Python Engineer Job Trends in Reading

Python Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Python Engineer salary in Reading is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 March 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 70 108
Rank change year-on-year +10 +38 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 3 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.37% 0.19% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.22% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.92% +6.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £73,125 £54,500 -
90th Percentile £75,750 - -
Berkshire median annual salary £62,500 £53,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.92% +17.78% -28.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 732 464 1,288
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.38% 87.88% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 465 231 948
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,998
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.10% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £80,125 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,500 £112,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%

Python Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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 Reading.

Python Engineer job vacancy trend in Reading

Python Engineer
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in Reading.

Salary distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in Reading

Python Engineer
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python Engineer in Reading over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Python Engineer in Reading

Python Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 15 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 Reading region featuring Python Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (100.00%) KVM
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Rust
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) System Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Use Case
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Python Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 3 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) System Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (100.00%) KVM
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware