Python Job Trends in Leeds

Python
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 27 21
Rank change year-on-year +17 -6 -8
Permanent jobs citing Python 171 79 134
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 12.78% 7.19% 10.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 44.19% 22.70% 24.81%
Number of salaries quoted 142 46 106
10th Percentile £28,250 £43,619 £42,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £46,264
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year - +1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,248 £79,522
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £88,125
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -4.00%

All Programming Languages
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 387 348 540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 28.92% 31.67% 41.89%
Number of salaries quoted 300 219 413
10th Percentile £28,700 £35,600 £37,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,991 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £86,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Python job vacancy trend in Leeds

Python
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Leeds over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Python in Leeds

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 19 (11.11%) Apache Spark
2 10 (5.85%) Apache
3 4 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 18 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.17%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 106 (61.99%) AWS
2 99 (57.89%) Azure
3 48 (28.07%) Serverless
4 42 (24.56%) GitHub
5 17 (9.94%) GCP
6 10 (5.85%) Amazon S3
6 10 (5.85%) AWS CloudFormation
7 9 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (5.26%) Power Platform
8 7 (4.09%) dbt
8 7 (4.09%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (3.51%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.92%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (2.92%) Azure AI
10 5 (2.92%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (2.92%) SaaS
11 3 (1.75%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (1.75%) AWS Step Functions
11 3 (1.75%) Azure App Service
11 3 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (12.87%) Internet
2 3 (1.75%) Firewall
3 2 (1.17%) Network Security
3 2 (1.17%) VLAN
3 2 (1.17%) VPN
4 1 (0.58%) DNS
4 1 (0.58%) Junos
4 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (15.20%) Tableau
2 14 (8.19%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (7.02%) Data Mining
4 11 (6.43%) Amazon Redshift
5 10 (5.85%) Data Lake
6 9 (5.26%) Metadata
6 9 (5.26%) MongoDB
6 9 (5.26%) MySQL
6 9 (5.26%) Power BI
7 6 (3.51%) SQL Server
8 5 (2.92%) BigQuery
8 5 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (2.34%) Data Vault
9 4 (2.34%) NoSQL
9 4 (2.34%) Spark SQL
10 3 (1.75%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (1.75%) Apache Iceberg
10 3 (1.75%) Big Data
10 3 (1.75%) DynamoDB
11 2 (1.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 25 (14.62%) Git
2 7 (4.09%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.34%) GitLab
3 4 (2.34%) Selenium
4 3 (1.75%) JMeter
4 3 (1.75%) LoadRunner
4 3 (1.75%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.58%) Appium
5 1 (0.58%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.58%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.58%) JIRA
5 1 (0.58%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.58%) MLflow
5 1 (0.58%) Postman
5 1 (0.58%) REST Assured
General
1 58 (33.92%) Social Skills
2 24 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (12.87%) Multimedia
4 16 (9.36%) Finance
4 16 (9.36%) Public Sector
4 16 (9.36%) Retail
5 6 (3.51%) Marketing
5 6 (3.51%) Tech for Good
6 3 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.75%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.17%) Public Speaking
8 1 (0.58%) Back Office
8 1 (0.58%) Games
Job Titles
1 43 (25.15%) Developer
2 34 (19.88%) Trainee
3 31 (18.13%) Senior
4 30 (17.54%) Data Engineer
5 27 (15.79%) Architect
6 24 (14.04%) Python Developer
7 23 (13.45%) Analyst
8 21 (12.28%) Data Analyst
9 19 (11.11%) Software Developer
10 18 (10.53%) Lead
11 16 (9.36%) Senior Data Engineer
12 13 (7.60%) Applications Architect
13 12 (7.02%) Trainee Analyst
13 12 (7.02%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 11 (6.43%) Trainee Developer
14 11 (6.43%) Trainee Software Developer
15 10 (5.85%) Software Architect
16 9 (5.26%) Senior Developer
17 8 (4.68%) Data Manager
18 7 (4.09%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (21.05%) CSS
1 36 (21.05%) HTML
