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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -5 +1 +6
Permanent jobs citing Python 253 331 493
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 8.77% 19.56% 17.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.81% 46.75% 36.98%
Number of salaries quoted 203 270 310
10th Percentile £60,000 £48,625 £50,000
25th Percentile £72,500 £69,063 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +13.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £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 620 708 1,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 21.50% 41.84% 46.03%
Number of salaries quoted 506 599 929
10th Percentile £55,563 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £71,250 £61,375 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +3.23% -3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,625 £97,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £115,000
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 28 September 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 11 (4.35%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.56%) Apache Spark
3 8 (3.16%) Apache
4 2 (0.79%) Confluence
4 2 (0.79%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.40%) Camunda
5 1 (0.40%) CMS
5 1 (0.40%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.40%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.79%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 74 (29.25%) Azure
2 65 (25.69%) AWS
3 29 (11.46%) Power Platform
4 25 (9.88%) SaaS
5 21 (8.30%) GCP
6 15 (5.93%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (2.77%) GitHub
7 7 (2.77%) Serverless
7 7 (2.77%) Snowflake
8 6 (2.37%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 6 (2.37%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.98%) Azure AI
9 5 (1.98%) Azure Databricks
9 5 (1.98%) Azure Machine Learning
9 5 (1.98%) Datadog
9 5 (1.98%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.58%) Azure Functions
10 4 (1.58%) dbt
10 4 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.98%) Firewall
1 5 (1.98%) Network Security
2 4 (1.58%) BGP
2 4 (1.58%) OSPF
3 3 (1.19%) MPLS
3 3 (1.19%) VLAN
3 3 (1.19%) WAN
4 2 (0.79%) Broadband
4 2 (0.79%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.40%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.40%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.40%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (0.40%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.40%) HSRP
5 1 (0.40%) HTTP
5 1 (0.40%) SSL
5 1 (0.40%) VPN
5 1 (0.40%) VRRP
5 1 (0.40%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (11.86%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (9.49%) Power BI
3 14 (5.53%) Relational Database
4 12 (4.74%) NoSQL
5 11 (4.35%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (3.56%) Geospatial Data
7 8 (3.16%) BigQuery
7 8 (3.16%) MongoDB
8 7 (2.77%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (2.77%) Data Lake
8 7 (2.77%) SQL Server
8 7 (2.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (2.37%) MySQL
10 5 (1.98%) KDB
11 4 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.58%) Spark SQL
12 3 (1.19%) Tableau
13 2 (0.79%) Cloud Spanner
13 2 (0.79%) Delta Lake
13 2 (0.79%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 17 (6.72%) Git
2 8 (3.16%) GitLab
2 8 (3.16%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.98%) JIRA
4 2 (0.79%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.79%) MLflow
4 2 (0.79%) Snyk
4 2 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.79%) Vite
5 1 (0.40%) JMeter
5 1 (0.40%) Postman
5 1 (0.40%) Selenium
General
1 88 (34.78%) Finance
2 53 (20.95%) Social Skills
3 40 (15.81%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (11.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (6.32%) Banking
6 15 (5.93%) Front Office
7 9 (3.56%) Law
8 8 (3.16%) Marketing
9 5 (1.98%) Legal
10 4 (1.58%) Advertising
11 3 (1.19%) Games
11 3 (1.19%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.79%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.40%) Back Office
13 1 (0.40%) iGaming
13 1 (0.40%) Legal Technology
13 1 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (18.97%) Python Engineer
2 47 (18.58%) Senior
3 45 (17.79%) Developer
4 42 (16.60%) Software Engineer
5 39 (15.42%) Lead
6 28 (11.07%) Data Engineer
7 20 (7.91%) Python Developer
8 18 (7.11%) Analyst
9 16 (6.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 16 (6.32%) Senior Software Engineer
10 14 (5.53%) Lead Data Engineer
10 14 (5.53%) Python Software Engineer
11 11 (4.35%) Architect
11 11 (4.35%) AWS Engineer
