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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 21 28
Rank change year-on-year +10 +7 -17
Permanent jobs citing Python 177 78 126
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 11.59% 8.69% 7.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.45% 24.84% 20.59%
Number of salaries quoted 148 45 100
10th Percentile £28,250 £43,500 £40,625
25th Percentile £35,000 £51,250 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,250 £78,566
90th Percentile £85,000 £98,474 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +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 427 314 612
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 27.96% 34.97% 35.17%
Number of salaries quoted 327 190 487
10th Percentile £28,900 £31,925 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,455 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +1.85% -6.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £93,753 £86,000
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 11 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 16 (9.04%) Apache Spark
2 9 (5.08%) Apache
3 4 (2.26%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.13%) Jupyter
Applications
1 22 (12.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.13%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.13%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 107 (60.45%) AWS
2 95 (53.67%) Azure
3 49 (27.68%) Serverless
4 46 (25.99%) GitHub
5 14 (7.91%) GCP
6 12 (6.78%) Power Platform
7 9 (5.08%) Amazon S3
7 9 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (4.52%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (4.52%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (4.52%) Azure AI
9 7 (3.95%) dbt
9 7 (3.95%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (2.82%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (2.82%) OCI
11 4 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.69%) Azure App Service
13 2 (1.13%) AWS Step Functions
13 2 (1.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 24 (13.56%) Internet
2 5 (2.82%) Firewall
2 5 (2.82%) NGFW
2 5 (2.82%) VXLAN
2 5 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.82%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (15.82%) Tableau
2 14 (7.91%) Data Mining
3 12 (6.78%) Power BI
4 9 (5.08%) Amazon Redshift
4 9 (5.08%) Data Lake
5 8 (4.52%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (4.52%) Metadata
6 5 (2.82%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.26%) MongoDB
7 4 (2.26%) MySQL
7 4 (2.26%) Spark SQL
7 4 (2.26%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.69%) Big Data
8 3 (1.69%) Data Vault
9 2 (1.13%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (1.13%) Apache Iceberg
9 2 (1.13%) BigQuery
9 2 (1.13%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.13%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.13%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 27 (15.25%) Git
2 7 (3.95%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.26%) GitLab
4 3 (1.69%) JMeter
4 3 (1.69%) LoadRunner
4 3 (1.69%) Selenium
4 3 (1.69%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 56 (31.64%) Social Skills
2 33 (18.64%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (13.56%) Finance
3 24 (13.56%) Multimedia
4 18 (10.17%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.21%) Retail
6 5 (2.82%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.82%) Tech for Good
7 3 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.13%) Marketing
8 2 (1.13%) Public Speaking
9 1 (0.56%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.56%) Games
9 1 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (26.55%) Developer
2 40 (22.60%) Trainee
3 29 (16.38%) Architect
4 28 (15.82%) Senior
5 26 (14.69%) Data Engineer
6 23 (12.99%) Analyst
6 23 (12.99%) Data Analyst
6 23 (12.99%) Python Developer
7 19 (10.73%) Software Developer
8 15 (8.47%) Lead
9 14 (7.91%) Applications Architect
9 14 (7.91%) Trainee Analyst
9 14 (7.91%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 12 (6.78%) Senior Data Engineer
10 12 (6.78%) Trainee Developer
10 12 (6.78%) Trainee Software Developer
11 11 (6.21%) Software Architect
12 10 (5.65%) Junior
13 9 (5.08%) Senior Developer
14 8 (4.52%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (21.47%) CSS
1 38 (21.47%) HTML
2 21 (11.86%) React
3 19 (10.73%) FastAPI
3 19 (10.73%) Flask
4 18 (10.17%) Django
5 15 (8.47%) Vue
6 11 (6.21%) PySpark
7 7 (3.95%) .NET
7 7 (3.95%) Kafka
8 5 (2.82%) Pandas
9 4 (2.26%) Spring
10 3 (1.69%) Middleware
10 3 (1.69%) NumPy
10 3 (1.69%) Spring Boot
11 2 (1.13%) Hibernate
11 2 (1.13%) RESTful
11 2 (1.13%) scikit-learn
11 2 (1.13%) SQLAlchemy
11 2 (1.13%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.12%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (8.47%) Cloud Native
3 11 (6.21%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.82%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.82%) PKI
5 3 (1.69%) AI Agents
5 3 (1.69%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.69%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.69%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.13%) IoT
6 2 (1.13%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.13%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.56%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.56%) Hackathon
7 1 (0.56%) NHS
7 1 (0.56%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.39%) Linux
2 3 (1.69%) Windows
3 2 (1.13%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.56%) Android
4 1 (0.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (52.54%) Mentoring
2 52 (29.38%) CI/CD
3 38 (21.47%) Migration
4 37 (20.90%) AI
5 36 (20.34%) Agile
5 36 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (19.77%) Analytics
6 35 (19.77%) Data Modelling
7 31 (17.51%) DevOps
8 30 (16.95%) Computer Science
8 30 (16.95%) Infrastructure as Code
9 29 (16.38%) Architectural Patterns
9 29 (16.38%) Data Analysis
9 29 (16.38%) Microservices
10 28 (15.82%) Software Engineering
11 27 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (15.25%) Data Pipeline
12 26 (14.69%) Application Security
12 26 (14.69%) Enterprise Architecture
12 26 (14.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 78 (44.07%) SQL
2 75 (42.37%) JavaScript
3 47 (26.55%) Java
4 36 (20.34%) C#
5 30 (16.95%) TypeScript
6 14 (7.91%) R
7 7 (3.95%) Bash
8 5 (2.82%) Go
8 5 (2.82%) Scala
9 4 (2.26%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.26%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.69%) C
10 3 (1.69%) C++
10 3 (1.69%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.13%) Perl
11 2 (1.13%) Ruby
12 1 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 57 (32.20%) Azure Certification
2 53 (29.94%) AWS Certification
3 48 (27.12%) Microsoft Certification
4 32 (18.08%) Degree
5 28 (15.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (14.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 26 (14.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (13.56%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.13%) CEH
8 2 (1.13%) CISA
8 2 (1.13%) CISSP
8 2 (1.13%) OSCP
8 2 (1.13%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.39%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.69%) QA
3 2 (1.13%) GDPR
4 1 (0.56%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (17.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 31 (17.51%) Terraform
2 18 (10.17%) Kubernetes
3 8 (4.52%) Ansible
4 3 (1.69%) HP Fortify
5 2 (1.13%) Control-M
6 1 (0.56%) Argo
6 1 (0.56%) Grafana
6 1 (0.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 84 (47.46%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.30%) Databricks
3 6 (3.39%) Oracle
4 5 (2.82%) Arista
4 5 (2.82%) Aruba
4 5 (2.82%) NetScout
5 4 (2.26%) Google
5 4 (2.26%) Palantir
6 3 (1.69%) IBM
6 3 (1.69%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.13%) Nexthink
7 2 (1.13%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.56%) Avaya
8 1 (0.56%) Genesys
8 1 (0.56%) Verint