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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 5 32
Rank change year-on-year -16 +27 -22
Permanent jobs citing Python 579 1,052 588
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.33% 22.29% 5.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.90% 55.69% 18.46%
Number of salaries quoted 388 180 407
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,198
25th Percentile £44,554 £51,188 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,625 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -6.67%

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 1,613 1,889 3,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.84% 40.02% 28.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,283 774 2,574
10th Percentile £36,590 £32,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -0.08%
75th Percentile £75,250 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £80,000
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 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 June 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 June 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 -7 397 £65,500 -2.96% 154
Merseyside +6 79 £40,000 -27.27% 24
Lancashire -15 74 £47,500 -7.32% 59
Cheshire -55 22 £67,500 +28.57% 34
Cumbria -19 5 £85,000 +19.30% 1
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 14 (2.42%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (2.07%) Apache
2 12 (2.07%) Jupyter
3 11 (1.90%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.38%) WordPress
5 5 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.69%) Confluence
6 4 (0.69%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.69%) nginx
7 2 (0.35%) IIS
7 2 (0.35%) JBoss
7 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 90 (15.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.42%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 266 (45.94%) Azure
2 220 (38.00%) AWS
3 99 (17.10%) Power Platform
4 89 (15.37%) Azure AI
5 74 (12.78%) GCP
6 63 (10.88%) GitHub
7 48 (8.29%) Serverless
8 27 (4.66%) AWS Lambda
9 26 (4.49%) Amazon S3
10 23 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (3.80%) SaaS
12 21 (3.63%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
14 18 (3.11%) Cloud Computing
15 17 (2.94%) Amazon ECS
16 14 (2.42%) Datadog
16 14 (2.42%) dbt
17 13 (2.25%) Snowflake
18 12 (2.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 10 (1.73%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.66%) Internet
2 21 (3.63%) Firewall
3 10 (1.73%) VPN
4 7 (1.21%) DNS
4 7 (1.21%) Network Security
5 6 (1.04%) SAN
5 6 (1.04%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.04%) Wireshark
6 5 (0.86%) DHCP
7 4 (0.69%) BGP
7 4 (0.69%) NGFW
7 4 (0.69%) OSPF
7 4 (0.69%) VXLAN
7 4 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.52%) LAN
8 3 (0.52%) SNMP
8 3 (0.52%) WAN
9 2 (0.35%) HTTP
9 2 (0.35%) SSL
9 2 (0.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (16.06%) Power BI
2 91 (15.72%) Tableau
3 27 (4.66%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (4.32%) SQL Server
5 23 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (3.63%) Data Mining
7 20 (3.45%) Data Lake
7 20 (3.45%) MongoDB
7 20 (3.45%) NoSQL
8 16 (2.76%) Relational Database
9 13 (2.25%) BigQuery
10 12 (2.07%) DynamoDB
11 11 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (1.90%) Big Data
12 10 (1.73%) Amazon Redshift
13 9 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (1.21%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (1.04%) MySQL
15 6 (1.04%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 60 (10.36%) Git
2 29 (5.01%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.42%) GitLab
4 12 (2.07%) Visual Studio Code
5 8 (1.38%) JIRA
6 6 (1.04%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.69%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.69%) Vite
8 3 (0.52%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.52%) Selenium
9 2 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.35%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.35%) Maven
9 2 (0.35%) MLflow
9 2 (0.35%) Postman
9 2 (0.35%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.35%) Subversion
10 1 (0.17%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.17%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
General
1 178 (30.74%) Social Skills
2 102 (17.62%) Finance
3 81 (13.99%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (4.84%) Retail
5 26 (4.49%) Public Sector
6 22 (3.80%) Law
7 19 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (3.11%) Multimedia
9 17 (2.94%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.25%) Marketing
11 11 (1.90%) Legal
12 9 (1.55%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.04%) Banking
13 6 (1.04%) Police
14 5 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.86%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.69%) Advertising
15 4 (0.69%) Electronics
15 4 (0.69%) Italian Language
15 4 (0.69%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 116 (20.03%) Senior
2 102 (17.62%) Analyst
3 92 (15.89%) Data Analyst
4 76 (13.13%) Developer
5 70 (12.09%) Data Engineer
6 65 (11.23%) Junior
6 65 (11.23%) Junior Analyst
6 65 (11.23%) Junior Data Analyst
