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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 7 9
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Python 331 373 443
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 9.48% 20.57% 16.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.71% 47.40% 33.97%
Number of salaries quoted 263 294 281
10th Percentile £55,000 £48,900 £50,000
25th Percentile £69,375 £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 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £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 775 787 1,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 22.20% 43.41% 47.42%
Number of salaries quoted 618 649 980
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,200 £47,500
25th Percentile £67,813 £61,500 £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 £108,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £112,875 £131,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% -4.76%

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 21 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 (6.04%) Apache Spark
2 17 (5.14%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (3.32%) Apache
4 2 (0.60%) Confluence
4 2 (0.60%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.30%) Camunda
5 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
Applications
1 12 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (3.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.60%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 100 (30.21%) Azure
2 91 (27.49%) AWS
3 42 (12.69%) GCP
4 36 (10.88%) Power Platform
5 30 (9.06%) SaaS
6 18 (5.44%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (3.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 12 (3.63%) Snowflake
9 9 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.72%) dbt
9 9 (2.72%) Serverless
10 8 (2.42%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 7 (2.11%) GitHub
12 6 (1.81%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.51%) Azure AI
13 5 (1.51%) Azure Functions
13 5 (1.51%) Azure Machine Learning
14 4 (1.21%) Azure AKS
14 4 (1.21%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (1.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.32%) Network Security
2 8 (2.42%) Broadband
3 4 (1.21%) BGP
3 4 (1.21%) OSPF
4 3 (0.91%) Firewall
4 3 (0.91%) MPLS
4 3 (0.91%) 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 (10.57%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (9.37%) Power BI
3 25 (7.55%) Elasticsearch
4 19 (5.74%) BigQuery
5 18 (5.44%) Relational Database
6 15 (4.53%) Data Lake
7 14 (4.23%) NoSQL
8 11 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (3.02%) Tableau
10 9 (2.72%) Geospatial Data
10 9 (2.72%) MongoDB
10 9 (2.72%) MySQL
11 8 (2.42%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (2.42%) SQL Server
12 7 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (2.11%) Delta Lake
12 7 (2.11%) Looker
12 7 (2.11%) Spark SQL
13 6 (1.81%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (1.51%) KDB
Development Applications
1 22 (6.65%) Git
2 8 (2.42%) Jenkins
2 8 (2.42%) MLflow
3 6 (1.81%) GitLab
4 4 (1.21%) JIRA
5 3 (0.91%) Postman
5 3 (0.91%) 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 (29.91%) Finance
2 74 (22.36%) Social Skills
3 48 (14.50%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (9.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (6.04%) Banking
6 16 (4.83%) Front Office
7 10 (3.02%) Law
8 9 (2.72%) Marketing
9 6 (1.81%) Legal
10 5 (1.51%) Advertising
11 4 (1.21%) Games
12 3 (0.91%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.91%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.60%) Private Banking
13 2 (0.60%) Retail
14 1 (0.30%) Automotive
14 1 (0.30%) Back Office
14 1 (0.30%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.30%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 71 (21.45%) Senior
2 59 (17.82%) Python Engineer
3 58 (17.52%) Developer
4 52 (15.71%) Lead
5 49 (14.80%) Software Engineer
6 38 (11.48%) Data Engineer
7 26 (7.85%) Python Developer
8 25 (7.55%) Analyst
9 19 (5.74%) Senior Software Engineer
10 17 (5.14%) Lead Data Engineer
11 15 (4.53%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 15 (4.53%) AWS Engineer
11 15 (4.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 15 (4.53%) Python Software Engineer
