Python Engineer Job Trends in England

Python Engineer
UK > England

The median Python Engineer salary in England is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 March 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 272 397
Rank change year-on-year -99 +125 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 296 451 455
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 1.15% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 1.27% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 222 399 422
10th Percentile £56,375 £61,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £100,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £115,000
90th Percentile £139,750 £138,750 £138,750
UK median annual salary £86,250 £100,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -13.75% +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 59,888 35,486 69,899
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 90.56% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 39,051 20,920 55,185
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,557
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
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 13 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 13 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 -88 188 £100,000 -4.76% 40
North of England -15 32 £90,000 +28.57% 11
South East -28 32 £67,500 +8.00% 21
North West +12 29 £90,000 +53.19% 3
Midlands -16 19 £62,500 +51.52% 2
South West -6 16 £78,750 -17.11% 9
West Midlands -2 13 £60,000 +65.52% 2
East of England -4 8 £50,000 -9.09% 4
East Midlands -28 8 £85,000 +30.77%
North East -23 3 £100,000 +37.93% 1
Python Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 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.

1 296 (100.00%) Python
2 157 (53.04%) Software Engineering
3 97 (32.77%) AWS
4 79 (26.69%) Agile
4 79 (26.69%) AI
5 71 (23.99%) SQL
6 57 (19.26%) Azure
7 56 (18.92%) CI/CD
8 53 (17.91%) Computer Science
8 53 (17.91%) Degree
8 53 (17.91%) Fintech
9 43 (14.53%) GCP
10 41 (13.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 41 (13.85%) Git
11 40 (13.51%) C++
12 38 (12.84%) TypeScript
13 36 (12.16%) DevOps
14 34 (11.49%) Full-Stack Development
15 32 (10.81%) Linux
16 31 (10.47%) Kubernetes
16 31 (10.47%) Terraform
16 31 (10.47%) Test Automation
17 30 (10.14%) SaaS
18 29 (9.80%) Analytics
19 28 (9.46%) Data Pipeline
19 28 (9.46%) Docker
19 28 (9.46%) GitHub
19 28 (9.46%) Infrastructure as Code
20 27 (9.12%) PostgreSQL
20 27 (9.12%) QA

