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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 10 29
Rank change year-on-year -21 +19 -21
Permanent jobs citing Python 495 629 518
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.80% 15.09% 5.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.28% 44.48% 18.47%
Number of salaries quoted 309 199 373
10th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £35,224
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £56,509
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +15.03% -9.59%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,875 £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 1,293 1,414 2,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.53% 33.93% 30.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,011 835 2,369
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 29 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 29 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 -8 312 £65,000 -3.70% 128
Merseyside +5 80 £40,000 -27.27% 20
Lancashire -16 77 £47,500 -9.52% 69
Cheshire -51 14 £52,500 -4.55% 27
Cumbria -18 10 £85,000 +17.24% 5
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 14 (2.83%) Apache Airflow
1 14 (2.83%) WordPress
2 13 (2.63%) Jupyter
3 7 (1.41%) Apache
3 7 (1.41%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.81%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.40%) Confluence
6 2 (0.40%) JBoss
6 2 (0.40%) nginx
6 2 (0.40%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.20%) CMS
Applications
1 117 (23.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.63%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 270 (54.55%) Azure
2 186 (37.58%) AWS
3 110 (22.22%) Azure AI
4 104 (21.01%) Power Platform
5 67 (13.54%) GitHub
6 56 (11.31%) GCP
7 34 (6.87%) Serverless
8 19 (3.84%) Cloud Computing
9 18 (3.64%) AWS CloudFormation
9 18 (3.64%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
10 15 (3.03%) SaaS
11 14 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (2.42%) dbt
12 12 (2.42%) Snowflake
13 11 (2.22%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (2.22%) Amazon S3
13 11 (2.22%) Datadog
14 10 (2.02%) Entra ID
15 8 (1.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 52 (10.51%) Internet
2 17 (3.43%) Firewall
3 8 (1.62%) DNS
4 5 (1.01%) DHCP
4 5 (1.01%) SAN
4 5 (1.01%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.01%) VPN
5 4 (0.81%) AMQP
5 4 (0.81%) NGFW
5 4 (0.81%) VXLAN
5 4 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.81%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.61%) HTTP
6 3 (0.61%) Network Security
7 2 (0.40%) SSL
8 1 (0.20%) LAN
8 1 (0.20%) LTE
8 1 (0.20%) SNMP
8 1 (0.20%) TCAP
8 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (23.64%) Tableau
2 98 (19.80%) Power BI
3 33 (6.67%) Data Mining
4 23 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (4.24%) MongoDB
6 17 (3.43%) NoSQL
7 13 (2.63%) SQL Server
8 12 (2.42%) BigQuery
9 11 (2.22%) Data Lake
9 11 (2.22%) DynamoDB
10 10 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (2.02%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (1.41%) Hadoop
13 6 (1.21%) Big Data
13 6 (1.21%) Semantic Layer
14 5 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
14 5 (1.01%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 72 (14.55%) Git
2 20 (4.04%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.42%) Visual Studio Code
4 10 (2.02%) GitLab
5 6 (1.21%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.81%) JIRA
6 4 (0.81%) Selenium
7 3 (0.61%) Postman
8 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.40%) Maven
8 2 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.40%) Subversion
8 2 (0.40%) Vite
9 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.20%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.20%) MLflow
9 1 (0.20%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
General
1 171 (34.55%) Social Skills
2 87 (17.58%) Finance
3 67 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (8.28%) Multimedia
5 27 (5.45%) Retail
6 21 (4.24%) Public Sector
7 16 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (2.63%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.02%) Law
10 9 (1.82%) Aerospace
10 9 (1.82%) Legal
11 7 (1.41%) Banking
12 6 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.21%) Police
13 4 (0.81%) Advertising
13 4 (0.81%) Health Technology
13 4 (0.81%) Italian Language
13 4 (0.81%) Spanish Language
14 3 (0.61%) Electronics
14 3 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 124 (25.05%) Analyst
2 118 (23.84%) Data Analyst
3 85 (17.17%) Junior
3 85 (17.17%) Junior Analyst
3 85 (17.17%) Junior Data Analyst
4 83 (16.77%) Trainee
5 82 (16.57%) Senior
6 54 (10.91%) Developer
7 49 (9.90%) Software Engineer
8 42 (8.48%) Python Engineer
9 41 (8.28%) Data Engineer
9 41 (8.28%) Lead
10 30 (6.06%) Trainee Analyst
