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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Python 417 420 461
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 10.00% 21.93% 14.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.33% 47.67% 30.61%
Number of salaries quoted 318 334 325
10th Percentile £52,500 £54,125 £46,650
25th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% +8.06% +3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £98,750
90th Percentile £106,625 £149,625 £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 1,009 881 1,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 24.20% 46.01% 47.55%
Number of salaries quoted 794 739 1,248
10th Percentile £52,150 £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £60,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - +0.63%
75th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
90th Percentile - £126,250 £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 25 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 20 (4.80%) Apache Airflow
1 20 (4.80%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.88%) Apache
3 2 (0.48%) Confluence
4 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.24%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Actimize
1 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 143 (34.29%) Azure
2 123 (29.50%) AWS
3 54 (12.95%) GCP
4 39 (9.35%) Power Platform
5 27 (6.47%) SaaS
6 26 (6.24%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (5.52%) Azure Data Factory
8 17 (4.08%) GitHub
9 16 (3.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 12 (2.88%) dbt
11 11 (2.64%) Snowflake
12 10 (2.40%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 10 (2.40%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
15 7 (1.68%) PaaS
16 5 (1.20%) Figma
16 5 (1.20%) Lucidchart
16 5 (1.20%) Serverless
17 4 (0.96%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.32%) Network Security
2 14 (3.36%) Broadband
3 9 (2.16%) Wireless
4 3 (0.72%) BGP
4 3 (0.72%) DHCP
4 3 (0.72%) DNS
4 3 (0.72%) Ethernet VPN
4 3 (0.72%) HTTP
4 3 (0.72%) MPLS
4 3 (0.72%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.72%) WAN
5 2 (0.48%) 4G
5 2 (0.48%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.48%) Firewall
5 2 (0.48%) IOS XR
5 2 (0.48%) LAN
5 2 (0.48%) VPN
6 1 (0.24%) SNMP
6 1 (0.24%) VSAN
6 1 (0.24%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (9.35%) Elasticsearch
2 30 (7.19%) Power BI
3 29 (6.95%) BigQuery
4 23 (5.52%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (4.56%) Data Lake
7 17 (4.08%) Relational Database
8 15 (3.60%) SQL Server
9 14 (3.36%) NoSQL
10 10 (2.40%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (2.40%) MySQL
11 9 (2.16%) Tableau
12 8 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (1.68%) MongoDB
13 7 (1.68%) Spark SQL
14 6 (1.44%) Delta Lake
14 6 (1.44%) Looker
14 6 (1.44%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (1.20%) KDB
15 5 (1.20%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (7.67%) Git
2 9 (2.16%) Burp Suite
2 9 (2.16%) Metasploit
3 8 (1.92%) MLflow
4 6 (1.44%) JIRA
5 5 (1.20%) Balsamiq
6 4 (0.96%) GitLab
7 3 (0.72%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.72%) Postman
7 3 (0.72%) Selenium
7 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.48%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.24%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.24%) Vite
General
1 112 (26.86%) Finance
2 81 (19.42%) Social Skills
3 42 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (9.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (7.19%) Banking
6 17 (4.08%) Front Office
7 7 (1.68%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.20%) Law
8 5 (1.20%) Legal
8 5 (1.20%) Marketing
8 5 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.20%) Retail
9 3 (0.72%) Advertising
9 3 (0.72%) Games
9 3 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.48%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.24%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.24%) International Banking
11 1 (0.24%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.24%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 108 (25.90%) Senior
2 97 (23.26%) Developer
3 58 (13.91%) Python Developer
4 57 (13.67%) Lead
4 57 (13.67%) Python Engineer
5 45 (10.79%) Software Engineer
6 44 (10.55%) Data Engineer
7 34 (8.15%) Analyst
8 25 (6.00%) Senior Developer
9 23 (5.52%) Security Analyst
10 19 (4.56%) AWS Engineer
11 18 (4.32%) Architect
12 17 (4.08%) Senior Data Engineer
12 17 (4.08%) Senior Software Engineer
13 16 (3.84%) Python Software Engineer
14 15 (3.60%) Lead Developer
14 15 (3.60%) Lead Python Developer