7 63 (10.88%) Software Engineer
8 49 (8.46%) Lead
8 49 (8.46%) Trainee
9 47 (8.12%) Python Engineer
10 38 (6.56%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 32 (5.53%) Senior Data Engineer
12 23 (3.97%) Python Developer
12 23 (3.97%) Python Software Engineer
13 22 (3.80%) Software Developer
14 19 (3.28%) Architect
14 19 (3.28%) Trainee Analyst
14 19 (3.28%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (7.08%) React
2 37 (6.39%) HTML
3 33 (5.70%) CSS
4 32 (5.53%) .NET
4 32 (5.53%) Node.js
5 27 (4.66%) FastAPI
5 27 (4.66%) Kafka
6 26 (4.49%) Vue
7 21 (3.63%) Pandas
8 18 (3.11%) NumPy
8 18 (3.11%) Spring
8 18 (3.11%) Spring Boot
9 17 (2.94%) Next.js
9 17 (2.94%) PySpark
9 17 (2.94%) scikit-learn
10 15 (2.59%) REST
11 13 (2.25%) Flask
11 13 (2.25%) React Native
11 13 (2.25%) Ruby on Rails
12 12 (2.07%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 68 (11.74%) Cloud Native
2 30 (5.18%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (4.49%) Algorithms
4 24 (4.15%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.59%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.59%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.42%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.25%) AI Agents
7 13 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (1.90%) Mobile App
9 10 (1.73%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.38%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.21%) Driving Licence
11 7 (1.21%) Security Operations Centre
12 6 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.04%) Cyberattack
12 6 (1.04%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.49%) Linux
2 14 (2.42%) Windows
3 9 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.21%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.52%) Android
5 3 (0.52%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.52%) CentOS
5 3 (0.52%) Unix
6 2 (0.35%) Debian
6 2 (0.35%) Solaris
6 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.17%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.17%) VMS
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (43.01%) AI
2 122 (21.07%) Analytics
3 115 (19.86%) CI/CD
4 105 (18.13%) Software Engineering
5 102 (17.62%) DevOps
6 101 (17.44%) Business Intelligence
7 95 (16.41%) Infrastructure as Code
8 91 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
9 87 (15.03%) Agile
10 80 (13.82%) Mentoring
11 67 (11.57%) Machine Learning
12 55 (9.50%) Data Pipeline
13 53 (9.15%) Observability
14 52 (8.98%) Containerisation
14 52 (8.98%) Event-Driven
15 48 (8.29%) Microservices
16 46 (7.94%) Full-Stack Development
17 45 (7.77%) Data Engineering
18 44 (7.60%) LLM
19 43 (7.43%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 233 (40.24%) SQL
2 79 (13.64%) JavaScript
3 78 (13.47%) Java
4 50 (8.64%) TypeScript
5 38 (6.56%) PowerShell
6 36 (6.22%) Bash
7 26 (4.49%) R
8 24 (4.15%) C++
9 22 (3.80%) C#
10 21 (3.63%) Go
11 15 (2.59%) C
12 13 (2.25%) Ruby
13 12 (2.07%) Bicep
14 10 (1.73%) Scala
15 8 (1.38%) PHP
16 7 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (1.04%) T-SQL
18 4 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
19 1 (0.17%) Groovy
19 1 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 121 (20.90%) Azure Certification
2 54 (9.33%) Security Cleared
3 41 (7.08%) Degree
4 37 (6.39%) AWS Certification
5 33 (5.70%) SC Cleared
6 32 (5.53%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 24 (4.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (3.80%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.04%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.69%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.52%) PhD
14 2 (0.35%) CCNA
14 2 (0.35%) CCNP
14 2 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
15 1 (0.17%) ACCA
15 1 (0.17%) CompTIA CySA+
15 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.77%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.25%) QA
3 6 (1.04%) DICOM
4 2 (0.35%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.35%) SLA
5 1 (0.17%) GDPR
5 1 (0.17%) IFRS
5 1 (0.17%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 61 (10.54%) Docker
2 8 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.21%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 106 (18.31%) Terraform
2 61 (10.54%) Kubernetes
3 33 (5.70%) Ansible
4 17 (2.94%) Grafana
5 16 (2.76%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.69%) Argo
6 4 (0.69%) Istio
6 4 (0.69%) Nagios
6 4 (0.69%) Puppet
7 3 (0.52%) linkerd
8 2 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.35%) Podman
8 2 (0.35%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.17%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.17%) QRadar
9 1 (0.17%) Rancher
9 1 (0.17%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 169 (29.19%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.32%) Google
3 24 (4.15%) Databricks
4 13 (2.25%) HubSpot
5 11 (1.90%) Red Hat
5 11 (1.90%) VMware
6 10 (1.73%) Splunk
7 7 (1.21%) Adobe
8 6 (1.04%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.86%) Oracle
10 4 (0.69%) Arista
10 4 (0.69%) Aruba
10 4 (0.69%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.69%) NetScout
11 3 (0.52%) LogicMonitor
11 3 (0.52%) SAP
12 2 (0.35%) Alteryx
12 2 (0.35%) Cisco
12 2 (0.35%) New Relic
12 2 (0.35%) SaltStack