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 17 May 2026.

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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 196 190
Rank change year-on-year +1 -6 +67
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 236 209 410
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 1.69% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.87% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 186 166 372
10th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £66,250
25th Percentile £68,500 £72,813 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £86,250 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -17.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £138,750
90th Percentile £140,000 £141,250 £150,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% -10.53% +8.57%

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 18,969 11,166 22,079
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 90.09% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 12,964 7,258 16,651
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%

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 May 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 May 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 +16 63 £60,000 -22.58% 15
West London - 2 - - 1
East London -9 1 - - 2
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 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.

1 236 (100.00%) Python
2 71 (30.08%) AI
2 71 (30.08%) Software Engineering
3 48 (20.34%) AWS
4 42 (17.80%) Agile
5 35 (14.83%) Fintech
6 34 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 33 (13.98%) Full-Stack Development
7 33 (13.98%) Test Automation
8 32 (13.56%) Django
9 31 (13.14%) CI/CD
9 31 (13.14%) SDLC
10 28 (11.86%) RESTful
10 28 (11.86%) SQL
11 27 (11.44%) SaaS
12 26 (11.02%) Azure
12 26 (11.02%) OO
12 26 (11.02%) React
13 25 (10.59%) Problem-Solving
14 24 (10.17%) REST
15 22 (9.32%) Computer Science
15 22 (9.32%) FastAPI
16 21 (8.90%) Linux
17 20 (8.47%) Docker
17 20 (8.47%) JavaScript
17 20 (8.47%) OOP
18 19 (8.05%) Flask
18 19 (8.05%) Microservices
19 18 (7.63%) Boost C++ Libraries
19 18 (7.63%) C++

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 17 (7.20%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.27%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.42%) Apache
3 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.42%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 48 (20.34%) AWS
2 27 (11.44%) SaaS
3 26 (11.02%) Azure
4 16 (6.78%) GitHub
5 12 (5.08%) Serverless
6 11 (4.66%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (4.24%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (3.81%) Amazon S3
9 8 (3.39%) GCP
10 7 (2.97%) Amazon SQS
11 2 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.85%) AWS CodePipeline
11 2 (0.85%) Azure AI
12 1 (0.42%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 1 (0.42%) Anthropic Claude
12 1 (0.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 1 (0.42%) PaaS
12 1 (0.42%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.54%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.20%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (6.78%) Big Data
3 6 (2.54%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.12%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.85%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.85%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.42%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (6.36%) Git
2 2 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.42%) Selenium
General
1 61 (25.85%) Finance
2 42 (17.80%) Social Skills
3 41 (17.37%) Front Office
4 14 (5.93%) Health Technology
4 14 (5.93%) Tech for Good
5 12 (5.08%) Publishing
6 10 (4.24%) Banking
7 7 (2.97%) Games
8 6 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.27%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (0.85%) Retail
12 1 (0.42%) Back Office
12 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.42%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (13.56%) Django
2 28 (11.86%) RESTful
3 26 (11.02%) React
4 24 (10.17%) REST
5 22 (9.32%) FastAPI
6 19 (8.05%) Flask
7 18 (7.63%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 18 (7.63%) Kafka
8 9 (3.81%) AngularJS
8 9 (3.81%) Node.js
9 8 (3.39%) Redux
10 6 (2.54%) .NET
11 5 (2.12%) NumPy
11 5 (2.12%) Pandas
12 4 (1.69%) Swagger
13 3 (1.27%) WebSockets
14 2 (0.85%) JSON
14 2 (0.85%) Next.js
14 2 (0.85%) PyTorch
14 2 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.56%) Hedge funds
2 28 (11.86%) Equities
3 23 (9.75%) Data Structures
4 22 (9.32%) Algorithms
4 22 (9.32%) Fixed Income
5 19 (8.05%) Cloud Native
6 18 (7.63%) Management Information System
7 14 (5.93%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (4.24%) Educational Technology
8 10 (4.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (4.24%) PropTech
9 9 (3.81%) Derivative
9 9 (3.81%) Product Ownership
10 6 (2.54%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (2.54%) Low-Code
10 6 (2.54%) Video\Live Streaming
11 4 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
13 2 (0.85%) Onboarding
14 1 (0.42%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.90%) Linux
2 1 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (30.08%) AI
1 71 (30.08%) Software Engineering
2 42 (17.80%) Agile
3 35 (14.83%) Fintech
4 34 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (13.98%) Full-Stack Development
5 33 (13.98%) Test Automation
6 31 (13.14%) CI/CD
6 31 (13.14%) SDLC
7 26 (11.02%) OO
8 25 (10.59%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (9.32%) Computer Science
10 20 (8.47%) OOP
11 19 (8.05%) Microservices
12 18 (7.63%) Clean Code
12 18 (7.63%) Low Latency
12 18 (7.63%) Order Management
13 17 (7.20%) Mentoring
14 16 (6.78%) Investment Management
15 14 (5.93%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 236 (100.00%) Python
2 28 (11.86%) SQL
3 20 (8.47%) JavaScript
4 18 (7.63%) C++
5 17 (7.20%) TypeScript
6 9 (3.81%) Java
7 6 (2.54%) Go
8 3 (1.27%) C#
9 2 (0.85%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.85%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.42%) Perl
10 1 (0.42%) PHP
10 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (4.24%) Degree
2 2 (0.85%) Azure Certification
2 2 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.42%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.66%) QA
2 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
System Software
1 20 (8.47%) Docker
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 14 (5.93%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (1.69%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.85%) Databricks
2 2 (0.85%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle