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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Python 294 352 468
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 9.23% 20.24% 16.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.06% 47.89% 35.35%
Number of salaries quoted 230 282 284
10th Percentile £60,000 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £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 £93,750
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 699 735 1,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 21.95% 42.27% 46.59%
Number of salaries quoted 556 614 941
10th Percentile £54,375 £52,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £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 12 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 17 (5.78%) Apache Spark
2 15 (5.10%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (3.40%) Apache
4 2 (0.68%) Confluence
4 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.34%) Camunda
5 1 (0.34%) CMS
5 1 (0.34%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 12 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.68%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.68%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 88 (29.93%) Azure
2 77 (26.19%) AWS
3 34 (11.56%) Power Platform
4 32 (10.88%) GCP
5 26 (8.84%) SaaS
6 17 (5.78%) Azure Data Factory
7 10 (3.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 10 (3.40%) Snowflake
8 8 (2.72%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 8 (2.72%) Serverless
9 7 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.38%) dbt
9 7 (2.38%) GitHub
10 5 (1.70%) Azure AI
10 5 (1.70%) Azure Databricks
10 5 (1.70%) Azure Machine Learning
11 4 (1.36%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (1.36%) Azure Functions
11 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.36%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.06%) Network Security
2 5 (1.70%) Broadband
3 4 (1.36%) BGP
3 4 (1.36%) Firewall
3 4 (1.36%) OSPF
4 3 (1.02%) MPLS
4 3 (1.02%) VLAN
4 3 (1.02%) WAN
5 2 (0.68%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.34%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.34%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.34%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (0.34%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.34%) HSRP
6 1 (0.34%) HTTP
6 1 (0.34%) VPN
6 1 (0.34%) VRRP
6 1 (0.34%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.22%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (9.86%) Power BI
3 19 (6.46%) Elasticsearch
4 17 (5.78%) Relational Database
5 14 (4.76%) Data Lake
5 14 (4.76%) NoSQL
6 13 (4.42%) BigQuery
7 9 (3.06%) Geospatial Data
7 9 (3.06%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.72%) MySQL
8 8 (2.72%) Tableau
9 6 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (2.04%) Spark SQL
9 6 (2.04%) SQL Server
9 6 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (1.70%) Delta Lake
10 5 (1.70%) KDB
10 5 (1.70%) Looker
Development Applications
1 19 (6.46%) Git
2 8 (2.72%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.38%) GitLab
4 6 (2.04%) MLflow
5 3 (1.02%) JIRA
5 3 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.68%) Vite
7 1 (0.34%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.34%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.34%) JMeter
7 1 (0.34%) Postman
7 1 (0.34%) Selenium
7 1 (0.34%) Snyk
General
1 99 (33.67%) Finance
2 62 (21.09%) Social Skills
3 43 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (10.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (6.12%) Banking
6 17 (5.78%) Front Office
7 10 (3.40%) Law
8 8 (2.72%) Marketing
9 6 (2.04%) Legal
10 4 (1.36%) Advertising
10 4 (1.36%) Games
11 3 (1.02%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.68%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.34%) Aeronautics
13 1 (0.34%) Automotive
13 1 (0.34%) Back Office
13 1 (0.34%) iGaming
13 1 (0.34%) Legal Technology
13 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (21.09%) Senior
2 53 (18.03%) Python Engineer
3 52 (17.69%) Developer
4 47 (15.99%) Lead
5 46 (15.65%) Software Engineer
6 35 (11.90%) Data Engineer
7 24 (8.16%) Python Developer
8 20 (6.80%) Analyst
9 18 (6.12%) Senior Software Engineer
10 17 (5.78%) Lead Data Engineer
11 15 (5.10%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 14 (4.76%) Python Software Engineer
13 13 (4.42%) Architect
14 12 (4.08%) AWS Engineer
14 12 (4.08%) C++ Software Engineer
15 11 (3.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 11 (3.74%) Platform Engineer
