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 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 6 12
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 387 408 461
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 9.02% 21.31% 14.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.82% 46.21% 30.96%
Number of salaries quoted 298 323 311
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £58,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £152,500 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £87,500 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +13.33% -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 948 883 1,489
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 22.09% 46.11% 46.84%
Number of salaries quoted 750 738 1,189
10th Percentile £51,975 £52,500 £47,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £61,750 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +3.23% -2.52%
75th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £130,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
% 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 June 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 19 (4.91%) Apache Airflow
1 19 (4.91%) Apache Spark
2 11 (2.84%) Apache
3 1 (0.26%) Confluence
3 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
Applications
1 13 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 119 (30.75%) Azure
2 114 (29.46%) AWS
3 53 (13.70%) GCP
4 30 (7.75%) Power Platform
5 27 (6.98%) SaaS
6 19 (4.91%) Azure Data Factory
7 18 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (3.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 12 (3.10%) GitHub
10 11 (2.84%) dbt
10 11 (2.84%) Snowflake
11 9 (2.33%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 8 (2.07%) Amazon EKS
13 7 (1.81%) Serverless
14 6 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (1.29%) Microsoft 365
16 4 (1.03%) Azure AKS
16 4 (1.03%) Azure Functions
16 4 (1.03%) PaaS
17 3 (0.78%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.65%) Network Security
2 14 (3.62%) Broadband
3 10 (2.58%) Wireless
4 6 (1.55%) BGP
5 5 (1.29%) MPLS
6 4 (1.03%) OSPF
7 3 (0.78%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (0.78%) Firewall
7 3 (0.78%) HTTP
7 3 (0.78%) VLAN
7 3 (0.78%) WAN
8 2 (0.52%) 4G
8 2 (0.52%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.52%) IOS XR
9 1 (0.26%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.26%) DHCP
9 1 (0.26%) EIGRP
9 1 (0.26%) HSRP
9 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.26%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.56%) Elasticsearch
2 29 (7.49%) BigQuery
3 24 (6.20%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (6.20%) Power BI
4 17 (4.39%) Relational Database
5 15 (3.88%) Data Lake
6 14 (3.62%) NoSQL
7 13 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (2.58%) SQL Server
9 9 (2.33%) Amazon Redshift
9 9 (2.33%) MongoDB
9 9 (2.33%) MySQL
10 8 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (2.07%) Spark SQL
10 8 (2.07%) Tableau
11 7 (1.81%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (1.55%) Delta Lake
12 6 (1.55%) Looker
12 6 (1.55%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (1.29%) KDB
Development Applications
1 27 (6.98%) Git
2 9 (2.33%) Burp Suite
2 9 (2.33%) Metasploit
3 8 (2.07%) MLflow
4 5 (1.29%) GitLab
5 4 (1.03%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.03%) JIRA
6 3 (0.78%) Balsamiq
6 3 (0.78%) Postman
6 3 (0.78%) Selenium
6 3 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.52%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.52%) Vite
8 1 (0.26%) Jaeger
General
1 104 (26.87%) Finance
2 81 (20.93%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (8.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (6.72%) Banking
6 17 (4.39%) Front Office
7 6 (1.55%) Financial Institution
7 6 (1.55%) Law
7 6 (1.55%) Marketing
8 5 (1.29%) Legal
9 4 (1.03%) Advertising
10 3 (0.78%) Games
10 3 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.78%) Public Sector
10 3 (0.78%) Retail
11 2 (0.52%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.26%) Automotive
12 1 (0.26%) Back Office
12 1 (0.26%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 99 (25.58%) Senior
2 83 (21.45%) Developer
3 60 (15.50%) Python Engineer
4 50 (12.92%) Software Engineer
5 47 (12.14%) Lead
6 45 (11.63%) Python Developer
7 40 (10.34%) Data Engineer
8 32 (8.27%) Analyst
9 21 (5.43%) Security Analyst
10 20 (5.17%) Senior Software Engineer
11 18 (4.65%) AWS Engineer
12 17 (4.39%) Python Software Engineer
13 16 (4.13%) Architect
14 15 (3.88%) Senior Developer
15 14 (3.62%) Senior Data Engineer
16 13 (3.36%) Python Data Engineer
