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 17 January 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 233 158
Rank change year-on-year +46 -75 +113
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 209 213 381
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.46% 1.37% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.60% 1.49% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 154 158 356
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £61,438 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £136,250 £110,000 £140,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £119,125 £150,000
England median annual salary £76,000 £76,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year - -20.00% +18.75%

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 13,026 14,325 18,051
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.46% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 8,615 8,257 14,524
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £40,086
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £73,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +2.04% +1.38%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -7.26%

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 17 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 17 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 +36 47 £60,000 +9.09% 17
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 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.

1 209 (100.00%) Python
2 80 (38.28%) Agile
3 62 (29.67%) Software Engineering
4 58 (27.75%) AWS
5 52 (24.88%) React
6 49 (23.44%) CI/CD
7 48 (22.97%) AI
8 42 (20.10%) Fintech
8 42 (20.10%) Test Automation
8 42 (20.10%) TypeScript
9 41 (19.62%) Order Management
10 40 (19.14%) Problem-Solving
11 34 (16.27%) PostgreSQL
11 34 (16.27%) RESTful
12 33 (15.79%) Azure
12 33 (15.79%) Node.js
13 32 (15.31%) JavaScript
14 31 (14.83%) GCP
15 29 (13.88%) C++
15 29 (13.88%) QA
16 28 (13.40%) SQL
17 27 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
17 27 (12.92%) NumPy
17 27 (12.92%) Pandas
17 27 (12.92%) TDD
18 26 (12.44%) Django
18 26 (12.44%) Docker
18 26 (12.44%) Investment Management
18 26 (12.44%) REST
19 25 (11.96%) GitHub

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 23 (11.00%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (6.70%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.87%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.91%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.48%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 58 (27.75%) AWS
2 33 (15.79%) Azure
3 31 (14.83%) GCP
4 25 (11.96%) GitHub
5 24 (11.48%) AWS Lambda
5 24 (11.48%) Serverless
6 23 (11.00%) dbt
7 14 (6.70%) Amazon S3
7 14 (6.70%) Amazon SQS
8 12 (5.74%) SaaS
9 11 (5.26%) Azure AI
10 9 (4.31%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (3.83%) n8n
11 8 (3.83%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (0.96%) Copilot Studio
13 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.96%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.48%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.48%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (16.27%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (11.00%) Amazon Athena
2 23 (11.00%) Apache Arrow
2 23 (11.00%) Apache Iceberg
2 23 (11.00%) Dremio
3 17 (8.13%) NoSQL
4 13 (6.22%) Big Data
5 10 (4.78%) DynamoDB
5 10 (4.78%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (3.35%) Relational Database
7 5 (2.39%) RDBMS
7 5 (2.39%) Tick Data
8 3 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.96%) MySQL
9 2 (0.96%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.48%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (4.31%) 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 88 (42.11%) Finance
2 48 (22.97%) Front Office
3 46 (22.01%) Social Skills
4 26 (12.44%) Health Technology
4 26 (12.44%) Publishing
5 25 (11.96%) Tech for Good
6 14 (6.70%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (6.70%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (5.74%) Banking
7 12 (5.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.83%) Marketing
9 7 (3.35%) Legal
10 5 (2.39%) Electronics
10 5 (2.39%) Investment Banking
10 5 (2.39%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.39%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.39%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.44%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (1.44%) Retail
12 2 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (24.88%) React
2 34 (16.27%) RESTful
3 33 (15.79%) Node.js
4 27 (12.92%) NumPy
4 27 (12.92%) Pandas
5 26 (12.44%) Django
5 26 (12.44%) REST
6 24 (11.48%) AngularJS
7 23 (11.00%) SciPy
7 23 (11.00%) Vue
8 22 (10.53%) FastAPI
8 22 (10.53%) Flask
9 18 (8.61%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 15 (7.18%) Kafka
11 10 (4.78%) LangChain
11 10 (4.78%) Swagger
12 7 (3.35%) PyTorch
13 5 (2.39%) PyXLL
14 3 (1.44%) scikit-learn
14 3 (1.44%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 47 (22.49%) Equities
2 26 (12.44%) Hedge funds
3 24 (11.48%) Fixed Income
3 24 (11.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 21 (10.05%) Data Structures
4 21 (10.05%) Management Information System
5 20 (9.57%) Algorithms
6 8 (3.83%) AI Agents
6 8 (3.83%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.83%) Low-Code
7 7 (3.35%) Educational Technology
7 7 (3.35%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.39%) Grid Computing
9 4 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.96%) PropTech
11 1 (0.48%) Blockchain
11 1 (0.48%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.05%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (38.28%) Agile
2 62 (29.67%) Software Engineering
3 49 (23.44%) CI/CD
4 48 (22.97%) AI
5 42 (20.10%) Fintech
5 42 (20.10%) Test Automation
6 41 (19.62%) Order Management
7 40 (19.14%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (12.92%) TDD
9 26 (12.44%) Investment Management
10 24 (11.48%) Operational Stability
10 24 (11.48%) Pair Programming
10 24 (11.48%) Scrum
11 23 (11.00%) Asset Management
11 23 (11.00%) Mentoring
11 23 (11.00%) Performance Attribution
11 23 (11.00%) Risk Management
12 22 (10.53%) Containerisation
13 21 (10.05%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 209 (100.00%) Python
2 42 (20.10%) TypeScript
3 32 (15.31%) JavaScript
4 29 (13.88%) C++
5 28 (13.40%) SQL
6 12 (5.74%) Java
7 6 (2.87%) C#
8 3 (1.44%) Bicep
9 2 (0.96%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.96%) Scala
10 1 (0.48%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.48%) PHP
10 1 (0.48%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 15 (7.18%) Degree
2 4 (1.91%) Master's Degree
2 4 (1.91%) PhD
3 2 (0.96%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.48%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.48%) MCP
4 1 (0.48%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (13.88%) QA
2 2 (0.96%) GDPR
2 2 (0.96%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.96%) PSD2
System Software
1 26 (12.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (8.13%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.87%) Terraform
3 1 (0.48%) Grafana
Vendors
1 12 (5.74%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.83%) OpenAI
3 6 (2.87%) iManage
4 5 (2.39%) Google
4 5 (2.39%) SAP
5 3 (1.44%) Databricks
6 2 (0.96%) Solace
7 1 (0.48%) Foundry
7 1 (0.48%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.48%) UiPath