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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 38 30
Rank change year-on-year +30 -8 +14
Permanent jobs citing Python 242 38 77
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 8.78% 4.39% 4.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.23% 27.54% 17.26%
Number of salaries quoted 173 31 71
10th Percentile £37,650 £30,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +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 650 138 446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 23.58% 15.94% 27.20%
Number of salaries quoted 524 115 357
10th Percentile £40,000 £25,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £38,750 £37,500
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 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,250 £79,375
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 30 July 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 30 July 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 +15 187 £62,500 -3.85% 72
Durham +22 48 £59,000 -14.97% 10
Northumberland - 7 £45,000 - 7
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 31 (12.81%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (7.44%) Jupyter
3 17 (7.02%) Apache Spark
4 15 (6.20%) Apache
5 2 (0.83%) Confluence
5 2 (0.83%) SAS
5 2 (0.83%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (14.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.65%) Chatbot
2 4 (1.65%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.83%) SPSS
4 1 (0.41%) LaTeX
Cloud Services
1 120 (49.59%) Azure
2 106 (43.80%) AWS
3 46 (19.01%) Power Platform
4 42 (17.36%) Azure AI
5 38 (15.70%) GCP
6 25 (10.33%) Amazon S3
7 22 (9.09%) Serverless
8 21 (8.68%) Amazon EC2
8 21 (8.68%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (7.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 15 (6.20%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (5.37%) Amazon EMR
12 12 (4.96%) Amazon ECR
12 12 (4.96%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (4.55%) GitHub
14 9 (3.72%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (3.72%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (3.31%) Textract
15 8 (3.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 7 (2.89%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.44%) Firewall
2 9 (3.72%) TCP/IP
3 8 (3.31%) DNS
3 8 (3.31%) VLAN
3 8 (3.31%) VPN
4 7 (2.89%) HTTP
5 4 (1.65%) BGP
5 4 (1.65%) DMZ
5 4 (1.65%) EIGRP
5 4 (1.65%) Internet
5 4 (1.65%) LAN
5 4 (1.65%) Network Security
5 4 (1.65%) OSPF
5 4 (1.65%) Reverse Proxy
5 4 (1.65%) SNMP
5 4 (1.65%) STUN
5 4 (1.65%) VoIP
5 4 (1.65%) WAN
5 4 (1.65%) Wireless
5 4 (1.65%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (20.25%) Tableau
2 46 (19.01%) Power BI
3 19 (7.85%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (6.61%) Amazon Athena
5 15 (6.20%) DynamoDB
6 12 (4.96%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (4.96%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (3.72%) Big Data
7 9 (3.72%) SQL Server
8 7 (2.89%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (2.89%) NoSQL
9 6 (2.48%) Data Mining
9 6 (2.48%) GIS
9 6 (2.48%) Star Schema
10 5 (2.07%) Amazon QuickSight
10 5 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (2.07%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.65%) Looker
11 4 (1.65%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 26 (10.74%) Git
2 14 (5.79%) GitLab
3 10 (4.13%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.48%) JIRA
5 5 (2.07%) LabVIEW
6 4 (1.65%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (1.65%) TeamCity
6 4 (1.65%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (1.24%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.24%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.24%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.83%) MLflow
8 2 (0.83%) Selenium
9 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.41%) JMeter
9 1 (0.41%) Locust
General
1 77 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 37 (15.29%) Finance
3 36 (14.88%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (7.02%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.55%) Law
7 7 (2.89%) Electronics
7 7 (2.89%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.48%) Legal
8 6 (2.48%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.65%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.65%) Retail
9 4 (1.65%) Tech for Good
10 2 (0.83%) Front Office
10 2 (0.83%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.83%) Wearables
11 1 (0.41%) Games
Job Titles
1 42 (17.36%) Analyst
