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 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 8 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 -3
Permanent jobs citing Python 316 492 380
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 19.82% 17.71% 11.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 47.31% 38.11% 23.99%
Number of salaries quoted 258 326 349
10th Percentile £48,375 £50,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £67,813 £56,250 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% +3.23%
75th Percentile £111,250 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £147,875 £112,500 £130,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £79,750
% change year-on-year +13.33% -5.96% +6.33%

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 668 1,291 1,584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 41.91% 46.47% 49.89%
Number of salaries quoted 575 908 1,444
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,175 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,250 £56,250 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,750 £78,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.61% -2.88% +4.00%
75th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £120,000 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -3.23% +3.33%

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 19 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Python in the City of London

Python
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the City of London region over the 6 months to 19 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge -1 6 £102,000 +33.77%
Python
Central 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 15 (4.75%) Apache Spark
2 13 (4.11%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.90%) Apache
4 4 (1.27%) Confluence
5 2 (0.63%) Luigi
5 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.32%) IIS
6 1 (0.32%) nginx
6 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Chatbot
1 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.32%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.32%) SAP Business One
1 1 (0.32%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 119 (37.66%) Azure
2 104 (32.91%) AWS
3 45 (14.24%) GCP
4 37 (11.71%) Power Platform
5 27 (8.54%) Datadog
6 20 (6.33%) Azure Data Factory
6 20 (6.33%) GitHub
7 19 (6.01%) Snowflake
8 16 (5.06%) Serverless
9 15 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (3.80%) Amazon S3
10 12 (3.80%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (3.48%) dbt
11 11 (3.48%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (2.85%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (2.85%) SaaS
13 6 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (1.90%) Pulumi
14 5 (1.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 4 (1.27%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.27%) VPN
2 3 (0.95%) Network Security
3 2 (0.63%) Firewall
3 2 (0.63%) WAN
4 1 (0.32%) Broadband
4 1 (0.32%) HTTP
4 1 (0.32%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.32%) LAN
4 1 (0.32%) NAS
4 1 (0.32%) SAN
4 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.32%) SSH
4 1 (0.32%) VLAN
4 1 (0.32%) VSAN
4 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (10.76%) Relational Database
2 30 (9.49%) Power BI
3 24 (7.59%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (7.28%) SQL Server
5 17 (5.38%) Data Lake
5 17 (5.38%) NoSQL
6 12 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (2.53%) ClickHouse
7 8 (2.53%) Delta Lake
8 7 (2.22%) Hadoop
8 7 (2.22%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.90%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.90%) Tableau
10 5 (1.58%) Big Data
10 5 (1.58%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.58%) DynamoDB
10 5 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.27%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 32 (10.13%) Git
2 10 (3.16%) JIRA
3 8 (2.53%) SonarQube
4 6 (1.90%) GitLab
5 4 (1.27%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.95%) MLflow
7 2 (0.63%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.63%) Postman
7 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.32%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.32%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.32%) Deequ
8 1 (0.32%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.32%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.32%) Mocha
8 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.32%) webpack
General
1 94 (29.75%) Finance
2 74 (23.42%) Social Skills
3 41 (12.97%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.91%) Banking
5 22 (6.96%) Front Office
6 15 (4.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (3.80%) Financial Institution
8 11 (3.48%) Law
9 9 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.85%) Retail
10 7 (2.22%) Investment Banking
10 7 (2.22%) Legal
10 7 (2.22%) Marketing
11 6 (1.90%) Advertising
11 6 (1.90%) Health Technology
12 5 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.27%) International Banking
13 4 (1.27%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.95%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.63%) Games
Job Titles
1 92 (29.11%) Developer
2 71 (22.47%) Senior
3 41 (12.97%) Data Engineer
4 26 (8.23%) Lead
5 24 (7.59%) Analyst
5 24 (7.59%) Python Developer
6 20 (6.33%) Senior Developer
7 17 (5.38%) DevOps Engineer
