Python Software Engineer Job Trends

Python Software Engineer
UK

The median Python Software Engineer salary in the UK is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 October 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 478 400 390
Rank change year-on-year -78 -10 +160
Permanent Python Software Engineer jobs 369 291 424
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.59% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.66% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 336 170 369
10th Percentile £58,125 £79,250 £62,000
25th Percentile £70,750 £100,000 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £127,500 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% +21.43% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £136,250
90th Percentile £128,750 - £148,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.71% +7.69% +13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 111,477 44,406 65,669
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.18% 89.83% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 75,138 26,267 37,427
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,177 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,591
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,300 £52,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.95% -7.08% -5.83%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,390 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.17% -9.22% -4.76%

Python Software Engineer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Python Software Engineer job postings 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 Python Software Engineer jobs over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Python Software Engineer in the UK

Python Software Engineer Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Python Software Engineer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 24 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -64 368 £82,500 -36.54% 117
UK excluding London +3 204 £74,000 +5.71% 83
London -109 165 £100,000 -23.08% 70
Work from Home -76 128 £95,000 -26.92% 33
South East -16 60 £75,000 -9.09% 14
East of England +4 56 £80,000 +45.45% 10
North of England -38 36 £65,000 -7.14% 6
South West -67 29 £75,000 -3.23% 8
North West -17 28 £65,000 -7.14% 5
Midlands -49 22 £55,000 -15.38% 5
East Midlands -36 14 £45,000 -30.77% 2
West Midlands -41 8 £65,000 - 3
Yorkshire - 5 £100,000 - 1
North East - 3 £100,000 -
Wales - 1 £50,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, Python Software Engineer job ads cited 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 Python Software Engineer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Python100.0%369
1Software Engineering100.0%369
3AI34.4%127
4AWS33.3%123
5C++20.6%76
6Azure16.8%62
7Agile14.4%53
8Cybersecurity12.7%47
9GCP11.7%43
10FastAPI11.1%41
11Degree10.6%39
12Fintech10.3%38
13Django10.0%37
14C#9.8%36
15Docker9.5%35
16Machine Learning9.2%34
17LLM8.9%33
18Investment Management8.7%32
19Problem-Solving8.4%31
20CI/CD7.9%29
20TypeScript7.9%29
22Kubernetes7.6%28
22Linux7.6%28
24Git7.3%27
24R7.3%27
24Technical Leadership7.3%27
27Computational Fluid Dynamics7.0%26
27Finite Element Analysis7.0%26
27Google7.0%26
30B2B6.8%25

Python Software Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Software Engineer33.1%122
2C++ Software Engineer17.1%63
3AWS Software Engineer12.2%45
4Lead Software Engineer9.5%35
5C# Software Engineer8.4%31
6Artificial Intelligence Engineer7.6%28
7Developer/Software Engineer6.8%25
7Python Developer6.8%25
9Artificial Intelligence Developer6.2%23
9Software Developer6.2%23
11Java Software Engineer4.1%15
12Lead Python Developer3.8%14
12Lead Software Developer3.8%14
12Senior C++ Software Engineer3.8%14
15Cloud Software Engineer3.5%13
16Web Engineer3.3%12
17Principal Software Engineer2.2%8
18Senior C# Software Engineer1.9%7
18Senior Web Engineer1.9%7
20Security Engineer1.6%6
167 Python Software Engineer jobs Nationwide