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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 0
Permanent jobs citing Python 374 507 408
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 13.10% 20.60% 13.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.26% 43.52% 27.15%
Number of salaries quoted 276 380 362
10th Percentile £51,500 £52,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £65,938 £59,688 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +3.13% +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £106,875 £106,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £123,750 £125,000
Central London median annual salary £86,750 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.15% +3.13% +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 885 1,165 1,503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 31.01% 47.34% 48.99%
Number of salaries quoted 703 885 1,358
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £66,250 £57,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -3.13% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £119,500 £116,625
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +9.68% -3.13% +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 26 February 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 12 (3.21%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (1.87%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.34%) Apache
4 4 (1.07%) Confluence
5 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.53%) nginx
6 2 (0.53%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.27%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.27%) Actimize
2 1 (0.27%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 152 (40.64%) Azure
2 109 (29.14%) AWS
3 47 (12.57%) GCP
4 45 (12.03%) Power Platform
5 28 (7.49%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (6.95%) Azure Data Factory
7 24 (6.42%) GitHub
8 13 (3.48%) SaaS
8 13 (3.48%) Snowflake
9 12 (3.21%) Datadog
9 12 (3.21%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.14%) PaaS
10 8 (2.14%) Serverless
11 7 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (1.87%) dbt
12 6 (1.60%) Nutanix
13 5 (1.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (1.34%) Figma
14 4 (1.07%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.67%) Network Security
2 9 (2.41%) Broadband
2 9 (2.41%) Wireless
3 5 (1.34%) DHCP
3 5 (1.34%) DNS
3 5 (1.34%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.07%) WAN
5 3 (0.80%) HTTP
5 3 (0.80%) LAN
5 3 (0.80%) NAS
5 3 (0.80%) SAN
5 3 (0.80%) VPN
6 2 (0.53%) 4G
6 2 (0.53%) BGP
6 2 (0.53%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.53%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.53%) IOS XR
6 2 (0.53%) MPLS
6 2 (0.53%) SNMP
6 2 (0.53%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.89%) Power BI
2 28 (7.49%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (6.68%) SQL Server
4 21 (5.61%) BigQuery
4 21 (5.61%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (4.28%) Data Lake
5 16 (4.28%) Relational Database
6 14 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (2.67%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (2.67%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (2.14%) Tableau
9 7 (1.87%) Star Schema
10 5 (1.34%) Big Data
11 4 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (1.07%) Delta Lake
11 4 (1.07%) DynamoDB
11 4 (1.07%) Hadoop
11 4 (1.07%) Power Query
12 3 (0.80%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 30 (8.02%) Git
2 9 (2.41%) Burp Suite
2 9 (2.41%) Metasploit
3 8 (2.14%) JIRA
4 4 (1.07%) Balsamiq
5 3 (0.80%) GitLab
6 2 (0.53%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.53%) MLflow
6 2 (0.53%) Postman
6 2 (0.53%) Selenium
6 2 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.27%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.27%) Deequ
7 1 (0.27%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.27%) Mocha
7 1 (0.27%) webpack
General
1 105 (28.07%) Finance
2 82 (21.93%) Social Skills
3 40 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (7.49%) Banking
6 14 (3.74%) Front Office
7 11 (2.94%) Financial Institution
8 8 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.87%) Advertising
9 7 (1.87%) Legal
10 6 (1.60%) Retail
11 4 (1.07%) Law
11 4 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.80%) International Banking
12 3 (0.80%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.80%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.53%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.27%) Publishing
14 1 (0.27%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 97 (25.94%) Senior
2 89 (23.80%) Developer
3 49 (13.10%) Python Developer
4 46 (12.30%) Data Engineer
5 42 (11.23%) Lead
6 37 (9.89%) Analyst
7 36 (9.63%) Senior Developer
8 25 (6.68%) Software Engineer
9 24 (6.42%) Python Engineer
9 24 (6.42%) Senior Data Engineer
10 19 (5.08%) Security Analyst
11 18 (4.81%) Senior Python Developer
12 17 (4.55%) Architect
12 17 (4.55%) Full-Stack Developer
12 17 (4.55%) Principal Engineer
