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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 15 28
Rank change year-on-year -17 +13 -19
Permanent jobs citing Python 455 346 543
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.74% 9.35% 6.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.26% 30.17% 19.55%
Number of salaries quoted 295 197 374
10th Percentile £28,250 £38,250 £36,120
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.31% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £85,000
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 1,221 1,147 2,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.71% 31.01% 31.00%
Number of salaries quoted 966 845 2,341
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £89,375 £87,500 £82,500
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 14 April 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 14 April 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 -10 284 £65,000 -3.70% 131
Merseyside +17 77 £40,000 -27.27% 24
Lancashire -15 66 £47,500 -7.37% 51
Cheshire -38 15 £52,500 -4.55% 23
Cumbria -20 10 £85,000 +17.24% 6
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 16 (3.52%) WordPress
2 13 (2.86%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (2.86%) Jupyter
3 8 (1.76%) Apache
3 8 (1.76%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.88%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.44%) Confluence
5 2 (0.44%) JBoss
5 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.44%) nginx
5 2 (0.44%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.44%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.22%) CMS
Applications
1 110 (24.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.86%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 256 (56.26%) Azure
2 187 (41.10%) AWS
3 94 (20.66%) Azure AI
4 92 (20.22%) Power Platform
5 68 (14.95%) GitHub
6 60 (13.19%) GCP
7 31 (6.81%) Serverless
8 20 (4.40%) Cloud Computing
9 16 (3.52%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (2.86%) dbt
11 13 (2.86%) SaaS
12 11 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (2.20%) Amazon ECS
13 10 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (1.98%) Amazon EKS
14 9 (1.98%) Datadog
14 9 (1.98%) Entra ID
15 8 (1.76%) Amazon S3
15 8 (1.76%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 56 (12.31%) Internet
2 15 (3.30%) Firewall
3 7 (1.54%) DNS
4 6 (1.32%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.10%) AMQP
6 4 (0.88%) DHCP
6 4 (0.88%) NGFW
6 4 (0.88%) SAN
6 4 (0.88%) VPN
6 4 (0.88%) VXLAN
6 4 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.88%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.66%) HTTP
8 2 (0.44%) Network Security
8 2 (0.44%) SSL
9 1 (0.22%) LAN
9 1 (0.22%) LTE
9 1 (0.22%) SNMP
9 1 (0.22%) TCAP
9 1 (0.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (24.40%) Tableau
2 87 (19.12%) Power BI
3 35 (7.69%) Data Mining
4 27 (5.93%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (5.27%) MongoDB
6 19 (4.18%) NoSQL
7 13 (2.86%) SQL Server
8 11 (2.42%) BigQuery
8 11 (2.42%) Data Lake
9 10 (2.20%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (1.76%) DynamoDB
11 8 (1.76%) Hadoop
12 7 (1.54%) Big Data
12 7 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.32%) MySQL
13 6 (1.32%) Semantic Layer
14 5 (1.10%) Cloudera CDH
14 5 (1.10%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 78 (17.14%) Git
2 18 (3.96%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.64%) Visual Studio Code
4 7 (1.54%) GitLab
5 6 (1.32%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.88%) JIRA
6 4 (0.88%) Selenium
7 3 (0.66%) Postman
8 2 (0.44%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.44%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.44%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.44%) Subversion
9 1 (0.22%) JMeter
9 1 (0.22%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.22%) Locust
9 1 (0.22%) MLflow
9 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
General
1 146 (32.09%) Social Skills
2 80 (17.58%) Finance
3 66 (14.51%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (10.55%) Multimedia
5 26 (5.71%) Retail
6 21 (4.62%) Public Sector
7 13 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.86%) Manufacturing
8 9 (1.98%) Law
8 9 (1.98%) Legal
9 8 (1.76%) Banking
10 6 (1.32%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.10%) Police
12 4 (0.88%) Italian Language
12 4 (0.88%) Spanish Language
13 3 (0.66%) French Language
13 3 (0.66%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.66%) Marketing
13 3 (0.66%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 113 (24.84%) Analyst
2 109 (23.96%) Data Analyst
3 92 (20.22%) Trainee
4 77 (16.92%) Junior
4 77 (16.92%) Junior Analyst
4 77 (16.92%) Junior Data Analyst
5 70 (15.38%) Senior
6 49 (10.77%) Developer
7 45 (9.89%) Software Engineer
8 38 (8.35%) Python Engineer
9 36 (7.91%) Lead
10 33 (7.25%) Data Engineer
11 32 (7.03%) Trainee Analyst
11 32 (7.03%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 19 (4.18%) Software Developer
