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 citing Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	32	11	21
Rank change year-on-year	-21	+10	-6
Permanent jobs citing Python	545	651	436
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West	4.22%	13.29%	6.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category	30.24%	46.40%	23.03%
Number of salaries quoted	362	178	210
10^th Percentile	£42,500	£28,250	£41,725
25^th Percentile	£52,500	£41,250	£47,546
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£66,805	£60,000	£61,250
Median % change year-on-year	+11.34%	-2.04%	+2.08%
75^th Percentile	£80,000	£71,125	£79,225
90^th Percentile	£92,500	£89,300	£85,000
England median annual salary	£72,500	£71,500	£75,000
% change year-on-year	+1.40%	-4.67%	+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 citing coding skills in the North West.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills	1,802	1,403	1,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West	13.95%	28.63%	27.26%
Number of salaries quoted	1,363	722	1,062
10^th Percentile	£39,750	£32,500	£35,000
25^th Percentile	£46,769	£41,250	£43,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£61,000	£57,500	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+6.09%	+4.55%	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£70,000	£67,500
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£81,150	£79,178
England median annual salary	£65,000	£62,500	£65,000
% change year-on-year	+4.00%	-3.85%	-

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 Salary Trend in the North West

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 2 November 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 2 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Manchester	-13	447	£67,500	+12.50%	170
Lancashire	-47	34	£66,805	+16.18%	55
Cheshire	-46	31	£67,500	+31.71%	37
Merseyside	-23	26	£55,000	+37.50%	24
Cumbria	-4	2	£62,500	-8.09%	1
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Python Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, job vacancies citing Python also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region citing Python.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AI	39.8%	217
2	SQL	37.6%	205
3	CI/CD	36.7%	200
4	AWS	36.5%	199
5	Azure	31.0%	169
6	Software Engineering	29.2%	159
7	Terraform	25.5%	139
8	Problem-Solving	25.3%	138
9	Infrastructure as Code	24.6%	134
10	DevOps	24.2%	132
11	Agile	21.3%	116
11	Analytics	21.3%	116
13	Java	20.6%	112
14	Docker	18.5%	101
14	Security Cleared	18.5%	101
16	Kubernetes	17.2%	94
17	Mentoring	16.9%	92
18	TypeScript	14.3%	78
19	Data Pipeline	13.9%	76
19	Data Quality	13.9%	76
21	Machine Learning	13.8%	75
22	Continuous Improvement	13.6%	74
22	GCP	13.6%	74
24	Data Engineering	13.2%	72
24	JavaScript	13.2%	72
24	Observability	13.2%	72
24	Test Automation	13.2%	72
28	Microsoft	13.0%	71
29	Bash	12.8%	70
30	Containerisation	12.7%	69

Python Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SQL	37.6%	205
2	Java	20.6%	112
3	TypeScript	14.3%	78
4	JavaScript	13.2%	72
5	Bash	12.8%	70
6	PowerShell	8.1%	44
7	Go	7.3%	40
8	C#	5.5%	30
9	C++	3.9%	21
10	R	3.7%	20
11	Scala	2.9%	16
12	Ruby	2.8%	15
13	C	2.4%	13
13	Data Analysis Expressions	2.4%	13
15	PHP	2.0%	11
15	Rust	2.0%	11
17	Bicep	1.7%	9
18	T-SQL	1.5%	8
19	Shell Script	1.3%	7
20	ActionScript	0.9%	5