Python developer salaries in London
What Python roles actually advertise in London, measured from live vacancies on employer careers pages rather than survey responses.
These figures come from 103 vacancies that published a salary, out of 740 live Python roles in London. Every one was read from the employer's own careers page — this is what companies are advertising, not what candidates report earning.
Where a range is advertised we take the top of the range, so read the median as the ceiling a typical employer is willing to reach. Contract day rates are annualised at 230 working days a year.
London against the rest of the UK
Python roles in London advertise a median of £90,000, 13% above the UK-wide median of £80,000 (from 197 salaried roles nationally).
London accounts for 37.6% of the 1,968 live UK Python roles. 28% of the London roles are advertised as remote, against 30% nationally — much the same as the national picture.
Python salary by seniority
| Level | Lower quartile | Median | Upper quartile | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate / junior | £35,000 | £65,000 | £85,000 | 26 |
| Mid-level | £65,000 | £83,000 | £145,000 | 456 |
| Senior | £80,000 | £90,000 | £95,000 | 134 |
| Lead / principal | £93,000 | £126,500 | £158,700 | 108 |
| Head of / director | £90,000 | £120,000 | £200,000 | 16 |
Contract versus permanent
| Basis | Lower quartile | Median | Upper quartile | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent | £70,000 | £90,000 | £140,000 | 125 |
| Contract (annualised) | £115,000 | £126,500 | £158,700 | 12 |
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How we measure this
We crawl UK employers' own careers pages, classify each vacancy against a published taxonomy, and read the salary exactly as the employer stated it. Nothing here is reposted from another job board, and nothing is modelled or estimated.