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 6 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 6 33
Rank change year-on-year -15 +27 -23
Permanent jobs citing Python 563 1,058 553
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.24% 22.72% 5.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 36.30% 55.77% 18.38%
Number of salaries quoted 378 188 389
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,120
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,563 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,375 £87,500
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 1,551 1,897 3,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.45% 40.74% 28.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,235 784 2,468
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,400 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £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 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,375 £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 6 June 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 6 June 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 -8 380 £66,750 -1.11% 191
Merseyside +7 81 £40,000 -27.27% 27
Lancashire -24 74 £47,500 -5.05% 52
Cheshire -61 19 £67,500 +28.57% 26
Cumbria -18 7 £85,000 +19.30% 1
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 15 (2.66%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (2.13%) Jupyter
3 10 (1.78%) Apache
4 9 (1.60%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.42%) WordPress
6 5 (0.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.71%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.53%) Confluence
8 3 (0.53%) nginx
9 2 (0.36%) IIS
9 2 (0.36%) JBoss
9 2 (0.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 95 (16.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.49%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 264 (46.89%) Azure
2 210 (37.30%) AWS
3 103 (18.29%) Power Platform
4 93 (16.52%) Azure AI
5 70 (12.43%) GCP
6 61 (10.83%) GitHub
7 46 (8.17%) Serverless
8 26 (4.62%) AWS Lambda
9 24 (4.26%) Amazon S3
10 21 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (3.55%) AWS CloudFormation
11 20 (3.55%) SaaS
12 19 (3.37%) GitHub Actions
13 18 (3.20%) Cloud Computing
14 15 (2.66%) Amazon ECS
15 14 (2.49%) Datadog
15 14 (2.49%) dbt
16 13 (2.31%) Snowflake
17 11 (1.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 9 (1.60%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 32 (5.68%) Internet
2 20 (3.55%) Firewall
3 7 (1.24%) DNS
3 7 (1.24%) VPN
4 6 (1.07%) Network Security
4 6 (1.07%) SAN
4 6 (1.07%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.89%) DHCP
6 4 (0.71%) NGFW
6 4 (0.71%) VXLAN
6 4 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.71%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.53%) AMQP
7 3 (0.53%) SNMP
8 2 (0.36%) BGP
8 2 (0.36%) HTTP
8 2 (0.36%) IPFIX
8 2 (0.36%) OSPF
8 2 (0.36%) SSL
8 2 (0.36%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (17.23%) Tableau
2 96 (17.05%) Power BI
3 25 (4.44%) SQL Server
4 24 (4.26%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (4.09%) Data Mining
6 21 (3.73%) Data Lake
6 21 (3.73%) MongoDB
7 16 (2.84%) NoSQL
8 15 (2.66%) Relational Database
9 14 (2.49%) BigQuery
10 12 (2.13%) DynamoDB
11 11 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (1.78%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (1.78%) Big Data
13 9 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (1.07%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 57 (10.12%) Git
2 25 (4.44%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.13%) Visual Studio Code
4 11 (1.95%) GitLab
5 7 (1.24%) JIRA
6 6 (1.07%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.53%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.53%) Selenium
8 2 (0.36%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.36%) Maven
8 2 (0.36%) MLflow
8 2 (0.36%) Postman
8 2 (0.36%) Subversion
8 2 (0.36%) Vite
9 1 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.18%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.18%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.18%) Robot Framework
General
1 172 (30.55%) Social Skills
2 100 (17.76%) Finance
3 78 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.80%) Retail
5 25 (4.44%) Public Sector
6 21 (3.73%) Multimedia
7 19 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.37%) Law
8 14 (2.49%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.31%) Marketing
10 10 (1.78%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.60%) Legal
12 6 (1.07%) Banking
12 6 (1.07%) Police
13 5 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.71%) Advertising
14 4 (0.71%) Health Technology
14 4 (0.71%) Italian Language
14 4 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.71%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 115 (20.43%) Senior
2 105 (18.65%) Analyst
3 98 (17.41%) Data Analyst
4 70 (12.43%) Developer
5 69 (12.26%) Junior
5 69 (12.26%) Junior Analyst
5 69 (12.26%) Junior Data Analyst
6 65 (11.55%) Data Engineer
7 61 (10.83%) Software Engineer
8 54 (9.59%) Trainee
9 50 (8.88%) Lead
10 46 (8.17%) Python Engineer
11 37 (6.57%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 32 (5.68%) Senior Data Engineer