16 9 (3.06%) Azure Engineer
16 9 (3.06%) Lead Python Developer
16 9 (3.06%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (12.59%) Terraform
2 16 (5.44%) LangChain
3 14 (4.76%) Kafka
3 14 (4.76%) React
4 13 (4.42%) FastAPI
4 13 (4.42%) PyTorch
5 11 (3.74%) PySpark
6 10 (3.40%) Django
7 9 (3.06%) REST
8 8 (2.72%) scikit-learn
8 8 (2.72%) TensorFlow
9 7 (2.38%) .NET
9 7 (2.38%) Elastic Stack
10 6 (2.04%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (2.04%) LangGraph
10 6 (2.04%) Node.js
10 6 (2.04%) Pandas
10 6 (2.04%) RESTful
11 5 (1.70%) LlamaIndex
11 5 (1.70%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.22%) Cloud Native
2 29 (9.86%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (6.12%) Greenfield Project
3 18 (6.12%) Onboarding
4 17 (5.78%) Algorithms
5 15 (5.10%) Public Cloud
6 12 (4.08%) Product Ownership
6 12 (4.08%) Reinsurance
7 10 (3.40%) AI Agents
8 8 (2.72%) Data Structures
8 8 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.72%) Hedge funds
9 6 (2.04%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.70%) Clustering
10 5 (1.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.70%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.70%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.36%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.36%) Video\Live Streaming
12 3 (1.02%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 44 (14.97%) Linux
2 15 (5.10%) Windows
3 3 (1.02%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (29.59%) AI
2 85 (28.91%) Software Engineering
3 69 (23.47%) CI/CD
4 60 (20.41%) Analytics
5 49 (16.67%) Data Engineering
6 44 (14.97%) Data Pipeline
7 43 (14.63%) DevOps
7 43 (14.63%) Fintech
7 43 (14.63%) Machine Learning
8 37 (12.59%) Agile
8 37 (12.59%) Observability
9 36 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
10 34 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 33 (11.22%) LLM
12 32 (10.88%) Infrastructure as Code
13 31 (10.54%) Business Intelligence
14 30 (10.20%) Decision-Making
15 29 (9.86%) Mentoring
16 27 (9.18%) Computer Science
16 27 (9.18%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 98 (33.33%) SQL
2 47 (15.99%) Java
3 34 (11.56%) C++
4 30 (10.20%) C#
5 27 (9.18%) PowerShell
6 20 (6.80%) JavaScript
7 17 (5.78%) Bash
8 16 (5.44%) R
8 16 (5.44%) TypeScript
9 10 (3.40%) Go
10 9 (3.06%) Julia
10 9 (3.06%) MATLAB
10 9 (3.06%) Rust
11 8 (2.72%) VBA
12 5 (1.70%) C
12 5 (1.70%) Scala
12 5 (1.70%) Shell Script
13 4 (1.36%) Bicep
14 3 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (1.02%) Perl
Qualifications
1 32 (10.88%) Degree
2 15 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (4.42%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.06%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.38%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.04%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.04%) CFA
7 4 (1.36%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.02%) CCSAM
8 3 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.02%) CREST Certified
8 3 (1.02%) GPEN
8 3 (1.02%) GXPN
8 3 (1.02%) OSCE
8 3 (1.02%) OSCP
9 2 (0.68%) CCNP
9 2 (0.68%) GIAC
9 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.68%) PhD
10 1 (0.34%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.56%) Data Quality
2 15 (5.10%) GDPR
3 7 (2.38%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.70%) QA
5 4 (1.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.68%) NIST
7 2 (0.68%) SLA
8 1 (0.34%) PMO
8 1 (0.34%) Solvency II
System Software
1 34 (11.56%) Docker
2 6 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (1.02%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.34%) Firmware
4 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 45 (15.31%) Kubernetes
2 16 (5.44%) Ansible
3 9 (3.06%) Grafana
4 8 (2.72%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.68%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.34%) Puppet
6 1 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 34 (11.56%) Microsoft
2 29 (9.86%) Databricks
3 15 (5.10%) Google
4 10 (3.40%) OpenAI
5 9 (3.06%) Oracle
6 7 (2.38%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.38%) Splunk
7 4 (1.36%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.36%) Cloudera
7 4 (1.36%) Dell
8 3 (1.02%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.02%) Cisco
9 2 (0.68%) Foundry
9 2 (0.68%) Mistral
9 2 (0.68%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.68%) Refinitiv
9 2 (0.68%) SAP
9 2 (0.68%) VMware
10 1 (0.34%) Checkmarx
10 1 (0.34%) Typelevel