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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 6 30
Rank change year-on-year -19 +24 -9
Permanent jobs citing Python 590 1,040 440
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.83% 19.90% 5.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.47% 54.62% 19.57%
Number of salaries quoted 384 171 269
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,750 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.25% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,875 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £85,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £74,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.41% -1.33% -

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 1,763 1,904 2,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.44% 36.44% 26.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,367 781 1,592
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £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 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £61,206
% change year-on-year +4.00% +2.11% -5.84%

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 27 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 27 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 -7 440 £66,750 +2.69% 111
Lancashire -24 64 £47,500 -17.39% 7
Merseyside -5 53 £75,000 +30.43% 8
Cheshire -43 31 £67,500 +28.57% 15
Cumbria -11 1 £62,500 -16.67% 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 (3.56%) Apache Airflow
2 19 (3.22%) Apache
3 14 (2.37%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (1.36%) WordPress
6 7 (1.19%) Confluence
7 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.51%) GeoServer
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%) JBoss
10 1 (0.17%) SAS
10 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 56 (9.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.68%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.17%) Odoo
2 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 240 (40.68%) Azure
2 220 (37.29%) AWS
3 80 (13.56%) GCP
4 79 (13.39%) Power Platform
5 71 (12.03%) GitHub
6 65 (11.02%) Azure AI
7 51 (8.64%) Serverless
8 33 (5.59%) AWS Lambda
9 32 (5.42%) SaaS
10 29 (4.92%) Amazon S3
10 29 (4.92%) dbt
11 28 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
12 27 (4.58%) AWS CloudFormation
12 27 (4.58%) GitHub Actions
12 27 (4.58%) Snowflake
13 20 (3.39%) Amazon ECS
14 13 (2.20%) Datadog
15 12 (2.03%) OpenShift
16 10 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 9 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.39%) Firewall
2 15 (2.54%) Internet
3 14 (2.37%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.36%) DHCP
4 8 (1.36%) DNS
4 8 (1.36%) VPN
4 8 (1.36%) WAN
5 7 (1.19%) BGP
5 7 (1.19%) Network Security
5 7 (1.19%) SAN
6 6 (1.02%) LAN
7 5 (0.85%) OSPF
7 5 (0.85%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.85%) Wireless
8 4 (0.68%) IPsec
8 4 (0.68%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.51%) VLAN
9 3 (0.51%) VSAN
9 3 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (12.37%) Power BI
2 51 (8.64%) Tableau
3 44 (7.46%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (5.08%) SQL Server
5 21 (3.56%) DynamoDB
6 20 (3.39%) Data Lake
6 20 (3.39%) NoSQL
6 20 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (2.71%) Amazon Redshift
7 16 (2.71%) BigQuery
8 15 (2.54%) MongoDB
9 14 (2.37%) Relational Database
10 11 (1.86%) Big Data
11 10 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (1.19%) MySQL
13 7 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (1.02%) RDBMS
15 5 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 51 (8.64%) Git
2 26 (4.41%) Jenkins
3 18 (3.05%) GitLab
4 16 (2.71%) JIRA
5 9 (1.53%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.02%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.02%) Maven
7 5 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.68%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.68%) Robot Framework
8 4 (0.68%) Storybook
8 4 (0.68%) Vite
9 3 (0.51%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.34%) Selenium
11 1 (0.17%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.17%) Mocha
11 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.17%) Subversion
General
1 213 (36.10%) Social Skills
2 98 (16.61%) Finance
3 81 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (4.92%) Law
5 23 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (3.73%) Public Sector
7 20 (3.39%) Legal
8 19 (3.22%) Marketing
9 18 (3.05%) Retail
10 10 (1.69%) Aerospace
10 10 (1.69%) Multimedia
11 7 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.02%) Banking
12 6 (1.02%) Electronics
12 6 (1.02%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.02%) Police
13 5 (0.85%) Advertising
13 5 (0.85%) Games
13 5 (0.85%) Local Government
14 4 (0.68%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 163 (27.63%) Senior
2 84 (14.24%) Data Engineer
3 78 (13.22%) Developer
4 73 (12.37%) Analyst
5 72 (12.20%) Software Engineer
6 54 (9.15%) Data Analyst
7 53 (8.98%) Lead
8 52 (8.81%) Python Engineer
9 43 (7.29%) Junior
10 41 (6.95%) Senior Data Engineer
11 40 (6.78%) Junior Analyst
11 40 (6.78%) Junior Data Analyst
