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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 0
Permanent jobs citing Python 380 509 407
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 14.04% 20.02% 13.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.38% 42.77% 26.67%
Number of salaries quoted 281 378 367
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £56,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £82,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +6.45% -
75th Percentile £105,000 £104,688 £105,625
90th Percentile £130,125 £123,750 £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 876 1,190 1,526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 32.36% 46.80% 49.32%
Number of salaries quoted 700 886 1,391
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £48,750
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% +1.27%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £117,625 £118,125 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +9.68% -3.13% +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 12 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 (3.42%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (2.37%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.32%) Apache
4 4 (1.05%) 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 (4.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.11%) 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
1 149 (39.21%) Azure
2 104 (27.37%) AWS
3 47 (12.37%) Power Platform
4 45 (11.84%) GCP
5 27 (7.11%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (6.84%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (6.32%) GitHub
8 14 (3.68%) SaaS
9 13 (3.42%) Datadog
10 12 (3.16%) Snowflake
11 11 (2.89%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (1.84%) PaaS
12 7 (1.84%) Serverless
13 6 (1.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (1.58%) dbt
14 5 (1.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 5 (1.32%) Azure AI
14 5 (1.32%) Figma
14 5 (1.32%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.37%) Network Security
1 9 (2.37%) Wireless
2 7 (1.84%) Broadband
3 5 (1.32%) DHCP
3 5 (1.32%) DNS
3 5 (1.32%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.05%) 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 38 (10.00%) Power BI
2 29 (7.63%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (6.32%) SQL Server
4 19 (5.00%) Relational Database
5 18 (4.74%) Data Lake
6 17 (4.47%) BigQuery
6 17 (4.47%) Elasticsearch
7 15 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (3.16%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (2.37%) Tableau
10 7 (1.84%) Star Schema
11 6 (1.58%) Hadoop
12 5 (1.32%) ClickHouse
12 5 (1.32%) Power Query
13 4 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (1.05%) Big Data
13 4 (1.05%) DynamoDB
14 3 (0.79%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 29 (7.63%) Git
2 9 (2.37%) Burp Suite
2 9 (2.37%) Metasploit
3 7 (1.84%) JIRA
4 4 (1.05%) Balsamiq
5 3 (0.79%) GitLab
6 2 (0.53%) Claude Code
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
1 107 (28.16%) Finance
2 86 (22.63%) Social Skills
3 43 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (7.89%) Banking
6 19 (5.00%) Front Office
7 12 (3.16%) Financial Institution
8 10 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.37%) Advertising
10 8 (2.11%) Legal
11 7 (1.84%) Retail
12 4 (1.05%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.79%) International Banking
13 3 (0.79%) Law
13 3 (0.79%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.53%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.53%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.26%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 100 (26.32%) Senior
2 95 (25.00%) Developer
3 51 (13.42%) Python Developer
4 49 (12.89%) Data Engineer
5 42 (11.05%) Lead
6 36 (9.47%) Senior Developer
7 35 (9.21%) Analyst
8 27 (7.11%) Software Engineer
9 25 (6.58%) Senior Data Engineer
10 22 (5.79%) Python Engineer
11 18 (4.74%) Full-Stack Developer
11 18 (4.74%) Security Analyst
11 18 (4.74%) Senior Python Developer
12 17 (4.47%) Architect
13 15 (3.95%) Full-Stack Python Developer
13 15 (3.95%) Principal Engineer
14 13 (3.42%) React Developer
15 12 (3.16%) Lead Developer
15 12 (3.16%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (3.16%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (10.26%) Django
