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 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 232 154
Rank change year-on-year +48 -78 +123
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 216 211 367
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.57% 1.34% 2.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 1.45% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 159 156 343
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £101,500
Median % change year-on-year - -16.26% +16.00%
75th Percentile £137,500 £110,000 £140,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £116,875 £150,000
England median annual salary £77,500 £76,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +1.97% -20.00% +18.75%

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 12,493 14,600 16,929
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.87% 92.95% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 8,274 8,494 13,679
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,434 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.42% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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 +28 37 £60,000 +9.09% 18
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 January 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.

1 216 (100.00%) Python
2 89 (41.20%) Agile
3 71 (32.87%) AWS
4 70 (32.41%) Software Engineering
5 61 (28.24%) React
6 52 (24.07%) CI/CD
7 50 (23.15%) TypeScript
8 48 (22.22%) Fintech
8 48 (22.22%) Order Management
9 45 (20.83%) AI
9 45 (20.83%) Test Automation
10 42 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
11 41 (18.98%) PostgreSQL
12 39 (18.06%) GCP
12 39 (18.06%) JavaScript
13 38 (17.59%) Azure
13 38 (17.59%) Node.js
14 37 (17.13%) RESTful
15 35 (16.20%) QA
16 33 (15.28%) NumPy
16 33 (15.28%) Pandas
17 31 (14.35%) AngularJS
17 31 (14.35%) SQL
18 30 (13.89%) Asset Management
18 30 (13.89%) C++
18 30 (13.89%) Investment Management
18 30 (13.89%) Risk Management
18 30 (13.89%) TDD
18 30 (13.89%) Vue
19 29 (13.43%) Amazon Athena

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 29 (13.43%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (6.48%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.78%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.85%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.46%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 71 (32.87%) AWS
2 39 (18.06%) GCP
3 38 (17.59%) Azure
4 29 (13.43%) dbt
4 29 (13.43%) Serverless
5 27 (12.50%) AWS Lambda
6 24 (11.11%) GitHub
7 15 (6.94%) Amazon S3
7 15 (6.94%) Amazon SQS
8 12 (5.56%) Azure AI
9 9 (4.17%) SaaS
10 8 (3.70%) n8n
10 8 (3.70%) Power Platform
11 7 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (3.24%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (0.93%) Azure AKS
13 2 (0.93%) Copilot Studio
13 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.93%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.93%) Internet
2 1 (0.46%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (18.98%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (13.43%) Amazon Athena
2 29 (13.43%) Apache Arrow
2 29 (13.43%) Apache Iceberg
2 29 (13.43%) Dremio
3 19 (8.80%) NoSQL
4 13 (6.02%) Big Data
5 12 (5.56%) DynamoDB
5 12 (5.56%) Elasticsearch
6 8 (3.70%) Relational Database
6 8 (3.70%) Tick Data
7 6 (2.78%) RDBMS
8 5 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.39%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.93%) MySQL
11 1 (0.46%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (6.02%) Git
2 3 (1.39%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.93%) JIRA
3 2 (0.93%) Maven
3 2 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 99 (45.83%) Finance
2 55 (25.46%) Front Office
3 46 (21.30%) Social Skills
4 29 (13.43%) Health Technology
4 29 (13.43%) Publishing
5 28 (12.96%) Tech for Good
6 15 (6.94%) Influencing Skills
6 15 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (5.09%) Banking
8 11 (5.09%) Marketing
9 7 (3.24%) Legal
10 6 (2.78%) Electronics
10 6 (2.78%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.78%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.78%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.31%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
13 3 (1.39%) Retail
14 2 (0.93%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (28.24%) React
2 38 (17.59%) Node.js
3 37 (17.13%) RESTful
4 33 (15.28%) NumPy
4 33 (15.28%) Pandas
5 31 (14.35%) AngularJS
6 30 (13.89%) Vue
7 29 (13.43%) SciPy
8 28 (12.96%) REST
9 27 (12.50%) Django
10 24 (11.11%) Flask
11 23 (10.65%) FastAPI
12 19 (8.80%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 16 (7.41%) Kafka
14 12 (5.56%) Swagger
15 10 (4.63%) LangChain
16 7 (3.24%) PyTorch
17 5 (2.31%) PyXLL
18 3 (1.39%) Matplotlib
18 3 (1.39%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 54 (25.00%) Equities
2 30 (13.89%) Fixed Income
2 30 (13.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 27 (12.50%) Hedge funds
4 24 (11.11%) Management Information System
5 22 (10.19%) Algorithms
6 21 (9.72%) Data Structures
7 8 (3.70%) AI Agents
7 8 (3.70%) Low-Code
8 7 (3.24%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.78%) Product Ownership
10 5 (2.31%) Educational Technology
10 5 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (2.31%) Grid Computing
11 4 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
12 1 (0.46%) Blockchain
12 1 (0.46%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (0.46%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.46%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.46%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (11.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (41.20%) Agile
2 70 (32.41%) Software Engineering
3 52 (24.07%) CI/CD
4 48 (22.22%) Fintech
4 48 (22.22%) Order Management
5 45 (20.83%) AI
5 45 (20.83%) Test Automation
6 42 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (13.89%) Asset Management
7 30 (13.89%) Investment Management
7 30 (13.89%) Risk Management
7 30 (13.89%) TDD
8 29 (13.43%) Performance Attribution
9 28 (12.96%) Pair Programming
9 28 (12.96%) Scrum
10 27 (12.50%) Mentoring
10 27 (12.50%) Operational Stability
11 26 (12.04%) Containerisation
12 25 (11.57%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (10.65%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 216 (100.00%) Python
2 50 (23.15%) TypeScript
3 39 (18.06%) JavaScript
4 31 (14.35%) SQL
5 30 (13.89%) C++
6 13 (6.02%) Java
7 8 (3.70%) C#
8 3 (1.39%) Bicep
9 2 (0.93%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.93%) Scala
10 1 (0.46%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.46%) Bash
10 1 (0.46%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (7.87%) Degree
2 6 (2.78%) Master's Degree
3 5 (2.31%) PhD
4 2 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.93%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.46%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.46%) MCP
5 1 (0.46%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (16.20%) QA
2 2 (0.93%) GDPR
2 2 (0.93%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.93%) PSD2
3 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
System Software
1 28 (12.96%) Docker
2 1 (0.46%) zsh
Systems Management
1 20 (9.26%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.24%) Terraform
3 1 (0.46%) Grafana
Vendors
1 12 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.70%) OpenAI
3 7 (3.24%) Google
3 7 (3.24%) SAP
4 6 (2.78%) Databricks
4 6 (2.78%) iManage
5 2 (0.93%) Foundry
5 2 (0.93%) Solace
6 1 (0.46%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.46%) UiPath