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 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 20 17
Rank change year-on-year -13 -3 -6
Permanent jobs citing Python 263 392 323
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.24% 7.58% 8.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.01% 26.49% 21.90%
Number of salaries quoted 210 199 247
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £36,072
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,713 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,650 £87,500 £85,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +3.57%

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 848 1,480 1,475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.68% 28.62% 37.55%
Number of salaries quoted 709 839 1,191
10th Percentile £30,750 £33,950 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 2 January 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 January 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 -12 161 £60,000 - 110
Merseyside +9 53 £40,000 -38.46% 16
Cheshire -24 19 £48,979 -2.04% 19
Lancashire -18 18 £60,000 -4.00% 59
Cumbria -8 9 £85,000 +30.77% 4
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 8 (3.04%) Apache Airflow
1 8 (3.04%) WordPress
2 7 (2.66%) Apache
2 7 (2.66%) Apache Spark
2 7 (2.66%) CMS
3 4 (1.52%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.14%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.76%) JBoss
5 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.38%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.38%) nginx
6 1 (0.38%) SAS
6 1 (0.38%) WebSphere
Applications
1 51 (19.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.52%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.38%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.38%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 136 (51.71%) Azure
2 126 (47.91%) AWS
3 55 (20.91%) GitHub
4 44 (16.73%) Power Platform
5 36 (13.69%) GCP
6 21 (7.98%) Azure AI
7 14 (5.32%) AWS CloudFormation
7 14 (5.32%) Snowflake
8 11 (4.18%) Serverless
9 8 (3.04%) OpenShift
10 7 (2.66%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (2.66%) SaaS
11 6 (2.28%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (1.90%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.90%) dbt
13 4 (1.52%) AWS CodeBuild
13 4 (1.52%) Azure AKS
13 4 (1.52%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 53 (20.15%) Internet
2 3 (1.14%) AMQP
2 3 (1.14%) DNS
2 3 (1.14%) Firewall
2 3 (1.14%) HTTP
2 3 (1.14%) SSL
2 3 (1.14%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.76%) DHCP
3 2 (0.76%) SAN
4 1 (0.38%) Network Security
4 1 (0.38%) SSH
4 1 (0.38%) TCAP
4 1 (0.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (19.77%) Tableau
2 42 (15.97%) Power BI
3 24 (9.13%) Data Mining
4 19 (7.22%) MongoDB
5 18 (6.84%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (6.84%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (6.08%) NoSQL
7 15 (5.70%) SQL Server
8 10 (3.80%) BigQuery
8 10 (3.80%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (3.42%) Big Data
9 9 (3.42%) Hadoop
9 9 (3.42%) MySQL
10 8 (3.04%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (2.66%) Relational Database
12 6 (2.28%) Data Vault
13 5 (1.90%) Neo4j
14 4 (1.52%) Looker
14 4 (1.52%) Semantic Layer
15 3 (1.14%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 66 (25.10%) Git
2 19 (7.22%) GitLab
3 12 (4.56%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.90%) CircleCI
4 5 (1.90%) Postman
5 3 (1.14%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.76%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.76%) JIRA
6 2 (0.76%) Maven
6 2 (0.76%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.76%) Selenium
6 2 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.38%) Ant
7 1 (0.38%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.38%) JMeter
7 1 (0.38%) JUnit
7 1 (0.38%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.38%) Subversion
7 1 (0.38%) TeamCity
General
1 55 (20.91%) Social Skills
2 53 (20.15%) Finance
3 48 (18.25%) Multimedia
4 41 (15.59%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.70%) Retail
6 14 (5.32%) Marketing
7 12 (4.56%) Banking
8 9 (3.42%) Law
8 9 (3.42%) Legal
8 9 (3.42%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.28%) Advertising
9 6 (2.28%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.90%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.52%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.52%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.14%) Electronics
12 3 (1.14%) Games
12 3 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (27.00%) Trainee
2 58 (22.05%) Analyst
3 55 (20.91%) Developer
4 52 (19.77%) Data Analyst
5 45 (17.11%) Senior
6 30 (11.41%) Data Engineer
7 25 (9.51%) Software Developer
8 23 (8.75%) Trainee Analyst
8 23 (8.75%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 21 (7.98%) Trainee Developer
