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 27 March 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 262 401
Rank change year-on-year -88 +139 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 332 426 473
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 1.17% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 1.30% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 255 381 435
10th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £62,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £105,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +23.53% -2.86%
75th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £115,000
90th Percentile £126,250 £140,000 £138,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £105,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +23.53% -

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 63,292 32,676 73,151
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.08% 89.99% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 41,400 20,880 57,222
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
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 27 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 27 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 -82 199 £100,000 -6.98% 40
South East -25 50 £65,000 +4.00% 28
North of England -21 33 £90,000 +33.33% 10
North West +8 29 £90,000 +53.19% 7
Midlands -20 20 £65,000 +52.94% 1
South West - 19 £75,000 - 11
West Midlands -1 14 £60,000 +71.43% 1
East of England -19 10 £50,000 -9.09% 3
East Midlands -44 7 £85,000 +30.77%
North East -27 4 £82,500 +26.92%
Python Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 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.

1 332 (100.00%) Python
2 174 (52.41%) Software Engineering
3 113 (34.04%) AWS
4 92 (27.71%) AI
5 80 (24.10%) Agile
6 69 (20.78%) SQL
7 65 (19.58%) Degree
8 63 (18.98%) Azure
8 63 (18.98%) CI/CD
9 57 (17.17%) Computer Science
10 53 (15.96%) Computer Science Degree
11 52 (15.66%) Fintech
12 50 (15.06%) C++
13 45 (13.55%) GCP
14 43 (12.95%) Git
15 42 (12.65%) DevOps
16 40 (12.05%) Full-Stack Development
17 39 (11.75%) TypeScript
18 38 (11.45%) Kubernetes
18 38 (11.45%) Terraform
19 37 (11.14%) Infrastructure as Code
20 36 (10.84%) Linux
21 34 (10.24%) QA
22 33 (9.94%) SaaS
22 33 (9.94%) Test Automation
23 32 (9.64%) PostgreSQL
24 31 (9.34%) Analytics
25 28 (8.43%) Docker
25 28 (8.43%) Machine Learning
26 27 (8.13%) 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 22 (6.63%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (3.31%) Apache Spark
3 10 (3.01%) Apache
4 1 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 113 (34.04%) AWS
2 63 (18.98%) Azure
3 45 (13.55%) GCP
4 33 (9.94%) SaaS
5 27 (8.13%) GitHub
6 17 (5.12%) Amazon S3
7 16 (4.82%) Snowflake
8 13 (3.92%) Serverless
9 12 (3.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (3.31%) IaaS
10 11 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (3.31%) PaaS
11 9 (2.71%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (2.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (2.41%) dbt
13 7 (2.11%) Amazon Kinesis
13 7 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (2.11%) Power Platform
14 6 (1.81%) Amazon EKS
14 6 (1.81%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.22%) Multicast
2 6 (1.81%) HTTP
3 5 (1.51%) DNS
3 5 (1.51%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.20%) SMTP
5 2 (0.60%) Broadband
6 1 (0.30%) BGP
6 1 (0.30%) Firewall
6 1 (0.30%) IPv4
6 1 (0.30%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.64%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (4.22%) NoSQL
2 14 (4.22%) Relational Database
3 10 (3.01%) MongoDB
3 10 (3.01%) Tableau
4 8 (2.41%) DynamoDB
5 7 (2.11%) Data Lake
5 7 (2.11%) Power BI
5 7 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (1.81%) Flink
7 5 (1.51%) Amazon Athena
7 5 (1.51%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.20%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (1.20%) Apache Arrow
8 4 (1.20%) Apache Iceberg
8 4 (1.20%) Apache Ignite
8 4 (1.20%) Dremio
8 4 (1.20%) MySQL
9 3 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 43 (12.95%) Git
