Python Software Engineer Job Trends

Python Software Engineer
UK

The median Python Software Engineer salary in the UK is £81,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 October 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 480 402 384
Rank change year-on-year -78 -18 +181
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 365 296 443
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.61% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.67% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 334 175 385
10th Percentile £60,000 £83,750 £61,550
25th Percentile £65,000 £100,000 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,250 £130,000 £107,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +20.93% +2.38%
75th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £120,000 - £148,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% +3.85% +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 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.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 110,560 43,931 66,554
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 89.93% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 74,960 25,802 38,157
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,188 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £53,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.38% -5.36% -6.67%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.22% -8.50% -4.76%

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 17 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 IT jobs citing Python Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -54 364 £82,500 -36.54% 102
UK excluding London -18 205 £72,500 +7.41% 63
London -104 160 £100,000 -23.08% 66
Work from Home -82 125 £95,000 -26.92% 32
South East -3 65 £75,000 -9.09% 8
East of England +19 51 £80,000 +45.45% 11
North of England -35 38 £65,000 - 3
North West -16 29 £65,000 - 3
South West -59 29 £75,000 -3.23% 10
Midlands -45 21 £55,000 -15.38% 2
East Midlands -25 13 £45,000 -30.77% 2
West Midlands -41 8 £65,000 -
Yorkshire - 6 £100,000 -
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 17 October 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.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Python100.0%365
2Software Engineering99.7%364
3AWS33.2%121
4AI32.6%119
5C++21.1%77
6Azure15.3%56
7Agile14.5%53
8Degree12.1%44
9Cybersecurity11.8%43
10FastAPI11.0%40
11C#10.7%39
11Fintech10.7%39
13GCP10.4%38
13Machine Learning10.4%38
15Django10.1%37
16Docker9.3%34
17CI/CD8.5%31
18Computer Science Degree8.2%30
18Investment Management8.2%30
18Problem-Solving8.2%30
21Git7.7%28
21Linux7.7%28
21TypeScript7.7%28
24Computational Fluid Dynamics7.4%27
24Finite Element Analysis7.4%27
24Kubernetes7.4%27
24LLM7.4%27
24Technical Leadership7.4%27
29B2B7.1%26
30Terraform6.8%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 Engineer35.1%128
2C++ Software Engineer18.1%66
3AWS Software Engineer12.9%47
4C# Software Engineer9.3%34
5Lead Software Engineer9.0%33
6Artificial Intelligence Engineer6.3%23
7Developer/Software Engineer5.5%20
7Python Developer5.5%20
9Artificial Intelligence Developer4.9%18
9Java Software Engineer4.9%18
9Software Developer4.9%18
12Cloud Software Engineer3.8%14
12Senior C++ Software Engineer3.8%14
14Lead Python Developer3.3%12
14Lead Software Developer3.3%12
14Web Engineer3.3%12
17Principal Software Engineer2.2%8
18Senior C# Software Engineer1.9%7
18Senior Web Engineer1.9%7
20Security Engineer1.6%6
141 Python Software Engineer jobs Nationwide