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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Python 289 344 465
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 9.19% 20.16% 16.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.01% 48.25% 35.52%
Number of salaries quoted 228 276 285
10th Percentile £60,000 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £93,750
90th Percentile £120,750 £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 688 713 1,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 21.88% 41.79% 46.57%
Number of salaries quoted 549 596 933
10th Percentile £54,750 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £76,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +5.26% -1.94%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,313 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £132,500 £112,500
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 15 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 16 (5.54%) Apache Spark
2 15 (5.19%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (3.46%) Apache
4 2 (0.69%) Confluence
4 2 (0.69%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.35%) Camunda
5 1 (0.35%) CMS
5 1 (0.35%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 12 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.69%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.69%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 90 (31.14%) Azure
2 76 (26.30%) AWS
3 34 (11.76%) Power Platform
4 33 (11.42%) GCP
5 25 (8.65%) SaaS
6 18 (6.23%) Azure Data Factory
7 10 (3.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 10 (3.46%) Snowflake
8 8 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.77%) dbt
8 8 (2.77%) Serverless
9 7 (2.42%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 7 (2.42%) GitHub
10 6 (2.08%) Azure Databricks
11 5 (1.73%) Azure AI
11 5 (1.73%) Azure Machine Learning
12 4 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (1.38%) Azure Functions
12 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (1.38%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.11%) Network Security
2 4 (1.38%) BGP
2 4 (1.38%) Firewall
2 4 (1.38%) OSPF
3 3 (1.04%) Broadband
3 3 (1.04%) MPLS
3 3 (1.04%) VLAN
3 3 (1.04%) WAN
4 2 (0.69%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.35%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.35%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.35%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (0.35%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.35%) HSRP
5 1 (0.35%) HTTP
5 1 (0.35%) VPN
5 1 (0.35%) VRRP
5 1 (0.35%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (10.73%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (10.03%) Power BI
3 18 (6.23%) Elasticsearch
4 16 (5.54%) Relational Database
5 14 (4.84%) BigQuery
5 14 (4.84%) Data Lake
6 13 (4.50%) NoSQL
7 9 (3.11%) Geospatial Data
8 8 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.77%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.77%) Tableau
9 7 (2.42%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (2.42%) MySQL
9 7 (2.42%) SQL Server
10 6 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (2.08%) Spark SQL
10 6 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (1.73%) Delta Lake
11 5 (1.73%) KDB
11 5 (1.73%) Looker
Development Applications
1 19 (6.57%) Git
2 8 (2.77%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.42%) GitLab
4 6 (2.08%) MLflow
5 3 (1.04%) JIRA
5 3 (1.04%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.69%) Vite
7 1 (0.35%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.35%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.35%) JMeter
7 1 (0.35%) Postman
7 1 (0.35%) Selenium
7 1 (0.35%) Snyk
General
1 100 (34.60%) Finance
2 62 (21.45%) Social Skills
3 43 (14.88%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (10.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (6.57%) Banking
6 17 (5.88%) Front Office
7 10 (3.46%) Law
8 8 (2.77%) Marketing
9 6 (2.08%) Legal
10 4 (1.38%) Advertising
11 3 (1.04%) Games
11 3 (1.04%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.69%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.35%) Aeronautics
13 1 (0.35%) Back Office
13 1 (0.35%) iGaming
13 1 (0.35%) Legal Technology
13 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (19.38%) Senior
2 52 (17.99%) Developer
3 51 (17.65%) Python Engineer
4 45 (15.57%) Lead
4 45 (15.57%) Software Engineer
5 34 (11.76%) Data Engineer
6 24 (8.30%) Python Developer
7 20 (6.92%) Analyst
8 17 (5.88%) Senior Software Engineer
9 15 (5.19%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 15 (5.19%) Lead Data Engineer
10 14 (4.84%) Python Software Engineer
11 13 (4.50%) Architect
