Python Engineer
UK
The median Python Engineer salary in the UK is £107,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 354 | 312 | 427 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -42 | +115 | +34 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer | 399 | 900 | 745 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.77% | 0.91% | 0.72% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.85% | 0.97% | 0.78% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 366 | 510 | 577 |
| 10th Percentile | £65,000 | £45,000 | £49,600 |
| 25th Percentile | £80,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £107,500 | £87,500 | £90,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.86% | -2.78% | +5.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £122,500 | £115,000 | £140,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £138,750 | £142,500 | £160,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,500 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.64% | -8.33% | - |
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 | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -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 1 May 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 1 May 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 | +61 | 394 | £110,000 | +22.22% | 273 |
| London | +64 | 343 | £110,000 | +10.00% | 145 |
| Work from Home | +166 | 295 | £110,000 | +25.71% | 193 |
| UK excluding London | -148 | 50 | £62,500 | +13.64% | 170 |
| South East | +86 | 29 | £62,500 | +38.89% | 52 |
| East of England | +44 | 8 | £55,000 | -26.67% | 25 |
| Midlands | +71 | 6 | £38,750 | -46.55% | 21 |
| North of England | +55 | 6 | £70,000 | +40.00% | 47 |
| Yorkshire | +69 | 4 | £63,750 | +34.21% | 14 |
| East Midlands | +47 | 3 | £65,000 | -25.71% | 10 |
| West Midlands | +42 | 3 | £35,000 | -51.72% | 10 |
| North East | +47 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | +34 | 1 | £85,000 | +12.58% | 2 |
| North West | +12 | 1 | £82,500 | +65.00% | 30 |
Python Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 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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