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 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 390 486 420
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 12.67% 21.74% 13.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.03% 44.92% 27.70%
Number of salaries quoted 285 381 358
10th Percentile £48,150 £52,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £126,250 £125,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year - +6.25% +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 928 1,082 1,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.14% 48.41% 48.42%
Number of salaries quoted 726 875 1,331
10th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £49,298
25th Percentile £66,250 £57,500 £61,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,500 £101,250
90th Percentile £113,125 £120,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% 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 15 March 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 14 (3.59%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (2.56%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.79%) Apache
4 4 (1.03%) Confluence
5 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.51%) nginx
6 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (4.36%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Actimize
1 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.26%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 151 (38.72%) Azure
2 118 (30.26%) AWS
3 50 (12.82%) GCP
4 45 (11.54%) Power Platform
5 29 (7.44%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (5.90%) Azure Data Factory
7 22 (5.64%) GitHub
8 20 (5.13%) SaaS
9 14 (3.59%) Snowflake
10 12 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (2.31%) Datadog
11 9 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (2.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (2.05%) dbt
12 8 (2.05%) PaaS
12 8 (2.05%) Serverless
13 6 (1.54%) Nutanix
14 5 (1.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 5 (1.28%) Amazon EKS
15 4 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.33%) Network Security
2 12 (3.08%) Broadband
3 9 (2.31%) Wireless
4 5 (1.28%) DHCP
4 5 (1.28%) DNS
4 5 (1.28%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.03%) WAN
6 3 (0.77%) HTTP
6 3 (0.77%) LAN
6 3 (0.77%) NAS
6 3 (0.77%) SAN
6 3 (0.77%) VPN
7 2 (0.51%) 4G
7 2 (0.51%) BGP
7 2 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.51%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (0.51%) IOS XR
7 2 (0.51%) MPLS
7 2 (0.51%) SNMP
7 2 (0.51%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.74%) Power BI
2 29 (7.44%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (6.67%) Elasticsearch
4 25 (6.41%) BigQuery
5 21 (5.38%) SQL Server
6 17 (4.36%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (4.10%) Relational Database
8 15 (3.85%) Data Lake
9 11 (2.82%) NoSQL
10 9 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (2.31%) Tableau
11 7 (1.79%) Star Schema
12 6 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (1.28%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (1.28%) Big Data
14 4 (1.03%) Delta Lake
14 4 (1.03%) DynamoDB
14 4 (1.03%) MongoDB
14 4 (1.03%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 30 (7.69%) Git
2 10 (2.56%) JIRA
3 9 (2.31%) Burp Suite
3 9 (2.31%) Metasploit
4 4 (1.03%) Balsamiq
4 4 (1.03%) MLflow
4 4 (1.03%) Postman
5 3 (0.77%) GitLab
6 2 (0.51%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.51%) Selenium
6 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.26%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.26%) Deequ
7 1 (0.26%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.26%) Mocha
7 1 (0.26%) webpack
General
1 105 (26.92%) Finance
2 90 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 42 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (6.92%) Banking
6 11 (2.82%) Front Office
7 10 (2.56%) Financial Institution
8 8 (2.05%) Advertising
9 7 (1.79%) Retail
10 6 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.54%) Legal
11 5 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.03%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.77%) Law
13 3 (0.77%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.51%) International Banking
14 2 (0.51%) Marketing
14 2 (0.51%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.26%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 100 (25.64%) Senior
2 83 (21.28%) Developer
3 49 (12.56%) Python Developer
4 47 (12.05%) Data Engineer
4 47 (12.05%) Lead
5 41 (10.51%) Analyst
6 31 (7.95%) Python Engineer
6 31 (7.95%) Senior Developer
7 29 (7.44%) Software Engineer
8 23 (5.90%) Senior Data Engineer
9 22 (5.64%) Security Analyst
10 17 (4.36%) Architect
10 17 (4.36%) Senior Python Developer
11 15 (3.85%) Principal Engineer
12 14 (3.59%) Full-Stack Developer
13 13 (3.33%) AWS Engineer
13 13 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 12 (3.08%) Lead Developer
14 12 (3.08%) Technical Support
15 11 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (10.51%) Django
2 35 (8.97%) React
3 20 (5.13%) FastAPI
