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 17 February 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 222 173
Rank change year-on-year +24 -49 +107
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 209 214 383
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.34% 1.44% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 1.57% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 155 153 357
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £70,625 £64,471 £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 £135,000 £110,000 £143,750
90th Percentile £140,000 £114,500 £152,000
England median annual salary £76,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -5.88% +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 14,203 13,595 20,092
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 91.51% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 9,442 7,810 16,239
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £39,420
25th Percentile £50,084 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -0.81%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
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 17 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 17 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 +40 53 £60,000 +9.09% 24
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 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.

1 209 (100.00%) Python
2 63 (30.14%) Software Engineering
3 62 (29.67%) Agile
4 54 (25.84%) AI
5 47 (22.49%) AWS
6 46 (22.01%) React
7 41 (19.62%) Fintech
8 40 (19.14%) CI/CD
9 38 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (16.75%) Test Automation
11 34 (16.27%) JavaScript
12 33 (15.79%) Azure
12 33 (15.79%) Django
13 32 (15.31%) Order Management
14 31 (14.83%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (14.35%) TypeScript
16 29 (13.88%) Full-Stack Development
17 28 (13.40%) SQL
18 27 (12.92%) Mentoring
18 27 (12.92%) PostgreSQL
18 27 (12.92%) RESTful
19 26 (12.44%) GitHub
19 26 (12.44%) Investment Management
20 25 (11.96%) SDLC
21 24 (11.48%) Node.js
22 23 (11.00%) C++
22 23 (11.00%) Computer Science
22 23 (11.00%) Flask
22 23 (11.00%) GCP
22 23 (11.00%) REST

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 (8.13%) Apache Spark
2 14 (6.70%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.91%) Jupyter
3 4 (1.91%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.48%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 47 (22.49%) AWS
2 33 (15.79%) Azure
3 26 (12.44%) GitHub
4 23 (11.00%) GCP
5 17 (8.13%) SaaS
6 16 (7.66%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (7.66%) Serverless
7 14 (6.70%) Amazon S3
7 14 (6.70%) Amazon SQS
7 14 (6.70%) dbt
8 10 (4.78%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (3.35%) Azure AI
11 4 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.91%) n8n
11 4 (1.91%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.48%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 1 (0.48%) Azure AKS
12 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.48%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.48%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (12.92%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (7.66%) Big Data
3 14 (6.70%) Amazon Athena
3 14 (6.70%) Apache Arrow
3 14 (6.70%) Apache Iceberg
3 14 (6.70%) Dremio
4 10 (4.78%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.39%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.44%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.96%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.96%) MySQL
7 2 (0.96%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.96%) Tick Data
8 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.48%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (5.74%) Git
2 3 (1.44%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.96%) JIRA
3 2 (0.96%) Maven
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.48%) Selenium
4 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 83 (39.71%) Finance
2 55 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 45 (21.53%) Front Office
4 18 (8.61%) Health Technology
4 18 (8.61%) Publishing
5 17 (8.13%) Tech for Good
6 14 (6.70%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (6.70%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (5.74%) Banking
7 12 (5.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.91%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.91%) Legal
9 3 (1.44%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.44%) Retail
10 2 (0.96%) Electronics
10 2 (0.96%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.96%) Marketing
10 2 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.96%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.96%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (22.01%) React
2 33 (15.79%) Django
3 27 (12.92%) RESTful
4 24 (11.48%) Node.js
5 23 (11.00%) Flask
5 23 (11.00%) REST
6 22 (10.53%) FastAPI
7 18 (8.61%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 18 (8.61%) Kafka
8 17 (8.13%) AngularJS
8 17 (8.13%) NumPy
8 17 (8.13%) Pandas
9 14 (6.70%) SciPy
9 14 (6.70%) Vue
10 6 (2.87%) LangChain
11 5 (2.39%) .NET
12 4 (1.91%) PyTorch
12 4 (1.91%) Redux
13 3 (1.44%) Next.js
13 3 (1.44%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 40 (19.14%) Equities
2 26 (12.44%) Hedge funds
3 22 (10.53%) Data Structures
3 22 (10.53%) Fixed Income
4 20 (9.57%) Algorithms
5 18 (8.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 18 (8.61%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.83%) Educational Technology
6 8 (3.83%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.35%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.39%) PropTech
9 4 (1.91%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.91%) Derivative
9 4 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.91%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.44%) Grid Computing
11 1 (0.48%) Blockchain
11 1 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.48%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.05%) Linux
2 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (30.14%) Software Engineering
2 62 (29.67%) Agile
3 54 (25.84%) AI
4 41 (19.62%) Fintech
5 40 (19.14%) CI/CD
6 38 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (16.75%) Test Automation
8 32 (15.31%) Order Management
9 31 (14.83%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (13.88%) Full-Stack Development
11 27 (12.92%) Mentoring
12 26 (12.44%) Investment Management
13 25 (11.96%) SDLC
14 23 (11.00%) Computer Science
15 22 (10.53%) OOP
16 21 (10.05%) Microservices
16 21 (10.05%) OO
17 20 (9.57%) Acceptance Criteria
17 20 (9.57%) Containerisation
17 20 (9.57%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 209 (100.00%) Python
2 34 (16.27%) JavaScript
3 30 (14.35%) TypeScript
4 28 (13.40%) SQL
5 23 (11.00%) C++
6 14 (6.70%) Java
7 4 (1.91%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.96%) Bicep
8 2 (0.96%) Scala
9 1 (0.48%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.48%) C#
9 1 (0.48%) Perl
9 1 (0.48%) PHP
9 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.48%) Ruby
9 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (7.18%) Degree
2 3 (1.44%) Master's Degree
3 2 (0.96%) PhD
3 2 (0.96%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.48%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.48%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.09%) QA
2 2 (0.96%) GDPR
2 2 (0.96%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.96%) PSD2
System Software
1 21 (10.05%) Docker
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 18 (8.61%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.44%) Terraform
3 1 (0.48%) Grafana
Vendors
1 8 (3.83%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.91%) iManage
2 4 (1.91%) OpenAI
3 2 (0.96%) Google
3 2 (0.96%) SAP
3 2 (0.96%) Solace
4 1 (0.48%) Foundry
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle
4 1 (0.48%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.48%) UiPath