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 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 20 22
Rank change year-on-year -15 +2 -11
Permanent jobs citing Python 272 385 319
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.24% 7.60% 7.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.70% 26.85% 19.74%
Number of salaries quoted 218 196 246
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,713 £42,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £84,056
England median annual salary £68,000 £75,000 £72,000
% change year-on-year -9.33% +4.17% +2.86%

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 886 1,434 1,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.82% 28.32% 36.29%
Number of salaries quoted 742 824 1,327
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,400 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,875 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 15 January 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 15 January 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 -12 166 £60,000 -4.00% 124
Merseyside +7 55 £40,000 -31.91% 32
Cheshire -25 19 £48,979 -2.04% 49
Lancashire -11 18 £54,222 -13.24% 61
Cumbria -2 11 £85,000 +21.43% 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 9 (3.31%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.94%) Apache
2 8 (2.94%) WordPress
3 7 (2.57%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.21%) CMS
5 4 (1.47%) OpenStack
6 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.74%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.74%) JBoss
8 1 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.37%) nginx
8 1 (0.37%) SAS
8 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
Applications
1 52 (19.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.47%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.37%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.37%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 138 (50.74%) Azure
2 129 (47.43%) AWS
3 62 (22.79%) GitHub
4 44 (16.18%) Power Platform
5 40 (14.71%) GCP
6 21 (7.72%) Azure AI
7 14 (5.15%) Snowflake
8 13 (4.78%) AWS CloudFormation
9 12 (4.41%) Serverless
10 8 (2.94%) OpenShift
10 8 (2.94%) SaaS
11 7 (2.57%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (1.84%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.84%) dbt
14 4 (1.47%) Amazon ECS
14 4 (1.47%) Datadog
14 4 (1.47%) Slack
14 4 (1.47%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 57 (20.96%) Internet
2 6 (2.21%) Firewall
3 3 (1.10%) AMQP
3 3 (1.10%) DNS
3 3 (1.10%) HTTP
3 3 (1.10%) SAN
3 3 (1.10%) SSL
3 3 (1.10%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.10%) VPN
4 2 (0.74%) DHCP
4 2 (0.74%) Network Security
5 1 (0.37%) NGFW
5 1 (0.37%) SSH
5 1 (0.37%) TCAP
5 1 (0.37%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.37%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (18.01%) Tableau
2 41 (15.07%) Power BI
3 25 (9.19%) Data Mining
4 22 (8.09%) MongoDB
5 19 (6.99%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (5.51%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (5.51%) NoSQL
7 14 (5.15%) SQL Server
8 10 (3.68%) BigQuery
9 9 (3.31%) Big Data
9 9 (3.31%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (3.31%) Hadoop
10 8 (2.94%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (2.94%) Relational Database
11 7 (2.57%) MySQL
12 6 (2.21%) Data Vault
13 5 (1.84%) Neo4j
13 5 (1.84%) Semantic Layer
14 4 (1.47%) Data Lake
14 4 (1.47%) Looker
Development Applications
1 71 (26.10%) Git
2 18 (6.62%) GitLab
3 16 (5.88%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.21%) Postman
5 4 (1.47%) CircleCI
6 3 (1.10%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.10%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (1.10%) Selenium
7 2 (0.74%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.74%) JIRA
7 2 (0.74%) Maven
7 2 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.37%) Ant
8 1 (0.37%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.37%) CA Release Automation
8 1 (0.37%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.37%) Locust
8 1 (0.37%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 55 (20.22%) Social Skills
2 53 (19.49%) Finance
3 50 (18.38%) Multimedia
4 43 (15.81%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.78%) Retail
6 12 (4.41%) Banking
6 12 (4.41%) Marketing
7 10 (3.68%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.31%) Law
8 9 (3.31%) Legal
9 6 (2.21%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.84%) Advertising
10 5 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.47%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.47%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.10%) Electronics
12 3 (1.10%) Games
12 3 (1.10%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.37%) Military
Job Titles
1 74 (27.21%) Trainee
2 56 (20.59%) Developer
3 55 (20.22%) Analyst
4 49 (18.01%) Data Analyst
5 45 (16.54%) Senior
6 28 (10.29%) Data Engineer
7 25 (9.19%) Software Developer
8 24 (8.82%) Trainee Analyst
