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 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 212 179
Rank change year-on-year +11 -33 +108
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 213 208 385
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.22% 1.60% 1.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 1.76% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 162 166 359
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £140,000
90th Percentile £145,000 £130,000 £150,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +9.09%

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 16,003 11,819 20,813
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.66% 90.81% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 10,669 7,534 16,420
10th Percentile £37,375 £42,000 £39,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.64%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +32 56 £60,000 +9.09% 16
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 March 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.

1 213 (100.00%) Python
2 61 (28.64%) Software Engineering
3 58 (27.23%) AI
4 47 (22.07%) Agile
5 37 (17.37%) Fintech
6 36 (16.90%) CI/CD
6 36 (16.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (15.96%) AWS
7 34 (15.96%) SDLC
8 33 (15.49%) Django
9 32 (15.02%) Test Automation
10 30 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
11 28 (13.15%) Full-Stack Development
11 28 (13.15%) Mentoring
11 28 (13.15%) RESTful
11 28 (13.15%) SQL
12 27 (12.68%) Azure
12 27 (12.68%) Computer Science
12 27 (12.68%) React
13 25 (11.74%) Linux
13 25 (11.74%) OO
14 24 (11.27%) SaaS
15 23 (10.80%) GitHub
15 23 (10.80%) Microservices
15 23 (10.80%) OOP
15 23 (10.80%) REST
16 22 (10.33%) Flask
16 22 (10.33%) Kafka
17 21 (9.86%) C++
17 21 (9.86%) FastAPI

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 20 (9.39%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.94%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 2 (0.94%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 34 (15.96%) AWS
2 27 (12.68%) Azure
3 24 (11.27%) SaaS
4 23 (10.80%) GitHub
5 15 (7.04%) Amazon S3
5 15 (7.04%) Amazon SQS
5 15 (7.04%) AWS Lambda
5 15 (7.04%) Serverless
6 12 (5.63%) GCP
7 10 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (4.69%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.41%) Azure AI
9 1 (0.47%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 1 (0.47%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (0.47%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.47%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (0.47%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.47%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.39%) Big Data
2 14 (6.57%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.88%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.88%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.94%) MySQL
4 2 (0.94%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.94%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.94%) Tick Data
5 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (5.63%) Git
2 2 (0.94%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.94%) JIRA
2 2 (0.94%) Maven
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.47%) Selenium
3 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 69 (32.39%) Finance
2 57 (26.76%) Social Skills
3 39 (18.31%) Front Office
4 16 (7.51%) Health Technology
4 16 (7.51%) Publishing
5 15 (7.04%) Tech for Good
6 14 (6.57%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (6.57%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.23%) Banking
7 9 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.41%) Retail
9 2 (0.94%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (0.94%) Marketing
10 1 (0.47%) Back Office
10 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.47%) Electronics
10 1 (0.47%) Games
10 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.47%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (15.49%) Django
2 28 (13.15%) RESTful
3 27 (12.68%) React
4 23 (10.80%) REST
5 22 (10.33%) Flask
5 22 (10.33%) Kafka
6 21 (9.86%) FastAPI
7 20 (9.39%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 9 (4.23%) Node.js
9 8 (3.76%) Redux
10 6 (2.82%) .NET
10 6 (2.82%) AngularJS
11 4 (1.88%) NumPy
11 4 (1.88%) Pandas
12 3 (1.41%) WebSockets
13 2 (0.94%) Google JAX
13 2 (0.94%) Next.js
13 2 (0.94%) PyTorch
13 2 (0.94%) RabbitMQ
13 2 (0.94%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.02%) Equities
1 32 (15.02%) Hedge funds
2 24 (11.27%) Data Structures
3 23 (10.80%) Algorithms
4 20 (9.39%) Management Information System
5 17 (7.98%) Fixed Income
6 10 (4.69%) Cloud Native
6 10 (4.69%) Educational Technology
6 10 (4.69%) PropTech
7 8 (3.76%) Derivative
7 8 (3.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (3.76%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.94%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.47%) Blockchain
11 1 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (11.74%) Linux
2 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (28.64%) Software Engineering
2 58 (27.23%) AI
3 47 (22.07%) Agile
4 37 (17.37%) Fintech
5 36 (16.90%) CI/CD
5 36 (16.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (15.96%) SDLC
7 32 (15.02%) Test Automation
8 30 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (13.15%) Full-Stack Development
9 28 (13.15%) Mentoring
10 27 (12.68%) Computer Science
11 25 (11.74%) OO
12 23 (10.80%) Microservices
12 23 (10.80%) OOP
13 20 (9.39%) Acceptance Criteria
13 20 (9.39%) Code Quality
13 20 (9.39%) Low Latency
13 20 (9.39%) Order Management
14 19 (8.92%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 213 (100.00%) Python
2 28 (13.15%) SQL
3 21 (9.86%) C++
4 20 (9.39%) JavaScript
5 13 (6.10%) TypeScript
6 11 (5.16%) Java
7 4 (1.88%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.94%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.94%) Scala
9 1 (0.47%) C#
9 1 (0.47%) Perl
9 1 (0.47%) PHP
9 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (6.57%) Degree
2 2 (0.94%) Azure Certification
3 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.51%) QA
2 2 (0.94%) GDPR
2 2 (0.94%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.94%) PSD2
System Software
1 19 (8.92%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 13 (6.10%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (2.35%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.94%) Salesforce
2 2 (0.94%) Solace
3 1 (0.47%) Databricks
3 1 (0.47%) Foundry
3 1 (0.47%) Google
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle
3 1 (0.47%) SAP
3 1 (0.47%) UiPath