12 12 (3.63%) Architect
12 12 (3.63%) C++ Software Engineer
12 12 (3.63%) Platform Engineer
13 11 (3.32%) Lead Developer
13 11 (3.32%) Lead Python Developer
14 10 (3.02%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (12.69%) Terraform
2 19 (5.74%) LangChain
3 18 (5.44%) Kafka
4 17 (5.14%) React
5 16 (4.83%) PyTorch
6 15 (4.53%) Django
6 15 (4.53%) FastAPI
7 13 (3.93%) PySpark
7 13 (3.93%) REST
8 10 (3.02%) RESTful
8 10 (3.02%) scikit-learn
8 10 (3.02%) TensorFlow
9 8 (2.42%) LlamaIndex
9 8 (2.42%) Node.js
10 7 (2.11%) Elastic Stack
10 7 (2.11%) Pandas
10 7 (2.11%) pgvector
11 6 (1.81%) .NET
11 6 (1.81%) FIX Protocol
11 6 (1.81%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.08%) Cloud Native
2 35 (10.57%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (7.55%) Onboarding
4 24 (7.25%) Algorithms
5 21 (6.34%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (5.74%) Public Cloud
7 14 (4.23%) Data Structures
8 12 (3.63%) Product Ownership
8 12 (3.63%) Reinsurance
9 10 (3.02%) AI Agents
10 8 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (2.11%) Clustering
11 7 (2.11%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (1.81%) Cyber Defence
12 6 (1.81%) Fixed Income
12 6 (1.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (1.81%) Hedge funds
12 6 (1.81%) Security Operations Centre
13 5 (1.51%) Low-Code
13 5 (1.51%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 47 (14.20%) Linux
2 19 (5.74%) Windows
3 3 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (29.31%) Software Engineering
2 91 (27.49%) AI
3 75 (22.66%) CI/CD
4 63 (19.03%) Analytics
5 53 (16.01%) Machine Learning
6 51 (15.41%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (14.80%) Data Engineering
8 47 (14.20%) Fintech
9 46 (13.90%) DevOps
10 45 (13.60%) Data Pipeline
11 40 (12.08%) Agile
12 38 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 38 (11.48%) Observability
13 37 (11.18%) Computer Science
14 34 (10.27%) LLM
14 34 (10.27%) Mentoring
15 33 (9.97%) Business Intelligence
15 33 (9.97%) Data Science
15 33 (9.97%) Infrastructure as Code
16 32 (9.67%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 110 (33.23%) SQL
2 49 (14.80%) Java
3 38 (11.48%) PowerShell
4 35 (10.57%) C++
5 30 (9.06%) C#
6 28 (8.46%) JavaScript
7 19 (5.74%) Bash
8 18 (5.44%) TypeScript
9 17 (5.14%) R
10 13 (3.93%) Go
11 9 (2.72%) Julia
11 9 (2.72%) MATLAB
11 9 (2.72%) Rust
11 9 (2.72%) Scala
11 9 (2.72%) VBA
12 5 (1.51%) Bicep
12 5 (1.51%) C
12 5 (1.51%) Shell Script
13 4 (1.21%) PHP
14 3 (0.91%) Perl
Qualifications
1 38 (11.48%) Degree
2 22 (6.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (3.93%) Security Cleared
4 9 (2.72%) AWS Certification
4 9 (2.72%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.42%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.51%) CFA
6 5 (1.51%) GIAC
7 4 (1.21%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.91%) CCSAM
8 3 (0.91%) CREST Certified
8 3 (0.91%) GPEN
8 3 (0.91%) GXPN
8 3 (0.91%) OSCE
8 3 (0.91%) OSCP
9 2 (0.60%) CCNP
9 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.60%) PhD
10 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.97%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.14%) GDPR
3 6 (1.81%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 6 (1.81%) NIST
3 6 (1.81%) QA
4 4 (1.21%) SLA
5 3 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.30%) EMIR
6 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.30%) PMO
6 1 (0.30%) Solvency II
System Software
1 38 (11.48%) Docker
2 6 (1.81%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (1.21%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.21%) 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 (13.90%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.53%) Ansible
3 9 (2.72%) Grafana
4 8 (2.42%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.30%) Puppet
5 1 (0.30%) SCCM
5 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 43 (12.99%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.67%) Databricks
3 18 (5.44%) Google
4 10 (3.02%) OpenAI
4 10 (3.02%) Oracle
5 7 (2.11%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.11%) Splunk
6 6 (1.81%) Cloudera
6 6 (1.81%) Dell
7 4 (1.21%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.21%) Typelevel
8 3 (0.91%) Bloomberg
8 3 (0.91%) 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