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 5 July 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 181 192
Rank change year-on-year -44 +11 +46
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 215 244 402
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.98% 1.96% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 2.14% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 166 187 354
10th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £67,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £95,000 £106,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -10.59% +6.25%
75th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £140,000 - £165,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% -10.53% +5.56%

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 20,417 11,390 22,644
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 91.47% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 14,059 7,300 16,762
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,655 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,125 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,673 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.46% +7.95% -12.50%

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 5 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 5 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 +2 45 £65,000 -18.75% 7
West London - 3 - -
East London -2 1 - -
South London - 1 - -
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 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.

1 215 (100.00%) Python
2 67 (31.16%) Software Engineering
3 58 (26.98%) AWS
4 57 (26.51%) AI
5 37 (17.21%) SQL
6 33 (15.35%) Full-Stack Development
7 32 (14.88%) FastAPI
8 31 (14.42%) Test Automation
9 30 (13.95%) Agile
10 29 (13.49%) CI/CD
10 29 (13.49%) PostgreSQL
11 27 (12.56%) Azure
11 27 (12.56%) Fintech
12 25 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (11.63%) Django
12 25 (11.63%) SDLC
13 24 (11.16%) OO
13 24 (11.16%) React
13 24 (11.16%) RESTful
13 24 (11.16%) SaaS
14 22 (10.23%) Docker
14 22 (10.23%) Linux
15 21 (9.77%) OOP
15 21 (9.77%) REST
16 20 (9.30%) Microservices
17 19 (8.84%) Flask
17 19 (8.84%) TypeScript
18 18 (8.37%) Computer Science
18 18 (8.37%) JavaScript
18 18 (8.37%) Problem-Solving

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 13 (6.05%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.93%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.47%) Apache
3 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.47%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 58 (26.98%) AWS
2 27 (12.56%) Azure
3 24 (11.16%) SaaS
4 12 (5.58%) GCP
5 7 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.26%) GitHub
5 7 (3.26%) Serverless
6 5 (2.33%) Amazon EKS
6 5 (2.33%) Amazon S3
6 5 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (1.86%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (1.40%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (0.93%) Amazon Bedrock
9 2 (0.93%) AWS CodePipeline
9 2 (0.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (0.93%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.93%) Kong
9 2 (0.93%) PaaS
10 1 (0.47%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.19%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (13.49%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (5.58%) Big Data
3 9 (4.19%) MongoDB
4 7 (3.26%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.40%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.93%) MySQL
7 2 (0.93%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.93%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.47%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.47%) Power BI
8 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (5.12%) Git
2 2 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.47%) Selenium
General
1 56 (26.05%) Finance
2 40 (18.60%) Front Office
3 24 (11.16%) Social Skills
4 12 (5.58%) Banking
5 9 (4.19%) Games
5 9 (4.19%) Health Technology
5 9 (4.19%) Tech for Good
6 4 (1.86%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.86%) Publishing
7 2 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (0.93%) Investment Banking
7 2 (0.93%) Marketing
8 1 (0.47%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (14.88%) FastAPI
2 25 (11.63%) Django
3 24 (11.16%) React
3 24 (11.16%) RESTful
4 21 (9.77%) REST
5 19 (8.84%) Flask
6 17 (7.91%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 13 (6.05%) Kafka
8 9 (4.19%) AngularJS
8 9 (4.19%) Node.js
9 8 (3.72%) Redux
10 7 (3.26%) .NET
11 5 (2.33%) NumPy
11 5 (2.33%) Pandas
12 4 (1.86%) Swagger
13 3 (1.40%) WebSockets
14 2 (0.93%) J2EE
14 2 (0.93%) JSON
14 2 (0.93%) Plotly
14 2 (0.93%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 28 (13.02%) Hedge funds
2 27 (12.56%) Equities
3 23 (10.70%) Algorithms
3 23 (10.70%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (10.70%) Fixed Income
4 22 (10.23%) Cloud Native
4 22 (10.23%) Data Structures
5 17 (7.91%) Management Information System
6 12 (5.58%) Derivative
7 11 (5.12%) Low-Code
8 10 (4.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (4.65%) PropTech
9 9 (4.19%) Video\Live Streaming
10 7 (3.26%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (2.33%) Educational Technology
12 4 (1.86%) Product Ownership
13 3 (1.40%) Onboarding
13 3 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
14 2 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
14 2 (0.93%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.23%) Linux
2 2 (0.93%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (31.16%) Software Engineering
2 57 (26.51%) AI
3 33 (15.35%) Full-Stack Development
4 31 (14.42%) Test Automation
5 30 (13.95%) Agile
6 29 (13.49%) CI/CD
7 27 (12.56%) Fintech
8 25 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (11.63%) SDLC
9 24 (11.16%) OO
10 21 (9.77%) OOP
11 20 (9.30%) Microservices
12 18 (8.37%) Computer Science
12 18 (8.37%) Problem-Solving
13 17 (7.91%) Low Latency
13 17 (7.91%) Order Management
14 16 (7.44%) Cybersecurity
15 15 (6.98%) Analytics
15 15 (6.98%) Investment Management
15 15 (6.98%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 215 (100.00%) Python
2 37 (17.21%) SQL
3 19 (8.84%) TypeScript
4 18 (8.37%) JavaScript
5 17 (7.91%) C++
6 9 (4.19%) Go
6 9 (4.19%) Java
7 6 (2.79%) C#
8 2 (0.93%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.93%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.47%) Bash
9 1 (0.47%) Perl
9 1 (0.47%) PHP
9 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (4.19%) Degree
2 2 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
3 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.72%) QA
2 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
System Software
1 22 (10.23%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 17 (7.91%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (3.72%) Databricks
2 3 (1.40%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle
4 1 (0.47%) Salesforce