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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 0
Permanent jobs citing Python 417 477 424
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 11.51% 22.64% 13.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.95% 46.54% 27.95%
Number of salaries quoted 312 373 338
10th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,875 £65,000 £57,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.68% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £103,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £134,500 £122,500
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year - +9.68% -

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 994 1,025 1,517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 27.44% 48.65% 47.78%
Number of salaries quoted 764 855 1,307
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £103,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £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 16 April 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 21 (5.04%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (4.08%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.64%) Apache
4 3 (0.72%) Confluence
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.48%) nginx
6 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (4.80%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.48%) 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
1 157 (37.65%) Azure
2 121 (29.02%) AWS
3 59 (14.15%) GCP
4 47 (11.27%) Power Platform
5 33 (7.91%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (5.52%) Azure Data Factory
7 22 (5.28%) SaaS
8 20 (4.80%) GitHub
9 16 (3.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 14 (3.36%) Snowflake
11 12 (2.88%) dbt
12 11 (2.64%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (2.16%) PaaS
14 7 (1.68%) Serverless
15 6 (1.44%) Amazon EKS
15 6 (1.44%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 6 (1.44%) Nutanix
16 5 (1.20%) Figma
16 5 (1.20%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.32%) Network Security
2 12 (2.88%) Broadband
3 9 (2.16%) Wireless
4 5 (1.20%) DHCP
4 5 (1.20%) DNS
4 5 (1.20%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.72%) HTTP
5 3 (0.72%) LAN
5 3 (0.72%) WAN
6 2 (0.48%) 4G
6 2 (0.48%) BGP
6 2 (0.48%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.48%) IOS XR
6 2 (0.48%) MPLS
6 2 (0.48%) NAS
6 2 (0.48%) SAN
6 2 (0.48%) SNMP
6 2 (0.48%) VPN
7 1 (0.24%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.11%) Power BI
2 37 (8.87%) Elasticsearch
3 32 (7.67%) BigQuery
3 32 (7.67%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (4.80%) Data Lake
5 18 (4.32%) SQL Server
6 17 (4.08%) Relational Database
7 16 (3.84%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (3.36%) Tableau
9 10 (2.40%) NoSQL
10 9 (2.16%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (1.68%) Delta Lake
12 7 (1.68%) Star Schema
13 6 (1.44%) Looker
13 6 (1.44%) MySQL
13 6 (1.44%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (1.20%) Big Data
14 5 (1.20%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 36 (8.63%) Git
2 9 (2.16%) Burp Suite
2 9 (2.16%) Metasploit
3 8 (1.92%) JIRA
3 8 (1.92%) MLflow
4 5 (1.20%) Balsamiq
5 4 (0.96%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.72%) Postman
6 3 (0.72%) Selenium
7 2 (0.48%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.24%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
General
1 114 (27.34%) Finance
2 90 (21.58%) Social Skills
3 44 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (8.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (6.71%) Banking
6 14 (3.36%) Front Office
7 9 (2.16%) Advertising
7 9 (2.16%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.20%) Legal
8 5 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.20%) Retail
9 4 (0.96%) Law
10 3 (0.72%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.48%) Marketing
11 2 (0.48%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.48%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.24%) Aeronautics
12 1 (0.24%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 105 (25.18%) Senior
2 89 (21.34%) Developer
3 53 (12.71%) Lead
4 52 (12.47%) Python Developer
5 47 (11.27%) Data Engineer
6 41 (9.83%) Analyst
6 41 (9.83%) Python Engineer
7 35 (8.39%) Software Engineer
8 28 (6.71%) Senior Developer
9 24 (5.76%) Security Analyst
10 20 (4.80%) Architect
11 19 (4.56%) Senior Data Engineer
12 16 (3.84%) AWS Engineer
12 16 (3.84%) Senior Python Developer
13 15 (3.60%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 14 (3.36%) Azure Engineer
15 13 (3.12%) Full-Stack Developer
16 12 (2.88%) Lead Developer
16 12 (2.88%) Lead Python Developer
16 12 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (9.35%) Django
