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 May 2026.

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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 265 277
Rank change year-on-year -36 +12 +192
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 108 134 248
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.53% 1.08% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 1.20% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 88 134 228
10th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
25th Percentile £90,000 £99,063 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £111,250 £136,875 £138,750
90th Percentile £143,000 £147,500 £148,750
England median annual salary £90,000 £110,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +16.67%

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 18,888 11,123 22,052
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 90.06% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 12,900 7,207 16,628
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.45% +7.59% -12.01%

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 May 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 May 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 +1 18 £96,250 -3.75% 3
Python Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 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.

1 108 (100.00%) Python
1 108 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 38 (35.19%) Fintech
3 30 (27.78%) Agile
4 25 (23.15%) C++
5 24 (22.22%) Computer Science
6 22 (20.37%) SDLC
7 20 (18.52%) AI
8 19 (17.59%) AWS
8 19 (17.59%) Technical Leadership
9 18 (16.67%) OOP
10 17 (15.74%) Git
10 17 (15.74%) Low Latency
10 17 (15.74%) SQL
11 16 (14.81%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 16 (14.81%) Continuous Integration
11 16 (14.81%) FastAPI
11 16 (14.81%) FIX Protocol
11 16 (14.81%) JIRA
11 16 (14.81%) Linux
11 16 (14.81%) Mathematics
11 16 (14.81%) Multicast
11 16 (14.81%) Process Improvement
11 16 (14.81%) pytest
11 16 (14.81%) QA
11 16 (14.81%) Workflow
12 14 (12.96%) GitHub
12 14 (12.96%) SaaS
13 11 (10.19%) Azure
13 11 (10.19%) Full-Stack Development

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 (4.63%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.93%) Apache
2 1 (0.93%) Apache Pulsar
Cloud Services
1 19 (17.59%) AWS
2 14 (12.96%) GitHub
2 14 (12.96%) SaaS
3 11 (10.19%) Azure
4 4 (3.70%) GCP
5 1 (0.93%) Amazon SQS
5 1 (0.93%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (0.93%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.93%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.81%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.48%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (5.56%) Big Data
3 2 (1.85%) MySQL
3 2 (1.85%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.93%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.93%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.93%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (15.74%) Git
2 16 (14.81%) JIRA
General
1 46 (42.59%) Finance
2 21 (19.44%) Banking
3 5 (4.63%) Games
4 4 (3.70%) Front Office
5 2 (1.85%) Social Skills
6 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.93%) Retail
6 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.81%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 16 (14.81%) FastAPI
1 16 (14.81%) FIX Protocol
1 16 (14.81%) pytest
2 9 (8.33%) Flask
3 8 (7.41%) Kafka
4 7 (6.48%) Django
4 7 (6.48%) React
5 5 (4.63%) AngularJS
5 5 (4.63%) RESTful
6 4 (3.70%) Node.js
6 4 (3.70%) Redux
7 3 (2.78%) PySpark
7 3 (2.78%) REST
8 2 (1.85%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.52%) Algorithms
1 20 (18.52%) Derivative
1 20 (18.52%) Equities
1 20 (18.52%) Fixed Income
2 7 (6.48%) Robotics
3 6 (5.56%) Distributed Architecture
4 3 (2.78%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.85%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.93%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.93%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.93%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.81%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 38 (35.19%) Fintech
3 30 (27.78%) Agile
4 24 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 22 (20.37%) SDLC
6 20 (18.52%) AI
7 19 (17.59%) Technical Leadership
8 18 (16.67%) OOP
9 17 (15.74%) Low Latency
10 16 (14.81%) Continuous Integration
10 16 (14.81%) Mathematics
10 16 (14.81%) Process Improvement
10 16 (14.81%) Workflow
11 11 (10.19%) Full-Stack Development
12 8 (7.41%) Investment Management
13 7 (6.48%) Analytics
13 7 (6.48%) Microservices
13 7 (6.48%) Robotic Control
14 6 (5.56%) Decision-Making
15 5 (4.63%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 108 (100.00%) Python
2 25 (23.15%) C++
3 17 (15.74%) SQL
4 10 (9.26%) TypeScript
5 6 (5.56%) Java
6 5 (4.63%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.78%) C#
8 2 (1.85%) Go
8 2 (1.85%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.85%) Ruby
9 1 (0.93%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (1.85%) Degree
2 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.81%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (0.93%) OpenAI