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 2 April 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 258 399
Rank change year-on-year -95 +141 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 347 426 476
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.49% 1.17% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 1.30% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 267 384 436
10th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £62,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £105,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +23.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £115,000
90th Percentile £125,500 £139,625 £138,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £105,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +23.53% -2.86%

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 65,304 32,867 74,074
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 89.91% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 42,937 21,128 57,819
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,946
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 2 April 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 2 April 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 -82 207 £100,000 -8.05% 40
South East -18 53 £65,000 +4.00% 28
North of England -37 34 £90,000 +33.33% 10
North West +6 30 £90,000 +9.09% 7
South West - 21 £68,750 - 11
Midlands -25 20 £65,000 +52.94% 1
West Midlands -10 14 £60,000 +71.43% 1
East of England -22 11 £50,000 -9.09% 3
East Midlands -44 7 £85,000 +30.77%
North East -23 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 2 April 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.

1 347 (100.00%) Python
2 180 (51.87%) Software Engineering
3 119 (34.29%) AWS
4 95 (27.38%) AI
5 82 (23.63%) Agile
6 73 (21.04%) SQL
7 66 (19.02%) Degree
8 65 (18.73%) CI/CD
9 64 (18.44%) Azure
10 60 (17.29%) Computer Science
11 55 (15.85%) Fintech
12 54 (15.56%) Computer Science Degree
13 50 (14.41%) C++
14 49 (14.12%) GCP
15 44 (12.68%) DevOps
16 43 (12.39%) Git
17 42 (12.10%) Full-Stack Development
18 41 (11.82%) Kubernetes
19 40 (11.53%) Infrastructure as Code
19 40 (11.53%) Terraform
19 40 (11.53%) TypeScript
20 36 (10.37%) Linux
20 36 (10.37%) SaaS
21 35 (10.09%) PostgreSQL
21 35 (10.09%) QA
22 34 (9.80%) Test Automation
23 32 (9.22%) Analytics
24 30 (8.65%) Docker
25 29 (8.36%) Django
26 28 (8.07%) FastAPI

