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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 6 30
Rank change year-on-year -22 +24 -16
Permanent jobs citing Python 565 1,027 405
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.37% 19.76% 5.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.11% 56.74% 19.79%
Number of salaries quoted 367 159 205
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -2.24%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £79,225
90th Percentile £96,250 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £71,746 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.04% -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 1,816 1,810 2,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.04% 34.83% 26.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,401 695 1,234
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £42,500 £43,710
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £76,250 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,850 £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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -11 439 £67,500 +8.00% 439
Lancashire -36 50 £62,500 +7.76% 58
Merseyside -22 43 £75,000 +25.00% 34
Cheshire -55 27 £67,500 +28.57% 48
Cumbria -7 2 £62,500 -8.09% 6
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 22 (3.89%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (3.72%) Apache
3 17 (3.01%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 6 (1.06%) Confluence
6 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.53%) IIS
7 3 (0.53%) nginx
8 2 (0.35%) Jupyter
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 34 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.71%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.18%) Odoo
2 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 211 (37.35%) AWS
2 209 (36.99%) Azure
3 77 (13.63%) GCP
4 74 (13.10%) GitHub
5 61 (10.80%) Power Platform
6 51 (9.03%) Serverless
7 41 (7.26%) Azure AI
8 38 (6.73%) AWS Lambda
9 32 (5.66%) Amazon S3
9 32 (5.66%) SaaS
10 31 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
10 31 (5.49%) GitHub Actions
11 30 (5.31%) Snowflake
12 29 (5.13%) AWS CloudFormation
13 27 (4.78%) dbt
14 20 (3.54%) Amazon ECS
15 13 (2.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 13 (2.30%) OpenShift
16 12 (2.12%) Datadog
17 10 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.25%) Firewall
2 17 (3.01%) DNS
3 14 (2.48%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.95%) DHCP
5 10 (1.77%) VPN
5 10 (1.77%) WAN
6 9 (1.59%) Network Security
7 7 (1.24%) BGP
7 7 (1.24%) SAN
7 7 (1.24%) SD-WAN
7 7 (1.24%) Wireless
8 6 (1.06%) LAN
9 5 (0.88%) OSPF
10 4 (0.71%) Internet
10 4 (0.71%) IPsec
10 4 (0.71%) SNMP
10 4 (0.71%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.53%) BIG-IP
11 3 (0.53%) VLAN
11 3 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (9.91%) Power BI
2 45 (7.96%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (5.49%) SQL Server
4 27 (4.78%) Tableau
5 22 (3.89%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (3.72%) Data Lake
6 21 (3.72%) DynamoDB
7 19 (3.36%) Amazon Redshift
7 19 (3.36%) NoSQL
8 17 (3.01%) MongoDB
9 16 (2.83%) Relational Database
10 15 (2.65%) BigQuery
11 13 (2.30%) Big Data
12 11 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (1.59%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (1.06%) MySQL
15 6 (1.06%) Power Query
15 6 (1.06%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 44 (7.79%) Git
2 28 (4.96%) Jenkins
3 27 (4.78%) GitLab
4 19 (3.36%) JIRA
5 9 (1.59%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.06%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.06%) Maven
7 5 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.71%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.71%) Robot Framework
8 4 (0.71%) Storybook
8 4 (0.71%) Vite
9 3 (0.53%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.18%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.18%) MLflow
10 1 (0.18%) Mocha
10 1 (0.18%) Postman
10 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 191 (33.81%) Social Skills
2 89 (15.75%) Finance
3 80 (14.16%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (5.49%) Law
5 27 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (4.07%) Legal
7 20 (3.54%) Public Sector
7 20 (3.54%) Retail
8 18 (3.19%) Marketing
9 13 (2.30%) Aerospace
10 9 (1.59%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.06%) Banking
12 6 (1.06%) Local Government
12 6 (1.06%) Police
13 5 (0.88%) Advertising
13 5 (0.88%) Games
14 4 (0.71%) Automotive
14 4 (0.71%) Electronics
14 4 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 169 (29.91%) Senior
2 86 (15.22%) Data Engineer
3 84 (14.87%) Developer
4 70 (12.39%) Software Engineer
5 52 (9.20%) Python Engineer
6 51 (9.03%) Analyst
7 45 (7.96%) Lead
8 42 (7.43%) DevOps Engineer
8 42 (7.43%) Senior Data Engineer
9 32 (5.66%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 32 (5.66%) Data Analyst
10 31 (5.49%) Senior Software Engineer
11 29 (5.13%) Python Software Engineer
12 25 (4.42%) Software Developer
13 24 (4.25%) Senior Developer
