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 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 6 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 338 524 371
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 17.09% 19.24% 12.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 47.47% 40.97% 25.31%
Number of salaries quoted 268 382 343
10th Percentile £42,750 £52,000 £51,400
25th Percentile £64,688 £56,250 £59,388
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £76,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -4.38% +3.23%
75th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £106,250
90th Percentile £137,500 £115,000 £127,500
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% +6.67%

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 712 1,279 1,466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 36.00% 46.97% 50.52%
Number of salaries quoted 588 944 1,349
10th Percentile £52,500 £50,725 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £60,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £105,000 £97,125 £102,500
90th Percentile £126,500 £120,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -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 17 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Python in the City of London

Python
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the City of London region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge -2 1 £102,000 +33.77%
Python
Central 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 14 (4.14%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (3.25%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.07%) Apache
4 5 (1.48%) Confluence
5 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.59%) Luigi
6 2 (0.59%) nginx
6 2 (0.59%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.59%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.30%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Actimize
1 1 (0.30%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.30%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 131 (38.76%) Azure
2 102 (30.18%) AWS
3 47 (13.91%) Power Platform
4 46 (13.61%) GCP
5 25 (7.40%) Azure Data Factory
6 21 (6.21%) Datadog
6 21 (6.21%) GitHub
7 17 (5.03%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (4.73%) Snowflake
9 14 (4.14%) SaaS
10 12 (3.55%) Serverless
11 10 (2.96%) Amazon S3
11 10 (2.96%) dbt
12 7 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (2.07%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (2.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.78%) Amazon ECS
14 5 (1.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 5 (1.48%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.48%) Network Security
1 5 (1.48%) VPN
2 4 (1.18%) DHCP
2 4 (1.18%) DNS
2 4 (1.18%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.18%) WAN
3 3 (0.89%) LAN
3 3 (0.89%) NAS
3 3 (0.89%) SAN
4 2 (0.59%) SNMP
5 1 (0.30%) Broadband
5 1 (0.30%) Firewall
5 1 (0.30%) HTTP
5 1 (0.30%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.30%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.30%) SSH
5 1 (0.30%) VLAN
5 1 (0.30%) VSAN
5 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (11.83%) Power BI
2 30 (8.88%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (8.28%) Relational Database
4 24 (7.10%) SQL Server
5 19 (5.62%) Data Lake
6 15 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (3.55%) NoSQL
8 11 (3.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (2.96%) BigQuery
10 9 (2.66%) Tableau
11 8 (2.37%) ClickHouse
12 7 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (2.07%) DynamoDB
12 7 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (1.78%) Delta Lake
13 6 (1.78%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (1.48%) Power Query
15 4 (1.18%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 31 (9.17%) Git
2 11 (3.25%) JIRA
3 6 (1.78%) GitLab
4 4 (1.18%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.89%) MLflow
5 3 (0.89%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.59%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.30%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.30%) Deequ
7 1 (0.30%) Mocha
7 1 (0.30%) Postman
7 1 (0.30%) webpack
General
1 97 (28.70%) Finance
2 79 (23.37%) Social Skills
3 48 (14.20%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.69%) Banking
5 22 (6.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (5.92%) Front Office
7 15 (4.44%) Financial Institution
8 10 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.37%) Advertising
9 8 (2.37%) Law
9 8 (2.37%) Legal
10 7 (2.07%) Retail
11 5 (1.48%) Health Technology
11 5 (1.48%) International Banking
12 4 (1.18%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.89%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.89%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.59%) Marketing
14 2 (0.59%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 81 (23.96%) Developer
2 75 (22.19%) Senior
3 48 (14.20%) Data Engineer
4 37 (10.95%) Lead
5 29 (8.58%) Python Developer
6 26 (7.69%) Senior Developer
7 24 (7.10%) Senior Data Engineer
7 24 (7.10%) Software Engineer
8 23 (6.80%) Analyst
9 19 (5.62%) Technical Engineer
10 18 (5.33%) Support Engineer
