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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 31 46
Rank change year-on-year +21 +15 -18
Permanent jobs citing Python 183 41 70
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 8.64% 6.72% 3.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 44.10% 26.28% 14.26%
Number of salaries quoted 112 34 62
10th Percentile £29,450 £35,375 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,313 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £63,750 £60,141
Median % change year-on-year -18.04% +6.00% -3.77%
75th Percentile £73,829 £82,500 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,125 £86,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -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 415 156 491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 19.60% 25.57% 26.05%
Number of salaries quoted 311 138 434
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,894 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,106 £70,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £78,970
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 21 May 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 21 May 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 +15 134 £51,000 -15.00% 86
Durham +16 45 £59,000 -14.97% 10
Northumberland +6 4 - - 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 9 (4.92%) Apache Airflow
1 9 (4.92%) Jupyter
2 4 (2.19%) Apache
2 4 (2.19%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.09%) Confluence
3 2 (1.09%) SAS
3 2 (1.09%) WordPress
4 1 (0.55%) IIS
Applications
1 49 (26.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.37%) MS Visio
3 5 (2.73%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.09%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 115 (62.84%) Azure
2 67 (36.61%) AWS
3 52 (28.42%) Azure AI
4 46 (25.14%) Power Platform
5 21 (11.48%) GCP
5 21 (11.48%) GitHub
6 18 (9.84%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (5.46%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (4.37%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (3.28%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (3.28%) Amazon ECS
9 6 (3.28%) dbt
9 6 (3.28%) SaaS
10 5 (2.73%) Amazon S3
10 5 (2.73%) IaaS
10 5 (2.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (2.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (2.19%) Amazon EMR
11 4 (2.19%) PaaS
12 3 (1.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (15.85%) Firewall
2 13 (7.10%) VLAN
2 13 (7.10%) VPN
3 12 (6.56%) Internet
4 11 (6.01%) TCP/IP
5 10 (5.46%) DNS
5 10 (5.46%) HTTP
6 8 (4.37%) BGP
6 8 (4.37%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (4.37%) Cisco Nexus
6 8 (4.37%) Cisco Wireless
6 8 (4.37%) EIGRP
6 8 (4.37%) LAN
6 8 (4.37%) Network Security
6 8 (4.37%) OSPF
6 8 (4.37%) SNMP
6 8 (4.37%) WAAS
6 8 (4.37%) WAN
6 8 (4.37%) Wireless
6 8 (4.37%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (30.05%) Tableau
2 45 (24.59%) Power BI
3 9 (4.92%) Data Mining
4 7 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (3.83%) SQL Server
5 6 (3.28%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.73%) Amazon Athena
6 5 (2.73%) GIS
7 4 (2.19%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.64%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.64%) Big Data
8 3 (1.64%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.64%) Star Schema
9 2 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (1.09%) Data Vault
9 2 (1.09%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.55%) Redis
Development Applications
1 20 (10.93%) Git
2 11 (6.01%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (2.73%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (2.19%) GitLab
4 4 (2.19%) JIRA
4 4 (2.19%) LabVIEW
5 2 (1.09%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.09%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.09%) MLflow
5 2 (1.09%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (1.09%) Selenium
5 2 (1.09%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.09%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.55%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.55%) JMeter
6 1 (0.55%) Locust
General
1 67 (36.61%) Social Skills
2 30 (16.39%) Finance
3 27 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.01%) Multimedia
4 11 (6.01%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (5.46%) Law
5 10 (5.46%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.28%) Electronics
6 6 (3.28%) Legal
7 5 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.73%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.73%) Retail
8 2 (1.09%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.09%) Wearables
9 1 (0.55%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 53 (28.96%) Analyst
2 51 (27.87%) Data Analyst
3 42 (22.95%) Junior
