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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 12
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 374 493 422
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 14.46% 19.32% 13.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.85% 41.60% 26.68%
Number of salaries quoted 277 355 382
10th Percentile £50,250 £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £82,500 £79,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +4.43% +1.94%
75th Percentile £105,000 £102,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £133,500 £122,500 £125,000
Central London median annual salary £87,500 £82,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +6.06% +6.45% -

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 853 1,185 1,582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 32.99% 46.43% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 682 860 1,446
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £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 £102,500
90th Percentile £122,200 £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 3 February 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 13 (3.48%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (2.41%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.60%) Apache
4 4 (1.07%) Confluence
5 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.53%) Luigi
6 2 (0.53%) nginx
6 2 (0.53%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.27%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.27%) Actimize
2 1 (0.27%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 145 (38.77%) Azure
2 96 (25.67%) AWS
3 48 (12.83%) Power Platform
4 42 (11.23%) GCP
5 25 (6.68%) Azure Data Factory
5 25 (6.68%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (6.15%) GitHub
7 15 (4.01%) Datadog
8 14 (3.74%) SaaS
9 13 (3.48%) Snowflake
10 11 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (1.87%) PaaS
11 7 (1.87%) Serverless
12 6 (1.60%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (1.60%) dbt
13 5 (1.34%) Azure AI
13 5 (1.34%) Figma
13 5 (1.34%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.41%) Wireless
2 7 (1.87%) Network Security
3 5 (1.34%) Broadband
3 5 (1.34%) DHCP
3 5 (1.34%) DNS
3 5 (1.34%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.07%) WAN
5 3 (0.80%) LAN
5 3 (0.80%) NAS
5 3 (0.80%) SAN
5 3 (0.80%) VPN
6 2 (0.53%) 4G
6 2 (0.53%) BGP
6 2 (0.53%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.53%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.53%) HTTP
6 2 (0.53%) IOS XR
6 2 (0.53%) MPLS
6 2 (0.53%) SNMP
6 2 (0.53%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (10.43%) Power BI
2 29 (7.75%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (6.68%) SQL Server
4 22 (5.88%) Relational Database
5 19 (5.08%) Data Lake
6 15 (4.01%) BigQuery
6 15 (4.01%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (3.74%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (2.94%) NoSQL
9 10 (2.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (2.41%) Tableau
11 8 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (1.60%) Hadoop
12 6 (1.60%) Star Schema
13 5 (1.34%) ClickHouse
13 5 (1.34%) Power Query
14 4 (1.07%) Big Data
14 4 (1.07%) DynamoDB
15 3 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
15 3 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 30 (8.02%) Git
2 9 (2.41%) Burp Suite
2 9 (2.41%) Metasploit
3 8 (2.14%) JIRA
4 4 (1.07%) Balsamiq
5 3 (0.80%) GitLab
6 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.53%) MLflow
6 2 (0.53%) Postman
6 2 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.27%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.27%) Deequ
7 1 (0.27%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.27%) Mocha
7 1 (0.27%) Selenium
7 1 (0.27%) webpack
General
1 107 (28.61%) Finance
2 87 (23.26%) Social Skills
3 44 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (8.02%) Banking
4 30 (8.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (5.35%) Front Office
6 14 (3.74%) Financial Institution
7 10 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.41%) Advertising
9 8 (2.14%) Legal
9 8 (2.14%) Retail
10 4 (1.07%) International Banking
10 4 (1.07%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.80%) Health Technology
11 3 (0.80%) Law
11 3 (0.80%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.53%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.53%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 100 (26.74%) Senior
2 93 (24.87%) Developer
3 50 (13.37%) Python Developer
4 47 (12.57%) Data Engineer
5 42 (11.23%) Lead
6 34 (9.09%) Analyst
6 34 (9.09%) Senior Developer
7 26 (6.95%) Software Engineer
8 25 (6.68%) Senior Data Engineer
9 21 (5.61%) Python Engineer
10 17 (4.55%) Architect
10 17 (4.55%) Full-Stack Developer
10 17 (4.55%) Senior Python Developer
11 16 (4.28%) Security Analyst
12 15 (4.01%) Full-Stack Python Developer
12 15 (4.01%) Principal Engineer
12 15 (4.01%) Support Engineer
13 14 (3.74%) Technical Engineer
13 14 (3.74%) Technical Support
13 14 (3.74%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (10.43%) React
2 37 (9.89%) Django
3 21 (5.61%) FastAPI
4 18 (4.81%) Node.js
5 16 (4.28%) PySpark
6 12 (3.21%) Kafka
7 11 (2.94%) .NET
8 9 (2.41%) Flask
8 9 (2.41%) PyTorch
9 8 (2.14%) RESTful
10 7 (1.87%) .NET Core
10 7 (1.87%) Model Context Protocol
10 7 (1.87%) Next.js
11 6 (1.60%) AngularJS
11 6 (1.60%) Hugging Face
11 6 (1.60%) Redux
12 5 (1.34%) Pandas
12 5 (1.34%) RabbitMQ
12 5 (1.34%) React Native
12 5 (1.34%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.68%) Algorithms
2 22 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 17 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
3 17 (4.55%) Data Structures
3 17 (4.55%) Onboarding
4 15 (4.01%) Greenfield Project
5 12 (3.21%) AI Agents
5 12 (3.21%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.67%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.41%) Derivative
7 9 (2.41%) Hedge funds
7 9 (2.41%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.41%) Security Operations Centre
8 8 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.14%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.87%) Market Risk
9 7 (1.87%) Reinsurance
10 6 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.60%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.75%) Linux
2 16 (4.28%) Windows
3 9 (2.41%) Unix
4 4 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.07%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.80%) CentOS
6 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.27%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (25.94%) Agile
2 96 (25.67%) AI
3 94 (25.13%) Analytics
3 94 (25.13%) Problem-Solving
4 73 (19.52%) CI/CD
5 72 (19.25%) DevOps
6 62 (16.58%) Mentoring
7 59 (15.78%) Software Engineering
8 56 (14.97%) Machine Learning
9 51 (13.64%) ETL
10 50 (13.37%) Data Pipeline
11 43 (11.50%) Test Automation
12 42 (11.23%) Business Intelligence
12 42 (11.23%) Data Modelling
12 42 (11.23%) Data Science
13 38 (10.16%) Decision-Making
14 37 (9.89%) Data Engineering
15 36 (9.63%) Computer Science
15 36 (9.63%) Continuous Improvement
16 34 (9.09%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 129 (34.49%) SQL
2 48 (12.83%) PowerShell
3 45 (12.03%) Java
4 43 (11.50%) C#
5 37 (9.89%) Bash
6 26 (6.95%) JavaScript
6 26 (6.95%) TypeScript
7 18 (4.81%) C++
8 12 (3.21%) Rust
9 9 (2.41%) T-SQL
10 8 (2.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (1.87%) Go
12 6 (1.60%) Scala
12 6 (1.60%) VBA
13 5 (1.34%) R
14 4 (1.07%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.80%) Perl
16 2 (0.53%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.53%) VC++
17 1 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 61 (16.31%) Degree
2 21 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (2.94%) OSCP
4 10 (2.67%) CREST Certified
5 9 (2.41%) CCSAM
5 9 (2.41%) CHECK Team Leader
5 9 (2.41%) CHECK Team Member
5 9 (2.41%) GIAC
5 9 (2.41%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.14%) Security Cleared
7 6 (1.60%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.60%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.60%) PhD
8 5 (1.34%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (1.07%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.53%) CISM
11 2 (0.53%) CISSP
11 2 (0.53%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.35%) NIST
2 19 (5.08%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.94%) GDPR
5 2 (0.53%) EMIR
5 2 (0.53%) PMO
5 2 (0.53%) QA
5 2 (0.53%) 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 35 (9.36%) Docker
2 8 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) KVM
5 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (6.68%) Kubernetes
2 22 (5.88%) Terraform
3 16 (4.28%) Ansible
4 9 (2.41%) Nessus
5 7 (1.87%) Grafana
6 6 (1.60%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.80%) Argo
7 3 (0.80%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.80%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.53%) Puppet
8 2 (0.53%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.27%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.27%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.27%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.27%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.27%) vRealize
Vendors
1 80 (21.39%) Microsoft
2 43 (11.50%) Databricks
3 27 (7.22%) Google
4 13 (3.48%) Guidewire
5 9 (2.41%) VMware
6 7 (1.87%) CyberArk
7 6 (1.60%) OpenAI
7 6 (1.60%) Oracle
8 5 (1.34%) Commvault
8 5 (1.34%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.80%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.80%) Dell
9 3 (0.80%) Informatica
9 3 (0.80%) Splunk
10 2 (0.53%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.53%) Cisco
10 2 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.53%) HP
10 2 (0.53%) Refinitiv
10 2 (0.53%) SAP