11 17 (5.03%) Graduate
11 17 (5.03%) Graduate Technical Engineer
11 17 (5.03%) Technical Support
11 17 (5.03%) Technical Support Engineer
12 15 (4.44%) Graduate Support Engineer
12 15 (4.44%) Graduate Technical Support
13 13 (3.85%) Full-Stack Developer
13 13 (3.85%) Principal Engineer
14 12 (3.55%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (12.43%) React
2 27 (7.99%) Django
3 22 (6.51%) Node.js
4 21 (6.21%) FastAPI
4 21 (6.21%) PySpark
5 16 (4.73%) Kafka
6 13 (3.85%) .NET
7 9 (2.66%) AngularJS
7 9 (2.66%) Flask
7 9 (2.66%) Next.js
7 9 (2.66%) PyTorch
8 8 (2.37%) Pandas
9 7 (2.07%) Vue
10 6 (1.78%) .NET Core
10 6 (1.78%) HTML
10 6 (1.78%) Redux
10 6 (1.78%) RESTful
10 6 (1.78%) Web Services
11 5 (1.48%) React Native
11 5 (1.48%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.51%) Algorithms
1 22 (6.51%) Onboarding
2 21 (6.21%) Cloud Native
3 19 (5.62%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (3.25%) Market Risk
5 10 (2.96%) Data Structures
5 10 (2.96%) Equities
6 9 (2.66%) AI Agents
6 9 (2.66%) Derivative
6 9 (2.66%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (2.66%) Reinsurance
7 8 (2.37%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.78%) Hedge funds
10 5 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.48%) Credit Risk
10 5 (1.48%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.18%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.18%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.80%) Linux
2 12 (3.55%) Windows
3 8 (2.37%) Unix
4 5 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.18%) CentOS
5 4 (1.18%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.59%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.59%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (27.51%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (26.63%) AI
2 90 (26.63%) Analytics
3 85 (25.15%) DevOps
4 84 (24.85%) CI/CD
5 78 (23.08%) Agile
6 56 (16.57%) Machine Learning
7 54 (15.98%) ETL
8 52 (15.38%) Data Pipeline
8 52 (15.38%) Software Engineering
9 44 (13.02%) Data Modelling
10 40 (11.83%) Computer Science
10 40 (11.83%) Data Engineering
10 40 (11.83%) Data Science
10 40 (11.83%) Test Automation
11 39 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
11 39 (11.54%) Decision-Making
12 38 (11.24%) Mentoring
13 33 (9.76%) Full-Stack Development
13 33 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 130 (38.46%) SQL
2 60 (17.75%) Java
3 51 (15.09%) C#
4 37 (10.95%) PowerShell
5 33 (9.76%) Bash
6 31 (9.17%) TypeScript
7 23 (6.80%) JavaScript
8 18 (5.33%) C++
9 12 (3.55%) Rust
10 11 (3.25%) T-SQL
11 9 (2.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (1.78%) Go
12 6 (1.78%) Scala
13 5 (1.48%) R
13 5 (1.48%) VBA
14 4 (1.18%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.89%) Perl
15 3 (0.89%) Ruby
16 2 (0.59%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.59%) VC++
Qualifications
1 66 (19.53%) Degree
2 20 (5.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (4.44%) Master's Degree
4 9 (2.66%) PhD
4 9 (2.66%) Security Cleared
5 8 (2.37%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.07%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.78%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.18%) GIAC
8 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.18%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.89%) MCP
9 3 (0.89%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.59%) CISM
10 2 (0.59%) CISSP
10 2 (0.59%) MBA
10 2 (0.59%) SnowPro
11 1 (0.30%) CCNP
11 1 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.03%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (3.55%) NIST
3 10 (2.96%) GDPR
4 2 (0.59%) EMIR
4 2 (0.59%) PMO
4 2 (0.59%) QA
4 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.30%) Basel III
5 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.30%) GRC
5 1 (0.30%) MiFID
5 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (8.58%) Docker
2 7 (2.07%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.59%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.59%) vSphere
5 1 (0.30%) KVM
5 1 (0.30%) Terminal Server
5 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (8.28%) Terraform
2 27 (7.99%) Kubernetes
3 21 (6.21%) Ansible
4 8 (2.37%) Grafana
5 5 (1.48%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.89%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.89%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.59%) Argo
7 2 (0.59%) Puppet
7 2 (0.59%) Red Hat Spacewalk
7 2 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.30%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.30%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.30%) SCCM
8 1 (0.30%) vRealize
Vendors
1 73 (21.60%) Microsoft
2 46 (13.61%) Databricks
3 20 (5.92%) Google
4 19 (5.62%) Guidewire
5 9 (2.66%) VMware
6 6 (1.78%) Oracle
6 6 (1.78%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.48%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.18%) CyberArk
8 4 (1.18%) Splunk
9 3 (0.89%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.89%) Commvault
9 3 (0.89%) Dell
9 3 (0.89%) Informatica
9 3 (0.89%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.59%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.59%) HP
10 2 (0.59%) Refinitiv
10 2 (0.59%) SAP