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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Python 340 372 439
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 9.36% 20.24% 15.98%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.34% 46.33% 33.77%
Number of salaries quoted 270 294 279
10th Percentile £52,500 £48,900 £50,000
25th Percentile £69,063 £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 £93,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £149,625 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £90,000 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -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 803 803 1,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 22.12% 43.69% 47.31%
Number of salaries quoted 637 666 992
10th Percentile £50,750 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £57,750
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 £107,188 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,950 £130,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% -6.25%

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 12 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 (5.88%) Apache Spark
2 18 (5.29%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (3.24%) Apache
4 2 (0.59%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.29%) Camunda
5 1 (0.29%) Confluence
5 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
Applications
1 14 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.59%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 104 (30.59%) Azure
2 97 (28.53%) AWS
3 45 (13.24%) GCP
4 37 (10.88%) Power Platform
5 30 (8.82%) SaaS
6 18 (5.29%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (3.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 13 (3.82%) Snowflake
8 10 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.94%) dbt
9 9 (2.65%) Serverless
10 8 (2.35%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 7 (2.06%) Amazon EKS
11 7 (2.06%) GitHub
12 5 (1.47%) Azure AI
12 5 (1.47%) Azure AKS
12 5 (1.47%) Azure Functions
12 5 (1.47%) Azure Machine Learning
12 5 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (1.18%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.53%) Network Security
2 8 (2.35%) Broadband
3 4 (1.18%) BGP
3 4 (1.18%) OSPF
4 3 (0.88%) Firewall
4 3 (0.88%) MPLS
4 3 (0.88%) VLAN
5 2 (0.59%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.59%) WAN
6 1 (0.29%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.29%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.29%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (0.29%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.29%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.29%) HSRP
6 1 (0.29%) HTTP
6 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.29%) VPN
6 1 (0.29%) VRRP
6 1 (0.29%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (10.29%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (9.41%) Power BI
3 27 (7.94%) Elasticsearch
4 21 (6.18%) BigQuery
5 19 (5.59%) Relational Database
6 15 (4.41%) Data Lake
6 15 (4.41%) NoSQL
7 11 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (2.94%) Tableau
9 9 (2.65%) Geospatial Data
9 9 (2.65%) MongoDB
9 9 (2.65%) MySQL
9 9 (2.65%) SQL Server
10 8 (2.35%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (2.06%) Delta Lake
11 7 (2.06%) Looker
11 7 (2.06%) Spark SQL
12 6 (1.76%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (6.47%) Git
2 8 (2.35%) Jenkins
2 8 (2.35%) MLflow
3 6 (1.76%) GitLab
4 4 (1.18%) JIRA
5 3 (0.88%) Postman
5 3 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.59%) Vite
7 1 (0.29%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.29%) JMeter
7 1 (0.29%) Selenium
General
1 101 (29.71%) Finance
2 75 (22.06%) Social Skills
3 47 (13.82%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (9.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (6.18%) Banking
6 16 (4.71%) Front Office
7 11 (3.24%) Law
8 9 (2.65%) Marketing
9 6 (1.76%) Legal
10 5 (1.47%) Advertising
11 3 (0.88%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.88%) Games
11 3 (0.88%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.59%) Private Banking
12 2 (0.59%) Retail
13 1 (0.29%) Automotive
13 1 (0.29%) Back Office
13 1 (0.29%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 73 (21.47%) Senior
2 60 (17.65%) Developer
2 60 (17.65%) Python Engineer
3 52 (15.29%) Lead
4 48 (14.12%) Software Engineer
5 39 (11.47%) Data Engineer
6 26 (7.65%) Python Developer
7 25 (7.35%) Analyst
8 18 (5.29%) Senior Software Engineer
9 17 (5.00%) Lead Data Engineer
10 16 (4.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 15 (4.41%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 15 (4.41%) AWS Engineer
