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 12 March 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 383 268 403
Rank change year-on-year -115 +135 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 293 456 445
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 1.16% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 1.28% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 219 404 413
10th Percentile £57,250 £61,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £62,000
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 £142,500 £138,750 £138,750
UK median annual salary £87,500 £100,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +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 59,723 35,545 69,696
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.81% 90.61% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 38,881 20,941 55,105
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 £73,000
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 12 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 12 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 -78 185 £100,000 -4.76% 45
North of England -11 32 £90,000 +28.57% 10
South East -26 32 £67,500 +8.00% 26
North West +17 29 £90,000 +53.19% 3
Midlands -12 19 £62,500 +51.52% 2
South West -9 16 £78,750 -17.11% 10
West Midlands +8 13 £60,000 +65.52% 2
East of England -1 8 £50,000 -9.09% 8
East Midlands -31 8 £85,000 +30.77%
North East -18 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 12 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.

1 293 (100.00%) Python
2 155 (52.90%) Software Engineering
3 97 (33.11%) AWS
4 77 (26.28%) Agile
4 77 (26.28%) AI
5 69 (23.55%) SQL
6 57 (19.45%) Azure
7 56 (19.11%) CI/CD
8 53 (18.09%) Degree
8 53 (18.09%) Fintech
9 51 (17.41%) Computer Science
10 43 (14.68%) GCP
11 41 (13.99%) Computer Science Degree
12 40 (13.65%) Git
13 38 (12.97%) C++
13 38 (12.97%) TypeScript
14 36 (12.29%) DevOps
15 34 (11.60%) Full-Stack Development
16 31 (10.58%) Kubernetes
16 31 (10.58%) Terraform
16 31 (10.58%) Test Automation
17 30 (10.24%) Linux
18 29 (9.90%) Analytics
18 29 (9.90%) SaaS
19 28 (9.56%) Docker
19 28 (9.56%) Infrastructure as Code
20 27 (9.22%) Data Pipeline
20 27 (9.22%) GitHub
21 26 (8.87%) Data Science
21 26 (8.87%) Google

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 23 (7.85%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (3.41%) Apache
3 9 (3.07%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 97 (33.11%) AWS
2 57 (19.45%) Azure
3 43 (14.68%) GCP
4 29 (9.90%) SaaS
5 27 (9.22%) GitHub
6 18 (6.14%) Snowflake
7 13 (4.44%) Amazon S3
7 13 (4.44%) Serverless
8 11 (3.75%) dbt
8 11 (3.75%) IaaS
8 11 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (3.75%) PaaS
8 11 (3.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 9 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (2.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (2.39%) Power Platform
11 6 (2.05%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.05%) Amazon Kinesis
12 5 (1.71%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.75%) Multicast
2 6 (2.05%) HTTP
3 4 (1.37%) DNS
3 4 (1.37%) SMTP
3 4 (1.37%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.34%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.87%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (4.44%) NoSQL
3 10 (3.41%) Relational Database
3 10 (3.41%) Tableau
4 9 (3.07%) Data Lake
4 9 (3.07%) MongoDB
5 8 (2.73%) DynamoDB
6 7 (2.39%) Amazon Athena
6 7 (2.39%) Apache Arrow
6 7 (2.39%) Apache Iceberg
6 7 (2.39%) Dremio
6 7 (2.39%) Power BI
6 7 (2.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (2.05%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (2.05%) Flink
8 5 (1.71%) Apache Ignite
9 3 (1.02%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.02%) Metadata
10 2 (0.68%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 40 (13.65%) Git
2 11 (3.75%) JIRA
3 5 (1.71%) Selenium
4 4 (1.37%) GitLab
5 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
