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 August 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 167 194
Rank change year-on-year -93 +27 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 197 266 325
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.84% 2.17% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 2.37% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 146 203 281
10th Percentile £63,750 £61,500 £70,000
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 £87,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -12.50% +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 21,832 11,225 18,692
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 91.75% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 14,952 7,298 13,009
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
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 £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 5 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 5 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 -13 29 £65,000 -17.46% 8
West London - 3 - - 1
East London -9 1 - - 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 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.

1 197 (100.00%) Python
2 59 (29.95%) AWS
3 58 (29.44%) Software Engineering
4 56 (28.43%) AI
5 45 (22.84%) SQL
6 33 (16.75%) FastAPI
7 32 (16.24%) CI/CD
8 29 (14.72%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (14.21%) Full-Stack Development
10 25 (12.69%) RESTful
10 25 (12.69%) Test Automation
11 24 (12.18%) Azure
12 22 (11.17%) Fintech
13 20 (10.15%) Agile
13 20 (10.15%) Docker
13 20 (10.15%) Microservices
13 20 (10.15%) SaaS
14 19 (9.64%) Django
14 19 (9.64%) Linux
14 19 (9.64%) OO
14 19 (9.64%) REST
14 19 (9.64%) SDLC
15 18 (9.14%) Analytics
15 18 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
15 18 (9.14%) Flask
16 17 (8.63%) Observability
16 17 (8.63%) OOP
17 16 (8.12%) Cybersecurity
17 16 (8.12%) Data Engineering
17 16 (8.12%) Kubernetes

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 11 (5.58%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.02%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.51%) Apache
3 1 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.51%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 59 (29.95%) AWS
2 24 (12.18%) Azure
3 20 (10.15%) SaaS
4 10 (5.08%) GCP
5 7 (3.55%) Amazon EKS
5 7 (3.55%) Amazon S3
5 7 (3.55%) Serverless
6 6 (3.05%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.54%) Amazon SQS
7 5 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.03%) Amazon Bedrock
8 4 (2.03%) Kong
9 2 (1.02%) AWS CodePipeline
9 2 (1.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (1.02%) Azure Functions
9 2 (1.02%) GitHub
9 2 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.02%) PaaS
9 2 (1.02%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.57%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (14.72%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (5.08%) Big Data
3 9 (4.57%) DynamoDB
3 9 (4.57%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (2.03%) MySQL
5 4 (2.03%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.52%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.02%) Power BI
7 2 (1.02%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.51%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.51%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.51%) Redis
8 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.06%) Git
2 2 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.51%) GitLab
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.51%) Selenium
General
1 46 (23.35%) Finance
2 30 (15.23%) Front Office
3 20 (10.15%) Social Skills
4 9 (4.57%) Banking
4 9 (4.57%) Games
4 9 (4.57%) Health Technology
4 9 (4.57%) Tech for Good
5 4 (2.03%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.03%) Publishing
6 2 (1.02%) Investment Banking
6 2 (1.02%) Marketing
7 1 (0.51%) Back Office
7 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.51%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (16.75%) FastAPI
2 25 (12.69%) RESTful
3 19 (9.64%) Django
3 19 (9.64%) REST
4 18 (9.14%) Flask
5 16 (8.12%) React
6 14 (7.11%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 12 (6.09%) Kafka
8 10 (5.08%) Node.js
9 9 (4.57%) AngularJS
10 6 (3.05%) NumPy
10 6 (3.05%) Pandas
10 6 (3.05%) Redux
11 4 (2.03%) .NET
11 4 (2.03%) Next.js
11 4 (2.03%) Swagger
12 3 (1.52%) Plotly
13 2 (1.02%) Jakarta EE
13 2 (1.02%) RabbitMQ
13 2 (1.02%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 30 (15.23%) Distributed Systems
2 25 (12.69%) Hedge funds
3 21 (10.66%) Equities
4 20 (10.15%) Algorithms
4 20 (10.15%) Cloud Native
4 20 (10.15%) Fixed Income
5 18 (9.14%) Data Structures
6 14 (7.11%) Management Information System
7 13 (6.60%) Low-Code
8 10 (5.08%) Derivative
9 9 (4.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 9 (4.57%) Video\Live Streaming
10 8 (4.06%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (3.55%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (3.05%) PropTech
13 5 (2.54%) Market Risk
13 5 (2.54%) Onboarding
14 3 (1.52%) Educational Technology
14 3 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
15 2 (1.02%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.64%) Linux
2 2 (1.02%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (29.44%) Software Engineering
2 56 (28.43%) AI
3 32 (16.24%) CI/CD
4 28 (14.21%) Full-Stack Development
5 25 (12.69%) Test Automation
6 22 (11.17%) Fintech
7 20 (10.15%) Agile
7 20 (10.15%) Microservices
8 19 (9.64%) OO
8 19 (9.64%) SDLC
9 18 (9.14%) Analytics
9 18 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (8.63%) Observability
10 17 (8.63%) OOP
11 16 (8.12%) Cybersecurity
11 16 (8.12%) Data Engineering
12 15 (7.61%) API Development
12 15 (7.61%) Computer Science
12 15 (7.61%) Infrastructure as Code
12 15 (7.61%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 197 (100.00%) Python
2 45 (22.84%) SQL
3 15 (7.61%) JavaScript
3 15 (7.61%) TypeScript
4 14 (7.11%) C++
5 9 (4.57%) Go
6 6 (3.05%) C#
6 6 (3.05%) Java
7 2 (1.02%) Kotlin
7 2 (1.02%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.51%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.51%) Bash
8 1 (0.51%) Perl
8 1 (0.51%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (3.05%) Degree
2 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
2 1 (0.51%) Azure Certification
2 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.09%) QA
2 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
System Software
1 20 (10.15%) Docker
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 16 (8.12%) Kubernetes
2 10 (5.08%) Terraform
3 1 (0.51%) Grafana
3 1 (0.51%) Kibana
3 1 (0.51%) logstash
3 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (4.57%) Databricks
2 3 (1.52%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.52%) Oracle
3 1 (0.51%) Salesforce