17 12 (3.10%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 12 (3.10%) Lead Developer
17 12 (3.10%) Lead Python Developer
18 11 (2.84%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (7.75%) Django
2 23 (5.94%) React
3 17 (4.39%) Kafka
4 15 (3.88%) FastAPI
4 15 (3.88%) RESTful
5 13 (3.36%) PySpark
5 13 (3.36%) PyTorch
6 12 (3.10%) LangChain
7 10 (2.58%) REST
7 10 (2.58%) TensorFlow
8 9 (2.33%) .NET
8 9 (2.33%) scikit-learn
9 7 (1.81%) gRPC
9 7 (1.81%) LlamaIndex
9 7 (1.81%) Node.js
9 7 (1.81%) Pandas
9 7 (1.81%) pgvector
10 6 (1.55%) Elastic Stack
10 6 (1.55%) Model Context Protocol
11 5 (1.29%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 37 (9.56%) Distributed Systems
2 35 (9.04%) Algorithms
3 32 (8.27%) Cloud Native
4 27 (6.98%) Greenfield Project
5 25 (6.46%) Data Structures
6 24 (6.20%) Public Cloud
7 23 (5.94%) Onboarding
8 22 (5.68%) Cyber Defence
9 15 (3.88%) Security Operations Centre
10 12 (3.10%) Product Ownership
10 12 (3.10%) Security Posture
11 11 (2.84%) Reinsurance
12 10 (2.58%) AI Agents
12 10 (2.58%) Video\Live Streaming
13 9 (2.33%) Mobile App
14 7 (1.81%) Clustering
14 7 (1.81%) Fixed Income
14 7 (1.81%) Over-the-Top Content
15 6 (1.55%) Hedge funds
15 6 (1.55%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 60 (15.50%) Linux
2 27 (6.98%) Windows
3 4 (1.03%) Unix
3 4 (1.03%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) CentOS
4 1 (0.26%) CoreOS
4 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (27.65%) Software Engineering
2 86 (22.22%) AI
3 79 (20.41%) CI/CD
4 69 (17.83%) Analytics
5 63 (16.28%) DevOps
5 63 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
6 61 (15.76%) Agile
7 55 (14.21%) Fintech
7 55 (14.21%) Mentoring
8 51 (13.18%) Data Engineering
9 50 (12.92%) Machine Learning
10 45 (11.63%) Computer Science
10 45 (11.63%) Data Science
11 41 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 41 (10.59%) Data Pipeline
12 40 (10.34%) Microservices
13 37 (9.56%) Infrastructure as Code
14 36 (9.30%) Observability
15 33 (8.53%) Containerisation
16 30 (7.75%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 116 (29.97%) SQL
2 60 (15.50%) PowerShell
3 40 (10.34%) Java
4 38 (9.82%) C++
5 32 (8.27%) JavaScript
6 30 (7.75%) C#
7 28 (7.24%) Bash
8 16 (4.13%) Go
9 15 (3.88%) TypeScript
10 14 (3.62%) R
11 9 (2.33%) Julia
11 9 (2.33%) MATLAB
11 9 (2.33%) Scala
12 7 (1.81%) Rust
12 7 (1.81%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.55%) C
13 6 (1.55%) VBA
14 5 (1.29%) Bicep
14 5 (1.29%) PHP
15 3 (0.78%) Perl
Qualifications
1 47 (12.14%) Degree
2 30 (7.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (3.36%) CREST Certified
3 13 (3.36%) GIAC
3 13 (3.36%) OSCP
4 12 (3.10%) CCSAM
5 10 (2.58%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.33%) CHECK Team Leader
6 9 (2.33%) CHECK Team Member
6 9 (2.33%) Security Cleared
7 6 (1.55%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.55%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.03%) CFA
8 4 (1.03%) GPEN
8 4 (1.03%) GXPN
8 4 (1.03%) OSCE
9 3 (0.78%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.52%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.94%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.39%) NIST
3 15 (3.88%) GDPR
4 6 (1.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.29%) QA
6 4 (1.03%) SLA
7 3 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.26%) EMIR
8 1 (0.26%) PMO
8 1 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 42 (10.85%) Docker
2 6 (1.55%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.26%) Firmware
5 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 46 (11.89%) Terraform
2 43 (11.11%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.36%) Ansible
4 9 (2.33%) Grafana
4 9 (2.33%) Nessus
4 9 (2.33%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.26%) Argo
5 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.26%) Kustomize
5 1 (0.26%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.26%) SCCM
5 1 (0.26%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 49 (12.66%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.75%) Databricks
3 29 (7.49%) Google
4 10 (2.58%) Oracle
5 7 (1.81%) Splunk
5 7 (1.81%) Typelevel
6 6 (1.55%) Cloudera
6 6 (1.55%) Dell
7 5 (1.29%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.03%) Cisco
8 4 (1.03%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.03%) VMware
9 3 (0.78%) Commvault
9 3 (0.78%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.52%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.52%) BT
10 2 (0.52%) CyberArk
10 2 (0.52%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.52%) SAP
11 1 (0.26%) Alteryx