2 15 (4.52%) JIRA
3 7 (2.11%) Selenium
4 6 (1.81%) GitLab
5 2 (0.60%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 95 (28.61%) Finance
2 39 (11.75%) Social Skills
3 35 (10.54%) Banking
4 29 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.02%) Front Office
6 15 (4.52%) Legal
7 12 (3.61%) Games
8 8 (2.41%) Retail Banking
9 4 (1.20%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.20%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.90%) Law
10 3 (0.90%) Public Sector
10 3 (0.90%) Retail
10 3 (0.90%) Tech for Good
10 3 (0.90%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.60%) Back Office
11 2 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.30%) Advertising
12 1 (0.30%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.30%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.83%) React
2 25 (7.53%) FastAPI
3 24 (7.23%) Django
4 18 (5.42%) Node.js
5 14 (4.22%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 14 (4.22%) FIX Protocol
5 14 (4.22%) Kafka
5 14 (4.22%) pytest
6 11 (3.31%) Flask
7 9 (2.71%) Celery
7 9 (2.71%) HTML
7 9 (2.71%) Playwright
7 9 (2.71%) Redux
8 8 (2.41%) PySpark
8 8 (2.41%) REST
8 8 (2.41%) RESTful
9 7 (2.11%) NumPy
9 7 (2.11%) Pandas
9 7 (2.11%) Puppeteer
9 7 (2.11%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.64%) Fixed Income
2 29 (8.73%) Hedge funds
3 28 (8.43%) Cloud Native
4 26 (7.83%) Derivative
4 26 (7.83%) Equities
5 23 (6.93%) Management Information System
6 19 (5.72%) Algorithms
7 11 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (3.31%) Security Posture
8 9 (2.71%) Robotics
9 7 (2.11%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.51%) CUDA
10 5 (1.51%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.51%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.20%) GNSS
11 4 (1.20%) Pricing Data
11 4 (1.20%) Satnav
11 4 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 36 (10.84%) Linux
2 15 (4.52%) Windows
3 11 (3.31%) Mac OS
3 11 (3.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (52.41%) Software Engineering
2 92 (27.71%) AI
3 80 (24.10%) Agile
4 63 (18.98%) CI/CD
5 57 (17.17%) Computer Science
6 52 (15.66%) Fintech
7 42 (12.65%) DevOps
8 40 (12.05%) Full-Stack Development
9 37 (11.14%) Infrastructure as Code
10 33 (9.94%) Test Automation
11 31 (9.34%) Analytics
12 28 (8.43%) Machine Learning
13 27 (8.13%) Data Pipeline
13 27 (8.13%) Data Science
13 27 (8.13%) TDD
14 25 (7.53%) Process Improvement
15 22 (6.63%) ETL
15 22 (6.63%) Information Security
15 22 (6.63%) SDLC
16 21 (6.33%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 332 (100.00%) Python
2 69 (20.78%) SQL
3 50 (15.06%) C++
4 39 (11.75%) TypeScript
5 21 (6.33%) JavaScript
6 19 (5.72%) Java
7 17 (5.12%) C#
8 13 (3.92%) Bash
9 12 (3.61%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.51%) C
10 5 (1.51%) Rust
11 4 (1.20%) Scala
12 3 (0.90%) Julia
12 3 (0.90%) PHP
13 2 (0.60%) Go
13 2 (0.60%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.60%) Ruby
14 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 65 (19.58%) Degree
2 53 (15.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (6.63%) CISSP
4 14 (4.22%) Master's Degree
5 11 (3.31%) CCSK
5 11 (3.31%) CISA
5 11 (3.31%) CompTIA CySA+
6 10 (3.01%) PhD
7 4 (1.20%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.20%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.30%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.30%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.24%) QA
2 13 (3.92%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.61%) NIST
4 10 (3.01%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.30%) GDPR
5 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (8.43%) Docker
2 4 (1.20%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.20%) KVM
2 4 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (11.45%) Kubernetes
1 38 (11.45%) Terraform
2 6 (1.81%) Argo
2 6 (1.81%) Grafana
3 5 (1.51%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.60%) Ansible
Vendors
1 23 (6.93%) Google
2 11 (3.31%) Microsoft
3 6 (1.81%) Databricks
4 4 (1.20%) OpenAI
4 4 (1.20%) VMware
5 1 (0.30%) Foundry
5 1 (0.30%) Palantir
5 1 (0.30%) Splunk