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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 7 9
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Python 334 377 443
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 9.40% 20.61% 16.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.17% 47.24% 34.29%
Number of salaries quoted 266 298 281
10th Percentile £52,500 £49,100 £50,000
25th Percentile £67,813 £70,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +10.00% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £93,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £150,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £90,000 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -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 792 798 1,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 22.29% 43.63% 47.40%
Number of salaries quoted 630 659 984
10th Percentile £51,250 £52,450 £47,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £61,375 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +3.23% -3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £107,750 £95,313
90th Percentile £110,125 £130,250 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% -5.66%

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 18 August 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 20 (5.99%) Apache Spark
2 17 (5.09%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (3.29%) Apache
4 2 (0.60%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.30%) Camunda
5 1 (0.30%) Confluence
5 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
Applications
1 14 (4.19%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 100 (29.94%) Azure
2 90 (26.95%) AWS
3 41 (12.28%) GCP
4 36 (10.78%) Power Platform
5 30 (8.98%) SaaS
6 18 (5.39%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (3.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 12 (3.59%) Snowflake
9 10 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.69%) dbt
10 9 (2.69%) Serverless
11 8 (2.40%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 7 (2.10%) GitHub
13 6 (1.80%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (1.50%) Azure AI
14 5 (1.50%) Azure Functions
14 5 (1.50%) Azure Machine Learning
15 4 (1.20%) Azure AKS
15 4 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
15 4 (1.20%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.59%) Network Security
2 8 (2.40%) Broadband
3 4 (1.20%) BGP
3 4 (1.20%) OSPF
4 3 (0.90%) Firewall
4 3 (0.90%) MPLS
4 3 (0.90%) VLAN
5 2 (0.60%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.60%) WAN
6 1 (0.30%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.30%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (0.30%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.30%) HSRP
6 1 (0.30%) HTTP
6 1 (0.30%) NGFW
6 1 (0.30%) VPN
6 1 (0.30%) VRRP
6 1 (0.30%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (10.48%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (9.28%) Power BI
3 25 (7.49%) Elasticsearch
4 19 (5.69%) BigQuery
5 18 (5.39%) Relational Database
6 15 (4.49%) Data Lake
7 14 (4.19%) NoSQL
8 11 (3.29%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (2.99%) Tableau
10 9 (2.69%) Geospatial Data
10 9 (2.69%) MongoDB
10 9 (2.69%) MySQL
11 8 (2.40%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (2.40%) SQL Server
12 7 (2.10%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (2.10%) Delta Lake
12 7 (2.10%) Looker
12 7 (2.10%) Spark SQL
13 6 (1.80%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (1.50%) KDB
Development Applications
1 22 (6.59%) Git
2 8 (2.40%) Jenkins
2 8 (2.40%) MLflow
3 6 (1.80%) GitLab
4 4 (1.20%) JIRA
5 3 (0.90%) Postman
5 3 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.60%) Vite
7 1 (0.30%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.30%) JMeter
7 1 (0.30%) Selenium
General
1 99 (29.64%) Finance
2 77 (23.05%) Social Skills
3 48 (14.37%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (9.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (5.99%) Banking
6 16 (4.79%) Front Office
7 11 (3.29%) Law
8 9 (2.69%) Marketing
9 6 (1.80%) Legal
10 5 (1.50%) Advertising
11 3 (0.90%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.90%) Games
11 3 (0.90%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.60%) Private Banking
12 2 (0.60%) Retail
13 1 (0.30%) Automotive
13 1 (0.30%) Back Office
13 1 (0.30%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.30%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 70 (20.96%) Senior
2 59 (17.66%) Python Engineer
3 58 (17.37%) Developer
4 52 (15.57%) Lead
5 48 (14.37%) Software Engineer
6 38 (11.38%) Data Engineer
7 26 (7.78%) Python Developer
8 25 (7.49%) Analyst
