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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Python 406 424 461
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 9.77% 21.87% 14.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.18% 47.37% 30.57%
Number of salaries quoted 307 334 320
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 £110,938 £99,063
90th Percentile £107,500 £149,625 £121,600
Central London median annual salary £86,000 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +1.18% +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 986 895 1,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 23.72% 46.16% 47.47%
Number of salaries quoted 771 750 1,233
10th Percentile £52,000 £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £101,500 £127,750 £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 31 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 (4.93%) Apache Spark
2 19 (4.68%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (2.71%) Apache
4 2 (0.49%) Confluence
5 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
Applications
1 14 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Actimize
1 1 (0.25%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 138 (33.99%) Azure
2 117 (28.82%) AWS
3 54 (13.30%) GCP
4 38 (9.36%) Power Platform
5 28 (6.90%) SaaS
6 24 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (5.67%) Azure Data Factory
8 16 (3.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 16 (3.94%) GitHub
9 11 (2.71%) dbt
9 11 (2.71%) Snowflake
10 10 (2.46%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 9 (2.22%) Amazon EKS
11 9 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (1.48%) PaaS
13 6 (1.48%) Serverless
14 5 (1.23%) Figma
14 5 (1.23%) Lucidchart
15 4 (0.99%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.43%) Network Security
2 14 (3.45%) Broadband
3 9 (2.22%) Wireless
4 4 (0.99%) BGP
4 4 (0.99%) MPLS
5 3 (0.74%) Ethernet VPN
5 3 (0.74%) Firewall
5 3 (0.74%) HTTP
6 2 (0.49%) 4G
6 2 (0.49%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.49%) DHCP
6 2 (0.49%) DNS
6 2 (0.49%) IOS XR
6 2 (0.49%) OSPF
6 2 (0.49%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.49%) VPN
6 2 (0.49%) WAN
7 1 (0.25%) LAN
7 1 (0.25%) VLAN
7 1 (0.25%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (9.61%) Elasticsearch
2 29 (7.14%) BigQuery
2 29 (7.14%) Power BI
3 21 (5.17%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (4.93%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (4.68%) Data Lake
6 18 (4.43%) Relational Database
7 14 (3.45%) SQL Server
8 12 (2.96%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.22%) Amazon Redshift
9 9 (2.22%) MySQL
9 9 (2.22%) Tableau
10 8 (1.97%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (1.97%) Spark SQL
11 7 (1.72%) MongoDB
12 6 (1.48%) Delta Lake
12 6 (1.48%) Looker
12 6 (1.48%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (1.23%) Geospatial Data
13 5 (1.23%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (6.65%) Git
2 9 (2.22%) Burp Suite
2 9 (2.22%) Metasploit
3 8 (1.97%) MLflow
4 6 (1.48%) JIRA
5 5 (1.23%) Balsamiq
6 4 (0.99%) GitLab
7 3 (0.74%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.74%) Postman
7 3 (0.74%) Selenium
7 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.49%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.25%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.25%) Vite
General
1 111 (27.34%) Finance
2 83 (20.44%) Social Skills
3 45 (11.08%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (8.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (7.39%) Banking
6 17 (4.19%) Front Office
7 7 (1.72%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.23%) Legal
8 5 (1.23%) Marketing
8 5 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.23%) Retail
9 4 (0.99%) Law
10 3 (0.74%) Advertising
10 3 (0.74%) Games
10 3 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.49%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.25%) Automotive
12 1 (0.25%) Back Office
12 1 (0.25%) International Banking
12 1 (0.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 106 (26.11%) Senior
2 97 (23.89%) Developer
3 58 (14.29%) Python Developer
4 53 (13.05%) Python Engineer
5 52 (12.81%) Lead
6 43 (10.59%) Software Engineer
7 41 (10.10%) Data Engineer
8 34 (8.37%) Analyst
9 24 (5.91%) Senior Developer
10 22 (5.42%) Security Analyst
11 18 (4.43%) Architect
11 18 (4.43%) AWS Engineer
11 18 (4.43%) Senior Software Engineer
12 16 (3.94%) Senior Data Engineer
13 15 (3.69%) Lead Developer
