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 21 March 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 211 183
Rank change year-on-year +4 -28 +108
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 209 205 388
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.21% 1.55% 1.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 1.71% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 159 162 362
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £68,750 £72,813 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £102,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -17.07% +13.89%
75th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £140,000
90th Percentile £146,000 £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 15,888 11,998 20,636
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.65% 90.83% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 10,616 7,537 16,363
10th Percentile £37,375 £42,000 £39,800
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,675 £75,000 £71,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% +5.63% -2.86%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £121,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%

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 21 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 21 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 +30 55 £60,000 +9.09% 20
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 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.

1 209 (100.00%) Python
2 61 (29.19%) Software Engineering
3 57 (27.27%) AI
4 47 (22.49%) Agile
5 37 (17.70%) Fintech
6 36 (17.22%) CI/CD
6 36 (17.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (16.27%) SDLC
8 33 (15.79%) AWS
9 32 (15.31%) Test Automation
10 31 (14.83%) Django
11 29 (13.88%) Problem-Solving
12 28 (13.40%) Full-Stack Development
12 28 (13.40%) Mentoring
12 28 (13.40%) React
12 28 (13.40%) SQL
13 27 (12.92%) Azure
13 27 (12.92%) Computer Science
13 27 (12.92%) RESTful
14 25 (11.96%) Linux
14 25 (11.96%) OO
15 24 (11.48%) SaaS
16 23 (11.00%) GitHub
16 23 (11.00%) Microservices
16 23 (11.00%) OOP
16 23 (11.00%) REST
17 22 (10.53%) Kafka
18 21 (10.05%) C++
18 21 (10.05%) JavaScript
19 20 (9.57%) Acceptance Criteria

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 20 (9.57%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.96%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 33 (15.79%) AWS
2 27 (12.92%) Azure
3 24 (11.48%) SaaS
4 23 (11.00%) GitHub
5 14 (6.70%) Amazon S3
5 14 (6.70%) Amazon SQS
5 14 (6.70%) AWS Lambda
5 14 (6.70%) Serverless
6 12 (5.74%) GCP
7 10 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (4.78%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.44%) Azure AI
9 1 (0.48%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 1 (0.48%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (0.48%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.48%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (0.48%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.48%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.57%) Big Data
2 14 (6.70%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.91%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.91%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.96%) MySQL
4 2 (0.96%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.96%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.96%) Tick Data
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (5.74%) Git
2 2 (0.96%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.96%) JIRA
2 2 (0.96%) Maven
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.48%) Selenium
3 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 69 (33.01%) Finance
2 57 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 39 (18.66%) Front Office
4 16 (7.66%) Health Technology
4 16 (7.66%) Publishing
5 15 (7.18%) Tech for Good
6 14 (6.70%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (6.70%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.31%) Banking
7 9 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.44%) Retail
9 2 (0.96%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (0.96%) Marketing
10 1 (0.48%) Back Office
10 1 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.48%) Electronics
10 1 (0.48%) Games
10 1 (0.48%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.48%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.48%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (14.83%) Django
2 28 (13.40%) React
3 27 (12.92%) RESTful
4 23 (11.00%) REST
5 22 (10.53%) Kafka
6 20 (9.57%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 20 (9.57%) FastAPI
6 20 (9.57%) Flask
7 9 (4.31%) Node.js
8 8 (3.83%) Redux
9 6 (2.87%) .NET
10 5 (2.39%) AngularJS
11 3 (1.44%) NumPy
11 3 (1.44%) Pandas
11 3 (1.44%) WebSockets
12 2 (0.96%) JAX
12 2 (0.96%) Next.js
12 2 (0.96%) PyTorch
12 2 (0.96%) RabbitMQ
12 2 (0.96%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.31%) Equities
1 32 (15.31%) Hedge funds
2 24 (11.48%) Data Structures
3 22 (10.53%) Algorithms
4 20 (9.57%) Management Information System
5 17 (8.13%) Fixed Income
6 10 (4.78%) PropTech
7 9 (4.31%) Cloud Native
7 9 (4.31%) Educational Technology
8 8 (3.83%) Derivative
8 8 (3.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (3.83%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.96%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.48%) Blockchain
12 1 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (11.96%) Linux
2 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (29.19%) Software Engineering
2 57 (27.27%) AI
3 47 (22.49%) Agile
4 37 (17.70%) Fintech
5 36 (17.22%) CI/CD
5 36 (17.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (16.27%) SDLC
7 32 (15.31%) Test Automation
8 29 (13.88%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (13.40%) Full-Stack Development
9 28 (13.40%) Mentoring
10 27 (12.92%) Computer Science
11 25 (11.96%) OO
12 23 (11.00%) Microservices
12 23 (11.00%) OOP
13 20 (9.57%) Acceptance Criteria
13 20 (9.57%) Code Quality
13 20 (9.57%) Low Latency
13 20 (9.57%) Order Management
14 19 (9.09%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 209 (100.00%) Python
2 28 (13.40%) SQL
3 21 (10.05%) C++
3 21 (10.05%) JavaScript
4 13 (6.22%) TypeScript
5 11 (5.26%) Java
6 4 (1.91%) Kotlin
7 2 (0.96%) Apex Code
7 2 (0.96%) Scala
8 1 (0.48%) C#
8 1 (0.48%) Perl
8 1 (0.48%) PHP
8 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (6.70%) Degree
2 2 (0.96%) Azure Certification
3 1 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.48%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.66%) QA
2 2 (0.96%) GDPR
2 2 (0.96%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.96%) PSD2
System Software
1 19 (9.09%) Docker
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 13 (6.22%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (2.39%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.96%) Salesforce
2 2 (0.96%) Solace
3 1 (0.48%) Databricks
3 1 (0.48%) Foundry
3 1 (0.48%) Google
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle
3 1 (0.48%) SAP
3 1 (0.48%) UiPath