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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 7 25
Rank change year-on-year -25 +18 -11
Permanent jobs citing Python 542 970 434
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.22% 18.79% 5.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.66% 56.23% 22.13%
Number of salaries quoted 353 163 210
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £44,125 £47,546
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £79,106
90th Percentile £93,750 £83,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -3.33% -

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 1,768 1,725 1,961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.77% 33.42% 26.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,353 680 1,124
10th Percentile £38,750 £32,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 12 October 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 12 October 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 -11 434 £67,500 +12.50% 380
Lancashire -40 39 £62,500 +8.70% 32
Merseyside -27 34 £73,750 +34.09% 31
Cheshire -46 28 £71,250 +43.97% 51
Cumbria -2 2 £62,500 -8.09% 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 23 (4.24%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (4.06%) Apache
3 19 (3.51%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 7 (1.29%) Confluence
6 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.74%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.55%) IIS
8 3 (0.55%) nginx
9 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.18%) JBoss
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.18%) SAS
9 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 22 (4.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.74%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.18%) Odoo
2 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 201 (37.08%) AWS
2 178 (32.84%) Azure
3 74 (13.65%) GitHub
4 69 (12.73%) GCP
5 53 (9.78%) Power Platform
6 45 (8.30%) Serverless
7 36 (6.64%) AWS Lambda
8 34 (6.27%) SaaS
9 33 (6.09%) Amazon S3
10 30 (5.54%) Snowflake
11 29 (5.35%) dbt
12 27 (4.98%) AWS CloudFormation
12 27 (4.98%) GitHub Actions
13 26 (4.80%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (3.51%) Amazon ECS
15 17 (3.14%) Azure AI
16 13 (2.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 13 (2.40%) OpenShift
17 10 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
17 10 (1.85%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.24%) Firewall
2 19 (3.51%) DNS
3 14 (2.58%) TCP/IP
4 12 (2.21%) VPN
5 11 (2.03%) Network Security
6 10 (1.85%) WAN
7 8 (1.48%) DHCP
8 7 (1.29%) BGP
8 7 (1.29%) SD-WAN
8 7 (1.29%) Wireless
9 6 (1.11%) LAN
10 5 (0.92%) BIG-IP
10 5 (0.92%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 5 (0.92%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 5 (0.92%) OSPF
10 5 (0.92%) SAN
11 4 (0.74%) Internet
11 4 (0.74%) IPsec
11 4 (0.74%) SNMP
11 4 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (8.86%) Power BI
2 45 (8.30%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (5.35%) SQL Server
4 19 (3.51%) Amazon Redshift
4 19 (3.51%) Data Lake
4 19 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (3.14%) DynamoDB
6 16 (2.95%) NoSQL
7 15 (2.77%) Relational Database
8 14 (2.58%) MongoDB
8 14 (2.58%) Tableau
9 13 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
9 13 (2.40%) Big Data
9 13 (2.40%) BigQuery
10 10 (1.85%) Amazon Athena
11 8 (1.48%) Power Query
11 8 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (1.11%) MySQL
13 6 (1.11%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 49 (9.04%) Git
2 36 (6.64%) GitLab
3 28 (5.17%) Jenkins
4 21 (3.87%) JIRA
5 9 (1.66%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.11%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.11%) Maven
7 5 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.74%) Claude Code
8 4 (0.74%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.74%) Robot Framework
8 4 (0.74%) Storybook
8 4 (0.74%) Vite
9 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.37%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.37%) Postman
11 1 (0.18%) MLflow
11 1 (0.18%) Mocha
11 1 (0.18%) Selenium
11 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 165 (30.44%) Social Skills
2 97 (17.90%) Finance
3 80 (14.76%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (5.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (4.80%) Law
5 26 (4.80%) Legal
6 20 (3.69%) Marketing
7 18 (3.32%) Public Sector
8 16 (2.95%) Retail
9 13 (2.40%) Aerospace
10 9 (1.66%) Banking
10 9 (1.66%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.11%) Local Government
13 5 (0.92%) Games
14 4 (0.74%) Advertising
14 4 (0.74%) Automotive
14 4 (0.74%) Publishing
15 3 (0.55%) Electronics
15 3 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 170 (31.37%) Senior
2 89 (16.42%) Developer
3 80 (14.76%) Data Engineer
4 70 (12.92%) Software Engineer
5 48 (8.86%) DevOps Engineer
6 45 (8.30%) Python Engineer
7 38 (7.01%) Analyst
7 38 (7.01%) Lead
8 36 (6.64%) Senior Data Engineer
9 32 (5.90%) Senior Software Engineer
10 28 (5.17%) Python Developer
10 28 (5.17%) Python Software Engineer
10 28 (5.17%) Senior Developer
11 25 (4.61%) Software Developer
12 20 (3.69%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 20 (3.69%) Data Analyst
