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 25 September 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 168 208
Rank change year-on-year -103 +40 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 182 261 289
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.71% 2.20% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 2.41% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 127 196 222
10th Percentile £66,500 £62,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £73,125 £71,250 £77,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £93,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -11.43% +2.44%
75th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £136,250
90th Percentile £132,500 - £165,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £85,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -14.71% -10.53% -

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 23,727 10,820 18,251
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 91.13% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 16,172 7,042 11,373
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 -12 22 £85,000 +9.68% 12
West London - 3 - - 1
South London - 1 - - 1
East London - 1 - -
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 September 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.

1 182 (100.00%) Python
2 62 (34.07%) AWS
3 57 (31.32%) AI
4 55 (30.22%) Software Engineering
5 44 (24.18%) SQL
6 36 (19.78%) CI/CD
7 27 (14.84%) Azure
7 27 (14.84%) FastAPI
8 26 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
9 24 (13.19%) RESTful
10 22 (12.09%) Full-Stack Development
10 22 (12.09%) Test Automation
11 21 (11.54%) Docker
12 19 (10.44%) Fintech
12 19 (10.44%) Observability
13 17 (9.34%) Analytics
13 17 (9.34%) Data Engineering
13 17 (9.34%) DevOps
13 17 (9.34%) Django
14 16 (8.79%) Agile
14 16 (8.79%) Infrastructure as Code
14 16 (8.79%) Kubernetes
14 16 (8.79%) Validation
15 15 (8.24%) API Development
16 14 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
16 14 (7.69%) REST
16 14 (7.69%) SaaS
17 13 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
17 13 (7.14%) GCP
17 13 (7.14%) Generative AI

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 5 (2.75%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.55%) Apache
2 1 (0.55%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.55%) Jupyter
2 1 (0.55%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 62 (34.07%) AWS
2 27 (14.84%) Azure
3 14 (7.69%) SaaS
4 13 (7.14%) GCP
5 10 (5.49%) Amazon Bedrock
6 8 (4.40%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (3.30%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (3.30%) Amazon S3
7 6 (3.30%) Serverless
8 5 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.75%) GitHub
9 4 (2.20%) Amazon SQS
9 4 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.20%) Kong
9 4 (2.20%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.65%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.65%) GitHub Copilot
10 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.65%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.10%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.95%) Broadband
2 1 (0.55%) 4G
2 1 (0.55%) 5G
2 1 (0.55%) DNS
2 1 (0.55%) HTTP
2 1 (0.55%) SSH
2 1 (0.55%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (5.49%) MongoDB
3 8 (4.40%) DynamoDB
4 6 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (2.75%) MySQL
5 5 (2.75%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.20%) Big Data
6 4 (2.20%) Power BI
7 3 (1.65%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.10%) Redis
9 1 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.55%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (4.95%) Git
2 3 (1.65%) GitLab
3 2 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.55%) Selenium
General
1 51 (28.02%) Finance
2 29 (15.93%) Front Office
3 19 (10.44%) Banking
4 18 (9.89%) Social Skills
5 10 (5.49%) Tech for Good
6 9 (4.95%) Games
6 9 (4.95%) Health Technology
7 7 (3.85%) Marketing
8 4 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.20%) Law
8 4 (2.20%) Publishing
9 3 (1.65%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.10%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.55%) Back Office
11 1 (0.55%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (14.84%) FastAPI
2 24 (13.19%) RESTful
3 17 (9.34%) Django
4 14 (7.69%) REST
5 11 (6.04%) Flask
5 11 (6.04%) React
5 11 (6.04%) Terraform
6 8 (4.40%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 7 (3.85%) LangChain
7 7 (3.85%) LangGraph
7 7 (3.85%) pydantic
8 6 (3.30%) CrewAI
8 6 (3.30%) Kafka
9 4 (2.20%) AngularJS
9 4 (2.20%) Next.js
9 4 (2.20%) Node.js
9 4 (2.20%) Pandas
9 4 (2.20%) Swagger
10 3 (1.65%) NumPy
10 3 (1.65%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 29 (15.93%) Distributed Systems
2 24 (13.19%) Hedge funds
3 16 (8.79%) Cloud Native
3 16 (8.79%) Greenfield Project
4 15 (8.24%) Equities
5 13 (7.14%) Low-Code
6 11 (6.04%) Algorithms
6 11 (6.04%) Data Structures
7 9 (4.95%) Video\Live Streaming
8 8 (4.40%) AI Agents
8 8 (4.40%) Management Information System
9 7 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (3.85%) Fixed Income
10 6 (3.30%) Derivative
10 6 (3.30%) Market Risk
11 4 (2.20%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (1.65%) Legacy Code
12 3 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.65%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.04%) Linux
2 1 (0.55%) Unix
2 1 (0.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (31.32%) AI
2 55 (30.22%) Software Engineering
3 36 (19.78%) CI/CD
4 22 (12.09%) Full-Stack Development
4 22 (12.09%) Test Automation
5 19 (10.44%) Fintech
5 19 (10.44%) Observability
6 17 (9.34%) Analytics
6 17 (9.34%) Data Engineering
6 17 (9.34%) DevOps
7 16 (8.79%) Agile
7 16 (8.79%) Infrastructure as Code
7 16 (8.79%) Validation
8 15 (8.24%) API Development
9 14 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (7.14%) Generative AI
10 13 (7.14%) Machine Learning
10 13 (7.14%) Microservices
10 13 (7.14%) OO
Programming Languages
1 182 (100.00%) Python
2 44 (24.18%) SQL
3 10 (5.49%) JavaScript
4 9 (4.95%) Go
5 8 (4.40%) C#
5 8 (4.40%) C++
5 8 (4.40%) R
5 8 (4.40%) TypeScript
6 4 (2.20%) Java
7 2 (1.10%) Bash
7 2 (1.10%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (3.30%) Degree
2 4 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.55%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.59%) QA
2 2 (1.10%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.55%) Data Quality
System Software
1 21 (11.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (8.79%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.65%) Grafana
3 2 (1.10%) Kibana
3 2 (1.10%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.55%) logstash
4 1 (0.55%) Puppet
Vendors
1 8 (4.40%) Databricks
2 7 (3.85%) Google
3 4 (2.20%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.10%) Bloomberg
4 2 (1.10%) Oracle
5 1 (0.55%) Autodesk