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 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 6 30
Rank change year-on-year -17 +24 -13
Permanent jobs citing Python 608 1,049 454
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.20% 20.29% 5.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.96% 54.24% 19.95%
Number of salaries quoted 395 178 293
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,000 £90,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £74,870 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.50% -0.17% -

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 1,739 1,934 2,276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.88% 37.41% 27.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,349 816 1,689
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -3.93%
75th Percentile £75,250 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,350 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £60,375
% change year-on-year +1.56% +6.00% -7.12%

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 -7 436 £66,750 +2.69% 206
Lancashire -19 72 £47,500 -17.39% 37
Merseyside +1 69 £55,000 - 26
Cheshire -42 28 £67,500 +28.57% 55
Cumbria -22 1 £62,500 -16.67% 3
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 20 (3.29%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (2.63%) Apache
3 14 (2.30%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (1.32%) Jupyter
5 8 (1.32%) WordPress
6 7 (1.15%) Confluence
7 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.49%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.49%) nginx
9 2 (0.33%) IIS
9 2 (0.33%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.16%) JBoss
10 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 78 (12.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.64%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.49%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.16%) Odoo
2 1 (0.16%) Primavera
2 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 258 (42.43%) Azure
2 230 (37.83%) AWS
3 96 (15.79%) Power Platform
4 86 (14.14%) GCP
5 82 (13.49%) Azure AI
6 65 (10.69%) GitHub
7 51 (8.39%) Serverless
8 32 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
9 31 (5.10%) Amazon S3
10 28 (4.61%) dbt
11 26 (4.28%) AWS CloudFormation
11 26 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (3.95%) SaaS
13 23 (3.78%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (3.62%) Snowflake
15 21 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
16 13 (2.14%) Datadog
17 12 (1.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 11 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
19 10 (1.64%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.45%) Firewall
2 16 (2.63%) TCP/IP
3 15 (2.47%) Internet
4 10 (1.64%) DNS
5 8 (1.32%) DHCP
5 8 (1.32%) VPN
6 7 (1.15%) SAN
6 7 (1.15%) WAN
7 6 (0.99%) BGP
7 6 (0.99%) Network Security
8 5 (0.82%) LAN
9 4 (0.66%) IPsec
9 4 (0.66%) OSPF
9 4 (0.66%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.66%) Wireless
10 3 (0.49%) HTTP
10 3 (0.49%) SNMP
10 3 (0.49%) VSAN
11 2 (0.33%) Bluetooth
11 2 (0.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (14.80%) Power BI
2 75 (12.34%) Tableau
3 41 (6.74%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (4.93%) SQL Server
5 21 (3.45%) Data Lake
5 21 (3.45%) NoSQL
6 20 (3.29%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (3.13%) DynamoDB
8 18 (2.96%) BigQuery
9 16 (2.63%) MongoDB
10 15 (2.47%) Amazon Redshift
11 14 (2.30%) Relational Database
12 12 (1.97%) Data Mining
13 11 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (1.81%) Big Data
14 9 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 7 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
15 7 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 6 (0.99%) MySQL
16 6 (0.99%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 53 (8.72%) Git
2 27 (4.44%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.63%) JIRA
4 14 (2.30%) GitLab
5 11 (1.81%) Visual Studio Code
6 10 (1.64%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.99%) Maven
8 5 (0.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (0.82%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.66%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.66%) Robot Framework
9 4 (0.66%) Storybook
9 4 (0.66%) Vite
10 3 (0.49%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.33%) MLflow
11 2 (0.33%) Selenium
12 1 (0.16%) LabVIEW
12 1 (0.16%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.16%) Subversion
General
1 218 (35.86%) Social Skills
2 110 (18.09%) Finance
3 86 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (4.93%) Law
5 27 (4.44%) Retail
6 22 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (3.29%) Public Sector
8 17 (2.80%) Marketing
9 14 (2.30%) Legal
10 13 (2.14%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.64%) Multimedia
12 9 (1.48%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.15%) Banking
14 6 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.99%) Electronics
14 6 (0.99%) Police
15 5 (0.82%) Advertising
15 5 (0.82%) Automotive
15 5 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 152 (25.00%) Senior
2 91 (14.97%) Analyst
3 85 (13.98%) Data Engineer
4 77 (12.66%) Data Analyst
5 75 (12.34%) Developer
6 68 (11.18%) Software Engineer
7 59 (9.70%) Junior
