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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 18 26
Rank change year-on-year -16 +8 -16
Permanent jobs citing Python 338 358 451
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.58% 7.85% 6.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.65% 27.06% 19.52%
Number of salaries quoted 254 191 343
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £48,584 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -9.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
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 948 1,323 2,311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.84% 29.03% 34.69%
Number of salaries quoted 788 781 1,979
10th Percentile £33,125 £35,802 £33,950
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £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 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,450 £87,500 £82,500
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 18 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 18 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 -10 203 £61,418 -5.51% 136
Merseyside +13 71 £40,000 -27.27% 22
Lancashire -5 31 £48,445 -17.54% 67
Cheshire -27 18 £49,490 +2.45% 34
Cumbria -9 11 £85,000 +17.24%
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 10 (2.96%) Apache Airflow
1 10 (2.96%) Jupyter
2 9 (2.66%) Apache
3 8 (2.37%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.37%) WordPress
4 6 (1.78%) CMS
5 4 (1.18%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.89%) JBoss
6 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.59%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.59%) nginx
8 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.30%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.30%) SAS
8 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 77 (22.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.66%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.18%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 177 (52.37%) Azure
2 161 (47.63%) AWS
3 64 (18.93%) GitHub
4 62 (18.34%) Power Platform
5 47 (13.91%) GCP
6 42 (12.43%) Azure AI
7 18 (5.33%) Cloud Computing
8 15 (4.44%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (4.14%) Serverless
10 12 (3.55%) Snowflake
11 10 (2.96%) dbt
12 9 (2.66%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (2.66%) OpenShift
13 8 (2.37%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (2.07%) Entra ID
14 7 (2.07%) SaaS
15 6 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
16 5 (1.48%) Amazon ECS
16 5 (1.48%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (16.86%) Internet
2 12 (3.55%) Firewall
3 7 (2.07%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.78%) DNS
5 5 (1.48%) HTTP
6 4 (1.18%) AMQP
6 4 (1.18%) NGFW
6 4 (1.18%) SSL
6 4 (1.18%) VPN
6 4 (1.18%) VXLAN
6 4 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.18%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.89%) DHCP
7 3 (0.89%) SAN
8 2 (0.59%) Network Security
9 1 (0.30%) LAN
9 1 (0.30%) LTE
9 1 (0.30%) SNMP
9 1 (0.30%) SSH
9 1 (0.30%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (22.78%) Tableau
2 58 (17.16%) Power BI
3 32 (9.47%) Data Mining
4 23 (6.80%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (6.21%) MongoDB
6 14 (4.14%) NoSQL
7 12 (3.55%) BigQuery
7 12 (3.55%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (3.25%) SQL Server
9 10 (2.96%) Big Data
9 10 (2.96%) Hadoop
9 10 (2.96%) Relational Database
10 8 (2.37%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (2.07%) Data Lake
11 7 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (2.07%) MySQL
12 6 (1.78%) Neo4j
12 6 (1.78%) Semantic Layer
13 5 (1.48%) Electronic Patient Records
14 4 (1.18%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 77 (22.78%) Git
2 15 (4.44%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.14%) GitLab
4 9 (2.66%) Visual Studio Code
5 6 (1.78%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.78%) Postman
6 3 (0.89%) CircleCI
6 3 (0.89%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.89%) Selenium
7 2 (0.59%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.59%) JIRA
7 2 (0.59%) Maven
7 2 (0.59%) Subversion
8 1 (0.30%) Ant
8 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.30%) JMeter
8 1 (0.30%) JUnit
8 1 (0.30%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 82 (24.26%) Social Skills
2 67 (19.82%) Finance
3 55 (16.27%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (14.79%) Multimedia
5 17 (5.03%) Retail
6 16 (4.73%) Public Sector
7 13 (3.85%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.96%) Marketing
9 9 (2.66%) Banking
9 9 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.37%) Law
10 8 (2.37%) Legal
11 5 (1.48%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.48%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.18%) Advertising
12 4 (1.18%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.18%) Italian Language
12 4 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.18%) Spanish Language
13 3 (0.89%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 90 (26.63%) Trainee
2 80 (23.67%) Analyst
3 77 (22.78%) Data Analyst
4 55 (16.27%) Developer
5 47 (13.91%) Senior
6 41 (12.13%) Junior
6 41 (12.13%) Junior Analyst
