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 11 July 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 305 320
Rank change year-on-year +18 +15 +50
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 573 406 723
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.66% 0.94% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 1.04% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 479 296 650
10th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £82,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £110,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £119,000 £138,750 £148,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £110,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +15.79% +2.70%

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 82,278 39,084 83,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 90.38% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 57,869 23,488 61,455
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,246 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 11 July 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 11 July 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 -27 322 £100,000 -9.09% 53
South East +52 100 £65,000 +4.00% 13
North of England +24 69 £83,750 +19.64% 11
North West +34 46 £75,000 -25.00% 6
South West -42 35 £75,000 +20.00% 13
West Midlands +10 32 £65,000 +85.71% 5
Midlands -12 32 £65,000 - 5
North East -32 18 £92,500 +208.33% 4
East of England -8 15 £80,000 +39.13% 2
Yorkshire -26 5 £100,000 +60.00% 1
Python Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 July 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.

1 573 (100.00%) Python
2 334 (58.29%) Software Engineering
3 199 (34.73%) AWS
4 195 (34.03%) AI
5 99 (17.28%) Agile
6 93 (16.23%) C++
7 84 (14.66%) Azure
8 83 (14.49%) Degree
9 82 (14.31%) SQL
10 81 (14.14%) CI/CD
11 77 (13.44%) Fintech
12 71 (12.39%) Full-Stack Development
13 69 (12.04%) Computer Science Degree
14 66 (11.52%) Django
15 65 (11.34%) FastAPI
16 63 (10.99%) Computer Science
17 61 (10.65%) GCP
18 60 (10.47%) DevOps
19 59 (10.30%) PostgreSQL
19 59 (10.30%) TypeScript
20 58 (10.12%) Docker
21 54 (9.42%) Machine Learning
22 51 (8.90%) SaaS
22 51 (8.90%) Terraform
23 49 (8.55%) Kubernetes
24 48 (8.38%) Infrastructure as Code
25 47 (8.20%) React
26 46 (8.03%) Flask
27 44 (7.68%) Git
28 41 (7.16%) Data Pipeline

