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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Python 434 455 448
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 10.78% 21.91% 14.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.34% 46.43% 29.67%
Number of salaries quoted 331 357 331
10th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +13.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £140,000 £122,500
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - +13.33% -6.25%

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 1,025 980 1,510
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 25.47% 47.18% 47.37%
Number of salaries quoted 800 820 1,275
10th Percentile £51,250 £51,175 £47,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £59,690 £60,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £78,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.28% -1.88% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £97,500
90th Percentile - £125,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
% 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 8 May 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 21 (4.84%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (4.61%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.76%) Apache
4 2 (0.46%) Confluence
4 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.46%) nginx
5 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Actimize
1 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 155 (35.71%) Azure
2 127 (29.26%) AWS
3 59 (13.59%) GCP
4 49 (11.29%) Power Platform
5 30 (6.91%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (5.99%) SaaS
7 25 (5.76%) Azure Data Factory
8 19 (4.38%) GitHub
9 16 (3.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 13 (3.00%) dbt
10 13 (3.00%) Snowflake
11 10 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (2.07%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 9 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (2.07%) PaaS
13 7 (1.61%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (1.15%) Figma
14 5 (1.15%) Lucidchart
14 5 (1.15%) Serverless
15 4 (0.92%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.38%) Network Security
2 14 (3.23%) Broadband
3 9 (2.07%) Wireless
4 5 (1.15%) DHCP
4 5 (1.15%) DNS
4 5 (1.15%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.92%) WAN
6 3 (0.69%) BGP
6 3 (0.69%) Ethernet VPN
6 3 (0.69%) HTTP
6 3 (0.69%) LAN
6 3 (0.69%) MPLS
6 3 (0.69%) VPN
7 2 (0.46%) 4G
7 2 (0.46%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.46%) Firewall
7 2 (0.46%) IOS XR
7 2 (0.46%) NAS
7 2 (0.46%) SAN
7 2 (0.46%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.45%) Elasticsearch
2 40 (9.22%) Power BI
3 31 (7.14%) BigQuery
4 26 (5.99%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (4.38%) Data Lake
7 18 (4.15%) Relational Database
8 16 (3.69%) SQL Server
9 13 (3.00%) NoSQL
10 12 (2.76%) Tableau
11 10 (2.30%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (2.07%) MySQL
13 7 (1.61%) MongoDB
14 6 (1.38%) Delta Lake
14 6 (1.38%) Looker
14 6 (1.38%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (1.38%) Spark SQL
14 6 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 5 (1.15%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (8.06%) Git
2 9 (2.07%) Burp Suite
2 9 (2.07%) Metasploit
3 8 (1.84%) MLflow
4 7 (1.61%) JIRA
5 5 (1.15%) Balsamiq
6 4 (0.92%) GitLab
7 3 (0.69%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.69%) Postman
7 3 (0.69%) Selenium
7 3 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.46%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.23%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.23%) Vite
General
1 114 (26.27%) Finance
2 88 (20.28%) Social Skills
3 43 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (9.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (7.60%) Banking
6 15 (3.46%) Front Office
7 8 (1.84%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.15%) Law
8 5 (1.15%) Legal
8 5 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.15%) Retail
9 4 (0.92%) Advertising
10 3 (0.69%) Games
11 2 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.46%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.46%) Marketing
11 2 (0.46%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.46%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.23%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 112 (25.81%) Senior
2 98 (22.58%) Developer
3 60 (13.82%) Lead
4 59 (13.59%) Python Developer
5 51 (11.75%) Python Engineer
6 49 (11.29%) Data Engineer
7 43 (9.91%) Software Engineer
8 40 (9.22%) Analyst
9 27 (6.22%) Senior Developer
10 24 (5.53%) Security Analyst
11 20 (4.61%) Senior Data Engineer
12 19 (4.38%) Architect
13 17 (3.92%) AWS Engineer
13 17 (3.92%) Senior Python Developer
14 16 (3.69%) Lead Developer
14 16 (3.69%) Lead Python Developer
15 15 (3.46%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 15 (3.46%) Senior Software Engineer
16 13 (3.00%) Full-Stack Developer
16 13 (3.00%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (8.76%) Django
