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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 26 18
Rank change year-on-year +18 -8 -6
Permanent jobs citing Python 173 80 131
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 13.34% 7.27% 10.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 45.29% 23.12% 24.39%
Number of salaries quoted 146 46 104
10th Percentile £28,250 £43,619 £42,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,248 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £88,375
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -4.00%

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 382 346 537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 29.45% 31.45% 42.69%
Number of salaries quoted 299 216 409
10th Percentile £28,650 £35,375 £38,500
25th Percentile £41,625 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.12% -7.92% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,991 £76,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 21 December 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 19 (10.98%) Apache Spark
2 10 (5.78%) Apache
3 4 (2.31%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.58%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 18 (10.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 107 (61.85%) AWS
2 98 (56.65%) Azure
3 46 (26.59%) Serverless
4 43 (24.86%) GitHub
5 18 (10.40%) GCP
6 10 (5.78%) Amazon S3
6 10 (5.78%) AWS CloudFormation
7 9 (5.20%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (5.20%) Power Platform
8 7 (4.05%) Amazon ECS
8 7 (4.05%) dbt
8 7 (4.05%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (2.89%) Azure AI
9 5 (2.89%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (2.89%) SaaS
10 3 (1.73%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.73%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (1.73%) IaaS
10 3 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (12.72%) Internet
2 3 (1.73%) Firewall
3 2 (1.16%) DNS
3 2 (1.16%) Network Security
3 2 (1.16%) VLAN
3 2 (1.16%) VPN
4 1 (0.58%) DHCP
4 1 (0.58%) Junos
4 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (15.03%) Tableau
2 14 (8.09%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (6.94%) Data Mining
4 11 (6.36%) Amazon Redshift
5 10 (5.78%) Data Lake
6 9 (5.20%) Metadata
6 9 (5.20%) MongoDB
6 9 (5.20%) MySQL
6 9 (5.20%) Power BI
7 6 (3.47%) SQL Server
8 5 (2.89%) BigQuery
8 5 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (2.31%) Data Vault
9 4 (2.31%) Spark SQL
10 3 (1.73%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (1.73%) Apache Iceberg
10 3 (1.73%) Big Data
10 3 (1.73%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.73%) NoSQL
11 2 (1.16%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 25 (14.45%) Git
2 9 (5.20%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.89%) GitLab
4 4 (2.31%) Selenium
5 3 (1.73%) JMeter
5 3 (1.73%) LoadRunner
5 3 (1.73%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.58%) Appium
6 1 (0.58%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.58%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.58%) JIRA
6 1 (0.58%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.58%) MLflow
6 1 (0.58%) Postman
6 1 (0.58%) REST Assured
General
1 56 (32.37%) Social Skills
2 25 (14.45%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (12.72%) Multimedia
4 16 (9.25%) Finance
4 16 (9.25%) Public Sector
5 15 (8.67%) Retail
6 7 (4.05%) Marketing
7 6 (3.47%) Tech for Good
8 3 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.73%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.73%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.16%) Public Speaking
10 1 (0.58%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 41 (23.70%) Developer
2 34 (19.65%) Trainee
3 33 (19.08%) Senior
4 30 (17.34%) Data Engineer
5 25 (14.45%) Architect
6 24 (13.87%) Python Developer
7 23 (13.29%) Analyst
8 21 (12.14%) Data Analyst
9 18 (10.40%) Lead
9 18 (10.40%) Software Developer
10 16 (9.25%) Senior Data Engineer
11 12 (6.94%) Applications Architect
11 12 (6.94%) Trainee Analyst
11 12 (6.94%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 11 (6.36%) Trainee Developer
12 11 (6.36%) Trainee Software Developer
13 9 (5.20%) Data Manager
13 9 (5.20%) Software Architect
14 8 (4.62%) Senior Developer
15 7 (4.05%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (20.81%) CSS
1 36 (20.81%) HTML
2 20 (11.56%) React
3 19 (10.98%) FastAPI
4 18 (10.40%) Django
4 18 (10.40%) Flask
5 14 (8.09%) Vue
6 11 (6.36%) PySpark
7 6 (3.47%) Kafka
