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 10 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 181 176
Rank change year-on-year -105 -5 +152
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 158 229 363
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.61% 1.95% 1.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 2.14% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 145 161 330
10th Percentile £79,250 £100,000 £80,000
25th Percentile £87,500 £105,000 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £130,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £115,000 £137,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £132,500 - £148,750
England median annual salary £80,000 £130,000 £107,500
% change year-on-year -38.46% +20.93% -

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 23,956 10,704 17,549
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 91.04% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 15,991 6,970 10,799
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £52,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £73,596
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -1.49% -1.87%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £119,071
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,281
% change year-on-year +7.27% -0.51% -7.87%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 +17 13 £100,000 - 7
Python Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 October 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.

1 158 (100.00%) Python
1 158 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 59 (37.34%) AWS
3 49 (31.01%) AI
4 43 (27.22%) Fintech
5 32 (20.25%) Agile
6 27 (17.09%) Investment Management
7 25 (15.82%) FastAPI
8 24 (15.19%) Azure
8 24 (15.19%) Technical Leadership
9 23 (14.56%) LLM
10 22 (13.92%) Computer Science
11 21 (13.29%) GCP
12 20 (12.66%) Django
13 18 (11.39%) C++
13 18 (11.39%) R
13 18 (11.39%) SDLC
14 16 (10.13%) Google
14 16 (10.13%) LangChain
14 16 (10.13%) Low Latency
14 16 (10.13%) OOP
15 15 (9.49%) Amazon Bedrock
15 15 (9.49%) CrewAI
15 15 (9.49%) LangGraph
15 15 (9.49%) Pair Programming
15 15 (9.49%) pydantic
15 15 (9.49%) SQL
16 14 (8.86%) B2B
16 14 (8.86%) Flask
16 14 (8.86%) QA

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 (3.16%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.27%) Apache Pulsar
3 1 (0.63%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 59 (37.34%) AWS
2 24 (15.19%) Azure
3 21 (13.29%) GCP
4 15 (9.49%) Amazon Bedrock
5 12 (7.59%) GitHub
6 9 (5.70%) SaaS
7 4 (2.53%) Azure Databricks
8 3 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.27%) Amazon SQS
10 1 (0.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.63%) Amazon Cognito
10 1 (0.63%) Amazon EventBridge
10 1 (0.63%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.63%) AWS Fargate
10 1 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.63%) AWS Step Functions
10 1 (0.63%) Cloud Run
10 1 (0.63%) Serverless
10 1 (0.63%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.23%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.33%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (3.16%) Big Data
3 3 (1.90%) DynamoDB
3 3 (1.90%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.27%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.27%) MySQL
4 2 (1.27%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.63%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.63%) DuckDB
Development Applications
1 13 (8.23%) JIRA
2 12 (7.59%) Git
General
1 59 (37.34%) Finance
2 32 (20.25%) Banking
3 26 (16.46%) Social Skills
4 25 (15.82%) Front Office
5 15 (9.49%) Marketing
6 2 (1.27%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.63%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (15.82%) FastAPI
2 20 (12.66%) Django
3 16 (10.13%) LangChain
4 15 (9.49%) CrewAI
4 15 (9.49%) LangGraph
4 15 (9.49%) pydantic
5 14 (8.86%) Flask
6 13 (8.23%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 13 (8.23%) FIX Protocol
6 13 (8.23%) pytest
7 12 (7.59%) Terraform
8 7 (4.43%) Kafka
9 4 (2.53%) REST
9 4 (2.53%) RESTful
10 3 (1.90%) Jinja
11 2 (1.27%) AngularJS
11 2 (1.27%) RabbitMQ
11 2 (1.27%) React
12 1 (0.63%) Model Context Protocol
12 1 (0.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 24 (15.19%) Hedge funds
2 18 (11.39%) Algorithms
2 18 (11.39%) Equities
3 17 (10.76%) AI Agents
4 15 (9.49%) Derivative
4 15 (9.49%) Fixed Income
5 6 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (3.16%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.16%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.53%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.53%) Distributed Architecture
8 3 (1.90%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.90%) Reinsurance
9 2 (1.27%) Credit Derivative
10 1 (0.63%) CUDA
10 1 (0.63%) GNSS
10 1 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.63%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.63%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.63%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.23%) Linux
2 2 (1.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 49 (31.01%) AI
3 43 (27.22%) Fintech
4 32 (20.25%) Agile
5 27 (17.09%) Investment Management
6 24 (15.19%) Technical Leadership
7 23 (14.56%) LLM
8 22 (13.92%) Computer Science
9 18 (11.39%) SDLC
10 16 (10.13%) Low Latency
10 16 (10.13%) OOP
11 15 (9.49%) Pair Programming
12 14 (8.86%) B2B
13 13 (8.23%) Continuous Integration
13 13 (8.23%) Infrastructure as Code
13 13 (8.23%) Mathematics
13 13 (8.23%) Process Improvement
13 13 (8.23%) Web Development
13 13 (8.23%) Workflow
14 12 (7.59%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 158 (100.00%) Python
2 18 (11.39%) C++
2 18 (11.39%) R
3 15 (9.49%) SQL
4 8 (5.06%) TypeScript
5 5 (3.16%) C#
6 3 (1.90%) Java
7 2 (1.27%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.63%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.63%) Ruby
8 1 (0.63%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3 (1.90%) Degree
2 2 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.63%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.63%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.86%) QA
System Software
1 6 (3.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.27%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 16 (10.13%) Google
2 7 (4.43%) Databricks
3 3 (1.90%) Revolut
4 2 (1.27%) Bloomberg