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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 +2
Permanent jobs citing Python 416 479 436
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 11.34% 22.71% 13.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.81% 46.78% 28.65%
Number of salaries quoted 311 375 342
10th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £64,000 £65,000 £57,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.68% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £102,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £136,500 £122,400
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £76,250
% change year-on-year - +11.48% -1.61%

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 995 1,024 1,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 27.13% 48.55% 47.83%
Number of salaries quoted 765 851 1,307
10th Percentile £50,200 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% 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 18 April 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 (4.81%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (4.33%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.64%) Apache
4 2 (0.48%) Confluence
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.48%) nginx
5 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Actimize
1 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 158 (37.98%) Azure
2 122 (29.33%) AWS
3 59 (14.18%) GCP
4 45 (10.82%) Power Platform
5 32 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (5.77%) Azure Data Factory
7 23 (5.53%) SaaS
8 20 (4.81%) GitHub
9 16 (3.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 13 (3.13%) Snowflake
11 12 (2.88%) dbt
12 11 (2.64%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (2.16%) PaaS
14 7 (1.68%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 7 (1.68%) Serverless
15 6 (1.44%) Amazon EKS
15 6 (1.44%) Nutanix
16 5 (1.20%) Figma
16 5 (1.20%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.33%) Network Security
2 12 (2.88%) Broadband
3 9 (2.16%) Wireless
4 5 (1.20%) DHCP
4 5 (1.20%) DNS
4 5 (1.20%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.72%) HTTP
5 3 (0.72%) LAN
5 3 (0.72%) WAN
6 2 (0.48%) 4G
6 2 (0.48%) BGP
6 2 (0.48%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.48%) IOS XR
6 2 (0.48%) MPLS
6 2 (0.48%) NAS
6 2 (0.48%) SAN
6 2 (0.48%) SNMP
6 2 (0.48%) VPN
7 1 (0.24%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (9.62%) Elasticsearch
2 36 (8.65%) Power BI
3 33 (7.93%) BigQuery
4 29 (6.97%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (4.81%) Data Lake
6 17 (4.09%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (4.09%) Relational Database
6 17 (4.09%) SQL Server
7 13 (3.13%) Tableau
8 10 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (2.40%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.16%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (1.68%) MySQL
10 7 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (1.44%) Delta Lake
11 6 (1.44%) Looker
11 6 (1.44%) Snowflake Schema
11 6 (1.44%) Spark SQL
11 6 (1.44%) Star Schema
12 5 (1.20%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 35 (8.41%) Git
2 9 (2.16%) Burp Suite
2 9 (2.16%) Metasploit
3 8 (1.92%) MLflow
4 7 (1.68%) JIRA
5 5 (1.20%) Balsamiq
5 5 (1.20%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.72%) Postman
6 3 (0.72%) Selenium
7 2 (0.48%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.24%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
General
1 111 (26.68%) Finance
2 88 (21.15%) Social Skills
3 42 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (8.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (6.73%) Banking
6 13 (3.13%) Front Office
7 9 (2.16%) Financial Institution
8 8 (1.92%) Advertising
9 5 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.20%) Retail
10 4 (0.96%) Legal
11 3 (0.72%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.72%) Law
12 2 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.48%) Marketing
12 2 (0.48%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.48%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.24%) Automotive
13 1 (0.24%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 106 (25.48%) Senior
2 87 (20.91%) Developer
3 53 (12.74%) Lead
4 52 (12.50%) Python Developer
5 46 (11.06%) Data Engineer
6 43 (10.34%) Python Engineer
7 40 (9.62%) Analyst
8 37 (8.89%) Software Engineer
9 27 (6.49%) Senior Developer
10 24 (5.77%) Security Analyst
11 20 (4.81%) Architect
12 19 (4.57%) Senior Data Engineer
13 17 (4.09%) AWS Engineer
14 16 (3.85%) Senior Python Developer
15 15 (3.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 14 (3.37%) Azure Engineer
17 13 (3.13%) Full-Stack Developer
18 12 (2.88%) Lead Developer
18 12 (2.88%) Lead Python Developer
18 12 (2.88%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (9.86%) Django
