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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 6 30
Rank change year-on-year -20 +24 -15
Permanent jobs citing Python 583 1,037 414
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.64% 20.06% 5.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.61% 56.76% 19.89%
Number of salaries quoted 380 167 208
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,275
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,153 £60,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +11.92% -2.04% -3.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £88,750 £85,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -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 1,788 1,827 2,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.24% 35.35% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,387 710 1,330
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,250 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,525 £79,640
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.36% +1.60% -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 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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -10 438 £67,500 +3.85% 193
Lancashire -26 61 £47,500 -18.10% 47
Merseyside -11 51 £75,000 +25.00% 24
Cheshire -43 30 £67,500 +28.57% 26
Cumbria -10 1 £62,500 - 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 21 (3.60%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (3.43%) Apache
3 16 (2.74%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (1.37%) WordPress
6 7 (1.20%) Confluence
7 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.51%) nginx
9 2 (0.34%) IIS
9 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.34%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.17%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.17%) JBoss
10 1 (0.17%) SAS
10 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 48 (8.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.69%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.17%) Odoo
2 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 230 (39.45%) Azure
2 219 (37.56%) AWS
3 78 (13.38%) GCP
4 73 (12.52%) GitHub
5 70 (12.01%) Power Platform
6 57 (9.78%) Azure AI
7 53 (9.09%) Serverless
8 38 (6.52%) AWS Lambda
9 33 (5.66%) SaaS
10 32 (5.49%) Amazon S3
11 29 (4.97%) Azure DevOps
11 29 (4.97%) GitHub Actions
12 28 (4.80%) AWS CloudFormation
13 27 (4.63%) dbt
13 27 (4.63%) Snowflake
14 20 (3.43%) Amazon ECS
15 13 (2.23%) Datadog
15 13 (2.23%) OpenShift
16 11 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
17 10 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.77%) Firewall
2 14 (2.40%) TCP/IP
3 13 (2.23%) Internet
4 12 (2.06%) DNS
5 10 (1.72%) DHCP
5 10 (1.72%) VPN
6 8 (1.37%) WAN
7 7 (1.20%) BGP
7 7 (1.20%) Network Security
7 7 (1.20%) SAN
8 6 (1.03%) LAN
9 5 (0.86%) OSPF
9 5 (0.86%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.86%) Wireless
10 4 (0.69%) IPsec
10 4 (0.69%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.51%) AMQP
11 3 (0.51%) VLAN
11 3 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (11.15%) Power BI
2 44 (7.55%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (7.38%) Tableau
4 30 (5.15%) SQL Server
5 22 (3.77%) Data Lake
6 21 (3.60%) DynamoDB
7 20 (3.43%) NoSQL
7 20 (3.43%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (3.09%) Amazon Redshift
9 16 (2.74%) MongoDB
10 15 (2.57%) BigQuery
11 14 (2.40%) Relational Database
12 13 (2.23%) Big Data
13 10 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
14 9 (1.54%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 7 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 6 (1.03%) MySQL
16 6 (1.03%) RDBMS
17 5 (0.86%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 51 (8.75%) Git
2 24 (4.12%) Jenkins
3 22 (3.77%) GitLab
4 18 (3.09%) JIRA
5 9 (1.54%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.03%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.03%) Maven
7 5 (0.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.69%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.69%) Robot Framework
8 4 (0.69%) Storybook
8 4 (0.69%) Vite
9 3 (0.51%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.34%) Selenium
11 1 (0.17%) Mocha
11 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.17%) Subversion
General
1 209 (35.85%) Social Skills
2 98 (16.81%) Finance
3 85 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (5.32%) Law
5 23 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (3.77%) Legal
7 19 (3.26%) Marketing
7 19 (3.26%) Public Sector
7 19 (3.26%) Retail
8 13 (2.23%) Aerospace
9 9 (1.54%) Multimedia
10 7 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.20%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.03%) Banking
11 6 (1.03%) Local Government
11 6 (1.03%) Police
12 5 (0.86%) Advertising
12 5 (0.86%) Electronics
12 5 (0.86%) Games
13 4 (0.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 162 (27.79%) Senior
2 84 (14.41%) Data Engineer
3 78 (13.38%) Developer
4 73 (12.52%) Software Engineer
5 65 (11.15%) Analyst
6 51 (8.75%) Python Engineer
7 50 (8.58%) Lead
8 46 (7.89%) Data Analyst
9 41 (7.03%) Senior Data Engineer
10 37 (6.35%) DevOps Engineer
11 36 (6.17%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 35 (6.00%) Junior
13 32 (5.49%) Junior Analyst
