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 11 May 2026.

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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 205 187
Rank change year-on-year +9 -18 +70
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 232 207 403
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.14% 1.64% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.81% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 181 166 369
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £66,250
25th Percentile £68,500 £71,188 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -19.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £138,750
90th Percentile £140,000 £141,250 £150,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £82,500 £95,000
% change year-on-year -15.15% -13.16% +11.76%

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 18,669 11,416 22,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.05% 90.28% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12,764 7,440 16,672
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,000
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 £102,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% -11.18%

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 11 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 11 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 +22 62 £60,000 -7.69% 11
West London - 2 - - 1
East London -7 1 - - 4
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 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.

1 232 (100.00%) Python
2 70 (30.17%) AI
3 68 (29.31%) Software Engineering
4 45 (19.40%) AWS
5 42 (18.10%) Agile
6 36 (15.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (15.09%) Fintech
8 34 (14.66%) Test Automation
9 33 (14.22%) Full-Stack Development
10 32 (13.79%) CI/CD
11 31 (13.36%) Django
11 31 (13.36%) SDLC
12 30 (12.93%) RESTful
13 28 (12.07%) SaaS
14 27 (11.64%) OO
14 27 (11.64%) SQL
15 26 (11.21%) React
16 25 (10.78%) Azure
16 25 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
17 22 (9.48%) Computer Science
17 22 (9.48%) Linux
17 22 (9.48%) REST
18 21 (9.05%) FastAPI
18 21 (9.05%) OOP
19 19 (8.19%) Boost C++ Libraries
19 19 (8.19%) C++
19 19 (8.19%) Flask
19 19 (8.19%) JavaScript
19 19 (8.19%) Low Latency
19 19 (8.19%) Mentoring

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 16 (6.90%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.86%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.43%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 45 (19.40%) AWS
2 28 (12.07%) SaaS
3 25 (10.78%) Azure
4 17 (7.33%) GitHub
5 14 (6.03%) Serverless
6 13 (5.60%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (4.31%) Amazon S3
7 10 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (4.31%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (3.88%) Amazon SQS
9 8 (3.45%) GCP
10 2 (0.86%) Azure AI
11 1 (0.43%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.43%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 1 (0.43%) Anthropic Claude
11 1 (0.43%) AWS CodePipeline
11 1 (0.43%) AWS Fargate
11 1 (0.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.43%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.43%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.59%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.33%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (6.90%) Big Data
3 6 (2.59%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.16%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.86%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.43%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (5.60%) Git
2 1 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.43%) Selenium
2 1 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 61 (26.29%) Finance
2 44 (18.97%) Social Skills
3 41 (17.67%) Front Office
4 14 (6.03%) Health Technology
4 14 (6.03%) Publishing
4 14 (6.03%) Tech for Good
5 10 (4.31%) Banking
6 8 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.02%) Games
8 5 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.29%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (0.86%) Retail
11 1 (0.43%) Back Office
11 1 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.43%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (13.36%) Django
2 30 (12.93%) RESTful
3 26 (11.21%) React
4 22 (9.48%) REST
5 21 (9.05%) FastAPI
6 19 (8.19%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 19 (8.19%) Flask
7 18 (7.76%) Kafka
8 9 (3.88%) Node.js
9 8 (3.45%) AngularJS
9 8 (3.45%) Redux
10 6 (2.59%) .NET
11 4 (1.72%) NumPy
11 4 (1.72%) Pandas
11 4 (1.72%) Swagger
12 3 (1.29%) WebSockets
13 2 (0.86%) Google JAX
13 2 (0.86%) Next.js
13 2 (0.86%) PyTorch
13 2 (0.86%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 33 (14.22%) Hedge funds
2 29 (12.50%) Equities
3 23 (9.91%) Data Structures
4 22 (9.48%) Algorithms
4 22 (9.48%) Fixed Income
5 19 (8.19%) Management Information System
6 17 (7.33%) Cloud Native
7 13 (5.60%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (4.31%) Educational Technology
8 10 (4.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (4.31%) PropTech
9 9 (3.88%) Product Ownership
10 8 (3.45%) Derivative
11 6 (2.59%) Low-Code
11 6 (2.59%) Video\Live Streaming
12 5 (2.16%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
14 3 (1.29%) Renewable Energy
15 2 (0.86%) Onboarding
16 1 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.48%) Linux
2 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (30.17%) AI
2 68 (29.31%) Software Engineering
3 42 (18.10%) Agile
4 36 (15.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (15.09%) Fintech
6 34 (14.66%) Test Automation
7 33 (14.22%) Full-Stack Development
8 32 (13.79%) CI/CD
9 31 (13.36%) SDLC
10 27 (11.64%) OO
11 25 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (9.48%) Computer Science
13 21 (9.05%) OOP
14 19 (8.19%) Low Latency
14 19 (8.19%) Mentoring
14 19 (8.19%) Order Management
15 18 (7.76%) Clean Code
15 18 (7.76%) Microservices
16 16 (6.90%) Investment Management
16 16 (6.90%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 232 (100.00%) Python
2 27 (11.64%) SQL
3 19 (8.19%) C++
3 19 (8.19%) JavaScript
4 17 (7.33%) TypeScript
5 8 (3.45%) Java
6 6 (2.59%) Go
7 2 (0.86%) Apex Code
7 2 (0.86%) C#
7 2 (0.86%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.43%) Perl
8 1 (0.43%) PHP
8 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (4.31%) Degree
2 2 (0.86%) Azure Certification
3 1 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.60%) QA
System Software
1 18 (7.76%) Docker
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (5.17%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (1.72%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.86%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.43%) Databricks
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle