Python Job Trends in Lancashire

Python
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 3 65
Rank change year-on-year -14 +62 -45
Permanent jobs citing Python 74 554 31
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 5.38% 50.23% 2.01%
As % of the Programming Languages category 36.45% 85.36% 8.76%
Number of salaries quoted 19 12 23
10th Percentile £28,100 £33,550 £51,519
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,813 £60,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -34.48% +52.63%
75th Percentile £50,443 £61,250 £84,964
90th Percentile £52,355 £61,700 £84,993
North West median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +13.04% -11.54%

All Programming Languages
Lancashire

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 203 649 354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 14.76% 58.84% 22.93%
Number of salaries quoted 135 73 277
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,683 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -4.63% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,412 £51,240 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,987 £58,943 £79,250
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -0.08%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Python job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Python
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Lancashire over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in Lancashire

Python
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 17 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
Preston +4 30 £40,000 - 8
Blackburn -3 26 £47,500 - 4
Lancaster - 8 - - 3
Blackpool -10 6 £48,445 - 4
Nelson -3 2 £47,500 -
Burnley -4 2 £38,750 - 9
Python
North West

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 3 (4.05%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (44.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 54 (72.97%) Azure
2 44 (59.46%) Azure AI
3 34 (45.95%) Power Platform
4 10 (13.51%) AWS
5 6 (8.11%) GitHub
6 4 (5.41%) OCI
7 2 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.70%) GCP
7 2 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.11%) Firewall
2 4 (5.41%) Internet
2 4 (5.41%) NGFW
2 4 (5.41%) VXLAN
2 4 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (5.41%) Wireshark
3 2 (2.70%) DNS
3 2 (2.70%) HTTP
3 2 (2.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (45.95%) Power BI
2 33 (44.59%) Tableau
3 1 (1.35%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.35%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (6.76%) Git
2 2 (2.70%) Jenkins
General
1 47 (63.51%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.81%) Finance
3 7 (9.46%) Aerospace
4 5 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.41%) Multimedia
5 4 (5.41%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.70%) Law
6 2 (2.70%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.35%) Automotive
7 1 (1.35%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 37 (50.00%) Analyst
2 33 (44.59%) Data Analyst
3 32 (43.24%) Junior
3 32 (43.24%) Junior Analyst
3 32 (43.24%) Junior Data Analyst
4 12 (16.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 9 (12.16%) Developer
5 9 (12.16%) Software Developer
6 8 (10.81%) C++ Developer
6 8 (10.81%) C++ Software Developer
6 8 (10.81%) Python Developer
7 5 (6.76%) Trainee
8 4 (5.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 4 (5.41%) Network Manager
8 4 (5.41%) Network Operations Manager
8 4 (5.41%) Operations Manager
8 4 (5.41%) Security Analyst
9 3 (4.05%) Administrator
9 3 (4.05%) Programmer
9 3 (4.05%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.81%) Vue
2 7 (9.46%) HTML
3 4 (5.41%) CSS
4 2 (2.70%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (1.35%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.41%) Data Centre
1 4 (5.41%) Onboarding
1 4 (5.41%) PKI
2 3 (4.05%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.35%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.35%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.35%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.41%) Linux
1 4 (5.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (5.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (60.81%) AI
2 34 (45.95%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (16.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
4 7 (9.46%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (8.11%) Roadmaps
6 5 (6.76%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (6.76%) Mentoring
7 4 (5.41%) Coaching
7 4 (5.41%) Creative Thinking
7 4 (5.41%) Data Collection
7 4 (5.41%) ITSM
7 4 (5.41%) Load Balancing
7 4 (5.41%) Network Monitoring
7 4 (5.41%) Project Management
7 4 (5.41%) SIEM
7 4 (5.41%) SOAR
8 3 (4.05%) CI/CD
8 3 (4.05%) Deadline-Driven
8 3 (4.05%) Web Development
9 2 (2.70%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 35 (47.30%) SQL
2 12 (16.22%) C++
3 8 (10.81%) TypeScript
4 7 (9.46%) JavaScript
5 6 (8.11%) Bash
6 3 (4.05%) C#
6 3 (4.05%) R
7 2 (2.70%) C
7 2 (2.70%) Go
7 2 (2.70%) Java
8 1 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 48 (64.86%) Azure Certification
2 6 (8.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (5.41%) AWS Certification
3 4 (5.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.35%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 6 (8.11%) Ansible
1 6 (8.11%) Terraform
2 2 (2.70%) Grafana
2 2 (2.70%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 39 (52.70%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.41%) Arista
2 4 (5.41%) Aruba
2 4 (5.41%) NetScout
2 4 (5.41%) Red Hat
3 1 (1.35%) Autodesk