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 22 November 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 226 162
Rank change year-on-year +46 -64 +108
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Developer 228 247 381
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.76% 1.40% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.94% 1.48% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 161 184 359
10th Percentile £64,000 £52,500 £62,500
25th Percentile £75,000 £64,868 £80,000
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 £112,500 £138,750
90th Percentile £140,000 £145,125 £150,000
England median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% +18.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 11,757 16,703 18,006
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 94.78% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 7,615 10,219 14,688
10th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £54,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.22% -4.17% -

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 2025. 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 +30 30 £85,000 +54.55% 62
Python Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 November 2025, 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.

1 228 (100.00%) Python
2 111 (48.68%) Agile
3 99 (43.42%) AWS
4 90 (39.47%) Software Engineering
5 88 (38.60%) React
6 70 (30.70%) TypeScript
7 66 (28.95%) Order Management
7 66 (28.95%) PostgreSQL
8 64 (28.07%) CI/CD
9 63 (27.63%) GCP
9 63 (27.63%) JavaScript
10 58 (25.44%) Fintech
11 56 (24.56%) Node.js
12 55 (24.12%) AngularJS
13 54 (23.68%) Pandas
14 53 (23.25%) NumPy
14 53 (23.25%) Vue
15 51 (22.37%) Risk Management
15 51 (22.37%) Test Automation
16 50 (21.93%) Amazon Athena
16 50 (21.93%) Apache Iceberg
16 50 (21.93%) Asset Management
16 50 (21.93%) dbt
17 48 (21.05%) Azure
18 47 (20.61%) Apache Airflow
18 47 (20.61%) Apache Arrow
18 47 (20.61%) Dremio
18 47 (20.61%) Investment Management
18 47 (20.61%) Performance Attribution
18 47 (20.61%) SciPy

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 47 (20.61%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (4.82%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.63%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.75%) Jupyter
5 3 (1.32%) Apache
6 1 (0.44%) CMS
6 1 (0.44%) nginx
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 99 (43.42%) AWS
2 63 (27.63%) GCP
3 50 (21.93%) dbt
4 48 (21.05%) Azure
5 31 (13.60%) Serverless
6 29 (12.72%) AWS Lambda
7 20 (8.77%) GitHub
8 14 (6.14%) Amazon S3
8 14 (6.14%) Amazon SQS
9 10 (4.39%) Azure AI
10 8 (3.51%) n8n
10 8 (3.51%) Power Platform
11 6 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (2.19%) SaaS
13 4 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
15 2 (0.88%) Azure AKS
15 2 (0.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
15 2 (0.88%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.32%) FTP
2 2 (0.88%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (28.95%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (21.93%) Amazon Athena
2 50 (21.93%) Apache Iceberg
3 47 (20.61%) Apache Arrow
3 47 (20.61%) Dremio
4 25 (10.96%) NoSQL
5 18 (7.89%) DynamoDB
6 15 (6.58%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (5.70%) Big Data
7 13 (5.70%) Tick Data
8 12 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (5.26%) Relational Database
9 10 (4.39%) RDBMS
10 7 (3.07%) SQL Server
11 3 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.88%) MySQL
13 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.44%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (8.33%) Git
2 3 (1.32%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.88%) JIRA
3 2 (0.88%) Maven
3 2 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 128 (56.14%) Finance
2 76 (33.33%) Front Office
3 40 (17.54%) Social Skills
4 26 (11.40%) Health Technology
5 25 (10.96%) Publishing
5 25 (10.96%) Tech for Good
6 23 (10.09%) Marketing
7 20 (8.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (8.33%) Banking
9 11 (4.82%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (4.39%) Electronics
10 10 (4.39%) Manufacturing
10 10 (4.39%) Public Sector
10 10 (4.39%) Telecoms
11 8 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
11 8 (3.51%) Legal
12 6 (2.63%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.75%) Law
14 2 (0.88%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (38.60%) React
2 56 (24.56%) Node.js
3 55 (24.12%) AngularJS
4 54 (23.68%) Pandas
5 53 (23.25%) NumPy
5 53 (23.25%) Vue
6 47 (20.61%) SciPy
7 34 (14.91%) RESTful
8 33 (14.47%) Flask
8 33 (14.47%) REST
9 28 (12.28%) Django
10 24 (10.53%) FastAPI
11 19 (8.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 14 (6.14%) Kafka
12 14 (6.14%) Swagger
13 10 (4.39%) LangChain
14 7 (3.07%) CSS
14 7 (3.07%) HTML
14 7 (3.07%) PySpark
14 7 (3.07%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 71 (31.14%) Equities
2 48 (21.05%) Fixed Income
3 47 (20.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 30 (13.16%) Hedge funds
5 28 (12.28%) Management Information System
6 23 (10.09%) Algorithms
7 20 (8.77%) Data Structures
8 8 (3.51%) AI Agents
8 8 (3.51%) Low-Code
9 6 (2.63%) Cloud Native
10 5 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (2.19%) Grid Computing
11 4 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.88%) Reinsurance
14 1 (0.44%) Blockchain
14 1 (0.44%) Derivative
14 1 (0.44%) Mobile App
14 1 (0.44%) Public Cloud
14 1 (0.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (13.16%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (48.68%) Agile
2 90 (39.47%) Software Engineering
3 66 (28.95%) Order Management
4 64 (28.07%) CI/CD
5 58 (25.44%) Fintech
6 51 (22.37%) Risk Management
6 51 (22.37%) Test Automation
7 50 (21.93%) Asset Management
8 47 (20.61%) Investment Management
8 47 (20.61%) Performance Attribution
9 43 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (15.35%) AI
10 35 (15.35%) Containerisation
11 33 (14.47%) TDD
12 29 (12.72%) Pair Programming
13 28 (12.28%) OO
14 27 (11.84%) OOP
15 26 (11.40%) Mentoring
15 26 (11.40%) Scrum
16 25 (10.96%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 228 (100.00%) Python
2 70 (30.70%) TypeScript
3 63 (27.63%) JavaScript
4 37 (16.23%) SQL
5 30 (13.16%) C++
6 12 (5.26%) Java
7 9 (3.95%) C#
8 4 (1.75%) Bash
9 3 (1.32%) Bicep
9 3 (1.32%) Scala
10 2 (0.88%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.88%) Ruby
11 1 (0.44%) Clojure
11 1 (0.44%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 25 (10.96%) Degree
2 7 (3.07%) Master's Degree
3 5 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.19%) PhD
4 3 (1.32%) AWS Certification
4 3 (1.32%) AWS Certified Developer
4 3 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 3 (1.32%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.88%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.44%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (16.23%) QA
2 4 (1.75%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.88%) GDPR
3 2 (0.88%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.88%) PSD2
4 1 (0.44%) MiFID
System Software
1 34 (14.91%) Docker
2 4 (1.75%) zsh
Systems Management
1 27 (11.84%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.58%) Terraform
3 1 (0.44%) Grafana
Vendors
1 22 (9.65%) Databricks
2 13 (5.70%) Google
3 11 (4.82%) SAP
4 10 (4.39%) Microsoft
5 8 (3.51%) OpenAI
6 6 (2.63%) iManage
7 3 (1.32%) Splunk
8 2 (0.88%) Foundry
8 2 (0.88%) Solace
9 1 (0.44%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.44%) Reuters
9 1 (0.44%) UiPath