4 40 (21.86%) Junior Analyst
4 40 (21.86%) Junior Data Analyst
5 25 (13.66%) Trainee
6 22 (12.02%) Developer
7 18 (9.84%) Lead
7 18 (9.84%) Senior
8 15 (8.20%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 15 (8.20%) DevOps Engineer
9 14 (7.65%) Software Developer
10 12 (6.56%) Python Engineer
11 9 (4.92%) Python Developer
11 9 (4.92%) Software Engineer
11 9 (4.92%) Trainee Analyst
11 9 (4.92%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 8 (4.37%) Data Engineer
12 8 (4.37%) Network Engineer
12 8 (4.37%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (10.38%) HTML
2 17 (9.29%) .NET
2 17 (9.29%) CSS
3 12 (6.56%) Elastic Stack
4 8 (4.37%) .NET Core
5 6 (3.28%) ARM Templates
5 6 (3.28%) Flask
5 6 (3.28%) Node.js
6 5 (2.73%) Ajax
6 5 (2.73%) FreeSWITCH
6 5 (2.73%) Hugging Face
6 5 (2.73%) Jinja
6 5 (2.73%) jQuery
6 5 (2.73%) LangChain
6 5 (2.73%) Matplotlib
6 5 (2.73%) NumPy
6 5 (2.73%) OpenLayers
6 5 (2.73%) SQLAlchemy
6 5 (2.73%) Streamlit
6 5 (2.73%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.65%) Algorithms
2 12 (6.56%) Hedge funds
3 11 (6.01%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (3.28%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (2.73%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.19%) Client/Server
6 4 (2.19%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.64%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.64%) Life Science
7 3 (1.64%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.64%) PKI
8 2 (1.09%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.09%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.09%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.09%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.09%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (1.09%) Web Conferencing
9 1 (0.55%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.46%) Linux
2 7 (3.83%) Windows
3 5 (2.73%) Debian
3 5 (2.73%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (43.72%) AI
2 49 (26.78%) Business Intelligence
3 30 (16.39%) DevOps
4 25 (13.66%) CI/CD
5 23 (12.57%) Mentoring
6 21 (11.48%) Analytics
6 21 (11.48%) Computer Science
6 21 (11.48%) Infrastructure as Code
7 20 (10.93%) Fintech
8 19 (10.38%) Software Engineering
9 18 (9.84%) Agile
9 18 (9.84%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
10 17 (9.29%) Containerisation
11 16 (8.74%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (8.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (8.20%) High Availability
13 14 (7.65%) Coaching
13 14 (7.65%) Data Pipeline
14 13 (7.10%) Cybersecurity
14 13 (7.10%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 85 (46.45%) SQL
2 24 (13.11%) Bash
3 17 (9.29%) Java
3 17 (9.29%) JavaScript
4 15 (8.20%) C#
5 14 (7.65%) PowerShell
6 10 (5.46%) Go
6 10 (5.46%) R
6 10 (5.46%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.73%) Bicep
8 4 (2.19%) C++
8 4 (2.19%) VB
9 2 (1.09%) Scala
Qualifications
1 69 (37.70%) Azure Certification
2 23 (12.57%) Degree
3 18 (9.84%) AWS Certification
4 16 (8.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 11 (6.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (4.92%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (4.92%) Security Cleared
7 8 (4.37%) CCIE
7 8 (4.37%) CCNP
7 8 (4.37%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.64%) Tableau Certification
9 2 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.09%) HNC
10 1 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.55%) CCSP
10 1 (0.55%) CISA
10 1 (0.55%) CISSP
10 1 (0.55%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.55%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.92%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.37%) PMO
3 5 (2.73%) QA
4 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.55%) NIST
4 1 (0.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (7.10%) Docker
2 8 (4.37%) ProxySG
3 5 (2.73%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.09%) Firmware
4 2 (1.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (14.21%) Terraform
2 16 (8.74%) Ansible
3 14 (7.65%) Grafana
4 13 (7.10%) Kubernetes
5 11 (6.01%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.64%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (1.09%) Control-M
8 1 (0.55%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 87 (47.54%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.65%) Cisco
3 10 (5.46%) Databricks
4 8 (4.37%) Blue Coat
4 8 (4.37%) CheckPoint
4 8 (4.37%) F5
4 8 (4.37%) Infoblox
4 8 (4.37%) Motorola
4 8 (4.37%) ServiceNow
4 8 (4.37%) SolarWinds
5 3 (1.64%) Arista
5 3 (1.64%) Aruba
5 3 (1.64%) NetScout
6 2 (1.09%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.09%) VMware
7 1 (0.55%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.55%) Google
7 1 (0.55%) Intapp
7 1 (0.55%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.55%) Zscaler