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 4 September 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 326 265
Rank change year-on-year +62 -61 +88
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 673 371 728
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.69% 0.86% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.96% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 558 267 646
10th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £85,000 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £110,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% -2.44%
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 91,499 38,783 66,432
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 90.33% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 64,696 23,344 42,558
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 4 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 4 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 -20 351 £100,000 -9.09% 233
South East +46 100 £65,000 +4.00% 18
North of England +14 84 £80,000 +20.75% 20
North West +25 51 £73,496 +4.99% 8
South West -38 51 £75,000 +20.00% 18
Midlands -3 49 £70,000 +7.69% 11
East of England +12 44 £77,500 +24.00% 10
West Midlands +5 39 £71,991 +19.99% 1
North East -35 28 £82,500 +175.00%
East Midlands -33 10 £45,000 -33.33% 10
Yorkshire -39 5 £100,000 +66.67% 12
Python Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 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.

1 673 (100.00%) Python
2 402 (59.73%) Software Engineering
3 217 (32.24%) AWS
4 216 (32.10%) AI
5 94 (13.97%) Azure
6 91 (13.52%) CI/CD
6 91 (13.52%) Full-Stack Development
7 81 (12.04%) C++
8 80 (11.89%) Agile
9 79 (11.74%) SQL
10 77 (11.44%) Django
11 72 (10.70%) FastAPI
12 70 (10.40%) Degree
12 70 (10.40%) GCP
13 68 (10.10%) DevOps
14 66 (9.81%) Fintech
15 62 (9.21%) PostgreSQL
16 61 (9.06%) TypeScript
17 59 (8.77%) Computer Science Degree
17 59 (8.77%) React
17 59 (8.77%) Terraform
18 58 (8.62%) Machine Learning
19 55 (8.17%) Docker
20 52 (7.73%) Problem-Solving
21 51 (7.58%) Infrastructure as Code
21 51 (7.58%) SaaS
22 50 (7.43%) Flask
23 49 (7.28%) Computer Science
23 49 (7.28%) LLM
24 48 (7.13%) Kubernetes

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 20 (2.97%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (2.53%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.78%) Apache
4 2 (0.30%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 217 (32.24%) AWS
2 94 (13.97%) Azure
3 70 (10.40%) GCP
4 51 (7.58%) SaaS
5 15 (2.23%) Amazon S3
5 15 (2.23%) Serverless
6 14 (2.08%) Snowflake
7 12 (1.78%) Power Platform
8 11 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
9 10 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (1.49%) Datadog
10 9 (1.34%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (1.34%) GitHub
11 8 (1.19%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 8 (1.19%) Anthropic Claude
12 7 (1.04%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (1.04%) Azure Stack
12 7 (1.04%) dbt
12 7 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (0.74%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.78%) Multicast
1 12 (1.78%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.74%) Broadband
2 5 (0.74%) DNS
3 4 (0.59%) SMS
4 3 (0.45%) BGP
5 2 (0.30%) MQTT
5 2 (0.30%) OSPF
6 1 (0.15%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.15%) DHCP
6 1 (0.15%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.15%) Firewall
6 1 (0.15%) IPv4
6 1 (0.15%) LAN
6 1 (0.15%) NX-OS
6 1 (0.15%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.15%) VLAN
6 1 (0.15%) VPN
6 1 (0.15%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (9.21%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (5.50%) Relational Database
3 25 (3.71%) MySQL
4 19 (2.82%) Elasticsearch
5 18 (2.67%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.93%) MongoDB
7 11 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (1.63%) Power BI
8 10 (1.49%) Redis
9 7 (1.04%) Big Data
10 5 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.59%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.59%) SQL Server
12 3 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.45%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.45%) GIS
13 2 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
13 2 (0.30%) Amazon Aurora
13 2 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 36 (5.35%) Git
2 18 (2.67%) JIRA
3 15 (2.23%) Claude Code
4 8 (1.19%) GitLab
5 5 (0.74%) Selenium