11 11 (4.35%) Platform Engineer
12 10 (3.95%) C++ Software Engineer
12 10 (3.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 8 (3.16%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 8 (3.16%) Consultant
14 7 (2.77%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (12.65%) Terraform
2 13 (5.14%) React
3 12 (4.74%) FastAPI
3 12 (4.74%) LangChain
4 10 (3.95%) REST
5 9 (3.56%) PySpark
6 8 (3.16%) Django
6 8 (3.16%) Kafka
6 8 (3.16%) PyTorch
7 7 (2.77%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (2.77%) Node.js
8 6 (2.37%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (2.37%) LangGraph
9 5 (1.98%) .NET
9 5 (1.98%) Next.js
9 5 (1.98%) RESTful
10 4 (1.58%) Spring
10 4 (1.58%) Spring Boot
10 4 (1.58%) TensorFlow
11 3 (1.19%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.07%) Distributed Systems
2 25 (9.88%) Cloud Native
3 16 (6.32%) Greenfield Project
3 16 (6.32%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.35%) AI Agents
4 11 (4.35%) Reinsurance
5 9 (3.56%) Algorithms
6 8 (3.16%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.77%) Hedge funds
8 6 (2.37%) Data Structures
8 6 (2.37%) Fixed Income
8 6 (2.37%) Low-Code
8 6 (2.37%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.19%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.79%) Autonomous Agent
11 2 (0.79%) Equities
11 2 (0.79%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 35 (13.83%) Linux
2 9 (3.56%) Windows
3 3 (1.19%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (30.83%) AI
2 77 (30.43%) Software Engineering
3 60 (23.72%) CI/CD
4 51 (20.16%) Analytics
5 40 (15.81%) Fintech
6 38 (15.02%) Data Engineering
6 38 (15.02%) DevOps
7 34 (13.44%) Data Pipeline
8 33 (13.04%) Agile
8 33 (13.04%) LLM
8 33 (13.04%) Machine Learning
8 33 (13.04%) Observability
9 30 (11.86%) Decision-Making
9 30 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
10 29 (11.46%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (11.46%) Infrastructure as Code
11 26 (10.28%) Containerisation
12 25 (9.88%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (9.09%) Computer Science
13 23 (9.09%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 79 (31.23%) SQL
2 44 (17.39%) Java
3 28 (11.07%) C++
4 24 (9.49%) C#
5 19 (7.51%) JavaScript
5 19 (7.51%) PowerShell
6 17 (6.72%) R
7 16 (6.32%) Bash
7 16 (6.32%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.56%) Julia
8 9 (3.56%) MATLAB
9 8 (3.16%) VBA
10 7 (2.77%) Go
10 7 (2.77%) Rust
11 5 (1.98%) Bicep
11 5 (1.98%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.19%) C
12 3 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (1.19%) Scala
13 2 (0.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (10.67%) Degree
2 13 (5.14%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (3.56%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.77%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.37%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.37%) CFA
7 4 (1.58%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.79%) CCNP
9 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.40%) CCIE
10 1 (0.40%) CCNA
10 1 (0.40%) CCSP
10 1 (0.40%) GPEN
10 1 (0.40%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.40%) OSCE
10 1 (0.40%) OSCP
10 1 (0.40%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (13.04%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.74%) GDPR
3 7 (2.77%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.58%) QA
5 2 (0.79%) SLA
6 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 35 (13.83%) Docker
2 6 (2.37%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.79%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.40%) Firmware
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 44 (17.39%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.93%) Ansible
3 9 (3.56%) Grafana
4 8 (3.16%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.79%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.40%) Argo
6 1 (0.40%) Puppet
6 1 (0.40%) SQL Sentry
6 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 29 (11.46%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.70%) Databricks
3 13 (5.14%) Google
4 10 (3.95%) OpenAI
4 10 (3.95%) Oracle
5 7 (2.77%) Splunk
6 6 (2.37%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.58%) Alteryx
8 3 (1.19%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.19%) Cisco
9 2 (0.79%) Checkmarx
9 2 (0.79%) Foundry
9 2 (0.79%) Mistral
9 2 (0.79%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.79%) Refinitiv
9 2 (0.79%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.79%) Veracode
9 2 (0.79%) VMware
10 1 (0.40%) Confluent
10 1 (0.40%) Dynatrace