Python Jobs in the North West

Python
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Python skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Python over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 9 18
Rank change year-on-year -17 +9 +5
Permanent jobs citing Python 598 1,342 1,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 6.08% 17.14% 11.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.51% 42.31% 26.94%
Number of salaries quoted 373 384 510
10th Percentile £35,224 £39,544 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £62,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.16% +4.58% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £76,453
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +7.69%

All Programming Languages
North West

Python is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,916 3,172 3,894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 29.64% 40.52% 41.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,372 1,764 2,628
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £34,175
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,780 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Python in the North West

Python
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python in the North West.

Salary trend for Python in the North West

Python
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the North West over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Python in the North West

Python
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the North West region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
Manchester -16 420 £55,000 -15.38% 101
Merseyside -9 89 £80,000 +3.23% 11
Cheshire -32 50 £55,000 -4.35% 28
Lancashire -47 28 £70,000 +47.37% 12
Cumbria -4 10 £55,000 -
Python
England

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 71 (11.87%) ArcGIS
2 57 (9.53%) GeoServer
3 32 (5.35%) Apache
4 25 (4.18%) Apache Spark
5 14 (2.34%) Confluence
6 12 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (1.84%) SAS
8 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.84%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.33%) WordPress
10 1 (0.17%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.17%) CMS
10 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 18 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.67%) SPSS
3 1 (0.17%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 7 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.50%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 253 (42.31%) Azure
2 213 (35.62%) AWS
3 93 (15.55%) Serverless
4 86 (14.38%) Azure DevOps
5 78 (13.04%) GCP
6 61 (10.20%) Power Platform
7 42 (7.02%) Azure Functions
8 41 (6.86%) Azure API Management
8 41 (6.86%) Azure Logic Apps
8 41 (6.86%) Azure Service Bus
8 41 (6.86%) IBM Cloud
9 32 (5.35%) Amazon S3
10 30 (5.02%) AWS Lambda
10 30 (5.02%) SaaS
11 27 (4.52%) Snowflake
12 18 (3.01%) Amazon EKS
13 17 (2.84%) dbt
13 17 (2.84%) GitHub
14 16 (2.68%) OpenShift
15 15 (2.51%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.02%) Firewall
2 11 (1.84%) AMQP
3 10 (1.67%) Internet
3 10 (1.67%) IPsec
3 10 (1.67%) SNMP
3 10 (1.67%) VPN
4 9 (1.51%) LAN
4 9 (1.51%) MQTT
4 9 (1.51%) WAN
5 8 (1.34%) Wireless
6 7 (1.17%) DNS
6 7 (1.17%) HTTP
7 6 (1.00%) Network Security
8 5 (0.84%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.84%) WLAN
9 2 (0.33%) DHCP
10 1 (0.17%) DMZ
10 1 (0.17%) SAN
10 1 (0.17%) SMTP
10 1 (0.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (21.57%) PostgreSQL
2 88 (14.72%) SQL Server
3 75 (12.54%) Relational Database
4 72 (12.04%) GIS
5 67 (11.20%) MongoDB
6 66 (11.04%) NoSQL
7 57 (9.53%) QGIS
8 52 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
9 51 (8.53%) Power BI
10 41 (6.86%) DB2
11 34 (5.69%) MySQL
12 33 (5.52%) Big Data
13 31 (5.18%) Elasticsearch
14 26 (4.35%) Data Lake
15 25 (4.18%) Tableau
16 22 (3.68%) Data Vault
17 20 (3.34%) Delta Lake
18 17 (2.84%) BigQuery
19 15 (2.51%) Hadoop
19 15 (2.51%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 56 (9.36%) Git
2 50 (8.36%) JIRA
3 29 (4.85%) GitLab
4 19 (3.18%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.17%) Selenium
6 6 (1.00%) JDeveloper
6 6 (1.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.84%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.67%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.50%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.50%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.50%) GDB
9 3 (0.50%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.50%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.50%) Postman
9 3 (0.50%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.50%) Subversion
9 3 (0.50%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.17%) Appium
10 1 (0.17%) CMake
General
1 104 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 95 (15.89%) Finance
3 60 (10.03%) Public Sector
4 52 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (4.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (4.35%) Law
7 25 (4.18%) Retail
8 16 (2.68%) Banking
9 12 (2.01%) Legal
10 11 (1.84%) Aerospace
11 10 (1.67%) Automotive
11 10 (1.67%) Marketing
12 8 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.17%) Games
13 7 (1.17%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.00%) Health Technology
15 5 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.67%) Advertising
16 4 (0.67%) Military
17 3 (0.50%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 167 (27.93%) Software Engineer
2 159 (26.59%) Senior
3 113 (18.90%) Developer
