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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 0
Permanent jobs citing Python 371 499 405
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 14.66% 19.27% 13.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.80% 41.41% 26.54%
Number of salaries quoted 279 358 365
10th Percentile £50,750 £52,500 £47,700
25th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% - +3.23%
75th Percentile £105,000 £102,188 £105,000
90th Percentile £133,000 £122,500 £122,500
Central London median annual salary £86,750 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +8.44% - +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 847 1,205 1,526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 33.47% 46.53% 50.13%
Number of salaries quoted 682 874 1,398
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £66,250 £56,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £101,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £117,500 £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 28 January 2026.

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 28 January 2026. 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 -1 1 £102,000 -15.00%
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 13 (3.50%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.16%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.62%) Apache
4 4 (1.08%) Confluence
5 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.54%) Luigi
6 2 (0.54%) nginx
6 2 (0.54%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.54%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.27%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.27%) Actimize
2 1 (0.27%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 144 (38.81%) Azure
2 97 (26.15%) AWS
3 45 (12.13%) Power Platform
4 41 (11.05%) GCP
5 25 (6.74%) Azure Data Factory
6 24 (6.47%) GitHub
7 22 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (4.04%) Datadog
9 13 (3.50%) Snowflake
10 12 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (3.23%) SaaS
11 8 (2.16%) Serverless
12 7 (1.89%) Amazon S3
12 7 (1.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (1.62%) dbt
13 6 (1.62%) Nutanix
14 5 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
14 5 (1.35%) Azure AI
14 5 (1.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.89%) Network Security
1 7 (1.89%) Wireless
2 5 (1.35%) DHCP
2 5 (1.35%) DNS
2 5 (1.35%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.08%) Broadband
3 4 (1.08%) WAN
4 3 (0.81%) LAN
4 3 (0.81%) NAS
4 3 (0.81%) SAN
4 3 (0.81%) VPN
5 2 (0.54%) 4G
5 2 (0.54%) BGP
5 2 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.54%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (0.54%) HTTP
5 2 (0.54%) IOS XR
5 2 (0.54%) MPLS
5 2 (0.54%) SNMP
5 2 (0.54%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.97%) Power BI
2 30 (8.09%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (6.74%) SQL Server
4 22 (5.93%) Relational Database
5 20 (5.39%) Data Lake
6 15 (4.04%) BigQuery
6 15 (4.04%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (3.77%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (2.96%) NoSQL
9 10 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (2.43%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (2.16%) Tableau
12 5 (1.35%) ClickHouse
12 5 (1.35%) DynamoDB
12 5 (1.35%) Hadoop
12 5 (1.35%) Power Query
12 5 (1.35%) Star Schema
13 4 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (1.08%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 32 (8.63%) Git
2 8 (2.16%) JIRA
3 7 (1.89%) Burp Suite
3 7 (1.89%) Metasploit
4 3 (0.81%) GitLab
4 3 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.54%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.54%) MLflow
5 2 (0.54%) Postman
5 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.27%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.27%) Deequ
6 1 (0.27%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.27%) Mocha
6 1 (0.27%) Selenium
6 1 (0.27%) webpack
General
1 102 (27.49%) Finance
2 84 (22.64%) Social Skills
3 45 (12.13%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (8.09%) Banking
6 21 (5.66%) Front Office
7 15 (4.04%) Financial Institution
8 10 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.43%) Advertising
10 8 (2.16%) Legal
10 8 (2.16%) Retail
11 4 (1.08%) International Banking
11 4 (1.08%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.08%) Law
11 4 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.81%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.81%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.81%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 96 (25.88%) Senior
2 92 (24.80%) Developer
3 49 (13.21%) Python Developer
4 48 (12.94%) Data Engineer
5 44 (11.86%) Lead
6 34 (9.16%) Senior Developer
7 32 (8.63%) Analyst
8 28 (7.55%) Software Engineer
9 25 (6.74%) Senior Data Engineer
10 21 (5.66%) Python Engineer
11 17 (4.58%) Full-Stack Developer
11 17 (4.58%) Senior Python Developer
12 16 (4.31%) Principal Engineer
13 15 (4.04%) Architect
13 15 (4.04%) Full-Stack Python Developer
13 15 (4.04%) Support Engineer
14 14 (3.77%) Security Analyst
14 14 (3.77%) Technical Engineer