6 41 (12.13%) Junior Data Analyst
7 31 (9.17%) Trainee Analyst
7 31 (9.17%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 30 (8.88%) Software Engineer
9 25 (7.40%) Software Developer
10 24 (7.10%) Data Engineer
11 22 (6.51%) Python Engineer
11 22 (6.51%) Trainee Developer
11 22 (6.51%) Trainee Software Developer
12 20 (5.92%) Lead
13 11 (3.25%) Data Scientist
14 10 (2.96%) Python Software Engineer
15 9 (2.66%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (17.16%) CSS
2 57 (16.86%) HTML
3 26 (7.69%) React
4 20 (5.92%) Node.js
5 18 (5.33%) .NET
6 14 (4.14%) Django
7 12 (3.55%) AngularJS
8 11 (3.25%) REST
8 11 (3.25%) scikit-learn
9 10 (2.96%) FastAPI
9 10 (2.96%) Flask
9 10 (2.96%) Hugging Face
9 10 (2.96%) Pandas
10 9 (2.66%) Matplotlib
10 9 (2.66%) NumPy
10 9 (2.66%) Streamlit
11 8 (2.37%) PyTorch
11 8 (2.37%) RESTful
11 8 (2.37%) TensorFlow
12 7 (2.07%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.28%) Cloud Native
2 14 (4.14%) Algorithms
3 9 (2.66%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.37%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.07%) Low-Code
6 6 (1.78%) Data Structures
6 6 (1.78%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.48%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.48%) PACS
8 4 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.18%) PKI
9 3 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.89%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.59%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.59%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 30 (8.88%) Linux
2 9 (2.66%) Windows
3 7 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.78%) Debian
4 6 (1.78%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.48%) CentOS
5 5 (1.48%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.18%) Unix
7 3 (0.89%) Android
7 3 (0.89%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.30%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.30%) Solaris
8 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (31.07%) AI
2 67 (19.82%) Mentoring
3 65 (19.23%) Analytics
4 61 (18.05%) Business Intelligence
5 56 (16.57%) CI/CD
6 51 (15.09%) Cybersecurity
6 51 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (15.09%) Software Engineering
7 46 (13.61%) Agile
7 46 (13.61%) Machine Learning
8 45 (13.31%) DevOps
9 44 (13.02%) Data Analysis
9 44 (13.02%) Data Analytics
10 43 (12.72%) Infrastructure as Code
11 37 (10.95%) Project Management
12 35 (10.36%) Containerisation
13 34 (10.06%) Data Science
14 31 (9.17%) Business Analysis
15 28 (8.28%) Visualisation
16 24 (7.10%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 140 (41.42%) SQL
2 84 (24.85%) JavaScript
3 38 (11.24%) Java
4 34 (10.06%) R
5 19 (5.62%) TypeScript
6 17 (5.03%) Go
7 16 (4.73%) PowerShell
8 13 (3.85%) Bash
9 12 (3.55%) C
10 7 (2.07%) PHP
11 6 (1.78%) Bicep
12 5 (1.48%) ANSI SQL
12 5 (1.48%) C#
13 4 (1.18%) Scala
14 2 (0.59%) C++
14 2 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.59%) Groovy
14 2 (0.59%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.59%) VBA
15 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 101 (29.88%) Azure Certification
2 64 (18.93%) AWS Certification
3 59 (17.46%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 53 (15.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 28 (8.28%) Degree
5 28 (8.28%) Security Cleared
6 19 (5.62%) SC Cleared
7 12 (3.55%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.78%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.48%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.89%) PhD
11 3 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.30%) CCSP
12 1 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.30%) CISM
12 1 (0.30%) CISSP
12 1 (0.30%) HNC
12 1 (0.30%) HND
12 1 (0.30%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.96%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.78%) QA
3 5 (1.48%) DICOM
4 2 (0.59%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.30%) FINRA
5 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 36 (10.65%) Docker
2 5 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.89%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.89%) KVM
3 3 (0.89%) QEMU
3 3 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.30%) HDFS
4 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 52 (15.38%) Terraform
2 42 (12.43%) Kubernetes
3 32 (9.47%) Ansible
4 9 (2.66%) Grafana
5 6 (1.78%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.48%) Puppet
7 3 (0.89%) Rancher
8 2 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.59%) AWS Copilot
8 2 (0.59%) BMC PATROL
8 2 (0.59%) Nagios
8 2 (0.59%) Podman
8 2 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.30%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.30%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 151 (44.67%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.21%) Google
3 9 (2.66%) HubSpot
3 9 (2.66%) Oracle
4 8 (2.37%) Red Hat
5 7 (2.07%) SaltStack
6 6 (1.78%) Atlassian
6 6 (1.78%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.48%) Databricks
7 5 (1.48%) Splunk
7 5 (1.48%) VMware
8 4 (1.18%) Arista
8 4 (1.18%) Aruba
8 4 (1.18%) NetScout
9 2 (0.59%) Aderant
9 2 (0.59%) Freshdesk
9 2 (0.59%) New Relic
9 2 (0.59%) SAP
10 1 (0.30%) Mirantis
10 1 (0.30%) UiPath