Python Developer Job Trends in London

Python Developer
England > London

The median Python Developer salary in London is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 January 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 241 153
Rank change year-on-year +50 -88 +121
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 205 216 383
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.40% 1.39% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 1.51% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 153 160 355
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £61,813 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £132,500 £110,000 £140,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £115,375 £150,000
England median annual salary £76,000 £76,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year - -10.59% +3.03%

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 13,364 14,309 18,996
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 92.06% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,828 8,223 15,327
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -2.03%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,173
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.75% -11.72%

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 24 January 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 24 January 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 +27 50 £60,000 +9.09% 24
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 January 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.

1 205 (100.00%) Python
2 74 (36.10%) Agile
3 59 (28.78%) Software Engineering
4 53 (25.85%) AWS
5 50 (24.39%) AI
6 49 (23.90%) CI/CD
6 49 (23.90%) React
7 42 (20.49%) Test Automation
8 39 (19.02%) Fintech
8 39 (19.02%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (18.05%) Order Management
9 37 (18.05%) TypeScript
10 34 (16.59%) Azure
11 32 (15.61%) RESTful
12 31 (15.12%) PostgreSQL
13 30 (14.63%) JavaScript
13 30 (14.63%) Node.js
14 29 (14.15%) Continuous Improvement
15 28 (13.66%) Django
15 28 (13.66%) GCP
15 28 (13.66%) SQL
16 27 (13.17%) C++
16 27 (13.17%) GitHub
16 27 (13.17%) QA
17 26 (12.68%) Docker
17 26 (12.68%) REST
17 26 (12.68%) TDD
18 24 (11.71%) Investment Management
18 24 (11.71%) NumPy
18 24 (11.71%) Pandas

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 20 (9.76%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (6.83%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.93%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.95%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.49%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 53 (25.85%) AWS
2 34 (16.59%) Azure
3 28 (13.66%) GCP
4 27 (13.17%) GitHub
5 22 (10.73%) AWS Lambda
5 22 (10.73%) Serverless
6 20 (9.76%) dbt
7 14 (6.83%) Amazon S3
7 14 (6.83%) Amazon SQS
8 13 (6.34%) SaaS
9 11 (5.37%) Azure AI
10 10 (4.88%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (3.90%) n8n
12 8 (3.90%) Power Platform
13 6 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
14 2 (0.98%) Copilot Studio
14 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.98%) Power Automate
15 1 (0.49%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.49%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (15.12%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (9.76%) Amazon Athena
2 20 (9.76%) Apache Arrow
2 20 (9.76%) Apache Iceberg
2 20 (9.76%) Dremio
3 17 (8.29%) NoSQL
4 13 (6.34%) Big Data
5 8 (3.90%) DynamoDB
5 8 (3.90%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (3.41%) Relational Database
7 5 (2.44%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.95%) Tick Data
9 2 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.98%) MySQL
9 2 (0.98%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (5.37%) Git
2 3 (1.46%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.98%) JIRA
3 2 (0.98%) Maven
4 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 82 (40.00%) Finance
2 48 (23.41%) Social Skills
3 45 (21.95%) Front Office
4 24 (11.71%) Health Technology
4 24 (11.71%) Publishing
5 23 (11.22%) Tech for Good
6 14 (6.83%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (6.83%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (5.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (5.37%) Banking
9 7 (3.41%) Legal
9 7 (3.41%) Marketing
10 5 (2.44%) Electronics
10 5 (2.44%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.44%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.44%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.95%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.46%) Analytical Skills
12 3 (1.46%) Retail
13 2 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (23.90%) React
2 32 (15.61%) RESTful
3 30 (14.63%) Node.js
4 28 (13.66%) Django
5 26 (12.68%) REST
6 24 (11.71%) NumPy
6 24 (11.71%) Pandas
7 22 (10.73%) FastAPI
7 22 (10.73%) Flask
8 21 (10.24%) AngularJS
9 20 (9.76%) SciPy
9 20 (9.76%) Vue
10 17 (8.29%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 15 (7.32%) Kafka
12 10 (4.88%) LangChain
13 8 (3.90%) Swagger
14 7 (3.41%) PyTorch
15 5 (2.44%) PyXLL
16 3 (1.46%) Next.js
16 3 (1.46%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 42 (20.49%) Equities
2 25 (12.20%) Hedge funds
3 21 (10.24%) Fixed Income
3 21 (10.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 20 (9.76%) Data Structures
5 19 (9.27%) Algorithms
5 19 (9.27%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.90%) AI Agents
6 8 (3.90%) Low-Code
6 8 (3.90%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.41%) Cloud Native
7 7 (3.41%) Educational Technology
8 5 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.95%) Grid Computing
10 3 (1.46%) PropTech
11 1 (0.49%) Blockchain
11 1 (0.49%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (36.10%) Agile
2 59 (28.78%) Software Engineering
3 50 (24.39%) AI
4 49 (23.90%) CI/CD
5 42 (20.49%) Test Automation
6 39 (19.02%) Fintech
6 39 (19.02%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (18.05%) Order Management
8 29 (14.15%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (12.68%) TDD
10 24 (11.71%) Investment Management
11 23 (11.22%) Containerisation
11 23 (11.22%) Mentoring
12 22 (10.73%) Full-Stack Development
12 22 (10.73%) Operational Stability
12 22 (10.73%) Pair Programming
12 22 (10.73%) Scrum
13 20 (9.76%) Asset Management
13 20 (9.76%) OOP
13 20 (9.76%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 205 (100.00%) Python
2 37 (18.05%) TypeScript
3 30 (14.63%) JavaScript
4 28 (13.66%) SQL
5 27 (13.17%) C++
6 12 (5.85%) Java
7 5 (2.44%) C#
8 3 (1.46%) Bicep
9 2 (0.98%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.98%) Scala
10 1 (0.49%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.49%) PHP
10 1 (0.49%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (6.83%) Degree
2 3 (1.46%) Master's Degree
2 3 (1.46%) PhD
3 2 (0.98%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.49%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.49%) MCP
4 1 (0.49%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.17%) QA
2 2 (0.98%) GDPR
2 2 (0.98%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.98%) PSD2
System Software
1 26 (12.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (8.29%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.93%) Terraform
3 1 (0.49%) Grafana
Vendors
1 12 (5.85%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.90%) OpenAI
3 6 (2.93%) iManage
4 5 (2.44%) Google
4 5 (2.44%) SAP
5 2 (0.98%) Databricks
5 2 (0.98%) Solace
6 1 (0.49%) Foundry
6 1 (0.49%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.49%) UiPath