10 30 (6.06%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 27 (5.45%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 21 (4.24%) Senior Data Engineer
13 18 (3.64%) Software Developer
14 16 (3.23%) Trainee Developer
15 15 (3.03%) Programmer
15 15 (3.03%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (10.51%) HTML
2 49 (9.90%) CSS
3 32 (6.46%) .NET
4 31 (6.26%) React
5 25 (5.05%) Node.js
6 22 (4.44%) Pandas
7 17 (3.43%) NumPy
7 17 (3.43%) scikit-learn
8 15 (3.03%) Kafka
9 13 (2.63%) Hugging Face
10 12 (2.42%) FastAPI
10 12 (2.42%) Matplotlib
10 12 (2.42%) Streamlit
11 11 (2.22%) Django
11 11 (2.22%) PySpark
12 10 (2.02%) AngularJS
12 10 (2.02%) PyTorch
12 10 (2.02%) REST
13 9 (1.82%) Flask
13 9 (1.82%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.88%) Cloud Native
2 26 (5.25%) Algorithms
3 15 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (2.22%) Low-Code
5 11 (2.22%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.02%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.62%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.62%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.41%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.21%) Cyberattack
9 6 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.21%) PACS
9 6 (1.21%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (0.81%) Cybercrime
10 4 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.81%) PKI
11 3 (0.61%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.85%) Linux
2 10 (2.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 9 (1.82%) Windows
4 5 (1.01%) CentOS
4 5 (1.01%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.81%) Debian
5 4 (0.81%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.81%) Unix
6 3 (0.61%) Android
6 3 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.61%) Solaris
7 1 (0.20%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (40.40%) AI
2 100 (20.20%) Business Intelligence
3 86 (17.37%) Analytics
4 73 (14.75%) Software Engineering
5 72 (14.55%) DevOps
6 69 (13.94%) CI/CD
7 68 (13.74%) Agile
7 68 (13.74%) Mentoring
8 66 (13.33%) Infrastructure as Code
9 50 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
9 50 (10.10%) Problem-Solving
10 48 (9.70%) Machine Learning
11 42 (8.48%) Containerisation
11 42 (8.48%) Data Analytics
12 41 (8.28%) Data Analysis
12 41 (8.28%) Project Management
13 37 (7.47%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
13 37 (7.47%) Data Science
14 31 (6.26%) Event-Driven
15 30 (6.06%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 202 (40.81%) SQL
2 86 (17.37%) JavaScript
3 63 (12.73%) Java
4 31 (6.26%) TypeScript
5 30 (6.06%) PowerShell
6 28 (5.66%) R
7 20 (4.04%) Bash
8 19 (3.84%) C
9 18 (3.64%) Go
10 12 (2.42%) C#
10 12 (2.42%) C++
11 11 (2.22%) Bicep
12 4 (0.81%) PHP
12 4 (0.81%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.61%) ANSI SQL
13 3 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.40%) Scala
15 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 163 (32.93%) Azure Certification
2 58 (11.72%) AWS Certification
3 53 (10.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 45 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (7.07%) Security Cleared
6 29 (5.86%) Degree
7 21 (4.24%) SC Cleared
8 19 (3.84%) DV Cleared
9 11 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.81%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.81%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.81%) PhD
12 3 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.20%) LPIC
13 1 (0.20%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.84%) Data Quality
2 11 (2.22%) QA
3 6 (1.21%) DICOM
4 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.20%) FINRA
4 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (8.89%) Docker
2 9 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 73 (14.75%) Terraform
2 51 (10.30%) Kubernetes
3 29 (5.86%) Ansible
4 8 (1.62%) Grafana
4 8 (1.62%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.81%) Puppet
6 3 (0.61%) Podman
6 3 (0.61%) Rancher
7 2 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.40%) Nagios
7 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.20%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.20%) Istio
8 1 (0.20%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.20%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 207 (41.82%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.24%) Google
3 12 (2.42%) Red Hat
4 10 (2.02%) Databricks
4 10 (2.02%) VMware
5 6 (1.21%) HubSpot
6 5 (1.01%) Atlassian
7 4 (0.81%) Arista
7 4 (0.81%) Aruba
7 4 (0.81%) NetScout
7 4 (0.81%) SaltStack
8 3 (0.61%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (0.61%) Mirantis
8 3 (0.61%) Oracle
9 2 (0.40%) Aderant
9 2 (0.40%) Cisco
9 2 (0.40%) New Relic
9 2 (0.40%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.40%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.40%) Splunk