Senior Python Developer Job Trends in London

Senior Python Developer
England > London

The median Senior Python Developer salary in London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 July 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 328 464
Rank change year-on-year -29 +136 +82
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 59 62 41
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.27% 0.50% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.54% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 33 40 35
10th Percentile £68,500 £64,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £73,438 £79,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +26.98%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £113,750
90th Percentile £107,500 - £138,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% +21.43%

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 20,480 11,396 22,599
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 91.52% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 14,107 7,313 16,720
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,650 £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 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.77% +7.62% -12.50%

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Python Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Senior Python Developer job vacancy trend in London

Senior Python Developer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in London

Senior Python Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Python Developer in London over the 6 months to 6 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Python Developer in London

Senior Python Developer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Python Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 6 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 -11 7 £87,500 +2.94%
West London - 3 - -
East London -5 1 - -
South London - 1 - -
Senior Python Developer
England

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 6 July 2026, Senior Python Developer 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 Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1 59 (100.00%) Python
2 24 (40.68%) Test Automation
3 22 (37.29%) AWS
4 20 (33.90%) AI
5 19 (32.20%) Software Engineering
6 18 (30.51%) Linux
7 17 (28.81%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 17 (28.81%) C++
7 17 (28.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (28.81%) Low Latency
7 17 (28.81%) OO
7 17 (28.81%) OOP
7 17 (28.81%) Order Management
8 12 (20.34%) RESTful
9 10 (16.95%) Product Vision
9 10 (16.95%) Resource Allocation
9 10 (16.95%) SaaS
9 10 (16.95%) SDLC
10 9 (15.25%) Full-Stack Development
11 8 (13.56%) CI/CD
12 7 (11.86%) AIOps
12 7 (11.86%) API Design
12 7 (11.86%) Broadband
12 7 (11.86%) Change Management
12 7 (11.86%) Generative AI
12 7 (11.86%) Go
12 7 (11.86%) Infrastructure as Code
12 7 (11.86%) Integration Patterns
12 7 (11.86%) Intelligent Automation
12 7 (11.86%) Machine Learning

Senior Python Developer 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:

Cloud Services
1 22 (37.29%) AWS
2 10 (16.95%) SaaS
3 4 (6.78%) AWS Lambda
3 4 (6.78%) Serverless
4 1 (1.69%) Azure
4 1 (1.69%) GCP
4 1 (1.69%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.86%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.86%) MongoDB
1 7 (11.86%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (6.78%) DynamoDB
2 4 (6.78%) Elasticsearch
General
1 20 (33.90%) Finance
2 17 (28.81%) Front Office
3 9 (15.25%) Health Technology
3 9 (15.25%) Tech for Good
4 7 (11.86%) Games
5 4 (6.78%) Publishing
6 3 (5.08%) Banking
7 2 (3.39%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.69%) Law
8 1 (1.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (28.81%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 12 (20.34%) RESTful
3 6 (10.17%) Flask
4 5 (8.47%) React
5 4 (6.78%) Django
5 4 (6.78%) FastAPI
5 4 (6.78%) Swagger
6 1 (1.69%) Node.js
6 1 (1.69%) NumPy
6 1 (1.69%) Pandas
6 1 (1.69%) PySpark
6 1 (1.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (30.51%) Data Structures
2 17 (28.81%) Algorithms
2 17 (28.81%) Equities
2 17 (28.81%) Hedge funds
2 17 (28.81%) Management Information System
3 12 (20.34%) Cloud Native
4 10 (16.95%) PropTech
5 7 (11.86%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (11.86%) Low-Code
5 7 (11.86%) Video\Live Streaming
6 5 (8.47%) Educational Technology
7 2 (3.39%) Derivative
8 1 (1.69%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 18 (30.51%) Linux
2 1 (1.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (40.68%) Test Automation
2 20 (33.90%) AI
3 19 (32.20%) Software Engineering
4 17 (28.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (28.81%) Low Latency
4 17 (28.81%) OO
4 17 (28.81%) OOP
4 17 (28.81%) Order Management
5 10 (16.95%) Product Vision
5 10 (16.95%) Resource Allocation
5 10 (16.95%) SDLC
6 9 (15.25%) Full-Stack Development
7 8 (13.56%) CI/CD
8 7 (11.86%) AIOps
8 7 (11.86%) Generative AI
8 7 (11.86%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (11.86%) Integration Patterns
8 7 (11.86%) Intelligent Automation
8 7 (11.86%) Observability
8 7 (11.86%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 59 (100.00%) Python
2 17 (28.81%) C++
3 7 (11.86%) Go
4 4 (6.78%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.69%) Bash
5 1 (1.69%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.69%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.78%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.69%) Kubernetes