9 21 (7.98%) Trainee Software Developer
10 20 (7.60%) Junior
10 20 (7.60%) Junior Analyst
10 20 (7.60%) Junior Data Analyst
10 20 (7.60%) Software Engineer
11 16 (6.08%) Lead
11 16 (6.08%) Senior Data Engineer
12 14 (5.32%) Python Engineer
13 11 (4.18%) Azure Engineer
14 10 (3.80%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (20.15%) CSS
2 51 (19.39%) HTML
3 20 (7.60%) React
4 17 (6.46%) Node.js
5 11 (4.18%) .NET
5 11 (4.18%) AngularJS
5 11 (4.18%) Django
6 10 (3.80%) REST
7 8 (3.04%) Elastic Stack
7 8 (3.04%) Flask
7 8 (3.04%) RESTful
8 7 (2.66%) PyTorch
9 6 (2.28%) FastAPI
9 6 (2.28%) JSON
9 6 (2.28%) TensorFlow
9 6 (2.28%) Vue
10 5 (1.90%) Middleware
10 5 (1.90%) Spring
10 5 (1.90%) Spring Boot
11 4 (1.52%) Celery
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.98%) Cloud Native
2 9 (3.42%) Data Structures
3 7 (2.66%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.28%) Low-Code
5 5 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.52%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.14%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.14%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.76%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.76%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (0.76%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.76%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (0.76%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 28 (10.65%) Linux
2 11 (4.18%) Windows
3 7 (2.66%) Debian
3 7 (2.66%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.90%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.14%) CentOS
5 3 (1.14%) Unix
6 1 (0.38%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (24.33%) AI
2 56 (21.29%) CI/CD
3 54 (20.53%) Mentoring
4 49 (18.63%) Business Intelligence
5 46 (17.49%) Analytics
5 46 (17.49%) Cybersecurity
6 41 (15.59%) DevOps
7 40 (15.21%) Agile
8 38 (14.45%) Problem-Solving
9 36 (13.69%) Containerisation
9 36 (13.69%) Software Engineering
10 33 (12.55%) Infrastructure as Code
10 33 (12.55%) Machine Learning
11 30 (11.41%) Data Analysis
11 30 (11.41%) Data Science
12 29 (11.03%) Data Analytics
12 29 (11.03%) Project Management
13 28 (10.65%) Data Modelling
14 23 (8.75%) Business Analysis
15 20 (7.60%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 123 (46.77%) SQL
2 72 (27.38%) JavaScript
3 33 (12.55%) R
4 31 (11.79%) Java
5 14 (5.32%) Bash
6 13 (4.94%) Go
6 13 (4.94%) TypeScript
7 10 (3.80%) C#
8 9 (3.42%) C
8 9 (3.42%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.66%) ANSI SQL
9 7 (2.66%) PHP
10 5 (1.90%) Bicep
11 4 (1.52%) Scala
12 3 (1.14%) C++
12 3 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.76%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.76%) VBA
14 1 (0.38%) Groovy
14 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (28.52%) Azure Certification
2 51 (19.39%) AWS Certification
3 50 (19.01%) Microsoft Certification
4 48 (18.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 22 (8.37%) Security Cleared
6 19 (7.22%) Degree
7 16 (6.08%) SC Cleared
8 9 (3.42%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.90%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (1.14%) PhD
12 2 (0.76%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.38%) CCSP
13 1 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.38%) CISSP
13 1 (0.38%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.80%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.52%) QA
3 3 (1.14%) GDPR
3 3 (1.14%) HIPAA
3 3 (1.14%) NIST
4 2 (0.76%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.38%) FINRA
5 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 39 (14.83%) Docker
2 3 (1.14%) KVM
2 3 (1.14%) QEMU
2 3 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.76%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.38%) HDFS
4 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (15.97%) Kubernetes
2 31 (11.79%) Terraform
3 24 (9.13%) Ansible
4 10 (3.80%) Grafana
5 6 (2.28%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.52%) Puppet
7 2 (0.76%) BMC PATROL
7 2 (0.76%) Podman
7 2 (0.76%) Rancher
8 1 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.38%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.38%) Nagios
8 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 107 (40.68%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.08%) Google
3 11 (4.18%) Oracle
4 9 (3.42%) HubSpot
5 6 (2.28%) SaltStack
5 6 (2.28%) Splunk
6 5 (1.90%) Databricks
6 5 (1.90%) Red Hat
6 5 (1.90%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.52%) VMware
8 3 (1.14%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.76%) Aderant
9 2 (0.76%) Freshdesk
9 2 (0.76%) SAP
10 1 (0.38%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.38%) F5
10 1 (0.38%) Mirantis
10 1 (0.38%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.38%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.38%) YouTube