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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 19 26
Rank change year-on-year -16 +7 -16
Permanent jobs citing Python 305 378 452
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.32% 7.91% 6.85%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.93% 27.45% 19.65%
Number of salaries quoted 233 196 347
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £48,105 £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 £75,000 £78,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £94,375 £83,850
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 899 1,377 2,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.72% 28.81% 34.88%
Number of salaries quoted 744 796 1,958
10th Percentile £33,125 £35,802 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,875 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 -14 184 £61,418 -3.66% 151
Merseyside +11 63 £40,000 -27.27% 26
Lancashire -9 26 £48,445 -22.49% 61
Cheshire -28 18 £49,490 +2.45% 33
Cumbria -2 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 (2.95%) Apache
2 8 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.62%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.62%) WordPress
3 6 (1.97%) CMS
4 5 (1.64%) Jupyter
5 4 (1.31%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.98%) JBoss
6 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.66%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.66%) nginx
8 1 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.33%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.33%) SAS
8 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 66 (21.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.31%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.31%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 161 (52.79%) Azure
2 147 (48.20%) AWS
3 62 (20.33%) GitHub
4 54 (17.70%) Power Platform
5 42 (13.77%) GCP
6 34 (11.15%) Azure AI
7 14 (4.59%) AWS CloudFormation
8 13 (4.26%) Serverless
9 12 (3.93%) Snowflake
10 11 (3.61%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (2.95%) OpenShift
12 8 (2.62%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (2.30%) Amazon EKS
13 7 (2.30%) dbt
13 7 (2.30%) SaaS
14 6 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (1.64%) Datadog
15 5 (1.64%) Entra ID
15 5 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (1.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 57 (18.69%) Internet
2 10 (3.28%) Firewall
3 5 (1.64%) DNS
3 5 (1.64%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.31%) AMQP
4 4 (1.31%) HTTP
4 4 (1.31%) NGFW
4 4 (1.31%) SSL
4 4 (1.31%) VXLAN
4 4 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.31%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.98%) DHCP
5 3 (0.98%) SAN
5 3 (0.98%) VPN
6 2 (0.66%) Network Security
7 1 (0.33%) LAN
7 1 (0.33%) SSH
7 1 (0.33%) TCAP
7 1 (0.33%) VSAN
7 1 (0.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (21.64%) Tableau
2 50 (16.39%) Power BI
3 29 (9.51%) Data Mining
4 20 (6.56%) MongoDB
4 20 (6.56%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (4.26%) NoSQL
6 11 (3.61%) Elasticsearch
6 11 (3.61%) SQL Server
7 10 (3.28%) Big Data
7 10 (3.28%) BigQuery
7 10 (3.28%) Hadoop
8 9 (2.95%) Relational Database
9 8 (2.62%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (2.30%) MySQL
11 6 (1.97%) Neo4j
12 5 (1.64%) Data Lake
12 5 (1.64%) Semantic Layer
13 4 (1.31%) Cloudera CDH
13 4 (1.31%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 76 (24.92%) Git
2 15 (4.92%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.59%) GitLab
4 6 (1.97%) Postman
5 5 (1.64%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.31%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.98%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.98%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.98%) Selenium
8 2 (0.66%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.66%) JIRA
8 2 (0.66%) Maven
8 2 (0.66%) Subversion
9 1 (0.33%) Ant
9 1 (0.33%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.33%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.33%) JMeter
9 1 (0.33%) JUnit
9 1 (0.33%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 72 (23.61%) Social Skills
2 59 (19.34%) Finance
3 52 (17.05%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (16.39%) Multimedia
5 17 (5.57%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.93%) Retail
7 10 (3.28%) Marketing
8 9 (2.95%) Banking
9 8 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.62%) Law
9 8 (2.62%) Legal
10 7 (2.30%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.64%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.31%) Advertising
12 4 (1.31%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.31%) Italian Language
12 4 (1.31%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.98%) French Language
13 3 (0.98%) Portuguese Language
13 3 (0.98%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 82 (26.89%) Trainee
2 69 (22.62%) Analyst
3 66 (21.64%) Data Analyst
4 56 (18.36%) Developer
5 41 (13.44%) Senior
6 33 (10.82%) Junior
6 33 (10.82%) Junior Analyst
6 33 (10.82%) Junior Data Analyst
