Python Software Engineer Job Trends in London

Python Software Engineer
England > London

The median Python Software Engineer salary in London is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 180 170
Rank change year-on-year -129 -10 +169
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 141 248 392
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.57% 2.08% 2.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 2.28% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 125 181 354
10th Percentile £78,500 £100,000 £85,000
25th Percentile £85,000 £105,000 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £130,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +13.04% +6.98%
75th Percentile £101,250 £137,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £130,000 - £148,750
England median annual salary £80,000 £130,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year -38.46% +18.18% +2.33%

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 23,070 10,877 18,304
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 91.16% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 15,887 7,089 11,557
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% - -0.68%
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 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 16 September 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 16 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 +9 15 £100,000 -21.57% 8
Python Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 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.

1 141 (100.00%) Python
1 141 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 48 (34.04%) Fintech
3 43 (30.50%) AWS
4 32 (22.70%) AI
5 30 (21.28%) Agile
6 23 (16.31%) FastAPI
7 22 (15.60%) Django
8 21 (14.89%) Computer Science
9 20 (14.18%) Technical Leadership
10 19 (13.48%) SQL
11 18 (12.77%) SDLC
12 17 (12.06%) Flask
13 15 (10.64%) C++
14 14 (9.93%) B2B
14 14 (9.93%) Investment Management
15 13 (9.22%) Low Latency
15 13 (9.22%) OOP
15 13 (9.22%) Web Development
16 11 (7.80%) Boost C++ Libraries
16 11 (7.80%) Continuous Integration
16 11 (7.80%) FIX Protocol
16 11 (7.80%) JIRA
16 11 (7.80%) Linux
16 11 (7.80%) Mathematics
16 11 (7.80%) Multicast
16 11 (7.80%) Process Improvement
16 11 (7.80%) pytest
16 11 (7.80%) QA
16 11 (7.80%) Workflow

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 6 (4.26%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.42%) Apache Pulsar
3 1 (0.71%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 43 (30.50%) AWS
2 10 (7.09%) SaaS
3 7 (4.96%) Azure
3 7 (4.96%) GitHub
4 6 (4.26%) GCP
5 3 (2.13%) Amazon Bedrock
6 2 (1.42%) Amazon SQS
6 2 (1.42%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (0.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.71%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (0.71%) Amazon EventBridge
7 1 (0.71%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.71%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.71%) AWS Step Functions
7 1 (0.71%) Azure Databricks
7 1 (0.71%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (0.71%) Serverless
7 1 (0.71%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.80%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.96%) Big Data
2 5 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.42%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.42%) MySQL
3 2 (1.42%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.71%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.71%) DuckDB
4 1 (0.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (7.80%) JIRA
2 8 (5.67%) Git
General
1 44 (31.21%) Finance
2 18 (12.77%) Banking
3 10 (7.09%) Front Office
4 9 (6.38%) Social Skills
5 3 (2.13%) Marketing
6 1 (0.71%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.71%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (16.31%) FastAPI
2 22 (15.60%) Django
3 17 (12.06%) Flask
4 11 (7.80%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 11 (7.80%) FIX Protocol
4 11 (7.80%) pytest
5 9 (6.38%) Kafka
6 8 (5.67%) Terraform
7 6 (4.26%) RESTful
8 5 (3.55%) REST
9 3 (2.13%) AngularJS
9 3 (2.13%) CrewAI
9 3 (2.13%) Jinja
9 3 (2.13%) LangChain
9 3 (2.13%) LangGraph
9 3 (2.13%) pydantic
10 2 (1.42%) RabbitMQ
11 1 (0.71%) .NET
11 1 (0.71%) Pandas
11 1 (0.71%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.35%) Algorithms
2 15 (10.64%) Equities
3 12 (8.51%) Derivative
3 12 (8.51%) Fixed Income
4 11 (7.80%) Hedge funds
5 6 (4.26%) Distributed Architecture
6 4 (2.84%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.84%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.13%) AI Agents
7 3 (2.13%) Client/Server
7 3 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.42%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.42%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.71%) Credit Derivative
9 1 (0.71%) GNSS
9 1 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.71%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.71%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.80%) Linux
2 2 (1.42%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 48 (34.04%) Fintech
3 32 (22.70%) AI
4 30 (21.28%) Agile
5 21 (14.89%) Computer Science
6 20 (14.18%) Technical Leadership
7 18 (12.77%) SDLC
8 14 (9.93%) B2B
8 14 (9.93%) Investment Management
9 13 (9.22%) Low Latency
9 13 (9.22%) OOP
9 13 (9.22%) Web Development
10 11 (7.80%) Continuous Integration
10 11 (7.80%) Mathematics
10 11 (7.80%) Process Improvement
10 11 (7.80%) Workflow
11 10 (7.09%) Refactoring
12 9 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
13 8 (5.67%) DevOps
13 8 (5.67%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 141 (100.00%) Python
2 19 (13.48%) SQL
3 15 (10.64%) C++
4 8 (5.67%) TypeScript
5 5 (3.55%) R
6 4 (2.84%) C#
7 3 (2.13%) Java
7 3 (2.13%) Ruby
8 2 (1.42%) Go
8 2 (1.42%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (1.42%) Degree
2 1 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (0.71%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.80%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.42%) Puppet
2 1 (0.71%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (2.13%) Databricks
1 3 (2.13%) Google
1 3 (2.13%) Revolut
2 1 (0.71%) Bloomberg
2 1 (0.71%) OpenAI