4 109 (18.23%) Data Engineer
5 57 (9.53%) Senior Software Engineer
6 49 (8.19%) Lead
7 44 (7.36%) Azure Developer
8 42 (7.02%) Full Stack Developer
9 41 (6.86%) Analyst
10 27 (4.52%) Senior Data Engineer
11 26 (4.35%) Software Developer
12 22 (3.68%) Data Scientist
13 20 (3.34%) Technical Leader
14 19 (3.18%) Python Engineer
15 18 (3.01%) Consultant
16 16 (2.68%) Cloud Engineer
17 15 (2.51%) Senior Analyst
17 15 (2.51%) Senior Developer
18 14 (2.34%) Platform Engineer
19 13 (2.17%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (24.92%) React
2 127 (21.24%) .NET
3 118 (19.73%) CSS
4 100 (16.72%) Node.js
5 78 (13.04%) HTML
6 71 (11.87%) AngularJS
7 65 (10.87%) PostGIS
8 64 (10.70%) .NET Core
9 61 (10.20%) Leaflet
9 61 (10.20%) OpenLayers
10 58 (9.70%) REST
11 52 (8.70%) ASP.NET
12 49 (8.19%) Vue
13 46 (7.69%) Web Services
14 44 (7.36%) jQuery
15 41 (6.86%) ASP.NET Core
15 41 (6.86%) Backbone.js
15 41 (6.86%) Ember.js
15 41 (6.86%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 29 (4.85%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 79 (13.21%) Data Structures
2 50 (8.36%) Algorithms
3 48 (8.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 41 (6.86%) Blockchain
5 38 (6.35%) Public Cloud
6 36 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (4.68%) Reinsurance
8 24 (4.01%) Cloud Native
9 15 (2.51%) Data Centre
9 15 (2.51%) Onboarding
10 14 (2.34%) Embedded Systems
11 13 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (2.01%) IoT
13 10 (1.67%) Device Driver
13 10 (1.67%) Management Information System
14 8 (1.34%) Mainframe
15 7 (1.17%) NHS
15 7 (1.17%) Virtual Team
16 6 (1.00%) Mobile App
17 5 (0.84%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 173 (28.93%) Linux
2 98 (16.39%) Windows
3 43 (7.19%) Android
3 43 (7.19%) Apple iOS
4 20 (3.34%) Ubuntu
5 16 (2.68%) Windows Server
6 15 (2.51%) Unix
7 14 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 12 (2.01%) CentOS
9 11 (1.84%) Debian
10 10 (1.67%) Data ONTAP
11 4 (0.67%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
12 3 (0.50%) Kali Linux
13 2 (0.33%) FreeBSD
13 2 (0.33%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.33%) Windows Vista
14 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
14 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (40.80%) Agile
2 220 (36.79%) Software Engineering
3 198 (33.11%) DevOps
4 118 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
5 106 (17.73%) Web Development
6 97 (16.22%) Actionable Insight
6 97 (16.22%) ETL
7 92 (15.38%) CI/CD
8 84 (14.05%) Mentoring
9 82 (13.71%) Full Stack Development
10 80 (13.38%) Artificial Intelligence
11 79 (13.21%) Analytics
12 65 (10.87%) Open Source
13 64 (10.70%) Data Modelling
13 64 (10.70%) Visualisation
14 63 (10.54%) Design Patterns
14 63 (10.54%) OO
15 62 (10.37%) Data Science
16 61 (10.20%) Data Pipeline
17 60 (10.03%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 243 (40.64%) SQL
2 200 (33.44%) JavaScript
3 187 (31.27%) Java
4 134 (22.41%) C#
5 47 (7.86%) PowerShell
6 42 (7.02%) Bash
7 40 (6.69%) C
8 34 (5.69%) Go
9 32 (5.35%) C++
10 26 (4.35%) Ruby
11 22 (3.68%) Perl
12 21 (3.51%) R
12 21 (3.51%) Rust
13 12 (2.01%) Scala
14 10 (1.67%) COBOL
14 10 (1.67%) Micro Focus COBOL
14 10 (1.67%) T-SQL
14 10 (1.67%) TypeScript
15 9 (1.51%) Embedded C
16 7 (1.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 95 (15.89%) Security Cleared
2 83 (13.88%) SC Cleared
3 80 (13.38%) Degree
4 29 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.68%) DV Cleared
6 15 (2.51%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.34%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.00%) ACCA
8 6 (1.00%) CCNP
8 6 (1.00%) CISA
8 6 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (0.84%) CCNA
9 5 (0.84%) CCNA CyberOps
9 5 (0.84%) CREST Certified
10 4 (0.67%) OSCP
10 4 (0.67%) PhD
11 3 (0.50%) MBA
11 3 (0.50%) OSCE
12 2 (0.33%) BC Cleared
12 2 (0.33%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.19%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.68%) QA
3 9 (1.51%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.17%) GDPR
5 6 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (0.67%) SLA
8 2 (0.33%) NIST
8 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.17%) GMP
System Software
1 53 (8.86%) Docker
2 18 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.17%) Active Directory
4 11 (1.84%) Firmware
5 4 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.50%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.33%) vSphere
8 1 (0.17%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.17%) Lustre
8 1 (0.17%) Postfix
8 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 65 (10.87%) Kubernetes
2 50 (8.36%) Terraform
3 40 (6.69%) Ansible
4 14 (2.34%) Puppet
5 13 (2.17%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.67%) vCenter Server
7 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.50%) Grafana
8 3 (0.50%) Nessus
8 3 (0.50%) Nmap
8 3 (0.50%) Podman
8 3 (0.50%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.33%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.17%) Icinga
10 1 (0.17%) Packer
10 1 (0.17%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (10.87%) ESRI
1 65 (10.87%) Red Hat
2 61 (10.20%) Oracle
3 45 (7.53%) IBM
4 38 (6.35%) Databricks
5 33 (5.52%) Informatica
6 28 (4.68%) Google
7 27 (4.52%) Microsoft
8 18 (3.01%) VMware
9 12 (2.01%) F5
10 11 (1.84%) SaltStack
10 11 (1.84%) YouTube
11 10 (1.67%) Micro Focus
11 10 (1.67%) NetApp
11 10 (1.67%) Palo Alto
11 10 (1.67%) SAP
11 10 (1.67%) SolidFire
12 9 (1.51%) CA
12 9 (1.51%) Facebook
13 8 (1.34%) Teradata