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 28 September 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 184 173
Rank change year-on-year -99 -11 +168
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 157 238 383
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.61% 2.02% 2.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 2.22% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 140 170 347
10th Percentile £79,750 £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% +6.98%
75th Percentile £107,500 £137,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £132,500 - £148,750
England median annual salary £80,000 £130,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year -38.46% +18.18% +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 23,741 10,742 18,098
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 91.06% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,130 6,976 11,189
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £59,522 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.22% - -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 28 September 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 28 September 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 +18 15 £100,000 -21.57% 4
Python Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 September 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.

1 157 (100.00%) Python
1 157 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 52 (33.12%) AWS
3 45 (28.66%) Fintech
4 43 (27.39%) AI
5 32 (20.38%) Agile
6 27 (17.20%) FastAPI
7 23 (14.65%) Computer Science
7 23 (14.65%) Technical Leadership
8 22 (14.01%) Django
9 21 (13.38%) Investment Management
10 20 (12.74%) SQL
11 19 (12.10%) SDLC
12 18 (11.46%) Azure
13 17 (10.83%) C++
13 17 (10.83%) Flask
14 15 (9.55%) OOP
15 14 (8.92%) B2B
15 14 (8.92%) GCP
15 14 (8.92%) LLM
15 14 (8.92%) Low Latency
16 13 (8.28%) QA
16 13 (8.28%) Web Development
17 12 (7.64%) Boost C++ Libraries
17 12 (7.64%) Continuous Integration
17 12 (7.64%) FIX Protocol
17 12 (7.64%) JIRA
17 12 (7.64%) Linux
17 12 (7.64%) Mathematics
17 12 (7.64%) Multicast

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 (3.82%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.27%) Apache Pulsar
3 1 (0.64%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 52 (33.12%) AWS
2 18 (11.46%) Azure
3 14 (8.92%) GCP
4 12 (7.64%) SaaS
5 9 (5.73%) Amazon Bedrock
5 9 (5.73%) GitHub
6 4 (2.55%) Azure Databricks
7 2 (1.27%) Amazon SQS
7 2 (1.27%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (0.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.64%) Amazon Cognito
8 1 (0.64%) Amazon EventBridge
8 1 (0.64%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.64%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.64%) AWS Fargate
8 1 (0.64%) AWS Step Functions
8 1 (0.64%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.64%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (0.64%) Serverless
8 1 (0.64%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.64%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.46%) Big Data
1 7 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.27%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.27%) MySQL
2 2 (1.27%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.27%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.64%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.64%) DuckDB
3 1 (0.64%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 12 (7.64%) JIRA
2 10 (6.37%) Git
General
1 53 (33.76%) Finance
2 25 (15.92%) Banking
3 19 (12.10%) Front Office
4 17 (10.83%) Social Skills
5 9 (5.73%) Marketing
6 1 (0.64%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.64%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.64%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (17.20%) FastAPI
2 22 (14.01%) Django
3 17 (10.83%) Flask
4 12 (7.64%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 12 (7.64%) FIX Protocol
4 12 (7.64%) pytest
5 9 (5.73%) CrewAI
5 9 (5.73%) Kafka
5 9 (5.73%) LangChain
5 9 (5.73%) LangGraph
5 9 (5.73%) pydantic
5 9 (5.73%) Terraform
6 6 (3.82%) RESTful
7 5 (3.18%) REST
8 3 (1.91%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.91%) Jinja
9 2 (1.27%) RabbitMQ
10 1 (0.64%) .NET
10 1 (0.64%) Pandas
10 1 (0.64%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.46%) Hedge funds
2 17 (10.83%) Algorithms
2 17 (10.83%) Equities
3 14 (8.92%) Derivative
3 14 (8.92%) Fixed Income
4 9 (5.73%) AI Agents
5 6 (3.82%) Distributed Architecture
6 5 (3.18%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.55%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.91%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.91%) Reinsurance
9 2 (1.27%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.27%) Credit Derivative
10 1 (0.64%) GNSS
10 1 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.64%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.64%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.64%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.64%) Linux
2 2 (1.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 45 (28.66%) Fintech
3 43 (27.39%) AI
4 32 (20.38%) Agile
5 23 (14.65%) Computer Science
5 23 (14.65%) Technical Leadership
6 21 (13.38%) Investment Management
7 19 (12.10%) SDLC
8 15 (9.55%) OOP
9 14 (8.92%) B2B
9 14 (8.92%) LLM
9 14 (8.92%) Low Latency
10 13 (8.28%) Web Development
11 12 (7.64%) Continuous Integration
11 12 (7.64%) Mathematics
11 12 (7.64%) Process Improvement
11 12 (7.64%) Workflow
12 11 (7.01%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (6.37%) Asset Management
13 10 (6.37%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 157 (100.00%) Python
2 20 (12.74%) SQL
3 17 (10.83%) C++
4 12 (7.64%) R
5 6 (3.82%) TypeScript
6 5 (3.18%) C#
7 3 (1.91%) Java
8 2 (1.27%) Go
8 2 (1.27%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.64%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.64%) Ruby
9 1 (0.64%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2 (1.27%) Degree
2 1 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (0.64%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.28%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.27%) Puppet
2 1 (0.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (5.73%) Google
2 6 (3.82%) Databricks
3 3 (1.91%) Revolut
4 2 (1.27%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.64%) OpenAI