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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 6 29
Rank change year-on-year -16 +23 -15
Permanent jobs citing Python 586 1,047 561
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.19% 20.47% 5.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.94% 54.82% 19.51%
Number of salaries quoted 385 177 378
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £38,084
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £85,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -6.67%

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 1,677 1,910 2,876
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.84% 37.34% 28.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,313 797 2,220
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,250 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,000 £87,500 £80,000
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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -7 411 £66,750 +2.69% 99
Merseyside 0 72 £46,588 -11.26% 21
Lancashire -19 72 £47,500 -17.39% 38
Cheshire -43 29 £67,500 +25.58% 26
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 (2.39%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.05%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (2.05%) Jupyter
3 11 (1.88%) Apache
4 8 (1.37%) WordPress
5 7 (1.19%) Confluence
6 6 (1.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.68%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.51%) nginx
10 2 (0.34%) IIS
10 2 (0.34%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.17%) JBoss
11 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 83 (14.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.39%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.17%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 264 (45.05%) Azure
2 218 (37.20%) AWS
3 99 (16.89%) Power Platform
4 86 (14.68%) Azure AI
5 72 (12.29%) GCP
6 55 (9.39%) GitHub
7 50 (8.53%) Serverless
8 30 (5.12%) AWS Lambda
9 29 (4.95%) Amazon S3
10 25 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (3.92%) SaaS
12 22 (3.75%) AWS CloudFormation
12 22 (3.75%) GitHub Actions
13 19 (3.24%) Amazon ECS
14 18 (3.07%) Cloud Computing
15 15 (2.56%) dbt
16 13 (2.22%) Datadog
17 12 (2.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 12 (2.05%) Snowflake
18 9 (1.54%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.58%) Firewall
2 15 (2.56%) Internet
3 10 (1.71%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.37%) DNS
4 8 (1.37%) VPN
5 7 (1.19%) SAN
6 6 (1.02%) BGP
6 6 (1.02%) DHCP
6 6 (1.02%) Network Security
7 5 (0.85%) WAN
8 4 (0.68%) IPsec
8 4 (0.68%) OSPF
8 4 (0.68%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.68%) Wireless
8 4 (0.68%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.51%) HTTP
9 3 (0.51%) LAN
9 3 (0.51%) SNMP
10 2 (0.34%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (15.70%) Power BI
2 82 (13.99%) Tableau
3 31 (5.29%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (4.61%) SQL Server
5 19 (3.24%) Data Lake
5 19 (3.24%) NoSQL
6 17 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (2.73%) Data Mining
8 15 (2.56%) Relational Database
9 14 (2.39%) DynamoDB
9 14 (2.39%) MongoDB
10 11 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (1.88%) Big Data
11 10 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (1.71%) BigQuery
12 9 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (1.02%) MySQL
14 6 (1.02%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 45 (7.68%) Git
2 24 (4.10%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.39%) JIRA
4 13 (2.22%) GitLab
5 12 (2.05%) Visual Studio Code
6 7 (1.19%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (0.85%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.68%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.68%) Robot Framework
8 4 (0.68%) Vite
9 3 (0.51%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.51%) Maven
10 2 (0.34%) MLflow
10 2 (0.34%) Selenium
11 1 (0.17%) Gemini Tracker
11 1 (0.17%) Postman
11 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.17%) Storybook
General
1 192 (32.76%) Social Skills
2 112 (19.11%) Finance
3 81 (13.82%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (4.95%) Retail
5 27 (4.61%) Law
6 25 (4.27%) Public Sector
7 18 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.90%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.22%) Marketing
10 12 (2.05%) Legal
11 10 (1.71%) Multimedia
12 9 (1.54%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.19%) Banking
14 6 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.02%) Electronics
14 6 (1.02%) Police
15 5 (0.85%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.68%) Advertising
16 4 (0.68%) Games
16 4 (0.68%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 136 (23.21%) Senior
2 95 (16.21%) Analyst
3 84 (14.33%) Data Analyst
4 73 (12.46%) Data Engineer
5 72 (12.29%) Developer
6 65 (11.09%) Software Engineer
7 61 (10.41%) Junior
7 61 (10.41%) Junior Analyst
7 61 (10.41%) Junior Data Analyst
8 53 (9.04%) Lead
9 47 (8.02%) Python Engineer
10 38 (6.48%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 36 (6.14%) Trainee
