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 25 June 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 505 411 369
Rank change year-on-year -94 -42 +280
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 258 281 730
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.62% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.69% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 224 164 416
10th Percentile £60,000 £76,250 £52,500
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% +10.53%
75th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £136,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £137,500 £148,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +22.73% -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 89,296 40,583 101,492
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 89.54% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 61,271 23,147 73,313
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,734
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 £98,000 £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 25 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 25 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 -54 256 £90,000 -18.18% 26
UK excluding London -2 130 £65,000 -3.70% 15
London -109 126 £100,000 -13.04% 14
South East +48 79 £65,000 -7.14% 5
Work from Home -83 48 £97,500 -15.22% 11
North of England -14 29 £75,000 -11.76%
North West +16 24 £65,000 -23.53%
Midlands -18 8 £65,000 -3.70%
West Midlands - 8 £65,000 -
East of England -9 7 £80,000 +45.45% 4
South West -65 7 £70,000 - 6
Yorkshire - 5 £100,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 258 (100.00%) Python
2 252 (97.67%) Software Engineering
3 88 (34.11%) C++
4 68 (26.36%) AWS
5 61 (23.64%) AI
6 52 (20.16%) Degree
7 49 (18.99%) Agile
8 46 (17.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 46 (17.83%) Fintech
9 39 (15.12%) C#
10 36 (13.95%) Computer Science
11 29 (11.24%) Machine Learning
12 28 (10.85%) FastAPI
12 28 (10.85%) Linux
13 27 (10.47%) SDLC
13 27 (10.47%) Technical Leadership
14 24 (9.30%) Django
14 24 (9.30%) OOP
15 22 (8.53%) Azure
16 21 (8.14%) QA
16 21 (8.14%) TypeScript
17 20 (7.75%) B2B
17 20 (7.75%) JIRA
17 20 (7.75%) Low Latency
17 20 (7.75%) Master's Degree
17 20 (7.75%) PhD
18 19 (7.36%) Git
18 19 (7.36%) SQL
19 18 (6.98%) Boost C++ Libraries
19 18 (6.98%) 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 (1.94%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.78%) Apache Pulsar
3 1 (0.39%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 68 (26.36%) AWS
2 22 (8.53%) Azure
3 15 (5.81%) GCP
3 15 (5.81%) GitHub
4 13 (5.04%) SaaS
5 3 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
5 3 (1.16%) Amazon SQS
5 3 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (1.16%) Serverless
6 2 (0.78%) Amazon EventBridge
6 2 (0.78%) Amazon S3
6 2 (0.78%) AWS Step Functions
7 1 (0.39%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (0.39%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.98%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.43%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.33%) Big Data
3 5 (1.94%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.55%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.78%) MySQL
5 2 (0.78%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.39%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (7.75%) JIRA
2 19 (7.36%) Git
3 2 (0.78%) GitLab
General
1 55 (21.32%) Finance
2 23 (8.91%) Banking
3 14 (5.43%) Social Skills
4 13 (5.04%) Manufacturing
5 5 (1.94%) Telecoms
6 4 (1.55%) Aerospace
6 4 (1.55%) Front Office
7 3 (1.16%) Automotive
7 3 (1.16%) Games
8 2 (0.78%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.39%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (10.85%) FastAPI
2 24 (9.30%) Django
3 18 (6.98%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 18 (6.98%) FIX Protocol
3 18 (6.98%) pytest
4 16 (6.20%) React
5 15 (5.81%) Flask
6 9 (3.49%) Kafka
6 9 (3.49%) Vue
7 8 (3.10%) RESTful
8 6 (2.33%) Next.js
8 6 (2.33%) React Native
8 6 (2.33%) Ruby on Rails
9 5 (1.94%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.55%) Node.js
10 4 (1.55%) Redux
10 4 (1.55%) REST
11 3 (1.16%) .NET
11 3 (1.16%) Celery
12 2 (0.78%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.69%) Algorithms
2 22 (8.53%) Derivative
2 22 (8.53%) Equities
2 22 (8.53%) Fixed Income
3 17 (6.59%) Distributed Computing
4 11 (4.26%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (3.10%) Client/Server
6 7 (2.71%) Robotics
7 6 (2.33%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.94%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.16%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.16%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.78%) Hedge funds
10 2 (0.78%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.39%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 28 (10.85%) Linux
2 2 (0.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (97.67%) Software Engineering
2 61 (23.64%) AI
3 49 (18.99%) Agile
4 46 (17.83%) Fintech
5 36 (13.95%) Computer Science
6 29 (11.24%) Machine Learning
7 27 (10.47%) SDLC
7 27 (10.47%) Technical Leadership
8 24 (9.30%) OOP
9 20 (7.75%) B2B
9 20 (7.75%) Low Latency
10 18 (6.98%) Continuous Integration
10 18 (6.98%) Mathematics
10 18 (6.98%) Process Improvement
10 18 (6.98%) Workflow
11 17 (6.59%) Full-Stack Development
11 17 (6.59%) TDD
12 16 (6.20%) CI/CD
13 14 (5.43%) Code Quality
14 13 (5.04%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
Programming Languages
1 258 (100.00%) Python
2 88 (34.11%) C++
3 39 (15.12%) C#
4 21 (8.14%) TypeScript
5 19 (7.36%) SQL
6 12 (4.65%) JavaScript
7 8 (3.10%) Java
7 8 (3.10%) Ruby
7 8 (3.10%) Rust
8 5 (1.94%) C
9 4 (1.55%) Julia
10 3 (1.16%) Go
11 2 (0.78%) Bash
11 2 (0.78%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.39%) PHP
12 1 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 52 (20.16%) Degree
2 46 (17.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (7.75%) Master's Degree
3 20 (7.75%) PhD
4 1 (0.39%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.14%) QA
2 1 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 12 (4.65%) Docker
2 5 (1.94%) Hyper-V
2 5 (1.94%) KVM
2 5 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (4.26%) Terraform
2 9 (3.49%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (2.33%) Splunk
2 5 (1.94%) VMware
3 2 (0.78%) Databricks
3 2 (0.78%) Intel
4 1 (0.39%) OpenAI