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 1 July 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 304 337
Rank change year-on-year +21 +33 +55
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 563 404 721
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.66% 0.98% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 1.09% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 472 295 648
10th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £50,875
25th Percentile £65,938 £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 £117,500 £138,750 £148,750
UK median annual salary £87,500 £110,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -20.45% +22.22% -

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 80,801 37,194 87,527
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 90.27% 94.60%
Number of salaries quoted 56,895 22,002 64,520
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,869 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,673 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.95% +7.95% -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 1 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 1 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 -33 319 £100,000 -9.09% 77
South East +53 98 £65,000 +4.00% 17
North of England +17 70 £85,000 +21.43% 5
North West +36 47 £81,250 -18.75% 5
West Midlands -3 31 £65,000 +85.71% 2
Midlands -19 31 £65,000 - 2
South West -44 30 £75,000 +20.00% 11
North East -35 18 £92,500 +208.33%
East of England -9 14 £73,750 +28.26% 12
Yorkshire -34 5 £100,000 +60.00%
Python Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 563 (100.00%) Python
2 321 (57.02%) Software Engineering
3 189 (33.57%) AWS
4 187 (33.21%) AI
5 95 (16.87%) Agile
6 93 (16.52%) C++
7 83 (14.74%) Azure
7 83 (14.74%) SQL
8 82 (14.56%) Degree
9 77 (13.68%) Fintech
10 73 (12.97%) CI/CD
11 70 (12.43%) Full-Stack Development
12 68 (12.08%) Computer Science Degree
13 64 (11.37%) Computer Science
14 63 (11.19%) Django
15 60 (10.66%) TypeScript
16 59 (10.48%) FastAPI
17 58 (10.30%) GCP
18 54 (9.59%) DevOps
18 54 (9.59%) Docker
18 54 (9.59%) PostgreSQL
19 52 (9.24%) Machine Learning
19 52 (9.24%) SaaS
20 48 (8.53%) Terraform
21 47 (8.35%) Kubernetes
22 46 (8.17%) Infrastructure as Code
23 43 (7.64%) Git
23 43 (7.64%) React
24 42 (7.46%) QA
25 40 (7.10%) 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 27 (4.80%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (3.91%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.66%) Apache
4 2 (0.36%) Apache Pulsar
Cloud Services
1 189 (33.57%) AWS
2 83 (14.74%) Azure
3 58 (10.30%) GCP
4 52 (9.24%) SaaS
5 21 (3.73%) Amazon S3
6 19 (3.37%) Snowflake
7 18 (3.20%) GitHub
8 17 (3.02%) Serverless
9 12 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (1.95%) Power Platform
11 10 (1.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 9 (1.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (1.42%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 7 (1.24%) Amazon ECS
14 7 (1.24%) Azure Stack
15 6 (1.07%) Amazon SQS
15 6 (1.07%) Anthropic Claude
15 6 (1.07%) AWS Step Functions
15 6 (1.07%) IaaS
15 6 (1.07%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.20%) Multicast
2 5 (0.89%) Broadband
3 4 (0.71%) SMS
4 2 (0.36%) HTTP
5 1 (0.18%) BGP
5 1 (0.18%) DNS
5 1 (0.18%) Firewall
5 1 (0.18%) IPv4
5 1 (0.18%) Network Security
5 1 (0.18%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (9.59%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (6.39%) Relational Database
3 22 (3.91%) MySQL
4 19 (3.37%) NoSQL
5 16 (2.84%) MongoDB
6 14 (2.49%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (1.78%) DynamoDB
7 10 (1.78%) Power BI
7 10 (1.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (1.07%) Big Data
9 5 (0.89%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.89%) Redis
9 5 (0.89%) Tableau
10 4 (0.71%) Metadata
10 4 (0.71%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.53%) GIS
Development Applications
1 43 (7.64%) Git
2 22 (3.91%) JIRA
3 12 (2.13%) Claude Code
4 8 (1.42%) GitLab
5 6 (1.07%) Selenium
6 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 109 (19.36%) Finance
