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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 0
Permanent jobs citing Python 381 488 429
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 12.69% 21.56% 13.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.87% 44.65% 28.00%
Number of salaries quoted 278 384 375
10th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £60,938 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% +4.69% +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £114,125 £124,625 £122,500
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year - +6.25% +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 910 1,093 1,532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.30% 48.30% 48.79%
Number of salaries quoted 714 884 1,364
10th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £65,313 £57,500 £61,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £78,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £101,063 £101,563
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £78,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +8.97% -2.50% +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 9 March 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 14 (3.67%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (2.62%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.57%) Apache
4 4 (1.05%) Confluence
5 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.52%) nginx
6 2 (0.52%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.26%) Actimize
2 1 (0.26%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 153 (40.16%) Azure
2 114 (29.92%) AWS
3 47 (12.34%) GCP
4 46 (12.07%) Power Platform
5 29 (7.61%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (6.56%) Azure Data Factory
7 22 (5.77%) GitHub
8 16 (4.20%) SaaS
9 14 (3.67%) Snowflake
10 12 (3.15%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (2.62%) Datadog
12 9 (2.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (2.10%) dbt
13 8 (2.10%) PaaS
13 8 (2.10%) Serverless
14 6 (1.57%) Nutanix
15 5 (1.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 5 (1.31%) Amazon EKS
16 4 (1.05%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.15%) Network Security
2 9 (2.36%) Broadband
2 9 (2.36%) Wireless
3 5 (1.31%) DHCP
3 5 (1.31%) DNS
3 5 (1.31%) 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 (0.52%) 4G
6 2 (0.52%) BGP
6 2 (0.52%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.52%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.52%) IOS XR
6 2 (0.52%) MPLS
6 2 (0.52%) SNMP
6 2 (0.52%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (10.24%) Power BI
2 30 (7.87%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (6.04%) BigQuery
3 23 (6.04%) Elasticsearch
4 22 (5.77%) SQL Server
5 17 (4.46%) Data Lake
6 15 (3.94%) Relational Database
7 13 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (2.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (2.62%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (2.36%) Tableau
10 7 (1.84%) Star Schema
11 6 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (1.31%) Amazon Athena
12 5 (1.31%) Big Data
12 5 (1.31%) Delta Lake
13 4 (1.05%) DynamoDB
13 4 (1.05%) Hadoop
13 4 (1.05%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 31 (8.14%) Git
2 10 (2.62%) JIRA
3 9 (2.36%) Burp Suite
3 9 (2.36%) Metasploit
4 4 (1.05%) Balsamiq
4 4 (1.05%) MLflow
4 4 (1.05%) Postman
5 3 (0.79%) GitLab
6 2 (0.52%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.52%) Selenium
6 2 (0.52%) 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
1 105 (27.56%) Finance
2 89 (23.36%) Social Skills
3 42 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (7.09%) Banking
6 13 (3.41%) Front Office
7 10 (2.62%) Financial Institution
8 8 (2.10%) Advertising
8 8 (2.10%) Retail
9 7 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.57%) Legal
11 5 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.05%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.79%) Law
13 3 (0.79%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.52%) International Banking
14 2 (0.52%) Marketing
14 2 (0.52%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 93 (24.41%) Senior
2 84 (22.05%) Developer
3 49 (12.86%) Python Developer
4 47 (12.34%) Data Engineer
5 43 (11.29%) Lead
6 41 (10.76%) Analyst
7 31 (8.14%) Senior Developer
8 27 (7.09%) Python Engineer
9 25 (6.56%) Software Engineer
10 22 (5.77%) Senior Data Engineer
11 21 (5.51%) Security Analyst
12 17 (4.46%) Architect
13 16 (4.20%) Principal Engineer
13 16 (4.20%) Senior Python Developer
14 15 (3.94%) Full-Stack Developer
15 13 (3.41%) AWS Engineer
16 12 (3.15%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 12 (3.15%) Full-Stack Python Developer
16 12 (3.15%) Technical Support
17 11 (2.89%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (10.50%) Django
2 36 (9.45%) React
3 20 (5.25%) Node.js
4 18 (4.72%) FastAPI
5 15 (3.94%) PySpark
6 12 (3.15%) RESTful
