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 20 June 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 209 232
Rank change year-on-year -92 +23 +200
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 123 209 342
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.57% 1.72% 1.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 1.89% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 103 142 316
10th Percentile £78,000 £93,750 £85,000
25th Percentile £91,250 £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 £115,625 £137,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £130,000 - £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 19,983 11,053 23,355
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 90.80% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 13,756 6,999 17,364
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,400 £37,283
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 £93,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.86%

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 20 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 20 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 -2 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 20 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.

1 123 (100.00%) Python
1 123 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 43 (34.96%) Fintech
3 33 (26.83%) Agile
4 28 (22.76%) C++
5 25 (20.33%) AI
5 25 (20.33%) Computer Science
6 24 (19.51%) Technical Leadership
7 23 (18.70%) SDLC
8 21 (17.07%) AWS
9 19 (15.45%) Low Latency
10 17 (13.82%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 17 (13.82%) Continuous Integration
10 17 (13.82%) FastAPI
10 17 (13.82%) FIX Protocol
10 17 (13.82%) JIRA
10 17 (13.82%) Linux
10 17 (13.82%) Mathematics
10 17 (13.82%) Multicast
10 17 (13.82%) OOP
10 17 (13.82%) Process Improvement
10 17 (13.82%) pytest
10 17 (13.82%) QA
10 17 (13.82%) Workflow
11 16 (13.01%) Git
12 15 (12.20%) SQL
13 14 (11.38%) GitHub
14 13 (10.57%) Django
15 12 (9.76%) Flask
16 10 (8.13%) 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 (4.07%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.63%) Apache Pulsar
3 1 (0.81%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 21 (17.07%) AWS
2 14 (11.38%) GitHub
3 9 (7.32%) SaaS
4 5 (4.07%) Azure
5 4 (3.25%) GCP
6 1 (0.81%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (0.81%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.81%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (13.82%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.69%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (4.88%) Big Data
3 2 (1.63%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.63%) MySQL
3 2 (1.63%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.81%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.81%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (13.82%) JIRA
2 16 (13.01%) Git
General
1 51 (41.46%) Finance
2 22 (17.89%) Banking
3 4 (3.25%) Front Office
3 4 (3.25%) Games
4 2 (1.63%) Social Skills
5 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.81%) Retail
5 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (13.82%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 17 (13.82%) FastAPI
1 17 (13.82%) FIX Protocol
1 17 (13.82%) pytest
2 13 (10.57%) Django
3 12 (9.76%) Flask
4 9 (7.32%) Kafka
5 5 (4.07%) AngularJS
5 5 (4.07%) React
5 5 (4.07%) RESTful
6 4 (3.25%) Node.js
6 4 (3.25%) Redux
7 3 (2.44%) REST
8 2 (1.63%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 22 (17.89%) Algorithms
2 21 (17.07%) Derivative
2 21 (17.07%) Equities
2 21 (17.07%) Fixed Income
3 7 (5.69%) Robotics
4 6 (4.88%) Distributed Architecture
5 4 (3.25%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.63%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.81%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.81%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.81%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.81%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 17 (13.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 43 (34.96%) Fintech
3 33 (26.83%) Agile
4 25 (20.33%) AI
4 25 (20.33%) Computer Science
5 24 (19.51%) Technical Leadership
6 23 (18.70%) SDLC
7 19 (15.45%) Low Latency
8 17 (13.82%) Continuous Integration
8 17 (13.82%) Mathematics
8 17 (13.82%) OOP
8 17 (13.82%) Process Improvement
8 17 (13.82%) Workflow
9 10 (8.13%) Investment Management
10 9 (7.32%) Full-Stack Development
11 7 (5.69%) B2B
11 7 (5.69%) Decision-Making
11 7 (5.69%) Refactoring
11 7 (5.69%) Robotic Control
11 7 (5.69%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 123 (100.00%) Python
2 28 (22.76%) C++
3 15 (12.20%) SQL
4 10 (8.13%) TypeScript
5 6 (4.88%) Java
6 5 (4.07%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.63%) Go
7 2 (1.63%) Kotlin
7 2 (1.63%) Ruby
8 1 (0.81%) C#
8 1 (0.81%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (1.63%) Degree
2 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (13.82%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (0.81%) Databricks
1 1 (0.81%) OpenAI