Python Software Engineer
UK
The median Python Software Engineer salary in the UK is £107,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 539 | 402 | 717 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -137 | +315 | +6 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer | 154 | 622 | 272 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.30% | 0.63% | 0.26% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.33% | 0.67% | 0.29% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 154 | 263 | 173 |
| 10th Percentile | £72,500 | £45,000 | £41,950 |
| 25th Percentile | £85,000 | £62,500 | £63,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £107,500 | £100,000 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.50% | +25.00% | -13.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £135,000 | £136,250 | £116,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £147,500 | £147,750 | £150,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £67,500 | £50,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +35.00% | -16.67% | -14.29% |
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 | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Python Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Python Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Python Software Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python Software Engineer.
Python Software Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Python Software Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Python Software Engineer
Top 8 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 1 May 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 |
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| England | +62 | 153 | £107,500 | +7.50% | 78 |
| London | +53 | 140 | £110,000 | - | 39 |
| Work from Home | +163 | 120 | £110,000 | -4.35% | 66 |
| UK excluding London | -138 | 12 | £67,500 | +35.00% | 54 |
| South East | +90 | 9 | £67,500 | +35.00% | 19 |
| East of England | +49 | 2 | £57,500 | -20.69% | 8 |
| Midlands | +80 | 1 | £70,000 | +40.00% | 1 |
| East Midlands | +50 | 1 | £70,000 | +40.00% | 1 |
Python Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Python Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Python Software Engineer in the job title.
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Python Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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