7 17 (5.38%) Senior Data Engineer
8 16 (5.06%) Software Engineer
9 15 (4.75%) Graduate
9 15 (4.75%) Graduate Technical Engineer
9 15 (4.75%) Support Engineer
9 15 (4.75%) Technical Engineer
10 14 (4.43%) Full-Stack Developer
11 13 (4.11%) Graduate Support Engineer
11 13 (4.11%) Graduate Technical Support
11 13 (4.11%) Technical Support
11 13 (4.11%) Technical Support Engineer
12 12 (3.80%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (15.82%) React
2 20 (6.33%) Django
3 19 (6.01%) PySpark
4 17 (5.38%) .NET
5 16 (5.06%) Node.js
6 14 (4.43%) FastAPI
6 14 (4.43%) Kafka
7 12 (3.80%) Pandas
8 11 (3.48%) PyTorch
9 9 (2.85%) AngularJS
9 9 (2.85%) Web Services
10 8 (2.53%) Flask
10 8 (2.53%) Next.js
11 7 (2.22%) Redux
11 7 (2.22%) REST
11 7 (2.22%) TensorFlow
12 6 (1.90%) .NET Core
12 6 (1.90%) AWS CDK
12 6 (1.90%) scikit-learn
12 6 (1.90%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.81%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.28%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.43%) Algorithms
4 12 (3.80%) Market Risk
5 11 (3.48%) Derivative
5 11 (3.48%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.48%) Reinsurance
6 10 (3.16%) Equities
7 8 (2.53%) AI Agents
8 6 (1.90%) Credit Risk
8 6 (1.90%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.90%) Fixed Income
8 6 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.58%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.27%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.27%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.95%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.95%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.06%) Linux
2 8 (2.53%) Windows
3 7 (2.22%) Unix
4 4 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.95%) CentOS
5 3 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.32%) CoreOS
6 1 (0.32%) VMS
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (28.16%) CI/CD
2 86 (27.22%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (26.90%) DevOps
4 84 (26.58%) AI
5 78 (24.68%) Analytics
6 76 (24.05%) Agile
7 56 (17.72%) Machine Learning
8 49 (15.51%) Software Engineering
9 47 (14.87%) Data Modelling
10 45 (14.24%) Stakeholder Management
11 44 (13.92%) Data Pipeline
11 44 (13.92%) Data Science
11 44 (13.92%) Migration
12 42 (13.29%) ETL
13 39 (12.34%) Computer Science
14 38 (12.03%) Decision-Making
15 37 (11.71%) Test Automation
16 34 (10.76%) Data Engineering
16 34 (10.76%) Scrum
17 33 (10.44%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 136 (43.04%) SQL
2 80 (25.32%) Java
3 59 (18.67%) C#
4 33 (10.44%) Bash
5 31 (9.81%) TypeScript
6 24 (7.59%) C++
6 24 (7.59%) PowerShell
7 18 (5.70%) JavaScript
8 13 (4.11%) T-SQL
9 10 (3.16%) Go
9 10 (3.16%) Rust
10 7 (2.22%) Scala
11 6 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (1.58%) MATLAB
12 5 (1.58%) R
13 3 (0.95%) Ruby
14 2 (0.63%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.63%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.63%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.63%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 67 (21.20%) Degree
2 21 (6.65%) Master's Degree
3 12 (3.80%) PhD
4 11 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.53%) AWS Certification
6 7 (2.22%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.22%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.58%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.95%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.95%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.95%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.63%) MBA
10 2 (0.63%) MCP
11 1 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.32%) CCNP
11 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.32%) CISM
11 1 (0.32%) CISSP
11 1 (0.32%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.06%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.48%) GDPR
3 5 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.58%) NIST
4 4 (1.27%) GRC
5 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.32%) ITGC
5 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.32%) QA
5 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (7.28%) Docker
2 5 (1.58%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.95%) vSphere
4 2 (0.63%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.63%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.32%) KVM
5 1 (0.32%) Terminal Server
5 1 (0.32%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (8.23%) Kubernetes
1 26 (8.23%) Terraform
2 18 (5.70%) Ansible
3 9 (2.85%) Grafana
4 6 (1.90%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.95%) Puppet
5 3 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.63%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.63%) SCCM
7 1 (0.32%) Argo
7 1 (0.32%) Kibana
7 1 (0.32%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.32%) logstash
Vendors
1 53 (16.77%) Microsoft
2 43 (13.61%) Databricks
3 25 (7.91%) Guidewire
4 13 (4.11%) Google
5 6 (1.90%) OpenAI
6 5 (1.58%) Hitachi
6 5 (1.58%) VMware
7 4 (1.27%) Oracle
8 3 (0.95%) Informatica
8 3 (0.95%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.95%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.95%) Splunk
9 2 (0.63%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.63%) Checkmarx
9 2 (0.63%) Dell
9 2 (0.63%) IBM
9 2 (0.63%) Ping Identity
10 1 (0.32%) OneLogin
10 1 (0.32%) Refinitiv
10 1 (0.32%) Thales