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 (4.54%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (3.84%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.62%) Apache
4 2 (0.35%) Apache Pulsar
Cloud Services
1 199 (34.73%) AWS
2 84 (14.66%) Azure
3 61 (10.65%) GCP
4 51 (8.90%) SaaS
5 22 (3.84%) Amazon S3
6 19 (3.32%) Snowflake
7 18 (3.14%) Serverless
8 17 (2.97%) GitHub
9 13 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (1.92%) Power Platform
11 9 (1.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 9 (1.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 8 (1.40%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 7 (1.22%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (1.22%) Azure Stack
14 6 (1.05%) Amazon SQS
14 6 (1.05%) Anthropic Claude
14 6 (1.05%) AWS Step Functions
15 5 (0.87%) Amazon EC2
15 5 (0.87%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.97%) Multicast
2 5 (0.87%) Broadband
3 4 (0.70%) SMS
4 2 (0.35%) HTTP
5 1 (0.17%) BGP
5 1 (0.17%) DNS
5 1 (0.17%) Firewall
5 1 (0.17%) IPv4
5 1 (0.17%) Network Security
5 1 (0.17%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (10.30%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (6.81%) Relational Database
3 25 (4.36%) MySQL
4 20 (3.49%) NoSQL
5 17 (2.97%) MongoDB
6 15 (2.62%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (1.75%) DynamoDB
7 10 (1.75%) Power BI
7 10 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (1.40%) Redis
9 6 (1.05%) Big Data
10 5 (0.87%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.70%) Metadata
11 4 (0.70%) Tableau
12 3 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.52%) GIS
12 3 (0.52%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 44 (7.68%) Git
2 22 (3.84%) JIRA
3 15 (2.62%) Claude Code
4 9 (1.57%) GitLab
5 6 (1.05%) Selenium
6 2 (0.35%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.17%) Zephyr
General
1 107 (18.67%) Finance
2 57 (9.95%) Social Skills
3 32 (5.58%) Banking
4 26 (4.54%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (2.62%) Pharmaceutical
6 13 (2.27%) Front Office
6 13 (2.27%) Manufacturing
7 9 (1.57%) Games
8 8 (1.40%) Retail Banking
9 7 (1.22%) Legal
10 6 (1.05%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.87%) Health Technology
12 4 (0.70%) Automotive
12 4 (0.70%) Law
12 4 (0.70%) Public Sector
13 3 (0.52%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.52%) Marketing
14 2 (0.35%) Advertising
14 2 (0.35%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.35%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (11.52%) Django
2 65 (11.34%) FastAPI
3 47 (8.20%) React
4 46 (8.03%) Flask
5 27 (4.71%) Kafka
6 26 (4.54%) Node.js
7 25 (4.36%) SQLAlchemy
8 21 (3.66%) RESTful
9 19 (3.32%) pytest
10 17 (2.97%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 17 (2.97%) FIX Protocol
11 15 (2.62%) Celery
12 14 (2.44%) REST
13 11 (1.92%) AngularJS
13 11 (1.92%) Vue
14 10 (1.75%) HTML
15 8 (1.40%) Playwright
15 8 (1.40%) Redux
16 7 (1.22%) Next.js
16 7 (1.22%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.38%) Cloud Native
2 30 (5.24%) Algorithms
2 30 (5.24%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (4.71%) Equities
4 25 (4.36%) Derivative
4 25 (4.36%) Distributed Computing
4 25 (4.36%) Fixed Income
5 16 (2.79%) Hedge funds
6 12 (2.09%) AI Agents
7 11 (1.92%) Client/Server
7 11 (1.92%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.75%) Management Information System
9 9 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
9 9 (1.57%) Robotics
10 8 (1.40%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.22%) PropTech
11 7 (1.22%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.05%) CUDA
12 6 (1.05%) Distributed Architecture
13 5 (0.87%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 35 (6.11%) Linux
2 10 (1.75%) Windows
3 5 (0.87%) Unix
4 4 (0.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (58.29%) Software Engineering
2 195 (34.03%) AI
3 99 (17.28%) Agile
4 81 (14.14%) CI/CD
5 77 (13.44%) Fintech
6 71 (12.39%) Full-Stack Development
7 63 (10.99%) Computer Science
8 60 (10.47%) DevOps
9 54 (9.42%) Machine Learning
10 48 (8.38%) Infrastructure as Code
11 41 (7.16%) Data Pipeline
11 41 (7.16%) LLM
12 40 (6.98%) Technical Leadership
13 39 (6.81%) Problem-Solving
14 36 (6.28%) Clean Code
15 35 (6.11%) Data Science
15 35 (6.11%) Microservices
15 35 (6.11%) Observability
15 35 (6.11%) SDLC
16 34 (5.93%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 573 (100.00%) Python
2 93 (16.23%) C++
3 82 (14.31%) SQL
4 59 (10.30%) TypeScript
5 39 (6.81%) C#
6 29 (5.06%) Java
7 27 (4.71%) JavaScript
8 16 (2.79%) Go
9 12 (2.09%) Rust
10 9 (1.57%) Ruby
11 7 (1.22%) Bash
11 7 (1.22%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.05%) C
13 4 (0.70%) Julia
13 4 (0.70%) Scala
14 2 (0.35%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.17%) PHP
15 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 83 (14.49%) Degree
2 69 (12.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 30 (5.24%) Master's Degree
4 20 (3.49%) PhD
5 15 (2.62%) Security Cleared
6 14 (2.44%) SC Cleared
7 12 (2.09%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.57%) CISSP
9 5 (0.87%) CCSK
10 4 (0.70%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.70%) CISA
10 4 (0.70%) CompTIA CySA+
11 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.81%) QA
2 18 (3.14%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (0.87%) NIST
4 4 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.52%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.17%) GDPR
6 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 58 (10.12%) Docker
2 5 (0.87%) Hyper-V
2 5 (0.87%) KVM
2 5 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 51 (8.90%) Terraform
2 49 (8.55%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.40%) Ansible
4 5 (0.87%) Grafana
5 4 (0.70%) Kibana
5 4 (0.70%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 16 (2.79%) Databricks
2 12 (2.09%) Google
3 7 (1.22%) Splunk
4 6 (1.05%) OpenAI
5 5 (0.87%) VMware
6 4 (0.70%) Intel
6 4 (0.70%) Microsoft
6 4 (0.70%) Palantir