Python Engineer Job Trends in England

Python Engineer
UK > England

The median Python Engineer salary in England is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 June 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 295 351
Rank change year-on-year 0 +56 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 535 404 701
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.64% 1.02% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 1.13% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 458 292 630
10th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £82,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £110,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +22.22% -2.70%
75th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £138,750 £143,750
UK median annual salary £90,000 £110,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +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 78,395 35,712 90,083
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 90.05% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 55,154 20,740 66,741
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% +9.52% -12.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -39 306 £100,000 -9.09% 48
South East +59 95 £65,000 +4.00% 19
North of England +18 69 £90,000 +28.57% 5
North West +49 47 £82,500 -9.59% 4
West Midlands +7 29 £65,000 +85.71% 2
Midlands -9 29 £65,000 - 2
South West -54 22 £70,000 +12.00% 12
North East - 17 £100,000 - 1
East of England -13 11 £55,000 -8.33% 10
Yorkshire -37 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 18 June 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.

1 535 (100.00%) Python
2 296 (55.33%) Software Engineering
3 177 (33.08%) AI
4 168 (31.40%) AWS
5 89 (16.64%) Agile
6 87 (16.26%) C++
7 79 (14.77%) Degree
7 79 (14.77%) SQL
8 74 (13.83%) Azure
8 74 (13.83%) Fintech
9 68 (12.71%) CI/CD
10 67 (12.52%) Computer Science Degree
10 67 (12.52%) Full-Stack Development
11 61 (11.40%) Computer Science
12 58 (10.84%) Django
13 57 (10.65%) TypeScript
14 54 (10.09%) FastAPI
15 53 (9.91%) GCP
16 51 (9.53%) Machine Learning
17 50 (9.35%) PostgreSQL
18 49 (9.16%) SaaS
19 48 (8.97%) DevOps
20 45 (8.41%) Infrastructure as Code
21 44 (8.22%) Kubernetes
21 44 (8.22%) Terraform
22 42 (7.85%) Docker
22 42 (7.85%) QA
23 41 (7.66%) Git
24 37 (6.92%) C#
24 37 (6.92%) LLM

