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 1 February 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 266 392
Rank change year-on-year -119 +126 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 237 509 404
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 1.09% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 1.18% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 180 446 372
10th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £70,938 £76,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £93,250 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.24% +9.71% +3.03%
75th Percentile £113,125 £116,250 £112,500
90th Percentile £137,500 £138,750 £142,500
UK median annual salary £100,000 £92,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +8.11% +8.82% +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 51,126 42,959 59,855
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 91.91% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 32,570 22,320 47,875
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
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 1 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 1 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 -102 161 £102,500 -2.38% 59
North of England +8 21 £100,000 +25.00% 9
North West +43 19 £95,000 +61.70% 5
Midlands +18 18 £60,000 -7.69% 5
South East +3 15 £62,500 - 20
South West +7 13 £80,000 +33.33% 7
West Midlands +30 11 £57,500 +35.29% 5
East Midlands +1 10 £70,000 +7.69%
East of England +19 7 £50,000 -9.09% 2
North East -7 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 1 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.

1 237 (100.00%) Python
2 134 (56.54%) Software Engineering
3 88 (37.13%) AWS
4 74 (31.22%) Agile
5 57 (24.05%) SQL
6 54 (22.78%) TypeScript
7 52 (21.94%) AI
7 52 (21.94%) Fintech
8 43 (18.14%) CI/CD
9 41 (17.30%) Apache Airflow
9 41 (17.30%) Azure
9 41 (17.30%) GCP
10 39 (16.46%) Computer Science
11 38 (16.03%) Investment Management
12 36 (15.19%) JavaScript
13 34 (14.35%) Degree
13 34 (14.35%) NumPy
13 34 (14.35%) Pandas
14 32 (13.50%) Amazon Athena
14 32 (13.50%) Apache Arrow
14 32 (13.50%) Apache Iceberg
14 32 (13.50%) Asset Management
14 32 (13.50%) dbt
14 32 (13.50%) Dremio
14 32 (13.50%) SciPy
15 30 (12.66%) React
16 29 (12.24%) Git
17 28 (11.81%) DevOps
17 28 (11.81%) Linux
18 27 (11.39%) PostgreSQL

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 41 (17.30%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (7.17%) Apache
3 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.84%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.42%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 88 (37.13%) AWS
2 41 (17.30%) Azure
2 41 (17.30%) GCP
3 32 (13.50%) dbt
4 24 (10.13%) GitHub
5 23 (9.70%) Snowflake
6 22 (9.28%) SaaS
7 9 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (3.38%) IaaS
8 8 (3.38%) PaaS
8 8 (3.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 7 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (2.95%) Serverless
10 6 (2.53%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (2.53%) Amazon Kinesis
11 5 (2.11%) Dagster
11 5 (2.11%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.69%) Prefect
13 2 (0.84%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.64%) Multicast
2 7 (2.95%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.11%) HTTP
4 4 (1.69%) DNS
4 4 (1.69%) SMTP
5 3 (1.27%) Fibre Channel
5 3 (1.27%) Firewall
5 3 (1.27%) LAN
5 3 (1.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (13.50%) Amazon Athena
1 32 (13.50%) Apache Arrow
1 32 (13.50%) Apache Iceberg
1 32 (13.50%) Dremio
2 27 (11.39%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (8.02%) Data Lake
4 15 (6.33%) Apache Ignite
5 12 (5.06%) NoSQL
6 9 (3.80%) MongoDB
6 9 (3.80%) Tableau
7 6 (2.53%) Flink
8 5 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (2.11%) Power BI
9 4 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.27%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.27%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.84%) Big Data
