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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 5 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 0
Permanent jobs citing Python 416 474 418
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 11.92% 22.60% 13.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.19% 46.29% 27.66%
Number of salaries quoted 308 374 336
10th Percentile £48,450 £52,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% +8.06% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £104,063
90th Percentile £110,000 £131,750 £122,500
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year - +9.68% -

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 986 1,024 1,511
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 28.25% 48.83% 47.83%
Number of salaries quoted 759 861 1,307
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £66,125 £58,750 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - +0.31%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £106,500 £122,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - +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 8 April 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 19 (4.57%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (3.85%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.16%) Apache
4 3 (0.72%) Confluence
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.48%) nginx
6 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Actimize
1 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 162 (38.94%) Azure
2 123 (29.57%) AWS
3 60 (14.42%) GCP
4 49 (11.78%) Power Platform
5 32 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (5.77%) Azure Data Factory
7 23 (5.53%) GitHub
8 22 (5.29%) SaaS
9 15 (3.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 15 (3.61%) Snowflake
10 12 (2.88%) dbt
10 12 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (2.16%) PaaS
12 7 (1.68%) Serverless
13 6 (1.44%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (1.44%) Datadog
13 6 (1.44%) Nutanix
14 5 (1.20%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 5 (1.20%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.33%) Network Security
2 12 (2.88%) Broadband
3 9 (2.16%) Wireless
4 5 (1.20%) DHCP
4 5 (1.20%) DNS
4 5 (1.20%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.72%) LAN
5 3 (0.72%) WAN
6 2 (0.48%) 4G
6 2 (0.48%) BGP
6 2 (0.48%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.48%) HTTP
6 2 (0.48%) IOS XR
6 2 (0.48%) MPLS
6 2 (0.48%) NAS
6 2 (0.48%) SAN
6 2 (0.48%) SNMP
6 2 (0.48%) VPN
7 1 (0.24%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (9.62%) Power BI
2 36 (8.65%) Elasticsearch
3 32 (7.69%) BigQuery
4 31 (7.45%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (4.81%) SQL Server
6 19 (4.57%) Data Lake
7 16 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (3.85%) Relational Database
8 14 (3.37%) Tableau
9 11 (2.64%) NoSQL
10 9 (2.16%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (2.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (1.68%) Star Schema
12 6 (1.44%) Delta Lake
12 6 (1.44%) Looker
12 6 (1.44%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (1.20%) Big Data
13 5 (1.20%) Power Query
13 5 (1.20%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 34 (8.17%) Git
2 9 (2.16%) Burp Suite
2 9 (2.16%) Metasploit
3 8 (1.92%) JIRA
3 8 (1.92%) MLflow
4 5 (1.20%) Balsamiq
5 4 (0.96%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.72%) Postman
7 2 (0.48%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.48%) Selenium
8 1 (0.24%) GitLab
8 1 (0.24%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
General
1 113 (27.16%) Finance
2 94 (22.60%) Social Skills
3 45 (10.82%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (8.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (6.97%) Banking
6 12 (2.88%) Front Office
7 9 (2.16%) Financial Institution
8 8 (1.92%) Advertising
9 6 (1.44%) Retail
10 5 (1.20%) Legal
10 5 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.96%) Law
12 3 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.72%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.72%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.48%) International Banking
13 2 (0.48%) Marketing
13 2 (0.48%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.24%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 103 (24.76%) Senior
2 89 (21.39%) Developer
3 54 (12.98%) Lead
4 53 (12.74%) Python Developer
5 47 (11.30%) Data Engineer
6 41 (9.86%) Analyst
7 38 (9.13%) Python Engineer
8 34 (8.17%) Software Engineer
9 28 (6.73%) Senior Developer
10 24 (5.77%) Security Analyst
11 20 (4.81%) Senior Data Engineer
12 19 (4.57%) Architect
13 17 (4.09%) Senior Python Developer
14 15 (3.61%) AWS Engineer
14 15 (3.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 14 (3.37%) Lead Developer
16 13 (3.13%) Azure Engineer
16 13 (3.13%) Full-Stack Developer
16 13 (3.13%) Lead Python Developer
17 12 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (10.10%) Django
2 35 (8.41%) React
