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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 14 28
Rank change year-on-year +2 +14 -17
Permanent jobs citing Python 187 90 123
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 10.55% 11.49% 6.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.40% 29.51% 20.03%
Number of salaries quoted 155 68 94
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,925 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,743 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.34% +3.39% -12.96%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,500 £82,813
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +10.62% -13.08%

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 487 305 614
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 27.47% 38.95% 31.75%
Number of salaries quoted 376 225 489
10th Percentile £31,625 £29,025 £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 £77,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,250 £84,964
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £54,250
% change year-on-year +13.64% +1.38% -5.65%

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 10 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 15 (8.02%) Apache Spark
2 10 (5.35%) Apache
3 6 (3.21%) Jupyter
4 5 (2.67%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 30 (16.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.07%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 103 (55.08%) AWS
2 89 (47.59%) Azure
3 46 (24.60%) GitHub
3 46 (24.60%) Serverless
4 18 (9.63%) Power Platform
5 13 (6.95%) Azure AI
5 13 (6.95%) GCP
6 11 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
7 10 (5.35%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (4.81%) Amazon S3
9 8 (4.28%) dbt
10 7 (3.74%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (3.21%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (3.21%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (2.67%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (2.67%) OCI
13 4 (2.14%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (1.60%) Azure App Service
14 3 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 22 (11.76%) Internet
2 5 (2.67%) Firewall
2 5 (2.67%) NGFW
2 5 (2.67%) VXLAN
2 5 (2.67%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.67%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (19.79%) Tableau
2 18 (9.63%) Power BI
3 17 (9.09%) Data Mining
4 10 (5.35%) Amazon Redshift
4 10 (5.35%) Data Lake
5 9 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (4.28%) Metadata
7 4 (2.14%) MongoDB
7 4 (2.14%) MySQL
7 4 (2.14%) Spark SQL
7 4 (2.14%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.60%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.60%) Data Vault
8 3 (1.60%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.07%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (1.07%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (1.07%) Apache Iceberg
9 2 (1.07%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.07%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 25 (13.37%) Git
2 7 (3.74%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.21%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (2.14%) GitLab
5 3 (1.60%) JMeter
5 3 (1.60%) LoadRunner
5 3 (1.60%) Selenium
5 3 (1.60%) SonarQube
General
1 61 (32.62%) Social Skills
2 40 (21.39%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (16.58%) Finance
4 22 (11.76%) Multimedia
5 21 (11.23%) Public Sector
6 15 (8.02%) Retail
7 9 (4.81%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.67%) Tech for Good
9 3 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.07%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.07%) Marketing
10 2 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.07%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.53%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.53%) Games
11 1 (0.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (27.81%) Developer
2 45 (24.06%) Trainee
3 35 (18.72%) Senior
4 31 (16.58%) Analyst
4 31 (16.58%) Data Analyst
5 27 (14.44%) Python Developer
6 26 (13.90%) Data Engineer
7 24 (12.83%) Architect
8 20 (10.70%) Software Developer
9 17 (9.09%) Trainee Analyst
9 17 (9.09%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 16 (8.56%) Lead
11 15 (8.02%) Junior
12 13 (6.95%) Junior Analyst
12 13 (6.95%) Junior Data Analyst
12 13 (6.95%) Senior Developer
13 12 (6.42%) Senior Data Engineer
14 11 (5.88%) Applications Architect
14 11 (5.88%) Trainee Developer
14 11 (5.88%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (19.25%) CSS
1 36 (19.25%) HTML
2 25 (13.37%) React
3 21 (11.23%) Flask
4 19 (10.16%) FastAPI
5 18 (9.63%) Django
6 17 (9.09%) Vue
7 11 (5.88%) PySpark
8 10 (5.35%) .NET
9 9 (4.81%) Pandas
10 7 (3.74%) NumPy
11 6 (3.21%) Hugging Face
11 6 (3.21%) Matplotlib
11 6 (3.21%) scikit-learn
11 6 (3.21%) Streamlit
12 5 (2.67%) Kafka
13 4 (2.14%) Flutter
13 4 (2.14%) Spring
14 3 (1.60%) Middleware
14 3 (1.60%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.23%) Enterprise Software
2 16 (8.56%) Cloud Native
3 11 (5.88%) Data Structures
4 7 (3.74%) Algorithms
5 6 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.67%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.67%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.67%) PKI
7 3 (1.60%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.60%) Educational Technology
7 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (1.60%) NHS
8 2 (1.07%) IoT
8 2 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.07%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.07%) Social Media
8 2 (1.07%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.53%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.60%) Linux
2 1 (0.53%) Android
2 1 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (44.92%) Mentoring
2 51 (27.27%) AI
3 48 (25.67%) CI/CD
4 37 (19.79%) Analytics
5 36 (19.25%) Agile
5 36 (19.25%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (17.65%) Migration
7 30 (16.04%) Data Analysis
7 30 (16.04%) Data Modelling
7 30 (16.04%) Software Engineering
8 28 (14.97%) DevOps
8 28 (14.97%) Infrastructure as Code
8 28 (14.97%) Machine Learning
9 27 (14.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (13.90%) Computer Science
10 26 (13.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 24 (12.83%) Architectural Patterns
11 24 (12.83%) Cybersecurity
11 24 (12.83%) Data Pipeline
11 24 (12.83%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 81 (43.32%) SQL
2 72 (38.50%) JavaScript
3 45 (24.06%) Java
4 35 (18.72%) C#
5 23 (12.30%) TypeScript
6 14 (7.49%) R
7 7 (3.74%) Go
8 5 (2.67%) Bash
8 5 (2.67%) Scala
9 4 (2.14%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.60%) C
10 3 (1.60%) C++
10 3 (1.60%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.07%) Perl
11 2 (1.07%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.07%) Ruby
12 1 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 57 (30.48%) Azure Certification
2 50 (26.74%) AWS Certification
3 43 (22.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 28 (14.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 27 (14.44%) Degree
6 24 (12.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (11.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 21 (11.23%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.07%) CEH
8 2 (1.07%) CISA
8 2 (1.07%) CISSP
8 2 (1.07%) OSCP
8 2 (1.07%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.53%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.74%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.14%) QA
3 3 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.07%) GDPR
5 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.53%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (16.58%) Docker
Systems Management
1 31 (16.58%) Terraform
2 16 (8.56%) Kubernetes
3 6 (3.21%) Ansible
4 3 (1.60%) HP Fortify
5 2 (1.07%) Control-M
6 1 (0.53%) Argo
6 1 (0.53%) Grafana
6 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 91 (48.66%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.56%) Databricks
3 6 (3.21%) Oracle
4 5 (2.67%) Arista
4 5 (2.67%) Aruba
4 5 (2.67%) NetScout
5 4 (2.14%) Palantir
6 3 (1.60%) Google
6 3 (1.60%) IBM
6 3 (1.60%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.53%) Avaya
7 1 (0.53%) Genesys
7 1 (0.53%) Verint