Python Job Trends in the North East

Python
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 32 46
Rank change year-on-year +22 +14 -3
Permanent jobs citing Python 191 38 74
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 8.49% 6.05% 3.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.64% 27.14% 14.23%
Number of salaries quoted 123 32 66
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,141
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.08% -3.77%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £83,723
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,875 £86,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -6.67%

All Programming Languages
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 470 140 520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 20.88% 22.29% 25.58%
Number of salaries quoted 366 126 456
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,688 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,214 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £78,363
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Python job vacancy trend in the North East

Python
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the North East over the 6 months to 2 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the North East

Python
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the North East region over the 6 months to 2 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tyne and Wear +12 142 £52,250 -16.40% 77
Durham +18 44 £59,000 -14.97% 7
Northumberland +4 5 - - 3
Python
England

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 14 (7.33%) Apache Airflow
1 14 (7.33%) Jupyter
2 9 (4.71%) Apache
2 9 (4.71%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.05%) Confluence
3 2 (1.05%) SAS
3 2 (1.05%) WordPress
4 1 (0.52%) IIS
Applications
1 45 (23.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.19%) MS Visio
3 5 (2.62%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.05%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 110 (57.59%) Azure
2 73 (38.22%) AWS
3 48 (25.13%) Azure AI
4 45 (23.56%) Power Platform
5 22 (11.52%) GCP
6 18 (9.42%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (9.42%) GitHub
7 11 (5.76%) Amazon EC2
7 11 (5.76%) Amazon S3
8 10 (5.24%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (4.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 9 (4.71%) Amazon EMR
10 8 (4.19%) Amazon ECR
10 8 (4.19%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (3.14%) Amazon ECS
11 6 (3.14%) dbt
11 6 (3.14%) SaaS
12 5 (2.62%) IaaS
12 5 (2.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (2.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (15.18%) Firewall
2 13 (6.81%) VLAN
2 13 (6.81%) VPN
3 11 (5.76%) TCP/IP
4 10 (5.24%) DNS
4 10 (5.24%) HTTP
5 9 (4.71%) Internet
6 8 (4.19%) BGP
6 8 (4.19%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (4.19%) Cisco Nexus
6 8 (4.19%) Cisco Wireless
6 8 (4.19%) EIGRP
6 8 (4.19%) LAN
6 8 (4.19%) Network Security
6 8 (4.19%) OSPF
6 8 (4.19%) SNMP
6 8 (4.19%) WAAS
6 8 (4.19%) WAN
6 8 (4.19%) Wireless
6 8 (4.19%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (28.27%) Tableau
2 44 (23.04%) Power BI
3 11 (5.76%) Amazon Athena
4 10 (5.24%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (4.71%) Data Mining
6 8 (4.19%) Big Data
7 7 (3.66%) DynamoDB
7 7 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (3.66%) SQL Server
8 6 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (2.62%) GIS
10 4 (2.09%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (2.09%) Star Schema
11 3 (1.57%) Amazon QuickSight
11 3 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (1.57%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.57%) NoSQL
12 2 (1.05%) Data Lake
12 2 (1.05%) Data Vault
12 2 (1.05%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 17 (8.90%) Git
2 10 (5.24%) Jenkins
3 9 (4.71%) GitLab
4 5 (2.62%) JIRA
4 5 (2.62%) LabVIEW
4 5 (2.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (2.62%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (1.05%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.05%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.05%) MLflow
5 2 (1.05%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (1.05%) Selenium
5 2 (1.05%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.05%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.52%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.52%) JMeter
6 1 (0.52%) Locust
General
1 68 (35.60%) Social Skills
2 34 (17.80%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (16.75%) Finance
4 15 (7.85%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (5.24%) Law
6 10 (5.24%) Telecoms
7 8 (4.19%) Multimedia
8 7 (3.66%) Electronics
9 6 (3.14%) Legal
10 5 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.62%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.62%) Retail