8 5 (2.89%) Pandas
8 5 (2.89%) RESTful
8 5 (2.89%) Spring
8 5 (2.89%) Spring Boot
9 3 (1.73%) Middleware
10 2 (1.16%) .NET
10 2 (1.16%) Grails
10 2 (1.16%) Hibernate
10 2 (1.16%) NumPy
10 2 (1.16%) SQLAlchemy
10 2 (1.16%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.72%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (6.94%) Cloud Native
2 12 (6.94%) Data Structures
3 4 (2.31%) Marketing Technology
4 3 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (1.73%) Driving Licence
4 3 (1.73%) Enterprise Cloud
4 3 (1.73%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.16%) IoT
5 2 (1.16%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.16%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.58%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.58%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.58%) Hackathon
6 1 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.58%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.20%) Linux
2 6 (3.47%) Windows
3 2 (1.16%) Check Point GAiA
3 2 (1.16%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.16%) Unix
3 2 (1.16%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.58%) Android
4 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (52.02%) Mentoring
2 60 (34.68%) CI/CD
3 41 (23.70%) Migration
4 39 (22.54%) Agile
5 38 (21.97%) Analytics
6 36 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (20.23%) Data Modelling
8 33 (19.08%) Data Pipeline
8 33 (19.08%) DevOps
9 32 (18.50%) Infrastructure as Code
10 29 (16.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (16.76%) Cybersecurity
11 28 (16.18%) Data Engineering
12 27 (15.61%) Data Analysis
12 27 (15.61%) Microservices
13 26 (15.03%) Computer Science
14 25 (14.45%) AI
14 25 (14.45%) Architectural Patterns
15 22 (12.72%) Enterprise Architecture
16 21 (12.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 88 (50.87%) SQL
2 67 (38.73%) JavaScript
3 42 (24.28%) Java
4 30 (17.34%) TypeScript
5 29 (16.76%) C#
6 13 (7.51%) PowerShell
6 13 (7.51%) R
7 12 (6.94%) Bash
8 7 (4.05%) Scala
9 4 (2.31%) Go
9 4 (2.31%) PL/SQL
9 4 (2.31%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.73%) C
10 3 (1.73%) C++
11 2 (1.16%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.16%) Perl
11 2 (1.16%) Ruby
12 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 52 (30.06%) AWS Certification
2 49 (28.32%) Azure Certification
3 43 (24.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 30 (17.34%) Degree
5 24 (13.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (13.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 22 (12.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 20 (11.56%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.73%) OSCP
9 3 (1.73%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.73%) Security Cleared
10 2 (1.16%) CCSA
10 2 (1.16%) CCSE
10 2 (1.16%) CEH
10 2 (1.16%) CISA
10 2 (1.16%) CISSP
11 1 (0.58%) JNCIS
11 1 (0.58%) OSCE
11 1 (0.58%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.58%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.05%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.73%) QA
3 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.16%) NIST
4 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.58%) GDPR
4 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (20.81%) Docker
2 2 (1.16%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.58%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.58%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (16.18%) Terraform
2 23 (13.29%) Kubernetes
3 8 (4.62%) Ansible
4 3 (1.73%) HP Fortify
5 2 (1.16%) Control-M
5 2 (1.16%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.16%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.58%) Argo
6 1 (0.58%) Grafana
6 1 (0.58%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.58%) Nmap
6 1 (0.58%) QRadar
6 1 (0.58%) SCCM
6 1 (0.58%) SCOM
6 1 (0.58%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 75 (43.35%) Microsoft
2 24 (13.87%) Databricks
3 9 (5.20%) Oracle
4 5 (2.89%) Palantir
5 4 (2.31%) Google
6 3 (1.73%) IBM
6 3 (1.73%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.16%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.16%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.16%) Nexthink
7 2 (1.16%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.16%) VMware
8 1 (0.58%) Avaya
8 1 (0.58%) ESRI
8 1 (0.58%) Genesys
8 1 (0.58%) Juniper
8 1 (0.58%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.58%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.58%) Splunk
8 1 (0.58%) Verint