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 27 May 2026.

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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 210 184
Rank change year-on-year +12 -26 +57
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 235 203 415
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.13% 1.71% 1.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% 1.91% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 183 162 375
10th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £66,250
25th Percentile £69,250 £75,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £100,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +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 19,264 10,646 22,241
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 89.94% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 13,218 6,784 16,738
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,196
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 £52,501
% change year-on-year -4.35% +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 27 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 27 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 +15 62 £60,000 -22.58% 11
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 27 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.

1 235 (100.00%) Python
2 71 (30.21%) Software Engineering
3 67 (28.51%) AI
4 52 (22.13%) AWS
5 41 (17.45%) Agile
6 34 (14.47%) Test Automation
7 33 (14.04%) Fintech
7 33 (14.04%) Full-Stack Development
8 32 (13.62%) CI/CD
8 32 (13.62%) Django
9 31 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (12.77%) SDLC
10 30 (12.77%) SQL
11 28 (11.91%) Azure
12 27 (11.49%) OO
13 26 (11.06%) FastAPI
13 26 (11.06%) React
13 26 (11.06%) RESTful
14 25 (10.64%) REST
15 24 (10.21%) SaaS
16 23 (9.79%) Linux
16 23 (9.79%) Problem-Solving
17 22 (9.36%) Docker
18 21 (8.94%) Flask
18 21 (8.94%) OOP
19 20 (8.51%) Computer Science
20 19 (8.09%) Boost C++ Libraries
20 19 (8.09%) C++
20 19 (8.09%) Low Latency
20 19 (8.09%) 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 (6.81%) 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 (22.13%) AWS
2 28 (11.91%) Azure
3 24 (10.21%) SaaS
4 15 (6.38%) GitHub
5 11 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (4.68%) GitHub Actions
6 10 (4.26%) GCP
6 10 (4.26%) Serverless
7 9 (3.83%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (2.98%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.13%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (1.28%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.85%) AWS CodePipeline
11 2 (0.85%) Azure AI
12 1 (0.43%) Anthropic Claude
12 1 (0.43%) AWS Fargate
12 1 (0.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 1 (0.43%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.43%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.55%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.09%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (6.38%) Big Data
3 6 (2.55%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.13%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.70%) 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 (5.96%) 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 59 (25.11%) Finance
2 42 (17.87%) Front Office
3 38 (16.17%) Social Skills
4 12 (5.11%) Banking
4 12 (5.11%) Health Technology
4 12 (5.11%) Tech for Good
5 10 (4.26%) Publishing
6 7 (2.98%) Games
7 5 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.70%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.43%) Back Office
9 1 (0.43%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.43%) Law
9 1 (0.43%) Marketing
9 1 (0.43%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (13.62%) Django
2 26 (11.06%) FastAPI
2 26 (11.06%) React
2 26 (11.06%) RESTful
3 25 (10.64%) REST
4 21 (8.94%) Flask
5 19 (8.09%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 17 (7.23%) Kafka
7 9 (3.83%) AngularJS
7 9 (3.83%) Node.js
8 8 (3.40%) Redux
9 6 (2.55%) .NET
10 5 (2.13%) NumPy
10 5 (2.13%) Pandas
11 4 (1.70%) Swagger
12 3 (1.28%) WebSockets
13 2 (0.85%) JSON
13 2 (0.85%) Plotly
13 2 (0.85%) PySpark
13 2 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 33 (14.04%) Hedge funds
2 29 (12.34%) Equities
3 25 (10.64%) Algorithms
3 25 (10.64%) Data Structures
4 22 (9.36%) Fixed Income
5 19 (8.09%) Cloud Native
5 19 (8.09%) Management Information System
6 15 (6.38%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (4.26%) Derivative
7 10 (4.26%) Educational Technology
7 10 (4.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 10 (4.26%) PropTech
8 9 (3.83%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.98%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (2.55%) Low-Code
10 6 (2.55%) Video\Live Streaming
11 3 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (0.85%) Onboarding
13 1 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.79%) Linux
2 2 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (30.21%) Software Engineering
2 67 (28.51%) AI
3 41 (17.45%) Agile
4 34 (14.47%) Test Automation
5 33 (14.04%) Fintech
5 33 (14.04%) Full-Stack Development
6 32 (13.62%) CI/CD
7 31 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (12.77%) SDLC
9 27 (11.49%) OO
10 23 (9.79%) Problem-Solving
11 21 (8.94%) OOP
12 20 (8.51%) Computer Science
13 19 (8.09%) Low Latency
13 19 (8.09%) Microservices
13 19 (8.09%) Order Management
14 16 (6.81%) Clean Code
14 16 (6.81%) Investment Management
15 15 (6.38%) Mentoring
16 14 (5.96%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 235 (100.00%) Python
2 30 (12.77%) SQL
3 19 (8.09%) C++
3 19 (8.09%) TypeScript
4 18 (7.66%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.83%) Java
6 6 (2.55%) Go
7 3 (1.28%) C#
8 2 (0.85%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.85%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.43%) Bash
9 1 (0.43%) Perl
9 1 (0.43%) PHP
9 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (3.83%) 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 (3.83%) QA
2 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
System Software
1 22 (9.36%) Docker
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 15 (6.38%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (1.70%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.28%) Databricks
3 2 (0.85%) Oracle
3 2 (0.85%) Salesforce