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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 27 23
Rank change year-on-year +18 -4 -8
Permanent jobs citing Python 165 93 146
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 14.19% 7.07% 10.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 48.10% 22.57% 24.62%
Number of salaries quoted 146 50 114
10th Percentile £28,250 £44,974 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,813 £51,563 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - +7.28%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,542
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,125 £88,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £67,500 £63,940 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.57% +2.30% +4.17%

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 343 412 593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 29.49% 31.31% 42.06%
Number of salaries quoted 285 254 453
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £37,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,059 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.96% -3.24% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £86,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £61,500 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +11.82% -7.60% +8.23%

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 29 November 2025.

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 20 (12.12%) Apache Spark
2 11 (6.67%) Apache
3 4 (2.42%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.61%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 12 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.21%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 108 (65.45%) AWS
2 87 (52.73%) Azure
3 43 (26.06%) Serverless
4 34 (20.61%) GitHub
5 17 (10.30%) GCP
6 13 (7.88%) AWS Lambda
7 11 (6.67%) Amazon S3
7 11 (6.67%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (4.85%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (4.24%) dbt
10 6 (3.64%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (3.64%) Power Platform
11 5 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (3.03%) SaaS
12 3 (1.82%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (1.82%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (1.82%) Amazon SQS
12 3 (1.82%) AWS Step Functions
12 3 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.30%) Internet
2 6 (3.64%) DNS
3 5 (3.03%) DHCP
4 3 (1.82%) Firewall
5 2 (1.21%) LAN
5 2 (1.21%) Network Security
5 2 (1.21%) VLAN
5 2 (1.21%) VPN
5 2 (1.21%) WAN
6 1 (0.61%) Junos
6 1 (0.61%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (12.12%) Tableau
2 15 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (7.27%) Amazon Redshift
4 11 (6.67%) Data Lake
5 9 (5.45%) Data Mining
5 9 (5.45%) MongoDB
5 9 (5.45%) MySQL
6 8 (4.85%) Metadata
7 6 (3.64%) Power BI
8 5 (3.03%) BigQuery
8 5 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (3.03%) SQL Server
9 4 (2.42%) Data Vault
9 4 (2.42%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.82%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (1.82%) Apache Iceberg
10 3 (1.82%) Big Data
10 3 (1.82%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.82%) Spark SQL
11 2 (1.21%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 20 (12.12%) Git
2 8 (4.85%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.03%) GitLab
4 4 (2.42%) Selenium
5 3 (1.82%) JMeter
5 3 (1.82%) LoadRunner
5 3 (1.82%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.21%) JIRA
7 1 (0.61%) Appium
7 1 (0.61%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.61%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.61%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.61%) MLflow
7 1 (0.61%) Postman
7 1 (0.61%) REST Assured
General
1 49 (29.70%) Social Skills
2 20 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (10.30%) Multimedia
4 16 (9.70%) Public Sector
5 13 (7.88%) Retail
6 11 (6.67%) Finance
7 7 (4.24%) Tech for Good
8 5 (3.03%) Marketing
9 3 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.21%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.61%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 37 (22.42%) Developer
2 36 (21.82%) Senior
3 30 (18.18%) Data Engineer
4 26 (15.76%) Trainee
5 22 (13.33%) Python Developer
6 21 (12.73%) Architect
6 21 (12.73%) Lead
7 17 (10.30%) Analyst
7 17 (10.30%) Senior Data Engineer
8 16 (9.70%) Software Developer
9 15 (9.09%) Data Analyst
10 11 (6.67%) Data Manager
11 10 (6.06%) Applications Architect
12 9 (5.45%) Engineering Manager
12 9 (5.45%) Trainee Analyst
12 9 (5.45%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 9 (5.45%) Trainee Developer
12 9 (5.45%) Trainee Software Developer
13 8 (4.85%) Senior Developer
14 7 (4.24%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (16.97%) CSS
