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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 7 9
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Python 305 358 458
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 9.31% 20.24% 16.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.36% 46.92% 34.96%
Number of salaries quoted 241 284 280
10th Percentile £58,750 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £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 £118,750 £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 720 763 1,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 21.98% 43.13% 47.12%
Number of salaries quoted 574 634 949
10th Percentile £54,125 £52,500 £47,500
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 £109,688 £97,000
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 3 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 17 (5.57%) Apache Spark
2 15 (4.92%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (3.28%) Apache
4 2 (0.66%) Confluence
4 2 (0.66%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.33%) Camunda
5 1 (0.33%) CMS
5 1 (0.33%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 12 (3.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.66%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 89 (29.18%) Azure
2 80 (26.23%) AWS
3 36 (11.80%) GCP
4 32 (10.49%) Power Platform
5 29 (9.51%) SaaS
6 16 (5.25%) Azure Data Factory
7 10 (3.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 10 (3.28%) Snowflake
8 8 (2.62%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 8 (2.62%) Serverless
9 7 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.30%) dbt
9 7 (2.30%) GitHub
10 5 (1.64%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (1.64%) Azure AI
10 5 (1.64%) Azure Databricks
10 5 (1.64%) Azure Machine Learning
11 4 (1.31%) Azure AKS
11 4 (1.31%) Azure Functions
11 4 (1.31%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.95%) Network Security
2 6 (1.97%) Broadband
3 4 (1.31%) BGP
3 4 (1.31%) OSPF
4 3 (0.98%) Firewall
4 3 (0.98%) MPLS
4 3 (0.98%) VLAN
5 2 (0.66%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.66%) WAN
6 1 (0.33%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.33%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (0.33%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.33%) HSRP
6 1 (0.33%) HTTP
6 1 (0.33%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.33%) VPN
6 1 (0.33%) VRRP
6 1 (0.33%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (11.15%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (8.85%) Power BI
3 21 (6.89%) Elasticsearch
4 18 (5.90%) Relational Database
5 15 (4.92%) BigQuery
6 14 (4.59%) Data Lake
6 14 (4.59%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.95%) Geospatial Data
7 9 (2.95%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.62%) MySQL
8 8 (2.62%) Tableau
9 6 (1.97%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (1.97%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.97%) Spark SQL
9 6 (1.97%) SQL Server
10 5 (1.64%) Delta Lake
10 5 (1.64%) KDB
10 5 (1.64%) Looker
10 5 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (6.56%) Git
2 8 (2.62%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.30%) GitLab
4 6 (1.97%) MLflow
5 4 (1.31%) JIRA
6 3 (0.98%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.66%) Postman
7 2 (0.66%) Vite
8 1 (0.33%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.33%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.33%) JMeter
8 1 (0.33%) Selenium
8 1 (0.33%) Snyk
General
1 99 (32.46%) Finance
2 67 (21.97%) Social Skills
3 45 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (5.90%) Banking
6 16 (5.25%) Front Office
7 10 (3.28%) Law
8 9 (2.95%) Marketing
9 6 (1.97%) Legal
10 4 (1.31%) Advertising
10 4 (1.31%) Games
11 3 (0.98%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.66%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.33%) Automotive
13 1 (0.33%) Back Office
13 1 (0.33%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.33%) iGaming
13 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 67 (21.97%) Senior
2 56 (18.36%) Python Engineer
3 54 (17.70%) Developer
4 49 (16.07%) Software Engineer
5 48 (15.74%) Lead
6 35 (11.48%) Data Engineer
7 24 (7.87%) Python Developer
8 20 (6.56%) Analyst
9 19 (6.23%) Senior Software Engineer
10 17 (5.57%) Lead Data Engineer
11 15 (4.92%) Python Software Engineer
12 14 (4.59%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 13 (4.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 12 (3.93%) Architect