13 15 (3.69%) Lead Python Developer
14 14 (3.45%) Python Data Engineer
14 14 (3.45%) Python Software Engineer
14 14 (3.45%) Senior Python Developer
15 13 (3.20%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (8.13%) Django
2 25 (6.16%) React
3 20 (4.93%) Kafka
4 15 (3.69%) RESTful
5 14 (3.45%) FastAPI
5 14 (3.45%) PySpark
6 12 (2.96%) PyTorch
7 11 (2.71%) LangChain
8 10 (2.46%) .NET
9 9 (2.22%) Node.js
9 9 (2.22%) REST
9 9 (2.22%) scikit-learn
9 9 (2.22%) TensorFlow
10 8 (1.97%) LlamaIndex
10 8 (1.97%) Model Context Protocol
11 7 (1.72%) gRPC
11 7 (1.72%) Pandas
12 6 (1.48%) Flask
12 6 (1.48%) pgvector
13 5 (1.23%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.85%) Algorithms
2 35 (8.62%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (6.90%) Cloud Native
4 27 (6.65%) Greenfield Project
5 26 (6.40%) Data Structures
5 26 (6.40%) Public Cloud
6 24 (5.91%) Cyber Defence
7 22 (5.42%) Onboarding
8 16 (3.94%) Security Operations Centre
9 15 (3.69%) Product Ownership
10 13 (3.20%) Security Posture
11 10 (2.46%) Video\Live Streaming
12 9 (2.22%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.97%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.97%) Hedge funds
14 7 (1.72%) Clustering
14 7 (1.72%) Fixed Income
14 7 (1.72%) Over-the-Top Content
14 7 (1.72%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 60 (14.78%) Linux
2 29 (7.14%) Windows
3 4 (0.99%) Unix
3 4 (0.99%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.49%) 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 98 (24.14%) Software Engineering
2 86 (21.18%) AI
2 86 (21.18%) CI/CD
3 77 (18.97%) Analytics
4 72 (17.73%) Agile
5 69 (17.00%) DevOps
5 69 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
6 60 (14.78%) Mentoring
7 57 (14.04%) Data Engineering
8 53 (13.05%) Fintech
9 51 (12.56%) Data Science
10 50 (12.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 50 (12.32%) Machine Learning
11 46 (11.33%) Computer Science
11 46 (11.33%) Data Pipeline
12 41 (10.10%) Microservices
13 37 (9.11%) Observability
14 36 (8.87%) Infrastructure as Code
15 33 (8.13%) Business Intelligence
16 32 (7.88%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 125 (30.79%) SQL
2 66 (16.26%) PowerShell
3 36 (8.87%) C++
4 34 (8.37%) Java
5 33 (8.13%) JavaScript
6 30 (7.39%) Bash
6 30 (7.39%) C#
7 16 (3.94%) Go
8 15 (3.69%) TypeScript
9 10 (2.46%) R
9 10 (2.46%) Scala
10 7 (1.72%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.72%) VBA
11 6 (1.48%) C
11 6 (1.48%) Julia
11 6 (1.48%) MATLAB
12 5 (1.23%) PHP
12 5 (1.23%) Rust
13 4 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.99%) Perl
Qualifications
1 52 (12.81%) Degree
2 32 (7.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (3.69%) GIAC
4 14 (3.45%) OSCP
5 13 (3.20%) CREST Certified
6 12 (2.96%) CCSAM
7 9 (2.22%) CHECK Team Leader
7 9 (2.22%) CHECK Team Member
8 8 (1.97%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.48%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.23%) GPEN
10 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 5 (1.23%) Security Cleared
11 4 (0.99%) GXPN
11 4 (0.99%) OSCE
12 3 (0.74%) CFA
13 2 (0.49%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.49%) PhD
13 2 (0.49%) SC Cleared
14 1 (0.25%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.91%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.17%) NIST
3 15 (3.69%) GDPR
4 9 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (1.48%) QA
6 3 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.74%) SLA
7 2 (0.49%) EMIR
8 1 (0.25%) PMO
8 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 42 (10.34%) Docker
2 7 (1.72%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 43 (10.59%) Terraform
2 37 (9.11%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.46%) Ansible
4 9 (2.22%) Nessus
5 7 (1.72%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.48%) Grafana
7 2 (0.49%) 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 65 (16.01%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.64%) Databricks
3 29 (7.14%) Google
4 12 (2.96%) Oracle
5 7 (1.72%) Typelevel
6 6 (1.48%) Cloudera
6 6 (1.48%) Dell
7 5 (1.23%) CyberArk
7 5 (1.23%) Splunk
8 4 (0.99%) OpenAI
8 4 (0.99%) VMware
9 3 (0.74%) Cisco
9 3 (0.74%) Commvault
9 3 (0.74%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.74%) SAP
10 2 (0.49%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.49%) BT
10 2 (0.49%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.49%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.25%) Guidewire