Python Software Engineer Job Trends

Python Software Engineer
UK

The median Python Software Engineer salary in the UK is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 514 427 373
Rank change year-on-year -87 -54 +295
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 231 263 716
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.59% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.66% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 203 146 372
10th Percentile £58,000 £80,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £100,000 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £110,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £136,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £137,500 £148,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +33.33% -12.50%

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 86,325 39,559 100,041
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 89.42% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 58,991 22,376 72,330
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.54%

Python Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

Python Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Python Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

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

Python Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python Software Engineer over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Python Software Engineer in the UK

Python Software Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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 -60 229 £90,000 -18.18% 51
London -101 115 £100,000 -11.11% 26
UK excluding London -22 114 £65,000 -7.14% 30
South East +53 72 £65,000 -7.14% 3
Work from Home -59 43 £100,000 -9.09% 25
North of England -21 25 £77,500 -8.82% 9
North West +21 20 £70,000 -17.65% 8
Midlands -15 8 £65,000 -7.14% 3
West Midlands - 8 £65,000 - 3
South West -53 5 £70,000 - 7
Yorkshire - 5 £100,000 - 1
East of England -5 4 £63,750 +10.87% 5

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, 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 featuring Python Software Engineer in the job title.

1 231 (100.00%) Python
2 225 (97.40%) Software Engineering
3 80 (34.63%) C++
4 56 (24.24%) AWS
5 51 (22.08%) AI
6 50 (21.65%) Degree
7 44 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (17.75%) Agile
9 40 (17.32%) Fintech
10 34 (14.72%) Computer Science
11 33 (14.29%) C#
12 26 (11.26%) Machine Learning
13 25 (10.82%) Linux
13 25 (10.82%) Technical Leadership
14 24 (10.39%) SDLC
15 21 (9.09%) FastAPI
16 20 (8.66%) Master's Degree
16 20 (8.66%) PhD
16 20 (8.66%) QA
17 19 (8.23%) Azure
17 19 (8.23%) Django
17 19 (8.23%) Low Latency
17 19 (8.23%) OOP
18 18 (7.79%) B2B
18 18 (7.79%) SQL
18 18 (7.79%) TypeScript
19 17 (7.36%) Boost C++ Libraries
19 17 (7.36%) Continuous Integration
19 17 (7.36%) FIX Protocol
19 17 (7.36%) Git

Python Software 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 5 (2.16%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.87%) Apache Pulsar
3 1 (0.43%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 56 (24.24%) AWS
2 19 (8.23%) Azure
3 15 (6.49%) GitHub
4 14 (6.06%) GCP
5 12 (5.19%) SaaS
6 3 (1.30%) Amazon SQS
6 3 (1.30%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (1.30%) Serverless
7 2 (0.87%) Amazon EventBridge
7 2 (0.87%) Amazon S3
7 2 (0.87%) AWS Step Functions
8 1 (0.43%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (0.43%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.36%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.63%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.60%) Big Data
3 5 (2.16%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.73%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.87%) MySQL
5 2 (0.87%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.43%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (7.36%) Git
1 17 (7.36%) JIRA
General
1 50 (21.65%) Finance
2 22 (9.52%) Banking
3 13 (5.63%) Social Skills
4 10 (4.33%) Manufacturing
5 5 (2.16%) Games
5 5 (2.16%) Telecoms
6 4 (1.73%) Aerospace
6 4 (1.73%) Front Office
7 3 (1.30%) Automotive
8 2 (0.87%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.43%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.09%) FastAPI
2 19 (8.23%) Django
3 17 (7.36%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 17 (7.36%) FIX Protocol
3 17 (7.36%) pytest
4 15 (6.49%) Flask
5 13 (5.63%) React
6 9 (3.90%) Kafka
7 8 (3.46%) RESTful
8 6 (2.60%) Vue
9 5 (2.16%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.73%) Node.js
10 4 (1.73%) Redux
10 4 (1.73%) REST
11 3 (1.30%) Celery
11 3 (1.30%) Next.js
11 3 (1.30%) React Native
11 3 (1.30%) Ruby on Rails
12 2 (0.87%) .NET
12 2 (0.87%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.39%) Algorithms
2 21 (9.09%) Derivative
2 21 (9.09%) Equities
2 21 (9.09%) Fixed Income
3 15 (6.49%) Distributed Computing
4 11 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.03%) Robotics
6 6 (2.60%) Client/Server
6 6 (2.60%) Distributed Architecture
7 4 (1.73%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.30%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.30%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.87%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.43%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.43%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (97.40%) Software Engineering
2 51 (22.08%) AI
3 41 (17.75%) Agile
4 40 (17.32%) Fintech
5 34 (14.72%) Computer Science
6 26 (11.26%) Machine Learning
7 25 (10.82%) Technical Leadership
8 24 (10.39%) SDLC
9 19 (8.23%) Low Latency
9 19 (8.23%) OOP
10 18 (7.79%) B2B
11 17 (7.36%) Continuous Integration
11 17 (7.36%) Mathematics
11 17 (7.36%) Process Improvement
11 17 (7.36%) TDD
11 17 (7.36%) Workflow
12 14 (6.06%) CI/CD
13 12 (5.19%) Code Quality
13 12 (5.19%) Full-Stack Development
14 11 (4.76%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 231 (100.00%) Python
2 80 (34.63%) C++
3 33 (14.29%) C#
4 18 (7.79%) SQL
4 18 (7.79%) TypeScript
5 12 (5.19%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.03%) Java
7 6 (2.60%) Rust
8 5 (2.16%) C
8 5 (2.16%) Ruby
9 4 (1.73%) Julia
10 2 (0.87%) Bash
10 2 (0.87%) Go
10 2 (0.87%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.43%) PHP
Qualifications
1 50 (21.65%) Degree
2 44 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (8.66%) Master's Degree
3 20 (8.66%) PhD
4 1 (0.43%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.66%) QA
2 1 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (2.60%) Docker
2 5 (2.16%) Hyper-V
2 5 (2.16%) KVM
2 5 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.03%) Terraform
2 6 (2.60%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.30%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (2.16%) VMware
2 3 (1.30%) Splunk
3 1 (0.43%) OpenAI