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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 36 33
Rank change year-on-year +27 -3 +11
Permanent jobs citing Python 246 38 76
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 8.78% 4.37% 4.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.22% 27.54% 17.35%
Number of salaries quoted 178 31 70
10th Percentile £38,025 £30,000 £30,425
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £65,000 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +3.53% -3.41%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -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 661 138 438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 23.58% 15.86% 27.24%
Number of salaries quoted 535 115 350
10th Percentile £40,000 £25,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £68,750 £69,950
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,250 £79,225
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 1 August 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 1 August 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 +13 191 £65,000 - 68
Durham +20 47 £59,000 -14.97% 14
Northumberland - 8 £42,500 - 6
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 34 (13.82%) Apache Airflow
2 19 (7.72%) Apache Spark
2 19 (7.72%) Jupyter
3 17 (6.91%) Apache
4 2 (0.81%) Confluence
4 2 (0.81%) SAS
4 2 (0.81%) WordPress
Applications
1 34 (13.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.63%) Chatbot
2 4 (1.63%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.81%) SPSS
4 1 (0.41%) LaTeX
Cloud Services
1 120 (48.78%) Azure
2 110 (44.72%) AWS
3 46 (18.70%) Power Platform
4 40 (16.26%) Azure AI
4 40 (16.26%) GCP
5 27 (10.98%) Amazon S3
6 23 (9.35%) Serverless
7 22 (8.94%) Amazon EC2
8 20 (8.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 20 (8.13%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (6.50%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (5.69%) Amazon EMR
11 13 (5.28%) Amazon ECR
12 12 (4.88%) Amazon ECS
13 10 (4.07%) GitHub
14 9 (3.66%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (3.66%) Textract
15 8 (3.25%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (3.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 7 (2.85%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.50%) Firewall
2 8 (3.25%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.85%) DNS
3 7 (2.85%) VLAN
3 7 (2.85%) VPN
4 6 (2.44%) HTTP
5 4 (1.63%) BGP
5 4 (1.63%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.63%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (1.63%) Cisco Wireless
5 4 (1.63%) EIGRP
5 4 (1.63%) Internet
5 4 (1.63%) LAN
5 4 (1.63%) Network Security
5 4 (1.63%) OSPF
5 4 (1.63%) SNMP
5 4 (1.63%) WAAS
5 4 (1.63%) WAN
5 4 (1.63%) Wireless
5 4 (1.63%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (19.11%) Tableau
2 46 (18.70%) Power BI
3 21 (8.54%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (6.91%) Amazon Athena
5 16 (6.50%) DynamoDB
6 12 (4.88%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (3.66%) Big Data
7 9 (3.66%) SQL Server
8 8 (3.25%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (2.85%) NoSQL
10 6 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (2.44%) BigQuery
10 6 (2.44%) Data Mining
10 6 (2.44%) GIS
10 6 (2.44%) Star Schema
11 5 (2.03%) Amazon QuickSight
11 5 (2.03%) Looker
11 5 (2.03%) Metadata
12 4 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 29 (11.79%) Git
2 15 (6.10%) GitLab
3 9 (3.66%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.44%) JIRA
5 5 (2.03%) LabVIEW
6 4 (1.63%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.63%) TeamCity
6 4 (1.63%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (1.22%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.22%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.22%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.81%) MLflow
8 2 (0.81%) Selenium
9 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.41%) JMeter
9 1 (0.41%) Locust
General
1 77 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 38 (15.45%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (15.04%) Finance
4 21 (8.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (8.13%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.07%) Law
7 7 (2.85%) Electronics
8 6 (2.44%) Legal
8 6 (2.44%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.44%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.63%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.63%) Retail
9 4 (1.63%) Tech for Good
10 3 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.81%) Front Office
11 2 (0.81%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.81%) Wearables
12 1 (0.41%) Games
Job Titles
1 44 (17.89%) Data Engineer
2 41 (16.67%) Analyst
3 39 (15.85%) Data Analyst
4 31 (12.60%) Junior
