Python Software Engineer Job Trends in Scotland

Python Software Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Python Software Engineer salary in Scotland is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 October 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 145 142
Rank change year-on-year +21 -3 +95
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 33 6 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.23% 0.18% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 0.19% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.81%
75th Percentile - - £61,250
90th Percentile - - £110,000
UK median annual salary £125,000 £105,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% - +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,194 3,137 2,364
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.84% 95.79% 96.92%
Number of salaries quoted 924 1,581 1,901
10th Percentile £25,600 £30,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,750 £69,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £56,509 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.09% -5.82% -

Python Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Python Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Python Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Scotland

Python Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for Python Software Engineer job vacancies in Scotland.

Salary distribution trend for Python Software Engineer job vacancies in Scotland

Python Software Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python Software Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 October 2025. 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
Glasgow +22 32 - -
Edinburgh - 1 £100,000 -
Python Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 October 2025, Python Software 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 Scotland region featuring Python Software Engineer in the job title.

1 33 (100.00%) Python
1 33 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 32 (96.97%) Operational Stability
3 28 (84.85%) Agile
4 24 (72.73%) SDLC
5 22 (66.67%) AWS
6 19 (57.58%) SQL
7 15 (45.45%) AI
7 15 (45.45%) Decision-Making
7 15 (45.45%) Machine Learning
8 13 (39.39%) Apache
8 13 (39.39%) Apache Spark
8 13 (39.39%) Big Data
8 13 (39.39%) Community of Practice
8 13 (39.39%) Kafka
9 12 (36.36%) Java
9 12 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (33.33%) CI/CD
11 9 (27.27%) Amazon Athena
11 9 (27.27%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (27.27%) Apache Iceberg
11 9 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (27.27%) Databricks
11 9 (27.27%) Visualisation
12 8 (24.24%) Analytics
12 8 (24.24%) Data Engineering
12 8 (24.24%) Data Quality
12 8 (24.24%) Kubernetes
12 8 (24.24%) NoSQL
12 8 (24.24%) Oracle

Python Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 13 (39.39%) Apache
1 13 (39.39%) Apache Spark
2 4 (12.12%) Cloud Foundry
2 4 (12.12%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 22 (66.67%) AWS
2 5 (15.15%) Amazon S3
3 4 (12.12%) Amazon EKS
3 4 (12.12%) Azure
3 4 (12.12%) GCP
3 4 (12.12%) Snowflake
4 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (39.39%) Big Data
2 9 (27.27%) Amazon Athena
2 9 (27.27%) Amazon Redshift
2 9 (27.27%) Apache Iceberg
3 8 (24.24%) NoSQL
4 5 (15.15%) Apache Hudi
4 5 (15.15%) Parquet
5 4 (12.12%) Apache Cassandra
5 4 (12.12%) Apache Hive
5 4 (12.12%) DynamoDB
5 4 (12.12%) Impala
5 4 (12.12%) KDB
5 4 (12.12%) Kdb+
5 4 (12.12%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (12.12%) Redshift Spectrum
5 4 (12.12%) Relational Database
5 4 (12.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (15.15%) JUnit
General
1 32 (96.97%) Finance
1 32 (96.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 32 (96.97%) Law
2 21 (63.64%) Banking
3 15 (45.45%) Marketing
4 8 (24.24%) Investment Banking
5 4 (12.12%) Front Office
5 4 (12.12%) Publishing
5 4 (12.12%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (39.39%) Kafka
2 8 (24.24%) PySpark
3 4 (12.12%) AngularJS
3 4 (12.12%) Django
3 4 (12.12%) Pandas
3 4 (12.12%) React
3 4 (12.12%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 9 (27.27%) Algorithms
2 8 (24.24%) Cloud Native
2 8 (24.24%) Derivative
3 5 (15.15%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (12.12%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 32 (96.97%) Operational Stability
3 28 (84.85%) Agile
4 24 (72.73%) SDLC
5 15 (45.45%) AI
5 15 (45.45%) Decision-Making
5 15 (45.45%) Machine Learning
6 13 (39.39%) Community of Practice
7 12 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (33.33%) CI/CD
9 9 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (27.27%) Visualisation
10 8 (24.24%) Analytics
10 8 (24.24%) Data Engineering
11 5 (15.15%) Parallel Processing
11 5 (15.15%) TDD
12 4 (12.12%) Data Integration
12 4 (12.12%) Data Management
12 4 (12.12%) Product Management
12 4 (12.12%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 33 (100.00%) Python
2 19 (57.58%) SQL
3 12 (36.36%) Java
4 4 (12.12%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (24.24%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (24.24%) Kubernetes
2 5 (15.15%) Terraform
3 4 (12.12%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Databricks
2 8 (24.24%) Oracle