 21 (8.05%) ETL
14 21 (8.05%) Information Security
15 19 (7.28%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 261 (100.00%) Python
2 62 (23.75%) SQL
3 50 (19.16%) TypeScript
4 33 (12.64%) C++
4 33 (12.64%) JavaScript
5 22 (8.43%) Java
6 12 (4.60%) Bash
6 12 (4.60%) PowerShell
7 11 (4.21%) C#
8 5 (1.92%) PHP
9 4 (1.53%) C
10 3 (1.15%) Julia
10 3 (1.15%) VBA
11 2 (0.77%) Go
11 2 (0.77%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.77%) Rust
Qualifications
1 45 (17.24%) Degree
2 35 (13.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (8.05%) CISSP
4 11 (4.21%) CISA
4 11 (4.21%) CompTIA CySA+
5 10 (3.83%) CCSK
6 6 (2.30%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.53%) PhD
8 2 (0.77%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.77%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.38%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.58%) QA
2 12 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (4.60%) NIST
3 10 (3.83%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (2.68%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.38%) GDPR
System Software
1 22 (8.43%) Docker
2 4 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.77%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.77%) KVM
3 2 (0.77%) NFS
3 2 (0.77%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (10.34%) Terraform
2 25 (9.58%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.30%) Argo
4 5 (1.92%) Grafana
5 4 (1.53%) Ansible
5 4 (1.53%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 25 (9.58%) Google
2 11 (4.21%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.30%) Databricks
4 4 (1.53%) VMware
5 2 (0.77%) Cisco
5 2 (0.77%) Commvault
5 2 (0.77%) OpenAI
5 2 (0.77%) Pure Storage
5 2 (0.77%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.38%) Foundry
6 1 (0.38%) Palantir
6 1 (0.38%) Splunk