Python Job Trends in Central London

Python
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 +8
Permanent jobs citing Python 248 346 572
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 9.02% 18.17% 17.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.13% 45.41% 38.96%
Number of salaries quoted 198 277 356
10th Percentile £57,500 £48,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +13.33% -5.66%
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £94,063
90th Percentile £121,625 £145,000 £112,500
London median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year - -5.56% +5.88%

All Programming Languages
Central London

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 603 762 1,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 21.94% 40.02% 45.68%
Number of salaries quoted 497 642 1,001
10th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £66,750 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £116,250 £130,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +3.13% -3.03% +3.13%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Python job vacancy trend in Central London

Python
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Central London over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in Central London

Python
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Central London region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
City of London -5 238 £90,000 +5.88% 306
City of Westminster +7 5 £58,000 +0.87% 71
West End of London +1 3 £50,000 -41.18% 23
Camden 0 1 £45,000 -47.06% 2
Lambeth - 1 - - 3
Python
London

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central 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 11 (4.44%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (3.23%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.82%) Apache
4 3 (1.21%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.81%) Confluence
6 1 (0.40%) Camunda
6 1 (0.40%) CMS
6 1 (0.40%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.40%) nginx
6 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.81%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.81%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 72 (29.03%) Azure
2 67 (27.02%) AWS
3 35 (14.11%) Power Platform
4 26 (10.48%) SaaS
5 22 (8.87%) GCP
6 15 (6.05%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (4.44%) GitHub
8 10 (4.03%) Serverless
9 9 (3.63%) Microsoft Copilot
9 9 (3.63%) Snowflake
10 6 (2.42%) Azure AI
10 6 (2.42%) Azure Functions
10 6 (2.42%) dbt
10 6 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (2.42%) Power Automate
11 5 (2.02%) Azure Databricks
11 5 (2.02%) Azure Machine Learning
11 5 (2.02%) Datadog
11 5 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.61%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.02%) Firewall
1 5 (2.02%) Network Security
2 4 (1.61%) BGP
2 4 (1.61%) OSPF
3 3 (1.21%) MPLS
3 3 (1.21%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.21%) VLAN
3 3 (1.21%) WAN
4 2 (0.81%) Broadband
4 2 (0.81%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.40%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.40%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.40%) HTTP
5 1 (0.40%) NGFW
5 1 (0.40%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.40%) SSL
5 1 (0.40%) VPN
5 1 (0.40%) VRRP
5 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (13.31%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (11.69%) Power BI
3 14 (5.65%) Relational Database
4 11 (4.44%) NoSQL
5 10 (4.03%) MongoDB
5 10 (4.03%) SQL Server
6 9 (3.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (3.63%) Geospatial Data
6 9 (3.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (2.82%) BigQuery
7 7 (2.82%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (2.02%) Data Lake
9 5 (2.02%) Tableau
10 4 (1.61%) KDB
10 4 (1.61%) MySQL
10 4 (1.61%) OLTP
10 4 (1.61%) Spark SQL
11 3 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.21%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 17 (6.85%) Git
2 9 (3.63%) GitLab
3 8 (3.23%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.82%) JIRA
5 3 (1.21%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.81%) Snyk
6 2 (0.81%) Vite
7 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.40%) JMeter
7 1 (0.40%) MLflow
7 1 (0.40%) Postman
7 1 (0.40%) Selenium
7 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 94 (37.90%) Finance
2 54 (21.77%) Social Skills
3 45 (18.15%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (10.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (6.45%) Banking
6 13 (5.24%) Front Office
7 11 (4.44%) Law
7 11 (4.44%) Marketing
8 8 (3.23%) Legal
9 6 (2.42%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.61%) Advertising
11 3 (1.21%) Games
11 3 (1.21%) iGaming
11 3 (1.21%) Legal Technology
12 2 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.81%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.81%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.40%) Back Office
13 1 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (20.56%) Senior
2 43 (17.34%) Developer
