Python Job Trends in the North West

Python
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 19 21
Rank change year-on-year -15 +2 -10
Permanent jobs citing Python 273 384 341
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.19% 7.59% 7.01%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.99% 26.89% 19.89%
Number of salaries quoted 214 195 264
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,200 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,106 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,550 £84,056
England median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% -3.45%

All Programming Languages
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 881 1,428 1,714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.52% 28.22% 35.25%
Number of salaries quoted 734 825 1,409
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,530 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.60% - -
75th Percentile £72,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £84,700 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Python job vacancy trend in the North West

Python
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the North West over the 6 months to 19 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the North West

Python
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the North West region over the 6 months to 19 January 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
Manchester -13 165 £60,000 -4.00% 145
Merseyside +5 55 £40,000 -27.27% 34
Lancashire -13 20 £48,445 -22.49% 71
Cheshire -21 19 £48,979 -2.04% 65
Cumbria 0 11 £85,000 +21.43% 2
Python
England

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (3.30%) Apache
1 9 (3.30%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.93%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.93%) WordPress
3 6 (2.20%) CMS
4 4 (1.47%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.73%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.73%) JBoss
7 1 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.37%) nginx
7 1 (0.37%) SAS
7 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
Applications
1 55 (20.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.47%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.37%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.37%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 140 (51.28%) Azure
2 130 (47.62%) AWS
3 62 (22.71%) GitHub
4 47 (17.22%) Power Platform
5 40 (14.65%) GCP
6 25 (9.16%) Azure AI
7 15 (5.49%) AWS CloudFormation
8 14 (5.13%) Snowflake
9 13 (4.76%) Serverless
10 10 (3.66%) OpenShift
11 8 (2.93%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (2.56%) SaaS
13 6 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (1.83%) Azure AKS
14 5 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (1.83%) dbt
14 5 (1.83%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 4 (1.47%) Amazon ECS
15 4 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 57 (20.88%) Internet
2 7 (2.56%) Firewall
3 4 (1.47%) AMQP
4 3 (1.10%) DNS
4 3 (1.10%) HTTP
4 3 (1.10%) SAN
4 3 (1.10%) SSL
4 3 (1.10%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.10%) VPN
5 2 (0.73%) DHCP
5 2 (0.73%) Network Security
5 2 (0.73%) NGFW
5 2 (0.73%) VXLAN
5 2 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.73%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.37%) SSH
6 1 (0.37%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (19.41%) Tableau
2 44 (16.12%) Power BI
3 25 (9.16%) Data Mining
4 22 (8.06%) MongoDB
5 19 (6.96%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (5.49%) NoSQL
7 14 (5.13%) SQL Server
8 11 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (3.66%) Big Data
9 10 (3.66%) BigQuery
9 10 (3.66%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (3.66%) Hadoop
10 8 (2.93%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (2.93%) Relational Database
11 7 (2.56%) MySQL
12 6 (2.20%) Data Vault
13 5 (1.83%) Neo4j
13 5 (1.83%) Semantic Layer
14 4 (1.47%) Cloudera CDH
14 4 (1.47%) Looker
Development Applications
1 73 (26.74%) Git
2 19 (6.96%) GitLab
3 16 (5.86%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.20%) Postman
5 4 (1.47%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.47%) CircleCI
6 3 (1.10%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (1.10%) Selenium
7 2 (0.73%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.73%) JIRA
7 2 (0.73%) Maven
7 2 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.37%) Ant
8 1 (0.37%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.37%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.37%) JUnit
8 1 (0.37%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.37%) Subversion
8 1 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 60 (21.98%) Social Skills
2 52 (19.05%) Finance
3 50 (18.32%) Multimedia
4 43 (15.75%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.40%) Banking
6 11 (4.03%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.66%) Marketing
8 9 (3.30%) Legal
8 9 (3.30%) Retail
9 8 (2.93%) Law
10 6 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.20%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.83%) Advertising
11 5 (1.83%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.10%) Electronics
12 3 (1.10%) Games
12 3 (1.10%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.10%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.37%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 74 (27.11%) Trainee
