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 citing Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 7 6
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +9
Permanent jobs citing Python 201 314 502
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 9.78% 18.68% 17.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.13% 47.01% 38.73%
Number of salaries quoted 153 245 355
10th Percentile £57,500 £48,750 £50,750
25th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £131,000 £146,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £87,500 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +13.33% -6.25%

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 citing coding skills in the City of London.

6 months to
15 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills 466 668 1,296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 22.67% 39.74% 46.34%
Number of salaries quoted 368 551 927
10th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,625 £97,500
90th Percentile £125,000 £132,500 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - +13.33% -6.25%

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 15 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the City of London

Python Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1SQL30.8%62
2Java16.9%34
3C#11.4%23
4JavaScript10.0%20
5C++9.5%19
5TypeScript9.5%19
7PowerShell8.0%16
8Bash7.5%15
9R6.5%13
10VBA3.5%7
11Julia2.5%5
11MATLAB2.5%5
11Rust2.5%5
14Go2.0%4
14Scala2.0%4
16Bicep1.5%3
16T-SQL1.5%3
18Apex Code1.0%2
18C1.0%2
18Perl1.0%2