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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 14 30
Rank change year-on-year +3 +16 -19
Permanent jobs citing Python 195 91 119
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 10.81% 11.58% 6.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.77% 29.93% 19.90%
Number of salaries quoted 163 71 91
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,743 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% +5.64% -14.81%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £61,622 £56,500
% change year-on-year -6.69% +9.06% -13.08%

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 503 304 598
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 27.88% 38.68% 30.98%
Number of salaries quoted 390 227 481
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 £93,761 £84,964
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £54,125
% change year-on-year +13.64% +1.62% -5.87%

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 14 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 14 (7.18%) Apache Spark
2 9 (4.62%) Apache
3 6 (3.08%) Jupyter
4 5 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.08%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 107 (54.87%) AWS
2 93 (47.69%) Azure
3 50 (25.64%) GitHub
4 46 (23.59%) Serverless
5 19 (9.74%) Power Platform
6 13 (6.67%) Azure AI
6 13 (6.67%) GCP
7 12 (6.15%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (4.62%) Amazon S3
8 9 (4.62%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (4.10%) dbt
9 8 (4.10%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (3.59%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (3.08%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (2.56%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (2.56%) OCI
13 4 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (2.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 3 (1.54%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (1.54%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 24 (12.31%) Internet
2 5 (2.56%) Firewall
2 5 (2.56%) NGFW
2 5 (2.56%) VXLAN
2 5 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.56%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (18.97%) Tableau
2 19 (9.74%) Power BI
3 17 (8.72%) Data Mining
4 10 (5.13%) Amazon Redshift
4 10 (5.13%) Data Lake
4 10 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (4.10%) Metadata
6 5 (2.56%) SQL Server
7 4 (2.05%) MongoDB
7 4 (2.05%) MySQL
7 4 (2.05%) Spark SQL
8 3 (1.54%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.54%) Data Vault
8 3 (1.54%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.03%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (1.03%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (1.03%) Apache Iceberg
9 2 (1.03%) Neo4j
9 2 (1.03%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.51%) Looker
Development Applications
1 26 (13.33%) Git
2 7 (3.59%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.08%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (2.05%) GitLab
5 3 (1.54%) JMeter
5 3 (1.54%) LoadRunner
5 3 (1.54%) Selenium
5 3 (1.54%) SonarQube
General
1 61 (31.28%) Social Skills
2 40 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (16.41%) Finance
4 24 (12.31%) Multimedia
5 21 (10.77%) Public Sector
6 15 (7.69%) Retail
7 9 (4.62%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.05%) Tech for Good
9 3 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.03%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.03%) Marketing
10 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.03%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.51%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.51%) Games
11 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (28.21%) Developer
2 47 (24.10%) Trainee
3 35 (17.95%) Senior
4 31 (15.90%) Analyst
4 31 (15.90%) Data Analyst
5 29 (14.87%) Python Developer
6 28 (14.36%) Data Engineer
7 25 (12.82%) Architect
8 20 (10.26%) Software Developer
9 17 (8.72%) Lead
9 17 (8.72%) Trainee Analyst
9 17 (8.72%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 15 (7.69%) Junior
11 14 (7.18%) Senior Developer
12 13 (6.67%) Junior Analyst
12 13 (6.67%) Junior Data Analyst
13 12 (6.15%) Trainee Developer
14 11 (5.64%) Applications Architect
14 11 (5.64%) Senior Data Engineer
14 11 (5.64%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (20.00%) CSS
1 39 (20.00%) HTML
2 27 (13.85%) React
3 23 (11.79%) Flask
4 19 (9.74%) Django
4 19 (9.74%) FastAPI
5 18 (9.23%) Vue
6 14 (7.18%) PySpark
7 10 (5.13%) .NET
8 8 (4.10%) Pandas
9 6 (3.08%) Hugging Face
9 6 (3.08%) Matplotlib
9 6 (3.08%) NumPy
9 6 (3.08%) scikit-learn
9 6 (3.08%) Streamlit
10 4 (2.05%) Flutter
10 4 (2.05%) Kafka
10 4 (2.05%) Spring
11 3 (1.54%) Middleware
11 3 (1.54%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.77%) Enterprise Software
2 19 (9.74%) Cloud Native
3 12 (6.15%) Data Structures
4 7 (3.59%) Algorithms
5 6 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.56%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.56%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.56%) PKI
7 4 (2.05%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.05%) Educational Technology
8 3 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.54%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.54%) NHS
9 2 (1.03%) IoT
9 2 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.03%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.03%) Social Media
9 2 (1.03%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.51%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.54%) Linux
2 1 (0.51%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (44.62%) Mentoring
2 54 (27.69%) AI
3 51 (26.15%) CI/CD
4 39 (20.00%) Analytics
5 38 (19.49%) Agile
6 35 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (16.41%) Migration
8 31 (15.90%) Data Analysis
8 31 (15.90%) Data Modelling
8 31 (15.90%) Software Engineering
9 30 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
10 29 (14.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (14.87%) Machine Learning
11 28 (14.36%) DevOps
12 26 (13.33%) Computer Science
12 26 (13.33%) Data Pipeline
12 26 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 25 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
14 24 (12.31%) Data Engineering
14 24 (12.31%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 83 (42.56%) SQL
2 75 (38.46%) JavaScript
3 45 (23.08%) Java
4 35 (17.95%) C#
5 23 (11.79%) TypeScript
6 15 (7.69%) R
7 7 (3.59%) Go
8 5 (2.56%) Bash
8 5 (2.56%) Scala
8 5 (2.56%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.54%) C
9 3 (1.54%) C++
9 3 (1.54%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.03%) Perl
10 2 (1.03%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.03%) Ruby
11 1 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 60 (30.77%) Azure Certification
2 51 (26.15%) AWS Certification
3 45 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 30 (15.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 27 (13.85%) Degree
6 24 (12.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (10.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 21 (10.77%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.03%) CEH
8 2 (1.03%) CISA
8 2 (1.03%) CISSP
8 2 (1.03%) OSCP
8 2 (1.03%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.51%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.10%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.05%) QA
3 2 (1.03%) GDPR
3 2 (1.03%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
System Software
1 32 (16.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 34 (17.44%) Terraform
2 17 (8.72%) Kubernetes
3 6 (3.08%) Ansible
4 3 (1.54%) HP Fortify
5 2 (1.03%) Argo
5 2 (1.03%) Control-M
6 1 (0.51%) Grafana
6 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 94 (48.21%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.23%) Databricks
3 6 (3.08%) Oracle
4 5 (2.56%) Arista
4 5 (2.56%) Aruba
4 5 (2.56%) NetScout
5 4 (2.05%) OpenAI
5 4 (2.05%) Palantir
6 3 (1.54%) Google
6 3 (1.54%) IBM
7 1 (0.51%) Avaya
7 1 (0.51%) Genesys
7 1 (0.51%) Verint