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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 15 35
Rank change year-on-year +5 +20 -24
Permanent jobs citing Python 191 92 114
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 10.41% 11.96% 5.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.12% 30.26% 18.94%
Number of salaries quoted 157 75 88
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,100 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £44,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year - +2.22% -19.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £54,250 £60,743 £56,500
% change year-on-year -10.69% +7.51% -14.34%

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 501 304 602
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 27.30% 39.53% 30.60%
Number of salaries quoted 386 235 482
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £84,964
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +13.64% +2.80% -6.96%

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 21 March 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 12 (6.28%) Apache Spark
2 7 (3.66%) Apache
3 6 (3.14%) Jupyter
4 5 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (15.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 103 (53.93%) AWS
2 89 (46.60%) Azure
3 48 (25.13%) GitHub
4 43 (22.51%) Serverless
5 20 (10.47%) Power Platform
6 14 (7.33%) Azure AI
7 13 (6.81%) GCP
8 11 (5.76%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (4.19%) Amazon S3
9 8 (4.19%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (3.66%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (3.14%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (3.14%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (3.14%) dbt
12 5 (2.62%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (2.62%) OCI
13 4 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 3 (1.57%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (1.57%) Azure App Service
14 3 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (12.04%) 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 36 (18.85%) Tableau
2 20 (10.47%) Power BI
3 16 (8.38%) Data Mining
4 9 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (4.19%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (4.19%) Data Lake
6 7 (3.66%) Metadata
7 5 (2.62%) SQL Server
8 4 (2.09%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.09%) MySQL
8 4 (2.09%) Spark SQL
9 3 (1.57%) BigQuery
10 2 (1.05%) Amazon QuickSight
10 2 (1.05%) Data Vault
10 2 (1.05%) Neo4j
10 2 (1.05%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.05%) Semantic Layer
11 1 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.52%) Apache Iceberg
11 1 (0.52%) Looker
Development Applications
1 25 (13.09%) Git
2 6 (3.14%) Jenkins
2 6 (3.14%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (2.09%) GitLab
4 3 (1.57%) JMeter
4 3 (1.57%) LoadRunner
4 3 (1.57%) Selenium
4 3 (1.57%) SonarQube
General
1 58 (30.37%) Social Skills
2 38 (19.90%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (16.23%) Finance
4 23 (12.04%) Multimedia
5 21 (10.99%) Public Sector
6 15 (7.85%) Retail
7 9 (4.71%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.09%) Tech for Good
9 3 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.05%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.05%) Marketing
10 2 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.05%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.52%) Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.52%) Games
11 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (29.84%) Developer
2 45 (23.56%) Trainee
3 35 (18.32%) Senior
4 31 (16.23%) Analyst
4 31 (16.23%) Data Analyst
4 31 (16.23%) Python Developer
5 26 (13.61%) Data Engineer
6 22 (11.52%) Architect
7 21 (10.99%) Software Developer
8 16 (8.38%) Junior
8 16 (8.38%) Lead
8 16 (8.38%) Trainee Analyst
8 16 (8.38%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 15 (7.85%) Senior Developer
10 14 (7.33%) Junior Analyst
10 14 (7.33%) Junior Data Analyst
11 11 (5.76%) Senior Python Developer
11 11 (5.76%) Trainee Developer
12 10 (5.24%) Applications Architect
12 10 (5.24%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (19.90%) CSS
1 38 (19.90%) HTML
2 29 (15.18%) React
3 23 (12.04%) Flask
4 19 (9.95%) Django
4 19 (9.95%) Vue
5 18 (9.42%) FastAPI
6 13 (6.81%) PySpark
7 11 (5.76%) .NET
8 7 (3.66%) Pandas
9 6 (3.14%) Hugging Face
9 6 (3.14%) Matplotlib
9 6 (3.14%) NumPy
9 6 (3.14%) scikit-learn
9 6 (3.14%) Streamlit
10 5 (2.62%) Flutter
11 4 (2.09%) Kafka
11 4 (2.09%) Spring
12 3 (1.57%) Middleware
12 3 (1.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.95%) Cloud Native
1 19 (9.95%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (6.28%) Data Structures
3 7 (3.66%) Algorithms
4 6 (3.14%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.62%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.62%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.62%) PKI
6 4 (2.09%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.09%) Educational Technology
6 4 (2.09%) NHS
7 3 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.57%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.05%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.05%) Social Media
9 1 (0.52%) Hackathon
9 1 (0.52%) Sports Betting
9 1 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (43.46%) Mentoring
2 56 (29.32%) AI
3 50 (26.18%) CI/CD
4 36 (18.85%) Agile
4 36 (18.85%) Analytics
5 33 (17.28%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (16.75%) Software Engineering
7 30 (15.71%) Data Analysis
8 29 (15.18%) Data Modelling
8 29 (15.18%) Infrastructure as Code
9 28 (14.66%) Migration
10 27 (14.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (14.14%) Machine Learning
11 26 (13.61%) DevOps
12 24 (12.57%) Computer Science
12 24 (12.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 23 (12.04%) Cybersecurity
14 22 (11.52%) Data Pipeline
14 22 (11.52%) Microservices
14 22 (11.52%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 79 (41.36%) SQL
2 73 (38.22%) JavaScript
3 43 (22.51%) Java
4 33 (17.28%) C#
5 21 (10.99%) TypeScript
6 15 (7.85%) R
7 8 (4.19%) Go
8 5 (2.62%) Bash
8 5 (2.62%) Scala
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%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.05%) Ruby
12 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 57 (29.84%) Azure Certification
2 48 (25.13%) AWS Certification
3 42 (21.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (15.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 25 (13.09%) Degree
6 22 (11.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (9.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 19 (9.95%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.05%) CEH
8 2 (1.05%) CISA
8 2 (1.05%) CISSP
8 2 (1.05%) OSCP
8 2 (1.05%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.66%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.09%) QA
3 2 (1.05%) GDPR
3 2 (1.05%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
System Software
1 28 (14.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 34 (17.80%) Terraform
2 15 (7.85%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.62%) Ansible
4 3 (1.57%) HP Fortify
5 2 (1.05%) Argo
5 2 (1.05%) Control-M
6 1 (0.52%) Grafana
6 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 89 (46.60%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.90%) Databricks
3 6 (3.14%) Oracle
4 5 (2.62%) Arista
4 5 (2.62%) Aruba
4 5 (2.62%) NetScout
5 4 (2.09%) Palantir
6 3 (1.57%) Google
6 3 (1.57%) IBM
6 3 (1.57%) OpenAI