Python Developer Job Trends in London

Python Developer
England > London

The median Python Developer salary in London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 232 152
Rank change year-on-year +55 -80 +108
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 213 213 371
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.51% 1.37% 2.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 1.48% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 159 158 349
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £64,000 £62,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -15.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £132,500 £110,000 £140,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £119,125 £150,000
England median annual salary £76,000 £76,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year - -20.00% +18.75%

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 12,862 14,378 17,329
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.20% 92.68% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,531 8,295 13,928
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 +38 47 £60,000 +9.09% 11
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 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 85 (39.91%) Agile
3 64 (30.05%) Software Engineering
4 62 (29.11%) AWS
5 56 (26.29%) React
6 50 (23.47%) AI
7 49 (23.00%) CI/CD
8 44 (20.66%) TypeScript
9 42 (19.72%) Fintech
9 42 (19.72%) Test Automation
10 41 (19.25%) Order Management
10 41 (19.25%) Problem-Solving
11 37 (17.37%) RESTful
12 36 (16.90%) Azure
13 34 (15.96%) JavaScript
13 34 (15.96%) PostgreSQL
14 33 (15.49%) Node.js
14 33 (15.49%) QA
15 32 (15.02%) GCP
16 30 (14.08%) TDD
17 29 (13.62%) C++
17 29 (13.62%) Continuous Improvement
17 29 (13.62%) Serverless
17 29 (13.62%) SQL
18 28 (13.15%) Django
18 28 (13.15%) Scrum
19 27 (12.68%) AWS Lambda
19 27 (12.68%) Docker
19 27 (12.68%) NumPy
19 27 (12.68%) Operational Stability

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 23 (10.80%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (6.57%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.82%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.88%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.47%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.94%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 62 (29.11%) AWS
2 36 (16.90%) Azure
3 32 (15.02%) GCP
4 29 (13.62%) Serverless
5 27 (12.68%) AWS Lambda
6 26 (12.21%) GitHub
7 23 (10.80%) dbt
8 15 (7.04%) Amazon S3
8 15 (7.04%) Amazon SQS
9 12 (5.63%) SaaS
10 11 (5.16%) Azure AI
11 9 (4.23%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (3.76%) n8n
12 8 (3.76%) Power Platform
13 6 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
14 2 (0.94%) Copilot Studio
14 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.94%) Power Automate
15 1 (0.47%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.47%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (15.96%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (10.80%) Amazon Athena
2 23 (10.80%) Apache Arrow
2 23 (10.80%) Apache Iceberg
2 23 (10.80%) Dremio
3 18 (8.45%) NoSQL
4 13 (6.10%) Big Data
5 12 (5.63%) DynamoDB
5 12 (5.63%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (3.29%) Relational Database
7 5 (2.35%) RDBMS
7 5 (2.35%) Tick Data
8 3 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.94%) MySQL
9 2 (0.94%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (5.63%) Git
2 3 (1.41%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.94%) JIRA
3 2 (0.94%) Maven
4 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 88 (41.31%) Finance
2 48 (22.54%) Social Skills
3 47 (22.07%) Front Office
4 29 (13.62%) Health Technology
4 29 (13.62%) Publishing
5 28 (13.15%) Tech for Good
6 15 (7.04%) Influencing Skills
6 15 (7.04%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (5.63%) Banking
7 12 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.76%) Marketing
9 7 (3.29%) Legal
10 5 (2.35%) Electronics
10 5 (2.35%) Investment Banking
10 5 (2.35%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.35%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.35%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.41%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (1.41%) Retail
12 2 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (26.29%) React
2 37 (17.37%) RESTful
3 33 (15.49%) Node.js
4 28 (13.15%) Django
5 27 (12.68%) NumPy
5 27 (12.68%) Pandas
6 26 (12.21%) REST
7 25 (11.74%) AngularJS
8 24 (11.27%) Vue
9 23 (10.80%) FastAPI
9 23 (10.80%) Flask
9 23 (10.80%) SciPy
10 18 (8.45%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 15 (7.04%) Kafka
12 12 (5.63%) Swagger
13 10 (4.69%) LangChain
14 7 (3.29%) PyTorch
15 5 (2.35%) PyXLL
16 3 (1.41%) Matplotlib
16 3 (1.41%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 46 (21.60%) Equities
2 26 (12.21%) Hedge funds
3 24 (11.27%) Fixed Income
3 24 (11.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 21 (9.86%) Algorithms
4 21 (9.86%) Management Information System
5 20 (9.39%) Data Structures
6 8 (3.76%) AI Agents
6 8 (3.76%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.76%) Low-Code
6 8 (3.76%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.29%) Educational Technology
8 5 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.35%) Grid Computing
9 4 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.94%) PropTech
11 1 (0.47%) Blockchain
11 1 (0.47%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (39.91%) Agile
2 64 (30.05%) Software Engineering
3 50 (23.47%) AI
4 49 (23.00%) CI/CD
5 42 (19.72%) Fintech
5 42 (19.72%) Test Automation
6 41 (19.25%) Order Management
6 41 (19.25%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (14.08%) TDD
8 29 (13.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (13.15%) Scrum
10 27 (12.68%) Operational Stability
10 27 (12.68%) Pair Programming
11 26 (12.21%) Mentoring
12 25 (11.74%) Investment Management
13 24 (11.27%) Containerisation
14 23 (10.80%) Asset Management
14 23 (10.80%) Performance Attribution
14 23 (10.80%) Risk Management
15 22 (10.33%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 213 (100.00%) Python
2 44 (20.66%) TypeScript
3 34 (15.96%) JavaScript
4 29 (13.62%) C++
4 29 (13.62%) SQL
5 12 (5.63%) Java
6 6 (2.82%) C#
7 3 (1.41%) Bicep
8 2 (0.94%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.94%) Scala
9 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.47%) PHP
9 1 (0.47%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (7.98%) Degree
2 5 (2.35%) Master's Degree
3 4 (1.88%) PhD
4 2 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.94%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.47%) MCP
5 1 (0.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.49%) QA
2 2 (0.94%) GDPR
2 2 (0.94%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.94%) PSD2
System Software
1 27 (12.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (8.45%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.82%) Terraform
3 1 (0.47%) Grafana
Vendors
1 12 (5.63%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.76%) OpenAI
3 6 (2.82%) Google
3 6 (2.82%) iManage
3 6 (2.82%) SAP
4 3 (1.41%) Databricks
5 2 (0.94%) Solace
6 1 (0.47%) Foundry
6 1 (0.47%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.47%) UiPath