1 39 (10.26%) React
2 22 (5.79%) FastAPI
3 19 (5.00%) Node.js
4 14 (3.68%) PySpark
5 11 (2.89%) .NET
5 11 (2.89%) Kafka
6 10 (2.63%) Flask
7 9 (2.37%) RESTful
8 8 (2.11%) Model Context Protocol
8 8 (2.11%) Next.js
8 8 (2.11%) PyTorch
9 7 (1.84%) .NET Core
10 6 (1.58%) Hugging Face
10 6 (1.58%) Redux
11 5 (1.32%) AngularJS
11 5 (1.32%) HTML
11 5 (1.32%) LangChain
11 5 (1.32%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (1.32%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.84%) Algorithms
1 26 (6.84%) Distributed Systems
2 19 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
3 18 (4.74%) Data Structures
4 17 (4.47%) Cloud Native
4 17 (4.47%) Greenfield Project
5 15 (3.95%) Onboarding
6 13 (3.42%) AI Agents
7 12 (3.16%) Product Ownership
7 12 (3.16%) Security Operations Centre
8 10 (2.63%) Security Posture
9 9 (2.37%) Derivative
9 9 (2.37%) Hedge funds
9 9 (2.37%) Mobile App
9 9 (2.37%) Public Cloud
10 8 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.58%) Educational Technology
12 6 (1.58%) Market Risk
12 6 (1.58%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 33 (8.68%) Linux
2 18 (4.74%) Windows
3 10 (2.63%) Unix
4 4 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.05%) 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 (26.05%) Agile
2 98 (25.79%) AI
3 93 (24.47%) Analytics
4 92 (24.21%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (20.26%) CI/CD
6 75 (19.74%) DevOps
7 63 (16.58%) Mentoring
8 62 (16.32%) Software Engineering
9 55 (14.47%) Machine Learning
10 51 (13.42%) Data Pipeline
11 49 (12.89%) ETL
12 46 (12.11%) Data Science
13 43 (11.32%) Data Modelling
14 41 (10.79%) Business Intelligence
14 41 (10.79%) Test Automation
15 40 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
16 39 (10.26%) Data Engineering
16 39 (10.26%) Decision-Making
17 36 (9.47%) Computer Science
18 35 (9.21%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 126 (33.16%) SQL
2 50 (13.16%) PowerShell
3 43 (11.32%) Java
4 40 (10.53%) C#
5 35 (9.21%) Bash
6 28 (7.37%) JavaScript
7 26 (6.84%) TypeScript
8 19 (5.00%) C++
9 12 (3.16%) Rust
10 10 (2.63%) Go
11 9 (2.37%) T-SQL
12 8 (2.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (2.11%) Scala
13 6 (1.58%) VBA
14 5 (1.32%) R
15 4 (1.05%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.79%) Perl
16 3 (0.79%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.53%) VC++
18 1 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 57 (15.00%) Degree
2 23 (6.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (2.89%) GIAC
3 11 (2.89%) OSCP
4 10 (2.63%) CREST Certified
5 9 (2.37%) CCSAM
5 9 (2.37%) CHECK Team Leader
5 9 (2.37%) CHECK Team Member
6 8 (2.11%) Security Cleared
7 7 (1.84%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.58%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.58%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.32%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (1.05%) PhD
10 4 (1.05%) SC Cleared
11 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.53%) CISM
12 2 (0.53%) CISSP
12 2 (0.53%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.79%) NIST
2 18 (4.74%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.89%) GDPR
5 3 (0.79%) QA
6 2 (0.53%) EMIR
6 2 (0.53%) PMO
6 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.26%) Basel III
7 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.26%) MiFID
7 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 37 (9.74%) Docker
2 8 (2.11%) 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 28 (7.37%) Kubernetes
2 25 (6.58%) Terraform
3 17 (4.47%) Ansible
4 9 (2.37%) Nessus
5 7 (1.84%) Grafana
6 6 (1.58%) 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 82 (21.58%) Microsoft
2 43 (11.32%) Databricks
3 30 (7.89%) Google
4 11 (2.89%) Guidewire
5 9 (2.37%) VMware
6 7 (1.84%) CyberArk
7 6 (1.58%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.32%) Commvault
8 5 (1.32%) Oracle
8 5 (1.32%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.05%) Splunk
10 3 (0.79%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.79%) Dell
10 3 (0.79%) Informatica
10 3 (0.79%) Typelevel
11 2 (0.53%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.53%) Cisco
11 2 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.53%) HP
11 2 (0.53%) SAP