Python Developer Job Trends in London

Python Developer
England > London

The median Python Developer salary in London is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 170 217
Rank change year-on-year -102 +47 -39
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 182 255 286
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.70% 2.16% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 2.37% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 128 189 217
10th Percentile £67,500 £63,950 £59,000
25th Percentile £74,688 £72,500 £76,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £95,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +2.44%
75th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £136,250
90th Percentile £132,500 - £165,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £85,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -14.71% -10.53% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 23,968 10,756 17,941
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 91.07% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,211 6,970 11,037
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Python Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Python Developer job vacancy trend in London

Python Developer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Python Developer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Python Developer job vacancies in London

Python Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python Developer in London over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Python Developer in London

Python Developer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 1 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -18 21 £87,500 +12.90% 12
West London - 3 - - 1
South London - 1 - -
East London - 1 - -
Python Developer
England

Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 October 2026, Python Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Python Developer in the job title.

1 182 (100.00%) Python
2 65 (35.71%) AWS
3 59 (32.42%) AI
4 56 (30.77%) Software Engineering
5 43 (23.63%) SQL
6 36 (19.78%) CI/CD
7 33 (18.13%) Azure
8 27 (14.84%) FastAPI
9 26 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
10 23 (12.64%) RESTful
11 22 (12.09%) Docker
11 22 (12.09%) Full-Stack Development
11 22 (12.09%) Test Automation
12 20 (10.99%) Observability
13 18 (9.89%) Fintech
13 18 (9.89%) GCP
14 17 (9.34%) Analytics
14 17 (9.34%) DevOps
14 17 (9.34%) Validation
15 16 (8.79%) Agile
15 16 (8.79%) Data Engineering
15 16 (8.79%) Django
15 16 (8.79%) Infrastructure as Code
15 16 (8.79%) Kubernetes
16 15 (8.24%) API Development
16 15 (8.24%) Investment Management
16 15 (8.24%) LLM
16 15 (8.24%) SaaS
17 14 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
18 13 (7.14%) Amazon Bedrock

Python Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 3 (1.65%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.55%) Apache
2 1 (0.55%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.55%) Jupyter
2 1 (0.55%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 65 (35.71%) AWS
2 33 (18.13%) Azure
3 18 (9.89%) GCP
4 15 (8.24%) SaaS
5 13 (7.14%) Amazon Bedrock
6 8 (4.40%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (3.30%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (3.30%) Amazon S3
7 6 (3.30%) GitHub
7 6 (3.30%) Serverless
8 5 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.20%) Amazon SQS
9 4 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.20%) Kong
9 4 (2.20%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.65%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.65%) GitHub Copilot
10 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.65%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.95%) Broadband
2 1 (0.55%) 4G
2 1 (0.55%) 5G
2 1 (0.55%) DNS
2 1 (0.55%) HTTP
2 1 (0.55%) SSH
2 1 (0.55%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (5.49%) MongoDB
3 8 (4.40%) DynamoDB
4 6 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (2.75%) MySQL
5 5 (2.75%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.20%) Power BI
7 3 (1.65%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.10%) Big Data
8 2 (1.10%) Redis
9 1 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.55%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (4.95%) Git
2 4 (2.20%) GitLab
3 2 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.55%) Selenium
General
1 51 (28.02%) Finance
2 30 (16.48%) Front Office
3 23 (12.64%) Banking
4 20 (10.99%) Social Skills
5 10 (5.49%) Marketing
5 10 (5.49%) Tech for Good
6 9 (4.95%) Games
6 9 (4.95%) Health Technology
7 4 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.20%) Law
7 4 (2.20%) Publishing
8 3 (1.65%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.10%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.55%) Back Office
10 1 (0.55%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (14.84%) FastAPI
2 23 (12.64%) RESTful
3 16 (8.79%) Django
4 13 (7.14%) REST
5 11 (6.04%) React
5 11 (6.04%) Terraform
6 10 (5.49%) Flask
6 10 (5.49%) LangChain
6 10 (5.49%) LangGraph
6 10 (5.49%) pydantic
7 9 (4.95%) CrewAI
8 7 (3.85%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 4 (2.20%) AngularJS
9 4 (2.20%) Kafka
9 4 (2.20%) Next.js
9 4 (2.20%) Node.js
9 4 (2.20%) Pandas
9 4 (2.20%) Swagger
10 3 (1.65%) NumPy
10 3 (1.65%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 29 (15.93%) Distributed Systems
2 26 (14.29%) Hedge funds
3 16 (8.79%) Greenfield Project
4 15 (8.24%) Cloud Native
5 14 (7.69%) Equities
6 13 (7.14%) Low-Code
7 11 (6.04%) AI Agents
8 10 (5.49%) Algorithms
8 10 (5.49%) Data Structures
9 9 (4.95%) Video\Live Streaming
10 7 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (3.85%) Management Information System
11 6 (3.30%) Derivative
11 6 (3.30%) Fixed Income
11 6 (3.30%) Market Risk
12 4 (2.20%) Onboarding
13 3 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (1.65%) Legacy Code
13 3 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (1.65%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.49%) Linux
2 1 (0.55%) Unix
2 1 (0.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (32.42%) AI
2 56 (30.77%) Software Engineering
3 36 (19.78%) CI/CD
4 22 (12.09%) Full-Stack Development
4 22 (12.09%) Test Automation
5 20 (10.99%) Observability
6 18 (9.89%) Fintech
7 17 (9.34%) Analytics
7 17 (9.34%) DevOps
7 17 (9.34%) Validation
8 16 (8.79%) Agile
8 16 (8.79%) Data Engineering
8 16 (8.79%) Infrastructure as Code
9 15 (8.24%) API Development
9 15 (8.24%) Investment Management
9 15 (8.24%) LLM
10 14 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
11 13 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (7.14%) Generative AI
11 13 (7.14%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 182 (100.00%) Python
2 43 (23.63%) SQL
3 11 (6.04%) R
4 10 (5.49%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.95%) Go
6 8 (4.40%) C#
6 8 (4.40%) TypeScript
7 7 (3.85%) C++
8 4 (2.20%) Java
9 2 (1.10%) Bash
9 2 (1.10%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (3.30%) Degree
2 4 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.55%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.59%) QA
2 2 (1.10%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.55%) Data Quality
System Software
1 22 (12.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (8.79%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.20%) Grafana
3 2 (1.10%) Kibana
3 2 (1.10%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.55%) logstash
4 1 (0.55%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (5.49%) Google
2 8 (4.40%) Databricks
3 4 (2.20%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.10%) Bloomberg
4 2 (1.10%) Oracle
5 1 (0.55%) Autodesk