Python Engineer Job Trends in England

Python Engineer
UK > England

The median Python Engineer salary in England is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 September 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 317 266
Rank change year-on-year +47 -51 +77
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 688 364 708
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.69% 0.85% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.94% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 576 261 623
10th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £52,750
25th Percentile £67,806 £85,000 £73,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £110,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £137,500 £148,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £110,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% -

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 93,904 38,815 65,075
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 90.34% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 66,374 23,183 40,037
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £59,319 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.85% - -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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -24 355 £100,000 -9.09% 394
South East +52 103 £65,000 -7.14% 36
North of England +15 83 £80,000 +20.75% 36
South West -41 55 £75,000 +20.00% 33
Midlands -10 52 £70,000 +7.69% 10
North West +22 50 £75,000 +7.14% 21
East of England +11 47 £75,000 +20.00% 33
West Midlands -6 39 £75,000 +25.00% 5
North East -35 27 £85,000 +183.33%
East Midlands -23 13 £45,000 -33.33% 5
Yorkshire -41 6 £100,000 +66.67% 15
Python Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 September 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.

1 688 (100.00%) Python
2 418 (60.76%) Software Engineering
3 229 (33.28%) AI
4 224 (32.56%) AWS
5 104 (15.12%) Azure
6 90 (13.08%) Full-Stack Development
7 86 (12.50%) CI/CD
8 85 (12.35%) C++
9 80 (11.63%) Django
10 77 (11.19%) Agile
11 76 (11.05%) SQL
12 74 (10.76%) GCP
13 72 (10.47%) Degree
14 69 (10.03%) FastAPI
15 68 (9.88%) DevOps
15 68 (9.88%) Fintech
16 62 (9.01%) TypeScript
17 59 (8.58%) Computer Science Degree
17 59 (8.58%) React
17 59 (8.58%) Terraform
18 58 (8.43%) PostgreSQL
19 56 (8.14%) Machine Learning
20 54 (7.85%) Docker
21 53 (7.70%) Problem-Solving
22 51 (7.41%) LLM
23 50 (7.27%) Flask
24 47 (6.83%) Computer Science
24 47 (6.83%) Infrastructure as Code
24 47 (6.83%) SaaS
25 46 (6.69%) Continuous Improvement

