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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 21 26
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 -15
Permanent jobs citing Python 191 79 121
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 11.59% 9.35% 6.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.47% 25.90% 20.30%
Number of salaries quoted 159 48 95
10th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £51,250 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £84,125 £81,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £98,474 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £56,250 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.46% +13.04% -11.54%

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 472 305 596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 28.64% 36.09% 33.96%
Number of salaries quoted 363 196 471
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,205 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +2.80% -6.96%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,764 £87,500
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 25 February 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 17 (8.90%) Apache Spark
2 10 (5.24%) Apache
3 5 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (2.62%) Jupyter
Applications
1 28 (14.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.62%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 111 (58.12%) AWS
2 97 (50.79%) Azure
3 50 (26.18%) Serverless
4 47 (24.61%) GitHub
5 16 (8.38%) Power Platform
6 15 (7.85%) GCP
7 11 (5.76%) Azure AI
8 10 (5.24%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (4.71%) Amazon S3
9 9 (4.71%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (4.19%) dbt
11 7 (3.66%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (3.66%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (3.14%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (3.14%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (2.62%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (2.62%) OCI
14 4 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
15 3 (1.57%) Azure App Service
15 3 (1.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 24 (12.57%) Internet
2 5 (2.62%) Firewall
2 5 (2.62%) NGFW
2 5 (2.62%) VXLAN
2 5 (2.62%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.62%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (18.32%) Tableau
2 17 (8.90%) Data Mining
3 16 (8.38%) Power BI
4 10 (5.24%) Amazon Redshift
4 10 (5.24%) Data Lake
5 9 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (4.19%) Metadata
7 5 (2.62%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.09%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.09%) MySQL
8 4 (2.09%) Spark SQL
8 4 (2.09%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.57%) Big Data
9 3 (1.57%) BigQuery
9 3 (1.57%) Data Vault
10 2 (1.05%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (1.05%) Amazon QuickSight
10 2 (1.05%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (1.05%) DynamoDB
10 2 (1.05%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 27 (14.14%) Git
2 8 (4.19%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.62%) GitLab
3 5 (2.62%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (1.57%) JMeter
4 3 (1.57%) LoadRunner
4 3 (1.57%) Selenium
4 3 (1.57%) SonarQube
General
1 60 (31.41%) Social Skills
2 38 (19.90%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (15.71%) Finance
4 24 (12.57%) Multimedia
5 20 (10.47%) Public Sector
6 14 (7.33%) Retail
7 8 (4.19%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.62%) Tech for Good
9 3 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.05%) Marketing
10 2 (1.05%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.52%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.52%) Games
11 1 (0.52%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (26.70%) Developer
2 46 (24.08%) Trainee
3 32 (16.75%) Senior
4 29 (15.18%) Analyst
4 29 (15.18%) Architect
4 29 (15.18%) Data Analyst
5 26 (13.61%) Data Engineer
6 25 (13.09%) Python Developer
7 21 (10.99%) Software Developer
8 17 (8.90%) Trainee Analyst
8 17 (8.90%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 15 (7.85%) Lead
10 14 (7.33%) Applications Architect
11 13 (6.81%) Junior
12 12 (6.28%) Senior Data Engineer
12 12 (6.28%) Trainee Developer
12 12 (6.28%) Trainee Software Developer
13 11 (5.76%) Junior Analyst
13 11 (5.76%) Junior Data Analyst
13 11 (5.76%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (19.90%) CSS
1 38 (19.90%) HTML
2 22 (11.52%) React
3 20 (10.47%) Flask
4 19 (9.95%) FastAPI
5 18 (9.42%) Django
6 16 (8.38%) Vue
7 11 (5.76%) PySpark
8 9 (4.71%) .NET
9 8 (4.19%) Pandas
10 7 (3.66%) Kafka
11 6 (3.14%) NumPy
12 5 (2.62%) Hugging Face
12 5 (2.62%) Matplotlib
12 5 (2.62%) scikit-learn
12 5 (2.62%) Streamlit
13 4 (2.09%) Spring
14 3 (1.57%) Middleware
14 3 (1.57%) Spring Boot
15 2 (1.05%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.09%) Enterprise Software
2 16 (8.38%) Cloud Native
3 11 (5.76%) Data Structures
4 6 (3.14%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.62%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.62%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.62%) PKI
6 4 (2.09%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.57%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.57%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.05%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.05%) IoT
8 2 (1.05%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.05%) NHS
8 2 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.05%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.52%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.62%) Linux
2 2 (1.05%) Windows
3 1 (0.52%) Android
3 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (48.69%) Mentoring
2 52 (27.23%) CI/CD
3 46 (24.08%) AI
4 38 (19.90%) Analytics
4 38 (19.90%) Migration
5 37 (19.37%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (18.85%) Agile
7 34 (17.80%) Data Modelling
8 32 (16.75%) DevOps
9 31 (16.23%) Data Analysis
10 30 (15.71%) Computer Science
10 30 (15.71%) Infrastructure as Code
10 30 (15.71%) Software Engineering
11 29 (15.18%) Architectural Patterns
11 29 (15.18%) Microservices
12 27 (14.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 27 (14.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 26 (13.61%) Cybersecurity
13 26 (13.61%) Enterprise Architecture
13 26 (13.61%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 84 (43.98%) SQL
2 78 (40.84%) JavaScript
3 50 (26.18%) Java
4 38 (19.90%) C#
5 30 (15.71%) TypeScript
6 15 (7.85%) R
7 7 (3.66%) Bash
8 5 (2.62%) Go
8 5 (2.62%) Scala
9 4 (2.09%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.09%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.57%) C
10 3 (1.57%) C++
10 3 (1.57%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.05%) Perl
11 2 (1.05%) Ruby
12 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 60 (31.41%) Azure Certification
2 56 (29.32%) AWS Certification
3 48 (25.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 32 (16.75%) Degree
5 29 (15.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 28 (14.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (13.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 24 (12.57%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.05%) CEH
9 2 (1.05%) CISA
9 2 (1.05%) CISSP
9 2 (1.05%) OSCP
9 2 (1.05%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.66%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.57%) QA
3 2 (1.05%) GDPR
4 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (16.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 31 (16.23%) Terraform
2 19 (9.95%) Kubernetes
3 8 (4.19%) Ansible
4 3 (1.57%) HP Fortify
5 2 (1.05%) Control-M
6 1 (0.52%) Argo
6 1 (0.52%) Grafana
6 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 93 (48.69%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.42%) Databricks
3 6 (3.14%) Oracle
4 5 (2.62%) Arista
4 5 (2.62%) Aruba
4 5 (2.62%) Google
4 5 (2.62%) NetScout
5 4 (2.09%) Palantir
6 3 (1.57%) IBM
6 3 (1.57%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.52%) Avaya
7 1 (0.52%) Genesys
7 1 (0.52%) Nexthink
7 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.52%) Verint