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 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 236 154
Rank change year-on-year +54 -82 +117
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 210 212 371
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.51% 1.37% 2.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 1.48% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 157 157 348
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 £116,500 £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 12,668 14,309 17,494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.10% 92.69% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8,385 8,261 14,080
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,216
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 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -5.75%

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 12 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 12 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 +35 46 £60,000 +9.09% 9
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 210 (100.00%) Python
2 84 (40.00%) Agile
3 63 (30.00%) Software Engineering
4 62 (29.52%) AWS
5 56 (26.67%) React
6 49 (23.33%) AI
7 48 (22.86%) CI/CD
8 44 (20.95%) TypeScript
9 42 (20.00%) Fintech
10 41 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
11 40 (19.05%) Order Management
11 40 (19.05%) Test Automation
12 37 (17.62%) RESTful
13 35 (16.67%) Azure
14 34 (16.19%) JavaScript
14 34 (16.19%) PostgreSQL
15 33 (15.71%) Node.js
15 33 (15.71%) QA
16 32 (15.24%) GCP
17 30 (14.29%) TDD
18 29 (13.81%) Serverless
18 29 (13.81%) SQL
19 28 (13.33%) C++
19 28 (13.33%) Django
19 28 (13.33%) Scrum
20 27 (12.86%) AWS Lambda
20 27 (12.86%) Continuous Improvement
20 27 (12.86%) NumPy
20 27 (12.86%) Operational Stability
20 27 (12.86%) Pair Programming

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 (10.95%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (6.67%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.86%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.90%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.48%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 62 (29.52%) AWS
2 35 (16.67%) Azure
3 32 (15.24%) GCP
4 29 (13.81%) Serverless
5 27 (12.86%) AWS Lambda
6 25 (11.90%) GitHub
7 23 (10.95%) dbt
8 15 (7.14%) Amazon S3
8 15 (7.14%) Amazon SQS
9 11 (5.24%) Azure AI
9 11 (5.24%) SaaS
10 8 (3.81%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (3.81%) n8n
10 8 (3.81%) Power Platform
11 7 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (0.95%) Copilot Studio
13 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.95%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.48%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.48%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (16.19%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (10.95%) Amazon Athena
2 23 (10.95%) Apache Arrow
2 23 (10.95%) Apache Iceberg
2 23 (10.95%) Dremio
3 18 (8.57%) NoSQL
4 13 (6.19%) Big Data
5 12 (5.71%) DynamoDB
5 12 (5.71%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (3.33%) Relational Database
7 5 (2.38%) RDBMS
7 5 (2.38%) Tick Data
8 3 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.95%) MySQL
9 2 (0.95%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.48%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (5.24%) Git
2 3 (1.43%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.95%) JIRA
3 2 (0.95%) Maven
4 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 87 (41.43%) Finance
2 47 (22.38%) Social Skills
3 46 (21.90%) Front Office
4 29 (13.81%) Health Technology
4 29 (13.81%) Publishing
5 28 (13.33%) Tech for Good
6 15 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
6 15 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (5.71%) Banking
7 12 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.81%) Marketing
9 7 (3.33%) Legal
10 5 (2.38%) Electronics
10 5 (2.38%) Investment Banking
10 5 (2.38%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.38%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.38%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.43%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (1.43%) Retail
12 2 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (26.67%) React
2 37 (17.62%) RESTful
3 33 (15.71%) Node.js
4 28 (13.33%) Django
5 27 (12.86%) NumPy
5 27 (12.86%) Pandas
6 26 (12.38%) REST
7 25 (11.90%) AngularJS
8 24 (11.43%) Vue
9 23 (10.95%) FastAPI
9 23 (10.95%) Flask
9 23 (10.95%) SciPy
10 17 (8.10%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 15 (7.14%) Kafka
12 12 (5.71%) Swagger
13 10 (4.76%) LangChain
14 7 (3.33%) PyTorch
15 5 (2.38%) PyXLL
16 3 (1.43%) pytest
16 3 (1.43%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 45 (21.43%) Equities
2 25 (11.90%) Hedge funds
3 24 (11.43%) Fixed Income
3 24 (11.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 20 (9.52%) Algorithms
4 20 (9.52%) Management Information System
5 19 (9.05%) Data Structures
6 8 (3.81%) AI Agents
6 8 (3.81%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.81%) Low-Code
7 7 (3.33%) Educational Technology
7 7 (3.33%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.38%) Grid Computing
9 4 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.48%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.48%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.48%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (40.00%) Agile
2 63 (30.00%) Software Engineering
3 49 (23.33%) AI
4 48 (22.86%) CI/CD
5 42 (20.00%) Fintech
6 41 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (19.05%) Order Management
7 40 (19.05%) Test Automation
8 30 (14.29%) TDD
9 28 (13.33%) Scrum
10 27 (12.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (12.86%) Operational Stability
10 27 (12.86%) Pair Programming
11 26 (12.38%) Mentoring
12 25 (11.90%) Investment Management
13 23 (10.95%) Asset Management
13 23 (10.95%) Containerisation
13 23 (10.95%) Performance Attribution
13 23 (10.95%) Risk Management
14 22 (10.48%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 210 (100.00%) Python
2 44 (20.95%) TypeScript
3 34 (16.19%) JavaScript
4 29 (13.81%) SQL
5 28 (13.33%) C++
6 12 (5.71%) Java
7 6 (2.86%) C#
8 3 (1.43%) Bicep
9 2 (0.95%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.95%) Scala
10 1 (0.48%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.48%) PHP
10 1 (0.48%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (8.10%) Degree
2 5 (2.38%) Master's Degree
3 4 (1.90%) PhD
4 2 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.95%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.48%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.48%) MCP
5 1 (0.48%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.71%) QA
2 2 (0.95%) GDPR
2 2 (0.95%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.95%) PSD2
System Software
1 26 (12.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (8.57%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.86%) Terraform
3 1 (0.48%) Grafana
Vendors
1 12 (5.71%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.81%) OpenAI
3 6 (2.86%) Google
3 6 (2.86%) iManage
3 6 (2.86%) SAP
4 3 (1.43%) Databricks
5 2 (0.95%) Solace
6 1 (0.48%) Foundry
6 1 (0.48%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.48%) UiPath