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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 6 30
Rank change year-on-year -17 +24 -9
Permanent jobs citing Python 608 1,041 446
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.17% 20.24% 5.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.64% 54.19% 19.73%
Number of salaries quoted 397 171 286
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.17% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% -

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 1,755 1,921 2,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.92% 37.34% 27.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,365 803 1,670
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £35,722
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -3.08%
75th Percentile £75,250 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year +1.56% +4.56% -5.84%

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -7 442 £66,750 +2.69% 204
Lancashire -20 69 £47,500 -17.39% 39
Merseyside 0 66 £55,000 - 25
Cheshire -47 28 £67,500 +28.57% 51
Cumbria -15 1 £62,500 -16.67% 4
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 21 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (2.80%) Apache
3 14 (2.30%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (1.32%) Jupyter
5 8 (1.32%) WordPress
6 7 (1.15%) Confluence
7 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.49%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.49%) nginx
9 2 (0.33%) IIS
9 2 (0.33%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.16%) JBoss
10 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 73 (12.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.64%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.66%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.16%) Odoo
2 1 (0.16%) Primavera
2 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 253 (41.61%) Azure
2 232 (38.16%) AWS
3 90 (14.80%) Power Platform
4 86 (14.14%) GCP
5 77 (12.66%) Azure AI
6 67 (11.02%) GitHub
7 52 (8.55%) Serverless
8 33 (5.43%) AWS Lambda
9 32 (5.26%) Amazon S3
10 28 (4.61%) AWS CloudFormation
10 28 (4.61%) dbt
11 26 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (4.11%) SaaS
12 25 (4.11%) Snowflake
13 24 (3.95%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (3.62%) Amazon ECS
15 13 (2.14%) Datadog
16 12 (1.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 11 (1.81%) OpenShift
18 10 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.29%) Firewall
2 15 (2.47%) Internet
2 15 (2.47%) TCP/IP
3 9 (1.48%) DNS
4 8 (1.32%) DHCP
4 8 (1.32%) VPN
5 7 (1.15%) SAN
5 7 (1.15%) WAN
6 6 (0.99%) BGP
6 6 (0.99%) Network Security
7 5 (0.82%) LAN
8 4 (0.66%) IPsec
8 4 (0.66%) OSPF
8 4 (0.66%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.66%) Wireless
9 3 (0.49%) SNMP
9 3 (0.49%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.49%) VSAN
10 2 (0.33%) HTTP
10 2 (0.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (13.82%) Power BI
2 70 (11.51%) Tableau
3 42 (6.91%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (4.93%) SQL Server
5 21 (3.45%) Data Lake
5 21 (3.45%) NoSQL
5 21 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (3.29%) DynamoDB
7 18 (2.96%) BigQuery
8 16 (2.63%) Amazon Redshift
8 16 (2.63%) MongoDB
9 14 (2.30%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.97%) Data Mining
11 11 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (1.81%) Big Data
12 9 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (0.99%) MySQL
14 6 (0.99%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 54 (8.88%) Git
2 27 (4.44%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.63%) JIRA
4 15 (2.47%) GitLab
5 11 (1.81%) Visual Studio Code
6 10 (1.64%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.99%) Maven
8 5 (0.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (0.82%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.66%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.66%) Robot Framework
9 4 (0.66%) Storybook
9 4 (0.66%) Vite
10 3 (0.49%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.33%) MLflow
11 2 (0.33%) Selenium
12 1 (0.16%) LabVIEW
12 1 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.16%) Subversion
General
1 216 (35.53%) Social Skills
2 111 (18.26%) Finance
3 86 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (4.93%) Law
5 27 (4.44%) Retail
6 22 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (3.29%) Public Sector
8 17 (2.80%) Marketing
9 16 (2.63%) Legal
10 12 (1.97%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.64%) Multimedia
12 9 (1.48%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.15%) Banking
14 6 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.99%) Electronics
14 6 (0.99%) Police
15 5 (0.82%) Advertising
15 5 (0.82%) Games
15 5 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.66%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 158 (25.99%) Senior
2 86 (14.14%) Analyst
2 86 (14.14%) Data Engineer
3 76 (12.50%) Developer
4 72 (11.84%) Data Analyst
5 70 (11.51%) Software Engineer
6 54 (8.88%) Junior
7 53 (8.72%) Python Engineer
8 52 (8.55%) Junior Analyst
8 52 (8.55%) Junior Data Analyst
8 52 (8.55%) Lead
9 39 (6.41%) Senior Data Engineer
