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 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 27 24
Rank change year-on-year +18 -3 -11
Permanent jobs citing Python 169 85 141
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 14.44% 6.92% 10.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 48.01% 21.79% 24.39%
Number of salaries quoted 145 48 110
10th Percentile £28,250 £44,921 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,063 £77,951
90th Percentile £84,400 £89,375 £88,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £67,500 £63,940 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.57% +2.30% +2.16%

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 352 390 578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 30.09% 31.76% 42.19%
Number of salaries quoted 285 245 442
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £37,850
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £76,438
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £86,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £61,500 £55,000 £59,763
% change year-on-year +11.82% -7.97% +8.66%

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 10 December 2025.

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 20 (11.83%) Apache Spark
2 11 (6.51%) Apache
3 4 (2.37%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.59%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 15 (8.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 109 (64.50%) AWS
2 92 (54.44%) Azure
3 44 (26.04%) Serverless
4 37 (21.89%) GitHub
5 17 (10.06%) GCP
6 12 (7.10%) AWS Lambda
7 11 (6.51%) Amazon S3
7 11 (6.51%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (4.73%) Amazon ECS
8 8 (4.73%) Power Platform
9 7 (4.14%) dbt
9 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (3.55%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.96%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (2.96%) SaaS
12 4 (2.37%) Azure AI
13 3 (1.78%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (1.78%) Amazon SQS
13 3 (1.78%) IaaS
13 3 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (11.24%) Internet
2 6 (3.55%) DNS
3 5 (2.96%) DHCP
4 3 (1.78%) Firewall
5 2 (1.18%) Network Security
5 2 (1.18%) VLAN
5 2 (1.18%) VPN
6 1 (0.59%) Junos
6 1 (0.59%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (13.61%) Tableau
2 15 (8.88%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (7.10%) Amazon Redshift
4 11 (6.51%) Data Lake
5 10 (5.92%) Data Mining
6 9 (5.33%) Metadata
6 9 (5.33%) MongoDB
6 9 (5.33%) MySQL
7 8 (4.73%) Power BI
8 5 (2.96%) BigQuery
8 5 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.96%) SQL Server
9 4 (2.37%) Data Vault
10 3 (1.78%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (1.78%) Apache Iceberg
10 3 (1.78%) Big Data
10 3 (1.78%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.78%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.78%) Spark SQL
11 2 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 22 (13.02%) Git
2 8 (4.73%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.96%) GitLab
4 4 (2.37%) Selenium
5 3 (1.78%) JMeter
5 3 (1.78%) LoadRunner
5 3 (1.78%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.59%) Appium
6 1 (0.59%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.59%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.59%) JIRA
6 1 (0.59%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.59%) MLflow
6 1 (0.59%) Postman
6 1 (0.59%) REST Assured
General
1 53 (31.36%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.43%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (11.24%) Multimedia
4 15 (8.88%) Public Sector
5 13 (7.69%) Finance
5 13 (7.69%) Retail
6 7 (4.14%) Tech for Good
7 6 (3.55%) Marketing
8 3 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.18%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.59%) Back Office
10 1 (0.59%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 37 (21.89%) Developer
2 35 (20.71%) Senior
3 31 (18.34%) Data Engineer
4 29 (17.16%) Trainee
5 23 (13.61%) Architect
6 21 (12.43%) Python Developer
7 20 (11.83%) Analyst
7 20 (11.83%) Lead
8 18 (10.65%) Data Analyst
9 17 (10.06%) Senior Data Engineer
9 17 (10.06%) Software Developer
10 11 (6.51%) Applications Architect
11 10 (5.92%) Data Manager
11 10 (5.92%) Trainee Analyst
11 10 (5.92%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 10 (5.92%) Trainee Developer
11 10 (5.92%) Trainee Software Developer
12 8 (4.73%) Engineering Manager
12 8 (4.73%) Software Architect
13 7 (4.14%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (17.75%) CSS
1 30 (17.75%) HTML
2 16 (9.47%) FastAPI
2 16 (9.47%) React
