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 30 May 2026.

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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 193 188
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +58
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 234 214 413
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.12% 1.78% 1.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% 1.98% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 180 171 369
10th Percentile £59,500 £56,250 £66,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £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 £137,500 £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 19,340 10,834 22,418
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 90.05% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 13,252 6,895 16,798
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,903 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,000
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 £55,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.48% +9.52% -13.65%

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 30 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 30 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 +23 61 £60,000 -22.58% 2
West London - 2 - -
East London -7 1 - - 2
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 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.

1 234 (100.00%) Python
2 73 (31.20%) Software Engineering
3 66 (28.21%) AI
4 52 (22.22%) AWS
5 39 (16.67%) Agile
6 35 (14.96%) Test Automation
7 32 (13.68%) Fintech
7 32 (13.68%) Full-Stack Development
7 32 (13.68%) SQL
8 31 (13.25%) CI/CD
8 31 (13.25%) Django
9 30 (12.82%) SDLC
10 29 (12.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (12.39%) FastAPI
11 28 (11.97%) Azure
11 28 (11.97%) OO
12 26 (11.11%) SaaS
13 25 (10.68%) Problem-Solving
13 25 (10.68%) React
13 25 (10.68%) REST
14 24 (10.26%) Linux
14 24 (10.26%) RESTful
15 23 (9.83%) Docker
15 23 (9.83%) OOP
16 22 (9.40%) Flask
17 20 (8.55%) Boost C++ Libraries
17 20 (8.55%) C++
17 20 (8.55%) Computer Science
17 20 (8.55%) Low Latency
17 20 (8.55%) Microservices

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 (6.84%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.85%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.43%) Apache
3 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.43%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 52 (22.22%) AWS
2 28 (11.97%) Azure
3 26 (11.11%) SaaS
4 14 (5.98%) GitHub
5 10 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (4.27%) GCP
5 10 (4.27%) GitHub Actions
6 9 (3.85%) Serverless
7 7 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (2.14%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.28%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (1.28%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.85%) AWS CodePipeline
10 2 (0.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.85%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.85%) PaaS
11 1 (0.43%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 1 (0.43%) AWS Fargate
11 1 (0.43%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.56%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.55%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (6.41%) Big Data
3 6 (2.56%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.14%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.28%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.85%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.43%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.43%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (5.98%) Git
2 2 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.43%) Selenium
General
1 61 (26.07%) Finance
2 43 (18.38%) Front Office
3 35 (14.96%) Social Skills
4 13 (5.56%) Banking
5 11 (4.70%) Health Technology
5 11 (4.70%) Tech for Good
6 7 (2.99%) Games
6 7 (2.99%) Publishing
7 5 (2.14%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Back Office
10 1 (0.43%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.43%) Law
10 1 (0.43%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (13.25%) Django
2 29 (12.39%) FastAPI
3 25 (10.68%) React
3 25 (10.68%) REST
4 24 (10.26%) RESTful
5 22 (9.40%) Flask
6 20 (8.55%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 17 (7.26%) Kafka
8 9 (3.85%) AngularJS
8 9 (3.85%) Node.js
9 8 (3.42%) Redux
10 6 (2.56%) .NET
11 5 (2.14%) NumPy
11 5 (2.14%) Pandas
12 4 (1.71%) Swagger
13 3 (1.28%) WebSockets
14 2 (0.85%) JSON
14 2 (0.85%) Plotly
14 2 (0.85%) PySpark
14 2 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 34 (14.53%) Hedge funds
2 30 (12.82%) Equities
3 26 (11.11%) Algorithms
3 26 (11.11%) Data Structures
4 22 (9.40%) Fixed Income
5 20 (8.55%) Management Information System
6 19 (8.12%) Cloud Native
7 17 (7.26%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (4.27%) Derivative
8 10 (4.27%) Educational Technology
8 10 (4.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (4.27%) PropTech
9 8 (3.42%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (2.56%) Low-Code
11 6 (2.56%) Video\Live Streaming
12 3 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
13 2 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.85%) Onboarding
14 1 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.26%) Linux
2 2 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (31.20%) Software Engineering
2 66 (28.21%) AI
3 39 (16.67%) Agile
4 35 (14.96%) Test Automation
5 32 (13.68%) Fintech
5 32 (13.68%) Full-Stack Development
6 31 (13.25%) CI/CD
7 30 (12.82%) SDLC
8 29 (12.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (11.97%) OO
10 25 (10.68%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (9.83%) OOP
12 20 (8.55%) Computer Science
12 20 (8.55%) Low Latency
12 20 (8.55%) Microservices
12 20 (8.55%) Order Management
13 16 (6.84%) Clean Code
13 16 (6.84%) Investment Management
14 15 (6.41%) Cybersecurity
15 14 (5.98%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 234 (100.00%) Python
2 32 (13.68%) SQL
3 20 (8.55%) C++
4 19 (8.12%) TypeScript
5 18 (7.69%) JavaScript
6 9 (3.85%) Java
7 6 (2.56%) Go
8 4 (1.71%) C#
9 2 (0.85%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.85%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.43%) Bash
10 1 (0.43%) Perl
10 1 (0.43%) PHP
10 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (3.85%) Degree
2 2 (0.85%) Azure Certification
2 2 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.85%) QA
2 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
System Software
1 23 (9.83%) Docker
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 17 (7.26%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (1.71%) Databricks
2 3 (1.28%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.85%) Oracle
3 2 (0.85%) Salesforce