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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 378 498 410
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 14.35% 19.53% 13.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.70% 41.95% 26.30%
Number of salaries quoted 283 364 370
10th Percentile £51,350 £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +6.25% +3.23%
75th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £106,250
90th Percentile £132,025 £122,500 £125,000
Central London median annual salary £87,500 £83,750 £78,000
% change year-on-year +4.48% +7.37% +0.65%

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 865 1,187 1,559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 32.84% 46.55% 49.76%
Number of salaries quoted 697 874 1,423
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £66,250 £57,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -3.13% +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
90th Percentile £119,050 £118,375 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £78,500
% change year-on-year +9.68% -1.27% +1.29%

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 6 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 (3.44%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (2.38%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.59%) Apache
4 4 (1.06%) Confluence
5 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.53%) Luigi
6 2 (0.53%) nginx
6 2 (0.53%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.26%) Actimize
2 1 (0.26%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 148 (39.15%) Azure
2 98 (25.93%) AWS
3 48 (12.70%) Power Platform
4 43 (11.38%) GCP
5 27 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (6.88%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (6.08%) GitHub
8 14 (3.70%) Datadog
8 14 (3.70%) SaaS
9 13 (3.44%) Snowflake
10 11 (2.91%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (1.85%) PaaS
11 7 (1.85%) Serverless
12 6 (1.59%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (1.59%) dbt
13 5 (1.32%) Azure AI
13 5 (1.32%) Figma
13 5 (1.32%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.38%) Wireless
2 8 (2.12%) Network Security
3 5 (1.32%) Broadband
3 5 (1.32%) DHCP
3 5 (1.32%) DNS
3 5 (1.32%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.06%) WAN
5 3 (0.79%) HTTP
5 3 (0.79%) LAN
5 3 (0.79%) NAS
5 3 (0.79%) SAN
5 3 (0.79%) 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%) IOS XR
6 2 (0.53%) MPLS
6 2 (0.53%) SNMP
6 2 (0.53%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (10.32%) Power BI
2 29 (7.67%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (6.88%) SQL Server
4 21 (5.56%) Relational Database
5 19 (5.03%) Data Lake
6 17 (4.50%) BigQuery
7 16 (4.23%) Elasticsearch
8 15 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (2.91%) NoSQL
10 10 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (2.38%) Tableau
12 7 (1.85%) Star Schema
13 6 (1.59%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.32%) ClickHouse
14 5 (1.32%) Power Query
15 4 (1.06%) Big Data
15 4 (1.06%) DynamoDB
16 3 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
16 3 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 30 (7.94%) Git
2 9 (2.38%) Burp Suite
2 9 (2.38%) Metasploit
3 8 (2.12%) JIRA
4 4 (1.06%) Balsamiq
5 3 (0.79%) GitLab
6 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.53%) MLflow
6 2 (0.53%) Postman
6 2 (0.53%) Selenium
6 2 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.26%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.26%) Deequ
7 1 (0.26%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.26%) Mocha
7 1 (0.26%) webpack
General
1 110 (29.10%) Finance
2 87 (23.02%) Social Skills
3 43 (11.38%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (7.94%) Banking
6 20 (5.29%) Front Office
7 14 (3.70%) Financial Institution
8 10 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.38%) Advertising
10 8 (2.12%) Legal
11 7 (1.85%) Retail
12 4 (1.06%) International Banking
12 4 (1.06%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.79%) Health Technology
13 3 (0.79%) Law
13 3 (0.79%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.53%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.26%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 102 (26.98%) Senior
2 94 (24.87%) Developer
3 51 (13.49%) Python Developer
4 49 (12.96%) Data Engineer
5 43 (11.38%) Lead
6 36 (9.52%) Senior Developer
7 34 (8.99%) Analyst
8 26 (6.88%) Senior Data Engineer
8 26 (6.88%) Software Engineer
9 22 (5.82%) Python Engineer
10 18 (4.76%) Senior Python Developer
11 17 (4.50%) Architect
11 17 (4.50%) Full-Stack Developer
11 17 (4.50%) Security Analyst
12 15 (3.97%) Full-Stack Python Developer
12 15 (3.97%) Principal Engineer
13 14 (3.70%) Support Engineer
14 13 (3.44%) Technical Engineer
14 13 (3.44%) Technical Support