7 28 (9.18%) Software Engineer
7 28 (9.18%) Trainee Analyst
7 28 (9.18%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 25 (8.20%) Software Developer
9 22 (7.21%) Trainee Developer
9 22 (7.21%) Trainee Software Developer
10 21 (6.89%) Data Engineer
11 19 (6.23%) Lead
11 19 (6.23%) Python Engineer
12 10 (3.28%) Data Scientist
13 9 (2.95%) Python Developer
14 8 (2.62%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (19.34%) CSS
2 57 (18.69%) HTML
3 25 (8.20%) React
4 21 (6.89%) Node.js
5 18 (5.90%) .NET
6 12 (3.93%) AngularJS
6 12 (3.93%) Django
6 12 (3.93%) REST
7 9 (2.95%) Flask
8 8 (2.62%) FastAPI
8 8 (2.62%) PyTorch
8 8 (2.62%) TensorFlow
9 7 (2.30%) JSON
9 7 (2.30%) RESTful
10 6 (1.97%) Elastic Stack
10 6 (1.97%) scikit-learn
10 6 (1.97%) Spring
10 6 (1.97%) Spring Boot
11 5 (1.64%) Pandas
11 5 (1.64%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.20%) Cloud Native
2 9 (2.95%) Algorithms
2 9 (2.95%) Product Ownership
3 8 (2.62%) Data Centre
3 8 (2.62%) Low-Code
4 6 (1.97%) Data Structures
4 6 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.64%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.64%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.31%) PKI
7 3 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (0.98%) Driving Licence
7 3 (0.98%) PACS
7 3 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.66%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.66%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 28 (9.18%) Linux
2 9 (2.95%) Windows
3 7 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.97%) Debian
4 6 (1.97%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.64%) CentOS
5 5 (1.64%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.98%) Android
6 3 (0.98%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.98%) Unix
7 1 (0.33%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.33%) Solaris
7 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (29.51%) AI
2 63 (20.66%) Mentoring
3 58 (19.02%) Analytics
4 53 (17.38%) Business Intelligence
5 51 (16.72%) CI/CD
5 51 (16.72%) Cybersecurity
6 50 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (15.41%) Software Engineering
8 45 (14.75%) Agile
9 41 (13.44%) Data Analysis
9 41 (13.44%) DevOps
9 41 (13.44%) Infrastructure as Code
9 41 (13.44%) Machine Learning
10 40 (13.11%) Data Analytics
11 34 (11.15%) Project Management
12 32 (10.49%) Data Science
13 31 (10.16%) Containerisation
14 28 (9.18%) Business Analysis
15 22 (7.21%) Open Source
15 22 (7.21%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 122 (40.00%) SQL
2 84 (27.54%) JavaScript
3 35 (11.48%) Java
4 34 (11.15%) R
5 19 (6.23%) TypeScript
6 16 (5.25%) Go
7 14 (4.59%) PowerShell
8 12 (3.93%) Bash
8 12 (3.93%) C
9 7 (2.30%) PHP
10 6 (1.97%) Bicep
11 5 (1.64%) ANSI SQL
11 5 (1.64%) C#
12 4 (1.31%) Scala
13 2 (0.66%) C++
13 2 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.66%) Groovy
13 2 (0.66%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.66%) VBA
14 1 (0.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 91 (29.84%) Azure Certification
2 57 (18.69%) AWS Certification
3 54 (17.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 53 (17.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (8.52%) Security Cleared
6 24 (7.87%) Degree
7 18 (5.90%) SC Cleared
8 11 (3.61%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.64%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.64%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.98%) PhD
11 3 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.33%) CCSP
12 1 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.33%) CISM
12 1 (0.33%) CISSP
12 1 (0.33%) HNC
12 1 (0.33%) HND
12 1 (0.33%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.95%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.64%) QA
3 3 (0.98%) DICOM
4 2 (0.66%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.33%) FINRA
5 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (10.16%) Docker
2 5 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.98%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.98%) KVM
3 3 (0.98%) QEMU
3 3 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.33%) HDFS
4 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 47 (15.41%) Terraform
2 41 (13.44%) Kubernetes
3 30 (9.84%) Ansible
4 8 (2.62%) Grafana
5 5 (1.64%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.64%) Puppet
6 3 (0.98%) Rancher
7 2 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.66%) BMC PATROL
7 2 (0.66%) Nagios
7 2 (0.66%) Podman
7 2 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.33%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.33%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 135 (44.26%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.90%) Google
3 9 (2.95%) HubSpot
3 9 (2.95%) Oracle
4 8 (2.62%) Red Hat
5 7 (2.30%) SaltStack
6 6 (1.97%) Atlassian
6 6 (1.97%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.64%) Databricks
7 5 (1.64%) Splunk
7 5 (1.64%) VMware
8 4 (1.31%) Arista
8 4 (1.31%) Aruba
8 4 (1.31%) NetScout
9 2 (0.66%) Aderant
9 2 (0.66%) Freshdesk
9 2 (0.66%) New Relic
9 2 (0.66%) SAP
10 1 (0.33%) Mirantis
10 1 (0.33%) UiPath