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 6 August 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 307 276
Rank change year-on-year +30 -31 +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 659 403 704
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.71% 0.93% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 1.02% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 549 297 631
10th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £68,750 £82,500 £72,500
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 £117,500 £137,500 £148,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £110,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% +5.26%

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 87,430 39,496 69,091
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 90.67% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 61,472 23,894 47,595
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,754 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 6 August 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 6 August 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 -32 360 £100,000 -9.09% 194
South East +61 109 £65,000 +18.18% 14
North of England +27 79 £80,000 +14.29% 14
North West +40 51 £68,496 -2.15% 7
South West -32 45 £75,000 +20.00% 13
Midlands -11 39 £68,750 +5.77% 6
West Midlands +5 38 £68,750 +96.43% 4
East of England -5 29 £75,000 +25.00% 9
North East -30 23 £85,000 +183.33% 4
Yorkshire -24 5 £100,000 +60.00% 3
East Midlands -23 1 - - 2
Python Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 August 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.

1 659 (100.00%) Python
2 389 (59.03%) Software Engineering
3 225 (34.14%) AWS
4 216 (32.78%) AI
5 101 (15.33%) Agile
6 96 (14.57%) CI/CD
7 93 (14.11%) Azure
8 91 (13.81%) C++
9 87 (13.20%) Full-Stack Development
10 86 (13.05%) SQL
11 82 (12.44%) Degree
12 80 (12.14%) GCP
13 78 (11.84%) Django
13 78 (11.84%) Fintech
14 74 (11.23%) FastAPI
15 72 (10.93%) DevOps
16 68 (10.32%) Computer Science Degree
17 66 (10.02%) PostgreSQL
18 65 (9.86%) TypeScript
19 64 (9.71%) Machine Learning
20 62 (9.41%) Terraform
21 61 (9.26%) Docker
21 61 (9.26%) React
22 60 (9.10%) Computer Science
23 56 (8.50%) Infrastructure as Code
24 54 (8.19%) SaaS
25 52 (7.89%) Kubernetes
26 51 (7.74%) LLM
27 50 (7.59%) Flask
28 49 (7.44%) 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 26 (3.95%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (3.34%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.28%) Apache
4 2 (0.30%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 225 (34.14%) AWS
2 93 (14.11%) Azure
3 80 (12.14%) GCP
4 54 (8.19%) SaaS
5 24 (3.64%) Amazon S3
6 19 (2.88%) Serverless
7 18 (2.73%) Snowflake
8 13 (1.97%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (1.97%) GitHub
9 10 (1.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 10 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
9 10 (1.52%) dbt
9 10 (1.52%) Power Platform
10 9 (1.37%) Anthropic Claude
11 8 (1.21%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 7 (1.06%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (1.06%) AWS Step Functions
12 7 (1.06%) Azure Stack
13 6 (0.91%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (0.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.12%) Multicast
2 9 (1.37%) TCP/IP
3 5 (0.76%) Broadband
4 4 (0.61%) SMS
5 2 (0.30%) BGP
5 2 (0.30%) DNS
5 2 (0.30%) MQTT
6 1 (0.15%) Cisco IOS
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%) Network Security
6 1 (0.15%) NX-OS
6 1 (0.15%) OSPF
6 1 (0.15%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.15%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (10.02%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (5.92%) Relational Database
3 25 (3.79%) MySQL
4 20 (3.03%) NoSQL
5 17 (2.58%) Elasticsearch
6 15 (2.28%) MongoDB
7 11 (1.67%) Redis
8 10 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (1.37%) Power BI
10 8 (1.21%) DynamoDB
11 7 (1.06%) Big Data
11 7 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.76%) Amazon Aurora
12 5 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.61%) Metadata
14 3 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
14 3 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.46%) GIS
14 3 (0.46%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 42 (6.37%) Git
2 20 (3.03%) JIRA
3 15 (2.28%) Claude Code
4 10 (1.52%) GitLab
5 4 (0.61%) Selenium
6 2 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 103 (15.63%) Finance