13 21 (3.73%) Python Developer
13 21 (3.73%) Software Developer
13 21 (3.73%) Trainee Analyst
13 21 (3.73%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 20 (3.55%) Python Software Engineer
15 18 (3.20%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (6.93%) HTML
2 36 (6.39%) CSS
3 33 (5.86%) React
4 32 (5.68%) .NET
4 32 (5.68%) Node.js
5 26 (4.62%) Kafka
6 21 (3.73%) FastAPI
6 21 (3.73%) Pandas
7 18 (3.20%) NumPy
7 18 (3.20%) Vue
8 17 (3.02%) PySpark
8 17 (3.02%) scikit-learn
9 16 (2.84%) Spring
9 16 (2.84%) Spring Boot
10 13 (2.31%) Next.js
10 13 (2.31%) REST
11 12 (2.13%) Flask
11 12 (2.13%) Hugging Face
11 12 (2.13%) Matplotlib
11 12 (2.13%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 62 (11.01%) Cloud Native
2 27 (4.80%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (4.62%) Algorithms
4 24 (4.26%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.66%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.49%) Product Ownership
7 13 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (2.13%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.95%) AI Agents
9 11 (1.95%) Public Cloud
10 10 (1.78%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.60%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.07%) Cyberattack
12 6 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.07%) PACS
12 6 (1.07%) Security Operations Centre
13 5 (0.89%) Driving Licence
13 5 (0.89%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (0.89%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.80%) Linux
2 14 (2.49%) Windows
3 10 (1.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.24%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.71%) CentOS
6 3 (0.53%) Android
6 3 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.53%) Debian
6 3 (0.53%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.53%) Unix
7 2 (0.36%) Solaris
8 1 (0.18%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.18%) VMS
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (42.98%) AI
2 115 (20.43%) Analytics
3 103 (18.29%) Business Intelligence
3 103 (18.29%) CI/CD
4 100 (17.76%) Software Engineering
5 96 (17.05%) DevOps
6 90 (15.99%) Infrastructure as Code
7 81 (14.39%) Agile
7 81 (14.39%) Mentoring
8 78 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
9 64 (11.37%) Machine Learning
10 52 (9.24%) Event-Driven
11 49 (8.70%) Data Pipeline
12 48 (8.53%) Containerisation
13 43 (7.64%) Microservices
13 43 (7.64%) Observability
14 42 (7.46%) Decision-Making
14 42 (7.46%) Full-Stack Development
15 40 (7.10%) Data Engineering
16 39 (6.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 227 (40.32%) SQL
2 80 (14.21%) JavaScript
3 74 (13.14%) Java
4 45 (7.99%) TypeScript
5 34 (6.04%) PowerShell
6 32 (5.68%) Bash
7 26 (4.62%) R
8 22 (3.91%) C++
9 19 (3.37%) C#
10 18 (3.20%) C
10 18 (3.20%) Go
11 11 (1.95%) Bicep
11 11 (1.95%) Ruby
12 7 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (1.24%) Scala
13 6 (1.07%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.89%) PHP
15 3 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.18%) VB.NET
16 1 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 126 (22.38%) Azure Certification
2 48 (8.53%) Security Cleared
3 39 (6.93%) AWS Certification
4 34 (6.04%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 34 (6.04%) Degree
5 30 (5.33%) SC Cleared
6 26 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (4.09%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.71%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.71%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.53%) PhD
12 2 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.18%) ACCA
13 1 (0.18%) CFA
13 1 (0.18%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.57%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.13%) QA
3 6 (1.07%) DICOM
4 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.36%) SLA
5 1 (0.18%) GDPR
5 1 (0.18%) IFRS
5 1 (0.18%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 52 (9.24%) Docker
2 8 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.24%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 99 (17.58%) Terraform
2 58 (10.30%) Kubernetes
3 32 (5.68%) Ansible
4 14 (2.49%) Grafana
5 13 (2.31%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.71%) Nagios
6 4 (0.71%) Puppet
7 2 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.36%) Argo
7 2 (0.36%) Istio
7 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.36%) Podman
7 2 (0.36%) Rancher
7 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.18%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.18%) linkerd
8 1 (0.18%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.18%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 175 (31.08%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.62%) Google
3 20 (3.55%) Databricks
4 13 (2.31%) HubSpot
5 12 (2.13%) Red Hat
6 11 (1.95%) VMware
7 6 (1.07%) Adobe
7 6 (1.07%) Splunk
8 5 (0.89%) Oracle
9 4 (0.71%) Arista
9 4 (0.71%) Aruba
9 4 (0.71%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.71%) NetScout
9 4 (0.71%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.53%) LogicMonitor
10 3 (0.53%) SaltStack
10 3 (0.53%) SAP
11 2 (0.36%) Cisco
11 2 (0.36%) New Relic
11 2 (0.36%) Salesforce