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 26 July 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 179 187
Rank change year-on-year -109 +8 +182
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 141 245 373
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.62% 1.99% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 2.17% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 117 178 350
10th Percentile £80,000 £100,000 £85,000
25th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £125,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £111,250 £137,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £130,000 - £148,750
England median annual salary £80,000 £115,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year -30.43% +4.55% +4.76%

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 21,213 11,300 19,604
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 91.78% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 14,570 7,380 13,962
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,734 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £117,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 26 July 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 26 July 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 19 £100,000 - 5
Python Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 54 (38.30%) Fintech
3 33 (23.40%) Agile
4 31 (21.99%) AI
4 31 (21.99%) AWS
5 26 (18.44%) C++
6 24 (17.02%) Computer Science
7 22 (15.60%) FastAPI
7 22 (15.60%) Technical Leadership
8 21 (14.89%) SDLC
9 17 (12.06%) Low Latency
10 16 (11.35%) Django
10 16 (11.35%) OOP
10 16 (11.35%) SQL
11 15 (10.64%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 15 (10.64%) Continuous Integration
11 15 (10.64%) FIX Protocol
11 15 (10.64%) Flask
11 15 (10.64%) JIRA
11 15 (10.64%) Linux
11 15 (10.64%) Mathematics
11 15 (10.64%) Multicast
11 15 (10.64%) Process Improvement
11 15 (10.64%) pytest
11 15 (10.64%) QA
11 15 (10.64%) Workflow
12 12 (8.51%) B2B
12 12 (8.51%) TypeScript
13 11 (7.80%) 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 6 (4.26%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.42%) Apache Pulsar
3 1 (0.71%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 31 (21.99%) AWS
2 10 (7.09%) GitHub
2 10 (7.09%) SaaS
3 5 (3.55%) Azure
3 5 (3.55%) GCP
4 2 (1.42%) Amazon SQS
4 2 (1.42%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (0.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (0.71%) Amazon Cognito
5 1 (0.71%) Amazon EventBridge
5 1 (0.71%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.71%) AWS Fargate
5 1 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.71%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (0.71%) GitHub Copilot
5 1 (0.71%) Serverless
5 1 (0.71%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.64%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (4.96%) Big Data
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%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (10.64%) JIRA
2 11 (7.80%) Git
General
1 53 (37.59%) Finance
2 19 (13.48%) Banking
3 4 (2.84%) Front Office
3 4 (2.84%) Social Skills
4 1 (0.71%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (15.60%) FastAPI
2 16 (11.35%) Django
3 15 (10.64%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 15 (10.64%) FIX Protocol
3 15 (10.64%) Flask
3 15 (10.64%) pytest
4 9 (6.38%) Kafka
5 5 (3.55%) AngularJS
5 5 (3.55%) RESTful
6 4 (2.84%) Node.js
6 4 (2.84%) React
6 4 (2.84%) Redux
6 4 (2.84%) REST
7 3 (2.13%) Jinja
8 2 (1.42%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.71%) .NET
9 1 (0.71%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.18%) Algorithms
2 19 (13.48%) Derivative
2 19 (13.48%) Equities
2 19 (13.48%) Fixed Income
3 7 (4.96%) Robotics
4 6 (4.26%) Distributed Architecture
4 6 (4.26%) Hedge funds
5 4 (2.84%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.84%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.13%) Client/Server
6 3 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.71%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.71%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.71%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.64%) Linux
2 2 (1.42%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 54 (38.30%) Fintech
3 33 (23.40%) Agile
4 31 (21.99%) AI
5 24 (17.02%) Computer Science
6 22 (15.60%) Technical Leadership
7 21 (14.89%) SDLC
8 17 (12.06%) Low Latency
9 16 (11.35%) OOP
10 15 (10.64%) Continuous Integration
10 15 (10.64%) Mathematics
10 15 (10.64%) Process Improvement
10 15 (10.64%) Workflow
11 12 (8.51%) B2B
12 11 (7.80%) Full-Stack Development
12 11 (7.80%) Investment Management
12 11 (7.80%) Web Development
13 9 (6.38%) Refactoring
14 8 (5.67%) Cybersecurity
14 8 (5.67%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 141 (100.00%) Python
2 26 (18.44%) C++
3 16 (11.35%) SQL
4 12 (8.51%) TypeScript
5 5 (3.55%) Java
6 4 (2.84%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.13%) Ruby
8 2 (1.42%) C#
8 2 (1.42%) Go
8 2 (1.42%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.42%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.71%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (1.42%) Degree
2 1 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.64%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (3.55%) Terraform
2 2 (1.42%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (2.13%) Databricks
2 1 (0.71%) OpenAI
2 1 (0.71%) Revolut