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 22 September 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 167 210
Rank change year-on-year -107 +43 -39
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 185 258 286
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.73% 2.19% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 2.41% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 131 194 221
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,000 £60,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £71,563 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £93,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% -11.43% +2.44%
75th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £136,250
90th Percentile £132,500 - £165,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £85,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -14.71% -10.53% +2.70%

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 23,517 10,727 18,011
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 91.12% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 16,109 6,984 11,341
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -2.03%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 22 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 22 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 23 £85,000 +9.68% 12
West London - 3 - - 1
South London - 1 - - 2
East London - 1 - - 1
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 185 (100.00%) Python
2 64 (34.59%) AWS
3 56 (30.27%) AI
4 55 (29.73%) Software Engineering
5 44 (23.78%) SQL
6 35 (18.92%) CI/CD
7 28 (15.14%) FastAPI
8 26 (14.05%) Azure
8 26 (14.05%) PostgreSQL
9 25 (13.51%) RESTful
10 22 (11.89%) Full-Stack Development
11 21 (11.35%) Test Automation
12 20 (10.81%) Docker
13 19 (10.27%) Django
13 19 (10.27%) Fintech
14 18 (9.73%) Analytics
14 18 (9.73%) Observability
15 17 (9.19%) Data Engineering
15 17 (9.19%) DevOps
16 16 (8.65%) Infrastructure as Code
16 16 (8.65%) Kubernetes
17 15 (8.11%) Agile
17 15 (8.11%) API Development
17 15 (8.11%) Validation
18 14 (7.57%) Cybersecurity
18 14 (7.57%) Microservices
18 14 (7.57%) REST
18 14 (7.57%) SaaS
19 13 (7.03%) Continuous Improvement
19 13 (7.03%) 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 6 (3.24%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.54%) Apache
2 1 (0.54%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.54%) Jupyter
2 1 (0.54%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 64 (34.59%) AWS
2 26 (14.05%) Azure
3 14 (7.57%) SaaS
4 12 (6.49%) GCP
5 10 (5.41%) Amazon Bedrock
6 8 (4.32%) Amazon EKS
7 7 (3.78%) Amazon S3
7 7 (3.78%) Serverless
8 6 (3.24%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (2.70%) Amazon SQS
9 5 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.16%) GitHub
10 4 (2.16%) Kong
10 4 (2.16%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.62%) GitHub Copilot
11 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (1.62%) OpenShift
12 2 (1.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.86%) Broadband
2 1 (0.54%) 4G
2 1 (0.54%) 5G
2 1 (0.54%) DNS
2 1 (0.54%) HTTP
2 1 (0.54%) SSH
2 1 (0.54%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (14.05%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (5.41%) MongoDB
3 9 (4.86%) DynamoDB
4 6 (3.24%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (2.70%) Big Data
5 5 (2.70%) MySQL
5 5 (2.70%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.16%) Power BI
7 3 (1.62%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.08%) Redis
9 1 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.54%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.54%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.32%) Git
2 2 (1.08%) GitLab
2 2 (1.08%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.54%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.54%) Selenium
General
1 52 (28.11%) Finance
2 29 (15.68%) Front Office
3 18 (9.73%) Banking
3 18 (9.73%) Social Skills
4 10 (5.41%) Tech for Good
5 9 (4.86%) Games
5 9 (4.86%) Health Technology
6 7 (3.78%) Marketing
7 4 (2.16%) Law
7 4 (2.16%) Publishing
8 3 (1.62%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.08%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.54%) Back Office
10 1 (0.54%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.54%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (15.14%) FastAPI
2 25 (13.51%) RESTful
3 19 (10.27%) Django
4 14 (7.57%) REST
5 13 (7.03%) Flask
6 11 (5.95%) Terraform
7 10 (5.41%) React
8 8 (4.32%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 7 (3.78%) Kafka
9 7 (3.78%) LangChain
9 7 (3.78%) LangGraph
9 7 (3.78%) pydantic
10 6 (3.24%) CrewAI
11 5 (2.70%) AngularJS
11 5 (2.70%) Pandas
12 4 (2.16%) Next.js
12 4 (2.16%) Node.js
12 4 (2.16%) NumPy
12 4 (2.16%) Swagger
13 3 (1.62%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 28 (15.14%) Distributed Systems
2 25 (13.51%) Hedge funds
3 17 (9.19%) Cloud Native
4 16 (8.65%) Greenfield Project
5 15 (8.11%) Equities
6 13 (7.03%) Low-Code
7 12 (6.49%) Algorithms
8 11 (5.95%) Data Structures
9 9 (4.86%) Video\Live Streaming
10 8 (4.32%) AI Agents
10 8 (4.32%) Fixed Income
10 8 (4.32%) Management Information System
11 7 (3.78%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (3.24%) Derivative
12 6 (3.24%) Market Risk
13 4 (2.16%) Onboarding
14 3 (1.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 3 (1.62%) Legacy Code
14 3 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
14 3 (1.62%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.95%) Linux
2 1 (0.54%) Unix
2 1 (0.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (30.27%) AI
2 55 (29.73%) Software Engineering
3 35 (18.92%) CI/CD
4 22 (11.89%) Full-Stack Development
5 21 (11.35%) Test Automation
6 19 (10.27%) Fintech
7 18 (9.73%) Analytics
7 18 (9.73%) Observability
8 17 (9.19%) Data Engineering
8 17 (9.19%) DevOps
9 16 (8.65%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (8.11%) Agile
10 15 (8.11%) API Development
10 15 (8.11%) Validation
11 14 (7.57%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (7.57%) Microservices
12 13 (7.03%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (7.03%) Generative AI
12 13 (7.03%) Machine Learning
12 13 (7.03%) OO
Programming Languages
1 185 (100.00%) Python
2 44 (23.78%) SQL
3 9 (4.86%) Go
3 9 (4.86%) JavaScript
4 8 (4.32%) C++
4 8 (4.32%) R
4 8 (4.32%) TypeScript
5 7 (3.78%) C#
6 4 (2.16%) Java
7 2 (1.08%) Bash
7 2 (1.08%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.54%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (3.24%) Degree
2 4 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.54%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.54%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.49%) QA
2 2 (1.08%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.54%) Data Quality
System Software
1 20 (10.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (8.65%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.08%) Grafana
2 2 (1.08%) Kibana
2 2 (1.08%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.54%) logstash
3 1 (0.54%) Puppet
Vendors
1 8 (4.32%) Databricks
2 7 (3.78%) Google
3 4 (2.16%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.08%) Bloomberg
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle