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 9 March 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 214 171
Rank change year-on-year +13 -43 +121
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 202 214 389
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.23% 1.55% 1.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 1.71% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 153 167 363
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -19.05% +16.67%
75th Percentile £132,500 £110,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £145,000 £122,500 £150,000
England median annual salary £76,000 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -7.88% -8.33% +9.09%

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 15,072 12,523 20,617
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 90.98% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 10,050 7,713 16,416
10th Percentile £37,342 £42,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,651 £75,000 £72,102
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +4.02% -1.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 +26 53 £60,000 +9.09% 19
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 March 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.

1 202 (100.00%) Python
2 62 (30.69%) Software Engineering
3 54 (26.73%) AI
4 51 (25.25%) Agile
5 39 (19.31%) Fintech
6 37 (18.32%) AWS
7 35 (17.33%) CI/CD
7 35 (17.33%) React
8 34 (16.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (15.35%) Django
9 31 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (15.35%) Test Automation
10 29 (14.36%) Azure
10 29 (14.36%) SDLC
11 28 (13.86%) Full-Stack Development
11 28 (13.86%) Mentoring
12 27 (13.37%) JavaScript
12 27 (13.37%) RESTful
13 26 (12.87%) SQL
14 24 (11.88%) Computer Science
14 24 (11.88%) Order Management
15 23 (11.39%) GitHub
15 23 (11.39%) OO
16 22 (10.89%) C++
16 22 (10.89%) Linux
16 22 (10.89%) OOP
16 22 (10.89%) SaaS
17 21 (10.40%) Investment Management
18 20 (9.90%) Acceptance Criteria
18 20 (9.90%) Code Quality

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 18 (8.91%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.48%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.99%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 2 (0.99%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.50%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 37 (18.32%) AWS
2 29 (14.36%) Azure
3 23 (11.39%) GitHub
4 22 (10.89%) SaaS
5 17 (8.42%) GCP
6 14 (6.93%) Amazon S3
6 14 (6.93%) Amazon SQS
6 14 (6.93%) AWS Lambda
6 14 (6.93%) Serverless
7 10 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (4.95%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (2.48%) dbt
9 3 (1.49%) Azure AI
10 1 (0.50%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 1 (0.50%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.50%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.90%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (8.42%) Big Data
3 5 (2.48%) Amazon Athena
3 5 (2.48%) Apache Arrow
3 5 (2.48%) Apache Iceberg
3 5 (2.48%) Dremio
4 4 (1.98%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.98%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.49%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.99%) MySQL
6 2 (0.99%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.99%) Tick Data
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (5.94%) Git
2 2 (0.99%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.99%) JIRA
2 2 (0.99%) Maven
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.50%) Selenium
3 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 73 (36.14%) Finance
2 54 (26.73%) Social Skills
3 41 (20.30%) Front Office
4 16 (7.92%) Health Technology
4 16 (7.92%) Publishing
5 15 (7.43%) Tech for Good
6 14 (6.93%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (6.93%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (5.45%) Banking
8 9 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.49%) Retail
10 2 (0.99%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (0.99%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.50%) Back Office
11 1 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.50%) Electronics
11 1 (0.50%) Games
11 1 (0.50%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.50%) Marketing
11 1 (0.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (17.33%) React
2 31 (15.35%) Django
3 27 (13.37%) RESTful
4 20 (9.90%) FastAPI
4 20 (9.90%) Kafka
4 20 (9.90%) REST
5 19 (9.41%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 19 (9.41%) Flask
6 14 (6.93%) Node.js
7 9 (4.46%) AngularJS
8 8 (3.96%) Redux
9 6 (2.97%) NumPy
9 6 (2.97%) Pandas
10 5 (2.48%) .NET
10 5 (2.48%) SciPy
10 5 (2.48%) Vue
11 3 (1.49%) Next.js
11 3 (1.49%) WebSockets
12 2 (0.99%) RabbitMQ
12 2 (0.99%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 36 (17.82%) Equities
2 29 (14.36%) Hedge funds
3 23 (11.39%) Data Structures
4 19 (9.41%) Algorithms
4 19 (9.41%) Fixed Income
4 19 (9.41%) Management Information System
5 12 (5.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (3.96%) Derivative
6 8 (3.96%) Educational Technology
6 8 (3.96%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.96%) PropTech
7 7 (3.47%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.99%) Grid Computing
9 2 (0.99%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.50%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.89%) Linux
2 1 (0.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (30.69%) Software Engineering
2 54 (26.73%) AI
3 51 (25.25%) Agile
4 39 (19.31%) Fintech
5 35 (17.33%) CI/CD
6 34 (16.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (15.35%) Test Automation
8 29 (14.36%) SDLC
9 28 (13.86%) Full-Stack Development
9 28 (13.86%) Mentoring
10 24 (11.88%) Computer Science
10 24 (11.88%) Order Management
11 23 (11.39%) OO
12 22 (10.89%) OOP
13 21 (10.40%) Investment Management
14 20 (9.90%) Acceptance Criteria
14 20 (9.90%) Code Quality
14 20 (9.90%) Microservices
15 19 (9.41%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 202 (100.00%) Python
2 27 (13.37%) JavaScript
3 26 (12.87%) SQL
4 22 (10.89%) C++
5 19 (9.41%) TypeScript
6 10 (4.95%) Java
7 4 (1.98%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.99%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.99%) Scala
9 1 (0.50%) Perl
9 1 (0.50%) PHP
9 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (5.94%) Degree
2 2 (0.99%) Azure Certification
3 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.92%) QA
2 2 (0.99%) GDPR
2 2 (0.99%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.99%) PSD2
System Software
1 18 (8.91%) Docker
2 1 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 14 (6.93%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.99%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (1.98%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.99%) Salesforce
2 2 (0.99%) Solace
3 1 (0.50%) Foundry
3 1 (0.50%) Google
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle
3 1 (0.50%) SAP
3 1 (0.50%) UiPath