9 18 (5.39%) Senior Software Engineer
10 17 (5.09%) Lead Data Engineer
11 16 (4.79%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 15 (4.49%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 15 (4.49%) AWS Engineer
12 15 (4.49%) Python Software Engineer
13 12 (3.59%) Architect
13 12 (3.59%) C++ Software Engineer
13 12 (3.59%) Platform Engineer
14 11 (3.29%) Lead Developer
14 11 (3.29%) Lead Python Developer
15 10 (2.99%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.69%) LangChain
2 18 (5.39%) Kafka
2 18 (5.39%) React
3 16 (4.79%) PyTorch
4 15 (4.49%) Django
4 15 (4.49%) FastAPI
5 13 (3.89%) PySpark
6 12 (3.59%) REST
7 10 (2.99%) RESTful
7 10 (2.99%) scikit-learn
7 10 (2.99%) TensorFlow
8 9 (2.69%) Node.js
9 8 (2.40%) LlamaIndex
10 7 (2.10%) Elastic Stack
10 7 (2.10%) Pandas
10 7 (2.10%) pgvector
11 6 (1.80%) .NET
11 6 (1.80%) LangGraph
12 5 (1.50%) FIX Protocol
13 4 (1.20%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 39 (11.68%) Cloud Native
2 34 (10.18%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (8.08%) Onboarding
4 24 (7.19%) Algorithms
5 21 (6.29%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (5.69%) Public Cloud
7 14 (4.19%) Data Structures
8 12 (3.59%) Product Ownership
8 12 (3.59%) Reinsurance
9 10 (2.99%) AI Agents
10 8 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (2.10%) Clustering
11 7 (2.10%) Cyber Defence
11 7 (2.10%) Security Operations Centre
11 7 (2.10%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (1.80%) Fixed Income
12 6 (1.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (1.80%) Hedge funds
13 5 (1.50%) Low-Code
13 5 (1.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 48 (14.37%) Linux
2 20 (5.99%) Windows
3 3 (0.90%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (29.04%) Software Engineering
2 92 (27.54%) AI
3 75 (22.46%) CI/CD
4 64 (19.16%) Analytics
5 53 (15.87%) Machine Learning
5 53 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (14.67%) Data Engineering
7 47 (14.07%) DevOps
7 47 (14.07%) Fintech
8 45 (13.47%) Data Pipeline
9 41 (12.28%) Agile
10 38 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 37 (11.08%) Computer Science
11 37 (11.08%) Observability
12 34 (10.18%) LLM
12 34 (10.18%) Mentoring
13 33 (9.88%) Business Intelligence
13 33 (9.88%) Data Science
13 33 (9.88%) Infrastructure as Code
14 32 (9.58%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 112 (33.53%) SQL
2 49 (14.67%) Java
3 41 (12.28%) PowerShell
4 35 (10.48%) C++
5 31 (9.28%) C#
6 30 (8.98%) JavaScript
7 19 (5.69%) Bash
7 19 (5.69%) TypeScript
8 17 (5.09%) R
9 13 (3.89%) Go
10 9 (2.69%) Julia
10 9 (2.69%) MATLAB
10 9 (2.69%) Rust
10 9 (2.69%) Scala
10 9 (2.69%) VBA
11 5 (1.50%) Bicep
11 5 (1.50%) C
11 5 (1.50%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.20%) PHP
13 3 (0.90%) Perl
Qualifications
1 38 (11.38%) Degree
2 22 (6.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (3.89%) Security Cleared
4 9 (2.69%) AWS Certification
4 9 (2.69%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.40%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.80%) GIAC
7 5 (1.50%) CFA
8 4 (1.20%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.90%) CCSAM
9 3 (0.90%) CREST Certified
9 3 (0.90%) GPEN
9 3 (0.90%) GXPN
9 3 (0.90%) OSCE
9 3 (0.90%) OSCP
10 2 (0.60%) CCNP
10 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.60%) PhD
11 1 (0.30%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.88%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.09%) GDPR
3 7 (2.10%) NIST
4 6 (1.80%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 6 (1.80%) QA
5 4 (1.20%) SLA
6 3 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.30%) EMIR
7 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.30%) PMO
7 1 (0.30%) Solvency II
System Software
1 37 (11.08%) Docker
2 6 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (1.20%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.30%) Firmware
4 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 46 (13.77%) Kubernetes
2 42 (12.57%) Terraform
3 15 (4.49%) Ansible
4 9 (2.69%) Grafana
5 8 (2.40%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.30%) Puppet
6 1 (0.30%) SCCM
6 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 46 (13.77%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.58%) Databricks
3 18 (5.39%) Google
4 10 (2.99%) OpenAI
4 10 (2.99%) Oracle
5 7 (2.10%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.10%) Splunk
6 6 (1.80%) Cloudera
6 6 (1.80%) Dell
7 4 (1.20%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.20%) Typelevel
8 3 (0.90%) Bloomberg
8 3 (0.90%) VMware
9 2 (0.60%) BT
9 2 (0.60%) Cisco
9 2 (0.60%) Foundry
9 2 (0.60%) Refinitiv
9 2 (0.60%) SAP
10 1 (0.30%) Confluent
10 1 (0.30%) Okta