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 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 23 26
Rank change year-on-year +12 +3 -15
Permanent jobs citing Python 174 78 131
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 11.69% 8.21% 7.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.83% 24.45% 21.37%
Number of salaries quoted 145 43 105
10th Percentile £28,250 £43,000 £41,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +8.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £98,474 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

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 416 319 613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 27.96% 33.58% 35.58%
Number of salaries quoted 320 189 486
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £55,000 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% +1.38% -5.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,756 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.73% - -4.35%

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 4 February 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 16 (9.20%) Apache Spark
2 9 (5.17%) Apache
3 4 (2.30%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.57%) Jupyter
Applications
1 21 (12.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.57%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 105 (60.34%) AWS
2 95 (54.60%) Azure
3 49 (28.16%) Serverless
4 44 (25.29%) GitHub
5 13 (7.47%) GCP
6 11 (6.32%) Power Platform
7 9 (5.17%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (4.60%) Amazon S3
8 8 (4.60%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (4.02%) Azure AI
9 7 (4.02%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (4.02%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (3.45%) dbt
11 5 (2.87%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (2.87%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (2.87%) OCI
12 3 (1.72%) Azure App Service
12 3 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (1.15%) AWS Step Functions
13 2 (1.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 24 (13.79%) Internet
2 5 (2.87%) Firewall
2 5 (2.87%) NGFW
2 5 (2.87%) VXLAN
2 5 (2.87%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.87%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (14.94%) Tableau
2 13 (7.47%) Data Mining
3 11 (6.32%) Power BI
4 9 (5.17%) Amazon Redshift
4 9 (5.17%) Data Lake
4 9 (5.17%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (4.60%) Metadata
6 6 (3.45%) SQL Server
7 5 (2.87%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.30%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.30%) MySQL
9 3 (1.72%) Big Data
9 3 (1.72%) Data Vault
9 3 (1.72%) Spark SQL
10 2 (1.15%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (1.15%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (1.15%) BigQuery
10 2 (1.15%) DynamoDB
10 2 (1.15%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (15.52%) Git
2 7 (4.02%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.87%) GitLab
4 3 (1.72%) JMeter
4 3 (1.72%) LoadRunner
4 3 (1.72%) Selenium
4 3 (1.72%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 56 (32.18%) Social Skills
2 30 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (13.79%) Multimedia
4 21 (12.07%) Finance
5 18 (10.34%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.75%) Retail
7 5 (2.87%) Tech for Good
8 4 (2.30%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.15%) Marketing
10 2 (1.15%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.57%) Back Office
11 1 (0.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 46 (26.44%) Developer
2 38 (21.84%) Trainee
3 29 (16.67%) Architect
4 27 (15.52%) Senior
5 25 (14.37%) Data Engineer
6 23 (13.22%) Python Developer
7 22 (12.64%) Analyst
8 21 (12.07%) Data Analyst
9 18 (10.34%) Software Developer
10 14 (8.05%) Applications Architect
10 14 (8.05%) Lead
11 13 (7.47%) Trainee Analyst
11 13 (7.47%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 12 (6.90%) Trainee Developer
12 12 (6.90%) Trainee Software Developer
13 11 (6.32%) Software Architect
14 10 (5.75%) Senior Data Engineer
15 9 (5.17%) Junior
15 9 (5.17%) Senior Developer
16 8 (4.60%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (21.84%) CSS
1 38 (21.84%) HTML
2 21 (12.07%) React
3 19 (10.92%) FastAPI
3 19 (10.92%) Flask
4 18 (10.34%) Django
5 15 (8.62%) Vue
6 11 (6.32%) PySpark
7 7 (4.02%) Kafka
8 6 (3.45%) .NET
9 4 (2.30%) Pandas
9 4 (2.30%) Spring
10 3 (1.72%) Middleware
10 3 (1.72%) Spring Boot
11 2 (1.15%) Flutter
11 2 (1.15%) Grails
11 2 (1.15%) Hibernate
11 2 (1.15%) Node.js
11 2 (1.15%) OpenAPI
11 2 (1.15%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.94%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (8.05%) Cloud Native
3 12 (6.90%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.87%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.87%) PKI
5 4 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.72%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.72%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.15%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.15%) IoT
7 2 (1.15%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.15%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.57%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.57%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.57%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.57%) NHS
8 1 (0.57%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.02%) Linux
2 4 (2.30%) Windows
3 2 (1.15%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.57%) Android
4 1 (0.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (53.45%) Mentoring
2 51 (29.31%) CI/CD
3 40 (22.99%) Migration
4 36 (20.69%) Agile
5 34 (19.54%) Data Modelling
5 34 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (18.39%) AI
6 32 (18.39%) Analytics
7 30 (17.24%) Computer Science
7 30 (17.24%) DevOps
8 29 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
8 29 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
8 29 (16.67%) Microservices
9 28 (16.09%) Data Analysis
9 28 (16.09%) Data Pipeline
10 27 (15.52%) Software Engineering
11 26 (14.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (14.94%) Cybersecurity
11 26 (14.94%) Enterprise Architecture
11 26 (14.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 79 (45.40%) SQL
2 74 (42.53%) JavaScript
3 47 (27.01%) Java
4 35 (20.11%) C#
5 31 (17.82%) TypeScript
6 14 (8.05%) R
7 8 (4.60%) Bash
8 6 (3.45%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.87%) Scala
10 4 (2.30%) Go
10 4 (2.30%) PL/SQL
10 4 (2.30%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.72%) C
11 3 (1.72%) C++
12 2 (1.15%) Perl
12 2 (1.15%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 56 (32.18%) Azure Certification
2 53 (30.46%) AWS Certification
3 48 (27.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 34 (19.54%) Degree
5 28 (16.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (15.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (14.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 24 (13.79%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.15%) CEH
9 2 (1.15%) CISA
9 2 (1.15%) CISSP
9 2 (1.15%) OSCP
9 2 (1.15%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.30%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.72%) QA
3 1 (0.57%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.57%) GDPR
3 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 31 (17.82%) Docker
2 1 (0.57%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (17.24%) Terraform
2 18 (10.34%) Kubernetes
3 10 (5.75%) Ansible
4 3 (1.72%) HP Fortify
5 2 (1.15%) Control-M
6 1 (0.57%) Grafana
6 1 (0.57%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 81 (46.55%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.49%) Databricks
3 7 (4.02%) Oracle
4 5 (2.87%) Arista
4 5 (2.87%) Aruba
4 5 (2.87%) NetScout
5 4 (2.30%) Google
5 4 (2.30%) Palantir
6 3 (1.72%) IBM
7 2 (1.15%) Nexthink
7 2 (1.15%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.15%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.57%) Avaya
8 1 (0.57%) Genesys
8 1 (0.57%) Verint
8 1 (0.57%) VMware