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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Python 438 448 453
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 10.82% 21.79% 14.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.52% 46.33% 29.94%
Number of salaries quoted 334 357 327
10th Percentile £49,125 £52,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +13.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £107,125 £140,000 £122,500
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - +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 requiring coding skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,030 967 1,513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 25.44% 47.03% 47.36%
Number of salaries quoted 804 816 1,268
10th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £66,438 £60,000 £60,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £97,500
90th Percentile - £125,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £78,250
% change year-on-year +6.25% +2.24% +0.97%

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 9 May 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 (4.79%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (4.57%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.74%) Apache
4 2 (0.46%) Confluence
4 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.46%) nginx
5 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (4.34%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Actimize
1 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 157 (35.84%) Azure
2 129 (29.45%) AWS
3 59 (13.47%) GCP
4 50 (11.42%) Power Platform
5 30 (6.85%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (5.94%) SaaS
7 25 (5.71%) Azure Data Factory
8 19 (4.34%) GitHub
9 16 (3.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 13 (2.97%) dbt
10 13 (2.97%) Snowflake
11 10 (2.28%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (2.05%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 9 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (2.05%) PaaS
13 7 (1.60%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (1.14%) Figma
14 5 (1.14%) Lucidchart
14 5 (1.14%) Serverless
15 4 (0.91%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.34%) Network Security
2 14 (3.20%) Broadband
3 9 (2.05%) Wireless
4 5 (1.14%) DHCP
4 5 (1.14%) DNS
4 5 (1.14%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.91%) WAN
6 3 (0.68%) BGP
6 3 (0.68%) Ethernet VPN
6 3 (0.68%) HTTP
6 3 (0.68%) LAN
6 3 (0.68%) MPLS
6 3 (0.68%) VPN
7 2 (0.46%) 4G
7 2 (0.46%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.46%) Firewall
7 2 (0.46%) IOS XR
7 2 (0.46%) NAS
7 2 (0.46%) SAN
7 2 (0.46%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.36%) Elasticsearch
1 41 (9.36%) Power BI
2 31 (7.08%) BigQuery
3 26 (5.94%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (4.79%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (4.34%) Data Lake
6 18 (4.11%) Relational Database
7 17 (3.88%) SQL Server
8 13 (2.97%) NoSQL
9 12 (2.74%) Tableau
10 10 (2.28%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (2.05%) MySQL
12 7 (1.60%) MongoDB
13 6 (1.37%) Delta Lake
13 6 (1.37%) Looker
13 6 (1.37%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (1.37%) Spark SQL
13 6 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (1.14%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (7.99%) Git
2 9 (2.05%) Burp Suite
2 9 (2.05%) Metasploit
3 8 (1.83%) MLflow
4 7 (1.60%) JIRA
5 5 (1.14%) Balsamiq
6 4 (0.91%) GitLab
7 3 (0.68%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.68%) Postman
7 3 (0.68%) Selenium
7 3 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.46%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.23%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.23%) Vite
General
1 117 (26.71%) Finance
2 89 (20.32%) Social Skills
3 44 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (9.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 34 (7.76%) Banking
6 16 (3.65%) Front Office
7 8 (1.83%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.14%) Law
8 5 (1.14%) Legal
8 5 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.14%) Retail
9 4 (0.91%) Advertising
10 3 (0.68%) Games
11 2 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.46%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.46%) Marketing
11 2 (0.46%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.46%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.23%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 113 (25.80%) Senior
2 98 (22.37%) Developer
3 61 (13.93%) Lead
4 59 (13.47%) Python Developer
5 51 (11.64%) Python Engineer
6 49 (11.19%) Data Engineer
7 44 (10.05%) Software Engineer
8 41 (9.36%) Analyst
9 27 (6.16%) Senior Developer
10 24 (5.48%) Security Analyst
11 20 (4.57%) Architect
11 20 (4.57%) Senior Data Engineer
12 18 (4.11%) AWS Engineer
13 17 (3.88%) Senior Python Developer
14 16 (3.65%) Lead Developer
14 16 (3.65%) Lead Python Developer
14 16 (3.65%) Senior Software Engineer
15 15 (3.42%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 13 (2.97%) Full-Stack Developer
