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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 367 506 416
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 13.04% 20.43% 13.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.89% 43.32% 27.00%
Number of salaries quoted 270 378 371
10th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £65,313 £59,063 £56,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £82,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +6.45% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,625
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,875 £125,000
Central London median annual salary £86,750 £82,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +5.15% +6.45% -

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 876 1,168 1,541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 31.12% 47.15% 49.19%
Number of salaries quoted 698 883 1,397
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £48,750
25th Percentile £66,250 £57,500 £60,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -3.13% +1.27%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £119,750 £115,500
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 22 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 (3.27%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (1.91%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.36%) Apache
4 4 (1.09%) Confluence
5 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.54%) nginx
6 2 (0.54%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (4.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.54%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.27%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.27%) Actimize
2 1 (0.27%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 147 (40.05%) Azure
2 103 (28.07%) AWS
3 45 (12.26%) Power Platform
4 43 (11.72%) GCP
5 27 (7.36%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (6.81%) Azure Data Factory
7 23 (6.27%) GitHub
8 13 (3.54%) SaaS
8 13 (3.54%) Snowflake
9 12 (3.27%) Datadog
10 11 (3.00%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (1.91%) dbt
12 7 (1.91%) PaaS
13 6 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (1.63%) Serverless
14 5 (1.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 5 (1.36%) Figma
14 5 (1.36%) Nutanix
15 4 (1.09%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.72%) Network Security
2 9 (2.45%) Wireless
3 7 (1.91%) Broadband
4 5 (1.36%) DHCP
4 5 (1.36%) DNS
4 5 (1.36%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.09%) WAN
6 3 (0.82%) HTTP
6 3 (0.82%) LAN
6 3 (0.82%) NAS
6 3 (0.82%) SAN
6 3 (0.82%) VPN
7 2 (0.54%) 4G
7 2 (0.54%) BGP
7 2 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.54%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (0.54%) IOS XR
7 2 (0.54%) MPLS
7 2 (0.54%) SNMP
7 2 (0.54%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (10.08%) Power BI
2 28 (7.63%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (6.27%) SQL Server
4 19 (5.18%) BigQuery
4 19 (5.18%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (4.36%) Data Lake
5 16 (4.36%) Relational Database
6 13 (3.54%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (2.72%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (2.45%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (2.18%) Tableau
10 7 (1.91%) Star Schema
11 5 (1.36%) Big Data
12 4 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (1.09%) DynamoDB
12 4 (1.09%) Hadoop
12 4 (1.09%) Power Query
13 3 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.82%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 29 (7.90%) Git
2 9 (2.45%) Burp Suite
2 9 (2.45%) Metasploit
3 8 (2.18%) JIRA
4 4 (1.09%) Balsamiq
5 3 (0.82%) GitLab
6 2 (0.54%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.54%) MLflow
6 2 (0.54%) Postman
6 2 (0.54%) Selenium
6 2 (0.54%) 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
1 104 (28.34%) Finance
2 83 (22.62%) Social Skills
3 40 (10.90%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (7.63%) Banking
6 14 (3.81%) Front Office
7 10 (2.72%) Financial Institution
8 8 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.91%) Advertising
9 7 (1.91%) Legal
10 6 (1.63%) Retail
11 4 (1.09%) Law
11 4 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.82%) International Banking
12 3 (0.82%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.82%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.54%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.27%) Back Office
14 1 (0.27%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 96 (26.16%) Senior
2 87 (23.71%) Developer
3 48 (13.08%) Python Developer
4 45 (12.26%) Data Engineer
5 41 (11.17%) Lead
6 36 (9.81%) Analyst
6 36 (9.81%) Senior Developer
7 25 (6.81%) Software Engineer
8 24 (6.54%) Senior Data Engineer
9 23 (6.27%) Python Engineer
10 19 (5.18%) Security Analyst
11 18 (4.90%) Senior Python Developer
12 17 (4.63%) Architect
12 17 (4.63%) Full-Stack Developer
13 16 (4.36%) Principal Engineer
14 14 (3.81%) Full-Stack Python Developer
15 12 (3.27%) React Developer
16 11 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
16 11 (3.00%) Support Engineer
16 11 (3.00%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (10.90%) Django
2 36 (9.81%) React
3 21 (5.72%) FastAPI
4 18 (4.90%) Node.js
5 13 (3.54%) PySpark
6 11 (3.00%) .NET
7 9 (2.45%) Flask
7 9 (2.45%) RESTful
8 7 (1.91%) .NET Core
8 7 (1.91%) Kafka
8 7 (1.91%) Next.js
9 6 (1.63%) HTML
9 6 (1.63%) Hugging Face
9 6 (1.63%) Model Context Protocol
9 6 (1.63%) PyTorch
9 6 (1.63%) Redux
10 5 (1.36%) React Native
11 4 (1.09%) LangChain
11 4 (1.09%) Playwright
11 4 (1.09%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.54%) Algorithms
2 23 (6.27%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (5.45%) Cyber Defence
4 19 (5.18%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (4.90%) Data Structures
6 16 (4.36%) Onboarding
7 14 (3.81%) Cloud Native
8 13 (3.54%) Security Operations Centre
9 12 (3.27%) Product Ownership
10 11 (3.00%) AI Agents
11 10 (2.72%) Public Cloud
11 10 (2.72%) Security Posture
12 9 (2.45%) Hedge funds
12 9 (2.45%) Mobile App
13 8 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (1.91%) Derivative
15 6 (1.63%) Educational Technology
15 6 (1.63%) Reinsurance
16 4 (1.09%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 35 (9.54%) Linux
2 20 (5.45%) Windows
3 10 (2.72%) Unix
4 4 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.09%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.82%) CentOS
6 2 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.54%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.27%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (25.89%) Agile
2 89 (24.25%) AI
3 88 (23.98%) Analytics
4 85 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (20.98%) DevOps
6 75 (20.44%) CI/CD
7 63 (17.17%) Mentoring
8 61 (16.62%) Software Engineering
9 49 (13.35%) Data Pipeline
10 48 (13.08%) Machine Learning
11 44 (11.99%) ETL
12 42 (11.44%) Continuous Improvement
12 42 (11.44%) Data Science
13 40 (10.90%) Business Intelligence
13 40 (10.90%) Data Modelling
14 39 (10.63%) Test Automation
15 38 (10.35%) Data Engineering
16 36 (9.81%) Decision-Making
17 34 (9.26%) Coaching
18 33 (8.99%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 120 (32.70%) SQL
2 53 (14.44%) PowerShell
3 35 (9.54%) C#
4 34 (9.26%) Bash
4 34 (9.26%) Java
5 30 (8.17%) JavaScript
6 25 (6.81%) TypeScript
7 17 (4.63%) C++
8 12 (3.27%) Rust
9 9 (2.45%) Go
10 7 (1.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.91%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.63%) R
11 6 (1.63%) VBA
12 5 (1.36%) Scala
13 4 (1.09%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.82%) Perl
14 3 (0.82%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.54%) VC++
16 1 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 53 (14.44%) Degree
2 24 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (3.27%) GIAC
4 11 (3.00%) OSCP
5 10 (2.72%) CREST Certified
6 9 (2.45%) CCSAM
6 9 (2.45%) CHECK Team Leader
6 9 (2.45%) CHECK Team Member
7 8 (2.18%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.91%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.63%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.36%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.09%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (1.09%) SC Cleared
12 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.54%) CISM
13 2 (0.54%) CISSP
13 2 (0.54%) GPEN
13 2 (0.54%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.27%) NIST
2 18 (4.90%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.00%) GDPR
5 3 (0.82%) QA
6 2 (0.54%) EMIR
6 2 (0.54%) PMO
6 2 (0.54%) 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 36 (9.81%) Docker
2 8 (2.18%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.54%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) KVM
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (8.17%) Kubernetes
2 28 (7.63%) Terraform
3 15 (4.09%) Ansible
4 9 (2.45%) Nessus
5 7 (1.91%) Grafana
6 6 (1.63%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.82%) Argo
7 3 (0.82%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.54%) 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 83 (22.62%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.17%) Databricks
3 31 (8.45%) Google
4 10 (2.72%) Guidewire
5 9 (2.45%) VMware
6 7 (1.91%) CyberArk
7 6 (1.63%) Oracle
8 5 (1.36%) Commvault
8 5 (1.36%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.36%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.09%) Splunk
10 3 (0.82%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.82%) Dell
10 3 (0.82%) Informatica
10 3 (0.82%) Typelevel
11 2 (0.54%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.54%) HP
11 2 (0.54%) Refinitiv
11 2 (0.54%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.54%) SAP