13 18 (3.96%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 18 (3.96%) Trainee Developer
14 17 (3.74%) Trainee Software Developer
15 16 (3.52%) Senior Data Engineer
15 16 (3.52%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (12.97%) HTML
2 56 (12.31%) CSS
3 31 (6.81%) .NET
4 29 (6.37%) React
5 22 (4.84%) Node.js
6 19 (4.18%) Pandas
7 17 (3.74%) scikit-learn
8 16 (3.52%) NumPy
9 15 (3.30%) Django
10 13 (2.86%) FastAPI
10 13 (2.86%) Hugging Face
11 12 (2.64%) Matplotlib
11 12 (2.64%) Streamlit
12 11 (2.42%) AngularJS
12 11 (2.42%) Flask
13 10 (2.20%) PyTorch
13 10 (2.20%) REST
14 9 (1.98%) Kafka
14 9 (1.98%) PySpark
14 9 (1.98%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.35%) Cloud Native
2 22 (4.84%) Algorithms
3 10 (2.20%) Low-Code
3 10 (2.20%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.20%) Onboarding
4 9 (1.98%) Data Centre
4 9 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (1.76%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.54%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.54%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.32%) PACS
8 5 (1.10%) Cyberattack
8 5 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (0.88%) PKI
10 3 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.44%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.44%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.49%) Linux
2 9 (1.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (1.54%) Windows
4 6 (1.32%) CentOS
5 5 (1.10%) Debian
5 5 (1.10%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.10%) Unix
5 5 (1.10%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.66%) Android
6 3 (0.66%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.66%) Solaris
7 1 (0.22%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (38.46%) AI
2 89 (19.56%) Business Intelligence
3 81 (17.80%) Analytics
4 67 (14.73%) DevOps
5 66 (14.51%) CI/CD
5 66 (14.51%) Software Engineering
6 65 (14.29%) Mentoring
7 64 (14.07%) Agile
8 61 (13.41%) Infrastructure as Code
9 51 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
10 50 (10.99%) Cybersecurity
11 46 (10.11%) Machine Learning
12 44 (9.67%) Data Analytics
13 43 (9.45%) Project Management
14 42 (9.23%) Data Analysis
15 38 (8.35%) Containerisation
16 34 (7.47%) Data Science
17 32 (7.03%) Business Analysis
18 29 (6.37%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
19 28 (6.15%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 187 (41.10%) SQL
2 88 (19.34%) JavaScript
3 54 (11.87%) Java
4 32 (7.03%) R
5 27 (5.93%) PowerShell
6 24 (5.27%) TypeScript
7 18 (3.96%) Go
8 17 (3.74%) Bash
9 15 (3.30%) C
10 11 (2.42%) C#
11 9 (1.98%) C++
12 8 (1.76%) Bicep
13 4 (0.88%) PHP
14 3 (0.66%) ANSI SQL
14 3 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.44%) Scala
15 2 (0.44%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.22%) VB.NET
16 1 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 152 (33.41%) Azure Certification
2 65 (14.29%) AWS Certification
3 60 (13.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 51 (11.21%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (6.59%) Degree
5 30 (6.59%) Security Cleared
6 20 (4.40%) SC Cleared
7 15 (3.30%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.88%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.88%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.88%) PhD
10 3 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.22%) LPIC
12 1 (0.22%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.52%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.20%) QA
3 6 (1.32%) DICOM
4 2 (0.44%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.22%) FINRA
5 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 42 (9.23%) Docker
2 7 (1.54%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.22%) KVM
5 1 (0.22%) QEMU
5 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 67 (14.73%) Terraform
2 51 (11.21%) Kubernetes
3 31 (6.81%) Ansible
4 9 (1.98%) Grafana
5 8 (1.76%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.10%) Puppet
7 3 (0.66%) Podman
7 3 (0.66%) Rancher
8 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.44%) Nagios
8 2 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.22%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.22%) BMC PATROL
9 1 (0.22%) Istio
9 1 (0.22%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.22%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 205 (45.05%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.84%) Google
3 11 (2.42%) Red Hat
4 10 (2.20%) Databricks
5 9 (1.98%) VMware
6 6 (1.32%) SaltStack
7 5 (1.10%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.88%) Arista
8 4 (0.88%) Aruba
8 4 (0.88%) NetScout
9 3 (0.66%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.66%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (0.66%) Mirantis
9 3 (0.66%) Oracle
10 2 (0.44%) Aderant
10 2 (0.44%) New Relic
10 2 (0.44%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.44%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.44%) Splunk
11 1 (0.22%) Freshdesk