3 15 (8.88%) Django
3 15 (8.88%) Flask
4 11 (6.51%) Vue
5 10 (5.92%) PySpark
6 6 (3.55%) Kafka
7 5 (2.96%) Pandas
7 5 (2.96%) RESTful
7 5 (2.96%) Spring
7 5 (2.96%) Spring Boot
8 3 (1.78%) Middleware
9 2 (1.18%) .NET
9 2 (1.18%) Grails
9 2 (1.18%) Hibernate
9 2 (1.18%) NumPy
9 2 (1.18%) SQLAlchemy
9 2 (1.18%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.83%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (7.10%) Cloud Native
3 10 (5.92%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.96%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.37%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (1.78%) Enterprise Cloud
6 3 (1.78%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.18%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.18%) IoT
7 2 (1.18%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.59%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.59%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.59%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.59%) Hackathon
8 1 (0.59%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.10%) Linux
2 10 (5.92%) Windows
3 6 (3.55%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.18%) Check Point GAiA
5 2 (1.18%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.18%) Unix
6 1 (0.59%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (52.07%) Mentoring
2 62 (36.69%) CI/CD
3 40 (23.67%) Migration
4 37 (21.89%) Data Pipeline
5 36 (21.30%) Analytics
6 35 (20.71%) Agile
6 35 (20.71%) Data Modelling
6 35 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (19.53%) Data Engineering
7 33 (19.53%) DevOps
8 30 (17.75%) Infrastructure as Code
9 27 (15.98%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
11 25 (14.79%) Microservices
12 23 (13.61%) AI
12 23 (13.61%) Architectural Patterns
12 23 (13.61%) Computer Science
12 23 (13.61%) Data Analysis
13 21 (12.43%) Containerisation
13 21 (12.43%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 88 (52.07%) SQL
2 59 (34.91%) JavaScript
3 38 (22.49%) Java
4 28 (16.57%) TypeScript
5 26 (15.38%) C#
6 17 (10.06%) PowerShell
7 12 (7.10%) Bash
8 11 (6.51%) R
9 7 (4.14%) Scala
10 4 (2.37%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.78%) PL/SQL
12 2 (1.18%) C
12 2 (1.18%) C++
12 2 (1.18%) Go
12 2 (1.18%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.59%) Perl
13 1 (0.59%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 51 (30.18%) AWS Certification
2 43 (25.44%) Azure Certification
3 38 (22.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 26 (15.38%) Degree
5 22 (13.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 21 (12.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 21 (12.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (10.65%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.78%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 3 (1.78%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.78%) Security Cleared
9 2 (1.18%) CCSA
9 2 (1.18%) CCSE
9 2 (1.18%) OSCP
10 1 (0.59%) CEH
10 1 (0.59%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.59%) JNCIS
10 1 (0.59%) OSCE
10 1 (0.59%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.14%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.18%) NIST
2 2 (1.18%) QA
3 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.59%) GDPR
3 1 (0.59%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (19.53%) Docker
2 6 (3.55%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.96%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (14.79%) Terraform
2 24 (14.20%) Kubernetes
3 12 (7.10%) Ansible
4 5 (2.96%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 5 (2.96%) SCCM
4 5 (2.96%) SCOM
4 5 (2.96%) WSUS
5 3 (1.78%) HP Fortify
6 2 (1.18%) Control-M
6 2 (1.18%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.18%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.59%) Argo
7 1 (0.59%) Grafana
7 1 (0.59%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.59%) Nmap
7 1 (0.59%) QRadar
7 1 (0.59%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 71 (42.01%) Microsoft
2 29 (17.16%) Databricks
3 13 (7.69%) Oracle
4 5 (2.96%) Palantir
4 5 (2.96%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.37%) Google
6 3 (1.78%) IBM
6 3 (1.78%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.18%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.18%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.18%) Nexthink
7 2 (1.18%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.18%) VMware
8 1 (0.59%) Avaya
8 1 (0.59%) ESRI
8 1 (0.59%) Genesys
8 1 (0.59%) Juniper
8 1 (0.59%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.59%) Splunk
8 1 (0.59%) Verint