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 June 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 187 199
Rank change year-on-year -30 +12 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 225 235 419
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.04% 1.93% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 2.13% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 170 183 370
10th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £67,375
25th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £92,500 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -11.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £141,563
90th Percentile £140,000 £137,500 £162,500
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 19,983 11,053 23,355
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 90.80% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 13,756 6,999 17,364
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,400 £37,283
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £93,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.86%

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 June 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 June 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 -3 53 £65,000 -16.13% 5
West London - 3 - -
East London -6 1 - - 3
South London - 1 - -
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 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.

1 225 (100.00%) Python
2 69 (30.67%) Software Engineering
3 62 (27.56%) AI
4 54 (24.00%) AWS
5 35 (15.56%) Test Automation
6 34 (15.11%) Agile
6 34 (15.11%) Full-Stack Development
6 34 (15.11%) SQL
7 29 (12.89%) CI/CD
8 28 (12.44%) FastAPI
9 27 (12.00%) Django
9 27 (12.00%) Fintech
10 26 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (11.56%) OO
10 26 (11.56%) SDLC
11 25 (11.11%) Azure
11 25 (11.11%) SaaS
12 24 (10.67%) Linux
12 24 (10.67%) PostgreSQL
12 24 (10.67%) React
13 23 (10.22%) RESTful
14 22 (9.78%) Docker
14 22 (9.78%) OOP
14 22 (9.78%) REST
15 21 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
16 20 (8.89%) Flask
17 19 (8.44%) Boost C++ Libraries
17 19 (8.44%) C++
17 19 (8.44%) Low Latency
17 19 (8.44%) 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 14 (6.22%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.89%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.44%) Apache
3 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 54 (24.00%) AWS
2 25 (11.11%) Azure
2 25 (11.11%) SaaS
3 10 (4.44%) GCP
4 9 (4.00%) GitHub
5 7 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (3.11%) Serverless
6 5 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (1.33%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (1.33%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.89%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (0.89%) AWS CodePipeline
8 2 (0.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (0.89%) Azure Functions
8 2 (0.89%) PaaS
9 1 (0.44%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (0.44%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (0.44%) AWS Fargate
9 1 (0.44%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.67%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (5.78%) Big Data
3 9 (4.00%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.22%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.33%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.44%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.44%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (5.78%) Git
2 2 (0.89%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.44%) Selenium
General
1 57 (25.33%) Finance
2 42 (18.67%) Front Office
3 27 (12.00%) Social Skills
4 13 (5.78%) Banking
5 10 (4.44%) Games
6 9 (4.00%) Health Technology
6 9 (4.00%) Tech for Good
7 4 (1.78%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (1.78%) Publishing
8 2 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.89%) Marketing
9 1 (0.44%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.44%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (12.44%) FastAPI
2 27 (12.00%) Django
3 24 (10.67%) React
4 23 (10.22%) RESTful
5 22 (9.78%) REST
6 20 (8.89%) Flask
7 19 (8.44%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 14 (6.22%) Kafka
9 9 (4.00%) AngularJS
9 9 (4.00%) Node.js
10 8 (3.56%) Redux
11 7 (3.11%) .NET
12 5 (2.22%) NumPy
12 5 (2.22%) Pandas
13 4 (1.78%) Swagger
14 3 (1.33%) WebSockets
15 2 (0.89%) J2EE
15 2 (0.89%) JSON
15 2 (0.89%) Plotly
15 2 (0.89%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.78%) Hedge funds
2 29 (12.89%) Equities
3 25 (11.11%) Algorithms
4 23 (10.22%) Data Structures
4 23 (10.22%) Fixed Income
5 22 (9.78%) Cloud Native
6 21 (9.33%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (8.44%) Management Information System
8 11 (4.89%) Derivative
9 10 (4.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (4.44%) PropTech
10 9 (4.00%) Low-Code
10 9 (4.00%) Video\Live Streaming
11 7 (3.11%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (3.11%) Educational Technology
12 6 (2.67%) Product Ownership
13 3 (1.33%) Renewable Energy
14 2 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
14 2 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
14 2 (0.89%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.67%) Linux
2 2 (0.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (30.67%) Software Engineering
2 62 (27.56%) AI
3 35 (15.56%) Test Automation
4 34 (15.11%) Agile
4 34 (15.11%) Full-Stack Development
5 29 (12.89%) CI/CD
6 27 (12.00%) Fintech
7 26 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (11.56%) OO
7 26 (11.56%) SDLC
8 22 (9.78%) OOP
9 21 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (8.44%) Low Latency
10 19 (8.44%) Microservices
10 19 (8.44%) Order Management
11 18 (8.00%) Computer Science
12 17 (7.56%) Analytics
13 16 (7.11%) Investment Management
14 15 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
14 15 (6.67%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 225 (100.00%) Python
2 34 (15.11%) SQL
3 19 (8.44%) C++
3 19 (8.44%) TypeScript
4 18 (8.00%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.00%) Go
5 9 (4.00%) Java
6 5 (2.22%) C#
7 2 (0.89%) Kotlin
7 2 (0.89%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.44%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.44%) Bash
8 1 (0.44%) Perl
8 1 (0.44%) PHP
8 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (4.00%) Degree
2 2 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.44%) Azure Certification
3 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.56%) QA
2 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
System Software
1 22 (9.78%) Docker
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 17 (7.56%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (3.11%) Databricks
2 3 (1.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.89%) Oracle
4 1 (0.44%) Salesforce