Python Software Engineer Job Trends in London

Python Software Engineer
England > London

The median Python Software Engineer salary in London is £130,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 November 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 218 196 326
Rank change year-on-year -22 +130 +145
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 180 286 125
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.38% 1.63% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 1.72% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 127 264 123
10th Percentile £97,500 £76,000 £66,250
25th Percentile £101,250 £85,000 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £107,500 £112,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.93% -4.44% +21.62%
75th Percentile £137,500 £142,500 £138,750
90th Percentile - £148,750 £155,000
England median annual salary £110,000 £105,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 11,833 16,596 17,634
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.81% 94.64% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 7,662 10,115 14,384
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £118,625 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 +31 4 £70,000 -3.45% 3
Python Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 November 2025, 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.

1 180 (100.00%) Python
1 180 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 161 (89.44%) Agile
3 124 (68.89%) AWS
4 114 (63.33%) TypeScript
5 104 (57.78%) Apache Iceberg
5 104 (57.78%) JavaScript
6 101 (56.11%) Amazon Athena
6 101 (56.11%) Apache Airflow
6 101 (56.11%) Apache Arrow
6 101 (56.11%) Asset Management
6 101 (56.11%) dbt
6 101 (56.11%) Dremio
6 101 (56.11%) Investment Management
6 101 (56.11%) NumPy
6 101 (56.11%) Pandas
6 101 (56.11%) SciPy
7 82 (45.56%) Java
8 66 (36.67%) Fintech
9 57 (31.67%) Apache
9 57 (31.67%) Apache Ignite
9 57 (31.67%) Data Lake
9 57 (31.67%) gRPC
9 57 (31.67%) Protocol Buffers
9 57 (31.67%) Snowflake
10 55 (30.56%) React
11 49 (27.22%) GCP
11 49 (27.22%) PostgreSQL
12 46 (25.56%) Node.js
13 45 (25.00%) AngularJS

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
1 101 (56.11%) Apache Airflow
2 57 (31.67%) Apache
3 6 (3.33%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 124 (68.89%) AWS
2 101 (56.11%) dbt
3 57 (31.67%) Snowflake
4 49 (27.22%) GCP
5 6 (3.33%) Azure
6 5 (2.78%) Amazon EKS
6 5 (2.78%) SaaS
7 4 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (2.22%) Serverless
8 3 (1.67%) GitHub
9 2 (1.11%) Amazon Bedrock
9 2 (1.11%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.11%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.11%) Amazon SageMaker
10 1 (0.56%) Cloud Run
10 1 (0.56%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.00%) Multicast
2 3 (1.67%) DNS
2 3 (1.67%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (57.78%) Apache Iceberg
2 101 (56.11%) Amazon Athena
2 101 (56.11%) Apache Arrow
2 101 (56.11%) Dremio
3 57 (31.67%) Apache Ignite
3 57 (31.67%) Data Lake
4 49 (27.22%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (6.67%) NoSQL
6 9 (5.00%) Relational Database
7 6 (3.33%) Big Data
7 6 (3.33%) KDB
8 5 (2.78%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.67%) Kdb+
9 3 (1.67%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.67%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 12 (6.67%) JIRA
2 6 (3.33%) Git
3 5 (2.78%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (1.67%) Spinnaker
4 3 (1.67%) YouTrack
5 2 (1.11%) Locust
5 2 (1.11%) Selenium
General
1 169 (93.89%) Finance
2 118 (65.56%) Front Office
3 109 (60.56%) Banking
4 66 (36.67%) Investment Banking
5 47 (26.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 47 (26.11%) Law
6 14 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (5.56%) Social Skills
8 7 (3.89%) Marketing
9 3 (1.67%) Agriculture
9 3 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.11%) Electronics
10 2 (1.11%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.11%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.11%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (56.11%) NumPy
1 101 (56.11%) Pandas
1 101 (56.11%) SciPy
2 57 (31.67%) gRPC
2 57 (31.67%) Protocol Buffers
3 55 (30.56%) React
4 46 (25.56%) Node.js
5 45 (25.00%) AngularJS
6 44 (24.44%) Vue
7 11 (6.11%) pytest
8 9 (5.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 9 (5.00%) FIX Protocol
8 9 (5.00%) Kafka
9 8 (4.44%) FastAPI
10 5 (2.78%) RESTful
11 4 (2.22%) Django
11 4 (2.22%) OpenTelemetry
12 3 (1.67%) Flask
12 3 (1.67%) Spark Streaming
13 2 (1.11%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 113 (62.78%) Equities
2 110 (61.11%) Fixed Income
3 101 (56.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 72 (40.00%) Derivative
5 57 (31.67%) Hedge funds
5 57 (31.67%) Pricing Data
6 22 (12.22%) Cloud Native
7 16 (8.89%) Algorithms
8 12 (6.67%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (5.00%) Client/Server
9 9 (5.00%) Mobile App
10 7 (3.89%) Public Cloud
11 6 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (1.67%) Reinsurance
13 2 (1.11%) Distributed Computing
13 2 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
14 1 (0.56%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.00%) Linux
2 3 (1.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 161 (89.44%) Agile
3 101 (56.11%) Asset Management
3 101 (56.11%) Investment Management
4 66 (36.67%) Fintech
5 44 (24.44%) Order Management
5 44 (24.44%) Performance Attribution
5 44 (24.44%) Risk Management
6 39 (21.67%) SDLC
7 37 (20.56%) CI/CD
8 36 (20.00%) Computer Science
9 30 (16.67%) Operational Stability
10 29 (16.11%) Community of Practice
11 27 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (11.67%) Mathematics
13 17 (9.44%) AI
13 17 (9.44%) Software Testing
14 15 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (8.33%) Low Latency
15 14 (7.78%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 180 (100.00%) Python
2 114 (63.33%) TypeScript
3 104 (57.78%) JavaScript
4 82 (45.56%) Java
5 21 (11.67%) SQL
6 11 (6.11%) Go
7 10 (5.56%) C++
8 7 (3.89%) C#
9 2 (1.11%) Rust
Qualifications
1 18 (10.00%) Degree
2 11 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (3.89%) AWS Certification
4 4 (2.22%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.67%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.67%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.11%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 7 (3.89%) Docker
2 3 (1.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 13 (7.22%) Terraform
3 4 (2.22%) Grafana
3 4 (2.22%) Mesos
3 4 (2.22%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.67%) Ansible
4 3 (1.67%) Puppet
4 3 (1.67%) Salt
Vendors
1 5 (2.78%) Oracle
2 4 (2.22%) Google
3 3 (1.67%) Vertica
4 2 (1.11%) Databricks
4 2 (1.11%) Foundry
4 2 (1.11%) Palantir
4 2 (1.11%) SAP