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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 8 30
Rank change year-on-year -22 +22 -10
Permanent jobs citing Python 136 133 85
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 4.41% 13.71% 5.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.51% 49.81% 19.63%
Number of salaries quoted 90 119 46
10th Percentile £41,350 £41,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £58,125 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £93,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £63,940
% change year-on-year +3.70% +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 requiring coding skills in Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 513 267 433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 16.63% 27.53% 28.75%
Number of salaries quoted 362 223 273
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £34,800
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,875 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,903 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% +17.39% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,438 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -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 14 October 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 8 (5.88%) Apache Spark
2 5 (3.68%) Palantir Foundry
2 5 (3.68%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.21%) nginx
4 2 (1.47%) Apache
4 2 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.47%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (6.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.47%) Trello
3 1 (0.74%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 54 (39.71%) AWS
2 45 (33.09%) Azure
3 27 (19.85%) GitHub
4 22 (16.18%) AWS CloudFormation
4 22 (16.18%) GCP
5 21 (15.44%) Amazon EC2
5 21 (15.44%) GitHub Actions
6 15 (11.03%) Power Platform
7 13 (9.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (7.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 8 (5.88%) Azure AI
10 6 (4.41%) Amazon ECS
10 6 (4.41%) Amazon S3
10 6 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (3.68%) Kong
11 5 (3.68%) Snowflake
12 4 (2.94%) Entra ID
12 4 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (2.94%) SaaS
12 4 (2.94%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.94%) DNS
2 3 (2.21%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (1.47%) BIG-IP
3 2 (1.47%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 2 (1.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 2 (1.47%) Firewall
3 2 (1.47%) Network Security
3 2 (1.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (10.29%) Power BI
3 10 (7.35%) BigQuery
3 10 (7.35%) Metadata
4 9 (6.62%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (5.88%) Spark SQL
6 6 (4.41%) Big Data
7 4 (2.94%) Tableau
8 3 (2.21%) Data Mining
8 3 (2.21%) GIS
8 3 (2.21%) Relational Database
8 3 (2.21%) SQL Server
9 2 (1.47%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.47%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (1.47%) Neo4j
9 2 (1.47%) Power Query
9 2 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.74%) Amazon QuickSight
10 1 (0.74%) Looker
10 1 (0.74%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 24 (17.65%) Jenkins
2 13 (9.56%) Git
3 6 (4.41%) GitLab
4 2 (1.47%) Claude Code
4 2 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 41 (30.15%) Social Skills
2 35 (25.74%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (11.03%) Finance
4 11 (8.09%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.41%) Marketing
6 4 (2.94%) Banking
6 4 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.94%) Retail
7 3 (2.21%) Games
7 3 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.47%) Retail Banking
8 2 (1.47%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 27 (19.85%) Data Engineer
2 24 (17.65%) Senior
3 21 (15.44%) Developer
4 19 (13.97%) Platform Engineer
5 15 (11.03%) Lead
6 13 (9.56%) Python Developer
7 12 (8.82%) Software Engineer
8 10 (7.35%) Consultant
8 10 (7.35%) Full-Stack Developer
8 10 (7.35%) Senior Data Engineer
9 7 (5.15%) AWS Engineer
9 7 (5.15%) Cloud Engineer
9 7 (5.15%) DevOps Engineer
10 6 (4.41%) Analyst
10 6 (4.41%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 6 (4.41%) Data Scientist
10 6 (4.41%) Python Engineer
10 6 (4.41%) Python Software Engineer
11 5 (3.68%) Full-Stack Python Developer
11 5 (3.68%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (27.21%) Terraform
2 18 (13.24%) Web Services
3 10 (7.35%) PySpark
4 3 (2.21%) CSS
4 3 (2.21%) JWT
4 3 (2.21%) Middleware
4 3 (2.21%) OAuth
4 3 (2.21%) REST
4 3 (2.21%) Ruby on Rails
5 2 (1.47%) ADO
5 2 (1.47%) ARM Templates
5 2 (1.47%) Flask
5 2 (1.47%) LangChain
5 2 (1.47%) LangGraph
5 2 (1.47%) Node.js
5 2 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.47%) React
6 1 (0.74%) Flutter
6 1 (0.74%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.74%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.76%) Cloud Native
2 10 (7.35%) AI Agents
3 8 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.94%) Algorithms
4 4 (2.94%) Credit Risk
5 3 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.21%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (2.21%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.21%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.47%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.47%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.47%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.47%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (0.74%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.74%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.74%) FMCG
7 1 (0.74%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.97%) Linux
2 3 (2.21%) Windows
2 3 (2.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (36.03%) CI/CD
2 48 (35.29%) AI
3 45 (33.09%) Software Engineering
4 34 (25.00%) Agile
4 34 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 32 (23.53%) Analytics
6 28 (20.59%) Data Pipeline
7 25 (18.38%) Data Engineering
7 25 (18.38%) Decision-Making
7 25 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (17.65%) Platform Engineering
9 23 (16.91%) DevOps
9 23 (16.91%) Machine Learning
10 21 (15.44%) ETL
10 21 (15.44%) Mentoring
11 20 (14.71%) Data Science
12 19 (13.97%) Containerisation
13 17 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
13 17 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 51 (37.50%) SQL
2 22 (16.18%) Java
3 18 (13.24%) Groovy
4 8 (5.88%) Scala
5 6 (4.41%) C#
5 6 (4.41%) JavaScript
5 6 (4.41%) PowerShell
6 5 (3.68%) Go
7 4 (2.94%) Bash
7 4 (2.94%) Bicep
7 4 (2.94%) R
7 4 (2.94%) T-SQL
7 4 (2.94%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.21%) Ruby
9 2 (1.47%) ActionScript
9 2 (1.47%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.47%) Rust
10 1 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.74%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (19.85%) Security Cleared
2 23 (16.91%) SC Cleared
3 14 (10.29%) Degree
4 6 (4.41%) Azure Certification
5 5 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.94%) DBS Check
6 4 (2.94%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.94%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.74%) CISM
7 1 (0.74%) CISSP
7 1 (0.74%) GCIA
7 1 (0.74%) GCIH
7 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.97%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.62%) QA
3 2 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (1.47%) GDPR
3 2 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.74%) EU AI Act
4 1 (0.74%) GRC
4 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.74%) NIST
System Software
1 19 (13.97%) Docker
2 3 (2.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 23 (16.91%) Kubernetes
2 21 (15.44%) Progress Chef
3 6 (4.41%) Ansible
4 3 (2.21%) Grafana
4 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.21%) Prometheus
4 3 (2.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 14 (10.29%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.56%) Databricks
3 10 (7.35%) Foundry
4 7 (5.15%) Google
5 5 (3.68%) Palantir
6 4 (2.94%) VMware
7 3 (2.21%) Cisco
7 3 (2.21%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.47%) ESRI
8 2 (1.47%) F5
8 2 (1.47%) Oracle
9 1 (0.74%) Informatica
9 1 (0.74%) OneTrust
9 1 (0.74%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.74%) Varonis