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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Python 397 420 459
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 9.60% 21.78% 14.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.10% 47.51% 30.46%
Number of salaries quoted 298 328 318
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +6.45% +3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £99,688
90th Percentile £107,500 £149,125 £121,800
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 966 884 1,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 23.35% 45.85% 47.40%
Number of salaries quoted 754 737 1,231
10th Percentile £52,150 £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £60,375
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 £101,050 £126,750 £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 3 June 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 (5.04%) Apache Spark
2 19 (4.79%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (2.77%) Apache
4 1 (0.25%) Confluence
4 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
Applications
1 14 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 134 (33.75%) Azure
2 117 (29.47%) AWS
3 54 (13.60%) GCP
4 35 (8.82%) Power Platform
5 27 (6.80%) SaaS
6 24 (6.05%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (5.04%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (3.78%) GitHub
9 13 (3.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 11 (2.77%) dbt
11 10 (2.52%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 10 (2.52%) Snowflake
12 9 (2.27%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (1.51%) PaaS
14 6 (1.51%) Serverless
15 5 (1.26%) Figma
15 5 (1.26%) Lucidchart
16 4 (1.01%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.28%) Network Security
2 14 (3.53%) Broadband
3 9 (2.27%) Wireless
4 4 (1.01%) BGP
4 4 (1.01%) MPLS
5 3 (0.76%) Ethernet VPN
5 3 (0.76%) Firewall
5 3 (0.76%) HTTP
6 2 (0.50%) 4G
6 2 (0.50%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.50%) DHCP
6 2 (0.50%) DNS
6 2 (0.50%) IOS XR
6 2 (0.50%) OSPF
6 2 (0.50%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.50%) VPN
6 2 (0.50%) WAN
7 1 (0.25%) LAN
7 1 (0.25%) VLAN
7 1 (0.25%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (9.82%) Elasticsearch
2 29 (7.30%) BigQuery
3 28 (7.05%) Power BI
4 20 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (4.28%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (4.28%) Relational Database
6 15 (3.78%) Data Lake
7 12 (3.02%) NoSQL
8 10 (2.52%) SQL Server
9 9 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
9 9 (2.27%) MySQL
9 9 (2.27%) Tableau
10 8 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (2.02%) Spark SQL
11 6 (1.51%) Delta Lake
11 6 (1.51%) Looker
11 6 (1.51%) MongoDB
11 6 (1.51%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (1.26%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (1.26%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (6.80%) Git
2 9 (2.27%) Burp Suite
2 9 (2.27%) Metasploit
3 8 (2.02%) MLflow
4 5 (1.26%) Balsamiq
4 5 (1.26%) JIRA
5 4 (1.01%) GitLab
6 3 (0.76%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.76%) Postman
6 3 (0.76%) Selenium
6 3 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.50%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.25%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.25%) Vite
General
1 109 (27.46%) Finance
2 83 (20.91%) Social Skills
3 46 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (9.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (7.05%) Banking
6 17 (4.28%) Front Office
7 7 (1.76%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.26%) Legal
8 5 (1.26%) Marketing
8 5 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.26%) Retail
9 4 (1.01%) Law
10 3 (0.76%) Advertising
10 3 (0.76%) Games
10 3 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.50%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.25%) Automotive
12 1 (0.25%) Back Office
12 1 (0.25%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 104 (26.20%) Senior
2 95 (23.93%) Developer
3 57 (14.36%) Python Developer
4 51 (12.85%) Lead
4 51 (12.85%) Python Engineer
5 42 (10.58%) Software Engineer
6 40 (10.08%) Data Engineer
7 33 (8.31%) Analyst
8 23 (5.79%) Senior Developer
9 21 (5.29%) Security Analyst
10 18 (4.53%) AWS Engineer
10 18 (4.53%) Senior Software Engineer
11 17 (4.28%) Architect
12 16 (4.03%) Senior Data Engineer
13 15 (3.78%) Lead Developer
13 15 (3.78%) Lead Python Developer
14 14 (3.53%) Senior Python Developer
15 13 (3.27%) Python Data Engineer
15 13 (3.27%) Python Software Engineer