13 14 (3.74%) Full-Stack Python Developer
14 12 (3.21%) React Developer
15 11 (2.94%) AWS Engineer
15 11 (2.94%) Lead Developer
15 11 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (11.50%) Django
2 36 (9.63%) React
3 21 (5.61%) FastAPI
4 20 (5.35%) Node.js
5 14 (3.74%) PySpark
6 11 (2.94%) .NET
6 11 (2.94%) RESTful
7 10 (2.67%) Flask
8 8 (2.14%) Kafka
9 7 (1.87%) .NET Core
9 7 (1.87%) Next.js
9 7 (1.87%) PyTorch
10 6 (1.60%) HTML
10 6 (1.60%) Hugging Face
10 6 (1.60%) Model Context Protocol
10 6 (1.60%) Redux
11 5 (1.34%) gRPC
11 5 (1.34%) LangChain
11 5 (1.34%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (1.34%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.95%) Algorithms
1 26 (6.95%) Distributed Systems
2 21 (5.61%) Greenfield Project
3 20 (5.35%) Cyber Defence
3 20 (5.35%) Data Structures
4 18 (4.81%) Onboarding
5 14 (3.74%) Cloud Native
6 13 (3.48%) Security Operations Centre
7 12 (3.21%) Product Ownership
8 11 (2.94%) AI Agents
9 10 (2.67%) Public Cloud
9 10 (2.67%) Security Posture
10 9 (2.41%) Hedge funds
10 9 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (2.41%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.87%) Derivative
12 6 (1.60%) Educational Technology
12 6 (1.60%) Reinsurance
13 5 (1.34%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 35 (9.36%) Linux
2 20 (5.35%) Windows
3 10 (2.67%) Unix
4 4 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.07%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.80%) CentOS
6 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.27%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (25.40%) Agile
2 91 (24.33%) AI
3 88 (23.53%) Analytics
4 86 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
5 80 (21.39%) CI/CD
6 79 (21.12%) DevOps
7 66 (17.65%) Software Engineering
8 65 (17.38%) Mentoring
9 50 (13.37%) Machine Learning
10 49 (13.10%) Data Pipeline
11 45 (12.03%) Data Science
12 44 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 44 (11.76%) ETL
13 42 (11.23%) Data Modelling
14 40 (10.70%) Business Intelligence
14 40 (10.70%) Test Automation
15 38 (10.16%) Data Engineering
15 38 (10.16%) Microservices
16 36 (9.63%) Computer Science
16 36 (9.63%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 122 (32.62%) SQL
2 54 (14.44%) PowerShell
3 35 (9.36%) C#
4 34 (9.09%) Java
5 32 (8.56%) Bash
5 32 (8.56%) JavaScript
6 25 (6.68%) TypeScript
7 17 (4.55%) C++
8 12 (3.21%) Rust
9 11 (2.94%) Go
10 8 (2.14%) T-SQL
11 7 (1.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (1.87%) Scala
12 6 (1.60%) R
12 6 (1.60%) VBA
13 4 (1.07%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.80%) Perl
14 3 (0.80%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.53%) VC++
16 1 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 54 (14.44%) Degree
2 27 (7.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (3.21%) GIAC
4 11 (2.94%) OSCP
5 10 (2.67%) CREST Certified
6 9 (2.41%) CCSAM
6 9 (2.41%) CHECK Team Leader
6 9 (2.41%) CHECK Team Member
7 8 (2.14%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.87%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.87%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.34%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.07%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (1.07%) SC Cleared
11 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.53%) CISM
12 2 (0.53%) CISSP
12 2 (0.53%) GPEN
12 2 (0.53%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.42%) NIST
2 18 (4.81%) Data Quality
3 17 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.94%) GDPR
5 4 (1.07%) QA
6 2 (0.53%) EMIR
6 2 (0.53%) PMO
6 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.27%) Basel III
7 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.27%) MiFID
7 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 39 (10.43%) Docker
2 8 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) KVM
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (8.02%) Kubernetes
2 28 (7.49%) Terraform
3 15 (4.01%) Ansible
4 9 (2.41%) Nessus
5 7 (1.87%) Grafana
6 6 (1.60%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.80%) Argo
7 3 (0.80%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.53%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.27%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.27%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.27%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.27%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.27%) vRealize
Vendors
1 82 (21.93%) Microsoft
2 40 (10.70%) Databricks
3 33 (8.82%) Google
4 10 (2.67%) Guidewire
4 10 (2.67%) VMware
5 7 (1.87%) CyberArk
6 6 (1.60%) Commvault
6 6 (1.60%) Oracle
7 5 (1.34%) OpenAI
7 5 (1.34%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.34%) Typelevel
8 4 (1.07%) Splunk
9 3 (0.80%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.80%) Dell
9 3 (0.80%) Informatica
9 3 (0.80%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.53%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.53%) Cisco
10 2 (0.53%) HP
10 2 (0.53%) SAP