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 29 July 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 168 205
Rank change year-on-year -59 +37 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 204 261 332
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.89% 2.13% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 2.32% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 152 197 289
10th Percentile £65,000 £60,750 £67,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £100,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £140,000 - £165,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £86,250 £100,000
% change year-on-year -18.84% -13.75% +11.11%

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 21,286 11,232 19,283
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 91.66% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 14,596 7,335 13,598
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £50,034
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £117,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 29 July 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 29 July 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 -15 31 £72,500 -7.94% 5
West London - 3 - -
East London -9 1 - -
South London - 1 - -
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 July 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.

1 204 (100.00%) Python
2 62 (30.39%) AWS
3 61 (29.90%) Software Engineering
4 58 (28.43%) AI
5 46 (22.55%) SQL
6 34 (16.67%) FastAPI
7 32 (15.69%) CI/CD
8 31 (15.20%) PostgreSQL
9 29 (14.22%) Full-Stack Development
10 26 (12.75%) Azure
10 26 (12.75%) RESTful
10 26 (12.75%) Test Automation
11 25 (12.25%) Fintech
12 23 (11.27%) Agile
13 21 (10.29%) Django
13 21 (10.29%) Microservices
13 21 (10.29%) OO
13 21 (10.29%) SaaS
14 20 (9.80%) Docker
14 20 (9.80%) Linux
14 20 (9.80%) REST
14 20 (9.80%) SDLC
15 19 (9.31%) Flask
15 19 (9.31%) OOP
15 19 (9.31%) React
16 18 (8.82%) Analytics
16 18 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
16 18 (8.82%) TypeScript
17 17 (8.33%) Kubernetes
17 17 (8.33%) Observability

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 12 (5.88%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.98%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.49%) Apache
3 1 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.49%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 62 (30.39%) AWS
2 26 (12.75%) Azure
3 21 (10.29%) SaaS
4 12 (5.88%) GCP
5 7 (3.43%) Amazon EKS
5 7 (3.43%) Amazon S3
5 7 (3.43%) Serverless
6 6 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.45%) Amazon SQS
7 5 (2.45%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.96%) Amazon Bedrock
8 4 (1.96%) Kong
9 2 (0.98%) AWS CodePipeline
9 2 (0.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (0.98%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.98%) GitHub
9 2 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.98%) PaaS
9 2 (0.98%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.41%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (15.20%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (5.39%) Big Data
3 9 (4.41%) DynamoDB
3 9 (4.41%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.45%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.96%) MySQL
5 4 (1.96%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.47%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.98%) Power BI
7 2 (0.98%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.49%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.49%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.49%) Redis
8 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.92%) Git
2 2 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.49%) GitLab
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.49%) Selenium
General
1 50 (24.51%) Finance
2 34 (16.67%) Front Office
3 23 (11.27%) Social Skills
4 9 (4.41%) Banking
4 9 (4.41%) Games
4 9 (4.41%) Health Technology
4 9 (4.41%) Tech for Good
5 4 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (1.96%) Publishing
6 2 (0.98%) Investment Banking
6 2 (0.98%) Marketing
7 1 (0.49%) Back Office
7 1 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.49%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (16.67%) FastAPI
2 26 (12.75%) RESTful
3 21 (10.29%) Django
4 20 (9.80%) REST
5 19 (9.31%) Flask
5 19 (9.31%) React
6 15 (7.35%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 13 (6.37%) Kafka
8 12 (5.88%) Node.js
9 9 (4.41%) AngularJS
10 8 (3.92%) Redux
11 6 (2.94%) NumPy
11 6 (2.94%) Pandas
12 5 (2.45%) .NET
13 4 (1.96%) Next.js
13 4 (1.96%) Swagger
14 3 (1.47%) Plotly
15 2 (0.98%) PySpark
15 2 (0.98%) RabbitMQ
15 2 (0.98%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.71%) Distributed Systems
2 26 (12.75%) Hedge funds
3 24 (11.76%) Equities
4 22 (10.78%) Fixed Income
5 21 (10.29%) Algorithms
6 20 (9.80%) Cloud Native
7 19 (9.31%) Data Structures
8 15 (7.35%) Management Information System
9 13 (6.37%) Low-Code
10 12 (5.88%) Derivative
11 9 (4.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (4.41%) Video\Live Streaming
12 7 (3.43%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (2.94%) PropTech
14 5 (2.45%) Market Risk
14 5 (2.45%) Onboarding
15 3 (1.47%) Educational Technology
15 3 (1.47%) Renewable Energy
16 2 (0.98%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.80%) Linux
2 2 (0.98%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (29.90%) Software Engineering
2 58 (28.43%) AI
3 32 (15.69%) CI/CD
4 29 (14.22%) Full-Stack Development
5 26 (12.75%) Test Automation
6 25 (12.25%) Fintech
7 23 (11.27%) Agile
8 21 (10.29%) Microservices
8 21 (10.29%) OO
9 20 (9.80%) SDLC
10 19 (9.31%) OOP
11 18 (8.82%) Analytics
11 18 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (8.33%) Observability
13 16 (7.84%) Computer Science
13 16 (7.84%) Cybersecurity
13 16 (7.84%) Data Engineering
13 16 (7.84%) Problem-Solving
14 15 (7.35%) API Development
14 15 (7.35%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 204 (100.00%) Python
2 46 (22.55%) SQL
3 18 (8.82%) TypeScript
4 16 (7.84%) JavaScript
5 15 (7.35%) C++
6 9 (4.41%) Go
7 6 (2.94%) C#
7 6 (2.94%) Java
8 2 (0.98%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.98%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.49%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.49%) Bash
9 1 (0.49%) Perl
9 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (2.94%) Degree
2 1 (0.49%) AWS Certification
2 1 (0.49%) Azure Certification
2 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (0.49%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.88%) QA
2 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
System Software
1 20 (9.80%) Docker
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 17 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.90%) Terraform
3 1 (0.49%) Grafana
3 1 (0.49%) Kibana
3 1 (0.49%) logstash
3 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (4.41%) Databricks
2 3 (1.47%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.47%) Oracle
3 1 (0.49%) Salesforce