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 24 (4.49%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (3.93%) Apache Spark
3 14 (2.62%) Apache
4 2 (0.37%) Apache Pulsar
Cloud Services
1 168 (31.40%) AWS
2 74 (13.83%) Azure
3 53 (9.91%) GCP
4 49 (9.16%) SaaS
5 20 (3.74%) Amazon S3
6 19 (3.55%) GitHub
6 19 (3.55%) Snowflake
7 16 (2.99%) Serverless
8 11 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (2.06%) Power Platform
8 11 (2.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 8 (1.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (1.31%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (1.31%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 7 (1.31%) Azure Stack
10 7 (1.31%) IaaS
10 7 (1.31%) PaaS
11 6 (1.12%) Anthropic Claude
11 6 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (0.93%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.18%) Multicast
2 5 (0.93%) Broadband
3 2 (0.37%) HTTP
3 2 (0.37%) SMS
4 1 (0.19%) BGP
4 1 (0.19%) DNS
4 1 (0.19%) Firewall
4 1 (0.19%) IPv4
4 1 (0.19%) Network Security
4 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (9.35%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (5.05%) Relational Database
3 19 (3.55%) NoSQL
4 16 (2.99%) MongoDB
5 13 (2.43%) MySQL
6 11 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (1.87%) Power BI
7 10 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (1.68%) DynamoDB
9 6 (1.12%) Big Data
9 6 (1.12%) Tableau
10 5 (0.93%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (0.93%) Redis
11 4 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.75%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.56%) GIS
12 3 (0.56%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 41 (7.66%) Git
2 19 (3.55%) JIRA
3 6 (1.12%) GitLab
3 6 (1.12%) Selenium
4 3 (0.56%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 103 (19.25%) Finance
2 50 (9.35%) Social Skills
3 31 (5.79%) Banking
4 28 (5.23%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (2.80%) Games
6 12 (2.24%) Manufacturing
7 11 (2.06%) Front Office
8 9 (1.68%) Legal
9 8 (1.50%) Retail Banking
10 5 (0.93%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.75%) Automotive
11 4 (0.75%) Health Technology
11 4 (0.75%) Law
11 4 (0.75%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.56%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.37%) Advertising
13 2 (0.37%) Retail
14 1 (0.19%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (10.84%) Django
2 54 (10.09%) FastAPI
3 37 (6.92%) React
4 31 (5.79%) Flask
5 23 (4.30%) Kafka
5 23 (4.30%) Node.js
6 19 (3.55%) pytest
6 19 (3.55%) RESTful
7 17 (3.18%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 17 (3.18%) FIX Protocol
8 15 (2.80%) SQLAlchemy
9 13 (2.43%) REST
10 11 (2.06%) AngularJS
10 11 (2.06%) Celery
11 10 (1.87%) HTML
12 9 (1.68%) Vue
13 8 (1.50%) Playwright
13 8 (1.50%) Redux
14 6 (1.12%) Puppeteer
14 6 (1.12%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.97%) Cloud Native
2 30 (5.61%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (5.42%) Algorithms
4 26 (4.86%) Equities
5 25 (4.67%) Derivative
5 25 (4.67%) Fixed Income
6 23 (4.30%) Distributed Computing
7 19 (3.55%) Hedge funds
8 14 (2.62%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.87%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.68%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.68%) Robotics
11 7 (1.31%) Client/Server
11 7 (1.31%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.31%) PropTech
11 7 (1.31%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.12%) CUDA
12 6 (1.12%) Distributed Architecture
12 6 (1.12%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.93%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.17%) Linux
2 7 (1.31%) Unix
2 7 (1.31%) Windows
3 6 (1.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (55.33%) Software Engineering
2 177 (33.08%) AI
3 89 (16.64%) Agile
4 74 (13.83%) Fintech
5 68 (12.71%) CI/CD
6 67 (12.52%) Full-Stack Development
7 61 (11.40%) Computer Science
8 51 (9.53%) Machine Learning
9 48 (8.97%) DevOps
10 45 (8.41%) Infrastructure as Code
11 37 (6.92%) LLM
11 37 (6.92%) Technical Leadership
12 35 (6.54%) Data Pipeline
13 34 (6.36%) Data Science
13 34 (6.36%) Test Automation
14 33 (6.17%) Microservices
14 33 (6.17%) Observability
15 32 (5.98%) SDLC
16 31 (5.79%) Data Engineering
17 29 (5.42%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 535 (100.00%) Python
2 87 (16.26%) C++
3 79 (14.77%) SQL
4 57 (10.65%) TypeScript
5 37 (6.92%) C#
6 26 (4.86%) Java
6 26 (4.86%) JavaScript
7 13 (2.43%) Go
8 9 (1.68%) Bash
9 8 (1.50%) Rust
10 7 (1.31%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.31%) Ruby
11 5 (0.93%) C
12 4 (0.75%) Julia
12 4 (0.75%) Scala
13 2 (0.37%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 79 (14.77%) Degree
2 67 (12.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (5.05%) Master's Degree
4 20 (3.74%) PhD
5 13 (2.43%) CISSP
6 9 (1.68%) Security Cleared
7 8 (1.50%) SC Cleared
8 7 (1.31%) CCSK
9 6 (1.12%) CISA
9 6 (1.12%) CompTIA CySA+
9 6 (1.12%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (7.85%) QA
2 17 (3.18%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.31%) NIST
4 6 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.19%) GDPR
5 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 42 (7.85%) Docker
2 5 (0.93%) Hyper-V
2 5 (0.93%) KVM
2 5 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 44 (8.22%) Kubernetes
1 44 (8.22%) Terraform
2 7 (1.31%) Ansible
3 5 (0.93%) Grafana
4 4 (0.75%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.37%) Kibana
Vendors
1 16 (2.99%) Google
2 12 (2.24%) Databricks
3 7 (1.31%) OpenAI
4 6 (1.12%) Microsoft
4 6 (1.12%) Splunk
5 5 (0.93%) VMware
6 4 (0.75%) Palantir
7 1 (0.19%) Intel