Python Data Engineer Job Trends

Python Data Engineer
UK

The median Python Data Engineer salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 September 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 755 647 686
Rank change year-on-year -108 +39 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Data Engineer 54 29 107
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.048% 0.058% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.065% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 52 25 97
10th Percentile £64,875 £55,000 £57,000
25th Percentile £77,500 £61,250 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £70,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £93,750 £142,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £62,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +36.00% -26.47% -5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 106,082 44,571 74,889
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 89.73% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 73,120 26,247 45,923
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

Python Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Python Data Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Python Data Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Python Data Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Python Data Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python Data Engineer over the 6 months to 11 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Python Data Engineer in the UK

Python Data Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python Data Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 11 September 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
England -92 52 £85,000 +21.43% 12
UK excluding London -99 31 £85,000 +36.00% 13
London -46 22 £85,000 -5.56% 8
West Midlands -19 17 £85,000 +41.67%
Midlands -39 17 £85,000 +30.77%
North of England -31 13 £100,000 +66.67% 2
North East -45 12 £100,000 +233.33%
South West - 10 £85,000 - 1
Work from Home -35 7 £85,000 +23.64% 6
North West -22 1 £95,000 +35.71% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 11 September 2026, Python Data 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 featuring Python Data Engineer in the job title.

1 54 (100.00%) Python
2 31 (57.41%) SQL
3 29 (53.70%) Azure
4 27 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
5 21 (38.89%) AWS
6 19 (35.19%) ETL
6 19 (35.19%) Kafka
6 19 (35.19%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (33.33%) AI
7 18 (33.33%) Apache Airflow
7 18 (33.33%) Elasticsearch
8 17 (31.48%) SaaS
9 14 (25.93%) Analytics
9 14 (25.93%) Data Engineering
10 13 (24.07%) Databricks
11 12 (22.22%) Decision-Making
11 12 (22.22%) DevOps
12 11 (20.37%) Azure Certification
12 11 (20.37%) Data Quality
12 11 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
13 10 (18.52%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (18.52%) Data Security
13 10 (18.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 10 (18.52%) DV Cleared
13 10 (18.52%) ETL Development
13 10 (18.52%) GCP
13 10 (18.52%) Go
13 10 (18.52%) Keycloak
13 10 (18.52%) SC Cleared
13 10 (18.52%) Security Cleared

Python Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 18 (33.33%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (14.81%) Apache
2 8 (14.81%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 29 (53.70%) Azure
2 21 (38.89%) AWS
3 17 (31.48%) SaaS
4 10 (18.52%) Azure Data Factory
4 10 (18.52%) GCP
5 8 (14.81%) Amazon OpenSearch
5 8 (14.81%) Snowflake
6 7 (12.96%) Azure Stack
7 5 (9.26%) Power Platform
8 2 (3.70%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (1.85%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (1.85%) Amazon Kinesis
9 1 (1.85%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (1.85%) AWS Step Functions
9 1 (1.85%) Azure Databricks
9 1 (1.85%) Dagster
9 1 (1.85%) Prefect
9 1 (1.85%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (35.19%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (33.33%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (14.81%) MySQL
3 8 (14.81%) NoSQL
4 7 (12.96%) Relational Database
5 4 (7.41%) Power BI
5 4 (7.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (3.70%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (3.70%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (3.70%) Metadata
8 1 (1.85%) Apache Hudi
8 1 (1.85%) Apache Iceberg
8 1 (1.85%) Big Data
8 1 (1.85%) Data Lake
8 1 (1.85%) Delta Lake
8 1 (1.85%) Flink
8 1 (1.85%) Parquet
8 1 (1.85%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Git
General
1 3 (5.56%) Social Skills
2 2 (3.70%) Finance
3 1 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (1.85%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (35.19%) Kafka
2 10 (18.52%) Keycloak
3 7 (12.96%) PySpark
4 1 (1.85%) Apache Avro
4 1 (1.85%) JSON
4 1 (1.85%) Pandas
4 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.52%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (16.67%) Distributed Computing
3 3 (5.56%) Hedge funds
4 2 (3.70%) Equities
5 1 (1.85%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.85%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.85%) IoT
5 1 (1.85%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.85%) PropTech
5 1 (1.85%) Robotics
5 1 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 19 (35.19%) ETL
3 18 (33.33%) AI
4 14 (25.93%) Analytics
4 14 (25.93%) Data Engineering
5 12 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 12 (22.22%) DevOps
6 11 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (18.52%) Data Security
7 10 (18.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 10 (18.52%) ETL Development
7 10 (18.52%) Workflow
8 8 (14.81%) Data Ingestion
8 8 (14.81%) Observability
9 6 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (9.26%) Investment Management
11 4 (7.41%) Business Strategy
11 4 (7.41%) Fintech
11 4 (7.41%) Innovative Thinking
11 4 (7.41%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 54 (100.00%) Python
2 31 (57.41%) SQL
3 10 (18.52%) Go
4 1 (1.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (20.37%) Azure Certification
2 10 (18.52%) DV Cleared
2 10 (18.52%) SC Cleared
2 10 (18.52%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (20.37%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.85%) COPPA
2 1 (1.85%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (24.07%) Databricks