2 34 (7.83%) React
3 20 (4.61%) Kafka
4 16 (3.69%) Node.js
4 16 (3.69%) PySpark
4 16 (3.69%) RESTful
5 15 (3.46%) FastAPI
6 12 (2.76%) PyTorch
7 11 (2.53%) LangChain
8 9 (2.07%) .NET
8 9 (2.07%) TensorFlow
9 8 (1.84%) LlamaIndex
9 8 (1.84%) Model Context Protocol
9 8 (1.84%) REST
9 8 (1.84%) scikit-learn
10 7 (1.61%) Flask
10 7 (1.61%) gRPC
11 6 (1.38%) FIX Protocol
11 6 (1.38%) Next.js
11 6 (1.38%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.22%) Algorithms
2 37 (8.53%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 28 (6.45%) Data Structures
3 28 (6.45%) Greenfield Project
4 26 (5.99%) Cyber Defence
5 24 (5.53%) Public Cloud
6 22 (5.07%) Onboarding
7 19 (4.38%) Product Ownership
7 19 (4.38%) Security Operations Centre
8 13 (3.00%) Security Posture
9 10 (2.30%) Video\Live Streaming
10 9 (2.07%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.84%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.84%) Hedge funds
12 7 (1.61%) Clustering
12 7 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.61%) Over-the-Top Content
13 6 (1.38%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 63 (14.52%) Linux
2 32 (7.37%) Windows
3 7 (1.61%) Unix
4 4 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.92%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.69%) CentOS
5 3 (0.69%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.46%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.23%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (22.12%) Software Engineering
2 90 (20.74%) AI
2 90 (20.74%) CI/CD
3 81 (18.66%) Agile
3 81 (18.66%) DevOps
4 78 (17.97%) Analytics
4 78 (17.97%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (14.98%) Mentoring
6 58 (13.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 58 (13.36%) Data Engineering
7 55 (12.67%) Data Science
8 54 (12.44%) Fintech
9 53 (12.21%) Data Pipeline
10 51 (11.75%) Machine Learning
11 46 (10.60%) Computer Science
12 45 (10.37%) Microservices
13 41 (9.45%) Business Intelligence
14 39 (8.99%) ETL
15 37 (8.53%) Data Modelling
16 35 (8.06%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 127 (29.26%) SQL
2 76 (17.51%) PowerShell
3 40 (9.22%) JavaScript
4 34 (7.83%) Java
5 31 (7.14%) Bash
6 29 (6.68%) C++
7 27 (6.22%) C#
8 22 (5.07%) TypeScript
9 17 (3.92%) Go
10 10 (2.30%) Scala
11 8 (1.84%) R
12 7 (1.61%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.38%) C
13 6 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (1.38%) Perl
13 6 (1.38%) VBA
14 5 (1.15%) PHP
15 4 (0.92%) Ruby
15 4 (0.92%) Rust
16 3 (0.69%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 55 (12.67%) Degree
2 35 (8.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.92%) GIAC
4 14 (3.23%) OSCP
5 13 (3.00%) CREST Certified
6 12 (2.76%) CCSAM
7 9 (2.07%) CHECK Team Leader
7 9 (2.07%) CHECK Team Member
8 8 (1.84%) Security Cleared
9 7 (1.61%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.38%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.15%) GPEN
11 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.92%) GXPN
12 4 (0.92%) OSCE
12 4 (0.92%) SC Cleared
13 3 (0.69%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.46%) CFA
15 1 (0.23%) GCFE
15 1 (0.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.99%) Data Quality
1 26 (5.99%) NIST
2 15 (3.46%) GDPR
3 14 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 6 (1.38%) QA
5 3 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.69%) PMO
5 3 (0.69%) SLA
6 2 (0.46%) EMIR
6 2 (0.46%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.23%) Basel III
7 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.23%) MiFID
7 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.23%) Solvency II
System Software
1 40 (9.22%) Docker
2 8 (1.84%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 42 (9.68%) Terraform
2 38 (8.76%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.00%) Ansible
4 9 (2.07%) Nessus
5 7 (1.61%) Grafana
6 6 (1.38%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.69%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.46%) Argo
8 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.23%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.23%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.23%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.23%) SCCM
9 1 (0.23%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.23%) vRealize
Vendors
1 76 (17.51%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.83%) Google
3 30 (6.91%) Databricks
4 11 (2.53%) Oracle
5 8 (1.84%) Dell
6 7 (1.61%) CyberArk
6 7 (1.61%) Typelevel
6 7 (1.61%) VMware
7 6 (1.38%) Cloudera
7 6 (1.38%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.15%) Splunk
9 4 (0.92%) Commvault
9 4 (0.92%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.69%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.69%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.69%) Cisco
10 3 (0.69%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.46%) Confluent
11 2 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.46%) ServiceNow