Python Software Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

Python Software Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Python Software Engineer salary in Manchester is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 - 146
Rank change year-on-year - - +100
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 5 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.19% - 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £47,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +34.29%
75th Percentile £103,750 - £51,000
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £65,000 - £47,000
% change year-on-year - - +7.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 2,319 2,749 2,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.26% 94.11% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,443 1,377 1,651
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £41,250 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +1.73%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £72,466
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,055 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.11% -8.99% +4.76%

Python Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Python Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Python Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Python Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Python Software Engineer job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Python Software Engineer job vacancies in Manchester

Python Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python Software Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Python Software Engineer in Manchester

Python Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Python Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring Python Software Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 5 (100.00%) Django
1 5 (100.00%) Python
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Asynchronous Programming
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) B2B
2 4 (80.00%) B2C
2 4 (80.00%) Celery
2 4 (80.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (80.00%) Containerisation
2 4 (80.00%) Data Science
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) Docker
2 4 (80.00%) FastAPI
2 4 (80.00%) Flask
2 4 (80.00%) GCP
2 4 (80.00%) Kubernetes
2 4 (80.00%) MongoDB
2 4 (80.00%) NoSQL
2 4 (80.00%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) React
2 4 (80.00%) RESTful
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) TDD

Python Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) MongoDB
1 4 (80.00%) NoSQL
1 4 (80.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (20.00%) InfluxDB
2 1 (20.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) GitLab
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Django
2 4 (80.00%) Celery
2 4 (80.00%) FastAPI
2 4 (80.00%) Flask
2 4 (80.00%) React
2 4 (80.00%) RESTful
2 4 (80.00%) Vue
3 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (20.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Asynchronous Programming
2 4 (80.00%) B2B
2 4 (80.00%) B2C
2 4 (80.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Containerisation
2 4 (80.00%) Data Science
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) TDD
3 2 (40.00%) AI
3 2 (40.00%) Fintech
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Kubernetes