2 19 (11.11%) FastAPI
2 19 (11.11%) React
3 18 (10.53%) Django
3 18 (10.53%) Flask
4 14 (8.19%) Vue
5 11 (6.43%) PySpark
6 7 (4.09%) Kafka
7 6 (3.51%) Spring
8 5 (2.92%) Pandas
8 5 (2.92%) RESTful
8 5 (2.92%) Spring Boot
9 3 (1.75%) Middleware
10 2 (1.17%) .NET
10 2 (1.17%) Grails
10 2 (1.17%) Hibernate
10 2 (1.17%) NumPy
10 2 (1.17%) SQLAlchemy
10 2 (1.17%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.04%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (7.02%) Data Structures
3 9 (5.26%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.34%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.75%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.75%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (1.75%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.17%) IoT
6 2 (1.17%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.17%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.58%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.58%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.58%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.58%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.68%) Linux
2 5 (2.92%) Windows
3 2 (1.17%) Check Point GAiA
3 2 (1.17%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.17%) Unix
4 1 (0.58%) Android
4 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (53.22%) Mentoring
2 57 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 43 (25.15%) Migration
4 39 (22.81%) Agile
5 37 (21.64%) Analytics
5 37 (21.64%) Data Modelling
6 34 (19.88%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (19.30%) Data Pipeline
8 31 (18.13%) DevOps
9 30 (17.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (17.54%) Infrastructure as Code
9 30 (17.54%) Microservices
10 29 (16.96%) Cybersecurity
11 28 (16.37%) Computer Science
11 28 (16.37%) Data Engineering
12 27 (15.79%) Architectural Patterns
12 27 (15.79%) Data Analysis
13 26 (15.20%) AI
14 24 (14.04%) Enterprise Architecture
15 23 (13.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 88 (51.46%) SQL
2 68 (39.77%) JavaScript
3 44 (25.73%) Java
4 32 (18.71%) TypeScript
5 31 (18.13%) C#
6 13 (7.60%) R
7 11 (6.43%) Bash
8 10 (5.85%) PowerShell
9 8 (4.68%) Scala
10 4 (2.34%) PL/SQL
10 4 (2.34%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.75%) C
11 3 (1.75%) C++
12 2 (1.17%) Go
12 2 (1.17%) Kotlin
12 2 (1.17%) Perl
12 2 (1.17%) Ruby
13 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 51 (29.82%) AWS Certification
1 51 (29.82%) Azure Certification
2 45 (26.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 32 (18.71%) Degree
4 26 (15.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (14.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 22 (12.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 22 (12.87%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (1.75%) OSCP
7 3 (1.75%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.75%) Security Cleared
8 2 (1.17%) CCSA
8 2 (1.17%) CCSE
8 2 (1.17%) CEH
8 2 (1.17%) CISA
8 2 (1.17%) CISSP
9 1 (0.58%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.58%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.58%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.58%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.09%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.75%) QA
3 2 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.17%) NIST
4 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.58%) GDPR
4 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (21.05%) Docker
2 2 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.58%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (15.20%) Terraform
2 18 (10.53%) Kubernetes
3 6 (3.51%) Ansible
4 3 (1.75%) HP Fortify
5 2 (1.17%) Control-M
5 2 (1.17%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.58%) Grafana
6 1 (0.58%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.58%) Nmap
6 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.58%) QRadar
6 1 (0.58%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 76 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 24 (14.04%) Databricks
3 8 (4.68%) Oracle
4 5 (2.92%) Palantir
5 4 (2.34%) Google
6 3 (1.75%) IBM
6 3 (1.75%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.17%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.17%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.17%) Nexthink
7 2 (1.17%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.17%) VMware
8 1 (0.58%) Avaya
8 1 (0.58%) Genesys
8 1 (0.58%) Juniper
8 1 (0.58%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.58%) Splunk
8 1 (0.58%) Verint