16 13 (2.97%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (8.68%) Django
2 34 (7.76%) React
3 20 (4.57%) Kafka
4 16 (3.65%) Node.js
4 16 (3.65%) PySpark
4 16 (3.65%) RESTful
5 15 (3.42%) FastAPI
6 12 (2.74%) PyTorch
7 11 (2.51%) LangChain
8 10 (2.28%) .NET
9 9 (2.05%) REST
9 9 (2.05%) TensorFlow
10 8 (1.83%) LlamaIndex
10 8 (1.83%) Model Context Protocol
10 8 (1.83%) scikit-learn
11 7 (1.60%) Flask
11 7 (1.60%) gRPC
12 6 (1.37%) FIX Protocol
12 6 (1.37%) Next.js
12 6 (1.37%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.13%) Algorithms
2 37 (8.45%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (6.62%) Greenfield Project
4 28 (6.39%) Cloud Native
4 28 (6.39%) Data Structures
5 26 (5.94%) Cyber Defence
6 24 (5.48%) Public Cloud
7 22 (5.02%) Onboarding
8 19 (4.34%) Product Ownership
8 19 (4.34%) Security Operations Centre
9 13 (2.97%) Security Posture
10 10 (2.28%) Video\Live Streaming
11 9 (2.05%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.83%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.83%) Hedge funds
13 7 (1.60%) Clustering
13 7 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (1.60%) Over-the-Top Content
14 6 (1.37%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 63 (14.38%) Linux
2 32 (7.31%) Windows
3 7 (1.60%) Unix
4 4 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.91%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.68%) CentOS
5 3 (0.68%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.46%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.23%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (22.37%) Software Engineering
2 91 (20.78%) AI
3 90 (20.55%) CI/CD
4 82 (18.72%) DevOps
5 81 (18.49%) Agile
6 79 (18.04%) Analytics
7 78 (17.81%) Problem-Solving
8 66 (15.07%) Mentoring
9 59 (13.47%) Data Engineering
10 58 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
11 55 (12.56%) Data Science
12 54 (12.33%) Fintech
13 53 (12.10%) Data Pipeline
14 51 (11.64%) Machine Learning
15 46 (10.50%) Computer Science
16 45 (10.27%) Microservices
17 42 (9.59%) Business Intelligence
18 39 (8.90%) ETL
19 37 (8.45%) Data Modelling
20 36 (8.22%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 130 (29.68%) SQL
2 76 (17.35%) PowerShell
3 40 (9.13%) JavaScript
4 35 (7.99%) Java
5 31 (7.08%) Bash
6 30 (6.85%) C++
7 29 (6.62%) C#
8 22 (5.02%) TypeScript
9 17 (3.88%) Go
10 10 (2.28%) Scala
11 9 (2.05%) R
12 7 (1.60%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.37%) C
13 6 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (1.37%) Perl
13 6 (1.37%) VBA
14 5 (1.14%) PHP
15 4 (0.91%) Ruby
15 4 (0.91%) Rust
16 3 (0.68%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 56 (12.79%) Degree
2 35 (7.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.88%) GIAC
4 14 (3.20%) OSCP
5 13 (2.97%) CREST Certified
6 12 (2.74%) CCSAM
7 9 (2.05%) CHECK Team Leader
7 9 (2.05%) CHECK Team Member
8 8 (1.83%) Security Cleared
9 7 (1.60%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.37%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.14%) GPEN
11 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.91%) GXPN
12 4 (0.91%) OSCE
12 4 (0.91%) SC Cleared
13 3 (0.68%) CFA
13 3 (0.68%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.23%) GCFA
14 1 (0.23%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.16%) Data Quality
2 26 (5.94%) NIST
3 16 (3.65%) GDPR
4 14 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (1.37%) QA
6 3 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.68%) PMO
6 3 (0.68%) SLA
7 2 (0.46%) EMIR
7 2 (0.46%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.23%) Basel III
8 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.23%) MiFID
8 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.23%) Solvency II
System Software
1 40 (9.13%) Docker
2 8 (1.83%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 43 (9.82%) Terraform
2 39 (8.90%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.97%) Ansible
4 9 (2.05%) Nessus
5 7 (1.60%) Grafana
6 6 (1.37%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.68%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.46%) Argo
8 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.23%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.23%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.23%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.23%) SCCM
9 1 (0.23%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.23%) vRealize
Vendors
1 77 (17.58%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.76%) Google
3 30 (6.85%) Databricks
4 11 (2.51%) Oracle
5 8 (1.83%) Dell
6 7 (1.60%) CyberArk
6 7 (1.60%) Typelevel
6 7 (1.60%) VMware
7 6 (1.37%) Cloudera
7 6 (1.37%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.14%) Splunk
9 4 (0.91%) Commvault
9 4 (0.91%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.68%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.68%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.68%) Cisco
10 3 (0.68%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.46%) Confluent
11 2 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.46%) ServiceNow