Python Developer Job Trends in London

Python Developer
England > London

The median Python Developer salary in London is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 February 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 229 170
Rank change year-on-year +37 -59 +119
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 215 210 386
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.40% 1.40% 1.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.54% 1.53% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 161 152 359
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £62,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £132,500 £110,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £112,500 £150,000
England median annual salary £76,000 £77,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year -1.94% -8.82% +3.03%

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 13,985 13,748 19,993
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 91.57% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 9,305 7,941 16,141
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £39,420
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -1.83%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £111,250 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 February 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 February 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 +41 55 £60,000 +9.09% 23
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 February 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.

1 215 (100.00%) Python
2 65 (30.23%) Agile
3 61 (28.37%) Software Engineering
4 60 (27.91%) AI
5 46 (21.40%) AWS
5 46 (21.40%) CI/CD
6 45 (20.93%) React
7 42 (19.53%) Problem-Solving
8 39 (18.14%) Fintech
8 39 (18.14%) Test Automation
9 36 (16.74%) Azure
10 33 (15.35%) Django
10 33 (15.35%) TypeScript
11 32 (14.88%) SQL
12 31 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 31 (14.42%) JavaScript
12 31 (14.42%) Order Management
12 31 (14.42%) RESTful
13 28 (13.02%) Full-Stack Development
13 28 (13.02%) REST
14 27 (12.56%) GitHub
14 27 (12.56%) PostgreSQL
15 26 (12.09%) Node.js
16 25 (11.63%) FastAPI
16 25 (11.63%) Flask
16 25 (11.63%) Mentoring
16 25 (11.63%) SDLC
17 24 (11.16%) C++
17 24 (11.16%) Investment Management
18 23 (10.70%) 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 17 (7.91%) Apache Spark
2 14 (6.51%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (2.79%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.33%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.47%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 46 (21.40%) AWS
2 36 (16.74%) Azure
3 27 (12.56%) GitHub
4 23 (10.70%) GCP
5 18 (8.37%) AWS Lambda
5 18 (8.37%) Serverless
6 17 (7.91%) SaaS
7 14 (6.51%) Amazon S3
7 14 (6.51%) Amazon SQS
7 14 (6.51%) dbt
8 11 (5.12%) Azure AI
9 10 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (3.72%) n8n
11 8 (3.72%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (0.93%) Copilot Studio
13 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.93%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.47%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.47%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (12.56%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (7.44%) Big Data
2 16 (7.44%) NoSQL
3 14 (6.51%) Amazon Athena
3 14 (6.51%) Apache Arrow
3 14 (6.51%) Apache Iceberg
3 14 (6.51%) Dremio
4 7 (3.26%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.33%) RDBMS
6 4 (1.86%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.93%) MySQL
7 2 (0.93%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.93%) Tick Data
8 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (5.58%) Git
2 3 (1.40%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.93%) JIRA
3 2 (0.93%) Maven
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.47%) Selenium
4 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 84 (39.07%) Finance
2 55 (25.58%) Social Skills
3 43 (20.00%) Front Office
4 20 (9.30%) Health Technology
4 20 (9.30%) Publishing
5 19 (8.84%) Tech for Good
6 14 (6.51%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (6.51%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (5.58%) Banking
7 12 (5.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.26%) Legal
9 4 (1.86%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.86%) Electronics
9 4 (1.86%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.86%) Marketing
9 4 (1.86%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.86%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.40%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.40%) Retail
11 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (20.93%) React
2 33 (15.35%) Django
3 31 (14.42%) RESTful
4 28 (13.02%) REST
5 26 (12.09%) Node.js
6 25 (11.63%) FastAPI
6 25 (11.63%) Flask
7 18 (8.37%) Kafka
7 18 (8.37%) NumPy
7 18 (8.37%) Pandas
8 17 (7.91%) AngularJS
8 17 (7.91%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 14 (6.51%) SciPy
9 14 (6.51%) Vue
10 10 (4.65%) LangChain
11 7 (3.26%) PyTorch
12 4 (1.86%) .NET
12 4 (1.86%) Swagger
13 3 (1.40%) Matplotlib
13 3 (1.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (17.21%) Equities
2 25 (11.63%) Hedge funds
3 21 (9.77%) Data Structures
4 19 (8.84%) Algorithms
4 19 (8.84%) Fixed Income
5 17 (7.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 17 (7.91%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.72%) AI Agents
6 8 (3.72%) Low-Code
6 8 (3.72%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.26%) Cloud Native
7 7 (3.26%) Educational Technology
8 5 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.33%) PropTech
9 4 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.40%) Grid Computing
11 2 (0.93%) Derivative
12 1 (0.47%) Blockchain
12 1 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.77%) Linux
2 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (30.23%) Agile
2 61 (28.37%) Software Engineering
3 60 (27.91%) AI
4 46 (21.40%) CI/CD
5 42 (19.53%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (18.14%) Fintech
6 39 (18.14%) Test Automation
7 31 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (14.42%) Order Management
8 28 (13.02%) Full-Stack Development
9 25 (11.63%) Mentoring
9 25 (11.63%) SDLC
10 24 (11.16%) Investment Management
11 23 (10.70%) Computer Science
12 22 (10.23%) TDD
13 21 (9.77%) Containerisation
13 21 (9.77%) OOP
14 20 (9.30%) Acceptance Criteria
14 20 (9.30%) Microservices
14 20 (9.30%) OO
Programming Languages
1 215 (100.00%) Python
2 33 (15.35%) TypeScript
3 32 (14.88%) SQL
4 31 (14.42%) JavaScript
5 24 (11.16%) C++
6 14 (6.51%) Java
7 4 (1.86%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.40%) Bicep
8 3 (1.40%) C#
9 2 (0.93%) Scala
10 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.47%) Perl
10 1 (0.47%) PHP
10 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.47%) Ruby
10 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (6.98%) Degree
2 3 (1.40%) Master's Degree
3 2 (0.93%) PhD
3 2 (0.93%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (0.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.70%) QA
2 2 (0.93%) GDPR
2 2 (0.93%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.93%) PSD2
System Software
1 23 (10.70%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 19 (8.84%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.33%) Terraform
3 1 (0.47%) Grafana
Vendors
1 12 (5.58%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.72%) OpenAI
3 6 (2.79%) iManage
4 4 (1.86%) Google
4 4 (1.86%) SAP
5 2 (0.93%) Solace
6 1 (0.47%) Foundry
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle
6 1 (0.47%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.47%) UiPath