Python Job Trends in the City of London

Python
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 -3
Permanent jobs citing Python 410 472 418
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 12.59% 22.76% 13.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.93% 45.87% 27.65%
Number of salaries quoted 301 374 344
10th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £60,625 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £105,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £130,000 £122,500
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year - +6.25% +3.23%

All Programming Languages
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 955 1,029 1,512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 29.32% 49.61% 48.09%
Number of salaries quoted 738 860 1,319
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £101,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - +3.23%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Python job vacancy trend in the City of London

Python
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the City of London

Python
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 18 (4.39%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (4.15%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.20%) Apache
4 4 (0.98%) Confluence
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.49%) nginx
5 2 (0.49%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
Applications
1 19 (4.63%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Actimize
1 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 163 (39.76%) Azure
2 124 (30.24%) AWS
3 57 (13.90%) GCP
4 50 (12.20%) Power Platform
5 32 (7.80%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (6.10%) Azure Data Factory
7 24 (5.85%) GitHub
8 21 (5.12%) SaaS
9 17 (4.15%) Snowflake
10 14 (3.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 13 (3.17%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (2.93%) dbt
13 10 (2.44%) Serverless
14 8 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
14 8 (1.95%) PaaS
15 7 (1.71%) Datadog
16 6 (1.46%) Amazon EKS
16 6 (1.46%) Nutanix
17 5 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 5 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.66%) Network Security
2 12 (2.93%) Broadband
3 9 (2.20%) Wireless
4 5 (1.22%) DHCP
4 5 (1.22%) DNS
4 5 (1.22%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.73%) HTTP
5 3 (0.73%) LAN
5 3 (0.73%) WAN
6 2 (0.49%) 4G
6 2 (0.49%) BGP
6 2 (0.49%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.49%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.49%) IOS XR
6 2 (0.49%) MPLS
6 2 (0.49%) NAS
6 2 (0.49%) SAN
6 2 (0.49%) SNMP
6 2 (0.49%) VPN
7 1 (0.24%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (10.24%) Power BI
2 34 (8.29%) Data Warehouse
3 33 (8.05%) Elasticsearch
4 30 (7.32%) BigQuery
5 22 (5.37%) SQL Server
6 21 (5.12%) Data Lake
7 17 (4.15%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (3.90%) Relational Database
9 14 (3.41%) Tableau
10 12 (2.93%) NoSQL
11 10 (2.44%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (1.71%) Delta Lake
13 7 (1.71%) Star Schema
14 6 (1.46%) Big Data
14 6 (1.46%) Looker
14 6 (1.46%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (1.22%) DynamoDB
15 5 (1.22%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 33 (8.05%) Git
2 10 (2.44%) JIRA
3 9 (2.20%) Burp Suite
3 9 (2.20%) Metasploit
4 8 (1.95%) MLflow
5 4 (0.98%) Balsamiq
5 4 (0.98%) Postman
6 3 (0.73%) GitLab
6 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.49%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.49%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.49%) Selenium
8 1 (0.24%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.24%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.24%) Deequ
8 1 (0.24%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.24%) Mocha
8 1 (0.24%) webpack
General
1 111 (27.07%) Finance
2 95 (23.17%) Social Skills
3 46 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (6.34%) Banking
6 11 (2.68%) Front Office
7 10 (2.44%) Financial Institution
8 8 (1.95%) Advertising
9 6 (1.46%) Legal
9 6 (1.46%) Retail
10 5 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.73%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.73%) Law
12 3 (0.73%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.49%) International Banking
13 2 (0.49%) Marketing
13 2 (0.49%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.24%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 106 (25.85%) Senior
2 88 (21.46%) Developer
3 54 (13.17%) Lead
4 53 (12.93%) Python Developer
5 51 (12.44%) Data Engineer
6 40 (9.76%) Analyst
7 33 (8.05%) Python Engineer
8 30 (7.32%) Software Engineer
9 29 (7.07%) Senior Developer
10 24 (5.85%) Senior Data Engineer
11 23 (5.61%) Security Analyst
12 19 (4.63%) Architect
13 17 (4.15%) Senior Python Developer
14 14 (3.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 14 (3.41%) Full-Stack Developer
14 14 (3.41%) Lead Developer
15 13 (3.17%) AWS Engineer
15 13 (3.17%) Azure Engineer
15 13 (3.17%) Lead Python Developer
