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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 14 36
Rank change year-on-year +3 +22 -25
Permanent jobs citing Python 196 95 115
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 10.55% 12.57% 5.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.51% 31.67% 18.85%
Number of salaries quoted 159 79 89
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,950 £34,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -20.80%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £60,743 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.45% +10.44% -17.65%

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 509 300 610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 27.40% 39.68% 30.59%
Number of salaries quoted 390 237 491
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £69,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £83,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +13.64% +4.76% -8.70%

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 24 March 2026.

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 12 (6.12%) Apache Spark
2 7 (3.57%) Apache
3 6 (3.06%) Jupyter
4 5 (2.55%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (15.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.06%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 107 (54.59%) AWS
2 91 (46.43%) Azure
3 50 (25.51%) GitHub
4 45 (22.96%) Serverless
5 21 (10.71%) Power Platform
6 15 (7.65%) Azure AI
7 14 (7.14%) GCP
8 11 (5.61%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (4.08%) Amazon S3
9 8 (4.08%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (3.06%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (3.06%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (3.06%) dbt
12 5 (2.55%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (2.55%) OCI
13 4 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 3 (1.53%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (1.53%) Azure App Service
14 3 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (11.73%) Internet
2 5 (2.55%) Firewall
2 5 (2.55%) NGFW
2 5 (2.55%) VXLAN
2 5 (2.55%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.55%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (18.88%) Tableau
2 21 (10.71%) Power BI
3 16 (8.16%) Data Mining
4 9 (4.59%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (4.08%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (4.08%) Data Lake
6 7 (3.57%) Metadata
7 5 (2.55%) SQL Server
8 4 (2.04%) BigQuery
8 4 (2.04%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.04%) MySQL
8 4 (2.04%) Spark SQL
9 2 (1.02%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (1.02%) Data Vault
9 2 (1.02%) Neo4j
9 2 (1.02%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.02%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 25 (12.76%) Git
2 6 (3.06%) Jenkins
2 6 (3.06%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (2.04%) GitLab
4 3 (1.53%) JMeter
4 3 (1.53%) LoadRunner
4 3 (1.53%) Selenium
4 3 (1.53%) SonarQube
General
1 59 (30.10%) Social Skills
2 39 (19.90%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (15.82%) Finance
4 23 (11.73%) Multimedia
5 21 (10.71%) Public Sector
6 15 (7.65%) Retail
7 9 (4.59%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.04%) Tech for Good
9 3 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.02%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.02%) Marketing
10 2 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.02%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.51%) Banking
11 1 (0.51%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.51%) Games
11 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (30.61%) Developer
2 45 (22.96%) Trainee
3 36 (18.37%) Senior
4 33 (16.84%) Python Developer
5 32 (16.33%) Analyst
5 32 (16.33%) Data Analyst
6 27 (13.78%) Data Engineer
7 22 (11.22%) Architect
8 21 (10.71%) Software Developer
9 17 (8.67%) Junior
10 16 (8.16%) Lead
10 16 (8.16%) Senior Developer
10 16 (8.16%) Trainee Analyst
10 16 (8.16%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 15 (7.65%) Junior Analyst
11 15 (7.65%) Junior Data Analyst
12 12 (6.12%) Senior Python Developer
13 11 (5.61%) Trainee Developer
14 10 (5.10%) Senior Data Engineer
14 10 (5.10%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (20.41%) CSS
1 40 (20.41%) HTML
2 29 (14.80%) React
3 26 (13.27%) Flask
4 21 (10.71%) Vue
5 19 (9.69%) Django
6 18 (9.18%) FastAPI
7 13 (6.63%) PySpark
8 11 (5.61%) .NET
9 7 (3.57%) Pandas
10 6 (3.06%) Hugging Face
10 6 (3.06%) Matplotlib
10 6 (3.06%) NumPy
10 6 (3.06%) scikit-learn
10 6 (3.06%) Streamlit
11 5 (2.55%) Flutter
12 4 (2.04%) Kafka
12 4 (2.04%) Spring
13 3 (1.53%) LangChain
13 3 (1.53%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.20%) Cloud Native
2 19 (9.69%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (7.14%) Data Structures
4 7 (3.57%) Algorithms
4 7 (3.57%) PKI
5 6 (3.06%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.55%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.55%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.55%) Educational Technology
7 4 (2.04%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.04%) NHS
8 3 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.53%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.02%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.02%) Social Media
10 1 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.51%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.51%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (43.37%) Mentoring
2 57 (29.08%) AI
3 52 (26.53%) CI/CD
4 39 (19.90%) Agile
5 37 (18.88%) Analytics
6 35 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (16.33%) Data Analysis
7 32 (16.33%) Software Engineering
8 31 (15.82%) Infrastructure as Code
9 29 (14.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (14.80%) Data Modelling
10 28 (14.29%) Migration
11 27 (13.78%) DevOps
11 27 (13.78%) Machine Learning
12 25 (12.76%) Computer Science
13 24 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 24 (12.24%) Test Automation
14 23 (11.73%) Cybersecurity
14 23 (11.73%) Data Pipeline
15 22 (11.22%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 82 (41.84%) SQL
2 75 (38.27%) JavaScript
3 43 (21.94%) Java
4 33 (16.84%) C#
5 21 (10.71%) TypeScript
6 15 (7.65%) R
7 8 (4.08%) Go
8 5 (2.55%) Bash
8 5 (2.55%) Scala
9 4 (2.04%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.53%) C
10 3 (1.53%) C++
10 3 (1.53%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.02%) Perl
11 2 (1.02%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.02%) Ruby
12 1 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 58 (29.59%) Azure Certification
2 48 (24.49%) AWS Certification
3 42 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (14.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 26 (13.27%) Degree
6 23 (11.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (9.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 19 (9.69%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.02%) CEH
8 2 (1.02%) CISA
8 2 (1.02%) CISSP
8 2 (1.02%) OSCP
8 2 (1.02%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.51%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.57%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.04%) QA
3 2 (1.02%) GDPR
3 2 (1.02%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
System Software
1 30 (15.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 36 (18.37%) Terraform
2 15 (7.65%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.55%) Ansible
4 3 (1.53%) HP Fortify
5 2 (1.02%) Argo
5 2 (1.02%) Control-M
6 1 (0.51%) Grafana
6 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 90 (45.92%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.18%) Databricks
3 6 (3.06%) Oracle
4 5 (2.55%) Arista
4 5 (2.55%) Aruba
4 5 (2.55%) NetScout
5 4 (2.04%) Palantir
6 3 (1.53%) Google
6 3 (1.53%) IBM
6 3 (1.53%) OpenAI