14 14 (3.77%) Technical Support
14 14 (3.77%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (9.70%) Django
1 36 (9.70%) React
2 22 (5.93%) FastAPI
3 19 (5.12%) Node.js
4 15 (4.04%) PySpark
5 13 (3.50%) Kafka
6 9 (2.43%) Flask
6 9 (2.43%) PyTorch
7 8 (2.16%) .NET
7 8 (2.16%) RESTful
8 7 (1.89%) .NET Core
8 7 (1.89%) Next.js
9 6 (1.62%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.62%) Hugging Face
9 6 (1.62%) Redux
10 5 (1.35%) HTML
10 5 (1.35%) LangChain
10 5 (1.35%) Pandas
10 5 (1.35%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (1.35%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.01%) Algorithms
2 22 (5.93%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (4.58%) Cloud Native
3 17 (4.58%) Data Structures
3 17 (4.58%) Onboarding
4 15 (4.04%) Cyber Defence
4 15 (4.04%) Greenfield Project
5 12 (3.23%) AI Agents
5 12 (3.23%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.43%) Derivative
6 9 (2.43%) Hedge funds
6 9 (2.43%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.16%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.89%) Equities
8 7 (1.89%) Market Risk
8 7 (1.89%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.89%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.62%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.82%) Linux
2 16 (4.31%) Windows
3 9 (2.43%) Unix
4 4 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.08%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.81%) CentOS
6 2 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.54%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.27%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (25.88%) Analytics
2 95 (25.61%) Agile
2 95 (25.61%) AI
3 90 (24.26%) Problem-Solving
4 74 (19.95%) CI/CD
5 72 (19.41%) DevOps
6 60 (16.17%) Software Engineering
7 58 (15.63%) Mentoring
8 52 (14.02%) ETL
8 52 (14.02%) Machine Learning
9 51 (13.75%) Data Pipeline
10 42 (11.32%) Data Modelling
10 42 (11.32%) Test Automation
11 40 (10.78%) Business Intelligence
11 40 (10.78%) Data Science
12 39 (10.51%) Data Engineering
13 38 (10.24%) Computer Science
14 37 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
15 36 (9.70%) Decision-Making
16 32 (8.63%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 127 (34.23%) SQL
2 47 (12.67%) Java
2 47 (12.67%) PowerShell
3 40 (10.78%) C#
4 35 (9.43%) Bash
5 26 (7.01%) TypeScript
6 25 (6.74%) JavaScript
7 18 (4.85%) C++
8 12 (3.23%) Rust
9 9 (2.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 9 (2.43%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.62%) Go
10 6 (1.62%) Scala
10 6 (1.62%) VBA
11 5 (1.35%) R
12 4 (1.08%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.81%) Perl
14 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.54%) VC++
15 1 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 63 (16.98%) Degree
2 21 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.70%) Master's Degree
4 9 (2.43%) Security Cleared
5 8 (2.16%) GIAC
5 8 (2.16%) OSCP
6 7 (1.89%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.89%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.89%) CCSAM
6 7 (1.89%) CHECK Team Leader
6 7 (1.89%) CHECK Team Member
6 7 (1.89%) CREST Certified
6 7 (1.89%) PhD
7 6 (1.62%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.35%) MCP
9 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.08%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.54%) CISM
10 2 (0.54%) CISSP
10 2 (0.54%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.39%) NIST
2 18 (4.85%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.96%) GDPR
5 2 (0.54%) EMIR
5 2 (0.54%) PMO
5 2 (0.54%) QA
5 2 (0.54%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.27%) Basel III
6 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.27%) MiFID
6 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 34 (9.16%) Docker
2 7 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.81%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) KVM
5 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (6.74%) Kubernetes
2 24 (6.47%) Terraform
3 16 (4.31%) Ansible
4 7 (1.89%) Grafana
4 7 (1.89%) Nessus
5 6 (1.62%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.81%) Argo
6 3 (0.81%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.81%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.54%) Puppet
7 2 (0.54%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 1 (0.27%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.27%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.27%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.27%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.27%) vRealize
Vendors
1 79 (21.29%) Microsoft
2 42 (11.32%) Databricks
3 27 (7.28%) Google
4 13 (3.50%) Guidewire
5 10 (2.70%) VMware
6 7 (1.89%) CyberArk
7 6 (1.62%) OpenAI
7 6 (1.62%) Oracle
8 5 (1.35%) Commvault
8 5 (1.35%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.81%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.81%) Dell
9 3 (0.81%) Informatica
9 3 (0.81%) Splunk
10 2 (0.54%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.54%) Cisco
10 2 (0.54%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.54%) HP
10 2 (0.54%) Refinitiv
10 2 (0.54%) SAP