General
1 93 (31.74%) Finance
2 34 (11.60%) Social Skills
3 32 (10.92%) Banking
4 28 (9.56%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (8.19%) Front Office
6 15 (5.12%) Legal
7 11 (3.75%) Games
8 7 (2.39%) Retail Banking
9 5 (1.71%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.02%) Back Office
10 3 (1.02%) Law
10 3 (1.02%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.02%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.02%) Retail
10 3 (1.02%) 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%) iGaming
12 1 (0.34%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.19%) React
2 22 (7.51%) FastAPI
3 18 (6.14%) Django
4 15 (5.12%) Node.js
5 12 (4.10%) Kafka
6 11 (3.75%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 11 (3.75%) FIX Protocol
6 11 (3.75%) pytest
7 10 (3.41%) AngularJS
7 10 (3.41%) NumPy
7 10 (3.41%) Pandas
8 9 (3.07%) Redux
9 8 (2.73%) Flask
9 8 (2.73%) HTML
9 8 (2.73%) PySpark
9 8 (2.73%) REST
10 7 (2.39%) Celery
10 7 (2.39%) RESTful
10 7 (2.39%) SciPy
10 7 (2.39%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.92%) Fixed Income
2 30 (10.24%) Hedge funds
3 27 (9.22%) Equities
4 26 (8.87%) Cloud Native
5 24 (8.19%) Derivative
6 23 (7.85%) Management Information System
7 14 (4.78%) Algorithms
8 11 (3.75%) Security Posture
9 8 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (2.73%) Robotics
10 7 (2.39%) Data Structures
10 7 (2.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.71%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.71%) Pricing Data
12 4 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.37%) GNSS
12 4 (1.37%) Satnav
12 4 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (1.02%) Reinsurance
14 2 (0.68%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.24%) Linux
2 15 (5.12%) Windows
3 11 (3.75%) Mac OS
3 11 (3.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (52.90%) Software Engineering
2 77 (26.28%) Agile
2 77 (26.28%) AI
3 56 (19.11%) CI/CD
4 53 (18.09%) Fintech
5 51 (17.41%) Computer Science
6 36 (12.29%) DevOps
7 34 (11.60%) Full-Stack Development
8 31 (10.58%) Test Automation
9 29 (9.90%) Analytics
10 28 (9.56%) Infrastructure as Code
11 27 (9.22%) Data Pipeline
12 26 (8.87%) Data Science
13 25 (8.53%) ETL
14 24 (8.19%) TDD
15 22 (7.51%) Information Security
15 22 (7.51%) Process Improvement
16 21 (7.17%) Investment Management
17 20 (6.83%) Data Engineering
18 19 (6.48%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 293 (100.00%) Python
2 69 (23.55%) SQL
3 38 (12.97%) C++
3 38 (12.97%) TypeScript
4 20 (6.83%) Java
4 20 (6.83%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.44%) Bash
6 12 (4.10%) PowerShell
7 11 (3.75%) C#
8 4 (1.37%) C
8 4 (1.37%) PHP
8 4 (1.37%) Rust
9 2 (0.68%) Julia
9 2 (0.68%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.68%) Scala
9 2 (0.68%) VBA
10 1 (0.34%) Go
Qualifications
1 53 (18.09%) Degree
2 41 (13.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (7.51%) CISSP
4 11 (3.75%) CCSK
4 11 (3.75%) CISA
4 11 (3.75%) CompTIA CySA+
5 7 (2.39%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.71%) PhD
7 4 (1.37%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.37%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.34%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.53%) QA
2 12 (4.10%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (4.10%) NIST
3 10 (3.41%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.34%) GDPR
System Software
1 28 (9.56%) Docker
2 3 (1.02%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.02%) KVM
2 3 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 31 (10.58%) Kubernetes
1 31 (10.58%) Terraform
2 6 (2.05%) Argo
2 6 (2.05%) Grafana
3 5 (1.71%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.34%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (8.87%) Google
2 11 (3.75%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.39%) Databricks
4 3 (1.02%) OpenAI
4 3 (1.02%) VMware
5 1 (0.34%) Foundry
5 1 (0.34%) Palantir
5 1 (0.34%) Splunk