16 12 (3.02%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (8.31%) Django
2 25 (6.30%) React
3 19 (4.79%) Kafka
4 15 (3.78%) RESTful
5 14 (3.53%) FastAPI
6 13 (3.27%) PySpark
6 13 (3.27%) PyTorch
7 12 (3.02%) LangChain
8 10 (2.52%) .NET
8 10 (2.52%) TensorFlow
9 9 (2.27%) Node.js
9 9 (2.27%) REST
9 9 (2.27%) scikit-learn
10 8 (2.02%) LlamaIndex
10 8 (2.02%) Model Context Protocol
11 7 (1.76%) gRPC
11 7 (1.76%) Pandas
12 6 (1.51%) Flask
12 6 (1.51%) pgvector
13 5 (1.26%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 40 (10.08%) Algorithms
2 35 (8.82%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (7.05%) Cloud Native
4 27 (6.80%) Greenfield Project
5 26 (6.55%) Data Structures
5 26 (6.55%) Public Cloud
6 23 (5.79%) Cyber Defence
7 21 (5.29%) Onboarding
8 15 (3.78%) Product Ownership
8 15 (3.78%) Security Operations Centre
9 13 (3.27%) Security Posture
10 10 (2.52%) Video\Live Streaming
11 9 (2.27%) Mobile App
12 8 (2.02%) AI Agents
12 8 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (2.02%) Hedge funds
13 7 (1.76%) Clustering
13 7 (1.76%) Fixed Income
13 7 (1.76%) Over-the-Top Content
13 7 (1.76%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 59 (14.86%) Linux
2 28 (7.05%) Windows
3 4 (1.01%) Unix
3 4 (1.01%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.50%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.25%) CentOS
5 1 (0.25%) CoreOS
5 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (24.18%) Software Engineering
2 84 (21.16%) AI
3 83 (20.91%) CI/CD
4 73 (18.39%) Analytics
5 71 (17.88%) Agile
6 69 (17.38%) Problem-Solving
7 68 (17.13%) DevOps
8 59 (14.86%) Mentoring
9 54 (13.60%) Data Engineering
10 51 (12.85%) Data Science
10 51 (12.85%) Fintech
10 51 (12.85%) Machine Learning
11 50 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
12 45 (11.34%) Computer Science
12 45 (11.34%) Data Pipeline
13 41 (10.33%) Microservices
14 37 (9.32%) Observability
15 36 (9.07%) Infrastructure as Code
16 32 (8.06%) Containerisation
16 32 (8.06%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 118 (29.72%) SQL
2 64 (16.12%) PowerShell
3 36 (9.07%) C++
4 33 (8.31%) Java
4 33 (8.31%) JavaScript
5 30 (7.56%) Bash
6 29 (7.30%) C#
7 16 (4.03%) Go
8 15 (3.78%) TypeScript
9 10 (2.52%) R
9 10 (2.52%) Scala
10 7 (1.76%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.76%) VBA
11 6 (1.51%) C
11 6 (1.51%) Julia
11 6 (1.51%) MATLAB
12 5 (1.26%) PHP
12 5 (1.26%) Rust
13 4 (1.01%) Bicep
13 4 (1.01%) Perl
Qualifications
1 51 (12.85%) Degree
2 32 (8.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (3.53%) GIAC
3 14 (3.53%) OSCP
4 13 (3.27%) CREST Certified
5 12 (3.02%) CCSAM
6 9 (2.27%) CHECK Team Leader
6 9 (2.27%) CHECK Team Member
7 8 (2.02%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.51%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.26%) GPEN
9 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 5 (1.26%) Security Cleared
10 4 (1.01%) GXPN
10 4 (1.01%) OSCE
11 3 (0.76%) CFA
12 2 (0.50%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.50%) PhD
12 2 (0.50%) SC Cleared
13 1 (0.25%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.79%) Data Quality
2 20 (5.04%) NIST
3 15 (3.78%) GDPR
4 9 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (1.51%) QA
6 3 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.76%) SLA
7 2 (0.50%) EMIR
8 1 (0.25%) PMO
8 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 42 (10.58%) Docker
2 7 (1.76%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 42 (10.58%) Terraform
2 37 (9.32%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.52%) Ansible
4 9 (2.27%) Nessus
5 7 (1.76%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.51%) Grafana
7 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.25%) Argo
8 1 (0.25%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.25%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.25%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.25%) SCCM
8 1 (0.25%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 60 (15.11%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.30%) Databricks
2 29 (7.30%) Google
3 12 (3.02%) Oracle
4 7 (1.76%) Typelevel
5 6 (1.51%) Cloudera
5 6 (1.51%) Dell
6 5 (1.26%) CyberArk
6 5 (1.26%) Splunk
7 4 (1.01%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.01%) VMware
8 3 (0.76%) Cisco
8 3 (0.76%) Commvault
8 3 (0.76%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.76%) SAP
9 2 (0.50%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.50%) BT
9 2 (0.50%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.50%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.25%) Alteryx