Python Software Engineer Job Trends in London

Python Software Engineer
England > London

The median Python Software Engineer salary in London is £115,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 219 339
Rank change year-on-year -50 +120 +150
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 113 225 111
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.83% 1.40% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 1.50% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 107 209 109
10th Percentile £93,750 £76,000 £66,250
25th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £105,000 £112,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -6.67% +25.00%
75th Percentile £137,500 £122,500 £138,750
90th Percentile - £148,750 £155,000
England median annual salary £110,000 £105,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +31.25%

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 12,350 14,970 16,601
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 93.47% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,168 8,864 13,419
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 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 +28 5 £70,000 -17.65% 13
Python Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, 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.

1 113 (100.00%) Python
1 113 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 94 (83.19%) Agile
3 79 (69.91%) TypeScript
4 76 (67.26%) AWS
5 74 (65.49%) JavaScript
6 73 (64.60%) Amazon Athena
6 73 (64.60%) Apache Airflow
6 73 (64.60%) Apache Arrow
6 73 (64.60%) Apache Iceberg
6 73 (64.60%) Asset Management
6 73 (64.60%) dbt
6 73 (64.60%) Dremio
6 73 (64.60%) Investment Management
6 73 (64.60%) NumPy
6 73 (64.60%) Pandas
6 73 (64.60%) SciPy
7 47 (41.59%) Fintech
8 41 (36.28%) Apache
8 41 (36.28%) Apache Ignite
8 41 (36.28%) Data Lake
8 41 (36.28%) gRPC
8 41 (36.28%) Java
8 41 (36.28%) Protocol Buffers
8 41 (36.28%) Snowflake
9 34 (30.09%) React
10 33 (29.20%) AngularJS
10 33 (29.20%) GCP
11 32 (28.32%) Node.js
11 32 (28.32%) Order Management

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 73 (64.60%) Apache Airflow
2 41 (36.28%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 76 (67.26%) AWS
2 73 (64.60%) dbt
3 41 (36.28%) Snowflake
4 33 (29.20%) GCP
5 7 (6.19%) Azure
6 6 (5.31%) SaaS
7 5 (4.42%) GitHub
8 1 (0.88%) Cloud Run
8 1 (0.88%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.73%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (64.60%) Amazon Athena
1 73 (64.60%) Apache Arrow
1 73 (64.60%) Apache Iceberg
1 73 (64.60%) Dremio
2 41 (36.28%) Apache Ignite
2 41 (36.28%) Data Lake
3 32 (28.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (9.73%) JIRA
2 8 (7.08%) Git
General
1 96 (84.96%) Finance
2 75 (66.37%) Front Office
3 52 (46.02%) Banking
4 41 (36.28%) Investment Banking
5 2 (1.77%) Games
6 1 (0.88%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (64.60%) NumPy
1 73 (64.60%) Pandas
1 73 (64.60%) SciPy
2 41 (36.28%) gRPC
2 41 (36.28%) Protocol Buffers
3 34 (30.09%) React
4 33 (29.20%) AngularJS
5 32 (28.32%) Node.js
5 32 (28.32%) Vue
6 11 (9.73%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 11 (9.73%) FIX Protocol
6 11 (9.73%) pytest
7 6 (5.31%) FastAPI
8 3 (2.65%) PySpark
9 2 (1.77%) Flask
9 2 (1.77%) REST
10 1 (0.88%) CSS
10 1 (0.88%) D3.js
10 1 (0.88%) Django
10 1 (0.88%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 84 (74.34%) Equities
1 84 (74.34%) Fixed Income
2 73 (64.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 52 (46.02%) Derivative
4 41 (36.28%) Hedge funds
4 41 (36.28%) Pricing Data
5 11 (9.73%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.65%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.77%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.73%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 94 (83.19%) Agile
3 73 (64.60%) Asset Management
3 73 (64.60%) Investment Management
4 47 (41.59%) Fintech
5 32 (28.32%) Order Management
5 32 (28.32%) Performance Attribution
5 32 (28.32%) Risk Management
6 19 (16.81%) Computer Science
7 14 (12.39%) OOP
8 13 (11.50%) Low Latency
9 12 (10.62%) Technical Leadership
10 11 (9.73%) CI/CD
10 11 (9.73%) Continuous Integration
10 11 (9.73%) Mathematics
10 11 (9.73%) Process Improvement
10 11 (9.73%) SDLC
10 11 (9.73%) Workflow
11 7 (6.19%) Data Science
12 6 (5.31%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 113 (100.00%) Python
2 79 (69.91%) TypeScript
3 74 (65.49%) JavaScript
4 41 (36.28%) Java
5 12 (10.62%) C++
6 7 (6.19%) SQL
7 4 (3.54%) C#
8 2 (1.77%) Go
8 2 (1.77%) Rust
Qualifications
1 8 (7.08%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (7.08%) Degree
2 2 (1.77%) SC Cleared
2 2 (1.77%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.73%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.65%) Terraform
2 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (1.77%) Foundry
1 2 (1.77%) Palantir
2 1 (0.88%) Google