3 20 (5.13%) Node.js
4 15 (3.85%) PySpark
5 13 (3.33%) RESTful
6 12 (3.08%) Kafka
7 11 (2.82%) .NET
8 8 (2.05%) Flask
8 8 (2.05%) PyTorch
8 8 (2.05%) REST
9 7 (1.79%) .NET Core
9 7 (1.79%) LangChain
10 6 (1.54%) gRPC
10 6 (1.54%) Model Context Protocol
10 6 (1.54%) Next.js
11 5 (1.28%) Hugging Face
11 5 (1.28%) LlamaIndex
11 5 (1.28%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (1.28%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.69%) Algorithms
2 29 (7.44%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (6.15%) Data Structures
3 24 (6.15%) Greenfield Project
4 23 (5.90%) Cyber Defence
4 23 (5.90%) Onboarding
5 19 (4.87%) Cloud Native
6 16 (4.10%) Security Operations Centre
7 13 (3.33%) Product Ownership
7 13 (3.33%) Public Cloud
8 11 (2.82%) AI Agents
9 10 (2.56%) Security Posture
10 9 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (2.31%) Hedge funds
10 9 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (2.31%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.79%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (1.54%) Educational Technology
12 6 (1.54%) Over-the-Top Content
13 5 (1.28%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 39 (10.00%) Linux
2 24 (6.15%) Windows
3 10 (2.56%) Unix
4 4 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.03%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.77%) CentOS
5 3 (0.77%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.26%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (22.82%) AI
3 88 (22.56%) Analytics
4 87 (22.31%) Agile
5 79 (20.26%) CI/CD
6 78 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 75 (19.23%) DevOps
8 66 (16.92%) Mentoring
9 54 (13.85%) Machine Learning
10 50 (12.82%) Data Pipeline
11 49 (12.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 49 (12.56%) Data Science
12 44 (11.28%) Data Engineering
13 43 (11.03%) Data Modelling
13 43 (11.03%) ETL
14 41 (10.51%) Computer Science
14 41 (10.51%) Microservices
15 40 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
16 37 (9.49%) Test Automation
17 36 (9.23%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 124 (31.79%) SQL
2 63 (16.15%) PowerShell
3 39 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 33 (8.46%) Bash
5 32 (8.21%) C#
6 31 (7.95%) Java
7 27 (6.92%) TypeScript
8 17 (4.36%) C++
9 13 (3.33%) Go
10 11 (2.82%) Rust
11 8 (2.05%) Scala
12 6 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (1.54%) R
12 6 (1.54%) VBA
13 5 (1.28%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.77%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.77%) Perl
14 3 (0.77%) PHP
14 3 (0.77%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.77%) VC++
Qualifications
1 54 (13.85%) Degree
2 30 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (3.85%) GIAC
4 11 (2.82%) OSCP
5 10 (2.56%) CREST Certified
6 9 (2.31%) CCSAM
6 9 (2.31%) CHECK Team Leader
6 9 (2.31%) CHECK Team Member
7 8 (2.05%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.54%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.54%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.77%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.77%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.51%) GPEN
11 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.51%) PhD
11 2 (0.51%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.26%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.67%) NIST
2 21 (5.38%) Data Quality
3 17 (4.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (3.33%) GDPR
5 5 (1.28%) QA
6 3 (0.77%) EMIR
7 2 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.51%) PMO
7 2 (0.51%) SLA
7 2 (0.51%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.26%) Basel III
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.26%) MiFID
8 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 41 (10.51%) Docker
2 8 (2.05%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (8.21%) Terraform
2 31 (7.95%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.59%) Ansible
4 9 (2.31%) Nessus
5 7 (1.79%) Grafana
6 6 (1.54%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.77%) Argo
7 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.77%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.51%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.26%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.26%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.26%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.26%) SCCM
9 1 (0.26%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.26%) vRealize
Vendors
1 89 (22.82%) Microsoft
2 39 (10.00%) Databricks
3 33 (8.46%) Google
4 9 (2.31%) VMware
5 7 (1.79%) CyberArk
5 7 (1.79%) Guidewire
5 7 (1.79%) Oracle
6 6 (1.54%) Commvault
6 6 (1.54%) Typelevel
7 5 (1.28%) Dell
7 5 (1.28%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.03%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.03%) Splunk
9 3 (0.77%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.77%) Informatica
9 3 (0.77%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.51%) BT
10 2 (0.51%) Cisco
10 2 (0.51%) HP
10 2 (0.51%) SAP