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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 15 31
Rank change year-on-year +4 +16 -21
Permanent jobs citing Python 218 92 117
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 9.86% 12.20% 5.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.52% 30.67% 18.72%
Number of salaries quoted 167 82 93
10th Percentile £28,550 £26,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,125 £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 £81,000 £73,886 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,275 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £60,743 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.01% +10.44% -16.61%

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 566 300 625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 25.60% 39.79% 29.76%
Number of salaries quoted 418 241 519
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,875 £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 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £84,964
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £55,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +16.59% +6.19% -5.41%

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 17 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 12 (5.50%) Apache Spark
2 7 (3.21%) Apache
3 6 (2.75%) Jupyter
4 5 (2.29%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 34 (15.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.75%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 105 (48.17%) AWS
2 96 (44.04%) Azure
3 47 (21.56%) GitHub
4 41 (18.81%) Serverless
5 28 (12.84%) Power Platform
6 25 (11.47%) Azure AI
7 21 (9.63%) GCP
8 12 (5.50%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (5.05%) Amazon S3
10 10 (4.59%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (3.21%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.75%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (2.75%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (2.75%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (2.75%) dbt
12 6 (2.75%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (2.29%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (2.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (2.29%) OCI
14 3 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (8.72%) Internet
2 5 (2.29%) Firewall
2 5 (2.29%) NGFW
2 5 (2.29%) VXLAN
2 5 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (17.43%) Tableau
2 28 (12.84%) Power BI
3 14 (6.42%) Data Mining
4 11 (5.05%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (3.67%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (3.67%) Metadata
6 7 (3.21%) Data Lake
7 5 (2.29%) BigQuery
7 5 (2.29%) Spark SQL
8 4 (1.83%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.83%) MySQL
8 4 (1.83%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.83%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.92%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.92%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.92%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.92%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.46%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.46%) Apache Iceberg
10 1 (0.46%) Looker
Development Applications
1 23 (10.55%) Git
2 10 (4.59%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.21%) GitLab
4 6 (2.75%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (1.83%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.38%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.38%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.38%) JIRA
7 1 (0.46%) JMeter
7 1 (0.46%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.46%) Selenium
General
1 68 (31.19%) Social Skills
2 39 (17.89%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (13.30%) Finance
4 20 (9.17%) Public Sector
5 19 (8.72%) Multimedia
6 13 (5.96%) Retail
7 9 (4.13%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.38%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.92%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.92%) Marketing
9 2 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.92%) Public Speaking
10 1 (0.46%) Banking
10 1 (0.46%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.46%) Games
10 1 (0.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 74 (33.94%) Developer
2 43 (19.72%) Python Developer
3 39 (17.89%) Trainee
4 38 (17.43%) Senior
5 35 (16.06%) Analyst
5 35 (16.06%) Data Analyst
6 27 (12.39%) Data Engineer
6 27 (12.39%) Full-Stack Developer
7 22 (10.09%) Junior
8 20 (9.17%) Full-Stack Python Developer
8 20 (9.17%) Junior Analyst
8 20 (9.17%) Junior Data Analyst
9 19 (8.72%) Software Developer
10 18 (8.26%) Architect
11 16 (7.34%) Lead
11 16 (7.34%) Senior Developer
12 14 (6.42%) Trainee Analyst
12 14 (6.42%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 11 (5.05%) Senior Python Developer
14 10 (4.59%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (16.97%) CSS
1 37 (16.97%) HTML
2 28 (12.84%) React
3 27 (12.39%) Flask
4 23 (10.55%) Vue
5 15 (6.88%) Django
6 14 (6.42%) FastAPI
6 14 (6.42%) PySpark
7 10 (4.59%) .NET
8 7 (3.21%) Pandas
9 6 (2.75%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (2.75%) Flutter
9 6 (2.75%) Hugging Face
9 6 (2.75%) Matplotlib
9 6 (2.75%) NumPy
9 6 (2.75%) scikit-learn
9 6 (2.75%) Streamlit
10 4 (1.83%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (1.38%) OpenID
11 3 (1.38%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.17%) Cloud Native
2 16 (7.34%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (5.50%) Data Structures
4 8 (3.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (3.67%) PKI
5 7 (3.21%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.29%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.29%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.29%) Educational Technology
8 4 (1.83%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.83%) NHS
9 3 (1.38%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.92%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.92%) Social Media
11 1 (0.46%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.46%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (33.03%) Mentoring
2 65 (29.82%) AI
3 55 (25.23%) CI/CD
4 43 (19.72%) Agile
5 35 (16.06%) Analytics
5 35 (16.06%) Infrastructure as Code
6 34 (15.60%) Software Engineering
7 33 (15.14%) DevOps
7 33 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (14.68%) Full-Stack Development
9 31 (14.22%) Data Analysis
10 29 (13.30%) Business Intelligence
11 27 (12.39%) Data Modelling
12 26 (11.93%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (11.93%) Machine Learning
12 26 (11.93%) Test Automation
13 24 (11.01%) Computer Science
14 23 (10.55%) Data Pipeline
14 23 (10.55%) Migration
14 23 (10.55%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 87 (39.91%) SQL
2 64 (29.36%) JavaScript
3 46 (21.10%) Java
4 30 (13.76%) C#
5 20 (9.17%) TypeScript
6 13 (5.96%) R
7 9 (4.13%) Go
8 6 (2.75%) Bash
8 6 (2.75%) Scala
9 3 (1.38%) C
9 3 (1.38%) C++
9 3 (1.38%) Groovy
9 3 (1.38%) Perl
9 3 (1.38%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.38%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.38%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.92%) Ruby
11 1 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 61 (27.98%) Azure Certification
2 41 (18.81%) AWS Certification
3 35 (16.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 26 (11.93%) Degree
5 25 (11.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 22 (10.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (7.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 16 (7.34%) TOGAF Certification
8 12 (5.50%) Security Cleared
9 9 (4.13%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.92%) CEH
10 2 (0.92%) CISA
10 2 (0.92%) CISSP
10 2 (0.92%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.92%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.05%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.67%) QA
3 5 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.38%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.92%) GDPR
6 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
System Software
1 27 (12.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 39 (17.89%) Terraform
2 16 (7.34%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.67%) Ansible
4 3 (1.38%) Argo
4 3 (1.38%) Packer
5 1 (0.46%) Grafana
5 1 (0.46%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.46%) Istio
5 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 85 (38.99%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.34%) Databricks
3 5 (2.29%) Arista
3 5 (2.29%) Aruba
3 5 (2.29%) NetScout
4 4 (1.83%) IBM
4 4 (1.83%) Oracle
4 4 (1.83%) Palantir
5 3 (1.38%) AppDynamics
5 3 (1.38%) Google
5 3 (1.38%) OpenAI