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 July 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 175 195
Rank change year-on-year -53 +20 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 213 258 362
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.95% 2.08% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 2.27% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 163 193 319
10th Percentile £60,500 £60,000 £69,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £95,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% +7.32%
75th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £140,000 - £165,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £85,000 £99,500
% change year-on-year -14.71% -14.57% +10.56%

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 20,879 11,375 20,912
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 91.53% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 14,416 7,387 15,153
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,399
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.11% -9.34%

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 July 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 July 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 -9 35 £65,000 -18.75%
West London - 3 - - 1
East London -5 1 - - 1
South London - 1 - -
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 July 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.

1 213 (100.00%) Python
2 63 (29.58%) Software Engineering
3 62 (29.11%) AWS
4 58 (27.23%) AI
5 44 (20.66%) SQL
6 35 (16.43%) FastAPI
7 32 (15.02%) Full-Stack Development
8 31 (14.55%) CI/CD
9 30 (14.08%) PostgreSQL
10 28 (13.15%) Test Automation
11 27 (12.68%) Azure
11 27 (12.68%) Fintech
11 27 (12.68%) RESTful
12 25 (11.74%) Django
13 24 (11.27%) Agile
14 23 (10.80%) OO
14 23 (10.80%) React
15 22 (10.33%) Microservices
15 22 (10.33%) SaaS
15 22 (10.33%) SDLC
16 21 (9.86%) Docker
16 21 (9.86%) Linux
16 21 (9.86%) OOP
16 21 (9.86%) REST
17 20 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
17 20 (9.39%) Flask
17 20 (9.39%) JavaScript
17 20 (9.39%) TypeScript
18 19 (8.92%) Kubernetes
19 18 (8.45%) Computer Science

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 13 (6.10%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.94%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.47%) Apache
3 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.47%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 62 (29.11%) AWS
2 27 (12.68%) Azure
3 22 (10.33%) SaaS
4 12 (5.63%) GCP
5 7 (3.29%) Amazon EKS
5 7 (3.29%) Amazon S3
5 7 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.29%) Serverless
6 6 (2.82%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (2.35%) Amazon SQS
7 5 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.88%) Amazon Bedrock
8 4 (1.88%) GitHub
8 4 (1.88%) Kong
9 3 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.94%) AWS CodePipeline
10 2 (0.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.94%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.94%) PaaS
11 1 (0.47%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.23%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (14.08%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (5.63%) Big Data
3 9 (4.23%) DynamoDB
3 9 (4.23%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.88%) MySQL
5 4 (1.88%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.41%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.94%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.47%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.47%) Power BI
8 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.47%) Redis
8 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.69%) Git
2 2 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.47%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.47%) Selenium
General
1 55 (25.82%) Finance
2 38 (17.84%) Front Office
3 24 (11.27%) Social Skills
4 10 (4.69%) Banking
5 9 (4.23%) Games
5 9 (4.23%) Health Technology
5 9 (4.23%) Tech for Good
6 4 (1.88%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.88%) Publishing
7 2 (0.94%) Investment Banking
7 2 (0.94%) Marketing
8 1 (0.47%) Back Office
8 1 (0.47%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (16.43%) FastAPI
2 27 (12.68%) RESTful
3 25 (11.74%) Django
4 23 (10.80%) React
5 21 (9.86%) REST
6 20 (9.39%) Flask
7 16 (7.51%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 14 (6.57%) Kafka
9 10 (4.69%) Node.js
10 9 (4.23%) AngularJS
11 8 (3.76%) Redux
12 7 (3.29%) .NET
13 6 (2.82%) NumPy
13 6 (2.82%) Pandas
14 4 (1.88%) Swagger
15 3 (1.41%) Next.js
15 3 (1.41%) Plotly
15 3 (1.41%) WebSockets
16 2 (0.94%) PySpark
16 2 (0.94%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 28 (13.15%) Distributed Systems
2 26 (12.21%) Hedge funds
3 25 (11.74%) Equities
4 23 (10.80%) Fixed Income
5 22 (10.33%) Algorithms
6 20 (9.39%) Cloud Native
6 20 (9.39%) Data Structures
7 16 (7.51%) Management Information System
8 13 (6.10%) Low-Code
9 12 (5.63%) Derivative
10 10 (4.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (4.23%) Video\Live Streaming
12 7 (3.29%) Cyber Threat
12 7 (3.29%) PropTech
13 5 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (2.35%) Onboarding
14 4 (1.88%) Market Risk
15 3 (1.41%) Educational Technology
15 3 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
16 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.86%) Linux
2 2 (0.94%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (29.58%) Software Engineering
2 58 (27.23%) AI
3 32 (15.02%) Full-Stack Development
4 31 (14.55%) CI/CD
5 28 (13.15%) Test Automation
6 27 (12.68%) Fintech
7 24 (11.27%) Agile
8 23 (10.80%) OO
9 22 (10.33%) Microservices
9 22 (10.33%) SDLC
10 21 (9.86%) OOP
11 20 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (8.45%) Computer Science
13 17 (7.98%) Analytics
13 17 (7.98%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (7.51%) Cybersecurity
14 16 (7.51%) Low Latency
14 16 (7.51%) Observability
14 16 (7.51%) Order Management
15 15 (7.04%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 213 (100.00%) Python
2 44 (20.66%) SQL
3 20 (9.39%) JavaScript
3 20 (9.39%) TypeScript
4 16 (7.51%) C++
5 9 (4.23%) Go
6 8 (3.76%) Java
7 6 (2.82%) C#
8 2 (0.94%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.94%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.47%) Bash
9 1 (0.47%) Perl
9 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (3.29%) Degree
2 2 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
3 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.69%) QA
2 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
System Software
1 21 (9.86%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 19 (8.92%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.69%) Terraform
3 1 (0.47%) Grafana
3 1 (0.47%) Kibana
3 1 (0.47%) logstash
3 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (4.23%) Databricks
2 3 (1.41%) Oracle
3 2 (0.94%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.47%) Salesforce