13 32 (5.49%) Junior Data Analyst
14 30 (5.15%) Senior Software Engineer
15 28 (4.80%) Python Software Engineer
16 22 (3.77%) Senior Developer
16 22 (3.77%) Software Developer
17 21 (3.60%) Python Developer
18 19 (3.26%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (22.98%) Terraform
2 48 (8.23%) React
3 37 (6.35%) Spring
3 37 (6.35%) Spring Boot
4 34 (5.83%) Node.js
5 32 (5.49%) HTML
6 30 (5.15%) Kafka
7 28 (4.80%) .NET
7 28 (4.80%) Vue
8 25 (4.29%) PySpark
9 24 (4.12%) AngularJS
9 24 (4.12%) CSS
9 24 (4.12%) FastAPI
10 19 (3.26%) Next.js
11 15 (2.57%) REST
12 14 (2.40%) React Native
12 14 (2.40%) Ruby on Rails
13 11 (1.89%) LangChain
13 11 (1.89%) Pandas
14 8 (1.37%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 73 (12.52%) Cloud Native
2 37 (6.35%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (5.32%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.26%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.40%) AI Agents
6 13 (2.23%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.06%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.89%) Mobile App
9 10 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.54%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.54%) Driving Licence
10 9 (1.54%) Marketing Technology
10 9 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.37%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.37%) Life Science
12 7 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.20%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
13 6 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 48 (8.23%) Linux
2 25 (4.29%) Windows
3 17 (2.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (1.72%) Unix
4 10 (1.72%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.20%) CentOS
6 4 (0.69%) Solaris
6 4 (0.69%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.51%) CoreOS
7 3 (0.51%) Debian
7 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.34%) AIX
8 2 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (39.62%) AI
2 165 (28.30%) CI/CD
3 138 (23.67%) Software Engineering
4 134 (22.98%) Infrastructure as Code
5 133 (22.81%) DevOps
6 117 (20.07%) Problem-Solving
7 116 (19.90%) Analytics
8 109 (18.70%) Agile
9 93 (15.95%) Mentoring
10 83 (14.24%) Business Intelligence
11 74 (12.69%) Data Pipeline
12 71 (12.18%) Continuous Improvement
12 71 (12.18%) Observability
13 70 (12.01%) Containerisation
14 68 (11.66%) Data Engineering
15 63 (10.81%) Decision-Making
16 62 (10.63%) Test Automation
17 60 (10.29%) Machine Learning
18 55 (9.43%) Platform Engineering
19 53 (9.09%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 229 (39.28%) SQL
2 108 (18.52%) Java
3 73 (12.52%) JavaScript
4 62 (10.63%) Bash
5 59 (10.12%) TypeScript
6 48 (8.23%) PowerShell
7 31 (5.32%) C#
8 30 (5.15%) C++
9 29 (4.97%) R
10 27 (4.63%) Go
11 15 (2.57%) Bicep
11 15 (2.57%) C
11 15 (2.57%) Ruby
12 13 (2.23%) PHP
13 12 (2.06%) Scala
14 7 (1.20%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.20%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.69%) Rust
17 3 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 87 (14.92%) Security Cleared
2 74 (12.69%) Azure Certification
3 56 (9.61%) Degree
4 45 (7.72%) SC Cleared
5 41 (7.03%) DV Cleared
6 19 (3.26%) Master's Degree
7 17 (2.92%) AWS Certification
7 17 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (2.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 6 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.86%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.69%) CCNA
12 4 (0.69%) MBA
13 3 (0.51%) PhD
13 3 (0.51%) RHCE
13 3 (0.51%) RHCSA
14 2 (0.34%) IBM AIX Certification
14 2 (0.34%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (10.98%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.43%) QA
3 12 (2.06%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.69%) SLA
4 4 (0.69%) WCAG
5 3 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.51%) GDPR
5 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.17%) DICOM
6 1 (0.17%) IFRS
6 1 (0.17%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 92 (15.78%) Docker
2 14 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.72%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.69%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.34%) vSphere
7 1 (0.17%) KVM
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 83 (14.24%) Kubernetes
2 54 (9.26%) Ansible
3 23 (3.95%) Grafana
4 20 (3.43%) Prometheus
5 13 (2.23%) Puppet
6 7 (1.20%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.03%) Podman
8 5 (0.86%) Argo
8 5 (0.86%) Istio
9 4 (0.69%) linkerd
10 3 (0.51%) McAfee ePO
10 3 (0.51%) Nagios
10 3 (0.51%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.34%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.34%) QRadar
11 2 (0.34%) SolarWinds Orion
12 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 106 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.35%) Databricks
3 33 (5.66%) Google
4 22 (3.77%) Splunk
5 19 (3.26%) Red Hat
6 16 (2.74%) VMware
7 14 (2.40%) Adobe
8 13 (2.23%) HubSpot
9 10 (1.72%) Oracle
10 9 (1.54%) Cisco
11 8 (1.37%) New Relic
12 6 (1.03%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.86%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.69%) Mistral
14 4 (0.69%) NEC
15 3 (0.51%) IBM
15 3 (0.51%) LogicMonitor
15 3 (0.51%) Palo Alto
15 3 (0.51%) SaltStack
15 3 (0.51%) SAP