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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 10 39
Rank change year-on-year -15 +29 -21
Permanent jobs citing Python 145 125 88
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 4.67% 13.33% 5.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.10% 49.80% 17.85%
Number of salaries quoted 101 113 53
10th Percentile £46,500 £42,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% +3.85% -0.54%
75th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile - £90,000 £92,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +22.73% -15.38%

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 535 251 493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 17.21% 26.76% 29.43%
Number of salaries quoted 383 211 330
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,625 £51,250 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +20.54% -6.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 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 26 September 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 5 (3.45%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.38%) Apache
3 2 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.38%) nginx
3 2 (1.38%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.38%) Trello
3 1 (0.69%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 54 (37.24%) AWS
2 42 (28.97%) Azure
3 29 (20.00%) GitHub
4 24 (16.55%) Amazon EC2
5 22 (15.17%) GitHub Actions
6 21 (14.48%) AWS CloudFormation
7 20 (13.79%) GCP
8 15 (10.34%) Power Platform
9 14 (9.66%) Azure AI
10 13 (8.97%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (5.52%) Amazon S3
13 5 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (3.45%) Serverless
14 4 (2.76%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (2.76%) AWS Lambda
14 4 (2.76%) Kong
14 4 (2.76%) Snowflake
15 3 (2.07%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.07%) DNS
2 2 (1.38%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (1.38%) VPN
3 1 (0.69%) BIG-IP
3 1 (0.69%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 1 (0.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (0.69%) Firewall
3 1 (0.69%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.34%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (9.66%) Power BI
3 10 (6.90%) BigQuery
4 9 (6.21%) Amazon Redshift
5 6 (4.14%) Tableau
6 5 (3.45%) Big Data
7 4 (2.76%) Metadata
7 4 (2.76%) Spark SQL
8 3 (2.07%) Data Mining
8 3 (2.07%) SQL Server
9 2 (1.38%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.38%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (1.38%) GIS
9 2 (1.38%) Neo4j
9 2 (1.38%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.69%) Amazon QuickSight
10 1 (0.69%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.69%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.69%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 26 (17.93%) Jenkins
2 11 (7.59%) Git
3 7 (4.83%) GitLab
4 4 (2.76%) JIRA
5 3 (2.07%) Artifactory
5 3 (2.07%) Cucumber
5 3 (2.07%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.38%) Claude Code
General
1 48 (33.10%) Social Skills
2 25 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.52%) Finance
5 4 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (2.76%) Retail
6 3 (2.07%) Games
6 3 (2.07%) Marketing
7 2 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.38%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.69%) Banking
8 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.69%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (26.21%) Developer
2 27 (18.62%) Senior
3 26 (17.93%) Python Developer
4 24 (16.55%) Full-Stack Developer
5 21 (14.48%) Data Engineer
6 20 (13.79%) Platform Engineer
7 17 (11.72%) Full-Stack Python Developer
8 15 (10.34%) Lead
9 10 (6.90%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (6.90%) Senior Data Engineer
9 10 (6.90%) Software Engineer
10 9 (6.21%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (5.52%) Analyst
11 8 (5.52%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 8 (5.52%) Java Developer
12 7 (4.83%) Cloud Engineer
12 7 (4.83%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 7 (4.83%) Python Engineer
12 7 (4.83%) Python Software Engineer
13 6 (4.14%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (26.90%) Terraform
2 18 (12.41%) Web Services
3 7 (4.83%) PySpark
4 6 (4.14%) Flask
5 4 (2.76%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (2.07%) CSS
6 3 (2.07%) HTML
6 3 (2.07%) JSON
6 3 (2.07%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (2.07%) React
6 3 (2.07%) REST
6 3 (2.07%) Ruby on Rails
6 3 (2.07%) Vue
6 3 (2.07%) YAML
7 2 (1.38%) ADO
7 2 (1.38%) ARM Templates
7 2 (1.38%) Flutter
7 2 (1.38%) LangChain
7 2 (1.38%) LangGraph
7 2 (1.38%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.72%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.21%) AI Agents
2 9 (6.21%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (2.76%) Credit Risk
5 3 (2.07%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.07%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.38%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.69%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.69%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.69%) FMCG
7 1 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.69%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.69%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 21 (14.48%) Linux
2 2 (1.38%) Windows
2 2 (1.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (33.10%) CI/CD
2 46 (31.72%) AI
3 41 (28.28%) Software Engineering
4 40 (27.59%) Agile
4 40 (27.59%) Infrastructure as Code
5 27 (18.62%) DevOps
5 27 (18.62%) Full-Stack Development
6 24 (16.55%) Analytics
6 24 (16.55%) Data Pipeline
7 23 (15.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (15.86%) Mentoring
7 23 (15.86%) Platform Engineering
8 22 (15.17%) Containerisation
9 20 (13.79%) Data Engineering
10 19 (13.10%) Decision-Making
11 18 (12.41%) ETL
11 18 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (11.72%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (11.72%) Machine Learning
12 17 (11.72%) Network Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 48 (33.10%) SQL
2 26 (17.93%) Java
3 21 (14.48%) Groovy
4 8 (5.52%) Scala
5 6 (4.14%) C#
5 6 (4.14%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.76%) Bash
6 4 (2.76%) Go
7 3 (2.07%) Bicep
7 3 (2.07%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.07%) R
7 3 (2.07%) Ruby
8 2 (1.38%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.38%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.69%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.69%) Perl
Qualifications
1 33 (22.76%) Security Cleared
2 28 (19.31%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.28%) Degree
4 10 (6.90%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.76%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.76%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.38%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.69%) CISM
8 1 (0.69%) CISSP
8 1 (0.69%) GCIA
8 1 (0.69%) GCIH
8 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.03%) Data Quality
2 10 (6.90%) QA
3 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.69%) GDPR
4 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (0.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 20 (13.79%) Docker
2 2 (1.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (17.93%) Kubernetes
2 20 (13.79%) Progress Chef
3 7 (4.83%) Ansible
4 3 (2.07%) Packer
5 2 (1.38%) Grafana
5 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.38%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.38%) Puppet
6 1 (0.69%) Argo
6 1 (0.69%) Istio
Vendors
1 12 (8.28%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.59%) Databricks
3 5 (3.45%) Foundry
4 4 (2.76%) Google
5 3 (2.07%) AppDynamics
5 3 (2.07%) IBM
5 3 (2.07%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.07%) VMware
6 2 (1.38%) Cisco
6 2 (1.38%) ESRI
6 2 (1.38%) Oracle
7 1 (0.69%) F5
7 1 (0.69%) Informatica
7 1 (0.69%) ServiceNow