8 57 (9.38%) Junior Analyst
8 57 (9.38%) Junior Data Analyst
9 51 (8.39%) Lead
9 51 (8.39%) Python Engineer
10 38 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 38 (6.25%) Senior Data Engineer
11 30 (4.93%) DevOps Engineer
12 28 (4.61%) Trainee
13 27 (4.44%) Python Software Engineer
14 26 (4.28%) Senior Software Engineer
15 21 (3.45%) Senior Developer
16 20 (3.29%) Architect
16 20 (3.29%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (7.57%) React
2 36 (5.92%) Node.js
3 33 (5.43%) HTML
3 33 (5.43%) Spring
3 33 (5.43%) Spring Boot
4 30 (4.93%) Kafka
5 29 (4.77%) .NET
6 28 (4.61%) Vue
7 27 (4.44%) FastAPI
8 25 (4.11%) CSS
9 22 (3.62%) AngularJS
10 21 (3.45%) PySpark
11 18 (2.96%) Next.js
11 18 (2.96%) Pandas
12 14 (2.30%) NumPy
12 14 (2.30%) React Native
12 14 (2.30%) Ruby on Rails
12 14 (2.30%) scikit-learn
13 13 (2.14%) REST
14 12 (1.97%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 70 (11.51%) Cloud Native
2 34 (5.59%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.13%) Algorithms
5 15 (2.47%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.30%) AI Agents
6 14 (2.30%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (1.81%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.48%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.48%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.48%) Marketing Technology
9 9 (1.48%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.15%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
11 6 (0.99%) Cyberattack
11 6 (0.99%) Low-Code
11 6 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.74%) Linux
2 20 (3.29%) Windows
3 12 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (1.64%) Unix
5 9 (1.48%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.99%) CentOS
7 4 (0.66%) Solaris
8 3 (0.49%) CoreOS
8 3 (0.49%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.33%) Debian
9 2 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.33%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.16%) AIX
10 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (42.60%) AI
2 156 (25.66%) CI/CD
3 125 (20.56%) DevOps
3 125 (20.56%) Software Engineering
4 118 (19.41%) Analytics
5 117 (19.24%) Infrastructure as Code
6 105 (17.27%) Agile
6 105 (17.27%) Business Intelligence
6 105 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
7 89 (14.64%) Mentoring
8 71 (11.68%) Machine Learning
9 68 (11.18%) Containerisation
9 68 (11.18%) Data Pipeline
10 64 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
10 64 (10.53%) Data Engineering
10 64 (10.53%) Observability
11 62 (10.20%) Decision-Making
12 59 (9.70%) Test Automation
13 50 (8.22%) Event-Driven
13 50 (8.22%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 250 (41.12%) SQL
2 101 (16.61%) Java
3 73 (12.01%) JavaScript
4 55 (9.05%) TypeScript
5 51 (8.39%) Bash
6 43 (7.07%) PowerShell
7 28 (4.61%) C++
8 27 (4.44%) C#
8 27 (4.44%) Go
9 25 (4.11%) R
10 14 (2.30%) Ruby
11 13 (2.14%) Bicep
11 13 (2.14%) C
12 11 (1.81%) PHP
12 11 (1.81%) Scala
13 7 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.99%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.82%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
17 1 (0.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 101 (16.61%) Azure Certification
2 73 (12.01%) Security Cleared
3 52 (8.55%) Degree
4 37 (6.09%) SC Cleared
5 34 (5.59%) DV Cleared
6 27 (4.44%) AWS Certification
7 23 (3.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 17 (2.80%) Master's Degree
9 16 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.82%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.66%) MBA
14 3 (0.49%) PhD
15 2 (0.33%) CCIE
15 2 (0.33%) CCNA
15 2 (0.33%) CCNP
15 2 (0.33%) RHCE
15 2 (0.33%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.29%) QA
3 9 (1.48%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.66%) WCAG
5 3 (0.49%) DICOM
5 3 (0.49%) GDPR
5 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.33%) SLA
7 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.16%) IFRS
7 1 (0.16%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 83 (13.65%) Docker
2 12 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.48%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.66%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.16%) KVM
6 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 122 (20.07%) Terraform
2 73 (12.01%) Kubernetes
3 46 (7.57%) Ansible
4 25 (4.11%) Grafana
5 22 (3.62%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.64%) Puppet
7 6 (0.99%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.82%) Istio
9 4 (0.66%) Argo
9 4 (0.66%) linkerd
10 3 (0.49%) McAfee ePO
10 3 (0.49%) Nagios
10 3 (0.49%) Podman
10 3 (0.49%) SCVMM
11 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.33%) QRadar
11 2 (0.33%) SolarWinds Orion
12 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 139 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.59%) Databricks
2 34 (5.59%) Google
3 21 (3.45%) Splunk
4 14 (2.30%) Adobe
4 14 (2.30%) Red Hat
4 14 (2.30%) VMware
5 13 (2.14%) HubSpot
6 7 (1.15%) Oracle
7 6 (0.99%) OpenAI
8 4 (0.66%) Cisco
8 4 (0.66%) New Relic
9 3 (0.49%) Alteryx
9 3 (0.49%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (0.49%) McAfee
9 3 (0.49%) NEC
9 3 (0.49%) SAP
9 3 (0.49%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.33%) Mirantis
10 2 (0.33%) Zscaler