2 58 (21.25%) Analyst
3 55 (20.15%) Developer
4 53 (19.41%) Data Analyst
5 40 (14.65%) Senior
6 24 (8.79%) Data Engineer
6 24 (8.79%) Junior
6 24 (8.79%) Junior Analyst
6 24 (8.79%) Junior Data Analyst
6 24 (8.79%) Software Developer
6 24 (8.79%) Software Engineer
6 24 (8.79%) Trainee Analyst
6 24 (8.79%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 22 (8.06%) Trainee Developer
7 22 (8.06%) Trainee Software Developer
8 19 (6.96%) Python Engineer
9 15 (5.49%) Lead
10 9 (3.30%) Python Developer
11 8 (2.93%) Trainee Administrator
11 8 (2.93%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (20.15%) CSS
2 53 (19.41%) HTML
3 21 (7.69%) React
4 18 (6.59%) Node.js
5 14 (5.13%) .NET
6 13 (4.76%) REST
7 12 (4.40%) AngularJS
7 12 (4.40%) Django
8 9 (3.30%) Flask
9 7 (2.56%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (2.56%) FastAPI
9 7 (2.56%) JSON
9 7 (2.56%) PyTorch
9 7 (2.56%) RESTful
9 7 (2.56%) TensorFlow
10 6 (2.20%) Spring
10 6 (2.20%) Spring Boot
10 6 (2.20%) Vue
11 5 (1.83%) Middleware
12 4 (1.47%) Celery
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.06%) Cloud Native
2 10 (3.66%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.30%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.56%) Low-Code
5 5 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.47%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.10%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.10%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.73%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.73%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.73%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.73%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.73%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.99%) Linux
2 10 (3.66%) Windows
3 7 (2.56%) Debian
3 7 (2.56%) Ubuntu
4 6 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.47%) CentOS
5 4 (1.47%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.10%) Unix
7 1 (0.37%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (24.91%) AI
2 56 (20.51%) Mentoring
3 50 (18.32%) CI/CD
4 49 (17.95%) Business Intelligence
5 48 (17.58%) Analytics
6 47 (17.22%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (15.38%) Agile
7 42 (15.38%) DevOps
7 42 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
7 42 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (13.92%) Software Engineering
9 35 (12.82%) Data Analysis
10 33 (12.09%) Machine Learning
11 32 (11.72%) Containerisation
11 32 (11.72%) Data Analytics
11 32 (11.72%) Data Science
12 30 (10.99%) Project Management
13 24 (8.79%) Business Analysis
14 23 (8.42%) Data Modelling
15 19 (6.96%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 115 (42.12%) SQL
2 75 (27.47%) JavaScript
3 34 (12.45%) R
4 31 (11.36%) Java
5 17 (6.23%) TypeScript
6 15 (5.49%) Go
7 13 (4.76%) Bash
8 11 (4.03%) C
8 11 (4.03%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.56%) ANSI SQL
9 7 (2.56%) C#
9 7 (2.56%) PHP
10 6 (2.20%) Bicep
11 4 (1.47%) Scala
12 2 (0.73%) C++
12 2 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.73%) Groovy
12 2 (0.73%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.73%) VBA
13 1 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 80 (29.30%) Azure Certification
2 53 (19.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 51 (18.68%) AWS Certification
4 50 (18.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 24 (8.79%) Security Cleared
6 20 (7.33%) Degree
7 18 (6.59%) SC Cleared
8 11 (4.03%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.83%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.10%) PhD
11 3 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.73%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.37%) CCSP
13 1 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.37%) CISSP
13 1 (0.37%) HNC
13 1 (0.37%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.93%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.83%) QA
3 2 (0.73%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.37%) DICOM
4 1 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.37%) FINRA
4 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 33 (12.09%) Docker
2 3 (1.10%) KVM
2 3 (1.10%) QEMU
2 3 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.73%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.37%) HDFS
4 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (16.12%) Kubernetes
2 41 (15.02%) Terraform
3 29 (10.62%) Ansible
4 9 (3.30%) Grafana
5 5 (1.83%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.83%) Puppet
6 3 (1.10%) Rancher
7 2 (0.73%) BMC PATROL
7 2 (0.73%) Podman
8 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.37%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.37%) Nagios
8 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 116 (42.49%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.23%) Google
3 11 (4.03%) Oracle
4 9 (3.30%) HubSpot
5 7 (2.56%) SaltStack
6 6 (2.20%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.20%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.83%) Splunk
7 5 (1.83%) VMware
8 4 (1.47%) Databricks
9 3 (1.10%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.73%) Aderant
10 2 (0.73%) Arista
10 2 (0.73%) Aruba
10 2 (0.73%) Freshdesk
10 2 (0.73%) NetScout
10 2 (0.73%) SAP
11 1 (0.37%) Mirantis
11 1 (0.37%) UiPath
11 1 (0.37%) YouTube