14 13 (3.44%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (10.32%) Django
1 39 (10.32%) React
2 21 (5.56%) FastAPI
3 18 (4.76%) Node.js
4 16 (4.23%) PySpark
5 12 (3.17%) Kafka
6 11 (2.91%) .NET
7 9 (2.38%) Flask
7 9 (2.38%) RESTful
8 8 (2.12%) PyTorch
9 7 (1.85%) .NET Core
9 7 (1.85%) Model Context Protocol
9 7 (1.85%) Next.js
10 6 (1.59%) AngularJS
10 6 (1.59%) Hugging Face
10 6 (1.59%) Redux
11 5 (1.32%) HTML
11 5 (1.32%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (1.32%) React Native
11 5 (1.32%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.14%) Algorithms
2 23 (6.08%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
3 18 (4.76%) Data Structures
4 17 (4.50%) Cloud Native
4 17 (4.50%) Greenfield Project
5 16 (4.23%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.17%) AI Agents
6 12 (3.17%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.65%) Security Operations Centre
7 10 (2.65%) Security Posture
8 9 (2.38%) Derivative
8 9 (2.38%) Hedge funds
8 9 (2.38%) Mobile App
9 8 (2.12%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.12%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.85%) Market Risk
10 7 (1.85%) Reinsurance
11 6 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.59%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.20%) Linux
2 17 (4.50%) Windows
3 9 (2.38%) Unix
4 4 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.06%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.79%) CentOS
6 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.26%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (26.19%) Agile
2 97 (25.66%) AI
3 94 (24.87%) Analytics
4 92 (24.34%) Problem-Solving
5 73 (19.31%) CI/CD
5 73 (19.31%) DevOps
6 62 (16.40%) Mentoring
7 61 (16.14%) Software Engineering
8 55 (14.55%) Machine Learning
9 51 (13.49%) Data Pipeline
9 51 (13.49%) ETL
10 44 (11.64%) Data Science
11 43 (11.38%) Data Modelling
12 42 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
12 42 (11.11%) Test Automation
13 40 (10.58%) Data Engineering
14 39 (10.32%) Decision-Making
15 38 (10.05%) Computer Science
15 38 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
16 33 (8.73%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 129 (34.13%) SQL
2 49 (12.96%) PowerShell
3 44 (11.64%) Java
4 42 (11.11%) C#
5 36 (9.52%) Bash
6 27 (7.14%) JavaScript
7 26 (6.88%) TypeScript
8 19 (5.03%) C++
9 12 (3.17%) Rust
10 9 (2.38%) T-SQL
11 8 (2.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (1.85%) Go
13 6 (1.59%) Scala
13 6 (1.59%) VBA
14 5 (1.32%) R
15 4 (1.06%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.79%) Perl
17 2 (0.53%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.53%) VC++
18 1 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 60 (15.87%) Degree
2 23 (6.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (2.91%) OSCP
4 10 (2.65%) CREST Certified
4 10 (2.65%) GIAC
5 9 (2.38%) CCSAM
5 9 (2.38%) CHECK Team Leader
5 9 (2.38%) CHECK Team Member
6 8 (2.12%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.12%) Security Cleared
7 6 (1.59%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.59%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.32%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 5 (1.32%) PhD
9 4 (1.06%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.53%) CISM
11 2 (0.53%) CISSP
11 2 (0.53%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.56%) NIST
2 20 (5.29%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.91%) GDPR
5 2 (0.53%) EMIR
5 2 (0.53%) PMO
5 2 (0.53%) QA
5 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.26%) Basel III
6 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.26%) MiFID
6 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 34 (8.99%) Docker
2 8 (2.12%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.26%) KVM
5 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (6.61%) Kubernetes
2 22 (5.82%) Terraform
3 16 (4.23%) Ansible
4 9 (2.38%) Nessus
5 7 (1.85%) Grafana
6 6 (1.59%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.79%) Argo
7 3 (0.79%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.79%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.53%) Puppet
8 2 (0.53%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.26%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.26%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.26%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.26%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.26%) vRealize
Vendors
1 81 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 44 (11.64%) Databricks
3 30 (7.94%) Google
4 12 (3.17%) Guidewire
5 9 (2.38%) VMware
6 7 (1.85%) CyberArk
7 6 (1.59%) OpenAI
7 6 (1.59%) Oracle
8 5 (1.32%) Commvault
8 5 (1.32%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.79%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.79%) Dell
9 3 (0.79%) Informatica
9 3 (0.79%) 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