Python Engineer Job Trends in the North of England

Python Engineer
England > North of England

The median Python Engineer salary in the North of England is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 August 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 302 336
Rank change year-on-year +36 +34 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 86 12 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.38% 0.13% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.14% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 85 8 15
10th Percentile £62,500 £48,375 -
25th Percentile £65,000 £57,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £66,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.75% +26.19% -41.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £99,375
90th Percentile - £100,000 £109,000
England median annual salary £85,000 £110,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% -2.44%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 21,166 8,480 14,425
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 88.38% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 15,426 4,575 9,747
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £28,788
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Python Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Python Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Python Engineer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Python Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in the North of England

Python Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Python Engineer in the North of England

Python Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
North West +34 54 £71,991 +2.84% 5
North East -30 27 £85,000 +183.33%
Yorkshire -22 5 £100,000 +66.67% 3
Python Engineer
England

Python Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 19 August 2026, Python 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 across the North of England region featuring Python Engineer in the job title.

1 86 (100.00%) Python
2 48 (55.81%) Software Engineering
3 32 (37.21%) AI
4 29 (33.72%) AWS
5 18 (20.93%) DevOps
6 17 (19.77%) GCP
7 16 (18.60%) B2B
7 16 (18.60%) B2C
7 16 (18.60%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 15 (17.44%) Azure
9 14 (16.28%) Docker
9 14 (16.28%) SQL
10 13 (15.12%) Event-Driven
11 12 (13.95%) Databricks
12 11 (12.79%) FastAPI
12 11 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (10.47%) Apache Airflow
13 9 (10.47%) CI/CD
13 9 (10.47%) Terraform
14 8 (9.30%) Kubernetes
14 8 (9.30%) PostgreSQL
14 8 (9.30%) React
15 7 (8.14%) TDD
16 6 (6.98%) Amazon ECS
16 6 (6.98%) Ansible
16 6 (6.98%) Architectural Design
16 6 (6.98%) HTML
16 6 (6.98%) Infrastructure as Code
16 6 (6.98%) Next.js
16 6 (6.98%) Observability

Python Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 9 (10.47%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 29 (33.72%) AWS
2 17 (19.77%) GCP
3 15 (17.44%) Azure
4 6 (6.98%) Amazon ECS
5 5 (5.81%) SaaS
6 3 (3.49%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (3.49%) dbt
6 3 (3.49%) Serverless
6 3 (3.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (2.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (2.33%) Amazon S3
7 2 (2.33%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.49%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.30%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (5.81%) MongoDB
3 3 (3.49%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (3.49%) GIS
4 2 (2.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Selenium
2 2 (2.33%) Git
General
1 5 (5.81%) Social Skills
2 4 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.33%) Banking
3 2 (2.33%) Retail Banking
4 1 (1.16%) Finance
4 1 (1.16%) Legal
4 1 (1.16%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.79%) FastAPI
2 8 (9.30%) React
3 6 (6.98%) HTML
3 6 (6.98%) Next.js
3 6 (6.98%) React Native
3 6 (6.98%) Ruby on Rails
4 5 (5.81%) Django
4 5 (5.81%) Flask
5 3 (3.49%) .NET
5 3 (3.49%) .NET Core
5 3 (3.49%) Ajax
5 3 (3.49%) boto
5 3 (3.49%) CSS
5 3 (3.49%) CSS3
5 3 (3.49%) HTML5
5 3 (3.49%) Jinja
5 3 (3.49%) jQuery
5 3 (3.49%) OpenLayers
5 3 (3.49%) Puppeteer
5 3 (3.49%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.12%) Cloud Native
2 9 (10.47%) Distributed Computing
3 4 (4.65%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (3.49%) Algorithms
4 3 (3.49%) Hedge funds
4 3 (3.49%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.33%) AI Agents
5 2 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.49%) Linux
1 3 (3.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (55.81%) Software Engineering
2 32 (37.21%) AI
3 18 (20.93%) DevOps
4 16 (18.60%) B2B
4 16 (18.60%) B2C
4 16 (18.60%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 13 (15.12%) Event-Driven
6 11 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (10.47%) CI/CD
8 7 (8.14%) TDD
9 6 (6.98%) Architectural Design
9 6 (6.98%) Infrastructure as Code
9 6 (6.98%) Observability
10 5 (5.81%) Collaborative Culture
10 5 (5.81%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 5 (5.81%) Performance Engineering
11 4 (4.65%) Business Strategy
11 4 (4.65%) Data Science
11 4 (4.65%) Fintech
12 3 (3.49%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 86 (100.00%) Python
2 14 (16.28%) SQL
3 6 (6.98%) Ruby
4 2 (2.33%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.16%) Go
5 1 (1.16%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (3.49%) SC Cleared
1 3 (3.49%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (2.33%) Degree
System Software
1 14 (16.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (10.47%) Terraform
2 8 (9.30%) Kubernetes
3 6 (6.98%) Ansible
Vendors
1 12 (13.95%) Databricks
2 6 (6.98%) Splunk
3 3 (3.49%) Google