Python Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Python Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Python Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 436 479 420
Rank change year-on-year +43 -59 +130
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 70 93 148
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.26% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.28% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 59 59 66
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,000 £39,875
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% -12.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,500 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £100,000 £90,000 £88,750
% change year-on-year +11.11% +1.41% +10.94%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,179 33,328 33,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,318 16,178 25,075
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Python Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Python Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Python Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Python Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Python Engineer in the UK excluding London

Python Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
North of England +36 20 £97,500 +21.88% 9
North West +45 19 £95,000 +61.70% 5
Midlands +25 16 £70,000 +7.69% 4
South West +14 13 £80,000 +33.33% 4
South East -3 12 £65,000 +4.00% 23
East Midlands 0 10 £70,000 +7.69% 1
West Midlands +18 9 £60,000 +20.00% 3
East of England +23 8 £50,000 -9.09% 1
North East -4 1 £100,000 +25.00%
Northern Ireland -13 1 £70,000 -20.00%
Python Engineer
UK

Python Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 January 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 UK excluding London region featuring Python Engineer in the job title.

1 70 (100.00%) Python
2 36 (51.43%) Software Engineering
3 23 (32.86%) AWS
4 21 (30.00%) AI
5 17 (24.29%) Test Automation
6 16 (22.86%) Degree
7 15 (21.43%) Azure
7 15 (21.43%) SQL
8 13 (18.57%) DevOps
9 12 (17.14%) CI/CD
10 11 (15.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (15.71%) GCP
11 10 (14.29%) B2B
11 10 (14.29%) C++
11 10 (14.29%) Docker
11 10 (14.29%) ETL
11 10 (14.29%) Fintech
12 9 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
13 8 (11.43%) Agile
13 8 (11.43%) Computer Science
13 8 (11.43%) Django
13 8 (11.43%) FastAPI
13 8 (11.43%) Kubernetes
13 8 (11.43%) MongoDB
13 8 (11.43%) NoSQL
13 8 (11.43%) QA
14 7 (10.00%) Analytics
14 7 (10.00%) Event-Driven
14 7 (10.00%) React
14 7 (10.00%) SaaS

Python Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (5.71%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (2.86%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (32.86%) AWS
2 15 (21.43%) Azure
3 11 (15.71%) GCP
4 7 (10.00%) SaaS
5 4 (5.71%) Snowflake
6 3 (4.29%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (2.86%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (2.86%) AWS Step Functions
7 2 (2.86%) Dagster
7 2 (2.86%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.86%) Prefect
7 2 (2.86%) Serverless
8 1 (1.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.43%) Cloud Run
8 1 (1.43%) Datadog
8 1 (1.43%) GitHub
8 1 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.71%) DNS
1 4 (5.71%) HTTP
1 4 (5.71%) SMTP
1 4 (5.71%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.43%) MongoDB
1 8 (11.43%) NoSQL
2 6 (8.57%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (4.29%) Delta Lake
4 3 (4.29%) Parquet
4 3 (4.29%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.86%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (2.86%) Power BI
5 2 (2.86%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (1.43%) InfluxDB
6 1 (1.43%) MySQL
6 1 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (8.57%) Git
2 1 (1.43%) GitLab
2 1 (1.43%) JIRA
General
1 12 (17.14%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (5.71%) Legal
3 3 (4.29%) Automotive
3 3 (4.29%) Games
3 3 (4.29%) Law
3 3 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (4.29%) Retail
4 2 (2.86%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.86%) Tech for Good
5 1 (1.43%) Finance
5 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.43%) Django
1 8 (11.43%) FastAPI
2 7 (10.00%) React
3 6 (8.57%) PySpark
4 4 (5.71%) Celery
4 4 (5.71%) Flask
4 4 (5.71%) Node.js
4 4 (5.71%) RESTful
4 4 (5.71%) Vue
5 2 (2.86%) .NET
5 2 (2.86%) AngularJS
5 2 (2.86%) Kafka
5 2 (2.86%) REST
6 1 (1.43%) AWS CDK
6 1 (1.43%) CSS
6 1 (1.43%) D3.js
6 1 (1.43%) HTML
6 1 (1.43%) PrimeNG
6 1 (1.43%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.43%) Cloud Native
2 4 (5.71%) GNSS
2 4 (5.71%) Satnav
2 4 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.86%) Client/Server
3 2 (2.86%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.86%) Legacy Code
3 2 (2.86%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.43%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.43%) IoT
4 1 (1.43%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.14%) Linux
2 4 (5.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (51.43%) Software Engineering
2 21 (30.00%) AI
3 17 (24.29%) Test Automation
4 13 (18.57%) DevOps
5 12 (17.14%) CI/CD
6 10 (14.29%) B2B
6 10 (14.29%) ETL
6 10 (14.29%) Fintech
7 9 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (11.43%) Agile
8 8 (11.43%) Computer Science
9 7 (10.00%) Analytics
9 7 (10.00%) Event-Driven
10 6 (8.57%) Data Analytics
10 6 (8.57%) Data Engineering
10 6 (8.57%) Full-Stack Development
10 6 (8.57%) Machine Learning
10 6 (8.57%) TDD
10 6 (8.57%) Validation
11 5 (7.14%) API Testing
Programming Languages
1 70 (100.00%) Python
2 15 (21.43%) SQL
3 10 (14.29%) C++
4 6 (8.57%) TypeScript
5 3 (4.29%) C
5 3 (4.29%) C#
5 3 (4.29%) Julia
5 3 (4.29%) PHP
5 3 (4.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (22.86%) Degree
2 11 (15.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.71%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.29%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.43%) QA
System Software
1 10 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (11.43%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.43%) Ansible
2 1 (1.43%) Control-M
2 1 (1.43%) Grafana
2 1 (1.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (5.71%) Databricks
2 3 (4.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.43%) AppDynamics
3 1 (1.43%) Google