14 23 (4.07%) Junior
15 21 (3.72%) Python Developer
16 20 (3.54%) Junior Analyst
16 20 (3.54%) Junior Data Analyst
17 17 (3.01%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (24.60%) Terraform
2 54 (9.56%) React
3 39 (6.90%) Spring
3 39 (6.90%) Spring Boot
4 35 (6.19%) Node.js
5 29 (5.13%) Kafka
5 29 (5.13%) Vue
6 27 (4.78%) FastAPI
7 25 (4.42%) AngularJS
8 24 (4.25%) .NET
8 24 (4.25%) PySpark
9 21 (3.72%) HTML
10 20 (3.54%) REST
11 19 (3.36%) Next.js
12 14 (2.48%) CSS
12 14 (2.48%) React Native
12 14 (2.48%) Ruby on Rails
13 11 (1.95%) LangChain
14 10 (1.77%) Flask
14 10 (1.77%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 77 (13.63%) Cloud Native
2 37 (6.55%) Distributed Systems
2 37 (6.55%) Onboarding
3 20 (3.54%) Product Ownership
4 14 (2.48%) AI Agents
4 14 (2.48%) Data Centre
5 12 (2.12%) Management Information System
6 11 (1.95%) Mobile App
7 10 (1.77%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (1.59%) Marketing Technology
8 9 (1.59%) Public Cloud
8 9 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.42%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.42%) Life Science
10 7 (1.24%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
11 6 (1.06%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 50 (8.85%) Linux
2 28 (4.96%) Windows
3 17 (3.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (1.95%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.77%) Unix
6 7 (1.24%) CentOS
7 5 (0.88%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.53%) CoreOS
8 3 (0.53%) Debian
8 3 (0.53%) Solaris
8 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.35%) AIX
9 2 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (39.65%) AI
2 179 (31.68%) CI/CD
3 141 (24.96%) Infrastructure as Code
4 139 (24.60%) DevOps
5 138 (24.42%) Software Engineering
6 127 (22.48%) Problem-Solving
7 119 (21.06%) Analytics
8 110 (19.47%) Agile
9 90 (15.93%) Mentoring
10 76 (13.45%) Data Pipeline
11 75 (13.27%) Observability
12 74 (13.10%) Business Intelligence
12 74 (13.10%) Containerisation
13 73 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
14 69 (12.21%) Data Engineering
15 64 (11.33%) Decision-Making
16 62 (10.97%) Test Automation
17 61 (10.80%) Machine Learning
18 55 (9.73%) ETL
18 55 (9.73%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 219 (38.76%) SQL
2 106 (18.76%) Java
3 67 (11.86%) Bash
3 67 (11.86%) JavaScript
4 63 (11.15%) TypeScript
5 55 (9.73%) PowerShell
6 29 (5.13%) C#
7 27 (4.78%) Go
8 26 (4.60%) C++
9 21 (3.72%) R
10 16 (2.83%) Bicep
11 15 (2.65%) Ruby
12 13 (2.30%) C
13 12 (2.12%) PHP
13 12 (2.12%) Scala
14 9 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (1.24%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.24%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.88%) Rust
17 3 (0.53%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 94 (16.64%) Security Cleared
2 55 (9.73%) Degree
3 50 (8.85%) Azure Certification
4 47 (8.32%) SC Cleared
5 46 (8.14%) DV Cleared
6 17 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.01%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.77%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (0.88%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.71%) CCNA
11 4 (0.71%) MBA
12 3 (0.53%) RHCE
12 3 (0.53%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.35%) CCIE
13 2 (0.35%) IBM AIX Certification
13 2 (0.35%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (12.04%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.54%) QA
3 12 (2.12%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.71%) SLA
4 4 (0.71%) WCAG
5 3 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.53%) GDPR
5 3 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.18%) IFRS
6 1 (0.18%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 97 (17.17%) Docker
2 14 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.30%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.71%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.35%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.35%) vSphere
7 1 (0.18%) KVM
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 92 (16.28%) Kubernetes
2 58 (10.27%) Ansible
3 26 (4.60%) Grafana
4 23 (4.07%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.48%) Puppet
6 7 (1.24%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.06%) Argo
8 5 (0.88%) Istio
8 5 (0.88%) Podman
9 4 (0.71%) linkerd
10 3 (0.53%) McAfee ePO
10 3 (0.53%) Nagios
10 3 (0.53%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.35%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.35%) QRadar
11 2 (0.35%) SolarWinds Orion
11 2 (0.35%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 86 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.90%) Databricks
3 32 (5.66%) Google
4 24 (4.25%) Splunk
5 18 (3.19%) Red Hat
6 16 (2.83%) VMware
7 14 (2.48%) Adobe
8 12 (2.12%) HubSpot
9 11 (1.95%) Oracle
10 9 (1.59%) Cisco
11 8 (1.42%) New Relic
12 6 (1.06%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.88%) Alteryx
13 5 (0.88%) F5
14 4 (0.71%) Mistral
14 4 (0.71%) NEC
15 3 (0.53%) Fortinet
15 3 (0.53%) LogicMonitor
15 3 (0.53%) Palo Alto
15 3 (0.53%) SAP