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 17 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (2.18%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.60%) Apache
4 2 (0.29%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 224 (32.56%) AWS
2 104 (15.12%) Azure
3 74 (10.76%) GCP
4 47 (6.83%) SaaS
5 14 (2.03%) Power Platform
6 13 (1.89%) Serverless
6 13 (1.89%) Snowflake
7 11 (1.60%) Amazon S3
7 11 (1.60%) Datadog
8 10 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
8 10 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (1.16%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 8 (1.16%) Anthropic Claude
9 8 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (1.16%) GitHub
10 7 (1.02%) Azure Stack
10 7 (1.02%) dbt
11 6 (0.87%) Azure AI
11 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.74%) TCP/IP
2 11 (1.60%) Multicast
3 5 (0.73%) DNS
4 4 (0.58%) SMS
5 3 (0.44%) BGP
5 3 (0.44%) Broadband
6 2 (0.29%) MQTT
6 2 (0.29%) OSPF
7 1 (0.15%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.15%) DHCP
7 1 (0.15%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.15%) Firewall
7 1 (0.15%) IPv4
7 1 (0.15%) LAN
7 1 (0.15%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.15%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.15%) VLAN
7 1 (0.15%) VPN
7 1 (0.15%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (8.43%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (5.09%) Relational Database
3 24 (3.49%) MySQL
4 19 (2.76%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (2.33%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.89%) Power BI
7 12 (1.74%) MongoDB
8 10 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (1.45%) Redis
9 7 (1.02%) Big Data
10 4 (0.58%) SQL Server
10 4 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.44%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.44%) GIS
12 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.29%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.29%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.15%) Amazon Aurora
13 1 (0.15%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 30 (4.36%) Git
2 17 (2.47%) JIRA
3 15 (2.18%) Claude Code
4 8 (1.16%) GitLab
5 3 (0.44%) Selenium
6 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.15%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 92 (13.37%) Finance
2 77 (11.19%) Social Skills
3 27 (3.92%) Banking
4 17 (2.47%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (2.47%) Front Office
5 15 (2.18%) Pharmaceutical
6 14 (2.03%) Manufacturing
7 7 (1.02%) Automotive
7 7 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (0.87%) Aerospace
8 6 (0.87%) Health Technology
8 6 (0.87%) Marketing
9 5 (0.73%) Tech for Good
10 4 (0.58%) Investment Banking
10 4 (0.58%) Legal
10 4 (0.58%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.44%) Games
12 2 (0.29%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.15%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.15%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (11.63%) Django
2 69 (10.03%) FastAPI
3 59 (8.58%) React
3 59 (8.58%) Terraform
4 50 (7.27%) Flask
5 30 (4.36%) Kafka
6 24 (3.49%) Node.js
7 22 (3.20%) RESTful
7 22 (3.20%) SQLAlchemy
8 21 (3.05%) REST
9 14 (2.03%) Celery
9 14 (2.03%) pytest
10 13 (1.89%) Vue
11 11 (1.60%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 11 (1.60%) FIX Protocol
11 11 (1.60%) LangChain
12 10 (1.45%) Keycloak
12 10 (1.45%) Next.js
13 8 (1.16%) Ruby on Rails
14 7 (1.02%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 47 (6.83%) Cloud Native
2 40 (5.81%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (4.65%) Distributed Computing
4 25 (3.63%) Algorithms
5 23 (3.34%) Cyber Threat
6 18 (2.62%) AI Agents
6 18 (2.62%) Hedge funds
7 17 (2.47%) Equities
8 12 (1.74%) Derivative
8 12 (1.74%) Fixed Income
9 11 (1.60%) Product Ownership
10 10 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (1.02%) Client/Server
13 7 (1.02%) PKI
14 6 (0.87%) Distributed Architecture
14 6 (0.87%) PropTech
15 5 (0.73%) Management Information System
15 5 (0.73%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (5.52%) Linux
2 11 (1.60%) Windows
3 8 (1.16%) Unix
4 3 (0.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (60.76%) Software Engineering
2 229 (33.28%) AI
3 90 (13.08%) Full-Stack Development
4 86 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 77 (11.19%) Agile
6 68 (9.88%) DevOps
6 68 (9.88%) Fintech
7 56 (8.14%) Machine Learning
8 53 (7.70%) Problem-Solving
9 51 (7.41%) LLM
10 47 (6.83%) Computer Science
10 47 (6.83%) Infrastructure as Code
11 46 (6.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 46 (6.69%) Observability
12 44 (6.40%) Clean Code
13 41 (5.96%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 40 (5.81%) Data Pipeline
15 39 (5.67%) Data Engineering
16 38 (5.52%) Cybersecurity
16 38 (5.52%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 688 (100.00%) Python
2 85 (12.35%) C++
3 76 (11.05%) SQL
4 62 (9.01%) TypeScript
5 44 (6.40%) C#
6 37 (5.38%) Java
7 27 (3.92%) JavaScript
8 21 (3.05%) Go
9 16 (2.33%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.89%) Ruby
11 12 (1.74%) Rust
12 5 (0.73%) R
13 4 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.44%) C
14 3 (0.44%) Julia
15 1 (0.15%) Scala
Qualifications
1 72 (10.47%) Degree
2 59 (8.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 34 (4.94%) Master's Degree
3 34 (4.94%) Security Cleared
4 26 (3.78%) SC Cleared
5 20 (2.91%) PhD
6 19 (2.76%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.60%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.58%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.58%) CEH
8 4 (0.58%) CISSP
8 4 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (0.58%) GCIA
8 4 (0.58%) GCIH
8 4 (0.58%) OSCP
9 1 (0.15%) CCIE
9 1 (0.15%) CCNP
9 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.92%) QA
2 9 (1.31%) Data Quality
3 4 (0.58%) SLA
4 3 (0.44%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.29%) GDPR
6 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 54 (7.85%) Docker
2 4 (0.58%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.29%) KVM
3 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 44 (6.40%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.76%) Ansible
3 10 (1.45%) Grafana
4 4 (0.58%) Kibana
5 2 (0.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (2.76%) Databricks
2 12 (1.74%) Google
3 10 (1.45%) Dynatrace
3 10 (1.45%) Microsoft
4 9 (1.31%) OpenAI
5 8 (1.16%) Intel
6 6 (0.87%) Splunk
7 4 (0.58%) Palantir
8 3 (0.44%) Revolut
9 2 (0.29%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.29%) VMware
10 1 (0.15%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.15%) Arista
10 1 (0.15%) Cisco
10 1 (0.15%) MarketAxess
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle
10 1 (0.15%) Refinitiv