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 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 202 189
Rank change year-on-year +10 -13 +65
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 237 200 414
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.14% 1.66% 1.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.84% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 185 160 376
10th Percentile £55,000 £55,875 £66,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £74,688 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £88,750 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% -15.48% +5.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £138,750
90th Percentile £140,000 £138,250 £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 19,143 10,858 22,041
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 89.97% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 13,094 6,935 16,595
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 £55,250 £57,560 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.01% +7.59% -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 22 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 22 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 +22 63 £60,000 -22.58% 21
West London - 2 - -
East London -11 1 - - 2
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 237 (100.00%) Python
2 71 (29.96%) Software Engineering
3 68 (28.69%) AI
4 51 (21.52%) AWS
5 41 (17.30%) Agile
6 34 (14.35%) Django
6 34 (14.35%) Fintech
6 34 (14.35%) Full-Stack Development
6 34 (14.35%) Test Automation
7 32 (13.50%) CI/CD
8 31 (13.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (12.66%) SDLC
9 30 (12.66%) SQL
10 27 (11.39%) Azure
10 27 (11.39%) FastAPI
10 27 (11.39%) OO
10 27 (11.39%) React
10 27 (11.39%) RESTful
11 25 (10.55%) REST
12 24 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
12 24 (10.13%) SaaS
13 23 (9.70%) Linux
14 22 (9.28%) Docker
14 22 (9.28%) Flask
15 21 (8.86%) OOP
16 20 (8.44%) Computer Science
17 19 (8.02%) Boost C++ Libraries
17 19 (8.02%) C++
17 19 (8.02%) Low Latency
17 19 (8.02%) Microservices

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 16 (6.75%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.84%) 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 51 (21.52%) AWS
2 27 (11.39%) Azure
3 24 (10.13%) SaaS
4 15 (6.33%) GitHub
5 11 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (4.64%) GitHub Actions
6 10 (4.22%) Serverless
7 9 (3.80%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (3.80%) GCP
8 7 (2.95%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.11%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (1.27%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.84%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.84%) AWS CodePipeline
11 2 (0.84%) Azure AI
12 1 (0.42%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 1 (0.42%) Anthropic Claude
12 1 (0.42%) AWS Fargate
12 1 (0.42%) PaaS
12 1 (0.42%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.53%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.02%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (6.33%) Big Data
3 6 (2.53%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.11%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.27%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.84%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.42%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.42%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (5.91%) Git
2 2 (0.84%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.42%) Selenium
General
1 60 (25.32%) Finance
2 42 (17.72%) Front Office
3 38 (16.03%) Social Skills
4 12 (5.06%) Banking
4 12 (5.06%) Health Technology
4 12 (5.06%) Tech for Good
5 10 (4.22%) Publishing
6 7 (2.95%) Games
7 5 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.84%) Retail
10 1 (0.42%) Back Office
10 1 (0.42%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.42%) Law
10 1 (0.42%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (14.35%) Django
2 27 (11.39%) FastAPI
2 27 (11.39%) React
2 27 (11.39%) RESTful
3 25 (10.55%) REST
4 22 (9.28%) Flask
5 19 (8.02%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 17 (7.17%) Kafka
7 9 (3.80%) AngularJS
7 9 (3.80%) Node.js
8 8 (3.38%) Redux
9 6 (2.53%) .NET
10 5 (2.11%) NumPy
10 5 (2.11%) Pandas
11 4 (1.69%) Swagger
12 3 (1.27%) WebSockets
13 2 (0.84%) JSON
13 2 (0.84%) Plotly
13 2 (0.84%) PySpark
13 2 (0.84%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 33 (13.92%) Hedge funds
2 29 (12.24%) Equities
3 25 (10.55%) Algorithms
3 25 (10.55%) Data Structures
4 22 (9.28%) Fixed Income
5 19 (8.02%) Cloud Native
5 19 (8.02%) Management Information System
6 14 (5.91%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (4.22%) Derivative
7 10 (4.22%) Educational Technology
7 10 (4.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 10 (4.22%) PropTech
8 9 (3.80%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.53%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (2.53%) Low-Code
9 6 (2.53%) Video\Live Streaming
10 4 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (0.84%) Onboarding
13 1 (0.42%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.70%) Linux
2 2 (0.84%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (29.96%) Software Engineering
2 68 (28.69%) AI
3 41 (17.30%) Agile
4 34 (14.35%) Fintech
4 34 (14.35%) Full-Stack Development
4 34 (14.35%) Test Automation
5 32 (13.50%) CI/CD
6 31 (13.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (12.66%) SDLC
8 27 (11.39%) OO
9 24 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (8.86%) OOP
11 20 (8.44%) Computer Science
12 19 (8.02%) Low Latency
12 19 (8.02%) Microservices
12 19 (8.02%) Order Management
13 18 (7.59%) Clean Code
14 16 (6.75%) Investment Management
15 15 (6.33%) Mentoring
16 14 (5.91%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 237 (100.00%) Python
2 30 (12.66%) SQL
3 19 (8.02%) C++
3 19 (8.02%) TypeScript
4 18 (7.59%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.80%) Java
6 6 (2.53%) Go
7 3 (1.27%) C#
8 2 (0.84%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.84%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.84%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.42%) Bash
9 1 (0.42%) Perl
9 1 (0.42%) PHP
9 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (3.80%) Degree
2 2 (0.84%) Azure Certification
2 2 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.42%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.80%) QA
2 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
System Software
1 22 (9.28%) Docker
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 15 (6.33%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (1.69%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.27%) Databricks
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle
3 2 (0.84%) Salesforce