12 12 (4.15%) AWS Engineer
13 11 (3.81%) C++ Software Engineer
13 11 (3.81%) Platform Engineer
14 10 (3.46%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 9 (3.11%) Azure Engineer
15 9 (3.11%) Lead Developer
15 9 (3.11%) Lead Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (12.80%) Terraform
2 16 (5.54%) LangChain
3 14 (4.84%) React
4 13 (4.50%) FastAPI
4 13 (4.50%) Kafka
5 12 (4.15%) PyTorch
6 11 (3.81%) PySpark
7 10 (3.46%) Django
8 8 (2.77%) REST
8 8 (2.77%) TensorFlow
9 7 (2.42%) .NET
9 7 (2.42%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (2.42%) scikit-learn
10 6 (2.08%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (2.08%) LangGraph
10 6 (2.08%) Node.js
10 6 (2.08%) Pandas
10 6 (2.08%) RESTful
11 5 (1.73%) LlamaIndex
11 5 (1.73%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.42%) Cloud Native
2 29 (10.03%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (6.23%) Greenfield Project
4 17 (5.88%) Onboarding
5 16 (5.54%) Algorithms
6 15 (5.19%) Public Cloud
7 12 (4.15%) Reinsurance
8 11 (3.81%) Product Ownership
9 10 (3.46%) AI Agents
10 8 (2.77%) Data Structures
10 8 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (2.77%) Hedge funds
11 6 (2.08%) Fixed Income
12 5 (1.73%) Clustering
12 5 (1.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (1.73%) Management Information System
13 4 (1.38%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.38%) Low-Code
14 3 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
14 3 (1.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 43 (14.88%) Linux
2 15 (5.19%) Windows
3 3 (1.04%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (29.07%) AI
2 83 (28.72%) Software Engineering
3 70 (24.22%) CI/CD
4 61 (21.11%) Analytics
5 48 (16.61%) Data Engineering
6 44 (15.22%) Data Pipeline
6 44 (15.22%) DevOps
6 44 (15.22%) Fintech
7 42 (14.53%) Machine Learning
8 38 (13.15%) Agile
9 36 (12.46%) Observability
10 35 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
11 33 (11.42%) LLM
12 32 (11.07%) Continuous Improvement
13 31 (10.73%) Business Intelligence
13 31 (10.73%) Infrastructure as Code
14 30 (10.38%) Decision-Making
15 29 (10.03%) Mentoring
16 27 (9.34%) Computer Science
16 27 (9.34%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 97 (33.56%) SQL
2 46 (15.92%) Java
3 33 (11.42%) C++
4 30 (10.38%) C#
5 26 (9.00%) PowerShell
6 19 (6.57%) JavaScript
7 17 (5.88%) Bash
8 16 (5.54%) R
8 16 (5.54%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.11%) Go
9 9 (3.11%) Julia
9 9 (3.11%) MATLAB
9 9 (3.11%) Rust
10 8 (2.77%) VBA
11 5 (1.73%) C
11 5 (1.73%) Scala
11 5 (1.73%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.38%) Bicep
13 3 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.04%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 31 (10.73%) Degree
2 15 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (4.50%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.11%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.42%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.08%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.08%) CFA
7 4 (1.38%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.04%) CCSAM
8 3 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.04%) CREST Certified
8 3 (1.04%) GPEN
8 3 (1.04%) GXPN
8 3 (1.04%) OSCE
8 3 (1.04%) OSCP
9 2 (0.69%) CCNP
9 2 (0.69%) GIAC
9 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.35%) CCIE
10 1 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.76%) Data Quality
2 15 (5.19%) GDPR
3 7 (2.42%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 4 (1.38%) QA
5 3 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.69%) NIST
6 2 (0.69%) SLA
7 1 (0.35%) PMO
7 1 (0.35%) Solvency II
System Software
1 34 (11.76%) Docker
2 6 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (1.04%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.35%) Firmware
4 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 45 (15.57%) Kubernetes
2 16 (5.54%) Ansible
3 9 (3.11%) Grafana
4 8 (2.77%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.69%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.35%) Puppet
6 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 33 (11.42%) Microsoft
2 30 (10.38%) Databricks
3 15 (5.19%) Google
4 10 (3.46%) OpenAI
5 9 (3.11%) Oracle
6 7 (2.42%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.42%) Splunk
7 4 (1.38%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.38%) Cloudera
7 4 (1.38%) Dell
8 3 (1.04%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.04%) Cisco
9 2 (0.69%) Foundry
9 2 (0.69%) Mistral
9 2 (0.69%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.69%) Refinitiv
9 2 (0.69%) SAP
9 2 (0.69%) VMware
10 1 (0.35%) Checkmarx
10 1 (0.35%) Typelevel