Python Software Engineer Job Trends

Python Software Engineer
UK

The median Python Software Engineer salary in the UK is £110,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 443 514
Rank change year-on-year -51 +71 +206
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 153 291 182
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.50% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.53% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 138 261 131
10th Percentile £67,500 £62,000 £62,500
25th Percentile £93,750 £76,000 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £105,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +31.25%
75th Percentile £135,000 £122,500 £138,750
90th Percentile £137,500 £148,750 £145,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% +30.00% -23.08%

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 52,344 54,757 47,045
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 93.89% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 32,163 29,820 36,466
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,725 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,430 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.45% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £96,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.62% - -

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 14 December 2025.

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 14 December 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
England -37 152 £110,000 +4.76% 16
London -31 117 £130,000 +23.81% 8
Work from Home -16 99 £130,000 +23.81% 8
UK excluding London +46 35 £72,500 +11.54% 10
Midlands +26 12 £70,000 +7.69% 2
East Midlands +9 12 £70,000 +7.69% 2
South West +13 10 £80,000 +33.33% 3
South East +30 6 £71,250 +5.56% 5
North of England +24 5 £65,000 -18.75%
North West - 5 £65,000 -
West Midlands +21 3 - -
East of England +23 2 £55,000 -30.16%

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

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, 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.

1 153 (100.00%) Python
1 153 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 106 (69.28%) Agile
3 95 (62.09%) AWS
4 87 (56.86%) TypeScript
5 81 (52.94%) JavaScript
6 80 (52.29%) Amazon Athena
6 80 (52.29%) Apache Airflow
6 80 (52.29%) Apache Arrow
6 80 (52.29%) Apache Iceberg
6 80 (52.29%) Asset Management
6 80 (52.29%) dbt
6 80 (52.29%) Dremio
6 80 (52.29%) Investment Management
6 80 (52.29%) NumPy
6 80 (52.29%) Pandas
6 80 (52.29%) SciPy
7 55 (35.95%) Fintech
8 46 (30.07%) Java
9 45 (29.41%) Apache
9 45 (29.41%) Apache Ignite
9 45 (29.41%) Data Lake
9 45 (29.41%) GCP
9 45 (29.41%) gRPC
9 45 (29.41%) Protocol Buffers
9 45 (29.41%) Snowflake
10 44 (28.76%) React
11 40 (26.14%) PostgreSQL
12 39 (25.49%) Vue
13 38 (24.84%) AngularJS

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 80 (52.29%) Apache Airflow
2 45 (29.41%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 95 (62.09%) AWS
2 80 (52.29%) dbt
3 45 (29.41%) GCP
3 45 (29.41%) Snowflake
4 17 (11.11%) Azure
5 9 (5.88%) SaaS
6 5 (3.27%) GitHub
7 2 (1.31%) Cloud Run
8 1 (0.65%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.19%) Multicast
2 4 (2.61%) DNS
2 4 (2.61%) HTTP
2 4 (2.61%) SMTP
2 4 (2.61%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (52.29%) Amazon Athena
1 80 (52.29%) Apache Arrow
1 80 (52.29%) Apache Iceberg
1 80 (52.29%) Dremio
2 45 (29.41%) Apache Ignite
2 45 (29.41%) Data Lake
3 40 (26.14%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (3.27%) MongoDB
5 4 (2.61%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.96%) Big Data
7 1 (0.65%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.65%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.65%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 16 (10.46%) Git
2 11 (7.19%) JIRA
3 1 (0.65%) GitLab
General
1 104 (67.97%) Finance
2 82 (53.59%) Front Office
3 57 (37.25%) Banking
4 45 (29.41%) Investment Banking
5 10 (6.54%) Social Skills
6 4 (2.61%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.65%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (52.29%) NumPy
1 80 (52.29%) Pandas
1 80 (52.29%) SciPy
2 45 (29.41%) gRPC
2 45 (29.41%) Protocol Buffers
3 44 (28.76%) React
4 39 (25.49%) Vue
5 38 (24.84%) AngularJS
5 38 (24.84%) Node.js
6 13 (8.50%) FastAPI
7 11 (7.19%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 11 (7.19%) FIX Protocol
7 11 (7.19%) pytest
8 9 (5.88%) Django
9 7 (4.58%) Flask
10 6 (3.92%) PySpark
11 5 (3.27%) RESTful
12 4 (2.61%) Celery
12 4 (2.61%) REST
13 2 (1.31%) D3.js
Miscellaneous
1 91 (59.48%) Equities
1 91 (59.48%) Fixed Income
2 80 (52.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 56 (36.60%) Derivative
4 45 (29.41%) Hedge funds
4 45 (29.41%) Pricing Data
5 13 (8.50%) Algorithms
6 6 (3.92%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.61%) GNSS
7 4 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (2.61%) Satnav
7 4 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.96%) Reinsurance
9 2 (1.31%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (1.31%) IoT
10 1 (0.65%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.65%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.46%) Linux
2 4 (2.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 106 (69.28%) Agile
3 80 (52.29%) Asset Management
3 80 (52.29%) Investment Management
4 55 (35.95%) Fintech
5 35 (22.88%) Order Management
5 35 (22.88%) Performance Attribution
5 35 (22.88%) Risk Management
6 28 (18.30%) Computer Science
7 20 (13.07%) CI/CD
8 15 (9.80%) Mathematics
9 14 (9.15%) Low Latency
9 14 (9.15%) OOP
10 13 (8.50%) AI
10 13 (8.50%) Technical Leadership
11 12 (7.84%) Analytics
11 12 (7.84%) Data Science
12 11 (7.19%) Continuous Integration
12 11 (7.19%) Process Improvement
12 11 (7.19%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 153 (100.00%) Python
2 87 (56.86%) TypeScript
3 81 (52.94%) JavaScript
4 46 (30.07%) Java
5 21 (13.73%) C++
6 10 (6.54%) SQL
7 7 (4.58%) C#
8 3 (1.96%) C
8 3 (1.96%) Julia
8 3 (1.96%) PHP
8 3 (1.96%) VBA
9 2 (1.31%) Go
9 2 (1.31%) Rust
Qualifications
1 24 (15.69%) Degree
2 19 (12.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.27%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.27%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.61%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.61%) PhD
5 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.19%) QA
System Software
1 9 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (6.54%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (1.31%) Foundry
1 2 (1.31%) Google
1 2 (1.31%) Palantir