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 6 December 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 229 167
Rank change year-on-year +46 -62 +81
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 220 234 369
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.66% 1.38% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.83% 1.46% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 162 174 347
10th Percentile £61,500 £52,500 £62,500
25th Percentile £72,625 £62,000 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £137,500 £110,000 £138,750
90th Percentile £140,000 £142,500 £150,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £77,500 £95,000
% change year-on-year +3.23% -18.42% +18.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 12,018 16,034 17,436
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.65% 94.40% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7,931 9,695 14,229
10th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025. 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 +28 30 £80,000 +45.45% 12
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 December 2025, 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.

1 220 (100.00%) Python
2 100 (45.45%) Agile
3 87 (39.55%) AWS
4 81 (36.82%) Software Engineering
5 76 (34.55%) React
6 62 (28.18%) TypeScript
7 59 (26.82%) Order Management
8 58 (26.36%) CI/CD
9 56 (25.45%) Fintech
9 56 (25.45%) PostgreSQL
10 53 (24.09%) GCP
10 53 (24.09%) JavaScript
11 50 (22.73%) Node.js
12 46 (20.91%) AngularJS
12 46 (20.91%) Test Automation
13 45 (20.45%) NumPy
13 45 (20.45%) Pandas
13 45 (20.45%) Vue
14 43 (19.55%) Asset Management
14 43 (19.55%) Azure
14 43 (19.55%) Risk Management
15 42 (19.09%) Amazon Athena
15 42 (19.09%) Apache Iceberg
15 42 (19.09%) dbt
16 41 (18.64%) Apache Airflow
16 41 (18.64%) Apache Arrow
16 41 (18.64%) Dremio
16 41 (18.64%) Investment Management
16 41 (18.64%) Performance Attribution
16 41 (18.64%) Problem-Solving

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 41 (18.64%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (5.45%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.73%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.82%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.45%) Apache
5 1 (0.45%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.91%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 87 (39.55%) AWS
2 53 (24.09%) GCP
3 43 (19.55%) Azure
4 42 (19.09%) dbt
5 31 (14.09%) Serverless
6 29 (13.18%) AWS Lambda
7 18 (8.18%) GitHub
8 16 (7.27%) Amazon S3
8 16 (7.27%) Amazon SQS
9 12 (5.45%) Azure AI
10 8 (3.64%) n8n
10 8 (3.64%) Power Platform
10 8 (3.64%) SaaS
11 6 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (0.91%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 2 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.91%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.91%) FTP
1 2 (0.91%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (25.45%) PostgreSQL
2 42 (19.09%) Amazon Athena
2 42 (19.09%) Apache Iceberg
3 41 (18.64%) Apache Arrow
3 41 (18.64%) Dremio
4 23 (10.45%) NoSQL
5 14 (6.36%) DynamoDB
6 12 (5.45%) Big Data
6 12 (5.45%) Elasticsearch
7 11 (5.00%) Tick Data
8 10 (4.55%) Relational Database
9 8 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (3.64%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.82%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.91%) MySQL
12 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 15 (6.82%) Git
2 3 (1.36%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.91%) JIRA
3 2 (0.91%) Maven
3 2 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 115 (52.27%) Finance
2 67 (30.45%) Front Office
3 41 (18.64%) Social Skills
4 29 (13.18%) Health Technology
4 29 (13.18%) Publishing
5 28 (12.73%) Tech for Good
6 16 (7.27%) Marketing
7 15 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (6.82%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (6.36%) Banking
9 8 (3.64%) Electronics
9 8 (3.64%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.64%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.64%) Telecoms
10 7 (3.18%) Legal
11 6 (2.73%) Investment Banking
12 5 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
13 3 (1.36%) Retail
14 2 (0.91%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (34.55%) React
2 50 (22.73%) Node.js
3 46 (20.91%) AngularJS
4 45 (20.45%) NumPy
4 45 (20.45%) Pandas
4 45 (20.45%) Vue
5 41 (18.64%) SciPy
6 37 (16.82%) RESTful
7 29 (13.18%) REST
8 26 (11.82%) Django
8 26 (11.82%) Flask
9 21 (9.55%) FastAPI
10 18 (8.18%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 14 (6.36%) Kafka
12 12 (5.45%) Swagger
13 10 (4.55%) LangChain
14 7 (3.18%) PyTorch
15 5 (2.27%) PyXLL
16 4 (1.82%) Next.js
16 4 (1.82%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 64 (29.09%) Equities
2 42 (19.09%) Fixed Income
3 41 (18.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 26 (11.82%) Hedge funds
5 25 (11.36%) Management Information System
6 22 (10.00%) Algorithms
7 19 (8.64%) Data Structures
8 8 (3.64%) AI Agents
8 8 (3.64%) Low-Code
9 7 (3.18%) Cloud Native
10 5 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (2.27%) Grid Computing
11 3 (1.36%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.91%) Product Ownership
13 1 (0.45%) Blockchain
13 1 (0.45%) Derivative
13 1 (0.45%) Educational Technology
13 1 (0.45%) Public Cloud
13 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 27 (12.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (45.45%) Agile
2 81 (36.82%) Software Engineering
3 59 (26.82%) Order Management
4 58 (26.36%) CI/CD
5 56 (25.45%) Fintech
6 46 (20.91%) Test Automation
7 43 (19.55%) Asset Management
7 43 (19.55%) Risk Management
8 41 (18.64%) Investment Management
8 41 (18.64%) Performance Attribution
8 41 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
9 40 (18.18%) AI
10 30 (13.64%) Pair Programming
10 30 (13.64%) TDD
11 29 (13.18%) Containerisation
12 28 (12.73%) Mentoring
12 28 (12.73%) Scrum
13 27 (12.27%) Operational Stability
14 23 (10.45%) OOP
14 23 (10.45%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 220 (100.00%) Python
2 62 (28.18%) TypeScript
3 53 (24.09%) JavaScript
4 33 (15.00%) SQL
5 29 (13.18%) C++
6 12 (5.45%) Java
7 9 (4.09%) C#
8 3 (1.36%) Bash
8 3 (1.36%) Bicep
9 2 (0.91%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.91%) Scala
10 1 (0.45%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (8.18%) Degree
2 6 (2.73%) Master's Degree
3 5 (2.27%) PhD
4 3 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.36%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.91%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
6 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.45%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (16.82%) QA
2 3 (1.36%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.91%) GDPR
3 2 (0.91%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.91%) PSD2
System Software
1 29 (13.18%) Docker
2 3 (1.36%) zsh
Systems Management
1 24 (10.91%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.55%) Terraform
3 1 (0.45%) Grafana
Vendors
1 15 (6.82%) Databricks
2 12 (5.45%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.09%) Google
3 9 (4.09%) SAP
4 8 (3.64%) OpenAI
5 6 (2.73%) iManage
6 2 (0.91%) Foundry
6 2 (0.91%) Solace
7 1 (0.45%) Splunk
7 1 (0.45%) UiPath