Python Developer Job Trends in London

Python Developer
England > London

The median Python Developer salary in London is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 September 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 165 202
Rank change year-on-year -103 +37 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 175 265 297
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.72% 2.25% 1.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 2.46% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 127 201 241
10th Percentile £61,500 £63,750 £60,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £90,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -14.29% +2.44%
75th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £140,000 - £165,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% -10.53% +5.56%

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 22,485 10,761 18,212
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.97% 91.25% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 15,504 7,000 11,965
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £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 4 September 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 4 September 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 -15 25 £85,000 +7.94% 5
West London - 3 - - 4
South London - 1 - - 1
East London - 1 - - 1
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 September 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.

1 175 (100.00%) Python
2 56 (32.00%) AWS
3 47 (26.86%) AI
4 45 (25.71%) Software Engineering
5 44 (25.14%) SQL
6 33 (18.86%) CI/CD
7 27 (15.43%) FastAPI
8 24 (13.71%) PostgreSQL
8 24 (13.71%) RESTful
9 23 (13.14%) Full-Stack Development
10 21 (12.00%) Test Automation
11 19 (10.86%) Docker
12 18 (10.29%) Microservices
13 17 (9.71%) Analytics
13 17 (9.71%) Azure
13 17 (9.71%) Data Engineering
13 17 (9.71%) Django
13 17 (9.71%) Fintech
13 17 (9.71%) Observability
14 16 (9.14%) REST
15 15 (8.57%) API Development
15 15 (8.57%) Infrastructure as Code
15 15 (8.57%) Kubernetes
15 15 (8.57%) OO
15 15 (8.57%) SaaS
16 14 (8.00%) Computer Science
16 14 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
16 14 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
16 14 (8.00%) Linux
16 14 (8.00%) Machine Learning

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 10 (5.71%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.57%) Apache
2 1 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.57%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.57%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 56 (32.00%) AWS
2 17 (9.71%) Azure
3 15 (8.57%) SaaS
4 8 (4.57%) Amazon EKS
5 7 (4.00%) Amazon S3
5 7 (4.00%) Serverless
6 6 (3.43%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (2.86%) Amazon SQS
7 5 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.29%) Amazon Bedrock
8 4 (2.29%) GCP
8 4 (2.29%) Kong
9 3 (1.71%) GitHub
9 3 (1.71%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.14%) AWS CodePipeline
10 2 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.14%) Azure Functions
10 2 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.14%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.14%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (13.71%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (5.14%) Big Data
2 9 (5.14%) DynamoDB
2 9 (5.14%) MongoDB
3 5 (2.86%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.29%) MySQL
4 4 (2.29%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.71%) Power BI
5 3 (1.71%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.57%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.57%) Redis
7 1 (0.57%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (4.00%) Git
2 2 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.57%) GitLab
General
1 42 (24.00%) Finance
2 23 (13.14%) Front Office
3 15 (8.57%) Social Skills
4 10 (5.71%) Banking
5 9 (5.14%) Games
5 9 (5.14%) Health Technology
5 9 (5.14%) Tech for Good
6 4 (2.29%) Publishing
7 3 (1.71%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (1.71%) Law
8 2 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.14%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.14%) Marketing
9 1 (0.57%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (15.43%) FastAPI
2 24 (13.71%) RESTful
3 17 (9.71%) Django
4 16 (9.14%) REST
5 13 (7.43%) Flask
6 11 (6.29%) Terraform
7 10 (5.71%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 10 (5.71%) Kafka
8 9 (5.14%) React
9 6 (3.43%) AngularJS
9 6 (3.43%) NumPy
9 6 (3.43%) Pandas
10 4 (2.29%) Next.js
10 4 (2.29%) Node.js
10 4 (2.29%) Swagger
11 3 (1.71%) Plotly
12 2 (1.14%) .NET
12 2 (1.14%) Jakarta EE
12 2 (1.14%) JSON
12 2 (1.14%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 29 (16.57%) Distributed Systems
2 21 (12.00%) Hedge funds
3 18 (10.29%) Cloud Native
4 16 (9.14%) Algorithms
5 13 (7.43%) Data Structures
5 13 (7.43%) Low-Code
6 12 (6.86%) Equities
6 12 (6.86%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (5.71%) Management Information System
8 9 (5.14%) Fixed Income
8 9 (5.14%) Video\Live Streaming
9 7 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (2.86%) Market Risk
11 4 (2.29%) Derivative
11 4 (2.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (2.29%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (1.71%) Legacy Code
12 3 (1.71%) Renewable Energy
13 2 (1.14%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.00%) Linux
2 1 (0.57%) Unix
2 1 (0.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (26.86%) AI
2 45 (25.71%) Software Engineering
3 33 (18.86%) CI/CD
4 23 (13.14%) Full-Stack Development
5 21 (12.00%) Test Automation
6 18 (10.29%) Microservices
7 17 (9.71%) Analytics
7 17 (9.71%) Data Engineering
7 17 (9.71%) Fintech
7 17 (9.71%) Observability
8 15 (8.57%) API Development
8 15 (8.57%) Infrastructure as Code
8 15 (8.57%) OO
9 14 (8.00%) Computer Science
9 14 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (8.00%) Machine Learning
9 14 (8.00%) OOP
9 14 (8.00%) Validation
10 13 (7.43%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 175 (100.00%) Python
2 44 (25.14%) SQL
3 10 (5.71%) C++
4 9 (5.14%) Go
5 8 (4.57%) TypeScript
6 7 (4.00%) C#
6 7 (4.00%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.86%) Java
8 1 (0.57%) Bash
8 1 (0.57%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (4.57%) Degree
2 4 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.57%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.29%) QA
2 2 (1.14%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.57%) Data Quality
System Software
1 19 (10.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (8.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.57%) Grafana
2 1 (0.57%) Kibana
2 1 (0.57%) logstash
2 1 (0.57%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.57%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (5.14%) Databricks
2 4 (2.29%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.14%) Oracle