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 (6.34%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (3.46%) Apache Spark
3 11 (3.17%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 119 (34.29%) AWS
2 64 (18.44%) Azure
3 49 (14.12%) GCP
4 36 (10.37%) SaaS
5 27 (7.78%) GitHub
6 17 (4.90%) Amazon S3
7 16 (4.61%) Snowflake
8 15 (4.32%) Serverless
9 12 (3.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (3.17%) IaaS
10 11 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (3.17%) PaaS
11 9 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (2.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (2.31%) dbt
13 7 (2.02%) Amazon Kinesis
13 7 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (2.02%) Power Platform
14 6 (1.73%) Amazon EKS
14 6 (1.73%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.03%) Multicast
2 6 (1.73%) HTTP
3 5 (1.44%) DNS
3 5 (1.44%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.15%) SMTP
5 2 (0.58%) Broadband
6 1 (0.29%) BGP
6 1 (0.29%) Firewall
6 1 (0.29%) IPv4
6 1 (0.29%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (10.09%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (4.61%) Relational Database
3 15 (4.32%) NoSQL
4 12 (3.46%) MongoDB
5 10 (2.88%) Tableau
6 8 (2.31%) DynamoDB
7 7 (2.02%) Data Lake
7 7 (2.02%) Power BI
7 7 (2.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (1.73%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (1.73%) Flink
9 5 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.15%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (1.15%) Apache Arrow
10 4 (1.15%) Apache Iceberg
10 4 (1.15%) Apache Ignite
10 4 (1.15%) Dremio
10 4 (1.15%) MySQL
11 3 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 43 (12.39%) Git
2 15 (4.32%) JIRA
3 7 (2.02%) Selenium
4 6 (1.73%) GitLab
5 2 (0.58%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 97 (27.95%) Finance
2 42 (12.10%) Social Skills
3 35 (10.09%) Banking
4 29 (8.36%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (5.76%) Front Office
6 15 (4.32%) Legal
7 12 (3.46%) Games
8 8 (2.31%) Retail Banking
9 4 (1.15%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.15%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.15%) Public Sector
10 3 (0.86%) Law
10 3 (0.86%) Retail
10 3 (0.86%) Tech for Good
10 3 (0.86%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.29%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.29%) Automotive
12 1 (0.29%) Marketing
12 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (8.36%) Django
2 28 (8.07%) FastAPI
2 28 (8.07%) React
3 19 (5.48%) Node.js
4 16 (4.61%) Kafka
5 15 (4.32%) Flask
6 14 (4.03%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 14 (4.03%) FIX Protocol
6 14 (4.03%) pytest
7 12 (3.46%) REST
8 10 (2.88%) Celery
8 10 (2.88%) PySpark
8 10 (2.88%) RESTful
9 9 (2.59%) Playwright
9 9 (2.59%) Redux
10 8 (2.31%) AngularJS
10 8 (2.31%) HTML
11 7 (2.02%) NumPy
11 7 (2.02%) Pandas
11 7 (2.02%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.22%) Fixed Income
2 31 (8.93%) Cloud Native
3 28 (8.07%) Hedge funds
4 26 (7.49%) Derivative
4 26 (7.49%) Equities
5 23 (6.63%) Management Information System
6 19 (5.48%) Algorithms
7 11 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (3.17%) Security Posture
8 9 (2.59%) Robotics
9 7 (2.02%) Client/Server
9 7 (2.02%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (1.73%) CUDA
11 5 (1.44%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (1.15%) GNSS
12 4 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.15%) Pricing Data
12 4 (1.15%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.15%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 36 (10.37%) Linux
2 15 (4.32%) Windows
3 11 (3.17%) Mac OS
3 11 (3.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (51.87%) Software Engineering
2 95 (27.38%) AI
3 82 (23.63%) Agile
4 65 (18.73%) CI/CD
5 60 (17.29%) Computer Science
6 55 (15.85%) Fintech
7 44 (12.68%) DevOps
8 42 (12.10%) Full-Stack Development
9 40 (11.53%) Infrastructure as Code
10 34 (9.80%) Test Automation
11 32 (9.22%) Analytics
12 27 (7.78%) Data Science
12 27 (7.78%) Machine Learning
12 27 (7.78%) TDD
13 26 (7.49%) Data Pipeline
14 25 (7.20%) Process Improvement
15 23 (6.63%) SDLC
16 22 (6.34%) Information Security
17 21 (6.05%) ETL
17 21 (6.05%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 347 (100.00%) Python
2 73 (21.04%) SQL
3 50 (14.41%) C++
4 40 (11.53%) TypeScript
5 23 (6.63%) JavaScript
6 20 (5.76%) Java
7 17 (4.90%) C#
8 13 (3.75%) Bash
9 12 (3.46%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.44%) Rust
11 4 (1.15%) C
11 4 (1.15%) Scala
12 3 (0.86%) PHP
13 2 (0.58%) Go
13 2 (0.58%) Julia
13 2 (0.58%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.58%) Ruby
14 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 66 (19.02%) Degree
2 54 (15.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (6.34%) CISSP
4 14 (4.03%) Master's Degree
5 11 (3.17%) CCSK
5 11 (3.17%) CISA
5 11 (3.17%) CompTIA CySA+
6 9 (2.59%) PhD
7 3 (0.86%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.86%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.29%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (10.09%) QA
2 13 (3.75%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.46%) NIST
4 10 (2.88%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.29%) GDPR
5 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (8.65%) Docker
2 4 (1.15%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.15%) KVM
2 4 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (11.82%) Kubernetes
2 40 (11.53%) Terraform
3 6 (1.73%) Argo
3 6 (1.73%) Grafana
4 5 (1.44%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.58%) Ansible
Vendors
1 23 (6.63%) Google
2 11 (3.17%) Microsoft
3 6 (1.73%) Databricks
4 5 (1.44%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.15%) VMware
6 1 (0.29%) Splunk