Python Engineer Job Trends in the City of London

Python Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Python Engineer salary in the City of London is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
30 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 131 144
Rank change year-on-year +42 +13 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 59 9 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.55% 0.47% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.62% 0.50% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 55 8 10
10th Percentile £72,750 - £64,000
25th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £67,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £100,000 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year - +31.15% -1.61%
75th Percentile - £121,875 £86,875
90th Percentile £115,000 £150,000 £96,500
Central London median annual salary £100,000 £95,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +26.67% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 City of London with a recognized job title 3,637 1,797 2,670
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.69% 94.68% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,633 1,396 2,135
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,375 £41,319
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £119,375 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +10.34% - -3.33%

Python Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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 City of London.

Python Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Python Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

Python Engineer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 30 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Python Engineer in the City of London

Python Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 30 July 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 City of London region featuring Python Engineer in the job title.

1 59 (100.00%) Python
2 25 (42.37%) Software Engineering
3 23 (38.98%) AI
4 20 (33.90%) Fintech
5 19 (32.20%) AWS
6 14 (23.73%) SaaS
7 13 (22.03%) Data Engineering
7 13 (22.03%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (20.34%) LLM
9 11 (18.64%) Relational Database
10 10 (16.95%) CI/CD
10 10 (16.95%) FastAPI
11 9 (15.25%) Full-Stack Development
11 9 (15.25%) NoSQL
11 9 (15.25%) Observability
12 8 (13.56%) Data Pipeline
13 7 (11.86%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 7 (11.86%) Apache
13 7 (11.86%) Apache Airflow
13 7 (11.86%) Apache Spark
13 7 (11.86%) Data Ingestion
13 7 (11.86%) Data Quality
13 7 (11.86%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (11.86%) Java
13 7 (11.86%) Kafka
13 7 (11.86%) Machine Learning
13 7 (11.86%) Microservices
13 7 (11.86%) MySQL
13 7 (11.86%) Platform Engineering
13 7 (11.86%) Refactoring

Python Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 7 (11.86%) Apache
1 7 (11.86%) Apache Airflow
1 7 (11.86%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 19 (32.20%) AWS
2 14 (23.73%) SaaS
3 7 (11.86%) Amazon OpenSearch
4 6 (10.17%) Azure
5 5 (8.47%) GCP
6 1 (1.69%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.69%) Figma
6 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.69%) Serverless
6 1 (1.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.69%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (22.03%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (18.64%) Relational Database
3 9 (15.25%) NoSQL
4 7 (11.86%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (11.86%) MySQL
5 2 (3.39%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.69%) Power BI
6 1 (1.69%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Git
2 1 (1.69%) Selenium
General
1 11 (18.64%) Finance
2 5 (8.47%) Banking
2 5 (8.47%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (1.69%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (16.95%) FastAPI
2 7 (11.86%) Kafka
3 4 (6.78%) LangChain
3 4 (6.78%) React
3 4 (6.78%) REST
4 3 (5.08%) Django
5 2 (3.39%) Flask
5 2 (3.39%) LangGraph
5 2 (3.39%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (1.69%) Celery
6 1 (1.69%) HTML
6 1 (1.69%) Next.js
6 1 (1.69%) Node.js
6 1 (1.69%) Playwright
6 1 (1.69%) Puppeteer
6 1 (1.69%) pytest
6 1 (1.69%) PyTorch
6 1 (1.69%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (1.69%) RESTful
6 1 (1.69%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.64%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (11.86%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.39%) AI Agents
3 2 (3.39%) CUDA
3 2 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.69%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (42.37%) Software Engineering
2 23 (38.98%) AI
3 20 (33.90%) Fintech
4 13 (22.03%) Data Engineering
5 12 (20.34%) LLM
6 10 (16.95%) CI/CD
7 9 (15.25%) Full-Stack Development
7 9 (15.25%) Observability
8 8 (13.56%) Data Pipeline
9 7 (11.86%) Data Ingestion
9 7 (11.86%) Machine Learning
9 7 (11.86%) Microservices
9 7 (11.86%) Platform Engineering
9 7 (11.86%) Refactoring
10 5 (8.47%) Agile
10 5 (8.47%) Investment Management
10 5 (8.47%) Test Automation
11 4 (6.78%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (6.78%) Data Science
11 4 (6.78%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 59 (100.00%) Python
2 7 (11.86%) Java
3 5 (8.47%) SQL
3 5 (8.47%) TypeScript
4 3 (5.08%) C++
4 3 (5.08%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.69%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (3.39%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.86%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.69%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (3.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (10.17%) Kubernetes
2 5 (8.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (3.39%) Databricks
1 2 (3.39%) Google
2 1 (1.69%) Alteryx
2 1 (1.69%) Bloomberg
2 1 (1.69%) MarketAxess
2 1 (1.69%) OpenAI
2 1 (1.69%) Refinitiv
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