Python Software Engineer Job Trends in London

Python Software Engineer
England > London

The median Python Software Engineer salary in London is £102,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 February 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 269 388
Rank change year-on-year -38 +119 +155
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 77 154 96
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.49% 1.04% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 1.13% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 65 144 92
10th Percentile £72,000 £76,000 £73,750
25th Percentile £93,750 £80,000 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £105,000 £120,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -12.50% +33.33%
75th Percentile £137,500 £122,500 £138,750
90th Percentile £150,000 £147,500 £155,000
England median annual salary £100,000 £96,250 £100,000
% change year-on-year +3.90% -3.75% +42.86%

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 14,375 13,595 19,965
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.28% 91.43% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 9,586 7,889 16,128
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% -0.81%
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 Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Python Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Python Software Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Python Software Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Python Software Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Python Software Engineer job vacancies in London

Python Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python Software Engineer in London over the 6 months to 20 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Python Software Engineer in London

Python Software Engineer
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 Software Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 20 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 +27 9 £72,500 -14.71% 4
Python Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 February 2026, Python Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 77 (100.00%) Python
1 77 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 45 (58.44%) Agile
3 32 (41.56%) Fintech
4 27 (35.06%) TypeScript
5 26 (33.77%) AWS
6 23 (29.87%) JavaScript
7 22 (28.57%) Asset Management
7 22 (28.57%) Investment Management
8 20 (25.97%) Amazon Athena
8 20 (25.97%) Apache Airflow
8 20 (25.97%) Apache Arrow
8 20 (25.97%) Apache Iceberg
8 20 (25.97%) dbt
8 20 (25.97%) Dremio
8 20 (25.97%) NumPy
8 20 (25.97%) Pandas
8 20 (25.97%) SciPy
9 17 (22.08%) C++
9 17 (22.08%) Computer Science
10 16 (20.78%) React
11 15 (19.48%) Git
12 14 (18.18%) AngularJS
12 14 (18.18%) GCP
12 14 (18.18%) OOP
13 13 (16.88%) Node.js
13 13 (16.88%) PostgreSQL
14 12 (15.58%) CI/CD
14 12 (15.58%) GitHub
14 12 (15.58%) Java

Python Software Engineer 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 20 (25.97%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (11.69%) Apache
3 1 (1.30%) Palantir Foundry
Cloud Services
1 26 (33.77%) AWS
2 20 (25.97%) dbt
3 14 (18.18%) GCP
4 12 (15.58%) GitHub
5 10 (12.99%) Azure
6 9 (11.69%) Snowflake
7 7 (9.09%) SaaS
8 1 (1.30%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.30%) Cloud Run
8 1 (1.30%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (1.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.29%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (25.97%) Amazon Athena
1 20 (25.97%) Apache Arrow
1 20 (25.97%) Apache Iceberg
1 20 (25.97%) Dremio
2 13 (16.88%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (11.69%) Apache Ignite
3 9 (11.69%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.30%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.30%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (19.48%) Git
2 11 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 50 (64.94%) Finance
2 22 (28.57%) Front Office
3 21 (27.27%) Banking
4 9 (11.69%) Investment Banking
5 5 (6.49%) Games
6 1 (1.30%) Retail
6 1 (1.30%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (25.97%) NumPy
1 20 (25.97%) Pandas
1 20 (25.97%) SciPy
2 16 (20.78%) React
3 14 (18.18%) AngularJS
4 13 (16.88%) Node.js
5 11 (14.29%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 11 (14.29%) FIX Protocol
5 11 (14.29%) pytest
5 11 (14.29%) Vue
6 9 (11.69%) gRPC
6 9 (11.69%) Protocol Buffers
7 6 (7.79%) FastAPI
8 3 (3.90%) PySpark
9 2 (2.60%) Django
9 2 (2.60%) Flask
9 2 (2.60%) Redux
9 2 (2.60%) REST
10 1 (1.30%) CSS
10 1 (1.30%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (42.86%) Equities
1 33 (42.86%) Fixed Income
2 22 (28.57%) Derivative
3 20 (25.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (14.29%) Algorithms
5 9 (11.69%) Hedge funds
5 9 (11.69%) Pricing Data
6 5 (6.49%) Robotics
7 3 (3.90%) Reinsurance
8 2 (2.60%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.30%) Data Structures
9 1 (1.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 45 (58.44%) Agile
3 32 (41.56%) Fintech
4 22 (28.57%) Asset Management
4 22 (28.57%) Investment Management
5 17 (22.08%) Computer Science
6 14 (18.18%) OOP
7 12 (15.58%) CI/CD
7 12 (15.58%) Technical Leadership
8 11 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
8 11 (14.29%) Low Latency
8 11 (14.29%) Mathematics
8 11 (14.29%) Order Management
8 11 (14.29%) Performance Attribution
8 11 (14.29%) Process Improvement
8 11 (14.29%) Risk Management
8 11 (14.29%) SDLC
8 11 (14.29%) Workflow
9 10 (12.99%) AI
10 7 (9.09%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 77 (100.00%) Python
2 27 (35.06%) TypeScript
3 23 (29.87%) JavaScript
4 17 (22.08%) C++
5 12 (15.58%) Java
6 10 (12.99%) SQL
7 4 (5.19%) C#
8 2 (2.60%) Kotlin
9 1 (1.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (7.79%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (7.79%) Degree
2 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
2 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.30%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.19%) Terraform
2 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (1.30%) Foundry
1 1 (1.30%) Google
1 1 (1.30%) Palantir