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 23 June 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 494 421 374
Rank change year-on-year -73 -47 +293
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 254 275 738
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.61% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.68% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 222 158 415
10th Percentile £60,000 £76,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £100,000 £73,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £110,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £100,000 £136,875 £136,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £137,500 £148,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +27.27% -13.73%

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 89,062 40,399 103,075
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 89.44% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 61,111 23,040 74,444
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,567
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 £98,474 £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 23 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 23 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 -38 252 £90,000 -18.18% 26
UK excluding London -1 127 £65,000 -7.14% 17
London -95 125 £100,000 -13.04% 14
South East +52 78 £65,000 -7.14% 5
Work from Home -60 48 £97,500 -15.22% 11
North of England -7 29 £75,000 -11.76% 2
North West +27 24 £65,000 -23.53% 2
Midlands -33 8 £65,000 -3.70%
West Midlands - 8 £65,000 -
South West -65 7 £70,000 - 5
East of England -14 5 £72,500 +26.09% 3
Yorkshire - 5 £100,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 23 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.

1 254 (100.00%) Python
2 248 (97.64%) Software Engineering
3 86 (33.86%) C++
4 68 (26.77%) AWS
5 59 (23.23%) AI
6 52 (20.47%) Degree
7 49 (19.29%) Agile
8 46 (18.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 45 (17.72%) Fintech
10 39 (15.35%) C#
11 36 (14.17%) Computer Science
12 29 (11.42%) Machine Learning
13 28 (11.02%) FastAPI
13 28 (11.02%) Linux
14 27 (10.63%) SDLC
14 27 (10.63%) Technical Leadership
15 24 (9.45%) Django
15 24 (9.45%) OOP
16 22 (8.66%) Azure
17 21 (8.27%) QA
17 21 (8.27%) TypeScript
18 20 (7.87%) B2B
18 20 (7.87%) JIRA
18 20 (7.87%) Low Latency
18 20 (7.87%) Master's Degree
18 20 (7.87%) PhD
19 19 (7.48%) Git
19 19 (7.48%) SQL
20 18 (7.09%) Boost C++ Libraries
20 18 (7.09%) Continuous Integration

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 (1.97%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.79%) Apache Pulsar
3 1 (0.39%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 68 (26.77%) AWS
2 22 (8.66%) Azure
3 15 (5.91%) GCP
3 15 (5.91%) GitHub
4 13 (5.12%) SaaS
5 3 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
5 3 (1.18%) Amazon SQS
5 3 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (1.18%) Serverless
6 2 (0.79%) Amazon EventBridge
6 2 (0.79%) Amazon S3
6 2 (0.79%) AWS Step Functions
7 1 (0.39%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (0.39%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.09%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.51%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.36%) Big Data
3 5 (1.97%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.57%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.79%) MySQL
5 2 (0.79%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.39%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (7.87%) JIRA
2 19 (7.48%) Git
3 2 (0.79%) GitLab
General
1 54 (21.26%) Finance
2 23 (9.06%) Banking
3 14 (5.51%) Social Skills
4 13 (5.12%) Manufacturing
5 5 (1.97%) Telecoms
6 4 (1.57%) Aerospace
6 4 (1.57%) Front Office
7 3 (1.18%) Automotive
7 3 (1.18%) Games
8 2 (0.79%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.39%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (11.02%) FastAPI
2 24 (9.45%) Django
3 18 (7.09%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 18 (7.09%) FIX Protocol
3 18 (7.09%) pytest
4 16 (6.30%) React
5 15 (5.91%) Flask
6 9 (3.54%) Kafka
6 9 (3.54%) Vue
7 8 (3.15%) RESTful
8 6 (2.36%) Next.js
8 6 (2.36%) React Native
8 6 (2.36%) Ruby on Rails
9 5 (1.97%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.57%) Node.js
10 4 (1.57%) Redux
10 4 (1.57%) REST
11 3 (1.18%) .NET
11 3 (1.18%) Celery
12 2 (0.79%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.84%) Algorithms
2 22 (8.66%) Derivative
2 22 (8.66%) Equities
2 22 (8.66%) Fixed Income
3 17 (6.69%) Distributed Computing
4 11 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (3.15%) Client/Server
6 7 (2.76%) Robotics
7 6 (2.36%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (1.97%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.18%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.18%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.79%) Hedge funds
10 2 (0.79%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.39%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 28 (11.02%) Linux
2 2 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (97.64%) Software Engineering
2 59 (23.23%) AI
3 49 (19.29%) Agile
4 45 (17.72%) Fintech
5 36 (14.17%) Computer Science
6 29 (11.42%) Machine Learning
7 27 (10.63%) SDLC
7 27 (10.63%) Technical Leadership
8 24 (9.45%) OOP
9 20 (7.87%) B2B
9 20 (7.87%) Low Latency
10 18 (7.09%) Continuous Integration
10 18 (7.09%) Mathematics
10 18 (7.09%) Process Improvement
10 18 (7.09%) Workflow
11 17 (6.69%) Full-Stack Development
11 17 (6.69%) TDD
12 16 (6.30%) CI/CD
13 14 (5.51%) Code Quality
14 13 (5.12%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
Programming Languages
1 254 (100.00%) Python
2 86 (33.86%) C++
3 39 (15.35%) C#
4 21 (8.27%) TypeScript
5 19 (7.48%) SQL
6 12 (4.72%) JavaScript
7 8 (3.15%) Java
7 8 (3.15%) Ruby
8 6 (2.36%) Rust
9 5 (1.97%) C
10 4 (1.57%) Julia
11 3 (1.18%) Go
12 2 (0.79%) Bash
12 2 (0.79%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.39%) PHP
13 1 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 52 (20.47%) Degree
2 46 (18.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (7.87%) Master's Degree
3 20 (7.87%) PhD
4 1 (0.39%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.27%) QA
2 1 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 12 (4.72%) Docker
2 5 (1.97%) Hyper-V
2 5 (1.97%) KVM
2 5 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (4.33%) Terraform
2 9 (3.54%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.36%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (2.36%) Splunk
2 5 (1.97%) VMware
3 2 (0.79%) Databricks
3 2 (0.79%) Intel
4 1 (0.39%) OpenAI