10 38 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 29 (4.77%) DevOps Engineer
12 28 (4.61%) Python Software Engineer
12 28 (4.61%) Senior Software Engineer
12 28 (4.61%) Trainee
13 22 (3.62%) Senior Developer
14 20 (3.29%) Architect
14 20 (3.29%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.89%) React
2 35 (5.76%) Node.js
3 34 (5.59%) HTML
4 33 (5.43%) Spring
4 33 (5.43%) Spring Boot
5 31 (5.10%) .NET
6 30 (4.93%) Kafka
7 28 (4.61%) Vue
8 27 (4.44%) FastAPI
9 26 (4.28%) CSS
10 22 (3.62%) AngularJS
11 21 (3.45%) PySpark
12 18 (2.96%) Next.js
12 18 (2.96%) Pandas
13 14 (2.30%) NumPy
13 14 (2.30%) React Native
13 14 (2.30%) Ruby on Rails
13 14 (2.30%) scikit-learn
14 13 (2.14%) REST
15 12 (1.97%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 72 (11.84%) Cloud Native
2 34 (5.59%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (4.61%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.13%) Algorithms
5 16 (2.63%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.30%) AI Agents
6 14 (2.30%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (1.81%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.48%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.48%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.48%) Marketing Technology
9 9 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.32%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.15%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
12 6 (0.99%) Cyberattack
12 6 (0.99%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.74%) Linux
2 20 (3.29%) Windows
3 12 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (1.64%) Unix
5 9 (1.48%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.99%) CentOS
7 4 (0.66%) Solaris
8 3 (0.49%) CoreOS
8 3 (0.49%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.33%) Debian
9 2 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.33%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.16%) AIX
10 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (42.27%) AI
2 157 (25.82%) CI/CD
3 128 (21.05%) Software Engineering
4 126 (20.72%) DevOps
5 119 (19.57%) Infrastructure as Code
6 118 (19.41%) Analytics
7 110 (18.09%) Agile
8 106 (17.43%) Problem-Solving
9 101 (16.61%) Business Intelligence
10 90 (14.80%) Mentoring
11 72 (11.84%) Machine Learning
12 69 (11.35%) Data Pipeline
13 68 (11.18%) Containerisation
14 66 (10.86%) Observability
15 65 (10.69%) Data Engineering
16 62 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
17 61 (10.03%) Decision-Making
18 59 (9.70%) Test Automation
19 50 (8.22%) ETL
19 50 (8.22%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 247 (40.63%) SQL
2 102 (16.78%) Java
3 74 (12.17%) JavaScript
4 55 (9.05%) TypeScript
5 52 (8.55%) Bash
6 43 (7.07%) PowerShell
7 30 (4.93%) C#
8 29 (4.77%) C++
9 26 (4.28%) Go
9 26 (4.28%) R
10 15 (2.47%) Ruby
11 14 (2.30%) C
12 13 (2.14%) Bicep
13 12 (1.97%) PHP
14 11 (1.81%) Scala
15 7 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (0.99%) T-SQL
17 5 (0.82%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
19 1 (0.16%) Rust
Qualifications
1 96 (15.79%) Azure Certification
2 75 (12.34%) Security Cleared
3 52 (8.55%) Degree
4 38 (6.25%) SC Cleared
5 35 (5.76%) DV Cleared
6 28 (4.61%) AWS Certification
7 23 (3.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 18 (2.96%) Master's Degree
9 16 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.82%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.66%) MBA
14 3 (0.49%) PhD
15 2 (0.33%) CCIE
15 2 (0.33%) CCNA
15 2 (0.33%) CCNP
15 2 (0.33%) RHCE
15 2 (0.33%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.29%) QA
3 9 (1.48%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.66%) WCAG
5 3 (0.49%) DICOM
5 3 (0.49%) GDPR
5 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.33%) SLA
7 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.16%) IFRS
7 1 (0.16%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 84 (13.82%) Docker
2 12 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.48%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.66%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.16%) KVM
6 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 125 (20.56%) Terraform
2 76 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 46 (7.57%) Ansible
4 24 (3.95%) Grafana
5 21 (3.45%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.81%) Puppet
7 7 (1.15%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.82%) Argo
8 5 (0.82%) Istio
9 4 (0.66%) linkerd
10 3 (0.49%) McAfee ePO
10 3 (0.49%) Nagios
10 3 (0.49%) Podman
10 3 (0.49%) SCVMM
11 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.33%) QRadar
11 2 (0.33%) SolarWinds Orion
12 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 134 (22.04%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.76%) Databricks
3 34 (5.59%) Google
4 21 (3.45%) Splunk
5 14 (2.30%) Adobe
5 14 (2.30%) Red Hat
5 14 (2.30%) VMware
6 13 (2.14%) HubSpot
7 8 (1.32%) Oracle
8 6 (0.99%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.82%) New Relic
10 4 (0.66%) Cisco
10 4 (0.66%) NEC
11 3 (0.49%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.49%) LogicMonitor
11 3 (0.49%) McAfee
11 3 (0.49%) SAP
11 3 (0.49%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.33%) Mirantis
12 2 (0.33%) Zscaler