2 41 (16.94%) Data Engineer
3 40 (16.53%) Data Analyst
4 33 (13.64%) Junior
5 30 (12.40%) Junior Analyst
5 30 (12.40%) Junior Data Analyst
6 28 (11.57%) Developer
7 26 (10.74%) Lead
7 26 (10.74%) Senior
8 23 (9.50%) DevOps Engineer
8 23 (9.50%) Python Engineer
9 20 (8.26%) Python Developer
10 19 (7.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 13 (5.37%) Software Engineer
12 12 (4.96%) Python Data Engineer
12 12 (4.96%) Trainee
13 11 (4.55%) Data Scientist
14 10 (4.13%) Lead Data Engineer
14 10 (4.13%) Test Engineer
15 9 (3.72%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (10.33%) .NET
2 16 (6.61%) PySpark
3 14 (5.79%) HTML
4 12 (4.96%) CSS
5 11 (4.55%) YAML
6 10 (4.13%) .NET Core
6 10 (4.13%) Elastic Stack
6 10 (4.13%) Flask
7 9 (3.72%) ARM Templates
8 8 (3.31%) Node.js
8 8 (3.31%) React
9 7 (2.89%) LangChain
10 6 (2.48%) Ajax
10 6 (2.48%) Jinja
10 6 (2.48%) jQuery
10 6 (2.48%) OpenLayers
10 6 (2.48%) RESTful
10 6 (2.48%) SQLAlchemy
11 5 (2.07%) boto
11 5 (2.07%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.09%) Hedge funds
2 15 (6.20%) Cloud Native
3 14 (5.79%) Algorithms
3 14 (5.79%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (5.37%) Data Structures
5 11 (4.55%) Distributed Computing
6 10 (4.13%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (2.07%) AI Agents
7 5 (2.07%) Client/Server
7 5 (2.07%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.65%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.65%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (1.65%) Life Science
8 4 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.24%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.24%) Robotics
10 2 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.83%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.83%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.20%) Linux
2 8 (3.31%) Windows
3 5 (2.07%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.65%) Debian
5 2 (0.83%) Unix
6 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (37.19%) AI
2 53 (21.90%) DevOps
3 51 (21.07%) CI/CD
4 49 (20.25%) Business Intelligence
5 47 (19.42%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (18.60%) Data Pipeline
7 44 (18.18%) Agile
7 44 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
8 39 (16.12%) Analytics
9 36 (14.88%) Data Engineering
10 34 (14.05%) Containerisation
11 33 (13.64%) Data Modelling
12 31 (12.81%) Software Engineering
13 29 (11.98%) Fintech
14 28 (11.57%) Decision-Making
15 27 (11.16%) Workflow
16 26 (10.74%) Mentoring
16 26 (10.74%) Test Automation
17 25 (10.33%) Continuous Improvement
18 23 (9.50%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 125 (51.65%) SQL
2 32 (13.22%) Bash
3 29 (11.98%) C#
4 27 (11.16%) Java
5 22 (9.09%) PowerShell
6 16 (6.61%) TypeScript
7 14 (5.79%) JavaScript
8 11 (4.55%) Bicep
9 10 (4.13%) Go
10 6 (2.48%) C++
10 6 (2.48%) R
11 5 (2.07%) VB
12 3 (1.24%) Scala
13 2 (0.83%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 51 (21.07%) Azure Certification
2 27 (11.16%) Security Cleared
3 24 (9.92%) Degree
3 24 (9.92%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.55%) AWS Certification
5 8 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.65%) CCIE
8 4 (1.65%) CCNP
8 4 (1.65%) Tableau Certification
9 3 (1.24%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.24%) HNC
10 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.41%) CCSP
11 1 (0.41%) CISA
11 1 (0.41%) CISSP
11 1 (0.41%) GSEC
11 1 (0.41%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (12.81%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.31%) QA
3 4 (1.65%) PMO
4 3 (1.24%) GDPR
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.41%) NCSC
5 1 (0.41%) NIST
5 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (14.05%) Docker
2 4 (1.65%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.65%) ProxySG
3 3 (1.24%) vSphere
4 2 (0.83%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 44 (18.18%) Terraform
2 24 (9.92%) Kubernetes
3 11 (4.55%) Ansible
3 11 (4.55%) Grafana
4 7 (2.89%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.24%) Control-M
5 3 (1.24%) 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 74 (30.58%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.81%) Databricks
3 9 (3.72%) Cisco
4 5 (2.07%) Google
5 4 (1.65%) Blue Coat
5 4 (1.65%) CheckPoint
5 4 (1.65%) F5
5 4 (1.65%) Infoblox
5 4 (1.65%) Motorola
5 4 (1.65%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.65%) SolarWinds
6 3 (1.24%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.24%) SnapLogic
6 3 (1.24%) VMware
7 2 (0.83%) 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