14 15 (3.60%) Senior Python Developer
15 14 (3.36%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 14 (3.36%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (7.91%) Django
2 29 (6.95%) React
3 20 (4.80%) Kafka
4 15 (3.60%) FastAPI
4 15 (3.60%) RESTful
5 14 (3.36%) PySpark
6 12 (2.88%) PyTorch
7 11 (2.64%) LangChain
7 11 (2.64%) Node.js
8 10 (2.40%) .NET
9 9 (2.16%) REST
9 9 (2.16%) scikit-learn
9 9 (2.16%) TensorFlow
10 8 (1.92%) LlamaIndex
10 8 (1.92%) Model Context Protocol
11 7 (1.68%) gRPC
11 7 (1.68%) Pandas
12 6 (1.44%) Flask
12 6 (1.44%) pgvector
13 5 (1.20%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.59%) Algorithms
2 35 (8.39%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (6.47%) Cloud Native
3 27 (6.47%) Greenfield Project
4 26 (6.24%) Data Structures
4 26 (6.24%) Public Cloud
5 25 (6.00%) Cyber Defence
6 21 (5.04%) Onboarding
7 17 (4.08%) Product Ownership
7 17 (4.08%) Security Operations Centre
8 13 (3.12%) Security Posture
9 10 (2.40%) Video\Live Streaming
10 9 (2.16%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.92%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.92%) Hedge funds
12 7 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.68%) Clustering
12 7 (1.68%) Fixed Income
12 7 (1.68%) Over-the-Top Content
12 7 (1.68%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 63 (15.11%) Linux
2 30 (7.19%) Windows
3 4 (0.96%) Unix
3 4 (0.96%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.48%) CentOS
4 2 (0.48%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.24%) CoreOS
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (23.74%) Software Engineering
2 89 (21.34%) CI/CD
3 84 (20.14%) AI
4 76 (18.23%) Agile
5 75 (17.99%) Analytics
6 73 (17.51%) DevOps
7 68 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
8 60 (14.39%) Mentoring
9 57 (13.67%) Data Engineering
10 55 (13.19%) Fintech
11 52 (12.47%) Data Science
12 51 (12.23%) Continuous Improvement
13 50 (11.99%) Machine Learning
14 47 (11.27%) Data Pipeline
15 45 (10.79%) Computer Science
16 42 (10.07%) Microservices
17 37 (8.87%) Observability
18 34 (8.15%) Infrastructure as Code
19 33 (7.91%) Data Modelling
19 33 (7.91%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 123 (29.50%) SQL
2 68 (16.31%) PowerShell
3 35 (8.39%) C++
4 34 (8.15%) Java
5 33 (7.91%) JavaScript
6 31 (7.43%) C#
7 28 (6.71%) Bash
8 20 (4.80%) TypeScript
9 15 (3.60%) Go
10 10 (2.40%) Scala
11 8 (1.92%) R
12 7 (1.68%) Shell Script
12 7 (1.68%) VBA
13 6 (1.44%) C
14 5 (1.20%) Perl
14 5 (1.20%) PHP
14 5 (1.20%) Rust
15 4 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.96%) Julia
15 4 (0.96%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 52 (12.47%) Degree
2 32 (7.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (3.84%) 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 8 (1.92%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.44%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.20%) GPEN
10 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.96%) GXPN
11 4 (0.96%) OSCE
11 4 (0.96%) Security Cleared
12 3 (0.72%) CFA
13 2 (0.48%) PhD
13 2 (0.48%) SC Cleared
14 1 (0.24%) CCIE
14 1 (0.24%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.52%) Data Quality
1 23 (5.52%) NIST
2 14 (3.36%) GDPR
3 10 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (1.20%) QA
6 3 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.72%) SLA
7 2 (0.48%) EMIR
8 1 (0.24%) PMO
8 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 42 (10.07%) Docker
2 7 (1.68%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 43 (10.31%) Terraform
2 36 (8.63%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.64%) Ansible
4 9 (2.16%) Nessus
5 7 (1.68%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.44%) Grafana
7 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.24%) Argo
8 1 (0.24%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.24%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.24%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 1 (0.24%) SCCM
8 1 (0.24%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 65 (15.59%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.95%) Databricks
2 29 (6.95%) Google
3 12 (2.88%) Oracle
4 7 (1.68%) Dell
4 7 (1.68%) Typelevel
5 6 (1.44%) Cloudera
5 6 (1.44%) CyberArk
6 5 (1.20%) Splunk
7 4 (0.96%) OpenAI
7 4 (0.96%) VMware
8 3 (0.72%) Cisco
8 3 (0.72%) Commvault
8 3 (0.72%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.72%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.48%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.48%) BT
9 2 (0.48%) SAP
9 2 (0.48%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.24%) Alteryx