5 28 (11.38%) Developer
5 28 (11.38%) Junior Analyst
5 28 (11.38%) Junior Data Analyst
5 28 (11.38%) Lead
6 26 (10.57%) Senior
7 23 (9.35%) Python Engineer
8 22 (8.94%) DevOps Engineer
9 21 (8.54%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 20 (8.13%) Python Developer
11 13 (5.28%) Software Engineer
12 12 (4.88%) Python Data Engineer
12 12 (4.88%) Trainee
13 11 (4.47%) Data Scientist
14 10 (4.07%) Lead Data Engineer
14 10 (4.07%) Test Engineer
15 9 (3.66%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (10.16%) .NET
2 17 (6.91%) PySpark
3 14 (5.69%) HTML
4 12 (4.88%) CSS
5 11 (4.47%) YAML
6 10 (4.07%) .NET Core
6 10 (4.07%) Flask
7 9 (3.66%) ARM Templates
7 9 (3.66%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (3.25%) LangChain
8 8 (3.25%) Node.js
8 8 (3.25%) React
9 6 (2.44%) Ajax
9 6 (2.44%) Jinja
9 6 (2.44%) jQuery
9 6 (2.44%) LlamaIndex
9 6 (2.44%) OpenLayers
9 6 (2.44%) RESTful
9 6 (2.44%) SQLAlchemy
10 5 (2.03%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.94%) Hedge funds
2 16 (6.50%) Cloud Native
3 15 (6.10%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (5.69%) Algorithms
4 14 (5.69%) Data Structures
5 12 (4.88%) Distributed Computing
6 10 (4.07%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (2.03%) AI Agents
7 5 (2.03%) Client/Server
7 5 (2.03%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.63%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.63%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (1.63%) Life Science
8 4 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.63%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.22%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.22%) Robotics
10 2 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.69%) Linux
2 7 (2.85%) Windows
3 4 (1.63%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.22%) Debian
5 2 (0.81%) Unix
6 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (36.59%) AI
2 55 (22.36%) DevOps
3 53 (21.54%) CI/CD
4 50 (20.33%) Data Pipeline
5 49 (19.92%) Business Intelligence
6 48 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (19.11%) Agile
8 46 (18.70%) Infrastructure as Code
9 42 (17.07%) Analytics
10 41 (16.67%) Data Engineering
11 38 (15.45%) Data Modelling
12 36 (14.63%) Containerisation
13 32 (13.01%) Software Engineering
14 30 (12.20%) Decision-Making
15 29 (11.79%) Fintech
15 29 (11.79%) Mentoring
15 29 (11.79%) Workflow
16 27 (10.98%) Test Automation
17 26 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
17 26 (10.57%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 127 (51.63%) SQL
2 30 (12.20%) Bash
3 29 (11.79%) C#
4 28 (11.38%) Java
5 21 (8.54%) PowerShell
6 16 (6.50%) TypeScript
7 14 (5.69%) JavaScript
8 11 (4.47%) Bicep
9 9 (3.66%) Go
10 6 (2.44%) C++
10 6 (2.44%) R
11 5 (2.03%) VB
12 3 (1.22%) Scala
13 2 (0.81%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 49 (19.92%) Azure Certification
2 30 (12.20%) Security Cleared
3 26 (10.57%) SC Cleared
4 24 (9.76%) Degree
5 12 (4.88%) AWS Certification
6 11 (4.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.63%) CCIE
9 4 (1.63%) CCNP
9 4 (1.63%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.63%) Tableau Certification
10 3 (1.22%) HNC
11 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.41%) CCSP
12 1 (0.41%) CISA
12 1 (0.41%) CISSP
12 1 (0.41%) GSEC
12 1 (0.41%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (14.63%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.25%) QA
3 4 (1.63%) GDPR
3 4 (1.63%) PMO
4 2 (0.81%) NCSC
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.41%) NIST
5 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 35 (14.23%) Docker
2 4 (1.63%) ProxySG
3 3 (1.22%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.22%) vSphere
4 2 (0.81%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 44 (17.89%) Terraform
2 24 (9.76%) Kubernetes
3 10 (4.07%) Ansible
3 10 (4.07%) Grafana
4 6 (2.44%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.22%) Control-M
5 3 (1.22%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.41%) AWS Copilot
6 1 (0.41%) Fluentd
6 1 (0.41%) Kibana
6 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.41%) Puppet
Vendors
1 73 (29.67%) Microsoft
2 32 (13.01%) Databricks
3 8 (3.25%) Cisco
4 6 (2.44%) Google
5 4 (1.63%) Blue Coat
5 4 (1.63%) CheckPoint
5 4 (1.63%) F5
5 4 (1.63%) Infoblox
5 4 (1.63%) Motorola
5 4 (1.63%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.63%) SolarWinds
6 3 (1.22%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.22%) SnapLogic
6 3 (1.22%) VMware
7 2 (0.81%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.41%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.41%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.41%) Proofpoint
8 1 (0.41%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.41%) Zscaler