14 12 (3.93%) AWS Engineer
14 12 (3.93%) C++ Software Engineer
15 11 (3.61%) Platform Engineer
16 10 (3.28%) Azure Engineer
17 9 (2.95%) Lead Developer
17 9 (2.95%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (13.11%) Terraform
2 16 (5.25%) LangChain
3 15 (4.92%) FastAPI
3 15 (4.92%) React
4 14 (4.59%) Kafka
5 13 (4.26%) PyTorch
6 12 (3.93%) Django
7 11 (3.61%) PySpark
8 10 (3.28%) REST
9 8 (2.62%) scikit-learn
9 8 (2.62%) TensorFlow
10 7 (2.30%) .NET
10 7 (2.30%) Elastic Stack
10 7 (2.30%) RESTful
11 6 (1.97%) FIX Protocol
11 6 (1.97%) LangGraph
11 6 (1.97%) Node.js
11 6 (1.97%) Pandas
12 5 (1.64%) LlamaIndex
12 5 (1.64%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.48%) Cloud Native
2 31 (10.16%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (6.89%) Onboarding
4 20 (6.56%) Algorithms
5 19 (6.23%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (5.25%) Public Cloud
7 12 (3.93%) Product Ownership
7 12 (3.93%) Reinsurance
8 10 (3.28%) AI Agents
8 10 (3.28%) Data Structures
9 8 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.62%) Hedge funds
10 6 (1.97%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.64%) Clustering
11 5 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.64%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.64%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.64%) Video\Live Streaming
12 4 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.31%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 45 (14.75%) Linux
2 17 (5.57%) Windows
3 3 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (30.16%) Software Engineering
2 86 (28.20%) AI
3 71 (23.28%) CI/CD
4 62 (20.33%) Analytics
5 48 (15.74%) Data Engineering
6 44 (14.43%) DevOps
6 44 (14.43%) Machine Learning
7 43 (14.10%) Data Pipeline
7 43 (14.10%) Fintech
8 42 (13.77%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (12.79%) Agile
10 38 (12.46%) Observability
11 37 (12.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (10.82%) Infrastructure as Code
13 32 (10.49%) Computer Science
13 32 (10.49%) LLM
14 31 (10.16%) Mentoring
15 30 (9.84%) Decision-Making
16 29 (9.51%) Business Intelligence
16 29 (9.51%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 100 (32.79%) SQL
2 49 (16.07%) Java
3 35 (11.48%) C++
4 31 (10.16%) C#
4 31 (10.16%) PowerShell
5 23 (7.54%) JavaScript
6 18 (5.90%) Bash
7 17 (5.57%) TypeScript
8 16 (5.25%) R
9 11 (3.61%) Go
10 9 (2.95%) Julia
10 9 (2.95%) MATLAB
10 9 (2.95%) Rust
11 8 (2.62%) VBA
12 6 (1.97%) Scala
13 5 (1.64%) C
13 5 (1.64%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.31%) Bicep
15 3 (0.98%) Perl
15 3 (0.98%) PHP
Qualifications
1 35 (11.48%) Degree
2 18 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (4.26%) Security Cleared
4 9 (2.95%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.62%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.97%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.64%) CFA
8 4 (1.31%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.98%) CCSAM
9 3 (0.98%) CREST Certified
9 3 (0.98%) GIAC
9 3 (0.98%) GPEN
9 3 (0.98%) GXPN
9 3 (0.98%) OSCE
9 3 (0.98%) OSCP
10 2 (0.66%) CCNP
10 2 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.66%) PhD
11 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (10.82%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.92%) GDPR
3 7 (2.30%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.64%) QA
5 4 (1.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.98%) NIST
6 3 (0.98%) SLA
7 1 (0.33%) PMO
7 1 (0.33%) Solvency II
System Software
1 36 (11.80%) Docker
2 6 (1.97%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.98%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.33%) Firmware
5 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 47 (15.41%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.92%) Ansible
3 9 (2.95%) Grafana
4 8 (2.62%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.33%) Puppet
5 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 36 (11.80%) Microsoft
2 29 (9.51%) Databricks
3 16 (5.25%) Google
4 10 (3.28%) OpenAI
5 9 (2.95%) Oracle
6 7 (2.30%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.30%) Splunk
7 4 (1.31%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.31%) Cloudera
7 4 (1.31%) Dell
8 3 (0.98%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.66%) Cisco
9 2 (0.66%) Foundry
9 2 (0.66%) Mistral
9 2 (0.66%) Refinitiv
9 2 (0.66%) SAP
9 2 (0.66%) Typelevel
9 2 (0.66%) VMware
10 1 (0.33%) Checkmarx
10 1 (0.33%) Confluent