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 8 October 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 119 145
Rank change year-on-year +34 +26 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 42 6 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.59% 0.36% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 0.38% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 40 4 19
10th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £100,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - +29.03% +8.77%
75th Percentile £104,063 £121,875 £110,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £138,750 -
Central London median annual salary £100,000 £100,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - +33.33% +5.26%

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 2,511 1,568 2,658
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 94.46% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,831 1,270 1,769
10th Percentile £45,000 £36,700 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £54,414
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £73,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -1.36% +1.38%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 42 (100.00%) Python
2 20 (47.62%) Software Engineering
3 18 (42.86%) AI
4 15 (35.71%) Fintech
5 13 (30.95%) AWS
6 11 (26.19%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (23.81%) CI/CD
7 10 (23.81%) LLM
8 9 (21.43%) Data Engineering
8 9 (21.43%) SaaS
9 8 (19.05%) Full-Stack Development
9 8 (19.05%) Relational Database
9 8 (19.05%) Test Automation
10 7 (16.67%) Agile
10 7 (16.67%) FastAPI
10 7 (16.67%) NoSQL
10 7 (16.67%) Refactoring
10 7 (16.67%) TypeScript
11 6 (14.29%) Apache
11 6 (14.29%) Apache Spark
11 6 (14.29%) Azure
11 6 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
11 6 (14.29%) Java
11 6 (14.29%) Machine Learning
11 6 (14.29%) Microservices
11 6 (14.29%) Observability
11 6 (14.29%) React
12 5 (11.90%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 5 (11.90%) Apache Airflow
12 5 (11.90%) Data Ingestion

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 6 (14.29%) Apache
1 6 (14.29%) Apache Spark
2 5 (11.90%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 13 (30.95%) AWS
2 9 (21.43%) SaaS
3 6 (14.29%) Azure
4 5 (11.90%) Amazon OpenSearch
4 5 (11.90%) GCP
5 1 (2.38%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (2.38%) Cloud Run
5 1 (2.38%) Figma
5 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.38%) Serverless
5 1 (2.38%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (26.19%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (19.05%) Relational Database
3 7 (16.67%) NoSQL
4 5 (11.90%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (11.90%) MySQL
5 2 (4.76%) MongoDB
5 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Git
General
1 10 (23.81%) Finance
2 5 (11.90%) Banking
2 5 (11.90%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.38%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (16.67%) FastAPI
2 6 (14.29%) React
3 5 (11.90%) Kafka
4 4 (9.52%) LangChain
4 4 (9.52%) REST
5 2 (4.76%) .NET
5 2 (4.76%) Django
5 2 (4.76%) LangGraph
5 2 (4.76%) Spring
5 2 (4.76%) Spring Boot
5 2 (4.76%) Terraform
6 1 (2.38%) AngularJS
6 1 (2.38%) D3.js
6 1 (2.38%) Flask
6 1 (2.38%) Next.js
6 1 (2.38%) Node.js
6 1 (2.38%) pytest
6 1 (2.38%) PyTorch
6 1 (2.38%) RESTful
6 1 (2.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.81%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (16.67%) Cloud Native
3 3 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.76%) AI Agents
4 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.38%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (47.62%) Software Engineering
2 18 (42.86%) AI
3 15 (35.71%) Fintech
4 10 (23.81%) CI/CD
4 10 (23.81%) LLM
5 9 (21.43%) Data Engineering
6 8 (19.05%) Full-Stack Development
6 8 (19.05%) Test Automation
7 7 (16.67%) Agile
7 7 (16.67%) Refactoring
8 6 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
8 6 (14.29%) Machine Learning
8 6 (14.29%) Microservices
8 6 (14.29%) Observability
9 5 (11.90%) Data Ingestion
9 5 (11.90%) Front End Development
9 5 (11.90%) Investment Management
10 4 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (9.52%) DevSecOps
10 4 (9.52%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 42 (100.00%) Python
2 7 (16.67%) TypeScript
3 6 (14.29%) Java
4 4 (9.52%) SQL
5 3 (7.14%) C++
5 3 (7.14%) JavaScript
6 2 (4.76%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.76%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (11.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (9.52%) Databricks
2 2 (4.76%) Google
3 1 (2.38%) Alteryx
3 1 (2.38%) Bloomberg
3 1 (2.38%) MarketAxess
3 1 (2.38%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.38%) Refinitiv