15 13 (3.17%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (10.24%) Django
2 35 (8.54%) React
3 20 (4.88%) Node.js
4 18 (4.39%) FastAPI
5 17 (4.15%) Kafka
6 16 (3.90%) PySpark
7 13 (3.17%) RESTful
8 12 (2.93%) PyTorch
9 11 (2.68%) .NET
9 11 (2.68%) LangChain
10 9 (2.20%) Flask
10 9 (2.20%) LlamaIndex
11 8 (1.95%) REST
11 8 (1.95%) scikit-learn
11 8 (1.95%) TensorFlow
12 6 (1.46%) .NET Core
12 6 (1.46%) gRPC
12 6 (1.46%) Model Context Protocol
12 6 (1.46%) Next.js
12 6 (1.46%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.78%) Algorithms
2 30 (7.32%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (6.59%) Cloud Native
4 26 (6.34%) Data Structures
4 26 (6.34%) Greenfield Project
5 24 (5.85%) Cyber Defence
6 23 (5.61%) Onboarding
7 20 (4.88%) Public Cloud
8 17 (4.15%) Security Operations Centre
9 16 (3.90%) Product Ownership
10 11 (2.68%) Security Posture
11 10 (2.44%) AI Agents
12 9 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (2.20%) Hedge funds
12 9 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (2.20%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.71%) Clustering
13 7 (1.71%) Reinsurance
13 7 (1.71%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (1.46%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 45 (10.98%) Linux
2 28 (6.83%) Windows
3 10 (2.44%) Unix
4 4 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.98%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.73%) CentOS
5 3 (0.73%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.49%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.24%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (22.68%) Analytics
1 93 (22.68%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (21.95%) AI
3 89 (21.71%) Agile
4 85 (20.73%) CI/CD
5 80 (19.51%) DevOps
5 80 (19.51%) Software Engineering
6 70 (17.07%) Mentoring
7 58 (14.15%) Machine Learning
8 57 (13.90%) Data Pipeline
9 53 (12.93%) Data Science
10 51 (12.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 51 (12.44%) Data Engineering
11 48 (11.71%) ETL
12 46 (11.22%) Data Modelling
13 44 (10.73%) Business Intelligence
13 44 (10.73%) Computer Science
14 41 (10.00%) Microservices
15 35 (8.54%) Coaching
15 35 (8.54%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 133 (32.44%) SQL
2 69 (16.83%) PowerShell
3 41 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 34 (8.29%) Bash
5 31 (7.56%) C#
6 30 (7.32%) Java
7 24 (5.85%) TypeScript
8 20 (4.88%) C++
9 14 (3.41%) Go
10 9 (2.20%) Scala
11 8 (1.95%) Rust
12 6 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (1.46%) R
12 6 (1.46%) VBA
13 4 (0.98%) Perl
13 4 (0.98%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.73%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.73%) PHP
14 3 (0.73%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.73%) VC++
Qualifications
1 57 (13.90%) Degree
2 33 (8.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.90%) GIAC
4 12 (2.93%) OSCP
5 11 (2.68%) CREST Certified
6 10 (2.44%) CCSAM
7 9 (2.20%) CHECK Team Leader
7 9 (2.20%) CHECK Team Member
8 7 (1.71%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.46%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.46%) Security Cleared
10 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.73%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.73%) GPEN
12 2 (0.49%) GXPN
12 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.49%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.49%) OSCE
12 2 (0.49%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.59%) NIST
2 21 (5.12%) Data Quality
3 17 (4.15%) GDPR
3 17 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (1.22%) QA
6 3 (0.73%) EMIR
6 3 (0.73%) PMO
7 2 (0.49%) SLA
7 2 (0.49%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.24%) Basel III
8 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.24%) MiFID
8 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 37 (9.02%) Docker
2 9 (2.20%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 37 (9.02%) Terraform
2 33 (8.05%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.41%) Ansible
4 9 (2.20%) Nessus
5 7 (1.71%) Grafana
6 6 (1.46%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.73%) Argo
7 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.73%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.49%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.24%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.24%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.24%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.24%) SCCM
9 1 (0.24%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.24%) vRealize
Vendors
1 89 (21.71%) Microsoft
2 44 (10.73%) Databricks
3 32 (7.80%) Google
4 9 (2.20%) Dell
5 8 (1.95%) VMware
6 7 (1.71%) CyberArk
6 7 (1.71%) Oracle
7 6 (1.46%) Cloudera
7 6 (1.46%) Commvault
7 6 (1.46%) Typelevel
8 5 (1.22%) Guidewire
8 5 (1.22%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.98%) Splunk
10 3 (0.73%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.73%) Informatica
10 3 (0.73%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.73%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.49%) Cisco
11 2 (0.49%) HP
11 2 (0.49%) SAP