12 37 (6.27%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 33 (5.59%) DevOps Engineer
14 29 (4.92%) Senior Software Engineer
15 27 (4.58%) Python Software Engineer
16 22 (3.73%) Senior Developer
17 21 (3.56%) Python Developer
18 20 (3.39%) Software Developer
19 19 (3.22%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (21.86%) Terraform
2 47 (7.97%) React
3 36 (6.10%) Node.js
3 36 (6.10%) Spring
3 36 (6.10%) Spring Boot
4 34 (5.76%) HTML
5 31 (5.25%) .NET
6 30 (5.08%) Kafka
7 27 (4.58%) Vue
8 26 (4.41%) CSS
9 24 (4.07%) FastAPI
10 23 (3.90%) PySpark
11 22 (3.73%) AngularJS
12 19 (3.22%) Next.js
13 14 (2.37%) React Native
13 14 (2.37%) REST
13 14 (2.37%) Ruby on Rails
14 11 (1.86%) LangChain
14 11 (1.86%) Pandas
15 8 (1.36%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 70 (11.86%) Cloud Native
2 36 (6.10%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (5.25%) Onboarding
4 17 (2.88%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.37%) AI Agents
5 14 (2.37%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (1.86%) Algorithms
7 11 (1.86%) Mobile App
8 10 (1.69%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.53%) Marketing Technology
9 9 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.36%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.36%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.36%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.19%) Life Science
11 7 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
12 6 (1.02%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 43 (7.29%) Linux
2 21 (3.56%) Windows
3 14 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (1.69%) Unix
4 10 (1.69%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.02%) CentOS
6 4 (0.68%) Solaris
7 3 (0.51%) CoreOS
7 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.34%) AIX
8 2 (0.34%) Debian
8 2 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (39.83%) AI
2 157 (26.61%) CI/CD
3 134 (22.71%) Software Engineering
4 127 (21.53%) DevOps
5 126 (21.36%) Infrastructure as Code
6 114 (19.32%) Analytics
7 111 (18.81%) Problem-Solving
8 109 (18.47%) Agile
9 95 (16.10%) Mentoring
10 91 (15.42%) Business Intelligence
11 72 (12.20%) Data Pipeline
12 68 (11.53%) Containerisation
12 68 (11.53%) Observability
13 66 (11.19%) Continuous Improvement
13 66 (11.19%) Data Engineering
14 64 (10.85%) Decision-Making
15 63 (10.68%) Machine Learning
16 61 (10.34%) Test Automation
17 53 (8.98%) ETL
18 52 (8.81%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 234 (39.66%) SQL
2 108 (18.31%) Java
3 77 (13.05%) JavaScript
4 59 (10.00%) TypeScript
5 57 (9.66%) Bash
6 43 (7.29%) PowerShell
7 31 (5.25%) C#
8 30 (5.08%) C++
9 28 (4.75%) R
10 25 (4.24%) Go
11 15 (2.54%) C
11 15 (2.54%) Ruby
12 14 (2.37%) Bicep
13 13 (2.20%) PHP
14 11 (1.86%) Scala
15 6 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (1.02%) Shell Script
15 6 (1.02%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
17 2 (0.34%) Rust
Qualifications
1 83 (14.07%) Azure Certification
2 79 (13.39%) Security Cleared
3 52 (8.81%) Degree
4 38 (6.44%) SC Cleared
5 37 (6.27%) DV Cleared
6 19 (3.22%) Master's Degree
7 18 (3.05%) AWS Certification
8 16 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (2.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 15 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.85%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.68%) MBA
13 3 (0.51%) PhD
13 3 (0.51%) RHCE
13 3 (0.51%) RHCSA
14 2 (0.34%) CCIE
14 2 (0.34%) CCNA
14 2 (0.34%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (10.17%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.73%) QA
3 10 (1.69%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.68%) WCAG
5 3 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.51%) GDPR
5 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.34%) SLA
7 1 (0.17%) DICOM
7 1 (0.17%) IFRS
7 1 (0.17%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 86 (14.58%) Docker
2 12 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.69%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.68%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.17%) KVM
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 79 (13.39%) Kubernetes
2 50 (8.47%) Ansible
3 23 (3.90%) Grafana
4 20 (3.39%) Prometheus
5 12 (2.03%) Puppet
6 7 (1.19%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.85%) Argo
7 5 (0.85%) Istio
8 4 (0.68%) linkerd
8 4 (0.68%) Podman
9 3 (0.51%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (0.51%) Nagios
9 3 (0.51%) SCVMM
10 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.34%) QRadar
10 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.34%) SolarWinds Orion
11 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 110 (18.64%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.10%) Databricks
3 34 (5.76%) Google
4 22 (3.73%) Splunk
5 16 (2.71%) Red Hat
6 14 (2.37%) Adobe
6 14 (2.37%) VMware
7 13 (2.20%) HubSpot
8 10 (1.69%) Oracle
9 7 (1.19%) Cisco
9 7 (1.19%) New Relic
10 6 (1.02%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.68%) NEC
12 3 (0.51%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.51%) IBM
12 3 (0.51%) LogicMonitor
12 3 (0.51%) McAfee
12 3 (0.51%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.51%) SAP
12 3 (0.51%) ServiceNow