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 24 (8.11%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (3.38%) Apache
3 8 (2.70%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 97 (32.77%) AWS
2 57 (19.26%) Azure
3 43 (14.53%) GCP
4 30 (10.14%) SaaS
5 28 (9.46%) GitHub
6 17 (5.74%) Snowflake
7 14 (4.73%) Amazon S3
8 13 (4.39%) Serverless
9 11 (3.72%) dbt
9 11 (3.72%) IaaS
9 11 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (3.72%) PaaS
9 11 (3.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 9 (3.04%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (2.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 7 (2.36%) Amazon Kinesis
11 7 (2.36%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (2.36%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.03%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.03%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.39%) Multicast
2 6 (2.03%) HTTP
3 4 (1.35%) DNS
3 4 (1.35%) SMTP
3 4 (1.35%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.34%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.12%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (4.73%) NoSQL
3 10 (3.38%) Relational Database
3 10 (3.38%) Tableau
4 9 (3.04%) Data Lake
4 9 (3.04%) MongoDB
5 8 (2.70%) Amazon Athena
5 8 (2.70%) DynamoDB
6 7 (2.36%) Amazon Redshift
6 7 (2.36%) Apache Arrow
6 7 (2.36%) Apache Iceberg
6 7 (2.36%) Dremio
6 7 (2.36%) Power BI
6 7 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (2.03%) Flink
8 5 (1.69%) Apache Ignite
9 4 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.01%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (1.01%) Metadata
10 3 (1.01%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 41 (13.85%) Git
2 13 (4.39%) JIRA
3 5 (1.69%) Selenium
4 4 (1.35%) GitLab
5 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
General
1 95 (32.09%) Finance
2 35 (11.82%) Social Skills
3 34 (11.49%) Banking
4 28 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.77%) Front Office
6 15 (5.07%) Legal
7 11 (3.72%) Games
8 7 (2.36%) Retail Banking
9 5 (1.69%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.01%) Back Office
10 3 (1.01%) Law
10 3 (1.01%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.01%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.01%) Retail
10 3 (1.01%) Tech for Good
11 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.34%) Advertising
12 1 (0.34%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.11%) React
2 22 (7.43%) FastAPI
3 18 (6.08%) Django
4 15 (5.07%) Node.js
5 13 (4.39%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 13 (4.39%) FIX Protocol
5 13 (4.39%) Kafka
5 13 (4.39%) pytest
6 10 (3.38%) AngularJS
6 10 (3.38%) NumPy
6 10 (3.38%) Pandas
7 9 (3.04%) Redux
8 8 (2.70%) Flask
8 8 (2.70%) HTML
8 8 (2.70%) PySpark
8 8 (2.70%) REST
9 7 (2.36%) Celery
9 7 (2.36%) RESTful
9 7 (2.36%) SciPy
9 7 (2.36%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.49%) Fixed Income
2 30 (10.14%) Hedge funds
3 28 (9.46%) Equities
4 26 (8.78%) Derivative
5 25 (8.45%) Cloud Native
6 23 (7.77%) Management Information System
7 16 (5.41%) Algorithms
8 11 (3.72%) Security Posture
9 8 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (2.70%) Robotics
10 7 (2.36%) Data Structures
10 7 (2.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (2.03%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.69%) Pricing Data
13 4 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (1.35%) GNSS
13 4 (1.35%) Satnav
13 4 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (1.01%) Reinsurance
15 2 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 32 (10.81%) Linux
2 15 (5.07%) Windows
3 11 (3.72%) Mac OS
3 11 (3.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (53.04%) Software Engineering
2 79 (26.69%) Agile
2 79 (26.69%) AI
3 56 (18.92%) CI/CD
4 53 (17.91%) Computer Science
4 53 (17.91%) Fintech
5 36 (12.16%) DevOps
6 34 (11.49%) Full-Stack Development
7 31 (10.47%) Test Automation
8 29 (9.80%) Analytics
9 28 (9.46%) Data Pipeline
9 28 (9.46%) Infrastructure as Code
10 26 (8.78%) Data Science
11 25 (8.45%) ETL
12 24 (8.11%) Process Improvement
12 24 (8.11%) TDD
13 22 (7.43%) Information Security
14 21 (7.09%) Investment Management
15 19 (6.42%) Mathematics
15 19 (6.42%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 296 (100.00%) Python
2 71 (23.99%) SQL
3 40 (13.51%) C++
4 38 (12.84%) TypeScript
5 20 (6.76%) JavaScript
6 19 (6.42%) Java
7 13 (4.39%) Bash
8 12 (4.05%) PowerShell
9 11 (3.72%) C#
10 4 (1.35%) C
10 4 (1.35%) PHP
10 4 (1.35%) Rust
11 2 (0.68%) Julia
11 2 (0.68%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.68%) Scala
11 2 (0.68%) VBA
12 1 (0.34%) Go
Qualifications
1 53 (17.91%) Degree
2 41 (13.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (7.43%) CISSP
4 11 (3.72%) CCSK
4 11 (3.72%) CISA
4 11 (3.72%) CompTIA CySA+
5 7 (2.36%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.69%) PhD
7 4 (1.35%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.35%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.34%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.12%) QA
2 13 (4.39%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.05%) NIST
4 10 (3.38%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.34%) GDPR
System Software
1 28 (9.46%) Docker
2 3 (1.01%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.01%) KVM
2 3 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 31 (10.47%) Kubernetes
1 31 (10.47%) Terraform
2 6 (2.03%) Argo
2 6 (2.03%) Grafana
3 5 (1.69%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.34%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (8.78%) Google
2 11 (3.72%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.03%) Databricks
4 3 (1.01%) OpenAI
4 3 (1.01%) VMware
5 1 (0.34%) Foundry
5 1 (0.34%) Palantir
5 1 (0.34%) Splunk