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 22 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
22 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 135 159
Rank change year-on-year +13 +24 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 18 32 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.74% 1.22% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 1.32% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 12 26 13
10th Percentile £67,500 £51,875 £44,500
25th Percentile £73,125 £53,438 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £79,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.79% +9.66% -6.45%
75th Percentile - £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile - - £109,000
Central London median annual salary £100,000 £79,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +26.58% +8.97% -6.45%

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 2,306 2,419 2,772
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 91.91% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,717 1,561 2,472
10th Percentile £42,050 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% -2.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £108,750 £115,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -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 22 January 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 22 January 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 18 (100.00%) Python
2 12 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 7 (38.89%) CI/CD
4 6 (33.33%) AWS
4 6 (33.33%) Azure
5 5 (27.78%) Analytics
5 5 (27.78%) SQL
6 4 (22.22%) Agile
6 4 (22.22%) DevOps
6 4 (22.22%) FastAPI
6 4 (22.22%) Full-Stack Development
6 4 (22.22%) Git
7 3 (16.67%) API Integration
7 3 (16.67%) BDD
7 3 (16.67%) C#
7 3 (16.67%) Data Engineering
7 3 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
7 3 (16.67%) Docker
7 3 (16.67%) Domain-Driven Design
7 3 (16.67%) Fintech
7 3 (16.67%) OO
7 3 (16.67%) OOP
7 3 (16.67%) React
7 3 (16.67%) TDD
7 3 (16.67%) Terraform
7 3 (16.67%) TypeScript
8 2 (11.11%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
8 2 (11.11%) Dagster
8 2 (11.11%) Data Lake

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 2 (11.11%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) AWS
1 6 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) Dagster
2 2 (11.11%) Prefect
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Run
3 1 (5.56%) GCP
3 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Data Lake
2 1 (5.56%) RDBMS
2 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Git
General
1 3 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Banking
2 2 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) FastAPI
2 3 (16.67%) React
3 2 (11.11%) PySpark
4 1 (5.56%) AngularJS
4 1 (5.56%) Celery
4 1 (5.56%) CSS
4 1 (5.56%) D3.js
4 1 (5.56%) Django
4 1 (5.56%) HTML
4 1 (5.56%) JSON
4 1 (5.56%) PrimeNG
4 1 (5.56%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (5.56%) REST
4 1 (5.56%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Reinsurance
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 7 (38.89%) CI/CD
3 5 (27.78%) Analytics
4 4 (22.22%) Agile
4 4 (22.22%) DevOps
4 4 (22.22%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (16.67%) API Integration
5 3 (16.67%) BDD
5 3 (16.67%) Data Engineering
5 3 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
5 3 (16.67%) Domain-Driven Design
5 3 (16.67%) Fintech
5 3 (16.67%) OO
5 3 (16.67%) OOP
5 3 (16.67%) TDD
6 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 2 (11.11%) Data Strategy
6 2 (11.11%) ETL
6 2 (11.11%) Mathematics
6 2 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) Python
2 5 (27.78%) SQL
3 3 (16.67%) C#
3 3 (16.67%) TypeScript
4 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Terraform
2 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Databricks
1 1 (5.56%) Google
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