Python Engineer
UK
The median Python Engineer salary in the UK is £105,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 April 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 315 | 317 | 450 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | +133 | +16 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer | 432 | 826 | 734 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.85% | 0.89% | 0.66% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.95% | 0.94% | 0.72% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 390 | 454 | 565 |
| 10th Percentile | £61,250 | £45,000 | £48,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £77,500 | £61,250 | £62,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £105,000 | £85,000 | £87,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +23.53% | -2.86% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £118,750 | £115,000 | £116,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £138,875 | £138,750 | £155,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,500 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.64% | -8.33% | -4.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 | 45,395 | 87,713 | 101,679 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.82% | 94.66% | 91.93% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,632 | 64,228 | 63,419 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £28,501 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £38,750 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £54,650 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.22% | -8.92% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £72,433 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £91,250 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Python Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Python Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Python Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python Engineer.
Python Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Python Engineer over the 6 months to 2 April 2025.
Python Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 2 April 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 |
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| England | +93 | 426 | £105,000 | +23.53% | 182 |
| London | +81 | 363 | £108,750 | +8.75% | 151 |
| Work from Home | +165 | 315 | £107,500 | +26.47% | 79 |
| UK excluding London | -138 | 63 | £62,500 | +13.64% | 52 |
| South East | +93 | 36 | £62,500 | +38.89% | 14 |
| Midlands | +56 | 11 | £42,500 | -41.38% | 2 |
| East of England | +41 | 8 | £55,000 | -26.67% | 9 |
| North of England | +57 | 7 | £67,500 | +31.71% | 13 |
| West Midlands | +31 | 7 | £35,000 | -51.72% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +63 | 4 | £63,750 | +24.39% | 2 |
| East Midlands | +44 | 4 | £65,000 | -25.71% | 1 |
| North East | +39 | 2 | £65,000 | +1.56% | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | +38 | 1 | £85,000 | +12.58% | |
| North West | +17 | 1 | £82,500 | +65.00% | 10 |
Python Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 April 2025, Python Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Python Engineer in the job title.
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Python Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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