12 34 (5.80%) Senior Data Engineer
13 27 (4.61%) Python Software Engineer
14 25 (4.27%) DevOps Engineer
15 23 (3.92%) Senior Software Engineer
16 21 (3.58%) Python Developer
17 20 (3.41%) Architect
18 19 (3.24%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (8.02%) React
2 35 (5.97%) Node.js
3 33 (5.63%) .NET
4 32 (5.46%) HTML
5 30 (5.12%) Kafka
6 29 (4.95%) FastAPI
6 29 (4.95%) Spring
6 29 (4.95%) Spring Boot
6 29 (4.95%) Vue
7 25 (4.27%) CSS
8 22 (3.75%) Pandas
9 20 (3.41%) AngularJS
10 19 (3.24%) PySpark
11 18 (3.07%) Next.js
11 18 (3.07%) NumPy
11 18 (3.07%) scikit-learn
12 14 (2.39%) React Native
12 14 (2.39%) Ruby on Rails
13 13 (2.22%) REST
14 12 (2.05%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 66 (11.26%) Cloud Native
2 31 (5.29%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (4.61%) Onboarding
4 26 (4.44%) Algorithms
5 15 (2.56%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.39%) AI Agents
7 13 (2.22%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (2.05%) Product Ownership
9 11 (1.88%) Mobile App
10 10 (1.71%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.54%) Marketing Technology
12 7 (1.19%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.19%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
13 6 (1.02%) Cyberattack
13 6 (1.02%) Data Structures
13 6 (1.02%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 30 (5.12%) Linux
2 15 (2.56%) Windows
3 9 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.19%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.02%) Unix
6 4 (0.68%) CentOS
7 3 (0.51%) Android
7 3 (0.51%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.51%) Solaris
7 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.34%) Debian
8 2 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.17%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.17%) VMS
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (43.52%) AI
2 140 (23.89%) CI/CD
3 121 (20.65%) Analytics
4 118 (20.14%) DevOps
5 113 (19.28%) Software Engineering
6 101 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
6 101 (17.24%) Infrastructure as Code
7 100 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
8 95 (16.21%) Agile
9 83 (14.16%) Mentoring
10 72 (12.29%) Machine Learning
11 64 (10.92%) Containerisation
12 61 (10.41%) Observability
13 60 (10.24%) Data Pipeline
14 57 (9.73%) Continuous Improvement
15 53 (9.04%) Decision-Making
15 53 (9.04%) Test Automation
16 52 (8.87%) Microservices
17 50 (8.53%) Event-Driven
18 49 (8.36%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 238 (40.61%) SQL
2 95 (16.21%) Java
3 75 (12.80%) JavaScript
4 49 (8.36%) TypeScript
5 42 (7.17%) Bash
5 42 (7.17%) PowerShell
6 26 (4.44%) C#
6 26 (4.44%) C++
7 24 (4.10%) R
8 21 (3.58%) Go
9 14 (2.39%) Ruby
10 13 (2.22%) Bicep
11 12 (2.05%) C
12 10 (1.71%) PHP
12 10 (1.71%) Scala
13 7 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (1.02%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 107 (18.26%) Azure Certification
2 67 (11.43%) Security Cleared
3 50 (8.53%) Degree
4 34 (5.80%) SC Cleared
5 31 (5.29%) AWS Certification
6 30 (5.12%) DV Cleared
7 27 (4.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 16 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (2.05%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.37%) DBS Check
11 7 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.68%) MBA
13 3 (0.51%) PhD
14 2 (0.34%) CCIE
14 2 (0.34%) CCNA
14 2 (0.34%) CCNP
15 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 1 (0.17%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.85%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.07%) QA
3 5 (0.85%) DICOM
4 3 (0.51%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.34%) SLA
6 1 (0.17%) GDPR
6 1 (0.17%) IFRS
6 1 (0.17%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.17%) NIST
6 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 75 (12.80%) Docker
2 11 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.19%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.17%) KVM
Systems Management
1 113 (19.28%) Terraform
2 66 (11.26%) Kubernetes
3 40 (6.83%) Ansible
4 23 (3.92%) Grafana
5 20 (3.41%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.85%) Puppet
7 4 (0.68%) Argo
7 4 (0.68%) Istio
8 3 (0.51%) linkerd
8 3 (0.51%) Nagios
8 3 (0.51%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.34%) Podman
9 2 (0.34%) QRadar
9 2 (0.34%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.17%) AWS Copilot
10 1 (0.17%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 151 (25.77%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.95%) Databricks
3 23 (3.92%) Google
4 19 (3.24%) Splunk
5 13 (2.22%) HubSpot
5 13 (2.22%) VMware
6 11 (1.88%) Adobe
6 11 (1.88%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.02%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.85%) Oracle
9 4 (0.68%) Cisco
10 3 (0.51%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.51%) LogicMonitor
10 3 (0.51%) SAP
10 3 (0.51%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.34%) Arista
11 2 (0.34%) Aruba
11 2 (0.34%) Mirantis
11 2 (0.34%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.34%) Zscaler