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 21 February 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 221 167
Rank change year-on-year +22 -54 +124
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 200 221 389
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.27% 1.49% 1.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 1.64% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 149 162 362
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £61,375
25th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £137,500 £110,000 £143,438
90th Percentile £140,000 £119,875 £150,000
England median annual salary £76,000 £80,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -11.11% +9.09%

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 14,434 13,516 20,098
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 91.37% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 9,618 7,878 16,237
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £39,500
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% -0.97%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £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 21 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 21 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 +43 52 £60,000 +9.09% 22
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 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.

1 200 (100.00%) Python
2 59 (29.50%) Software Engineering
3 55 (27.50%) Agile
4 52 (26.00%) AI
5 40 (20.00%) AWS
6 39 (19.50%) Fintech
6 39 (19.50%) React
7 37 (18.50%) CI/CD
8 35 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (16.50%) Test Automation
10 32 (16.00%) Django
11 31 (15.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (15.00%) Azure
12 30 (15.00%) JavaScript
13 29 (14.50%) Order Management
14 28 (14.00%) Full-Stack Development
15 26 (13.00%) RESTful
15 26 (13.00%) SDLC
15 26 (13.00%) SQL
16 25 (12.50%) Mentoring
17 24 (12.00%) Computer Science
17 24 (12.00%) GitHub
17 24 (12.00%) TypeScript
18 23 (11.50%) Investment Management
18 23 (11.50%) PostgreSQL
19 22 (11.00%) C++
19 22 (11.00%) Flask
19 22 (11.00%) OOP
19 22 (11.00%) REST
20 21 (10.50%) FastAPI

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 18 (9.00%) Apache Spark
2 11 (5.50%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.50%) Jupyter
3 3 (1.50%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.00%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.50%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 40 (20.00%) AWS
2 30 (15.00%) Azure
3 24 (12.00%) GitHub
4 20 (10.00%) GCP
5 17 (8.50%) SaaS
6 14 (7.00%) Amazon S3
6 14 (7.00%) Amazon SQS
6 14 (7.00%) AWS Lambda
6 14 (7.00%) Serverless
7 11 (5.50%) dbt
8 9 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (4.50%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (3.00%) Azure AI
10 3 (1.50%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.50%) n8n
10 3 (1.50%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.50%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 1 (0.50%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.50%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (11.50%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (8.50%) Big Data
3 11 (5.50%) Amazon Athena
3 11 (5.50%) Apache Arrow
3 11 (5.50%) Apache Iceberg
3 11 (5.50%) Dremio
4 8 (4.00%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.50%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.50%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.00%) MySQL
7 2 (1.00%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.00%) Tick Data
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (6.00%) Git
2 2 (1.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.00%) JIRA
2 2 (1.00%) Maven
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.50%) Selenium
3 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 78 (39.00%) Finance
2 56 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 42 (21.00%) Front Office
4 16 (8.00%) Health Technology
4 16 (8.00%) Publishing
5 15 (7.50%) Tech for Good
6 14 (7.00%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (7.00%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (5.50%) Banking
7 11 (5.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.50%) Legal
9 3 (1.50%) Retail
10 2 (1.00%) Electronics
10 2 (1.00%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.00%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.00%) Marketing
10 2 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.00%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (19.50%) React
2 32 (16.00%) Django
3 26 (13.00%) RESTful
4 22 (11.00%) Flask
4 22 (11.00%) REST
5 21 (10.50%) FastAPI
6 19 (9.50%) Kafka
6 19 (9.50%) Node.js
7 18 (9.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 14 (7.00%) AngularJS
9 13 (6.50%) NumPy
9 13 (6.50%) Pandas
10 11 (5.50%) SciPy
10 11 (5.50%) Vue
11 5 (2.50%) .NET
12 4 (2.00%) LangChain
12 4 (2.00%) Redux
13 3 (1.50%) Next.js
13 3 (1.50%) PyTorch
13 3 (1.50%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 37 (18.50%) Equities
2 26 (13.00%) Hedge funds
3 22 (11.00%) Data Structures
4 20 (10.00%) Algorithms
5 19 (9.50%) Fixed Income
6 18 (9.00%) Management Information System
7 15 (7.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (4.00%) Educational Technology
8 8 (4.00%) Product Ownership
9 6 (3.00%) Cloud Native
10 5 (2.50%) PropTech
11 4 (2.00%) Derivative
11 4 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.50%) AI Agents
12 3 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.50%) Low-Code
13 2 (1.00%) Grid Computing
14 1 (0.50%) Blockchain
14 1 (0.50%) Onboarding
14 1 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.50%) Linux
2 1 (0.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (29.50%) Software Engineering
2 55 (27.50%) Agile
3 52 (26.00%) AI
4 39 (19.50%) Fintech
5 37 (18.50%) CI/CD
6 35 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (16.50%) Test Automation
8 31 (15.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (14.50%) Order Management
10 28 (14.00%) Full-Stack Development
11 26 (13.00%) SDLC
12 25 (12.50%) Mentoring
13 24 (12.00%) Computer Science
14 23 (11.50%) Investment Management
15 22 (11.00%) OOP
16 21 (10.50%) Microservices
16 21 (10.50%) OO
17 20 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
17 20 (10.00%) Code Quality
18 19 (9.50%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 200 (100.00%) Python
2 30 (15.00%) JavaScript
3 26 (13.00%) SQL
4 24 (12.00%) TypeScript
5 22 (11.00%) C++
6 13 (6.50%) Java
7 4 (2.00%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.00%) Scala
9 1 (0.50%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.50%) Bicep
9 1 (0.50%) C#
9 1 (0.50%) Perl
9 1 (0.50%) PHP
9 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (7.50%) Degree
2 3 (1.50%) Master's Degree
3 2 (1.00%) PhD
4 1 (0.50%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.50%) QA
2 2 (1.00%) GDPR
2 2 (1.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.00%) PSD2
System Software
1 19 (9.50%) Docker
2 1 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 16 (8.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (3.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.50%) iManage
2 3 (1.50%) OpenAI
3 2 (1.00%) Google
3 2 (1.00%) SAP
3 2 (1.00%) Solace
4 1 (0.50%) Foundry
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle
4 1 (0.50%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.50%) UiPath