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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 +2
Permanent jobs citing Python 436 452 449
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 10.87% 21.75% 14.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.33% 46.17% 29.52%
Number of salaries quoted 333 354 333
10th Percentile £49,000 £53,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £83,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% +11.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £107,250 £140,000 £121,200
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 1,030 979 1,521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 25.67% 47.11% 47.70%
Number of salaries quoted 804 819 1,284
10th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £67,250 £60,000 £60,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £98,750
90th Percentile - £125,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £78,250
% change year-on-year +6.25% +2.24% +0.97%

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 6 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 (4.82%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (4.59%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.75%) Apache
4 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.46%) nginx
5 1 (0.23%) Confluence
5 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.90%) 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 (35.55%) Azure
2 128 (29.36%) AWS
3 58 (13.30%) GCP
4 48 (11.01%) Power Platform
5 32 (7.34%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (5.96%) SaaS
7 25 (5.73%) Azure Data Factory
8 21 (4.82%) GitHub
9 16 (3.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 13 (2.98%) dbt
10 13 (2.98%) Snowflake
11 10 (2.29%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (2.06%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 9 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (2.06%) PaaS
13 7 (1.61%) Amazon EKS
13 7 (1.61%) Serverless
14 5 (1.15%) Figma
14 5 (1.15%) Lucidchart
14 5 (1.15%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.13%) Network Security
2 14 (3.21%) Broadband
3 9 (2.06%) Wireless
4 5 (1.15%) DHCP
4 5 (1.15%) DNS
4 5 (1.15%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.69%) HTTP
5 3 (0.69%) LAN
5 3 (0.69%) WAN
6 2 (0.46%) 4G
6 2 (0.46%) BGP
6 2 (0.46%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.46%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.46%) IOS XR
6 2 (0.46%) MPLS
6 2 (0.46%) NAS
6 2 (0.46%) SAN
6 2 (0.46%) SNMP
6 2 (0.46%) VPN
7 1 (0.23%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.40%) Elasticsearch
2 39 (8.94%) Power BI
3 31 (7.11%) BigQuery
4 27 (6.19%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (4.82%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (4.36%) Data Lake
7 18 (4.13%) Relational Database
8 16 (3.67%) SQL Server
9 13 (2.98%) NoSQL
10 12 (2.75%) Tableau
11 10 (2.29%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (2.06%) 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
14 6 (1.38%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (8.03%) Git
2 9 (2.06%) Burp Suite
2 9 (2.06%) Metasploit
3 8 (1.83%) MLflow
4 6 (1.38%) JIRA
5 5 (1.15%) Balsamiq
6 3 (0.69%) GitLab
6 3 (0.69%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.69%) Postman
6 3 (0.69%) Selenium
6 3 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.46%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.23%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.23%) Vite
General
1 115 (26.38%) Finance
2 89 (20.41%) Social Skills
3 46 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (8.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (7.57%) Banking
6 15 (3.44%) Front Office
7 9 (2.06%) Financial Institution
8 6 (1.38%) Advertising
9 5 (1.15%) Law
9 5 (1.15%) Legal
9 5 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.15%) Retail
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%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 111 (25.46%) Senior
2 96 (22.02%) Developer
3 62 (14.22%) Lead
4 57 (13.07%) Python Developer
5 51 (11.70%) Python Engineer
6 48 (11.01%) Data Engineer
7 44 (10.09%) Software Engineer
8 40 (9.17%) Analyst
9 27 (6.19%) Senior Developer
10 24 (5.50%) Security Analyst
11 20 (4.59%) Architect
12 19 (4.36%) AWS Engineer
12 19 (4.36%) Senior Data Engineer
13 17 (3.90%) Senior Python Developer
