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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 19 23
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 -12
Permanent jobs citing Python 282 384 378
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.23% 7.59% 7.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.58% 26.95% 19.75%
Number of salaries quoted 220 196 293
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £44,263
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 £77,813 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,500 £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 893 1,425 1,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.40% 28.16% 35.54%
Number of salaries quoted 744 824 1,587
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,100 £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 23 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 23 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 -12 173 £61,418 -1.73% 141
Merseyside +6 56 £40,000 -27.27% 43
Lancashire -8 21 £48,445 -22.49% 74
Cheshire -21 18 £49,490 -1.02% 59
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 (3.19%) Apache
1 9 (3.19%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.84%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.84%) WordPress
3 6 (2.13%) CMS
4 4 (1.42%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.71%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.71%) JBoss
7 1 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.35%) nginx
7 1 (0.35%) SAS
7 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 55 (19.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.42%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.35%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 148 (52.48%) Azure
2 137 (48.58%) AWS
3 62 (21.99%) GitHub
4 47 (16.67%) Power Platform
5 41 (14.54%) GCP
6 25 (8.87%) Azure AI
7 15 (5.32%) AWS CloudFormation
8 14 (4.96%) Snowflake
9 13 (4.61%) Serverless
10 10 (3.55%) OpenShift
11 8 (2.84%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (2.84%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (2.48%) SaaS
13 5 (1.77%) Azure AKS
13 5 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.77%) dbt
13 5 (1.77%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 4 (1.42%) Datadog
14 4 (1.42%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 57 (20.21%) Internet
2 8 (2.84%) Firewall
3 4 (1.42%) AMQP
3 4 (1.42%) DNS
3 4 (1.42%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.06%) DHCP
4 3 (1.06%) HTTP
4 3 (1.06%) NGFW
4 3 (1.06%) SAN
4 3 (1.06%) SSL
4 3 (1.06%) VPN
4 3 (1.06%) VXLAN
4 3 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.06%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.71%) Network Security
6 1 (0.35%) LAN
6 1 (0.35%) SSH
6 1 (0.35%) TCAP
6 1 (0.35%) VSAN
6 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (18.79%) Tableau
2 44 (15.60%) Power BI
3 25 (8.87%) Data Mining
4 23 (8.16%) MongoDB
5 20 (7.09%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (5.67%) NoSQL
7 13 (4.61%) SQL Server
8 11 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (3.90%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (3.55%) Big Data
9 10 (3.55%) BigQuery
9 10 (3.55%) Hadoop
10 8 (2.84%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (2.84%) Relational Database
11 7 (2.48%) MySQL
12 6 (2.13%) Data Vault
12 6 (2.13%) Neo4j
13 5 (1.77%) Semantic Layer
14 4 (1.42%) Cloudera CDH
14 4 (1.42%) Looker
Development Applications
1 76 (26.95%) Git
2 19 (6.74%) GitLab
3 16 (5.67%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.13%) Postman
5 4 (1.42%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.42%) CircleCI
6 3 (1.06%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (1.06%) Selenium
7 2 (0.71%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.71%) JIRA
7 2 (0.71%) Maven
7 2 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.35%) Ant
8 1 (0.35%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.35%) JUnit
8 1 (0.35%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.35%) Subversion
8 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
General
1 63 (22.34%) Social Skills
2 54 (19.15%) Finance
3 50 (17.73%) Multimedia
4 46 (16.31%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.26%) Banking
5 12 (4.26%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.90%) Retail
7 10 (3.55%) Marketing
8 9 (3.19%) Legal
9 8 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.84%) Law
10 6 (2.13%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.77%) Advertising
11 5 (1.77%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.06%) Electronics
12 3 (1.06%) Games
12 3 (1.06%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.71%) French Language
Job Titles
1 74 (26.24%) Trainee
2 58 (20.57%) Analyst
3 56 (19.86%) Developer
4 53 (18.79%) Data Analyst
5 40 (14.18%) Senior
6 26 (9.22%) Software Engineer
7 24 (8.51%) Junior
7 24 (8.51%) Junior Analyst
7 24 (8.51%) Junior Data Analyst
7 24 (8.51%) Software Developer
7 24 (8.51%) Trainee Analyst
7 24 (8.51%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 23 (8.16%) Data Engineer