11 2 (1.05%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.05%) Wearables
12 1 (0.52%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 50 (26.18%) Analyst
2 48 (25.13%) Data Analyst
3 38 (19.90%) Junior
4 36 (18.85%) Junior Analyst
4 36 (18.85%) Junior Data Analyst
5 22 (11.52%) Trainee
6 21 (10.99%) Developer
7 20 (10.47%) Lead
8 19 (9.95%) Senior
9 17 (8.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 16 (8.38%) DevOps Engineer
11 14 (7.33%) Data Engineer
12 12 (6.28%) Python Engineer
12 12 (6.28%) Software Developer
13 10 (5.24%) Test Engineer
14 9 (4.71%) Python Developer
14 9 (4.71%) Software Engineer
14 9 (4.71%) Trainee Analyst
14 9 (4.71%) Trainee Data Analyst
15 8 (4.19%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.42%) .NET
2 16 (8.38%) HTML
3 14 (7.33%) CSS
4 12 (6.28%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (5.24%) PySpark
6 8 (4.19%) .NET Core
7 6 (3.14%) ARM Templates
7 6 (3.14%) Flask
7 6 (3.14%) LangChain
7 6 (3.14%) Node.js
7 6 (3.14%) YAML
8 5 (2.62%) Ajax
8 5 (2.62%) FreeSWITCH
8 5 (2.62%) Hugging Face
8 5 (2.62%) jQuery
8 5 (2.62%) Matplotlib
8 5 (2.62%) NumPy
8 5 (2.62%) Pandas
8 5 (2.62%) SQLAlchemy
8 5 (2.62%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.33%) Algorithms
2 12 (6.28%) Hedge funds
3 11 (5.76%) Data Centre
4 9 (4.71%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (4.19%) Data Structures
6 6 (3.14%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.14%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (2.09%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.09%) Client/Server
7 4 (2.09%) Life Science
7 4 (2.09%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.57%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.57%) PKI
9 2 (1.05%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.05%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.05%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.05%) Raspberry Pi
9 2 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
10 1 (0.52%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.76%) Linux
2 7 (3.66%) Windows
3 5 (2.62%) Debian
3 5 (2.62%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (43.46%) AI
2 48 (25.13%) Business Intelligence
3 35 (18.32%) DevOps
4 29 (15.18%) Analytics
4 29 (15.18%) CI/CD
5 26 (13.61%) Infrastructure as Code
6 25 (13.09%) Agile
6 25 (13.09%) Data Pipeline
7 24 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (12.04%) Containerisation
8 23 (12.04%) Mentoring
9 21 (10.99%) Computer Science
10 20 (10.47%) Fintech
10 20 (10.47%) Software Engineering
11 19 (9.95%) Data Engineering
12 18 (9.42%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
12 18 (9.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 18 (9.42%) Test Automation
13 17 (8.90%) Machine Learning
13 17 (8.90%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 94 (49.21%) SQL
2 26 (13.61%) Bash
3 19 (9.95%) Java
4 16 (8.38%) C#
5 15 (7.85%) PowerShell
6 14 (7.33%) JavaScript
7 10 (5.24%) Go
7 10 (5.24%) TypeScript
8 9 (4.71%) R
9 6 (3.14%) Bicep
10 5 (2.62%) C++
10 5 (2.62%) VB
11 2 (1.05%) Scala
Qualifications
1 62 (32.46%) Azure Certification
2 23 (12.04%) Degree
3 15 (7.85%) AWS Certification
3 15 (7.85%) Security Cleared
4 14 (7.33%) SC Cleared
5 13 (6.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 9 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (4.19%) CCIE
7 8 (4.19%) CCNP
7 8 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.09%) Tableau Certification
9 3 (1.57%) HNC
10 2 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.52%) CCSP
11 1 (0.52%) CISA
11 1 (0.52%) CISSP
11 1 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.52%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.95%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.19%) PMO
3 7 (3.66%) QA
4 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.52%) NIST
4 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (8.90%) Docker
2 8 (4.19%) ProxySG
3 5 (2.62%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.05%) Firmware
4 2 (1.05%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (16.23%) Terraform
2 15 (7.85%) Ansible
3 14 (7.33%) Kubernetes
4 13 (6.81%) Grafana
5 10 (5.24%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.05%) Control-M
6 2 (1.05%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.52%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 82 (42.93%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.33%) Cisco
3 12 (6.28%) Databricks
4 8 (4.19%) Blue Coat
4 8 (4.19%) CheckPoint
4 8 (4.19%) F5
4 8 (4.19%) Infoblox
4 8 (4.19%) Motorola
4 8 (4.19%) ServiceNow
4 8 (4.19%) SolarWinds
5 3 (1.57%) Arista
5 3 (1.57%) Aruba
5 3 (1.57%) NetScout
6 2 (1.05%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.05%) SnapLogic
6 2 (1.05%) VMware
7 1 (0.52%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.52%) Google
7 1 (0.52%) Intapp
7 1 (0.52%) Proofpoint