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 6 April 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 215 174
Rank change year-on-year +17 -41 +106
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 221 206 386
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.20% 1.60% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 1.76% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 171 167 354
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £138,750
90th Percentile £145,000 £137,500 £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 16,878 11,713 21,128
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 90.75% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 11,354 7,578 16,478
10th Percentile £38,000 £42,000 £38,975
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £93,750
90th Percentile £106,600 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.72%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 +23 57 £60,000 - 19
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 April 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.

1 221 (100.00%) Python
2 62 (28.05%) Software Engineering
3 61 (27.60%) AI
4 48 (21.72%) Agile
5 37 (16.74%) AWS
5 37 (16.74%) CI/CD
5 37 (16.74%) Fintech
6 36 (16.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (15.84%) Django
7 35 (15.84%) SDLC
8 31 (14.03%) Test Automation
9 30 (13.57%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (13.57%) RESTful
10 28 (12.67%) Azure
10 28 (12.67%) Full-Stack Development
10 28 (12.67%) SQL
11 27 (12.22%) Mentoring
12 26 (11.76%) Computer Science
13 25 (11.31%) OO
13 25 (11.31%) React
13 25 (11.31%) REST
14 24 (10.86%) Linux
14 24 (10.86%) Microservices
14 24 (10.86%) SaaS
15 23 (10.41%) Flask
16 22 (9.95%) FastAPI
16 22 (9.95%) GitHub
16 22 (9.95%) Kafka
17 21 (9.50%) Acceptance Criteria
17 21 (9.50%) OOP

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 (9.05%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.90%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.45%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.45%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 37 (16.74%) AWS
2 28 (12.67%) Azure
3 24 (10.86%) SaaS
4 22 (9.95%) GitHub
5 16 (7.24%) Amazon S3
6 15 (6.79%) Amazon SQS
6 15 (6.79%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (6.79%) Serverless
7 12 (5.43%) GCP
8 10 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (4.52%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.36%) Azure AI
10 1 (0.45%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.45%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 1 (0.45%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (0.45%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (0.45%) AWS Fargate
10 1 (0.45%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.45%) GitHub Copilot
10 1 (0.45%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.45%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.05%) Big Data
2 14 (6.33%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.81%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.90%) MySQL
4 2 (0.90%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.90%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.90%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.45%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.45%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 13 (5.88%) Git
2 1 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.45%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) Maven
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.45%) Selenium
2 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 68 (30.77%) Finance
2 56 (25.34%) Social Skills
3 39 (17.65%) Front Office
4 16 (7.24%) Publishing
5 15 (6.79%) Health Technology
5 15 (6.79%) Tech for Good
6 14 (6.33%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (6.33%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.07%) Banking
7 9 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.36%) Retail
9 2 (0.90%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (0.90%) Marketing
10 1 (0.45%) Back Office
10 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.45%) Electronics
10 1 (0.45%) Games
10 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.45%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.45%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (15.84%) Django
2 30 (13.57%) RESTful
3 25 (11.31%) React
3 25 (11.31%) REST
4 23 (10.41%) Flask
5 22 (9.95%) FastAPI
5 22 (9.95%) Kafka
6 19 (8.60%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 9 (4.07%) Node.js
8 8 (3.62%) Redux
9 7 (3.17%) AngularJS
10 6 (2.71%) .NET
11 4 (1.81%) NumPy
11 4 (1.81%) Pandas
12 3 (1.36%) WebSockets
13 2 (0.90%) Google JAX
13 2 (0.90%) JAX
13 2 (0.90%) Next.js
13 2 (0.90%) PyTorch
13 2 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 34 (15.38%) Hedge funds
2 30 (13.57%) Equities
3 23 (10.41%) Data Structures
4 22 (9.95%) Algorithms
5 21 (9.50%) Fixed Income
6 19 (8.60%) Management Information System
7 12 (5.43%) Cloud Native
8 10 (4.52%) Educational Technology
8 10 (4.52%) PropTech
9 9 (4.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 9 (4.07%) Product Ownership
10 8 (3.62%) Derivative
11 5 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.90%) Onboarding
14 1 (0.45%) Blockchain
14 1 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
14 1 (0.45%) Renewable Energy
14 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.86%) Linux
2 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (28.05%) Software Engineering
2 61 (27.60%) AI
3 48 (21.72%) Agile
4 37 (16.74%) CI/CD
4 37 (16.74%) Fintech
5 36 (16.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (15.84%) SDLC
7 31 (14.03%) Test Automation
8 30 (13.57%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (12.67%) Full-Stack Development
10 27 (12.22%) Mentoring
11 26 (11.76%) Computer Science
12 25 (11.31%) OO
13 24 (10.86%) Microservices
14 21 (9.50%) Acceptance Criteria
14 21 (9.50%) OOP
15 20 (9.05%) Clean Code
15 20 (9.05%) Code Quality
15 20 (9.05%) User Stories
16 19 (8.60%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 221 (100.00%) Python
2 28 (12.67%) SQL
3 20 (9.05%) JavaScript
4 19 (8.60%) C++
5 13 (5.88%) TypeScript
6 11 (4.98%) Java
7 4 (1.81%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.90%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.90%) Scala
9 1 (0.45%) C#
9 1 (0.45%) Perl
9 1 (0.45%) PHP
9 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (5.88%) Degree
2 2 (0.90%) Azure Certification
3 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.24%) QA
2 2 (0.90%) GDPR
2 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.90%) PSD2
System Software
1 20 (9.05%) Docker
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 14 (6.33%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (2.26%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.45%) Databricks
3 1 (0.45%) Foundry
3 1 (0.45%) Google
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle
3 1 (0.45%) SAP
3 1 (0.45%) Solace