2 43 (17.34%) Software Engineer
3 40 (16.13%) Python Engineer
4 39 (15.73%) Lead
5 24 (9.68%) Data Engineer
6 22 (8.87%) Python Developer
7 19 (7.66%) Analyst
8 18 (7.26%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 17 (6.85%) Senior Software Engineer
10 13 (5.24%) Python Software Engineer
11 12 (4.84%) Lead Data Engineer
12 11 (4.44%) Architect
13 10 (4.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 9 (3.63%) C++ Software Engineer
14 9 (3.63%) Consultant
14 9 (3.63%) Platform Engineer
15 8 (3.23%) Lead Developer
15 8 (3.23%) Lead Python Developer
16 7 (2.82%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (13.71%) Terraform
2 18 (7.26%) React
3 15 (6.05%) FastAPI
4 14 (5.65%) LangChain
4 14 (5.65%) REST
5 10 (4.03%) PySpark
6 9 (3.63%) FIX Protocol
6 9 (3.63%) LangGraph
7 8 (3.23%) Django
8 7 (2.82%) Kafka
8 7 (2.82%) Node.js
8 7 (2.82%) PyTorch
9 6 (2.42%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (2.42%) Next.js
10 5 (2.02%) .NET
10 5 (2.02%) RESTful
11 4 (1.61%) CrewAI
11 4 (1.61%) Model Context Protocol
11 4 (1.61%) Spring
11 4 (1.61%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.29%) Cloud Native
2 27 (10.89%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (7.26%) Onboarding
4 16 (6.45%) AI Agents
5 15 (6.05%) Greenfield Project
6 11 (4.44%) Reinsurance
7 7 (2.82%) Algorithms
7 7 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.42%) Hedge funds
8 6 (2.42%) Low-Code
9 5 (2.02%) Fixed Income
9 5 (2.02%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.61%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.61%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (1.21%) Sports Betting
12 2 (0.81%) Autonomous Agent
12 2 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.81%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 31 (12.50%) Linux
2 6 (2.42%) Windows
3 4 (1.61%) Unix
4 2 (0.81%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.40%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (33.47%) AI
2 79 (31.85%) Software Engineering
3 56 (22.58%) CI/CD
4 55 (22.18%) Analytics
5 38 (15.32%) Data Engineering
5 38 (15.32%) Data Pipeline
5 38 (15.32%) Fintech
6 37 (14.92%) LLM
7 36 (14.52%) Machine Learning
8 35 (14.11%) Agile
9 34 (13.71%) DevOps
9 34 (13.71%) Infrastructure as Code
10 33 (13.31%) Problem-Solving
11 32 (12.90%) Observability
12 30 (12.10%) Business Intelligence
12 30 (12.10%) Decision-Making
13 28 (11.29%) Containerisation
13 28 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (9.27%) Full-Stack Development
14 23 (9.27%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Programming Languages
1 85 (34.27%) SQL
2 42 (16.94%) Java
3 25 (10.08%) C++
4 24 (9.68%) C#
5 21 (8.47%) TypeScript
6 19 (7.66%) JavaScript
6 19 (7.66%) PowerShell
7 18 (7.26%) Bash
8 17 (6.85%) R
9 9 (3.63%) Julia
9 9 (3.63%) MATLAB
10 8 (3.23%) VBA
11 6 (2.42%) Bicep
11 6 (2.42%) Go
11 6 (2.42%) Rust
12 4 (1.61%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.61%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.21%) Scala
14 2 (0.81%) Perl
Qualifications
1 26 (10.48%) Degree
2 14 (5.65%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (4.03%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.82%) AWS Certification
5 6 (2.42%) CFA
6 4 (1.61%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.61%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.81%) CCNP
8 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.40%) CCIE
9 1 (0.40%) CCNA
9 1 (0.40%) CCSP
9 1 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.40%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.40%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.40%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.84%) GDPR
3 9 (3.63%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.21%) QA
5 2 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.81%) NIST
5 2 (0.81%) SLA
6 1 (0.40%) IASME
6 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.40%) NCSC
System Software
1 39 (15.73%) Docker
2 6 (2.42%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (1.21%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.40%) Firmware
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 43 (17.34%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.65%) Ansible
3 9 (3.63%) Grafana
4 7 (2.82%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.21%) SQL Sentry
6 2 (0.81%) Argo
6 2 (0.81%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.40%) Nessus
7 1 (0.40%) Nmap
7 1 (0.40%) Puppet
7 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 31 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.68%) Databricks
3 14 (5.65%) Google
4 13 (5.24%) OpenAI
5 9 (3.63%) Oracle
6 6 (2.42%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.42%) Splunk
7 4 (1.61%) Alteryx
8 3 (1.21%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.21%) Cisco
8 3 (1.21%) Mistral
8 3 (1.21%) RedGate
8 3 (1.21%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.81%) Checkmarx
9 2 (0.81%) Foundry
9 2 (0.81%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.81%) Refinitiv
9 2 (0.81%) Veracode
9 2 (0.81%) VMware
10 1 (0.40%) Dynatrace