11 15 (4.41%) Python Software Engineer
12 13 (3.82%) Architect
13 12 (3.53%) C++ Software Engineer
13 12 (3.53%) Platform Engineer
14 11 (3.24%) Lead Developer
14 11 (3.24%) Lead Python Developer
15 10 (2.94%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.59%) LangChain
1 19 (5.59%) React
2 18 (5.29%) Kafka
3 17 (5.00%) Django
4 16 (4.71%) PyTorch
5 15 (4.41%) FastAPI
6 13 (3.82%) PySpark
7 12 (3.53%) REST
8 11 (3.24%) RESTful
9 10 (2.94%) scikit-learn
9 10 (2.94%) TensorFlow
10 9 (2.65%) Node.js
11 8 (2.35%) LlamaIndex
12 7 (2.06%) Elastic Stack
12 7 (2.06%) Pandas
12 7 (2.06%) pgvector
13 6 (1.76%) .NET
13 6 (1.76%) LangGraph
14 5 (1.47%) FIX Protocol
15 4 (1.18%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 40 (11.76%) Cloud Native
2 35 (10.29%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (7.94%) Algorithms
3 27 (7.94%) Onboarding
4 23 (6.76%) Greenfield Project
5 20 (5.88%) Public Cloud
6 16 (4.71%) Data Structures
7 12 (3.53%) Product Ownership
8 11 (3.24%) Reinsurance
9 9 (2.65%) AI Agents
10 8 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (2.06%) Clustering
11 7 (2.06%) Cyber Defence
11 7 (2.06%) Security Operations Centre
11 7 (2.06%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (1.76%) Fixed Income
12 6 (1.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (1.76%) Hedge funds
13 5 (1.47%) Data Centre
13 5 (1.47%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 49 (14.41%) Linux
2 21 (6.18%) Windows
3 3 (0.88%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (29.41%) Software Engineering
2 91 (26.76%) AI
3 76 (22.35%) CI/CD
4 64 (18.82%) Analytics
5 52 (15.29%) Machine Learning
5 52 (15.29%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (14.71%) Data Engineering
6 50 (14.71%) DevOps
7 48 (14.12%) Fintech
8 45 (13.24%) Data Pipeline
9 43 (12.65%) Agile
10 39 (11.47%) Computer Science
10 39 (11.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 38 (11.18%) Observability
12 35 (10.29%) Infrastructure as Code
12 35 (10.29%) Mentoring
13 34 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
13 34 (10.00%) Data Science
13 34 (10.00%) Microservices
14 33 (9.71%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 114 (33.53%) SQL
2 49 (14.41%) Java
3 42 (12.35%) PowerShell
4 36 (10.59%) C++
5 31 (9.12%) C#
6 30 (8.82%) JavaScript
7 20 (5.88%) TypeScript
8 19 (5.59%) Bash
9 17 (5.00%) R
10 13 (3.82%) Go
11 9 (2.65%) Julia
11 9 (2.65%) MATLAB
11 9 (2.65%) Rust
11 9 (2.65%) Scala
11 9 (2.65%) VBA
12 5 (1.47%) Bicep
12 5 (1.47%) C
12 5 (1.47%) Shell Script
13 4 (1.18%) PHP
14 3 (0.88%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 39 (11.47%) Degree
2 24 (7.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (3.82%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.94%) AWS Certification
5 9 (2.65%) SC Cleared
6 8 (2.35%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.76%) GIAC
8 5 (1.47%) CFA
9 4 (1.18%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.88%) CCSAM
10 3 (0.88%) CREST Certified
10 3 (0.88%) GPEN
10 3 (0.88%) GXPN
10 3 (0.88%) OSCE
10 3 (0.88%) OSCP
11 2 (0.59%) CCNP
11 2 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.59%) PhD
12 1 (0.29%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.71%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.00%) GDPR
3 7 (2.06%) NIST
4 6 (1.76%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 6 (1.76%) QA
5 4 (1.18%) SLA
6 3 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.29%) EMIR
7 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.29%) PMO
7 1 (0.29%) Solvency II
System Software
1 37 (10.88%) Docker
2 6 (1.76%) Virtual Servers
3 5 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.18%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.29%) Firmware
5 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 48 (14.12%) Kubernetes
2 45 (13.24%) Terraform
3 15 (4.41%) Ansible
4 9 (2.65%) Grafana
5 8 (2.35%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.29%) Puppet
6 1 (0.29%) SCCM
6 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 47 (13.82%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.41%) Databricks
3 20 (5.88%) Google
4 11 (3.24%) Oracle
5 10 (2.94%) OpenAI
6 7 (2.06%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.06%) Splunk
7 6 (1.76%) Cloudera
7 6 (1.76%) Dell
8 5 (1.47%) Alteryx
9 4 (1.18%) Typelevel
10 3 (0.88%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.88%) VMware
11 2 (0.59%) BT
11 2 (0.59%) Cisco
11 2 (0.59%) Foundry
11 2 (0.59%) Refinitiv
11 2 (0.59%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.59%) SAP
12 1 (0.29%) Aruba