3 19 (4.57%) Node.js
4 17 (4.09%) Kafka
5 16 (3.85%) FastAPI
6 14 (3.37%) PySpark
6 14 (3.37%) RESTful
7 12 (2.88%) LangChain
7 12 (2.88%) PyTorch
8 10 (2.40%) .NET
9 9 (2.16%) Flask
9 9 (2.16%) LlamaIndex
10 8 (1.92%) REST
10 8 (1.92%) scikit-learn
10 8 (1.92%) TensorFlow
11 7 (1.68%) gRPC
11 7 (1.68%) Model Context Protocol
12 6 (1.44%) Next.js
12 6 (1.44%) pgvector
13 5 (1.20%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 38 (9.13%) Algorithms
2 32 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (6.73%) Greenfield Project
4 27 (6.49%) Cloud Native
4 27 (6.49%) Data Structures
5 26 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
6 24 (5.77%) Onboarding
6 24 (5.77%) Public Cloud
7 19 (4.57%) Security Operations Centre
8 17 (4.09%) Product Ownership
9 13 (3.13%) Security Posture
10 9 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (2.16%) Hedge funds
10 9 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (2.16%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.92%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.92%) Video\Live Streaming
12 7 (1.68%) Over-the-Top Content
13 6 (1.44%) Clustering
13 6 (1.44%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 50 (12.02%) Linux
2 32 (7.69%) Windows
3 7 (1.68%) Unix
4 5 (1.20%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.72%) CentOS
6 3 (0.72%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.24%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (22.60%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (21.39%) AI
3 88 (21.15%) Agile
3 88 (21.15%) Analytics
4 86 (20.67%) CI/CD
5 82 (19.71%) Software Engineering
6 81 (19.47%) DevOps
7 72 (17.31%) Mentoring
8 56 (13.46%) Data Science
9 55 (13.22%) Data Pipeline
9 55 (13.22%) Machine Learning
10 53 (12.74%) Continuous Improvement
11 52 (12.50%) Data Engineering
12 46 (11.06%) ETL
13 45 (10.82%) Computer Science
14 44 (10.58%) Microservices
15 43 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
16 42 (10.10%) Data Modelling
17 37 (8.89%) Fintech
18 36 (8.65%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 131 (31.49%) SQL
2 76 (18.27%) PowerShell
3 41 (9.86%) JavaScript
4 35 (8.41%) Bash
5 31 (7.45%) C#
6 30 (7.21%) Java
7 23 (5.53%) C++
7 23 (5.53%) TypeScript
8 17 (4.09%) Go
9 10 (2.40%) Scala
10 7 (1.68%) Rust
11 6 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (1.44%) Perl
11 6 (1.44%) VBA
12 5 (1.20%) R
13 4 (0.96%) C
13 4 (0.96%) Ruby
14 3 (0.72%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.72%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.72%) VC++
Qualifications
1 59 (14.18%) Degree
2 34 (8.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (4.09%) GIAC
4 14 (3.37%) OSCP
5 13 (3.13%) CREST Certified
6 12 (2.88%) CCSAM
7 9 (2.16%) CHECK Team Leader
7 9 (2.16%) CHECK Team Member
8 6 (1.44%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.44%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.20%) GPEN
9 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 5 (1.20%) Security Cleared
10 4 (0.96%) GXPN
10 4 (0.96%) OSCE
11 3 (0.72%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.48%) PhD
12 2 (0.48%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.73%) NIST
2 21 (5.05%) Data Quality
3 17 (4.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (3.85%) GDPR
5 6 (1.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (1.20%) QA
7 3 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.72%) EMIR
7 3 (0.72%) PMO
8 2 (0.48%) SLA
8 2 (0.48%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.24%) Basel III
9 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.24%) MiFID
9 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 36 (8.65%) Docker
2 9 (2.16%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 40 (9.62%) Terraform
2 33 (7.93%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.37%) Ansible
4 9 (2.16%) Nessus
5 7 (1.68%) Grafana
6 6 (1.44%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.72%) Argo
7 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.72%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.48%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.24%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.24%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.24%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.24%) SCCM
9 1 (0.24%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.24%) vRealize
Vendors
1 88 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 40 (9.62%) Databricks
3 33 (7.93%) Google
4 8 (1.92%) Dell
4 8 (1.92%) VMware
5 7 (1.68%) CyberArk
5 7 (1.68%) Oracle
5 7 (1.68%) Typelevel
6 6 (1.44%) Cloudera
6 6 (1.44%) Commvault
7 5 (1.20%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.20%) Splunk
8 4 (0.96%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.72%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.72%) Informatica
9 3 (0.72%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.72%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.48%) Cisco
10 2 (0.48%) HP
10 2 (0.48%) SAP