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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 7 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Python 318 364 453
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 9.29% 20.28% 16.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.01% 47.27% 34.74%
Number of salaries quoted 253 288 287
10th Percentile £55,225 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £83,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.46% +11.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £118,000 £150,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +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 757 770 1,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 22.11% 42.90% 47.08%
Number of salaries quoted 606 637 972
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £67,813 £62,500 £56,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +3.23% -0.64%
75th Percentile £100,000 £108,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £132,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% -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 27 August 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 (6.29%) Apache Spark
2 17 (5.35%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (3.46%) Apache
4 2 (0.63%) Confluence
4 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.31%) Camunda
Applications
1 12 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 94 (29.56%) Azure
2 85 (26.73%) AWS
3 38 (11.95%) GCP
4 36 (11.32%) Power Platform
5 30 (9.43%) SaaS
6 17 (5.35%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (3.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 12 (3.77%) Snowflake
8 9 (2.83%) dbt
9 8 (2.52%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 8 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.20%) GitHub
10 7 (2.20%) Serverless
11 5 (1.57%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (1.57%) Azure AI
11 5 (1.57%) Azure Machine Learning
12 4 (1.26%) Azure AKS
12 4 (1.26%) Azure Functions
12 4 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (1.26%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.14%) Network Security
2 6 (1.89%) Broadband
3 4 (1.26%) BGP
3 4 (1.26%) OSPF
4 3 (0.94%) Firewall
4 3 (0.94%) MPLS
4 3 (0.94%) VLAN
5 2 (0.63%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.63%) WAN
6 1 (0.31%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.31%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (0.31%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.31%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.31%) HSRP
6 1 (0.31%) HTTP
6 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.31%) VPN
6 1 (0.31%) VRRP
6 1 (0.31%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (10.69%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (9.75%) Power BI
3 23 (7.23%) Elasticsearch
4 18 (5.66%) Relational Database
5 17 (5.35%) BigQuery
6 15 (4.72%) Data Lake
7 14 (4.40%) NoSQL
8 11 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (3.14%) Tableau
10 9 (2.83%) Geospatial Data
10 9 (2.83%) MongoDB
11 8 (2.52%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (2.52%) MySQL
12 7 (2.20%) Looker
13 6 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (1.89%) Delta Lake
13 6 (1.89%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (1.89%) Spark SQL
13 6 (1.89%) SQL Server
14 5 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (6.60%) Git
2 8 (2.52%) Jenkins
2 8 (2.52%) MLflow
3 7 (2.20%) GitLab
4 5 (1.57%) JIRA
5 3 (0.94%) Postman
5 3 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.63%) Vite
7 1 (0.31%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.31%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.31%) JMeter
7 1 (0.31%) Selenium
7 1 (0.31%) Snyk
General
1 98 (30.82%) Finance
2 70 (22.01%) Social Skills
3 46 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (9.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (6.29%) Banking
6 15 (4.72%) Front Office
7 10 (3.14%) Law
8 9 (2.83%) Marketing
9 6 (1.89%) Legal
10 5 (1.57%) Advertising
11 4 (1.26%) Games
12 3 (0.94%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.63%) Private Banking
13 2 (0.63%) Retail
14 1 (0.31%) Aeronautics
14 1 (0.31%) iGaming
14 1 (0.31%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.31%) Legal Technology
14 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 70 (22.01%) Senior
2 58 (18.24%) Python Engineer
3 55 (17.30%) Developer
4 51 (16.04%) Lead
5 49 (15.41%) Software Engineer
6 37 (11.64%) Data Engineer
7 25 (7.86%) Python Developer
8 22 (6.92%) Analyst
9 19 (5.97%) Senior Software Engineer
10 17 (5.35%) Lead Data Engineer
