Python Software Engineer Job Trends

Python Software Engineer
UK

The median Python Software Engineer salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 November 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 486 398 419
Rank change year-on-year -88 +21 +117
Permanent Python Software Engineer jobs 400 279 371
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.53% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.59% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 359 153 331
10th Percentile £55,000 £71,250 £61,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £100,000 £76,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £115,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £122,500
90th Percentile £125,000 - £148,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,250 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.33% +15.38% +10.64%

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
14 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 113,211 47,633 64,486
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.78% 89.91% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 74,692 29,457 36,303
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,485 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,500 £50,055
% change year-on-year +18.28% -7.10% -4.66%

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 14 November 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 14 November 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 -53 399 £80,000 -30.43% 142
UK excluding London -30 229 £73,250 -2.33% 81
London -89 171 £100,000 -23.08% 84
Work from Home -52 146 £90,000 -30.77% 51
South East -11 66 £75,000 -6.25% 19
East of England +10 65 £80,000 +45.45% 7
North of England -71 42 £65,000 -17.46% 9
North West -50 36 £65,000 -17.46% 9
South West -71 29 £75,000 -4.76% 15
Midlands -52 26 £55,000 -15.38% 6
East Midlands -36 18 £53,750 -17.31% 1
West Midlands -51 8 £65,000 - 5
Yorkshire - 3 £65,000 -
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 14 November 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%400
1Software Engineering100.0%400
3AI39.0%156
4AWS32.3%129
5C++18.8%75
6Azure17.8%71
7Cybersecurity13.8%55
8Agile12.5%50
9GCP12.3%49
10LLM10.8%43
11FastAPI10.5%42
12Degree9.8%39
13Fintech9.5%38
13Investment Management9.5%38
13TypeScript9.5%38
16C#9.3%37
16Django9.3%37
16Docker9.3%37
19Machine Learning8.8%35
20R8.3%33
21Google8.0%32
21Problem-Solving8.0%32
23CI/CD7.8%31
23Kubernetes7.8%31
25LangChain7.5%30
25Pair Programming7.5%30
25pydantic7.5%30
28Amazon Bedrock7.3%29
28CrewAI7.3%29
28LangGraph7.3%29

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 Engineer32.8%131
2C++ Software Engineer14.8%59
3AWS Software Engineer11.5%46
4Artificial Intelligence Engineer9.5%38
5Lead Software Engineer8.8%35
6C# Software Engineer8.0%32
7Developer/Software Engineer7.8%31
7Python Developer7.8%31
9Artificial Intelligence Developer7.3%29
9Software Developer7.3%29
11Java Software Engineer3.8%15
12Lead Python Developer3.5%14
12Lead Software Developer3.5%14
14Cloud Software Engineer2.8%11
14Senior C++ Software Engineer2.8%11
14Technologist2.8%11
17Web Engineer2.5%10
18Senior C# Software Engineer1.8%7
18Senior Web Engineer1.8%7
20Agentic Artificial Intelligence Engineer1.5%6
181 Python Software Engineer jobs Nationwide