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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 25 25
Rank change year-on-year +13 0 -15
Permanent jobs citing Python 170 80 128
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 11.59% 8.16% 7.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.08% 24.39% 20.98%
Number of salaries quoted 141 44 104
10th Percentile £28,250 £43,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £51,250 £46,292
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,563 £83,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £98,474 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £61,500 £65,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -5.38% +9.20% -8.42%

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 404 328 610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 27.54% 33.47% 36.61%
Number of salaries quoted 307 196 484
10th Percentile £28,550 £31,250 £33,080
25th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,250 £86,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.73% - -4.35%

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 31 January 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 16 (9.41%) Apache Spark
2 9 (5.29%) Apache
3 4 (2.35%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.59%) Jupyter
Applications
1 21 (12.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.59%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 103 (60.59%) AWS
2 94 (55.29%) Azure
3 49 (28.82%) Serverless
4 43 (25.29%) GitHub
5 12 (7.06%) GCP
6 11 (6.47%) Power Platform
7 9 (5.29%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (4.71%) Amazon S3
8 8 (4.71%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (4.12%) Azure AI
9 7 (4.12%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (3.53%) dbt
10 6 (3.53%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (2.94%) OCI
12 4 (2.35%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (1.76%) Azure App Service
14 2 (1.18%) AWS Step Functions
14 2 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
14 2 (1.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 24 (14.12%) Internet
2 5 (2.94%) Firewall
2 5 (2.94%) NGFW
2 5 (2.94%) VXLAN
2 5 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.94%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (15.29%) Tableau
2 13 (7.65%) Data Mining
3 11 (6.47%) Power BI
4 9 (5.29%) Amazon Redshift
4 9 (5.29%) Data Lake
4 9 (5.29%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (4.71%) Metadata
6 6 (3.53%) SQL Server
7 5 (2.94%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.35%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.35%) MySQL
9 3 (1.76%) Big Data
9 3 (1.76%) Data Vault
9 3 (1.76%) Spark SQL
10 2 (1.18%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (1.18%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (1.18%) BigQuery
10 2 (1.18%) DynamoDB
10 2 (1.18%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (15.88%) Git
2 6 (3.53%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.35%) GitLab
4 3 (1.76%) JMeter
4 3 (1.76%) LoadRunner
4 3 (1.76%) Selenium
4 3 (1.76%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 56 (32.94%) Social Skills
2 28 (16.47%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (14.12%) Multimedia
4 21 (12.35%) Finance
5 18 (10.59%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.88%) Retail
7 5 (2.94%) Tech for Good
8 4 (2.35%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.18%) Marketing
10 2 (1.18%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.59%) Back Office
11 1 (0.59%) Games
Job Titles
1 44 (25.88%) Developer
2 38 (22.35%) Trainee
3 29 (17.06%) Architect
4 27 (15.88%) Senior
5 25 (14.71%) Data Engineer
6 22 (12.94%) Analyst
6 22 (12.94%) Python Developer
7 21 (12.35%) Data Analyst
8 17 (10.00%) Software Developer
9 14 (8.24%) Applications Architect
10 13 (7.65%) Lead
10 13 (7.65%) Trainee Analyst
10 13 (7.65%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 12 (7.06%) Trainee Developer
11 12 (7.06%) Trainee Software Developer
12 11 (6.47%) Software Architect
13 10 (5.88%) Senior Data Engineer
14 9 (5.29%) Junior
14 9 (5.29%) Senior Developer
15 8 (4.71%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (22.35%) CSS
1 38 (22.35%) HTML
2 19 (11.18%) FastAPI
2 19 (11.18%) Flask
2 19 (11.18%) React
3 18 (10.59%) Django
4 14 (8.24%) Vue
5 11 (6.47%) PySpark
6 7 (4.12%) Kafka
7 5 (2.94%) .NET
8 4 (2.35%) Pandas
8 4 (2.35%) Spring
9 3 (1.76%) Middleware
9 3 (1.76%) Spring Boot
10 2 (1.18%) Grails
10 2 (1.18%) Hibernate
10 2 (1.18%) OpenAPI
10 2 (1.18%) RESTful
10 2 (1.18%) SQLAlchemy
10 2 (1.18%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 26 (15.29%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (7.65%) Cloud Native
3 12 (7.06%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.94%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.94%) PKI
5 3 (1.76%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.76%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.18%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.18%) IoT
6 2 (1.18%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.18%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.59%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.59%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.59%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.59%) NHS
7 1 (0.59%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.12%) Linux
2 4 (2.35%) Windows
3 2 (1.18%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.59%) Android
4 1 (0.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (54.71%) Mentoring
2 48 (28.24%) CI/CD
3 40 (23.53%) Migration
4 34 (20.00%) Agile
4 34 (20.00%) Data Modelling
5 33 (19.41%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (18.82%) Analytics
7 30 (17.65%) AI
7 30 (17.65%) Computer Science
8 29 (17.06%) Architectural Patterns
8 29 (17.06%) DevOps
8 29 (17.06%) Microservices
9 28 (16.47%) Data Analysis
9 28 (16.47%) Data Pipeline
9 28 (16.47%) Infrastructure as Code
10 26 (15.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (15.29%) Cybersecurity
10 26 (15.29%) Data Engineering
10 26 (15.29%) Enterprise Architecture
10 26 (15.29%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 79 (46.47%) SQL
2 72 (42.35%) JavaScript
3 45 (26.47%) Java
4 33 (19.41%) C#
5 31 (18.24%) TypeScript
6 14 (8.24%) R
7 8 (4.71%) Bash
8 6 (3.53%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.94%) Scala
10 4 (2.35%) PL/SQL
10 4 (2.35%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.76%) C
11 3 (1.76%) C++
12 2 (1.18%) Go
12 2 (1.18%) Perl
12 2 (1.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 56 (32.94%) Azure Certification
2 53 (31.18%) AWS Certification
3 48 (28.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 34 (20.00%) Degree
5 28 (16.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (15.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (14.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 24 (14.12%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.18%) CEH
9 2 (1.18%) CISA
9 2 (1.18%) CISSP
9 2 (1.18%) OSCP
9 2 (1.18%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.59%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.35%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.18%) QA
3 1 (0.59%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.59%) GDPR
3 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 31 (18.24%) Docker
2 1 (0.59%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 29 (17.06%) Terraform
2 17 (10.00%) Kubernetes
3 10 (5.88%) Ansible
4 3 (1.76%) HP Fortify
5 2 (1.18%) Control-M
6 1 (0.59%) Grafana
6 1 (0.59%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 81 (47.65%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.76%) Databricks
3 7 (4.12%) Oracle
4 5 (2.94%) Arista
4 5 (2.94%) Aruba
4 5 (2.94%) NetScout
5 4 (2.35%) Google
5 4 (2.35%) Palantir
6 3 (1.76%) IBM
7 2 (1.18%) Nexthink
7 2 (1.18%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.18%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.59%) Avaya
8 1 (0.59%) Genesys
8 1 (0.59%) Verint
8 1 (0.59%) VMware