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 23 June 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 199 217
Rank change year-on-year -95 +18 +202
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 125 212 349
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.58% 1.74% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 1.92% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 105 145 323
10th Percentile £80,000 £93,750 £85,000
25th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £120,000 £137,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £136,000 - £148,750
England median annual salary £90,000 £110,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - +15.79%

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 20,082 11,054 23,262
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 90.81% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 13,823 7,018 17,275
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £92,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +5 21 £100,000 -4.76% 2
Python Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 June 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.

1 125 (100.00%) Python
1 125 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 43 (34.40%) Fintech
3 34 (27.20%) Agile
4 29 (23.20%) C++
5 27 (21.60%) Computer Science
6 26 (20.80%) AI
7 25 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
8 24 (19.20%) SDLC
9 23 (18.40%) AWS
10 20 (16.00%) Low Latency
11 19 (15.20%) OOP
12 18 (14.40%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 18 (14.40%) Continuous Integration
12 18 (14.40%) FastAPI
12 18 (14.40%) FIX Protocol
12 18 (14.40%) JIRA
12 18 (14.40%) Linux
12 18 (14.40%) Mathematics
12 18 (14.40%) Multicast
12 18 (14.40%) Process Improvement
12 18 (14.40%) pytest
12 18 (14.40%) QA
12 18 (14.40%) Workflow
13 16 (12.80%) Git
13 16 (12.80%) SQL
14 14 (11.20%) GitHub
15 13 (10.40%) Django
16 11 (8.80%) Flask
16 11 (8.80%) Investment 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 5 (4.00%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.60%) Apache Pulsar
3 1 (0.80%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 23 (18.40%) AWS
2 14 (11.20%) GitHub
3 10 (8.00%) SaaS
4 6 (4.80%) Azure
5 5 (4.00%) GCP
6 1 (0.80%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (0.80%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (0.80%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.80%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.80%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (14.40%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.40%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (4.80%) Big Data
3 2 (1.60%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.60%) MySQL
3 2 (1.60%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.80%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.80%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.80%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.80%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (14.40%) JIRA
2 16 (12.80%) Git
General
1 53 (42.40%) Finance
2 23 (18.40%) Banking
3 4 (3.20%) Front Office
4 3 (2.40%) Games
4 3 (2.40%) Social Skills
5 1 (0.80%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.80%) Retail
5 1 (0.80%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (14.40%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 18 (14.40%) FastAPI
1 18 (14.40%) FIX Protocol
1 18 (14.40%) pytest
2 13 (10.40%) Django
3 11 (8.80%) Flask
4 9 (7.20%) Kafka
5 5 (4.00%) AngularJS
5 5 (4.00%) React
5 5 (4.00%) RESTful
6 4 (3.20%) Node.js
6 4 (3.20%) Redux
7 3 (2.40%) REST
8 2 (1.60%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.80%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 23 (18.40%) Algorithms
2 22 (17.60%) Derivative
2 22 (17.60%) Equities
2 22 (17.60%) Fixed Income
3 7 (5.60%) Robotics
4 6 (4.80%) Distributed Architecture
5 5 (4.00%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.40%) Client/Server
6 3 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.60%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.60%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.80%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.80%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 18 (14.40%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 43 (34.40%) Fintech
3 34 (27.20%) Agile
4 27 (21.60%) Computer Science
5 26 (20.80%) AI
6 25 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
7 24 (19.20%) SDLC
8 20 (16.00%) Low Latency
9 19 (15.20%) OOP
10 18 (14.40%) Continuous Integration
10 18 (14.40%) Mathematics
10 18 (14.40%) Process Improvement
10 18 (14.40%) Workflow
11 11 (8.80%) Investment Management
12 10 (8.00%) Full-Stack Development
13 8 (6.40%) Decision-Making
14 7 (5.60%) B2B
14 7 (5.60%) Refactoring
14 7 (5.60%) Robotic Control
14 7 (5.60%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 125 (100.00%) Python
2 29 (23.20%) C++
3 16 (12.80%) SQL
4 10 (8.00%) TypeScript
5 6 (4.80%) Java
6 5 (4.00%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.60%) C#
7 2 (1.60%) Go
7 2 (1.60%) Kotlin
7 2 (1.60%) Ruby
8 1 (0.80%) PHP
8 1 (0.80%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (1.60%) Degree
2 1 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (14.40%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (2.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (1.60%) Databricks
2 1 (0.80%) OpenAI