Python Developer Job Trends in London

Python Developer
England > London

The median Python Developer salary in London is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 January 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 227 167
Rank change year-on-year +40 -60 +116
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 208 216 382
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.41% 1.40% 1.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.54% 1.52% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 154 159 355
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £61,625 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £132,500 £110,000 £140,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £115,000 £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 13,499 14,241 19,335
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.37% 92.00% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 8,917 8,136 15,626
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% -1.36%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 28 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 28 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 +35 51 £60,000 +9.09% 21
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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.

1 208 (100.00%) Python
2 71 (34.13%) Agile
3 58 (27.88%) Software Engineering
4 52 (25.00%) AI
5 50 (24.04%) AWS
6 48 (23.08%) CI/CD
6 48 (23.08%) React
7 42 (20.19%) Test Automation
8 39 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (18.27%) Fintech
10 35 (16.83%) Order Management
11 34 (16.35%) Azure
11 34 (16.35%) TypeScript
12 33 (15.87%) RESTful
13 30 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (14.42%) Django
14 29 (13.94%) SQL
15 28 (13.46%) C++
15 28 (13.46%) JavaScript
16 27 (12.98%) GitHub
16 27 (12.98%) Node.js
16 27 (12.98%) PostgreSQL
17 26 (12.50%) QA
17 26 (12.50%) REST
17 26 (12.50%) TDD
18 25 (12.02%) Docker
19 24 (11.54%) Full-Stack Development
19 24 (11.54%) GCP
20 23 (11.06%) Mentoring
21 22 (10.58%) AWS Lambda

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 17 (8.17%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (7.21%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.88%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.92%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.48%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 50 (24.04%) AWS
2 34 (16.35%) Azure
3 27 (12.98%) GitHub
4 24 (11.54%) GCP
5 22 (10.58%) AWS Lambda
5 22 (10.58%) Serverless
6 17 (8.17%) dbt
7 14 (6.73%) Amazon S3
7 14 (6.73%) Amazon SQS
7 14 (6.73%) SaaS
8 11 (5.29%) Azure AI
9 10 (4.81%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (3.85%) n8n
11 8 (3.85%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (0.96%) Copilot Studio
13 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.96%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.48%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.48%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (12.98%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (8.17%) Amazon Athena
2 17 (8.17%) Apache Arrow
2 17 (8.17%) Apache Iceberg
2 17 (8.17%) Dremio
3 16 (7.69%) NoSQL
4 14 (6.73%) Big Data
5 8 (3.85%) DynamoDB
5 8 (3.85%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (2.88%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.92%) RDBMS
7 4 (1.92%) Tick Data
8 2 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.96%) MySQL
8 2 (0.96%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.48%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (5.29%) Git
2 3 (1.44%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.96%) JIRA
3 2 (0.96%) Maven
4 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 82 (39.42%) Finance
2 49 (23.56%) Social Skills
3 45 (21.63%) Front Office
4 24 (11.54%) Health Technology
4 24 (11.54%) Publishing
5 23 (11.06%) Tech for Good
6 14 (6.73%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (6.73%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (5.29%) Banking
9 7 (3.37%) Legal
10 6 (2.88%) Marketing
11 4 (1.92%) Electronics
11 4 (1.92%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.92%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.92%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.92%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.44%) Analytical Skills
12 3 (1.44%) Retail
13 2 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (23.08%) React
2 33 (15.87%) RESTful
3 30 (14.42%) Django
4 27 (12.98%) Node.js
5 26 (12.50%) REST
6 22 (10.58%) FastAPI
6 22 (10.58%) Flask
7 21 (10.10%) NumPy
7 21 (10.10%) Pandas
8 18 (8.65%) AngularJS
8 18 (8.65%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 17 (8.17%) SciPy
9 17 (8.17%) Vue
10 16 (7.69%) Kafka
11 10 (4.81%) LangChain
12 8 (3.85%) Swagger
13 7 (3.37%) PyTorch
14 5 (2.40%) PyXLL
15 3 (1.44%) Next.js
15 3 (1.44%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 40 (19.23%) Equities
2 26 (12.50%) Hedge funds
3 21 (10.10%) Data Structures
4 20 (9.62%) Algorithms
4 20 (9.62%) Management Information System
5 19 (9.13%) Fixed Income
5 19 (9.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (3.85%) AI Agents
6 8 (3.85%) Low-Code
6 8 (3.85%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.37%) Cloud Native
7 7 (3.37%) Educational Technology
8 5 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.92%) Grid Computing
9 4 (1.92%) PropTech
10 1 (0.48%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.48%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.10%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (34.13%) Agile
2 58 (27.88%) Software Engineering
3 52 (25.00%) AI
4 48 (23.08%) CI/CD
5 42 (20.19%) Test Automation
6 39 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (18.27%) Fintech
8 35 (16.83%) Order Management
9 30 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (12.50%) TDD
11 24 (11.54%) Full-Stack Development
12 23 (11.06%) Mentoring
13 22 (10.58%) Containerisation
13 22 (10.58%) Operational Stability
13 22 (10.58%) Pair Programming
13 22 (10.58%) Scrum
14 21 (10.10%) Investment Management
14 21 (10.10%) OOP
14 21 (10.10%) SDLC
15 20 (9.62%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 208 (100.00%) Python
2 34 (16.35%) TypeScript
3 29 (13.94%) SQL
4 28 (13.46%) C++
4 28 (13.46%) JavaScript
5 13 (6.25%) Java
6 5 (2.40%) C#
7 3 (1.44%) Bicep
8 2 (0.96%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.96%) Scala
9 1 (0.48%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.48%) PHP
9 1 (0.48%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 15 (7.21%) Degree
2 3 (1.44%) Master's Degree
2 3 (1.44%) PhD
3 2 (0.96%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.48%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.48%) MCP
4 1 (0.48%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (12.50%) QA
2 2 (0.96%) GDPR
2 2 (0.96%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.96%) PSD2
System Software
1 25 (12.02%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.40%) Terraform
3 1 (0.48%) Grafana
Vendors
1 12 (5.77%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.85%) OpenAI
3 6 (2.88%) iManage
4 4 (1.92%) Google
4 4 (1.92%) SAP
5 2 (0.96%) Databricks
5 2 (0.96%) Solace
6 1 (0.48%) Foundry
6 1 (0.48%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.48%) UiPath