9 22 (7.80%) Trainee Developer
9 22 (7.80%) Trainee Software Developer
10 20 (7.09%) Python Engineer
11 15 (5.32%) Lead
12 10 (3.55%) Data Scientist
13 9 (3.19%) Python Developer
14 8 (2.84%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (20.21%) CSS
2 55 (19.50%) HTML
3 25 (8.87%) React
4 18 (6.38%) Node.js
5 16 (5.67%) .NET
6 13 (4.61%) AngularJS
6 13 (4.61%) Django
6 13 (4.61%) REST
7 10 (3.55%) Flask
8 8 (2.84%) FastAPI
8 8 (2.84%) RESTful
9 7 (2.48%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (2.48%) JSON
9 7 (2.48%) PyTorch
9 7 (2.48%) TensorFlow
9 7 (2.48%) Vue
10 6 (2.13%) Spring
10 6 (2.13%) Spring Boot
11 5 (1.77%) Celery
11 5 (1.77%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.51%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.26%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.19%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.48%) Low-Code
5 6 (2.13%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.42%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.42%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.42%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.06%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.06%) PKI
7 3 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.71%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.71%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.71%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 31 (10.99%) Linux
2 11 (3.90%) Windows
3 7 (2.48%) Debian
3 7 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (2.48%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.77%) CentOS
4 5 (1.77%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.06%) Unix
6 2 (0.71%) Android
6 2 (0.71%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.35%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.35%) Solaris
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (26.24%) AI
2 60 (21.28%) Mentoring
3 53 (18.79%) CI/CD
4 52 (18.44%) Analytics
5 50 (17.73%) Cybersecurity
6 49 (17.38%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (17.02%) Business Intelligence
8 43 (15.25%) Agile
8 43 (15.25%) DevOps
9 42 (14.89%) Infrastructure as Code
9 42 (14.89%) Software Engineering
10 37 (13.12%) Data Analysis
10 37 (13.12%) Machine Learning
11 36 (12.77%) Data Analytics
12 34 (12.06%) Data Science
13 33 (11.70%) Containerisation
14 30 (10.64%) Project Management
15 24 (8.51%) Business Analysis
16 23 (8.16%) Data Modelling
17 18 (6.38%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 117 (41.49%) SQL
2 79 (28.01%) JavaScript
3 34 (12.06%) R
4 33 (11.70%) Java
5 18 (6.38%) TypeScript
6 15 (5.32%) Go
7 14 (4.96%) Bash
8 13 (4.61%) PowerShell
9 12 (4.26%) C
10 7 (2.48%) ANSI SQL
10 7 (2.48%) C#
10 7 (2.48%) PHP
11 6 (2.13%) Bicep
12 4 (1.42%) Scala
13 2 (0.71%) C++
13 2 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.71%) Groovy
13 2 (0.71%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.71%) VBA
14 1 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 81 (28.72%) Azure Certification
2 53 (18.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 52 (18.44%) AWS Certification
4 50 (17.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 27 (9.57%) Security Cleared
6 24 (8.51%) Degree
7 18 (6.38%) SC Cleared
8 12 (4.26%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.77%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.42%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.06%) PhD
12 3 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.35%) CCSP
13 1 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.35%) CISM
13 1 (0.35%) CISSP
13 1 (0.35%) HNC
13 1 (0.35%) HND
13 1 (0.35%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.84%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.77%) QA
3 2 (0.71%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.71%) DICOM
4 1 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.35%) FINRA
4 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 35 (12.41%) Docker
2 4 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.06%) KVM
3 3 (1.06%) QEMU
3 3 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.35%) HDFS
4 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (16.31%) Kubernetes
2 43 (15.25%) Terraform
3 30 (10.64%) Ansible
4 9 (3.19%) Grafana
5 5 (1.77%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.77%) Puppet
6 3 (1.06%) Rancher
7 2 (0.71%) BMC PATROL
7 2 (0.71%) Podman
8 1 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.35%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.35%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.35%) Nagios
8 1 (0.35%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 117 (41.49%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.03%) Google
3 11 (3.90%) Oracle
4 9 (3.19%) HubSpot
5 7 (2.48%) Red Hat
5 7 (2.48%) SaltStack
6 6 (2.13%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.77%) Atlassian
7 5 (1.77%) Splunk
7 5 (1.77%) VMware
8 3 (1.06%) Arista
8 3 (1.06%) Aruba
8 3 (1.06%) Databricks
8 3 (1.06%) NetScout
9 2 (0.71%) Aderant
9 2 (0.71%) Freshdesk
9 2 (0.71%) SAP
10 1 (0.35%) Adobe
10 1 (0.35%) Cognos
10 1 (0.35%) McAfee