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 28 July 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 309 301
Rank change year-on-year +37 -8 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 626 408 698
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.69% 0.94% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 1.04% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 528 299 630
10th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £83,125 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £110,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £137,500 £148,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £110,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +15.79% -

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 85,120 39,347 72,795
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 90.63% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 59,761 23,819 51,484
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 £76,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £91,500
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 28 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 28 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 -28 344 £100,000 -9.09% 108
South East +82 106 £65,000 +18.18% 15
North of England +29 77 £80,000 +14.29% 11
North West +47 50 £71,991 -28.01% 7
South West -32 42 £75,000 +20.00% 10
West Midlands +15 35 £67,500 +92.86% 4
Midlands -13 35 £67,500 +3.85% 5
East of England +1 24 £80,000 +39.13% 3
North East -25 22 £85,000 +183.33% 1
Yorkshire -38 5 £100,000 +60.00% 3
Python Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 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.

1 626 (100.00%) Python
2 377 (60.22%) Software Engineering
3 214 (34.19%) AI
4 208 (33.23%) AWS
5 101 (16.13%) Agile
6 92 (14.70%) C++
7 88 (14.06%) CI/CD
8 87 (13.90%) Azure
9 83 (13.26%) SQL
10 82 (13.10%) Degree
10 82 (13.10%) Full-Stack Development
11 81 (12.94%) Fintech
12 74 (11.82%) Django
13 70 (11.18%) FastAPI
14 69 (11.02%) GCP
15 68 (10.86%) Computer Science Degree
16 67 (10.70%) DevOps
17 65 (10.38%) PostgreSQL
17 65 (10.38%) TypeScript
18 62 (9.90%) Machine Learning
19 59 (9.42%) Computer Science
19 59 (9.42%) Docker
20 57 (9.11%) React
21 53 (8.47%) Terraform
22 52 (8.31%) SaaS
23 50 (7.99%) Kubernetes
23 50 (7.99%) LLM
24 49 (7.83%) Flask
24 49 (7.83%) Infrastructure as Code
25 45 (7.19%) Data Engineering