13 19 (3.51%) Consultant
14 18 (3.32%) AWS Engineer
14 18 (3.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 17 (3.14%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (26.01%) Terraform
2 56 (10.33%) React
3 41 (7.56%) Spring
3 41 (7.56%) Spring Boot
4 35 (6.46%) Node.js
5 28 (5.17%) Vue
6 27 (4.98%) FastAPI
7 26 (4.80%) Kafka
8 24 (4.43%) AngularJS
8 24 (4.43%) PySpark
8 24 (4.43%) REST
9 22 (4.06%) .NET
10 19 (3.51%) HTML
10 19 (3.51%) Next.js
11 17 (3.14%) CSS
12 14 (2.58%) React Native
12 14 (2.58%) Ruby on Rails
13 13 (2.40%) LangChain
14 10 (1.85%) Flask
15 8 (1.48%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 67 (12.36%) Cloud Native
2 36 (6.64%) Onboarding
3 31 (5.72%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (3.87%) Product Ownership
5 16 (2.95%) AI Agents
5 16 (2.95%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.21%) Marketing Technology
7 11 (2.03%) Data Structures
7 11 (2.03%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.03%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.03%) Public Cloud
8 10 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.48%) Life Science
11 7 (1.29%) Driving Licence
11 7 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.92%) Algorithms
12 5 (0.92%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 56 (10.33%) Linux
2 29 (5.35%) Windows
3 16 (2.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (1.66%) Unix
5 8 (1.48%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.11%) CentOS
7 4 (0.74%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.55%) CoreOS
8 3 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.37%) AIX
9 2 (0.37%) Debian
9 2 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.37%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.37%) Solaris
10 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (40.04%) AI
2 185 (34.13%) CI/CD
3 142 (26.20%) Software Engineering
4 139 (25.65%) Infrastructure as Code
5 132 (24.35%) DevOps
6 131 (24.17%) Problem-Solving
7 119 (21.96%) Analytics
8 111 (20.48%) Agile
9 91 (16.79%) Mentoring
10 74 (13.65%) Continuous Improvement
11 73 (13.47%) Containerisation
11 73 (13.47%) Data Pipeline
11 73 (13.47%) Observability
12 67 (12.36%) Decision-Making
12 67 (12.36%) Test Automation
13 66 (12.18%) Data Engineering
13 66 (12.18%) Machine Learning
14 65 (11.99%) Business Intelligence
15 62 (11.44%) Platform Engineering
16 54 (9.96%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 203 (37.45%) SQL
2 117 (21.59%) Java
3 73 (13.47%) JavaScript
3 73 (13.47%) TypeScript
4 69 (12.73%) Bash
5 45 (8.30%) PowerShell
6 34 (6.27%) Go
7 27 (4.98%) C#
8 22 (4.06%) R
9 21 (3.87%) C++
10 15 (2.77%) Ruby
11 13 (2.40%) C
11 13 (2.40%) Scala
12 12 (2.21%) Bicep
12 12 (2.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (2.21%) PHP
13 8 (1.48%) Rust
14 7 (1.29%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.29%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.92%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 95 (17.53%) Security Cleared
2 65 (11.99%) Degree
3 48 (8.86%) DV Cleared
4 43 (7.93%) SC Cleared
5 27 (4.98%) Azure Certification
6 21 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (3.69%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.21%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 5 (0.92%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.92%) Postgraduate
12 4 (0.74%) CCNA
12 4 (0.74%) MBA
12 4 (0.74%) PhD
13 3 (0.55%) RHCE
13 3 (0.55%) RHCSA
14 2 (0.37%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (12.73%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.32%) QA
3 13 (2.40%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (0.74%) SLA
4 4 (0.74%) WCAG
5 3 (0.55%) GDPR
5 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.18%) IFRS
6 1 (0.18%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 98 (18.08%) Docker
2 13 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.85%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.74%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.74%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.37%) vSphere
7 1 (0.18%) KVM
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 93 (17.16%) Kubernetes
2 60 (11.07%) Ansible
3 21 (3.87%) Grafana
4 18 (3.32%) Prometheus
5 15 (2.77%) Puppet
6 7 (1.29%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.11%) Argo
8 5 (0.92%) Podman
9 4 (0.74%) Istio
9 4 (0.74%) linkerd
9 4 (0.74%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.55%) McAfee ePO
10 3 (0.55%) Nagios
10 3 (0.55%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.55%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.37%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.37%) QRadar
11 2 (0.37%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 71 (13.10%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.20%) Databricks
3 34 (6.27%) Google
4 24 (4.43%) Splunk
5 17 (3.14%) Red Hat
6 14 (2.58%) Adobe
6 14 (2.58%) VMware
7 13 (2.40%) Oracle
8 10 (1.85%) HubSpot
9 8 (1.48%) Cisco
9 8 (1.48%) New Relic
9 8 (1.48%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.29%) F5
11 6 (1.11%) Mistral
12 5 (0.92%) Alteryx
12 5 (0.92%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.74%) NEC
13 4 (0.74%) YouTube
14 3 (0.55%) SAP
14 3 (0.55%) Thales