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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 18 29
Rank change year-on-year +6 +11 -19
Permanent jobs citing Python 189 83 122
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 11.09% 10.31% 6.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.89% 27.57% 20.20%
Number of salaries quoted 157 58 94
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,275 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,438 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% +6.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,313 £82,813
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,792 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £64,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.73% +12.17% -11.54%

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 486 301 604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 28.52% 37.39% 33.30%
Number of salaries quoted 374 207 480
10th Percentile £31,475 £29,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +2.80% -6.96%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -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 4 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 17 (8.99%) Apache Spark
2 10 (5.29%) Apache
3 6 (3.17%) Jupyter
4 5 (2.65%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 29 (15.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 107 (56.61%) AWS
2 92 (48.68%) Azure
3 50 (26.46%) Serverless
4 46 (24.34%) GitHub
5 17 (8.99%) Power Platform
6 15 (7.94%) GCP
7 12 (6.35%) Azure AI
8 11 (5.82%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (5.29%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (4.76%) Amazon S3
11 8 (4.23%) dbt
12 7 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (3.17%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (3.17%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (2.65%) OCI
15 4 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
16 3 (1.59%) Azure App Service
16 3 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 22 (11.64%) Internet
2 5 (2.65%) Firewall
2 5 (2.65%) NGFW
2 5 (2.65%) VXLAN
2 5 (2.65%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.65%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (19.05%) Tableau
2 17 (8.99%) Data Mining
2 17 (8.99%) Power BI
3 10 (5.29%) Amazon Redshift
3 10 (5.29%) Data Lake
4 9 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (4.23%) Metadata
6 5 (2.65%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.12%) MongoDB
7 4 (2.12%) MySQL
7 4 (2.12%) Spark SQL
7 4 (2.12%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.59%) Big Data
8 3 (1.59%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.59%) Data Vault
9 2 (1.06%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (1.06%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (1.06%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.06%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.06%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 25 (13.23%) Git
2 8 (4.23%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.17%) Visual Studio Code
4 5 (2.65%) GitLab
5 3 (1.59%) JMeter
5 3 (1.59%) LoadRunner
5 3 (1.59%) Selenium
5 3 (1.59%) SonarQube
General
1 61 (32.28%) Social Skills
2 39 (20.63%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (16.40%) Finance
4 22 (11.64%) Multimedia
5 21 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 15 (7.94%) Retail
7 9 (4.76%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.65%) Tech for Good
9 3 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.06%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.06%) Marketing
10 2 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.06%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.53%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.53%) Games
11 1 (0.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (26.98%) Developer
2 45 (23.81%) Trainee
3 33 (17.46%) Senior
4 30 (15.87%) Analyst
4 30 (15.87%) Data Analyst
5 28 (14.81%) Architect
6 26 (13.76%) Data Engineer
6 26 (13.76%) Python Developer
7 20 (10.58%) Software Developer
8 17 (8.99%) Trainee Analyst
8 17 (8.99%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 16 (8.47%) Lead
10 14 (7.41%) Junior
11 13 (6.88%) Applications Architect
12 12 (6.35%) Junior Analyst
12 12 (6.35%) Junior Data Analyst
12 12 (6.35%) Senior Data Engineer
12 12 (6.35%) Senior Developer
13 11 (5.82%) Software Architect
13 11 (5.82%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (19.05%) CSS
1 36 (19.05%) HTML
2 24 (12.70%) React
3 20 (10.58%) Flask
4 19 (10.05%) FastAPI
5 18 (9.52%) Django
6 17 (8.99%) Vue
7 11 (5.82%) PySpark
8 9 (4.76%) .NET
8 9 (4.76%) Pandas
9 7 (3.70%) Kafka
9 7 (3.70%) NumPy
10 6 (3.17%) Hugging Face
10 6 (3.17%) Matplotlib
10 6 (3.17%) scikit-learn
10 6 (3.17%) Streamlit
11 4 (2.12%) Spring
12 3 (1.59%) Flutter
12 3 (1.59%) Middleware
12 3 (1.59%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.70%) Enterprise Software
2 16 (8.47%) Cloud Native
3 11 (5.82%) Data Structures
4 7 (3.70%) Algorithms
5 6 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.65%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.65%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.65%) PKI
7 3 (1.59%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (1.59%) NHS
8 2 (1.06%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.06%) IoT
8 2 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.06%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.06%) Social Media
8 2 (1.06%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.12%) Linux
2 1 (0.53%) Android
2 1 (0.53%) Unix
2 1 (0.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (46.56%) Mentoring
2 51 (26.98%) CI/CD
3 50 (26.46%) AI
4 37 (19.58%) Analytics
4 37 (19.58%) Migration
4 37 (19.58%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (19.05%) Agile
6 32 (16.93%) Data Modelling
7 31 (16.40%) DevOps
8 30 (15.87%) Data Analysis
8 30 (15.87%) Software Engineering
9 29 (15.34%) Computer Science
10 28 (14.81%) Architectural Patterns
10 28 (14.81%) Infrastructure as Code
10 28 (14.81%) Machine Learning
10 28 (14.81%) Microservices
10 28 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 26 (13.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (13.23%) Application Security
12 25 (13.23%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 83 (43.92%) SQL
2 76 (40.21%) JavaScript
3 49 (25.93%) Java
4 38 (20.11%) C#
5 28 (14.81%) TypeScript
6 14 (7.41%) R
7 6 (3.17%) Go
8 5 (2.65%) Bash
8 5 (2.65%) Scala
9 4 (2.12%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.59%) C
10 3 (1.59%) C++
10 3 (1.59%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.06%) Perl
11 2 (1.06%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.06%) Ruby
12 1 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 58 (30.69%) Azure Certification
2 53 (28.04%) AWS Certification
3 45 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 30 (15.87%) Degree
5 28 (14.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 27 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (12.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 23 (12.17%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.06%) CEH
9 2 (1.06%) CISA
9 2 (1.06%) CISSP
9 2 (1.06%) OSCP
9 2 (1.06%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.53%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.12%) QA
3 3 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.06%) GDPR
5 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.53%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (16.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 30 (15.87%) Terraform
2 18 (9.52%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.70%) Ansible
4 3 (1.59%) HP Fortify
5 2 (1.06%) Control-M
6 1 (0.53%) Argo
6 1 (0.53%) Grafana
6 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 91 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.47%) Databricks
3 6 (3.17%) Oracle
4 5 (2.65%) Arista
4 5 (2.65%) Aruba
4 5 (2.65%) Google
4 5 (2.65%) NetScout
5 4 (2.12%) Palantir
6 3 (1.59%) IBM
6 3 (1.59%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.53%) Avaya
7 1 (0.53%) Genesys
7 1 (0.53%) Verint