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 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 231 155
Rank change year-on-year +50 -76 +108
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 213 218 359
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.59% 1.35% 2.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.75% 1.44% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 156 164 337
10th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £62,500
25th Percentile £70,313 £61,813 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £102,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -17.07% +17.14%
75th Percentile £137,500 £110,000 £138,750
90th Percentile £140,000 £128,750 £150,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £76,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -20.00% +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 12,155 15,090 16,911
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 93.55% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,065 8,950 13,672
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,000 £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 18 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 18 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 +24 33 £65,000 +18.18% 12
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 213 (100.00%) Python
2 93 (43.66%) Agile
3 77 (36.15%) AWS
4 73 (34.27%) Software Engineering
5 68 (31.92%) React
6 56 (26.29%) TypeScript
7 55 (25.82%) CI/CD
8 53 (24.88%) Fintech
8 53 (24.88%) Order Management
9 48 (22.54%) PostgreSQL
10 46 (21.60%) GCP
11 45 (21.13%) JavaScript
12 44 (20.66%) Node.js
12 44 (20.66%) Test Automation
13 43 (20.19%) Problem-Solving
14 40 (18.78%) AI
14 40 (18.78%) Azure
15 39 (18.31%) NumPy
15 39 (18.31%) Pandas
16 38 (17.84%) AngularJS
17 37 (17.37%) Asset Management
17 37 (17.37%) RESTful
17 37 (17.37%) Vue
18 36 (16.90%) QA
18 36 (16.90%) Risk Management
19 35 (16.43%) Amazon Athena
19 35 (16.43%) Apache Airflow
19 35 (16.43%) Apache Arrow
19 35 (16.43%) Apache Iceberg
19 35 (16.43%) dbt

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 35 (16.43%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (6.10%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.82%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.88%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.47%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.94%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 77 (36.15%) AWS
2 46 (21.60%) GCP
3 40 (18.78%) Azure
4 35 (16.43%) dbt
5 29 (13.62%) Serverless
6 27 (12.68%) AWS Lambda
7 22 (10.33%) GitHub
8 15 (7.04%) Amazon S3
8 15 (7.04%) Amazon SQS
9 12 (5.63%) Azure AI
10 8 (3.76%) n8n
10 8 (3.76%) Power Platform
10 8 (3.76%) SaaS
11 6 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (0.94%) Azure AKS
13 2 (0.94%) Copilot Studio
13 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.94%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.94%) Internet
2 1 (0.47%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (22.54%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (16.43%) Amazon Athena
2 35 (16.43%) Apache Arrow
2 35 (16.43%) Apache Iceberg
2 35 (16.43%) Dremio
3 21 (9.86%) NoSQL
4 12 (5.63%) Big Data
4 12 (5.63%) DynamoDB
4 12 (5.63%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (4.69%) Tick Data
6 9 (4.23%) Relational Database
7 7 (3.29%) RDBMS
8 6 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.41%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.94%) MySQL
11 1 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (6.10%) Git
2 3 (1.41%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.94%) JIRA
3 2 (0.94%) Maven
3 2 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 106 (49.77%) Finance
2 60 (28.17%) Front Office
3 43 (20.19%) Social Skills
4 29 (13.62%) Health Technology
4 29 (13.62%) Publishing
5 28 (13.15%) Tech for Good
6 15 (7.04%) Influencing Skills
6 15 (7.04%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (6.10%) Marketing
9 12 (5.63%) Banking
10 7 (3.29%) Electronics
10 7 (3.29%) Legal
10 7 (3.29%) Manufacturing
10 7 (3.29%) Public Sector
10 7 (3.29%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.35%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.88%) Analytical Skills
13 3 (1.41%) Back Office
13 3 (1.41%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (31.92%) React
2 44 (20.66%) Node.js
3 39 (18.31%) NumPy
3 39 (18.31%) Pandas
4 38 (17.84%) AngularJS
5 37 (17.37%) RESTful
5 37 (17.37%) Vue
6 35 (16.43%) SciPy
7 28 (13.15%) REST
8 27 (12.68%) Django
9 26 (12.21%) Flask
10 23 (10.80%) FastAPI
11 18 (8.45%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 15 (7.04%) Kafka
13 12 (5.63%) Swagger
14 10 (4.69%) LangChain
15 7 (3.29%) PyTorch
16 5 (2.35%) PyXLL
17 4 (1.88%) pytest
18 3 (1.41%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 59 (27.70%) Equities
2 36 (16.90%) Fixed Income
2 36 (16.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 26 (12.21%) Hedge funds
4 24 (11.27%) Management Information System
5 21 (9.86%) Algorithms
6 20 (9.39%) Data Structures
7 8 (3.76%) AI Agents
7 8 (3.76%) Low-Code
8 7 (3.29%) Cloud Native
9 5 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (2.35%) Grid Computing
10 4 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.88%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.41%) Educational Technology
12 1 (0.47%) Blockchain
12 1 (0.47%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (0.47%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.47%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (11.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (43.66%) Agile
2 73 (34.27%) Software Engineering
3 55 (25.82%) CI/CD
4 53 (24.88%) Fintech
4 53 (24.88%) Order Management
5 44 (20.66%) Test Automation
6 43 (20.19%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (18.78%) AI
8 37 (17.37%) Asset Management
9 36 (16.90%) Risk Management
10 35 (16.43%) Investment Management
10 35 (16.43%) Performance Attribution
11 29 (13.62%) TDD
12 28 (13.15%) Containerisation
12 28 (13.15%) Pair Programming
12 28 (13.15%) Scrum
13 27 (12.68%) Mentoring
13 27 (12.68%) Operational Stability
14 23 (10.80%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (10.33%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 213 (100.00%) Python
2 56 (26.29%) TypeScript
3 45 (21.13%) JavaScript
4 31 (14.55%) SQL
5 29 (13.62%) C++
6 13 (6.10%) Java
7 9 (4.23%) C#
8 3 (1.41%) Bicep
9 2 (0.94%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.94%) Scala
10 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.47%) Bash
10 1 (0.47%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (7.98%) Degree
2 6 (2.82%) Master's Degree
3 5 (2.35%) PhD
4 3 (1.41%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.94%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.47%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (16.90%) QA
2 2 (0.94%) GDPR
2 2 (0.94%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.94%) PSD2
3 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
System Software
1 29 (13.62%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) zsh
Systems Management
1 22 (10.33%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.76%) Terraform
3 1 (0.47%) Grafana
Vendors
1 12 (5.63%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.69%) Databricks
3 8 (3.76%) Google
3 8 (3.76%) OpenAI
3 8 (3.76%) SAP
4 6 (2.82%) iManage
5 2 (0.94%) Foundry
5 2 (0.94%) Solace
6 1 (0.47%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.47%) UiPath