2 34 (8.17%) React
3 18 (4.33%) Kafka
3 18 (4.33%) Node.js
4 15 (3.61%) RESTful
5 13 (3.13%) FastAPI
5 13 (3.13%) PySpark
6 11 (2.64%) PyTorch
7 10 (2.40%) LangChain
8 9 (2.16%) .NET
8 9 (2.16%) LlamaIndex
9 8 (1.92%) Model Context Protocol
9 8 (1.92%) REST
9 8 (1.92%) TensorFlow
10 7 (1.68%) Flask
10 7 (1.68%) gRPC
10 7 (1.68%) scikit-learn
11 6 (1.44%) pgvector
12 5 (1.20%) Next.js
12 5 (1.20%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.62%) Algorithms
2 34 (8.17%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (6.97%) Data Structures
4 28 (6.73%) Greenfield Project
5 26 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
6 25 (6.01%) Cloud Native
6 25 (6.01%) Public Cloud
7 22 (5.29%) Onboarding
8 19 (4.57%) Product Ownership
8 19 (4.57%) Security Operations Centre
9 13 (3.13%) Security Posture
10 10 (2.40%) Hedge funds
11 9 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (2.16%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.92%) Video\Live Streaming
13 7 (1.68%) AI Agents
13 7 (1.68%) Over-the-Top Content
14 6 (1.44%) Clustering
14 6 (1.44%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 53 (12.74%) Linux
2 33 (7.93%) Windows
3 6 (1.44%) Unix
3 6 (1.44%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.72%) CentOS
5 3 (0.72%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.24%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (20.91%) CI/CD
1 87 (20.91%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (20.67%) Agile
3 85 (20.43%) AI
3 85 (20.43%) Software Engineering
4 83 (19.95%) Analytics
5 81 (19.47%) DevOps
6 70 (16.83%) Mentoring
7 56 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
7 56 (13.46%) Data Engineering
7 56 (13.46%) Data Science
8 52 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
9 49 (11.78%) Machine Learning
10 46 (11.06%) Computer Science
10 46 (11.06%) Microservices
11 42 (10.10%) ETL
12 40 (9.62%) Fintech
13 38 (9.13%) Business Intelligence
14 36 (8.65%) Data Modelling
15 34 (8.17%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 124 (29.81%) SQL
2 77 (18.51%) PowerShell
3 42 (10.10%) JavaScript
4 32 (7.69%) Bash
5 30 (7.21%) Java
6 29 (6.97%) C#
7 24 (5.77%) C++
8 21 (5.05%) TypeScript
9 17 (4.09%) Go
10 10 (2.40%) Scala
11 6 (1.44%) Perl
11 6 (1.44%) VBA
12 5 (1.20%) PHP
12 5 (1.20%) R
12 5 (1.20%) Rust
13 4 (0.96%) C
13 4 (0.96%) Ruby
13 4 (0.96%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.72%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.72%) VC++
Qualifications
1 58 (13.94%) Degree
2 36 (8.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (4.09%) GIAC
4 14 (3.37%) OSCP
5 13 (3.13%) CREST Certified
6 12 (2.88%) CCSAM
7 9 (2.16%) CHECK Team Leader
7 9 (2.16%) CHECK Team Member
8 8 (1.92%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.44%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.44%) Security Cleared
10 5 (1.20%) GPEN
10 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.96%) GXPN
11 4 (0.96%) OSCE
12 3 (0.72%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.72%) SC Cleared
13 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.48%) PhD
14 1 (0.24%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.73%) NIST
2 24 (5.77%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (3.61%) GDPR
5 6 (1.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (1.44%) QA
6 3 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.72%) EMIR
6 3 (0.72%) PMO
6 3 (0.72%) SLA
7 2 (0.48%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.24%) Basel III
8 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.24%) MiFID
8 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 36 (8.65%) Docker
2 10 (2.40%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 43 (10.34%) Terraform
2 35 (8.41%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.37%) Ansible
4 9 (2.16%) Nessus
5 7 (1.68%) Grafana
6 6 (1.44%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.72%) Argo
7 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.72%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.48%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.24%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.24%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.24%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.24%) SCCM
9 1 (0.24%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.24%) vRealize
Vendors
1 82 (19.71%) Microsoft
2 36 (8.65%) Google
3 35 (8.41%) Databricks
4 8 (1.92%) Dell
4 8 (1.92%) Oracle
4 8 (1.92%) VMware
5 7 (1.68%) CyberArk
5 7 (1.68%) Typelevel
6 6 (1.44%) Cloudera
6 6 (1.44%) Commvault
7 5 (1.20%) Red Hat
8 4 (0.96%) Splunk
9 3 (0.72%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.72%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.48%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.48%) BT
10 2 (0.48%) Cisco
10 2 (0.48%) HP
10 2 (0.48%) Informatica
10 2 (0.48%) SAP