Python Data Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Python Data Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Python Data Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 September 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 630 523 632
Rank change year-on-year -107 +109 -70
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Data Engineer 34 15 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.040% 0.044% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.049% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 33 13 5
10th Percentile £63,750 £40,000 £55,250
25th Percentile £77,500 £55,000 £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £62,500 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% -32.43% +2.78%
75th Percentile £92,500 £68,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £114,000 £70,000 -
UK median annual salary £85,000 £70,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year +21.43% -30.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 79,899 30,633 51,702
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 89.34% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 55,249 17,421 29,497
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.73% - -8.33%

Python Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Python Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Python Data Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Python Data Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Python Data Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Python Data Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Python Data Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python Data Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Python Data Engineer in the UK excluding London

Python Data Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python Data Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 September 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
West Midlands -32 19 £85,000 +41.67%
Midlands -40 19 £85,000 +30.77%
North of England -51 13 £100,000 +66.67% 7
South West - 13 £85,000 - 3
North East -54 12 £100,000 +233.33%
North West -24 1 £95,000 +35.71% 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2
Python Data Engineer
UK

Python Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 24 September 2026, Python Data 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 UK excluding London region featuring Python Data Engineer in the job title.

1 34 (100.00%) Python
2 30 (88.24%) Azure
3 21 (61.76%) SQL
4 18 (52.94%) Data Pipeline
5 17 (50.00%) AWS
5 17 (50.00%) ETL
6 14 (41.18%) Analytics
7 13 (38.24%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (38.24%) Decision-Making
7 13 (38.24%) Workflow
8 12 (35.29%) Azure Certification
8 12 (35.29%) Data Security
8 12 (35.29%) Databricks
8 12 (35.29%) DevOps
8 12 (35.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 12 (35.29%) DV Cleared
8 12 (35.29%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (35.29%) ETL Development
8 12 (35.29%) Go
8 12 (35.29%) Kafka
8 12 (35.29%) Keycloak
8 12 (35.29%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (35.29%) SC Cleared
8 12 (35.29%) Security Cleared
9 10 (29.41%) Apache Airflow
9 10 (29.41%) GCP
9 10 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (20.59%) Azure Stack
10 7 (20.59%) Snowflake
11 4 (11.76%) Business Intelligence

Python Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (29.41%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.94%) Apache
2 1 (2.94%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 30 (88.24%) Azure
2 17 (50.00%) AWS
3 13 (38.24%) Azure Data Factory
4 10 (29.41%) GCP
5 7 (20.59%) Azure Stack
5 7 (20.59%) Snowflake
6 4 (11.76%) Power Platform
7 2 (5.88%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (35.29%) Elasticsearch
1 12 (35.29%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (11.76%) Power BI
2 4 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (8.82%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.94%) Big Data
5 1 (2.94%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (2.94%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (35.29%) Kafka
1 12 (35.29%) Keycloak
2 1 (2.94%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 12 (35.29%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (26.47%) Distributed Computing
3 3 (8.82%) Hedge funds
4 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) Data Pipeline
2 17 (50.00%) ETL
3 14 (41.18%) Analytics
4 13 (38.24%) Decision-Making
4 13 (38.24%) Workflow
5 12 (35.29%) Data Security
5 12 (35.29%) DevOps
5 12 (35.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 12 (35.29%) ETL Development
6 10 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (11.76%) Business Strategy
7 4 (11.76%) Data Engineering
7 4 (11.76%) Innovative Thinking
8 3 (8.82%) Investment Management
9 2 (5.88%) Data Modelling
9 2 (5.88%) Fintech
10 1 (2.94%) Agile
10 1 (2.94%) AI
10 1 (2.94%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (100.00%) Python
2 21 (61.76%) SQL
3 12 (35.29%) Go
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) Azure Certification
1 12 (35.29%) DV Cleared
1 12 (35.29%) SC Cleared
1 12 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (35.29%) Databricks
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft