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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 7 9
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Python 280 345 480
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 9.14% 20.25% 16.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.79% 48.12% 35.90%
Number of salaries quoted 222 280 293
10th Percentile £60,000 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £71,250 £69,688 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £83,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.46% +11.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £93,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £150,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +13.33% -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 670 717 1,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 21.87% 42.08% 46.36%
Number of salaries quoted 539 604 936
10th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £75,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +5.61% -2.26%
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £95,313
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% -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 18 September 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 (5.00%) Apache Spark
2 13 (4.64%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (3.21%) Apache
4 2 (0.71%) Confluence
4 2 (0.71%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.36%) Camunda
5 1 (0.36%) CMS
5 1 (0.36%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.36%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.71%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.71%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 87 (31.07%) Azure
2 72 (25.71%) AWS
3 35 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 29 (10.36%) GCP
5 25 (8.93%) SaaS
6 16 (5.71%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (3.21%) GitHub
7 9 (3.21%) Serverless
7 9 (3.21%) Snowflake
8 8 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (2.14%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 6 (2.14%) Azure Databricks
9 6 (2.14%) dbt
9 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (1.79%) Azure AI
10 5 (1.79%) Azure Functions
10 5 (1.79%) Azure Machine Learning
10 5 (1.79%) Datadog
10 5 (1.79%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.86%) Network Security
2 5 (1.79%) Firewall
3 4 (1.43%) BGP
3 4 (1.43%) OSPF
4 3 (1.07%) Broadband
4 3 (1.07%) MPLS
4 3 (1.07%) VLAN
4 3 (1.07%) WAN
5 2 (0.71%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.36%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.36%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.36%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (0.36%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.36%) HSRP
6 1 (0.36%) HTTP
6 1 (0.36%) SSL
6 1 (0.36%) VPN
6 1 (0.36%) VRRP
6 1 (0.36%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (11.07%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (10.00%) Power BI
3 15 (5.36%) Relational Database
4 14 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
5 12 (4.29%) Data Lake
5 12 (4.29%) NoSQL
6 11 (3.93%) BigQuery
7 9 (3.21%) Geospatial Data
8 8 (2.86%) MongoDB
9 7 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.50%) Tableau
10 6 (2.14%) MySQL
10 6 (2.14%) SQL Server
10 6 (2.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.79%) Delta Lake
11 5 (1.79%) KDB
11 5 (1.79%) Spark SQL
12 4 (1.43%) Looker
Development Applications
1 19 (6.79%) Git
2 8 (2.86%) GitLab
2 8 (2.86%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.79%) MLflow
4 4 (1.43%) JIRA
5 3 (1.07%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.71%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.71%) Snyk
6 2 (0.71%) Vite
7 1 (0.36%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.36%) JMeter
7 1 (0.36%) Postman
7 1 (0.36%) Selenium
General
1 98 (35.00%) Finance
2 61 (21.79%) Social Skills
3 41 (14.64%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (11.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (6.07%) Banking
6 16 (5.71%) Front Office
7 10 (3.57%) Law
8 8 (2.86%) Marketing
9 6 (2.14%) Legal
10 4 (1.43%) Advertising
11 3 (1.07%) Games
11 3 (1.07%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.71%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.36%) Aeronautics
13 1 (0.36%) Automotive
13 1 (0.36%) Back Office
13 1 (0.36%) iGaming
13 1 (0.36%) Legal Technology
13 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (18.93%) Senior
2 50 (17.86%) Developer
3 49 (17.50%) Python Engineer
4 44 (15.71%) Software Engineer
5 40 (14.29%) Lead
6 30 (10.71%) Data Engineer
7 22 (7.86%) Python Developer
8 21 (7.50%) Analyst
9 17 (6.07%) Senior Software Engineer
10 16 (5.71%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 14 (5.00%) Architect
11 14 (5.00%) Lead Data Engineer
11 14 (5.00%) Python Software Engineer
12 11 (3.93%) AWS Engineer
12 11 (3.93%) C++ Software Engineer
12 11 (3.93%) Platform Engineer
13 10 (3.57%) Azure Engineer
13 10 (3.57%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 8 (2.86%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 8 (2.86%) Lead Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (12.86%) Terraform
2 15 (5.36%) LangChain
3 14 (5.00%) React
4 13 (4.64%) FastAPI
5 11 (3.93%) Kafka
5 11 (3.93%) PyTorch
6 10 (3.57%) PySpark
6 10 (3.57%) REST
7 9 (3.21%) Django
8 7 (2.50%) .NET
8 7 (2.50%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (2.50%) Node.js
8 7 (2.50%) TensorFlow
9 6 (2.14%) FIX Protocol
9 6 (2.14%) LangGraph
9 6 (2.14%) scikit-learn
10 5 (1.79%) Next.js
10 5 (1.79%) RESTful
11 4 (1.43%) Spring
11 4 (1.43%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.43%) Cloud Native
2 29 (10.36%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.71%) Greenfield Project
3 16 (5.71%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.29%) AI Agents
4 12 (4.29%) Algorithms
4 12 (4.29%) Public Cloud
4 12 (4.29%) Reinsurance
5 10 (3.57%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.86%) Hedge funds
7 6 (2.14%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.14%) Fixed Income
7 6 (2.14%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.43%) Clustering
9 4 (1.43%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.43%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.07%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.07%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 42 (15.00%) Linux
2 15 (5.36%) Windows
3 4 (1.43%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (30.00%) AI
2 80 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 68 (24.29%) CI/CD
4 57 (20.36%) Analytics
5 44 (15.71%) Data Engineering
6 43 (15.36%) DevOps
7 42 (15.00%) Fintech
8 41 (14.64%) Data Pipeline
8 41 (14.64%) Machine Learning
9 36 (12.86%) Observability
10 35 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
11 34 (12.14%) Agile
11 34 (12.14%) LLM
12 33 (11.79%) Infrastructure as Code
13 30 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (10.71%) Decision-Making
14 29 (10.36%) Business Intelligence
14 29 (10.36%) Containerisation
15 28 (10.00%) Mentoring
16 24 (8.57%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 94 (33.57%) SQL
2 45 (16.07%) Java
3 32 (11.43%) C++
4 27 (9.64%) C#
4 27 (9.64%) PowerShell
5 21 (7.50%) JavaScript
6 17 (6.07%) Bash
7 16 (5.71%) R
7 16 (5.71%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.21%) Go
8 9 (3.21%) Julia
8 9 (3.21%) MATLAB
9 8 (2.86%) Rust
9 8 (2.86%) VBA
10 5 (1.79%) Bicep
10 5 (1.79%) Scala
10 5 (1.79%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.43%) C
12 3 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.71%) Perl
Qualifications
1 29 (10.36%) Degree
2 13 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
2 13 (4.64%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.21%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.50%) AWS Certification
4 7 (2.50%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.14%) CFA
6 4 (1.43%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.71%) CCNP
8 2 (0.71%) CCSAM
8 2 (0.71%) CREST Certified
8 2 (0.71%) GIAC
8 2 (0.71%) GPEN
8 2 (0.71%) GXPN
8 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (0.71%) OSCE
8 2 (0.71%) OSCP
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (11.79%) Data Quality
2 15 (5.36%) GDPR
3 7 (2.50%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.43%) QA
5 3 (1.07%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.71%) NIST
6 2 (0.71%) SLA
7 1 (0.36%) PMO
7 1 (0.36%) Solvency II
System Software
1 36 (12.86%) Docker
2 6 (2.14%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (1.07%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.36%) Firmware
4 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 48 (17.14%) Kubernetes
2 16 (5.71%) Ansible
3 9 (3.21%) Grafana
4 8 (2.86%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.71%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.36%) Argo
6 1 (0.36%) Puppet
6 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 35 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 28 (10.00%) Databricks
3 13 (4.64%) Google
4 10 (3.57%) OpenAI
4 10 (3.57%) Oracle
5 7 (2.50%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.50%) Splunk
6 4 (1.43%) Alteryx
7 3 (1.07%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.07%) Cisco
7 3 (1.07%) Cloudera
7 3 (1.07%) Dell
8 2 (0.71%) Checkmarx
8 2 (0.71%) Foundry
8 2 (0.71%) Mistral
8 2 (0.71%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.71%) Refinitiv
8 2 (0.71%) SAP
8 2 (0.71%) Veracode
8 2 (0.71%) VMware