2 34 (8.15%) React
3 18 (4.32%) Node.js
4 17 (4.08%) Kafka
5 14 (3.36%) PySpark
5 14 (3.36%) RESTful
6 13 (3.12%) FastAPI
7 11 (2.64%) PyTorch
8 10 (2.40%) LangChain
9 9 (2.16%) .NET
9 9 (2.16%) LlamaIndex
10 8 (1.92%) Model Context Protocol
10 8 (1.92%) REST
10 8 (1.92%) TensorFlow
11 7 (1.68%) Flask
11 7 (1.68%) gRPC
11 7 (1.68%) scikit-learn
12 6 (1.44%) pgvector
13 5 (1.20%) Next.js
13 5 (1.20%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 38 (9.11%) Algorithms
2 33 (7.91%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (6.47%) Data Structures
4 26 (6.24%) Cloud Native
4 26 (6.24%) Cyber Defence
4 26 (6.24%) Greenfield Project
5 24 (5.76%) Public Cloud
6 23 (5.52%) Onboarding
7 19 (4.56%) Product Ownership
7 19 (4.56%) Security Operations Centre
8 13 (3.12%) Security Posture
9 10 (2.40%) Hedge funds
10 9 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (2.16%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.92%) Video\Live Streaming
12 7 (1.68%) AI Agents
12 7 (1.68%) Over-the-Top Content
13 6 (1.44%) Clustering
13 6 (1.44%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 52 (12.47%) Linux
2 32 (7.67%) Windows
3 6 (1.44%) Unix
4 5 (1.20%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.72%) CentOS
6 3 (0.72%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.24%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (21.34%) CI/CD
1 89 (21.34%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (21.10%) Analytics
3 87 (20.86%) Agile
4 86 (20.62%) AI
5 83 (19.90%) Software Engineering
6 82 (19.66%) DevOps
7 70 (16.79%) Mentoring
8 56 (13.43%) Data Engineering
8 56 (13.43%) Data Science
9 54 (12.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 53 (12.71%) Data Pipeline
11 51 (12.23%) Machine Learning
12 44 (10.55%) Computer Science
12 44 (10.55%) ETL
12 44 (10.55%) Microservices
13 41 (9.83%) Business Intelligence
14 40 (9.59%) Data Modelling
15 38 (9.11%) Fintech
16 34 (8.15%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 128 (30.70%) SQL
2 76 (18.23%) PowerShell
3 42 (10.07%) JavaScript
4 33 (7.91%) Bash
5 31 (7.43%) Java
6 30 (7.19%) C#
7 24 (5.76%) C++
8 21 (5.04%) TypeScript
9 17 (4.08%) Go
10 10 (2.40%) Scala
11 6 (1.44%) Perl
11 6 (1.44%) VBA
12 5 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (1.20%) PHP
12 5 (1.20%) R
12 5 (1.20%) Rust
13 4 (0.96%) C
13 4 (0.96%) Ruby
13 4 (0.96%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.72%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 57 (13.67%) Degree
2 34 (8.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (4.08%) GIAC
4 14 (3.36%) OSCP
5 13 (3.12%) CREST Certified
6 12 (2.88%) CCSAM
7 9 (2.16%) CHECK Team Leader
7 9 (2.16%) CHECK Team Member
8 7 (1.68%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.44%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.44%) Security Cleared
10 5 (1.20%) GPEN
10 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.96%) GXPN
11 4 (0.96%) OSCE
12 3 (0.72%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.72%) SC Cleared
13 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.48%) PhD
14 1 (0.24%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.71%) NIST
2 24 (5.76%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.84%) GDPR
3 16 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 6 (1.44%) QA
5 3 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.72%) EMIR
5 3 (0.72%) PMO
5 3 (0.72%) SLA
6 2 (0.48%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.24%) Basel III
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.24%) MiFID
7 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 37 (8.87%) Docker
2 9 (2.16%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 42 (10.07%) Terraform
2 34 (8.15%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.12%) Ansible
4 9 (2.16%) Nessus
5 7 (1.68%) Grafana
6 6 (1.44%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.72%) Argo
7 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.72%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.48%) 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%) SCCM
9 1 (0.24%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.24%) vRealize
Vendors
1 84 (20.14%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.87%) Databricks
3 35 (8.39%) Google
4 8 (1.92%) Dell
4 8 (1.92%) Oracle
4 8 (1.92%) VMware
5 7 (1.68%) CyberArk
5 7 (1.68%) Typelevel
6 6 (1.44%) Cloudera
6 6 (1.44%) Commvault
7 5 (1.20%) Red Hat
8 4 (0.96%) Bloomberg
8 4 (0.96%) Splunk
9 3 (0.72%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.72%) Informatica
9 3 (0.72%) Refinitiv
9 3 (0.72%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.48%) Confluent
10 2 (0.48%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.48%) OpenAI