14 16 (3.67%) Lead Developer
14 16 (3.67%) Lead Python Developer
15 15 (3.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 15 (3.44%) Senior Software Engineer
16 13 (2.98%) Full-Stack Developer
16 13 (2.98%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (8.72%) Django
2 35 (8.03%) React
3 20 (4.59%) Kafka
4 19 (4.36%) Node.js
5 16 (3.67%) RESTful
6 15 (3.44%) FastAPI
6 15 (3.44%) PySpark
7 12 (2.75%) PyTorch
8 11 (2.52%) LangChain
9 9 (2.06%) .NET
9 9 (2.06%) TensorFlow
10 8 (1.83%) LlamaIndex
10 8 (1.83%) Model Context Protocol
10 8 (1.83%) REST
10 8 (1.83%) scikit-learn
11 7 (1.61%) Flask
11 7 (1.61%) gRPC
12 6 (1.38%) FIX Protocol
12 6 (1.38%) Next.js
12 6 (1.38%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 41 (9.40%) Algorithms
2 37 (8.49%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (6.65%) Cloud Native
4 28 (6.42%) Data Structures
5 27 (6.19%) Greenfield Project
6 26 (5.96%) Cyber Defence
7 24 (5.50%) Public Cloud
8 22 (5.05%) Onboarding
9 19 (4.36%) Product Ownership
9 19 (4.36%) Security Operations Centre
10 13 (2.98%) Security Posture
11 10 (2.29%) Video\Live Streaming
12 9 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (2.06%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.83%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.83%) Hedge funds
13 8 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (1.61%) Clustering
14 7 (1.61%) Over-the-Top Content
15 6 (1.38%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 62 (14.22%) Linux
2 32 (7.34%) Windows
3 6 (1.38%) 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 97 (22.25%) Software Engineering
2 91 (20.87%) CI/CD
3 87 (19.95%) AI
4 82 (18.81%) Agile
4 82 (18.81%) DevOps
5 80 (18.35%) Analytics
5 80 (18.35%) Problem-Solving
6 66 (15.14%) Mentoring
7 59 (13.53%) Data Engineering
8 58 (13.30%) Continuous Improvement
9 56 (12.84%) Data Science
10 54 (12.39%) Fintech
11 53 (12.16%) Data Pipeline
12 50 (11.47%) Machine Learning
13 47 (10.78%) Microservices
14 46 (10.55%) Computer Science
15 40 (9.17%) Business Intelligence
15 40 (9.17%) ETL
16 37 (8.49%) Data Modelling
17 36 (8.26%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 127 (29.13%) SQL
2 76 (17.43%) PowerShell
3 41 (9.40%) JavaScript
4 35 (8.03%) Java
5 30 (6.88%) Bash
5 30 (6.88%) C++
6 28 (6.42%) C#
7 23 (5.28%) TypeScript
8 18 (4.13%) Go
9 10 (2.29%) Scala
10 8 (1.83%) R
11 7 (1.61%) Shell Script
11 7 (1.61%) VBA
12 6 (1.38%) C
12 6 (1.38%) Perl
13 5 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (1.15%) PHP
14 4 (0.92%) Ruby
14 4 (0.92%) Rust
15 3 (0.69%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 54 (12.39%) Degree
2 35 (8.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.90%) GIAC
4 14 (3.21%) OSCP
5 13 (2.98%) CREST Certified
6 12 (2.75%) CCSAM
7 9 (2.06%) CHECK Team Leader
7 9 (2.06%) CHECK Team Member
7 9 (2.06%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.61%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.38%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.15%) GPEN
10 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.92%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.92%) GXPN
11 4 (0.92%) OSCE
11 4 (0.92%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.23%) GCFE
12 1 (0.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.19%) NIST
2 26 (5.96%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.44%) GDPR
3 15 (3.44%) 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%) EMIR
5 3 (0.69%) PMO
5 3 (0.69%) SLA
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 (9.17%) Docker
2 8 (1.83%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 43 (9.86%) Terraform
2 36 (8.26%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.21%) Ansible
4 9 (2.06%) 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 77 (17.66%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.80%) Google
3 30 (6.88%) Databricks
4 12 (2.75%) Oracle
5 8 (1.83%) Dell
5 8 (1.83%) VMware
6 7 (1.61%) CyberArk
6 7 (1.61%) Typelevel
7 6 (1.38%) Cloudera
8 5 (1.15%) Commvault
8 5 (1.15%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.15%) Splunk
9 4 (0.92%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.69%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.69%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.69%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.46%) BT
11 2 (0.46%) Cisco
11 2 (0.46%) HP
11 2 (0.46%) SAP