11 2 (0.84%) MySQL
11 2 (0.84%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 29 (12.24%) Git
2 11 (4.64%) JIRA
3 2 (0.84%) GitLab
3 2 (0.84%) Selenium
4 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
General
1 94 (39.66%) Finance
2 41 (17.30%) Front Office
3 35 (14.77%) Banking
4 25 (10.55%) Social Skills
5 15 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.33%) Investment Banking
6 13 (5.49%) Legal
7 9 (3.80%) Games
8 4 (1.69%) Retail
9 3 (1.27%) Back Office
9 3 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.27%) Tech for Good
10 2 (0.84%) Automotive
10 2 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.84%) Law
10 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.42%) iGaming
11 1 (0.42%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (14.35%) NumPy
1 34 (14.35%) Pandas
2 32 (13.50%) SciPy
3 30 (12.66%) React
4 22 (9.28%) Vue
5 20 (8.44%) AngularJS
5 20 (8.44%) Node.js
6 18 (7.59%) FastAPI
7 16 (6.75%) Django
7 16 (6.75%) gRPC
8 15 (6.33%) Protocol Buffers
9 11 (4.64%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 11 (4.64%) FIX Protocol
9 11 (4.64%) pytest
10 10 (4.22%) PySpark
11 8 (3.38%) Flask
11 8 (3.38%) Kafka
12 7 (2.95%) REST
13 6 (2.53%) Celery
13 6 (2.53%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 49 (20.68%) Fixed Income
2 44 (18.57%) Equities
3 35 (14.77%) Hedge funds
4 32 (13.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 26 (10.97%) Derivative
6 20 (8.44%) Management Information System
7 15 (6.33%) Pricing Data
8 14 (5.91%) Cloud Native
9 13 (5.49%) Algorithms
10 8 (3.38%) Security Posture
11 6 (2.53%) Data Structures
12 5 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (1.69%) GNSS
13 4 (1.69%) Satnav
13 4 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (1.27%) Reinsurance
15 2 (0.84%) Client/Server
15 2 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
15 2 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
15 2 (0.84%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 28 (11.81%) Linux
2 13 (5.49%) Windows
3 9 (3.80%) Mac OS
4 8 (3.38%) Unix
5 3 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (56.54%) Software Engineering
2 74 (31.22%) Agile
3 52 (21.94%) AI
3 52 (21.94%) Fintech
4 43 (18.14%) CI/CD
5 39 (16.46%) Computer Science
6 38 (16.03%) Investment Management
7 32 (13.50%) Asset Management
8 28 (11.81%) DevOps
9 27 (11.39%) Risk Management
10 22 (9.28%) Analytics
10 22 (9.28%) ETL
10 22 (9.28%) Full-Stack Development
11 21 (8.86%) Test Automation
12 19 (8.02%) Process Improvement
13 18 (7.59%) Data Science
14 17 (7.17%) Data Engineering
14 17 (7.17%) Data Pipeline
14 17 (7.17%) Order Management
14 17 (7.17%) Performance Attribution
Programming Languages
1 237 (100.00%) Python
2 57 (24.05%) SQL
3 54 (22.78%) TypeScript
4 36 (15.19%) JavaScript
5 24 (10.13%) C++
6 23 (9.70%) Java
7 9 (3.80%) PowerShell
8 8 (3.38%) Bash
9 7 (2.95%) C#
10 5 (2.11%) PHP
11 3 (1.27%) VBA
12 2 (0.84%) C
12 2 (0.84%) Julia
13 1 (0.42%) Go
Qualifications
1 34 (14.35%) Degree
2 26 (10.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (7.17%) CISSP
4 9 (3.80%) CISA
4 9 (3.80%) CompTIA CySA+
5 8 (3.38%) CCSK
6 3 (1.27%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.84%) PhD
7 2 (0.84%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.84%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.86%) QA
2 9 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (3.80%) NIST
3 8 (3.38%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (1.27%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
System Software
1 20 (8.44%) Docker
2 3 (1.27%) NFS
2 3 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (10.13%) Kubernetes
2 21 (8.86%) Terraform
3 6 (2.53%) Argo
4 4 (1.69%) Ansible
5 2 (0.84%) Grafana
5 2 (0.84%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 20 (8.44%) Google
2 11 (4.64%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.95%) Databricks
4 3 (1.27%) Cisco
4 3 (1.27%) Commvault
4 3 (1.27%) Pure Storage
4 3 (1.27%) Red Hat
4 3 (1.27%) VMware
5 2 (0.84%) Foundry
5 2 (0.84%) OpenAI
5 2 (0.84%) Palantir