2 73 (11.08%) Social Skills
3 33 (5.01%) Banking
4 26 (3.95%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (2.28%) Pharmaceutical
6 13 (1.97%) Front Office
6 13 (1.97%) Manufacturing
7 8 (1.21%) Retail Banking
8 6 (0.91%) Games
8 6 (0.91%) Health Technology
8 6 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (0.91%) Telecoms
9 5 (0.76%) Automotive
10 4 (0.61%) Aerospace
10 4 (0.61%) Investment Banking
10 4 (0.61%) Law
10 4 (0.61%) Legal
10 4 (0.61%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.46%) Marketing
11 3 (0.46%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (11.84%) Django
2 74 (11.23%) FastAPI
3 61 (9.26%) React
4 50 (7.59%) Flask
5 30 (4.55%) Kafka
6 29 (4.40%) Node.js
7 25 (3.79%) SQLAlchemy
8 23 (3.49%) RESTful
9 22 (3.34%) REST
10 17 (2.58%) pytest
11 16 (2.43%) Celery
12 14 (2.12%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 14 (2.12%) FIX Protocol
13 12 (1.82%) Vue
14 11 (1.67%) AngularJS
15 9 (1.37%) Next.js
16 8 (1.21%) HTML
16 8 (1.21%) LangChain
16 8 (1.21%) Ruby on Rails
17 7 (1.06%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 57 (8.65%) Cloud Native
2 45 (6.83%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (4.25%) Algorithms
3 28 (4.25%) Distributed Computing
4 22 (3.34%) Equities
5 20 (3.03%) Derivative
5 20 (3.03%) Fixed Income
6 15 (2.28%) AI Agents
6 15 (2.28%) Cyber Threat
7 14 (2.12%) Hedge funds
8 12 (1.82%) Product Ownership
9 11 (1.67%) Client/Server
10 8 (1.21%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.06%) PropTech
12 6 (0.91%) CUDA
12 6 (0.91%) Data Structures
12 6 (0.91%) Distributed Architecture
12 6 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.91%) Public Cloud
12 6 (0.91%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.22%) Linux
2 10 (1.52%) Windows
3 9 (1.37%) Unix
4 2 (0.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (59.03%) Software Engineering
2 216 (32.78%) AI
3 101 (15.33%) Agile
4 96 (14.57%) CI/CD
5 87 (13.20%) Full-Stack Development
6 78 (11.84%) Fintech
7 72 (10.93%) DevOps
8 64 (9.71%) Machine Learning
9 60 (9.10%) Computer Science
10 56 (8.50%) Infrastructure as Code
11 51 (7.74%) LLM
12 49 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 48 (7.28%) Observability
13 48 (7.28%) Problem-Solving
14 45 (6.83%) Clean Code
15 44 (6.68%) Data Engineering
15 44 (6.68%) Data Pipeline
16 42 (6.37%) Mentoring
17 41 (6.22%) Microservices
18 40 (6.07%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 659 (100.00%) Python
2 91 (13.81%) C++
3 86 (13.05%) SQL
4 65 (9.86%) TypeScript
5 42 (6.37%) C#
6 36 (5.46%) Java
7 29 (4.40%) JavaScript
8 18 (2.73%) Go
9 12 (1.82%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.82%) Ruby
9 12 (1.82%) Rust
10 6 (0.91%) C
11 4 (0.61%) Bash
11 4 (0.61%) Julia
11 4 (0.61%) Scala
12 2 (0.30%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.15%) R
Qualifications
1 82 (12.44%) Degree
2 68 (10.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 33 (5.01%) Master's Degree
4 28 (4.25%) Security Cleared
5 23 (3.49%) SC Cleared
6 20 (3.03%) PhD
7 14 (2.12%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.91%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.76%) CISSP
10 2 (0.30%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.30%) CCSK
10 2 (0.30%) CEH
10 2 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.30%) GCIA
10 2 (0.30%) GCIH
10 2 (0.30%) OSCP
11 1 (0.15%) CCIE
11 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.15%) CompTIA CySA+
11 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.16%) QA
2 17 (2.58%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.46%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.30%) GDPR
4 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.30%) NIST
4 2 (0.30%) SLA
5 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 61 (9.26%) Docker
2 5 (0.76%) Hyper-V
2 5 (0.76%) KVM
2 5 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.30%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 62 (9.41%) Terraform
2 52 (7.89%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.28%) Ansible
4 10 (1.52%) Grafana
5 4 (0.61%) Kibana
6 3 (0.46%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.30%) Puppet
Vendors
1 20 (3.03%) Databricks
2 12 (1.82%) Google
3 10 (1.52%) OpenAI
4 7 (1.06%) Splunk
5 6 (0.91%) Dynatrace
5 6 (0.91%) Intel
6 5 (0.76%) VMware
7 4 (0.61%) Palantir
8 3 (0.46%) Microsoft
9 2 (0.30%) Revolut
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