Python Job Trends in Leeds

Python
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds citing Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	33	10	25
Rank change year-on-year	-23	+15	-5
Permanent jobs citing Python	115	151	89
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds	3.79%	13.99%	6.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category	22.77%	49.19%	21.04%
Number of salaries quoted	74	133	48
10^th Percentile	£40,450	£35,000	£45,796
25^th Percentile	£51,250	£56,250	£51,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£67,500	£67,500	£65,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	+3.85%	-
75^th Percentile	£87,500	£77,500	£75,000
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£85,000	£93,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary	£67,153	£67,500	£63,940
% change year-on-year	-0.51%	+5.57%	-1.63%

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 citing coding skills in Leeds.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills	505	307	423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds	16.64%	28.45%	29.54%
Number of salaries quoted	365	259	259
10^th Percentile	£39,400	£34,750	£33,950
25^th Percentile	£51,250	£47,250	£47,231
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£65,576	£65,000	£57,965
Median % change year-on-year	+0.89%	+12.14%	-3.39%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£75,000	£71,991
90^th Percentile	£87,889	£85,000	£85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary	£65,000	£62,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+4.00%	+13.64%	-8.33%

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 Salary Trend in Leeds

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 4 November 2026.

Python Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 4 November 2026, job vacancies citing Python also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Leeds region citing Python.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SQL	46.1%	53
2	AWS	44.3%	51
3	CI/CD	40.0%	46
4	Azure	38.3%	44
5	AI	34.8%	40
6	Terraform	32.2%	37
7	Software Engineering	31.3%	36
8	Analytics	28.7%	33
9	Data Pipeline	27.0%	31
9	Problem-Solving	27.0%	31
11	Decision-Making	25.2%	29
12	Agile	23.5%	27
12	Continuous Improvement	23.5%	27
12	Data Engineering	23.5%	27
15	Infrastructure as Code	22.6%	26
16	GitHub	20.0%	23
17	Machine Learning	19.1%	22
17	Mentoring	19.1%	22
17	Security Cleared	19.1%	22
20	Jenkins	18.3%	21
21	DevOps	17.4%	20
21	GCP	17.4%	20
23	ETL	16.5%	19
23	SC Cleared	16.5%	19
23	Stakeholder Management	16.5%	19
26	Data Science	15.7%	18
26	Java	15.7%	18
26	Kubernetes	15.7%	18
26	Platform Engineering	15.7%	18
30	Data Quality	14.8%	17

Python Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SQL	46.1%	53
2	Java	15.7%	18
3	Groovy	9.6%	11
4	JavaScript	7.0%	8
4	Scala	7.0%	8
6	C#	6.1%	7
6	PowerShell	6.1%	7
6	T-SQL	6.1%	7
9	Go	5.2%	6
9	TypeScript	5.2%	6
11	Bicep	3.5%	4
11	R	3.5%	4
11	Shell Script	3.5%	4
14	Bash	2.6%	3
14	Kotlin	2.6%	3
14	Ruby	2.6%	3
14	Rust	2.6%	3
18	ActionScript	1.7%	2
18	Kusto Query Language	1.7%	2