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 (4.31%) Apache Airflow
2 23 (3.67%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.40%) Apache
4 2 (0.32%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 208 (33.23%) AWS
2 87 (13.90%) Azure
3 69 (11.02%) GCP
4 52 (8.31%) SaaS
5 23 (3.67%) Amazon S3
6 19 (3.04%) Snowflake
7 18 (2.88%) Serverless
8 14 (2.24%) GitHub
9 12 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (1.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 10 (1.60%) Power Platform
11 8 (1.28%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 8 (1.28%) Anthropic Claude
12 7 (1.12%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (1.12%) AWS Step Functions
12 7 (1.12%) Azure Stack
12 7 (1.12%) dbt
12 7 (1.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (0.96%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (0.96%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.40%) Multicast
2 5 (0.80%) Broadband
3 4 (0.64%) SMS
3 4 (0.64%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.32%) BGP
5 1 (0.16%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.16%) DNS
5 1 (0.16%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.16%) Firewall
5 1 (0.16%) HTTP
5 1 (0.16%) IPv4
5 1 (0.16%) LAN
5 1 (0.16%) Network Security
5 1 (0.16%) NX-OS
5 1 (0.16%) OSPF
5 1 (0.16%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.16%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (10.38%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (6.23%) Relational Database
3 25 (3.99%) MySQL
4 20 (3.19%) NoSQL
5 17 (2.72%) Elasticsearch
6 15 (2.40%) MongoDB
7 10 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (1.60%) Redis
8 9 (1.44%) Power BI
9 8 (1.28%) DynamoDB
10 7 (1.12%) Big Data
10 7 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.80%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.64%) Metadata
13 3 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.48%) GIS
13 3 (0.48%) RDBMS
14 2 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 43 (6.87%) Git
2 21 (3.35%) JIRA
3 15 (2.40%) Claude Code
4 10 (1.60%) GitLab
5 5 (0.80%) Selenium
6 2 (0.32%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.16%) Zephyr
General
1 102 (16.29%) Finance
2 64 (10.22%) Social Skills
3 31 (4.95%) Banking
4 25 (3.99%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (2.40%) Pharmaceutical
6 14 (2.24%) Front Office
7 13 (2.08%) Manufacturing
8 8 (1.28%) Retail Banking
9 7 (1.12%) Games
10 6 (0.96%) Health Technology
10 6 (0.96%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.80%) Automotive
11 5 (0.80%) Legal
12 4 (0.64%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.64%) Law
12 4 (0.64%) Public Sector
13 3 (0.48%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.48%) Marketing
14 2 (0.32%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (11.82%) Django
2 70 (11.18%) FastAPI
3 57 (9.11%) React
4 49 (7.83%) Flask
5 29 (4.63%) Kafka
5 29 (4.63%) Node.js
6 25 (3.99%) SQLAlchemy
7 21 (3.35%) RESTful
8 19 (3.04%) REST
9 18 (2.88%) pytest
10 15 (2.40%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 15 (2.40%) Celery
10 15 (2.40%) FIX Protocol
11 11 (1.76%) AngularJS
11 11 (1.76%) Vue
12 9 (1.44%) HTML
13 8 (1.28%) Next.js
13 8 (1.28%) Redux
14 7 (1.12%) Playwright
14 7 (1.12%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 51 (8.15%) Cloud Native
2 39 (6.23%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (4.47%) Algorithms
3 28 (4.47%) Distributed Computing
4 25 (3.99%) Equities
5 23 (3.67%) Derivative
5 23 (3.67%) Fixed Income
6 15 (2.40%) AI Agents
6 15 (2.40%) Cyber Threat
6 15 (2.40%) Hedge funds
7 11 (1.76%) Client/Server
7 11 (1.76%) Product Ownership
8 9 (1.44%) Robotics
9 8 (1.28%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.12%) PropTech
11 6 (0.96%) CUDA
11 6 (0.96%) Data Structures
11 6 (0.96%) Distributed Architecture
11 6 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.96%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (5.91%) Linux
2 9 (1.44%) Windows
3 6 (0.96%) Unix
4 2 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (60.22%) Software Engineering
2 214 (34.19%) AI
3 101 (16.13%) Agile
4 88 (14.06%) CI/CD
5 82 (13.10%) Full-Stack Development
6 81 (12.94%) Fintech
7 67 (10.70%) DevOps
8 62 (9.90%) Machine Learning
9 59 (9.42%) Computer Science
10 50 (7.99%) LLM
11 49 (7.83%) Infrastructure as Code
12 45 (7.19%) Data Engineering
12 45 (7.19%) Problem-Solving
13 44 (7.03%) Data Pipeline
14 39 (6.23%) Microservices
14 39 (6.23%) Observability
15 38 (6.07%) Clean Code
15 38 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
15 38 (6.07%) Technical Leadership
16 36 (5.75%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 626 (100.00%) Python
2 92 (14.70%) C++
3 83 (13.26%) SQL
4 65 (10.38%) TypeScript
5 41 (6.55%) C#
6 34 (5.43%) Java
7 30 (4.79%) JavaScript
8 18 (2.88%) Go
9 12 (1.92%) Rust
10 11 (1.76%) Ruby
11 6 (0.96%) C
12 5 (0.80%) Bash
12 5 (0.80%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.64%) Julia
13 4 (0.64%) Scala
14 2 (0.32%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.16%) R
Qualifications
1 82 (13.10%) Degree
2 68 (10.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (5.11%) Master's Degree
4 22 (3.51%) Security Cleared
5 21 (3.35%) PhD
6 19 (3.04%) SC Cleared
7 14 (2.24%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.96%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.80%) CISSP
10 3 (0.48%) CCSK
11 2 (0.32%) CISA
11 2 (0.32%) CompTIA CySA+
12 1 (0.16%) CCIE
12 1 (0.16%) CCNP
12 1 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.16%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.75%) QA
2 18 (2.88%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.48%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.48%) NIST
4 2 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.16%) GDPR
5 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 59 (9.42%) Docker
2 5 (0.80%) Hyper-V
2 5 (0.80%) KVM
2 5 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 53 (8.47%) Terraform
2 50 (7.99%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.44%) Ansible
4 5 (0.80%) Grafana
5 4 (0.64%) Kibana
5 4 (0.64%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.32%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (3.04%) Databricks
2 11 (1.76%) Google
3 10 (1.60%) OpenAI
4 7 (1.12%) Splunk
5 5 (0.80%) Intel
5 5 (0.80%) VMware
6 4 (0.64%) Palantir
7 2 (0.32%) Microsoft
8 1 (0.16%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.16%) Arista
8 1 (0.16%) Cisco
8 1 (0.16%) Revolut