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 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 14 32
Rank change year-on-year +4 +18 -22
Permanent jobs citing Python 215 95 117
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 9.90% 12.47% 5.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.53% 31.25% 18.81%
Number of salaries quoted 166 84 93
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -20.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,886 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £59,122 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.94% +7.49% -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 558 304 622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 25.69% 39.90% 29.90%
Number of salaries quoted 417 245 515
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,025 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £69,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,767 £84,478
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% +4.76% -7.49%

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 15 April 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 11 (5.12%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.79%) Apache
2 6 (2.79%) Jupyter
3 5 (2.33%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 34 (15.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.79%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 103 (47.91%) AWS
2 94 (43.72%) Azure
3 47 (21.86%) GitHub
4 42 (19.53%) Serverless
5 26 (12.09%) Power Platform
6 25 (11.63%) Azure AI
7 18 (8.37%) GCP
8 12 (5.58%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (5.12%) Amazon S3
10 10 (4.65%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (3.26%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.79%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (2.79%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (2.79%) dbt
12 6 (2.79%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (2.33%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (2.33%) OCI
14 4 (1.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 3 (1.40%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 19 (8.84%) Internet
2 5 (2.33%) Firewall
2 5 (2.33%) NGFW
2 5 (2.33%) VXLAN
2 5 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (17.67%) Tableau
2 26 (12.09%) Power BI
3 14 (6.51%) Data Mining
4 8 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (3.26%) Amazon Redshift
5 7 (3.26%) Data Lake
6 6 (2.79%) Metadata
7 4 (1.86%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.86%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.86%) MySQL
7 4 (1.86%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.86%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.40%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.93%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.93%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.93%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.93%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (10.70%) Git
2 10 (4.65%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.26%) GitLab
4 6 (2.79%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (1.86%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.40%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.40%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.40%) JIRA
7 1 (0.47%) JMeter
7 1 (0.47%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.47%) Selenium
General
1 68 (31.63%) Social Skills
2 38 (17.67%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (13.49%) Finance
4 20 (9.30%) Public Sector
5 19 (8.84%) Multimedia
6 13 (6.05%) Retail
7 9 (4.19%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.40%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.93%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.93%) Marketing
9 2 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.93%) Public Speaking
10 1 (0.47%) Banking
10 1 (0.47%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.47%) Games
10 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 73 (33.95%) Developer
2 43 (20.00%) Python Developer
3 39 (18.14%) Trainee
4 38 (17.67%) Senior
5 35 (16.28%) Analyst
5 35 (16.28%) Data Analyst
6 26 (12.09%) Full-Stack Developer
7 24 (11.16%) Data Engineer
8 22 (10.23%) Junior
9 20 (9.30%) Full-Stack Python Developer
9 20 (9.30%) Junior Analyst
9 20 (9.30%) Junior Data Analyst
10 19 (8.84%) Architect
10 19 (8.84%) Software Developer
11 16 (7.44%) Senior Developer
12 14 (6.51%) Lead
12 14 (6.51%) Trainee Analyst
12 14 (6.51%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 11 (5.12%) Senior Python Developer
14 10 (4.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (17.21%) CSS
1 37 (17.21%) HTML
2 28 (13.02%) React
3 27 (12.56%) Flask
4 23 (10.70%) Vue
5 15 (6.98%) Django
6 14 (6.51%) FastAPI
7 12 (5.58%) PySpark
8 10 (4.65%) .NET
9 7 (3.26%) Pandas
10 6 (2.79%) Elastic Stack
10 6 (2.79%) Flutter
10 6 (2.79%) Hugging Face
10 6 (2.79%) Matplotlib
10 6 (2.79%) NumPy
10 6 (2.79%) scikit-learn
10 6 (2.79%) Streamlit
11 4 (1.86%) RabbitMQ
12 3 (1.40%) OpenID
12 3 (1.40%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.30%) Cloud Native
2 17 (7.91%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (5.58%) Data Structures
4 8 (3.72%) PKI
5 7 (3.26%) Algorithms
5 7 (3.26%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.33%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.33%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.33%) Educational Technology
8 4 (1.86%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.86%) NHS
9 3 (1.40%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.93%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.93%) Social Media
11 1 (0.47%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.47%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (33.49%) Mentoring
2 65 (30.23%) AI
3 53 (24.65%) CI/CD
4 42 (19.53%) Agile
5 35 (16.28%) Infrastructure as Code
6 33 (15.35%) Analytics
6 33 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (15.35%) Software Engineering
7 31 (14.42%) Data Analysis
7 31 (14.42%) DevOps
7 31 (14.42%) Full-Stack Development
8 27 (12.56%) Business Intelligence
9 26 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (12.09%) Data Modelling
9 26 (12.09%) Machine Learning
9 26 (12.09%) Test Automation
10 24 (11.16%) Migration
11 23 (10.70%) Computer Science
11 23 (10.70%) OOP
11 23 (10.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 84 (39.07%) SQL
2 65 (30.23%) JavaScript
3 45 (20.93%) Java
4 31 (14.42%) C#
5 21 (9.77%) TypeScript
6 13 (6.05%) R
7 9 (4.19%) Go
8 6 (2.79%) Bash
9 5 (2.33%) Scala
10 3 (1.40%) C
10 3 (1.40%) C++
10 3 (1.40%) Groovy
10 3 (1.40%) Perl
10 3 (1.40%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.40%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.40%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.93%) Ruby
12 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 62 (28.84%) Azure Certification
2 42 (19.53%) AWS Certification
3 36 (16.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 25 (11.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 25 (11.63%) Degree
5 21 (9.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (7.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 17 (7.91%) TOGAF Certification
7 11 (5.12%) Security Cleared
8 9 (4.19%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.93%) CEH
9 2 (0.93%) CISA
9 2 (0.93%) CISSP
9 2 (0.93%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.72%) Data Quality
1 8 (3.72%) QA
2 5 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.40%) SOC 2
4 2 (0.93%) GDPR
5 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
System Software
1 27 (12.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 39 (18.14%) Terraform
2 16 (7.44%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.72%) Ansible
4 3 (1.40%) Argo
4 3 (1.40%) Packer
5 1 (0.47%) Grafana
5 1 (0.47%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.47%) Istio
5 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 86 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.44%) Databricks
3 5 (2.33%) Arista
3 5 (2.33%) Aruba
3 5 (2.33%) NetScout
4 4 (1.86%) IBM
4 4 (1.86%) Oracle
4 4 (1.86%) Palantir
5 3 (1.40%) AppDynamics
5 3 (1.40%) Google
5 3 (1.40%) OpenAI