1 28 (16.97%) HTML
2 16 (9.70%) FastAPI
2 16 (9.70%) React
3 15 (9.09%) Django
3 15 (9.09%) Flask
4 11 (6.67%) Vue
5 9 (5.45%) PySpark
6 6 (3.64%) Kafka
7 5 (3.03%) Pandas
7 5 (3.03%) RESTful
7 5 (3.03%) Spring
7 5 (3.03%) Spring Boot
8 3 (1.82%) Middleware
9 2 (1.21%) .NET
9 2 (1.21%) Grails
9 2 (1.21%) Hibernate
9 2 (1.21%) NumPy
9 2 (1.21%) SQLAlchemy
9 2 (1.21%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.91%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 10 (6.06%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.03%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.42%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.42%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (1.82%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.21%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.21%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.21%) IoT
7 2 (1.21%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.61%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.61%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.61%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.61%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.61%) Hackathon
8 1 (0.61%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.27%) Linux
2 10 (6.06%) Windows
3 6 (3.64%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.21%) Check Point GAiA
5 2 (1.21%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.21%) Unix
6 1 (0.61%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (51.52%) Mentoring
2 62 (37.58%) CI/CD
3 38 (23.03%) Data Pipeline
4 37 (22.42%) Migration
5 35 (21.21%) Agile
6 34 (20.61%) Analytics
6 34 (20.61%) Data Modelling
6 34 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (20.00%) Data Engineering
8 32 (19.39%) DevOps
8 32 (19.39%) Infrastructure as Code
9 27 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (14.55%) Cybersecurity
11 23 (13.94%) Microservices
12 22 (13.33%) Computer Science
12 22 (13.33%) Data Analysis
13 21 (12.73%) Architectural Patterns
13 21 (12.73%) Containerisation
13 21 (12.73%) Technical Leadership
14 20 (12.12%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 86 (52.12%) SQL
2 55 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 36 (21.82%) Java
4 26 (15.76%) TypeScript
5 24 (14.55%) C#
6 17 (10.30%) PowerShell
7 12 (7.27%) Bash
8 10 (6.06%) R
9 7 (4.24%) Scala
10 4 (2.42%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.82%) PL/SQL
12 2 (1.21%) C
12 2 (1.21%) C++
12 2 (1.21%) Go
12 2 (1.21%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 47 (28.48%) AWS Certification
2 37 (22.42%) Azure Certification
3 34 (20.61%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (14.55%) Degree
5 20 (12.12%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 19 (11.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 19 (11.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (9.70%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.82%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 3 (1.82%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.82%) Security Cleared
9 2 (1.21%) CCSA
9 2 (1.21%) CCSE
10 1 (0.61%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.61%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.61%) JNCIS
10 1 (0.61%) OSCE
10 1 (0.61%) OSCP
10 1 (0.61%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.24%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.82%) NIST
3 2 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.21%) QA
4 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.61%) GDPR
4 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (20.00%) Docker
2 6 (3.64%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.03%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (16.36%) Terraform
2 24 (14.55%) Kubernetes
3 14 (8.48%) Ansible
4 5 (3.03%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 5 (3.03%) SCCM
4 5 (3.03%) SCOM
4 5 (3.03%) WSUS
5 3 (1.82%) HP Fortify
6 2 (1.21%) Control-M
6 2 (1.21%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.21%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.61%) Argo
7 1 (0.61%) Grafana
7 1 (0.61%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.61%) Nmap
7 1 (0.61%) QRadar
7 1 (0.61%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 63 (38.18%) Microsoft
2 30 (18.18%) Databricks
3 13 (7.88%) Oracle
4 5 (3.03%) Palantir
4 5 (3.03%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.42%) Fortinet
5 4 (2.42%) Google
5 4 (2.42%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.82%) IBM
6 3 (1.82%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.21%) Aruba
7 2 (1.21%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.21%) Cisco
7 2 (1.21%) Mellanox
7 2 (1.21%) Nexthink
7 2 (1.21%) NVIDIA
7 2 (1.21%) VMware
8 1 (0.61%) Avaya
8 1 (0.61%) ESRI
8 1 (0.61%) Splunk