8 24 (8.82%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 23 (8.46%) Software Engineer
10 22 (8.09%) Trainee Developer
10 22 (8.09%) Trainee Software Developer
11 20 (7.35%) Junior
11 20 (7.35%) Junior Analyst
11 20 (7.35%) Junior Data Analyst
12 19 (6.99%) Python Engineer
13 16 (5.88%) Lead
14 12 (4.41%) Senior Data Engineer
15 10 (3.68%) Python Developer
16 9 (3.31%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (20.22%) CSS
2 53 (19.49%) HTML
3 20 (7.35%) React
4 17 (6.25%) Node.js
5 14 (5.15%) .NET
6 12 (4.41%) Django
6 12 (4.41%) REST
7 11 (4.04%) AngularJS
8 9 (3.31%) Flask
9 7 (2.57%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (2.57%) FastAPI
9 7 (2.57%) JSON
9 7 (2.57%) PyTorch
9 7 (2.57%) RESTful
9 7 (2.57%) TensorFlow
10 6 (2.21%) Vue
11 5 (1.84%) Middleware
11 5 (1.84%) Spring
11 5 (1.84%) Spring Boot
12 4 (1.47%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.09%) Cloud Native
2 9 (3.31%) Data Structures
2 9 (3.31%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.57%) Low-Code
4 5 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.10%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.10%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.74%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (0.74%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (0.74%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (0.74%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.74%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 28 (10.29%) Linux
2 10 (3.68%) Windows
3 6 (2.21%) Debian
3 6 (2.21%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.47%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.10%) CentOS
6 3 (1.10%) Unix
7 1 (0.37%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (23.53%) AI
2 57 (20.96%) Mentoring
3 54 (19.85%) CI/CD
4 48 (17.65%) Analytics
5 47 (17.28%) Cybersecurity
6 46 (16.91%) Business Intelligence
7 43 (15.81%) DevOps
8 41 (15.07%) Agile
9 40 (14.71%) Infrastructure as Code
9 40 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (13.97%) Software Engineering
11 34 (12.50%) Data Analysis
12 32 (11.76%) Containerisation
12 32 (11.76%) Machine Learning
13 31 (11.40%) Data Analytics
13 31 (11.40%) Data Science
14 30 (11.03%) Project Management
15 26 (9.56%) Data Modelling
16 24 (8.82%) Business Analysis
17 20 (7.35%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 116 (42.65%) SQL
2 74 (27.21%) JavaScript
3 34 (12.50%) R
4 30 (11.03%) Java
5 17 (6.25%) TypeScript
6 14 (5.15%) Go
7 13 (4.78%) Bash
8 11 (4.04%) C
8 11 (4.04%) PowerShell
9 8 (2.94%) C#
10 7 (2.57%) ANSI SQL
10 7 (2.57%) PHP
11 6 (2.21%) Bicep
12 4 (1.47%) Scala
13 2 (0.74%) C++
13 2 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.74%) Groovy
13 2 (0.74%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.74%) VBA
14 1 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 77 (28.31%) Azure Certification
2 53 (19.49%) Microsoft Certification
3 52 (19.12%) AWS Certification
4 50 (18.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 23 (8.46%) Security Cleared
6 20 (7.35%) Degree
7 17 (6.25%) SC Cleared
8 10 (3.68%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.84%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.10%) PhD
11 3 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.74%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.37%) CCSP
13 1 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.37%) CISM
13 1 (0.37%) CISSP
13 1 (0.37%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.94%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.84%) QA
3 2 (0.74%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.37%) DICOM
4 1 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.37%) FINRA
4 1 (0.37%) GDPR
4 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.37%) NIST
4 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 35 (12.87%) Docker
2 3 (1.10%) KVM
2 3 (1.10%) QEMU
2 3 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.74%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.37%) HDFS
4 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (15.81%) Kubernetes
2 38 (13.97%) Terraform
3 26 (9.56%) Ansible
4 9 (3.31%) Grafana
5 5 (1.84%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.47%) Puppet
7 2 (0.74%) BMC PATROL
7 2 (0.74%) Podman
7 2 (0.74%) Rancher
8 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.37%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.37%) Nagios
8 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 112 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.25%) Google
3 11 (4.04%) Oracle
4 9 (3.31%) HubSpot
5 6 (2.21%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.21%) SaltStack
6 5 (1.84%) Red Hat
6 5 (1.84%) Splunk
6 5 (1.84%) VMware
7 4 (1.47%) Databricks
8 3 (1.10%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.74%) Aderant
9 2 (0.74%) Freshdesk
9 2 (0.74%) SAP
10 1 (0.37%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.37%) Mirantis
10 1 (0.37%) New Relic
10 1 (0.37%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.37%) UiPath
10 1 (0.37%) YouTube