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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 24 26
Rank change year-on-year +12 +2 -16
Permanent jobs citing Python 168 80 126
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 11.47% 8.06% 7.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.69% 24.39% 20.79%
Number of salaries quoted 139 44 102
10th Percentile £28,250 £43,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £51,250 £46,264
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,563 £83,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £98,474 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -3.85% +9.20% -8.42%

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 403 328 606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 27.51% 33.06% 36.55%
Number of salaries quoted 306 196 482
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £32,888
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,250 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -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 30 January 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 (9.52%) Apache Spark
2 9 (5.36%) Apache
3 4 (2.38%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 20 (11.90%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.19%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 102 (60.71%) AWS
2 94 (55.95%) Azure
3 49 (29.17%) Serverless
4 43 (25.60%) GitHub
5 12 (7.14%) GCP
6 10 (5.95%) Power Platform
7 9 (5.36%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (4.76%) Amazon S3
8 8 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (3.57%) Azure AI
10 6 (3.57%) dbt
10 6 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.98%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (2.98%) OCI
12 4 (2.38%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (1.79%) Azure App Service
14 2 (1.19%) AWS Step Functions
14 2 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
14 2 (1.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 24 (14.29%) Internet
2 6 (3.57%) Firewall
3 5 (2.98%) NGFW
3 5 (2.98%) VXLAN
3 5 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (2.98%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.60%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (14.88%) Tableau
2 13 (7.74%) Data Mining
3 10 (5.95%) Power BI
4 9 (5.36%) Amazon Redshift
4 9 (5.36%) Data Lake
4 9 (5.36%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (4.76%) Metadata
6 6 (3.57%) SQL Server
7 5 (2.98%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.38%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.38%) MySQL
9 3 (1.79%) Big Data
9 3 (1.79%) Data Vault
9 3 (1.79%) Spark SQL
10 2 (1.19%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (1.19%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (1.19%) BigQuery
10 2 (1.19%) DynamoDB
10 2 (1.19%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (16.07%) Git
2 6 (3.57%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.38%) GitLab
4 3 (1.79%) JMeter
4 3 (1.79%) LoadRunner
4 3 (1.79%) Selenium
4 3 (1.79%) SonarQube
General
1 55 (32.74%) Social Skills
2 28 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (14.29%) Multimedia
4 20 (11.90%) Finance
5 18 (10.71%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.36%) Retail
7 5 (2.98%) Tech for Good
8 3 (1.79%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.19%) Marketing
9 2 (1.19%) Public Speaking
10 1 (0.60%) Back Office
10 1 (0.60%) Games
Job Titles
1 43 (25.60%) Developer
2 37 (22.02%) Trainee
3 29 (17.26%) Architect
4 28 (16.67%) Senior
5 25 (14.88%) Data Engineer
6 22 (13.10%) Python Developer
7 21 (12.50%) Analyst
8 20 (11.90%) Data Analyst
9 16 (9.52%) Software Developer
10 14 (8.33%) Applications Architect
11 13 (7.74%) Lead
11 13 (7.74%) Trainee Analyst
11 13 (7.74%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 12 (7.14%) Trainee Developer
12 12 (7.14%) Trainee Software Developer
13 11 (6.55%) Software Architect
14 10 (5.95%) Senior Data Engineer
15 9 (5.36%) Senior Developer
16 8 (4.76%) Junior
16 8 (4.76%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (22.62%) CSS
1 38 (22.62%) HTML
2 19 (11.31%) FastAPI
2 19 (11.31%) Flask
2 19 (11.31%) React
3 18 (10.71%) Django
4 14 (8.33%) Vue
5 11 (6.55%) PySpark
6 7 (4.17%) Kafka
7 4 (2.38%) .NET
7 4 (2.38%) Spring
8 3 (1.79%) Middleware
8 3 (1.79%) Pandas
8 3 (1.79%) Spring Boot
9 2 (1.19%) Grails
9 2 (1.19%) Hibernate
9 2 (1.19%) OpenAPI
9 2 (1.19%) RESTful
9 2 (1.19%) SQLAlchemy
9 2 (1.19%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 26 (15.48%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (7.74%) Cloud Native
3 12 (7.14%) Data Structures
4 6 (3.57%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.98%) PKI
6 3 (1.79%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.79%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.19%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.19%) IoT
7 2 (1.19%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.19%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.60%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.60%) Hackathon
8 1 (0.60%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.60%) NHS
8 1 (0.60%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.60%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.76%) Linux
2 5 (2.98%) Windows
3 2 (1.19%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.60%) Android
4 1 (0.60%) Unix
4 1 (0.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (55.36%) Mentoring
2 48 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 40 (23.81%) Migration
4 34 (20.24%) Agile
4 34 (20.24%) Data Modelling
5 33 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (19.05%) Analytics
7 30 (17.86%) Computer Science
8 29 (17.26%) Architectural Patterns
8 29 (17.26%) DevOps
8 29 (17.26%) Infrastructure as Code
8 29 (17.26%) Microservices
9 28 (16.67%) Data Analysis
9 28 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
10 27 (16.07%) AI
11 26 (15.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (15.48%) Cybersecurity
11 26 (15.48%) Data Engineering
11 26 (15.48%) Enterprise Architecture
12 25 (14.88%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 79 (47.02%) SQL
2 71 (42.26%) JavaScript
3 44 (26.19%) Java
4 32 (19.05%) C#
5 31 (18.45%) TypeScript
6 14 (8.33%) R
7 8 (4.76%) Bash
8 7 (4.17%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.98%) Scala
10 4 (2.38%) PL/SQL
10 4 (2.38%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.79%) C
11 3 (1.79%) C++
12 2 (1.19%) Go
12 2 (1.19%) Perl
12 2 (1.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 55 (32.74%) Azure Certification
2 52 (30.95%) AWS Certification
3 48 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 34 (20.24%) Degree
5 28 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (16.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (14.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 24 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.19%) CEH
8 2 (1.19%) CISA
8 2 (1.19%) CISSP
8 2 (1.19%) OSCP
8 2 (1.19%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.60%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.38%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.19%) QA
3 1 (0.60%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.60%) GDPR
3 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 31 (18.45%) Docker
2 2 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.60%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (17.86%) Terraform
2 17 (10.12%) Kubernetes
3 11 (6.55%) Ansible
4 3 (1.79%) HP Fortify
5 2 (1.19%) Control-M
6 1 (0.60%) Grafana
6 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.60%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 80 (47.62%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.90%) Databricks
3 7 (4.17%) Oracle
4 5 (2.98%) Arista
4 5 (2.98%) Aruba
4 5 (2.98%) NetScout
5 4 (2.38%) Google
5 4 (2.38%) Palantir
6 3 (1.79%) IBM
7 2 (1.19%) Nexthink
7 2 (1.19%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.19%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.19%) VMware
8 1 (0.60%) Avaya
8 1 (0.60%) Genesys
8 1 (0.60%) Verint