7 11 (2.89%) .NET
7 11 (2.89%) Kafka
8 8 (2.10%) Flask
8 8 (2.10%) PyTorch
9 7 (1.84%) .NET Core
9 7 (1.84%) LangChain
9 7 (1.84%) Next.js
10 6 (1.57%) Hugging Face
10 6 (1.57%) Model Context Protocol
10 6 (1.57%) REST
11 5 (1.31%) gRPC
11 5 (1.31%) LlamaIndex
11 5 (1.31%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (1.31%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.35%) Algorithms
2 27 (7.09%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (5.77%) Cyber Defence
3 22 (5.77%) Data Structures
3 22 (5.77%) Onboarding
4 21 (5.51%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (4.72%) Cloud Native
6 15 (3.94%) Security Operations Centre
7 13 (3.41%) Public Cloud
8 12 (3.15%) Product Ownership
9 11 (2.89%) AI Agents
10 10 (2.62%) Security Posture
11 9 (2.36%) Hedge funds
11 9 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (2.36%) Mobile App
12 8 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.57%) Educational Technology
14 5 (1.31%) Over-the-Top Content
14 5 (1.31%) Reinsurance
14 5 (1.31%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 37 (9.71%) Linux
2 23 (6.04%) Windows
3 10 (2.62%) Unix
4 4 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.05%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.79%) CentOS
5 3 (0.79%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.26%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (23.88%) Analytics
2 89 (23.36%) AI
2 89 (23.36%) Problem-Solving
3 88 (23.10%) Agile
4 79 (20.73%) CI/CD
5 76 (19.95%) DevOps
6 69 (18.11%) Software Engineering
7 65 (17.06%) Mentoring
8 52 (13.65%) Machine Learning
9 51 (13.39%) Data Pipeline
10 47 (12.34%) Data Science
11 45 (11.81%) ETL
12 44 (11.55%) Continuous Improvement
12 44 (11.55%) Data Modelling
13 42 (11.02%) Business Intelligence
13 42 (11.02%) Data Engineering
14 38 (9.97%) Computer Science
14 38 (9.97%) Microservices
15 37 (9.71%) Test Automation
16 35 (9.19%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 125 (32.81%) SQL
2 60 (15.75%) PowerShell
3 38 (9.97%) JavaScript
4 33 (8.66%) Bash
5 32 (8.40%) C#
6 31 (8.14%) Java
7 26 (6.82%) TypeScript
8 15 (3.94%) C++
9 11 (2.89%) Go
9 11 (2.89%) Rust
10 8 (2.10%) Scala
11 7 (1.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (1.57%) R
12 6 (1.57%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.57%) VBA
13 3 (0.79%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.79%) Perl
13 3 (0.79%) PHP
13 3 (0.79%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.79%) VC++
Qualifications
1 52 (13.65%) Degree
2 27 (7.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (3.67%) GIAC
4 11 (2.89%) OSCP
5 10 (2.62%) CREST Certified
6 9 (2.36%) CCSAM
6 9 (2.36%) CHECK Team Leader
6 9 (2.36%) CHECK Team Member
7 8 (2.10%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.84%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.57%) Security Cleared
10 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.79%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.79%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.52%) GPEN
12 2 (0.52%) MBA
12 2 (0.52%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.52%) SC Cleared
13 1 (0.26%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.56%) NIST
2 20 (5.25%) Data Quality
3 17 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (3.41%) GDPR
5 4 (1.05%) QA
6 3 (0.79%) EMIR
7 2 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.52%) PMO
7 2 (0.52%) SLA
7 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.26%) Basel III
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.26%) MiFID
8 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 39 (10.24%) Docker
2 8 (2.10%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (8.14%) Terraform
2 30 (7.87%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.67%) Ansible
4 9 (2.36%) Nessus
5 7 (1.84%) Grafana
6 6 (1.57%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.79%) Argo
7 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.79%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.52%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.26%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.26%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.26%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.26%) SCCM
9 1 (0.26%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.26%) vRealize
Vendors
1 88 (23.10%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.76%) Databricks
3 31 (8.14%) Google
4 9 (2.36%) VMware
5 8 (2.10%) Guidewire
6 7 (1.84%) CyberArk
6 7 (1.84%) Oracle
7 6 (1.57%) Commvault
8 5 (1.31%) Dell
8 5 (1.31%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.31%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.31%) Typelevel
9 4 (1.05%) Splunk
10 3 (0.79%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.79%) Informatica
10 3 (0.79%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.52%) Cisco
11 2 (0.52%) Cloudera
11 2 (0.52%) HP
11 2 (0.52%) SAP