6 2 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.15%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 89 (13.22%) Finance
2 73 (10.85%) Social Skills
3 27 (4.01%) Banking
4 18 (2.67%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (2.23%) Pharmaceutical
6 14 (2.08%) Manufacturing
7 12 (1.78%) Front Office
8 7 (1.04%) Automotive
8 7 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (0.89%) Aerospace
9 6 (0.89%) Health Technology
10 5 (0.74%) Tech for Good
11 4 (0.59%) Games
11 4 (0.59%) Investment Banking
11 4 (0.59%) Legal
11 4 (0.59%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.45%) Marketing
12 3 (0.45%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.15%) Law
13 1 (0.15%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (11.44%) Django
2 72 (10.70%) FastAPI
3 59 (8.77%) React
3 59 (8.77%) Terraform
4 50 (7.43%) Flask
5 31 (4.61%) Kafka
6 24 (3.57%) Node.js
6 24 (3.57%) SQLAlchemy
7 23 (3.42%) REST
8 21 (3.12%) RESTful
9 15 (2.23%) pytest
10 14 (2.08%) Celery
11 13 (1.93%) Vue
12 12 (1.78%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 12 (1.78%) FIX Protocol
13 10 (1.49%) Next.js
14 9 (1.34%) Keycloak
15 8 (1.19%) HTML
15 8 (1.19%) LangChain
15 8 (1.19%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 51 (7.58%) Cloud Native
2 41 (6.09%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (4.61%) Distributed Computing
4 27 (4.01%) Algorithms
5 19 (2.82%) Cyber Threat
6 15 (2.23%) AI Agents
7 14 (2.08%) Equities
8 13 (1.93%) Hedge funds
9 12 (1.78%) Derivative
9 12 (1.78%) Fixed Income
9 12 (1.78%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.19%) Client/Server
12 7 (1.04%) PKI
12 7 (1.04%) PropTech
13 6 (0.89%) CUDA
13 6 (0.89%) Distributed Architecture
13 6 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (0.74%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 40 (5.94%) Linux
2 11 (1.63%) Windows
3 8 (1.19%) Unix
4 3 (0.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (59.73%) Software Engineering
2 216 (32.10%) AI
3 91 (13.52%) CI/CD
3 91 (13.52%) Full-Stack Development
4 80 (11.89%) Agile
5 68 (10.10%) DevOps
6 66 (9.81%) Fintech
7 58 (8.62%) Machine Learning
8 52 (7.73%) Problem-Solving
9 51 (7.58%) Infrastructure as Code
10 49 (7.28%) Computer Science
10 49 (7.28%) LLM
11 47 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 47 (6.98%) Observability
12 44 (6.54%) Clean Code
13 41 (6.09%) Data Engineering
13 41 (6.09%) Data Pipeline
13 41 (6.09%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 38 (5.65%) Technical Leadership
15 37 (5.50%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 673 (100.00%) Python
2 81 (12.04%) C++
3 79 (11.74%) SQL
4 61 (9.06%) TypeScript
5 40 (5.94%) C#
6 36 (5.35%) Java
7 27 (4.01%) JavaScript
8 21 (3.12%) Go
9 16 (2.38%) PowerShell
10 12 (1.78%) Ruby
10 12 (1.78%) Rust
11 4 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.45%) C
12 3 (0.45%) Julia
13 2 (0.30%) Scala
14 1 (0.15%) R
Qualifications
1 70 (10.40%) Degree
2 59 (8.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 34 (5.05%) Master's Degree
4 32 (4.75%) Security Cleared
5 24 (3.57%) SC Cleared
6 20 (2.97%) PhD
7 18 (2.67%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.49%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.59%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.59%) CEH
9 4 (0.59%) CISSP
9 4 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (0.59%) GCIA
9 4 (0.59%) GCIH
9 4 (0.59%) OSCP
10 1 (0.15%) CCIE
10 1 (0.15%) CCNP
10 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.31%) QA
2 11 (1.63%) Data Quality
3 4 (0.59%) SLA
4 3 (0.45%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.30%) GDPR
6 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 55 (8.17%) Docker
2 4 (0.59%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.30%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.30%) KVM
3 2 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 48 (7.13%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.67%) Ansible
3 10 (1.49%) Grafana
4 4 (0.59%) Kibana
5 2 (0.30%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (2.82%) Databricks
2 10 (1.49%) Dynatrace
3 9 (1.34%) Google
3 9 (1.34%) OpenAI
4 8 (1.19%) Intel
5 7 (1.04%) Microsoft
6 6 (0.89%) Splunk
7 4 (0.59%) Palantir
8 3 (0.45%) Revolut
9 2 (0.30%) VMware
10 1 (0.15%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.15%) Arista
10 1 (0.15%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.15%) Cisco
10 1 (0.15%) MarketAxess
10 1 (0.15%) Refinitiv