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 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 8 36
Rank change year-on-year -12 +28 -18
Permanent jobs citing Python 178 134 92
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 6.20% 14.05% 4.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.01% 46.53% 16.91%
Number of salaries quoted 128 125 67
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £62,879
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +3.37% -8.17%
75th Percentile £95,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £89,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% -15.84%

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 574 288 544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 19.99% 30.19% 28.89%
Number of salaries quoted 422 244 433
10th Percentile £39,000 £31,250 £34,150
25th Percentile £48,289 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,762 £62,617 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.62% +13.85% -8.52%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £99,500 £89,250 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £54,250
% change year-on-year +8.33% +10.60% -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 5 August 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 6 (3.37%) Apache Spark
2 4 (2.25%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.25%) Jupyter
3 3 (1.69%) Apache
4 2 (1.12%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (12.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.25%) Chatbot
3 2 (1.12%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 71 (39.89%) AWS
2 60 (33.71%) Azure
3 36 (20.22%) GitHub
4 26 (14.61%) Power Platform
5 24 (13.48%) Azure AI
5 24 (13.48%) GCP
6 23 (12.92%) GitHub Actions
7 20 (11.24%) Amazon EC2
8 15 (8.43%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (7.87%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (6.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 12 (6.74%) Serverless
11 8 (4.49%) Amazon S3
12 7 (3.93%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (3.37%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (3.37%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (2.81%) dbt
15 4 (2.25%) Cloud Computing
15 4 (2.25%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.12%) DNS
1 2 (1.12%) Internet
1 2 (1.12%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (14.04%) Power BI
2 20 (11.24%) Tableau
3 18 (10.11%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (6.74%) BigQuery
5 11 (6.18%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (2.81%) Big Data
6 5 (2.81%) Spark SQL
7 4 (2.25%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.25%) Data Mining
7 4 (2.25%) Metadata
8 2 (1.12%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (1.12%) Neo4j
8 2 (1.12%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.12%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.56%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.56%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (13.48%) Jenkins
2 11 (6.18%) Git
3 6 (3.37%) GitLab
4 4 (2.25%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (1.69%) Artifactory
5 3 (1.69%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.69%) JIRA
5 3 (1.69%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.12%) Claude Code
General
1 54 (30.34%) Social Skills
2 27 (15.17%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (7.87%) Finance
4 8 (4.49%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (3.37%) Retail
6 4 (2.25%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.69%) Games
7 3 (1.69%) Marketing
8 2 (1.12%) Health Technology
8 2 (1.12%) Multimedia
8 2 (1.12%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.56%) Banking
9 1 (0.56%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.56%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 58 (32.58%) Developer
2 38 (21.35%) Senior
3 37 (20.79%) Python Developer
4 34 (19.10%) Full-Stack Developer
5 24 (13.48%) Data Engineer
5 24 (13.48%) Full-Stack Python Developer
6 18 (10.11%) Analyst
6 18 (10.11%) Data Analyst
6 18 (10.11%) Platform Engineer
7 16 (8.99%) Lead
8 14 (7.87%) Junior
8 14 (7.87%) Junior Analyst
8 14 (7.87%) Junior Data Analyst
9 10 (5.62%) Senior Data Engineer
9 10 (5.62%) Software Developer
9 10 (5.62%) Trainee
10 9 (5.06%) Senior Developer
11 8 (4.49%) DevOps Engineer
11 8 (4.49%) Java Developer
11 8 (4.49%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.87%) Flask
1 14 (7.87%) Web Services
2 11 (6.18%) React
2 11 (6.18%) Vue
3 10 (5.62%) CSS
3 10 (5.62%) HTML
3 10 (5.62%) PySpark
4 6 (3.37%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (2.81%) .NET
5 5 (2.81%) Pandas
6 4 (2.25%) Flutter
6 4 (2.25%) Hugging Face
6 4 (2.25%) Matplotlib
6 4 (2.25%) NumPy
6 4 (2.25%) scikit-learn
6 4 (2.25%) Streamlit
7 3 (1.69%) OAuth
7 3 (1.69%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (1.69%) REST
7 3 (1.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.24%) Cloud Native
2 11 (6.18%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (4.49%) AI Agents
4 7 (3.93%) Algorithms
5 6 (3.37%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.37%) Educational Technology
6 5 (2.81%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.69%) NHS
7 3 (1.69%) PKI
8 2 (1.12%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.12%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.12%) Social Media
9 1 (0.56%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.56%) FMCG
9 1 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.56%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.56%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.55%) Linux
2 1 (0.56%) Windows
2 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (37.64%) AI
2 55 (30.90%) CI/CD
3 45 (25.28%) Agile
4 42 (23.60%) Infrastructure as Code
5 39 (21.91%) Software Engineering
6 36 (20.22%) Full-Stack Development
7 30 (16.85%) DevOps
7 30 (16.85%) Mentoring
8 26 (14.61%) Data Pipeline
9 25 (14.04%) Analytics
9 25 (14.04%) Business Intelligence
10 24 (13.48%) Containerisation
11 23 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (12.36%) Machine Learning
13 21 (11.80%) Data Engineering
14 20 (11.24%) ETL
15 18 (10.11%) Data Analysis
15 18 (10.11%) Platform Engineering
16 17 (9.55%) Problem-Solving
17 16 (8.99%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 61 (34.27%) SQL
2 29 (16.29%) Java
3 17 (9.55%) Groovy
4 16 (8.99%) JavaScript
5 11 (6.18%) C#
6 7 (3.93%) Go
6 7 (3.93%) Scala
7 6 (3.37%) Bash
7 6 (3.37%) PowerShell
8 4 (2.25%) R
9 3 (1.69%) Ruby
10 2 (1.12%) Bicep
10 2 (1.12%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.12%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.56%) Perl
Qualifications
1 26 (14.61%) Security Cleared
2 23 (12.92%) Azure Certification
3 21 (11.80%) SC Cleared
4 11 (6.18%) Degree
5 6 (3.37%) AWS Certification
5 6 (3.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 4 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.25%) DBS Check
6 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.12%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.11%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.62%) QA
3 5 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.69%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.12%) GDPR
6 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 24 (13.48%) Docker
2 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 40 (22.47%) Terraform
2 26 (14.61%) Kubernetes
3 15 (8.43%) Progress Chef
4 4 (2.25%) Ansible
5 3 (1.69%) Argo
5 3 (1.69%) Packer
6 1 (0.56%) Istio
6 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.56%) Puppet
Vendors
1 32 (17.98%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.30%) Databricks
3 5 (2.81%) Foundry
3 5 (2.81%) Google
4 3 (1.69%) AppDynamics
4 3 (1.69%) IBM
4 3 (1.69%) OpenAI
5 2 (1.12%) VMware
6 1 (0.56%) Cisco
6 1 (0.56%) Informatica
6 1 (0.56%) ServiceNow