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 15 November 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 222 166
Rank change year-on-year +36 -56 +112
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 231 249 387
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.80% 1.43% 2.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.98% 1.50% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 161 186 364
10th Percentile £64,000 £52,500 £63,250
25th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £90,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £137,500 £115,000 £135,625
90th Percentile - £144,375 £150,000
England median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £95,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% -13.16% +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 11,668 16,573 18,261
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.87% 94.88% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7,502 10,137 14,894
10th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,000 £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 £120,000 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £53,168 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.53% -4.17% -

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 15 November 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 15 November 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 +26 29 £85,000 +54.55% 53
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 November 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.

1 231 (100.00%) Python
2 114 (49.35%) Agile
3 102 (44.16%) AWS
4 93 (40.26%) Software Engineering
5 92 (39.83%) React
6 73 (31.60%) TypeScript
7 71 (30.74%) PostgreSQL
8 70 (30.30%) Order Management
9 69 (29.87%) CI/CD
10 67 (29.00%) GCP
11 65 (28.14%) JavaScript
12 61 (26.41%) AngularJS
13 60 (25.97%) Fintech
14 59 (25.54%) Node.js
14 59 (25.54%) Vue
15 58 (25.11%) Pandas
16 57 (24.68%) NumPy
17 55 (23.81%) Test Automation
18 54 (23.38%) Amazon Athena
18 54 (23.38%) Apache Iceberg
18 54 (23.38%) dbt
18 54 (23.38%) Risk Management
19 53 (22.94%) Asset Management
20 52 (22.51%) Azure
21 50 (21.65%) Apache Airflow
21 50 (21.65%) Apache Arrow
21 50 (21.65%) Dremio
21 50 (21.65%) Investment Management
21 50 (21.65%) Performance Attribution
21 50 (21.65%) SciPy

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 50 (21.65%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (4.33%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.60%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.73%) Apache
5 3 (1.30%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.43%) CMS
6 1 (0.43%) nginx
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 102 (44.16%) AWS
2 67 (29.00%) GCP
3 54 (23.38%) dbt
4 52 (22.51%) Azure
5 30 (12.99%) Serverless
6 28 (12.12%) AWS Lambda
7 19 (8.23%) GitHub
8 13 (5.63%) Amazon S3
8 13 (5.63%) Amazon SQS
9 10 (4.33%) Azure AI
10 8 (3.46%) n8n
10 8 (3.46%) Power Platform
11 6 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (2.16%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.73%) Amazon EC2
14 2 (0.87%) Azure AKS
14 2 (0.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.87%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.87%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.30%) FTP
2 2 (0.87%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (30.74%) PostgreSQL
2 54 (23.38%) Amazon Athena
2 54 (23.38%) Apache Iceberg
3 50 (21.65%) Apache Arrow
3 50 (21.65%) Dremio
4 28 (12.12%) NoSQL
5 19 (8.23%) DynamoDB
6 15 (6.49%) Elasticsearch
7 14 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (6.06%) Tick Data
8 13 (5.63%) Big Data
8 13 (5.63%) Relational Database
9 11 (4.76%) RDBMS
10 9 (3.90%) SQL Server
11 4 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.87%) MySQL
13 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
13 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.43%) Redis
Development Applications
1 22 (9.52%) Git
2 3 (1.30%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.87%) JIRA
3 2 (0.87%) Maven
3 2 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 131 (56.71%) Finance
2 80 (34.63%) Front Office
3 36 (15.58%) Social Skills
4 26 (11.26%) Marketing
5 24 (10.39%) Health Technology
6 23 (9.96%) Publishing
6 23 (9.96%) Tech for Good
7 22 (9.52%) Banking
8 21 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (4.76%) Electronics
9 11 (4.76%) Manufacturing
9 11 (4.76%) Public Sector
9 11 (4.76%) Telecoms
10 9 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.46%) Legal
12 6 (2.60%) Investment Banking
13 5 (2.16%) Law
14 2 (0.87%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (39.83%) React
2 61 (26.41%) AngularJS
3 59 (25.54%) Node.js
3 59 (25.54%) Vue
4 58 (25.11%) Pandas
5 57 (24.68%) NumPy
6 50 (21.65%) SciPy
7 38 (16.45%) Flask
8 34 (14.72%) REST
8 34 (14.72%) RESTful
9 30 (12.99%) Django
10 25 (10.82%) FastAPI
11 20 (8.66%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 15 (6.49%) Swagger
13 13 (5.63%) Kafka
14 10 (4.33%) LangChain
15 9 (3.90%) PySpark
16 8 (3.46%) CSS
16 8 (3.46%) HTML
17 6 (2.60%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 75 (32.47%) Equities
2 51 (22.08%) Fixed Income
3 50 (21.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 31 (13.42%) Hedge funds
5 30 (12.99%) Management Information System
6 24 (10.39%) Algorithms
7 21 (9.09%) Data Structures
8 8 (3.46%) AI Agents
8 8 (3.46%) Low-Code
9 6 (2.60%) Cloud Native
10 5 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (2.16%) Grid Computing
10 5 (2.16%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.87%) Reinsurance
13 1 (0.43%) Derivative
13 1 (0.43%) Mobile App
13 1 (0.43%) Product Ownership
13 1 (0.43%) Public Cloud
13 1 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (13.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (49.35%) Agile
2 93 (40.26%) Software Engineering
3 70 (30.30%) Order Management
4 69 (29.87%) CI/CD
5 60 (25.97%) Fintech
6 55 (23.81%) Test Automation
7 54 (23.38%) Risk Management
8 53 (22.94%) Asset Management
9 50 (21.65%) Investment Management
9 50 (21.65%) Performance Attribution
10 45 (19.48%) Problem-Solving
11 40 (17.32%) Containerisation
12 32 (13.85%) AI
12 32 (13.85%) TDD
13 30 (12.99%) OO
14 29 (12.55%) OOP
15 28 (12.12%) Pair Programming
16 25 (10.82%) Mentoring
17 24 (10.39%) Scrum
18 23 (9.96%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 231 (100.00%) Python
2 73 (31.60%) TypeScript
3 65 (28.14%) JavaScript
4 40 (17.32%) SQL
5 31 (13.42%) C++
6 12 (5.19%) Java
7 9 (3.90%) C#
8 5 (2.16%) Bash
9 3 (1.30%) Bicep
9 3 (1.30%) Scala
10 2 (0.87%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.87%) Ruby
11 1 (0.43%) Clojure
11 1 (0.43%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 24 (10.39%) Degree
2 7 (3.03%) Master's Degree
3 6 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.16%) PhD
5 4 (1.73%) AWS Certification
5 4 (1.73%) AWS Certified Developer
5 4 (1.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (1.30%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.87%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.43%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (16.02%) QA
2 5 (2.16%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.87%) GDPR
3 2 (0.87%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.87%) PSD2
4 1 (0.43%) MiFID
System Software
1 38 (16.45%) Docker
2 5 (2.16%) zsh
Systems Management
1 30 (12.99%) Kubernetes
2 17 (7.36%) Terraform
3 1 (0.43%) Grafana
Vendors
1 28 (12.12%) Databricks
2 14 (6.06%) Google
3 12 (5.19%) SAP
4 10 (4.33%) Microsoft
5 8 (3.46%) OpenAI
6 6 (2.60%) iManage
7 4 (1.73%) Splunk
8 2 (0.87%) Foundry
8 2 (0.87%) Solace
9 1 (0.43%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.43%) Reuters
9 1 (0.43%) UiPath