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 20 May 2026.

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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 207 190
Rank change year-on-year +20 -17 +63
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 241 208 410
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.16% 1.69% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.87% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 189 165 372
10th Percentile £54,500 £52,500 £66,250
25th Percentile £68,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £87,500 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -16.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £138,750
90th Percentile £140,000 £142,000 £150,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% -10.53% +8.57%

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 19,089 11,122 22,098
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 90.10% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 13,045 7,232 16,650
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +18 64 £60,000 -22.58% 14
West London - 2 - -
East London -10 1 - - 2
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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.

1 241 (100.00%) Python
2 73 (30.29%) Software Engineering
3 71 (29.46%) AI
4 53 (21.99%) AWS
5 43 (17.84%) Agile
6 35 (14.52%) Django
6 35 (14.52%) Fintech
6 35 (14.52%) Full-Stack Development
7 34 (14.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (14.11%) Test Automation
8 33 (13.69%) CI/CD
9 32 (13.28%) SDLC
10 30 (12.45%) SQL
11 29 (12.03%) React
12 28 (11.62%) Azure
12 28 (11.62%) RESTful
13 27 (11.20%) OO
14 26 (10.79%) SaaS
15 25 (10.37%) FastAPI
15 25 (10.37%) Problem-Solving
15 25 (10.37%) REST
16 22 (9.13%) Computer Science
16 22 (9.13%) Linux
17 21 (8.71%) Docker
17 21 (8.71%) Flask
17 21 (8.71%) OOP
18 20 (8.30%) JavaScript
18 20 (8.30%) Microservices
19 19 (7.88%) Boost C++ Libraries
19 19 (7.88%) C++

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 17 (7.05%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.83%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.41%) Apache
3 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 53 (21.99%) AWS
2 28 (11.62%) Azure
3 26 (10.79%) SaaS
4 16 (6.64%) GitHub
5 12 (4.98%) Serverless
6 11 (4.56%) AWS Lambda
6 11 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (4.56%) GitHub Actions
7 9 (3.73%) Amazon S3
7 9 (3.73%) GCP
8 7 (2.90%) Amazon SQS
9 3 (1.24%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.83%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.83%) AWS CodePipeline
10 2 (0.83%) Azure AI
11 1 (0.41%) Anthropic Claude
11 1 (0.41%) AWS Fargate
11 1 (0.41%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.41%) PaaS
11 1 (0.41%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.49%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.47%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (6.64%) Big Data
3 6 (2.49%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.07%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.24%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.83%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.41%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.41%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (6.22%) Git
2 2 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.41%) Selenium
General
1 62 (25.73%) Finance
2 42 (17.43%) Front Office
2 42 (17.43%) Social Skills
3 14 (5.81%) Health Technology
3 14 (5.81%) Tech for Good
4 12 (4.98%) Publishing
5 11 (4.56%) Banking
6 7 (2.90%) Games
7 6 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.66%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (0.83%) Retail
11 1 (0.41%) Back Office
11 1 (0.41%) Law
11 1 (0.41%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (14.52%) Django
2 29 (12.03%) React
3 28 (11.62%) RESTful
4 25 (10.37%) FastAPI
4 25 (10.37%) REST
5 21 (8.71%) Flask
6 19 (7.88%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 18 (7.47%) Kafka
8 9 (3.73%) AngularJS
8 9 (3.73%) Node.js
9 8 (3.32%) Redux
10 6 (2.49%) .NET
11 4 (1.66%) NumPy
11 4 (1.66%) Pandas
11 4 (1.66%) Swagger
12 3 (1.24%) WebSockets
13 2 (0.83%) JSON
13 2 (0.83%) Next.js
13 2 (0.83%) Plotly
13 2 (0.83%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 33 (13.69%) Hedge funds
2 29 (12.03%) Equities
3 25 (10.37%) Algorithms
4 24 (9.96%) Data Structures
5 22 (9.13%) Fixed Income
6 19 (7.88%) Cloud Native
6 19 (7.88%) Management Information System
7 14 (5.81%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (4.15%) Educational Technology
8 10 (4.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (4.15%) PropTech
9 9 (3.73%) Derivative
9 9 (3.73%) Product Ownership
10 6 (2.49%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (2.49%) Low-Code
10 6 (2.49%) Video\Live Streaming
11 4 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
13 2 (0.83%) Onboarding
14 1 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.13%) Linux
2 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (30.29%) Software Engineering
2 71 (29.46%) AI
3 43 (17.84%) Agile
4 35 (14.52%) Fintech
4 35 (14.52%) Full-Stack Development
5 34 (14.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (14.11%) Test Automation
6 33 (13.69%) CI/CD
7 32 (13.28%) SDLC
8 27 (11.20%) OO
9 25 (10.37%) Problem-Solving
10 22 (9.13%) Computer Science
11 21 (8.71%) OOP
12 20 (8.30%) Microservices
13 19 (7.88%) Low Latency
13 19 (7.88%) Order Management
14 18 (7.47%) Clean Code
15 17 (7.05%) Mentoring
16 16 (6.64%) Investment Management
17 14 (5.81%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 241 (100.00%) Python
2 30 (12.45%) SQL
3 20 (8.30%) JavaScript
4 19 (7.88%) C++
4 19 (7.88%) TypeScript
5 9 (3.73%) Java
6 6 (2.49%) Go
7 3 (1.24%) C#
8 2 (0.83%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.83%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.41%) Perl
9 1 (0.41%) PHP
9 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (4.15%) Degree
2 2 (0.83%) Azure Certification
2 2 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.56%) QA
2 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
System Software
1 21 (8.71%) Docker
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 15 (6.22%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.07%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (1.66%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.24%) Databricks
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle
3 2 (0.83%) Salesforce