11 15 (4.72%) Python Software Engineer
12 14 (4.40%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 14 (4.40%) AWS Engineer
12 14 (4.40%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 12 (3.77%) Architect
13 12 (3.77%) C++ Software Engineer
14 11 (3.46%) Lead Developer
14 11 (3.46%) Lead Python Developer
14 11 (3.46%) Platform Engineer
15 10 (3.14%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (12.89%) Terraform
2 18 (5.66%) LangChain
3 17 (5.35%) Kafka
4 16 (5.03%) React
5 15 (4.72%) FastAPI
5 15 (4.72%) PyTorch
6 12 (3.77%) Django
6 12 (3.77%) PySpark
6 12 (3.77%) REST
7 10 (3.14%) scikit-learn
7 10 (3.14%) TensorFlow
8 8 (2.52%) RESTful
9 7 (2.20%) .NET
9 7 (2.20%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (2.20%) LlamaIndex
9 7 (2.20%) pgvector
10 6 (1.89%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (1.89%) LangGraph
10 6 (1.89%) Node.js
10 6 (1.89%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.58%) Cloud Native
2 32 (10.06%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (6.92%) Onboarding
4 20 (6.29%) Algorithms
5 19 (5.97%) Greenfield Project
6 18 (5.66%) Public Cloud
7 12 (3.77%) Data Structures
7 12 (3.77%) Product Ownership
7 12 (3.77%) Reinsurance
8 10 (3.14%) AI Agents
9 8 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (2.20%) Clustering
11 6 (1.89%) Fixed Income
11 6 (1.89%) Hedge funds
12 5 (1.57%) Cyber Defence
12 5 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (1.57%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.57%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.57%) Security Operations Centre
12 5 (1.57%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 46 (14.47%) Linux
2 18 (5.66%) Windows
3 3 (0.94%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (28.62%) Software Engineering
2 89 (27.99%) AI
3 69 (21.70%) CI/CD
4 62 (19.50%) Analytics
5 49 (15.41%) Data Engineering
5 49 (15.41%) Machine Learning
6 45 (14.15%) Data Pipeline
6 45 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (13.84%) DevOps
7 44 (13.84%) Fintech
8 38 (11.95%) Agile
8 38 (11.95%) Observability
9 36 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 33 (10.38%) Business Intelligence
10 33 (10.38%) Computer Science
10 33 (10.38%) Infrastructure as Code
10 33 (10.38%) LLM
11 31 (9.75%) Mentoring
12 30 (9.43%) Data Science
13 29 (9.12%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 105 (33.02%) SQL
2 50 (15.72%) Java
3 35 (11.01%) PowerShell
4 34 (10.69%) C++
5 29 (9.12%) C#
6 26 (8.18%) JavaScript
7 19 (5.97%) Bash
8 17 (5.35%) R
8 17 (5.35%) TypeScript
9 11 (3.46%) Go
10 9 (2.83%) Julia
10 9 (2.83%) MATLAB
10 9 (2.83%) Rust
11 8 (2.52%) VBA
12 7 (2.20%) Scala
13 5 (1.57%) Bicep
13 5 (1.57%) C
13 5 (1.57%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.26%) PHP
15 3 (0.94%) Perl
Qualifications
1 35 (11.01%) Degree
2 19 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (4.09%) Security Cleared
4 9 (2.83%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.52%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.20%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.57%) CFA
8 4 (1.26%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.26%) GIAC
9 3 (0.94%) CCSAM
9 3 (0.94%) CREST Certified
9 3 (0.94%) GPEN
9 3 (0.94%) GXPN
9 3 (0.94%) OSCE
9 3 (0.94%) OSCP
10 2 (0.63%) CCNP
10 2 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.63%) PhD
11 1 (0.31%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (10.38%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.35%) GDPR
3 6 (1.89%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 5 (1.57%) QA
5 4 (1.26%) NIST
5 4 (1.26%) SLA
6 3 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.31%) PMO
7 1 (0.31%) Solvency II
System Software
1 36 (11.32%) Docker
2 6 (1.89%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.31%) Firmware
4 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 47 (14.78%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.72%) Ansible
3 9 (2.83%) Grafana
4 8 (2.52%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.31%) Puppet
5 1 (0.31%) SCCM
5 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 40 (12.58%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.06%) Databricks
3 16 (5.03%) Google
4 10 (3.14%) OpenAI
5 9 (2.83%) Oracle
6 7 (2.20%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.20%) Splunk
7 6 (1.89%) Cloudera
7 6 (1.89%) Dell
8 4 (1.26%) Alteryx
9 3 (0.94%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.63%) BT
10 2 (0.63%) Cisco
10 2 (0.63%) Foundry
10 2 (0.63%) Refinitiv
10 2 (0.63%) SAP
10 2 (0.63%) Typelevel
10 2 (0.63%) VMware
11 1 (0.31%) Checkmarx
11 1 (0.31%) Okta