2 55 (9.77%) Social Skills
3 33 (5.86%) Banking
4 27 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (2.31%) Manufacturing
6 12 (2.13%) Front Office
6 12 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
7 11 (1.95%) Games
8 8 (1.42%) Legal
8 8 (1.42%) Retail Banking
9 6 (1.07%) Telecoms
10 4 (0.71%) Automotive
10 4 (0.71%) Health Technology
10 4 (0.71%) Law
10 4 (0.71%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.53%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.36%) Advertising
12 2 (0.36%) Marketing
12 2 (0.36%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (11.19%) Django
2 59 (10.48%) FastAPI
3 43 (7.64%) React
4 40 (7.10%) Flask
5 26 (4.62%) Kafka
6 25 (4.44%) Node.js
7 23 (4.09%) SQLAlchemy
8 20 (3.55%) pytest
9 19 (3.37%) RESTful
10 18 (3.20%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 18 (3.20%) FIX Protocol
11 13 (2.31%) Celery
11 13 (2.31%) REST
12 11 (1.95%) AngularJS
13 10 (1.78%) HTML
13 10 (1.78%) Vue
14 8 (1.42%) Playwright
14 8 (1.42%) Redux
15 7 (1.24%) Next.js
15 7 (1.24%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.53%) Cloud Native
2 30 (5.33%) Algorithms
3 29 (5.15%) Distributed Systems
4 28 (4.97%) Equities
5 26 (4.62%) Derivative
5 26 (4.62%) Fixed Income
6 25 (4.44%) Distributed Computing
7 17 (3.02%) Hedge funds
8 12 (2.13%) AI Agents
8 12 (2.13%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.78%) Client/Server
9 10 (1.78%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.60%) Robotics
11 8 (1.42%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.24%) PropTech
12 7 (1.24%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.07%) CUDA
13 6 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (1.07%) Distributed Architecture
13 6 (1.07%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.39%) Linux
2 8 (1.42%) Windows
3 6 (1.07%) Unix
4 5 (0.89%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (57.02%) Software Engineering
2 187 (33.21%) AI
3 95 (16.87%) Agile
4 77 (13.68%) Fintech
5 73 (12.97%) CI/CD
6 70 (12.43%) Full-Stack Development
7 64 (11.37%) Computer Science
8 54 (9.59%) DevOps
9 52 (9.24%) Machine Learning
10 46 (8.17%) Infrastructure as Code
11 40 (7.10%) Data Pipeline
11 40 (7.10%) Technical Leadership
12 38 (6.75%) LLM
13 36 (6.39%) Problem-Solving
14 35 (6.22%) SDLC
15 34 (6.04%) Data Science
15 34 (6.04%) Observability
16 33 (5.86%) Data Engineering
16 33 (5.86%) Microservices
16 33 (5.86%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 563 (100.00%) Python
2 93 (16.52%) C++
3 83 (14.74%) SQL
4 60 (10.66%) TypeScript
5 39 (6.93%) C#
6 28 (4.97%) JavaScript
7 26 (4.62%) Java
8 15 (2.66%) Go
9 11 (1.95%) Rust
10 8 (1.42%) Bash
10 8 (1.42%) Ruby
11 6 (1.07%) C
11 6 (1.07%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.71%) Julia
12 4 (0.71%) Scala
13 2 (0.36%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.36%) PHP
14 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 82 (14.56%) Degree
2 68 (12.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 29 (5.15%) Master's Degree
4 20 (3.55%) PhD
5 14 (2.49%) Security Cleared
6 13 (2.31%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.95%) CISSP
7 11 (1.95%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.07%) CCSK
9 5 (0.89%) CISA
9 5 (0.89%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (0.53%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.18%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (7.46%) QA
2 18 (3.20%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.07%) NIST
4 5 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.18%) GDPR
6 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 54 (9.59%) Docker
2 5 (0.89%) Hyper-V
2 5 (0.89%) KVM
2 5 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 48 (8.53%) Terraform
2 47 (8.35%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.42%) Ansible
4 5 (0.89%) Grafana
5 4 (0.71%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.53%) Kibana
Vendors
1 16 (2.84%) Databricks
2 14 (2.49%) Google
3 7 (1.24%) Splunk
4 6 (1.07%) OpenAI
5 5 (0.89%) Microsoft
5 5 (0.89%) VMware
6 4 (0.71%) Palantir
7 3 (0.53%) Intel