Python Developer Job Trends in London

Python Developer
England > London

The median Python Developer salary in London is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 August 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 167 212
Rank change year-on-year -80 +45 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 189 266 303
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.79% 2.20% 1.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 2.40% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 139 203 256
10th Percentile £62,000 £62,750 £61,625
25th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £90,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -18.18% +7.32%
75th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £140,000 - £165,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% -15.00% +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 22,340 11,088 18,528
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 91.59% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 15,295 7,220 12,569
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £71,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +1.40% -1.38%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
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 23 August 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 23 August 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 -11 28 £65,000 -18.75% 7
West London - 3 - - 3
South London - 1 - -
East London - 1 - - 2
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 August 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.

1 189 (100.00%) Python
2 59 (31.22%) AWS
3 53 (28.04%) AI
3 53 (28.04%) Software Engineering
4 44 (23.28%) SQL
5 34 (17.99%) CI/CD
6 30 (15.87%) FastAPI
7 27 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
8 25 (13.23%) Full-Stack Development
9 24 (12.70%) RESTful
10 23 (12.17%) Test Automation
11 22 (11.64%) Azure
12 20 (10.58%) Docker
12 20 (10.58%) Fintech
12 20 (10.58%) SaaS
13 18 (9.52%) Analytics
13 18 (9.52%) Microservices
13 18 (9.52%) OO
14 17 (8.99%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (8.99%) Data Engineering
14 17 (8.99%) Django
14 17 (8.99%) Observability
14 17 (8.99%) REST
15 16 (8.47%) Agile
15 16 (8.47%) Cybersecurity
15 16 (8.47%) Infrastructure as Code
15 16 (8.47%) Linux
15 16 (8.47%) OOP
15 16 (8.47%) SDLC
16 15 (7.94%) API Development

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 10 (5.29%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.53%) Apache
2 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.53%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.53%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 59 (31.22%) AWS
2 22 (11.64%) Azure
3 20 (10.58%) SaaS
4 8 (4.23%) Amazon EKS
4 8 (4.23%) GCP
5 7 (3.70%) Amazon S3
5 7 (3.70%) Serverless
6 6 (3.17%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.65%) Amazon SQS
7 5 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.12%) Amazon Bedrock
8 4 (2.12%) Kong
9 3 (1.59%) GitHub
9 3 (1.59%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.06%) AWS CodePipeline
10 2 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.06%) Azure Functions
10 2 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.06%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.76%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (4.76%) Big Data
2 9 (4.76%) DynamoDB
2 9 (4.76%) MongoDB
3 5 (2.65%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.12%) MySQL
4 4 (2.12%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.59%) Power BI
6 2 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.06%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.06%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.53%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.53%) Redis
7 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.70%) Git
2 2 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.53%) GitLab
General
1 46 (24.34%) Finance
2 27 (14.29%) Front Office
3 16 (8.47%) Social Skills
4 9 (4.76%) Banking
4 9 (4.76%) Games
4 9 (4.76%) Health Technology
4 9 (4.76%) Tech for Good
5 4 (2.12%) Publishing
6 3 (1.59%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.06%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.06%) Law
7 2 (1.06%) Marketing
8 1 (0.53%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (15.87%) FastAPI
2 24 (12.70%) RESTful
3 17 (8.99%) Django
3 17 (8.99%) REST
4 14 (7.41%) Flask
5 12 (6.35%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 12 (6.35%) React
6 11 (5.82%) Kafka
6 11 (5.82%) Terraform
7 8 (4.23%) Node.js
8 7 (3.70%) AngularJS
9 6 (3.17%) NumPy
9 6 (3.17%) Pandas
10 4 (2.12%) Next.js
10 4 (2.12%) Redux
10 4 (2.12%) Swagger
11 3 (1.59%) Plotly
12 2 (1.06%) JSON
12 2 (1.06%) PySpark
12 2 (1.06%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 30 (15.87%) Distributed Systems
2 23 (12.17%) Hedge funds
3 20 (10.58%) Cloud Native
4 18 (9.52%) Algorithms
5 17 (8.99%) Equities
6 16 (8.47%) Fixed Income
7 15 (7.94%) Data Structures
8 13 (6.88%) Low-Code
9 12 (6.35%) Management Information System
10 11 (5.82%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (4.76%) Video\Live Streaming
12 8 (4.23%) Derivative
13 7 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
13 7 (3.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (2.65%) Market Risk
14 5 (2.65%) Onboarding
14 5 (2.65%) PropTech
15 3 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
15 3 (1.59%) Legacy Code
15 3 (1.59%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.47%) Linux
2 1 (0.53%) Unix
2 1 (0.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (28.04%) AI
1 53 (28.04%) Software Engineering
2 34 (17.99%) CI/CD
3 25 (13.23%) Full-Stack Development
4 23 (12.17%) Test Automation
5 20 (10.58%) Fintech
6 18 (9.52%) Analytics
6 18 (9.52%) Microservices
6 18 (9.52%) OO
7 17 (8.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (8.99%) Data Engineering
7 17 (8.99%) Observability
8 16 (8.47%) Agile
8 16 (8.47%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (8.47%) Infrastructure as Code
8 16 (8.47%) OOP
8 16 (8.47%) SDLC
9 15 (7.94%) API Development
9 15 (7.94%) Machine Learning
10 14 (7.41%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 189 (100.00%) Python
2 44 (23.28%) SQL
3 12 (6.35%) C++
4 11 (5.82%) JavaScript
4 11 (5.82%) TypeScript
5 9 (4.76%) Go
6 6 (3.17%) C#
7 5 (2.65%) Java
8 1 (0.53%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.53%) Bash
8 1 (0.53%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (3.70%) Degree
2 3 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.53%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.82%) QA
2 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
System Software
1 20 (10.58%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (7.94%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.53%) Grafana
2 1 (0.53%) Kibana
2 1 (0.53%) logstash
2 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.53%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (4.76%) Databricks
2 4 (2.12%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.06%) Oracle
4 1 (0.53%) Salesforce