Python Developer Job Trends in London

Python Developer
England > London

The median Python Developer salary in London is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 October 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 205 177
Rank change year-on-year +40 -28 +97
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 236 273 394
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.01% 1.55% 1.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% 1.63% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 169 211 371
10th Percentile £63,950 £52,500 £65,000
25th Percentile £73,000 £71,250 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £137,500 £136,250 £135,000
90th Percentile - £165,000 £150,000
England median annual salary £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% -7.89% +18.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 10,651 16,773 19,498
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.88% 95.19% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 6,942 10,494 15,984
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +6.03%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -

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 19 October 2025.

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 19 October 2025. 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 +34 34 £85,000 +54.55% 10
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, 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.

1 236 (100.00%) Python
2 119 (50.42%) Agile
3 107 (45.34%) AWS
4 103 (43.64%) React
5 98 (41.53%) Software Engineering
6 84 (35.59%) TypeScript
7 81 (34.32%) PostgreSQL
8 77 (32.63%) Order Management
9 74 (31.36%) GCP
9 74 (31.36%) JavaScript
10 70 (29.66%) AngularJS
10 70 (29.66%) Pandas
11 68 (28.81%) Node.js
11 68 (28.81%) Vue
12 67 (28.39%) Fintech
12 67 (28.39%) NumPy
13 64 (27.12%) Risk Management
14 63 (26.69%) Amazon Athena
14 63 (26.69%) Apache Iceberg
14 63 (26.69%) CI/CD
14 63 (26.69%) dbt
15 62 (26.27%) Asset Management
16 60 (25.42%) Investment Management
17 59 (25.00%) Apache Airflow
17 59 (25.00%) Apache Arrow
17 59 (25.00%) Dremio
17 59 (25.00%) Performance Attribution
17 59 (25.00%) SciPy
18 54 (22.88%) Azure
19 52 (22.03%) Test Automation

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 59 (25.00%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.97%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.54%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.69%) Apache
5 3 (1.27%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.42%) CMS
6 1 (0.42%) nginx
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.42%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 107 (45.34%) AWS
2 74 (31.36%) GCP
3 63 (26.69%) dbt
4 54 (22.88%) Azure
5 26 (11.02%) Serverless
6 24 (10.17%) AWS Lambda
7 16 (6.78%) GitHub
8 9 (3.81%) Azure AI
9 8 (3.39%) n8n
9 8 (3.39%) Power Platform
10 7 (2.97%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.54%) Amazon SQS
11 6 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
14 2 (0.85%) Amazon Kinesis
14 2 (0.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 2 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
14 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.27%) FTP
2 1 (0.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (34.32%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (26.69%) Amazon Athena
2 63 (26.69%) Apache Iceberg
3 59 (25.00%) Apache Arrow
3 59 (25.00%) Dremio
4 26 (11.02%) NoSQL
5 21 (8.90%) DynamoDB
6 17 (7.20%) Elasticsearch
7 16 (6.78%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (6.78%) Tick Data
8 13 (5.51%) Relational Database
9 10 (4.24%) Big Data
9 10 (4.24%) RDBMS
10 9 (3.81%) SQL Server
11 4 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.85%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.85%) MySQL
13 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
13 1 (0.42%) Redis
Development Applications
1 24 (10.17%) Git
2 3 (1.27%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.27%) Maven
3 2 (0.85%) JIRA
4 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 142 (60.17%) Finance
2 90 (38.14%) Front Office
3 27 (11.44%) Marketing
4 24 (10.17%) Banking
5 22 (9.32%) Social Skills
6 18 (7.63%) Health Technology
6 18 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (7.20%) Publishing
7 17 (7.20%) Tech for Good
8 10 (4.24%) Electronics
8 10 (4.24%) Manufacturing
8 10 (4.24%) Public Sector
8 10 (4.24%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (3.39%) Investment Banking
10 8 (3.39%) Legal
11 6 (2.54%) Law
12 2 (0.85%) Back Office
12 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (43.64%) React
2 70 (29.66%) AngularJS
2 70 (29.66%) Pandas
3 68 (28.81%) Node.js
3 68 (28.81%) Vue
4 67 (28.39%) NumPy
5 59 (25.00%) SciPy
6 37 (15.68%) Flask
7 31 (13.14%) REST
8 28 (11.86%) Django
9 26 (11.02%) RESTful
10 22 (9.32%) FastAPI
11 18 (7.63%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 17 (7.20%) Swagger
13 11 (4.66%) Kafka
13 11 (4.66%) PySpark
14 10 (4.24%) HTML
14 10 (4.24%) LangChain
15 9 (3.81%) CSS
16 7 (2.97%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 82 (34.75%) Equities
2 61 (25.85%) Fixed Income
3 59 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 30 (12.71%) Management Information System
5 27 (11.44%) Hedge funds
6 22 (9.32%) Algorithms
7 19 (8.05%) Data Structures
8 8 (3.39%) AI Agents
8 8 (3.39%) Low-Code
9 6 (2.54%) Cloud Native
10 5 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (2.12%) Grid Computing
10 5 (2.12%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.69%) Reinsurance
12 3 (1.27%) Derivative
13 2 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
14 1 (0.42%) Equity Derivative
14 1 (0.42%) Product Ownership
14 1 (0.42%) Public Cloud
14 1 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (13.14%) Linux
2 2 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (50.42%) Agile
2 98 (41.53%) Software Engineering
3 77 (32.63%) Order Management
4 67 (28.39%) Fintech
5 64 (27.12%) Risk Management
6 63 (26.69%) CI/CD
7 62 (26.27%) Asset Management
8 60 (25.42%) Investment Management
9 59 (25.00%) Performance Attribution
10 52 (22.03%) Test Automation
11 42 (17.80%) Containerisation
12 40 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
13 29 (12.29%) OO
13 29 (12.29%) TDD
14 28 (11.86%) OOP
15 27 (11.44%) AI
16 24 (10.17%) Data Science
16 24 (10.17%) Pair Programming
17 21 (8.90%) ETL
18 20 (8.47%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 236 (100.00%) Python
2 84 (35.59%) TypeScript
3 74 (31.36%) JavaScript
4 38 (16.10%) SQL
5 30 (12.71%) C++
6 15 (6.36%) Java
7 10 (4.24%) C#
8 5 (2.12%) Bash
9 3 (1.27%) Bicep
9 3 (1.27%) Scala
10 2 (0.85%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.85%) Ruby
10 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.42%) Clojure
11 1 (0.42%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 21 (8.90%) Degree
2 7 (2.97%) Master's Degree
3 6 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.12%) PhD
5 4 (1.69%) AWS Certification
5 4 (1.69%) AWS Certified Developer
5 4 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (1.27%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.85%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.42%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (12.71%) QA
2 7 (2.97%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.85%) GDPR
3 2 (0.85%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.85%) PSD2
4 1 (0.42%) MiFID
System Software
1 39 (16.53%) Docker
2 5 (2.12%) zsh
Systems Management
1 29 (12.29%) Kubernetes
2 18 (7.63%) Terraform
3 1 (0.42%) Grafana
3 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (13.56%) Databricks
2 13 (5.51%) Google
3 11 (4.66%) SAP
4 9 (3.81%) Microsoft
5 8 (3.39%) OpenAI
6 6 (2.54%) iManage
7 4 (1.69%) Splunk
8 2 (0.85%) Solace
9 1 (0.42%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.42%) Foundry
9 1 (0.42%) Oracle
9 1 (0.42%) Reuters
9 1 (0.42%) SimCorp
9 1 (0.42%) UiPath