Python Developer Job Trends in London

Python Developer
England > London

The median Python Developer salary in London is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 February 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 219 169
Rank change year-on-year +34 -50 +122
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 215 212 382
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.40% 1.41% 1.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 1.54% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 161 153 355
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £62,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £132,500 £110,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £112,500 £150,000
England median annual salary £76,000 £77,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year -1.94% -8.82% +3.03%

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 14,035 13,808 19,907
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.35% 91.60% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 9,348 8,000 16,061
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -1.36%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £111,250 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 12 February 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 12 February 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 +35 55 £60,000 +9.09% 18
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 February 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 64 (29.77%) Agile
3 61 (28.37%) Software Engineering
4 59 (27.44%) AI
5 46 (21.40%) AWS
6 45 (20.93%) React
7 44 (20.47%) CI/CD
8 41 (19.07%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (18.14%) Fintech
10 38 (17.67%) Test Automation
11 36 (16.74%) Azure
12 34 (15.81%) TypeScript
13 33 (15.35%) Django
14 32 (14.88%) JavaScript
14 32 (14.88%) Order Management
15 31 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (14.42%) RESTful
15 31 (14.42%) SQL
16 28 (13.02%) Full-Stack Development
17 27 (12.56%) GitHub
18 26 (12.09%) Node.js
18 26 (12.09%) PostgreSQL
18 26 (12.09%) REST
19 25 (11.63%) C++
19 25 (11.63%) Mentoring
19 25 (11.63%) SDLC
20 24 (11.16%) Investment Management
21 23 (10.70%) Computer Science
21 23 (10.70%) FastAPI
21 23 (10.70%) Flask

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 (7.91%) Apache Spark
2 14 (6.51%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (2.79%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.86%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.47%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 46 (21.40%) AWS
2 36 (16.74%) Azure
3 27 (12.56%) GitHub
4 22 (10.23%) GCP
5 18 (8.37%) AWS Lambda
5 18 (8.37%) Serverless
6 17 (7.91%) SaaS
7 14 (6.51%) Amazon S3
7 14 (6.51%) Amazon SQS
7 14 (6.51%) dbt
8 11 (5.12%) Azure AI
9 10 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (3.72%) n8n
11 8 (3.72%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (0.93%) Copilot Studio
13 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.93%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.47%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.47%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (12.09%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (7.44%) Big Data
3 14 (6.51%) Amazon Athena
3 14 (6.51%) Apache Arrow
3 14 (6.51%) Apache Iceberg
3 14 (6.51%) Dremio
3 14 (6.51%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.79%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.86%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.86%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.93%) MySQL
6 2 (0.93%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.93%) Tick Data
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (5.58%) Git
2 3 (1.40%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.93%) JIRA
3 2 (0.93%) Maven
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.47%) Selenium
4 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 84 (39.07%) Finance
2 55 (25.58%) Social Skills
3 44 (20.47%) Front Office
4 20 (9.30%) Health Technology
4 20 (9.30%) Publishing
5 19 (8.84%) Tech for Good
6 14 (6.51%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (6.51%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (5.58%) Banking
7 12 (5.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.26%) Legal
9 4 (1.86%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (1.40%) Electronics
10 3 (1.40%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.40%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.40%) Marketing
10 3 (1.40%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.40%) Retail
10 3 (1.40%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (20.93%) React
2 33 (15.35%) Django
3 31 (14.42%) RESTful
4 26 (12.09%) Node.js
4 26 (12.09%) REST
5 23 (10.70%) FastAPI
5 23 (10.70%) Flask
6 18 (8.37%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 18 (8.37%) Kafka
7 17 (7.91%) AngularJS
7 17 (7.91%) NumPy
7 17 (7.91%) Pandas
8 14 (6.51%) SciPy
8 14 (6.51%) Vue
9 9 (4.19%) LangChain
10 7 (3.26%) PyTorch
11 5 (2.33%) .NET
12 4 (1.86%) Swagger
13 3 (1.40%) Next.js
13 3 (1.40%) PyXLL
Miscellaneous
1 38 (17.67%) Equities
2 26 (12.09%) Hedge funds
3 22 (10.23%) Data Structures
4 20 (9.30%) Algorithms
5 19 (8.84%) Fixed Income
6 18 (8.37%) Management Information System
7 17 (7.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (3.72%) AI Agents
8 8 (3.72%) Low-Code
8 8 (3.72%) Product Ownership
9 7 (3.26%) Educational Technology
10 6 (2.79%) Cloud Native
11 5 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (2.33%) PropTech
12 4 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (1.40%) Grid Computing
14 2 (0.93%) Derivative
15 1 (0.47%) Blockchain
15 1 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
15 1 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.23%) Linux
2 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (29.77%) Agile
2 61 (28.37%) Software Engineering
3 59 (27.44%) AI
4 44 (20.47%) CI/CD
5 41 (19.07%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (18.14%) Fintech
7 38 (17.67%) Test Automation
8 32 (14.88%) Order Management
9 31 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 28 (13.02%) Full-Stack Development
11 25 (11.63%) Mentoring
11 25 (11.63%) SDLC
12 24 (11.16%) Investment Management
13 23 (10.70%) Computer Science
14 22 (10.23%) OOP
14 22 (10.23%) TDD
15 21 (9.77%) Containerisation
15 21 (9.77%) Microservices
15 21 (9.77%) OO
16 20 (9.30%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 215 (100.00%) Python
2 34 (15.81%) TypeScript
3 32 (14.88%) JavaScript
4 31 (14.42%) SQL
5 25 (11.63%) C++
6 14 (6.51%) Java
7 4 (1.86%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.40%) C#
9 2 (0.93%) Bicep
9 2 (0.93%) Scala
10 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.47%) Perl
10 1 (0.47%) PHP
10 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.47%) Ruby
10 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (6.98%) Degree
2 3 (1.40%) Master's Degree
3 2 (0.93%) PhD
3 2 (0.93%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (0.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.23%) QA
2 2 (0.93%) GDPR
2 2 (0.93%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.93%) PSD2
System Software
1 22 (10.23%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 19 (8.84%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.86%) Terraform
3 1 (0.47%) Grafana
Vendors
1 12 (5.58%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.72%) OpenAI
3 6 (2.79%) iManage
4 3 (1.40%) Google
4 3 (1.40%) SAP
5 2 (0.93%) Solace
6 1 (0.47%) Foundry
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle
6 1 (0.47%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.47%) UiPath