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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 21 26
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 -16
Permanent jobs citing Python 355 325 487
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.47% 7.76% 6.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.46% 26.53% 20.05%
Number of salaries quoted 258 191 364
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,625 £44,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,640 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% -3.45%

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 1,001 1,225 2,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.60% 29.24% 33.35%
Number of salaries quoted 821 792 2,078
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £74,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 March 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 March 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 -11 216 £61,928 -4.73% 136
Merseyside +12 72 £40,000 -27.27% 24
Lancashire -5 36 £48,445 -11.92% 56
Cheshire -32 16 £55,000 +13.86% 36
Cumbria -11 11 £85,000 +17.24% 3
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 13 (3.66%) Jupyter
2 10 (2.82%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (2.25%) Apache
3 8 (2.25%) WordPress
4 7 (1.97%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.41%) CMS
6 4 (1.13%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.85%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.85%) JBoss
7 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.56%) nginx
9 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.28%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.28%) SAS
9 1 (0.28%) WebSphere
Applications
1 86 (24.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.38%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.85%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.28%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 187 (52.68%) Azure
2 163 (45.92%) AWS
3 69 (19.44%) Power Platform
4 62 (17.46%) GitHub
5 52 (14.65%) GCP
6 50 (14.08%) Azure AI
7 21 (5.92%) Cloud Computing
8 16 (4.51%) Serverless
9 13 (3.66%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (3.38%) Snowflake
11 11 (3.10%) dbt
12 9 (2.54%) OpenShift
13 8 (2.25%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (1.97%) Entra ID
14 7 (1.97%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.97%) SaaS
15 6 (1.69%) Amazon ECS
15 6 (1.69%) Amazon S3
15 6 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 53 (14.93%) Internet
2 11 (3.10%) Firewall
3 7 (1.97%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.69%) DNS
5 5 (1.41%) HTTP
6 4 (1.13%) AMQP
6 4 (1.13%) NGFW
6 4 (1.13%) SSL
6 4 (1.13%) VXLAN
6 4 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.13%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.85%) DHCP
7 3 (0.85%) SAN
7 3 (0.85%) VPN
8 1 (0.28%) LAN
8 1 (0.28%) SNMP
8 1 (0.28%) SSH
8 1 (0.28%) TCAP
8 1 (0.28%) VSAN
8 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (24.23%) Tableau
2 64 (18.03%) Power BI
3 34 (9.58%) Data Mining
4 24 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (5.92%) MongoDB
6 15 (4.23%) NoSQL
7 12 (3.38%) BigQuery
8 11 (3.10%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (3.10%) SQL Server
9 10 (2.82%) Relational Database
10 8 (2.25%) Hadoop
11 7 (1.97%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (1.97%) Big Data
11 7 (1.97%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.97%) MySQL
12 6 (1.69%) Semantic Layer
13 5 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (1.41%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (1.41%) Neo4j
14 4 (1.13%) GIS
Development Applications
1 77 (21.69%) Git
2 16 (4.51%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.38%) GitLab
3 12 (3.38%) Visual Studio Code
4 6 (1.69%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.41%) Postman
6 3 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.85%) Selenium
7 2 (0.56%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.56%) JIRA
7 2 (0.56%) Maven
7 2 (0.56%) Subversion
8 1 (0.28%) Ant
8 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.28%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.28%) Locust
8 1 (0.28%) MLflow
8 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 90 (25.35%) Social Skills
2 71 (20.00%) Finance
3 56 (15.77%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (12.96%) Multimedia
5 21 (5.92%) Retail
6 18 (5.07%) Public Sector
7 16 (4.51%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.54%) Banking
8 9 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.25%) Legal
9 8 (2.25%) Marketing
10 6 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.41%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.41%) Law
11 5 (1.41%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.13%) Advertising
12 4 (1.13%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.13%) Italian Language
12 4 (1.13%) Spanish Language
13 3 (0.85%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 91 (25.63%) Trainee
2 89 (25.07%) Analyst
3 86 (24.23%) Data Analyst
4 55 (15.49%) Senior
5 50 (14.08%) Developer
6 49 (13.80%) Junior
6 49 (13.80%) Junior Analyst
6 49 (13.80%) Junior Data Analyst
7 34 (9.58%) Software Engineer
8 33 (9.30%) Trainee Analyst
8 33 (9.30%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 28 (7.89%) Python Engineer
10 25 (7.04%) Data Engineer
11 23 (6.48%) Software Developer
12 20 (5.63%) Lead
12 20 (5.63%) Trainee Developer
12 20 (5.63%) Trainee Software Developer
13 12 (3.38%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
13 12 (3.38%) Programmer
13 12 (3.38%) Trainee Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (15.21%) CSS
1 54 (15.21%) HTML
2 25 (7.04%) React
3 22 (6.20%) .NET
3 22 (6.20%) Node.js
4 15 (4.23%) Django
4 15 (4.23%) scikit-learn
5 13 (3.66%) Hugging Face
5 13 (3.66%) Pandas
6 12 (3.38%) Matplotlib
6 12 (3.38%) NumPy
6 12 (3.38%) Streamlit
7 11 (3.10%) AngularJS
7 11 (3.10%) FastAPI
8 10 (2.82%) Flask
8 10 (2.82%) REST
9 9 (2.54%) PyTorch
9 9 (2.54%) TensorFlow
10 8 (2.25%) RESTful
11 6 (1.69%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.45%) Cloud Native
2 18 (5.07%) Algorithms
3 9 (2.54%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.25%) Data Centre
5 7 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.69%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.41%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.41%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.41%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.41%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.41%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.41%) PACS
8 4 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.13%) PKI
9 3 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.85%) Social Media
10 2 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.32%) Linux
2 8 (2.25%) Windows
3 7 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.41%) CentOS
5 4 (1.13%) Debian
5 4 (1.13%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.13%) Unix
5 4 (1.13%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.85%) Android
6 3 (0.85%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.28%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.28%) Solaris
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (32.68%) AI
2 74 (20.85%) Analytics
3 67 (18.87%) Business Intelligence
4 66 (18.59%) Mentoring
5 57 (16.06%) CI/CD
6 53 (14.93%) Software Engineering
7 50 (14.08%) Agile
8 48 (13.52%) Machine Learning
9 47 (13.24%) Cybersecurity
9 47 (13.24%) DevOps
10 46 (12.96%) Data Analytics
11 45 (12.68%) Data Analysis
11 45 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
12 41 (11.55%) Infrastructure as Code
13 39 (10.99%) Project Management
14 35 (9.86%) Data Science
15 33 (9.30%) Business Analysis
16 31 (8.73%) Containerisation
17 28 (7.89%) Visualisation
18 25 (7.04%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 148 (41.69%) SQL
2 82 (23.10%) JavaScript
3 43 (12.11%) Java
4 32 (9.01%) R
5 20 (5.63%) TypeScript
6 17 (4.79%) Go
7 15 (4.23%) PowerShell
8 12 (3.38%) Bash
8 12 (3.38%) C
9 6 (1.69%) Bicep
9 6 (1.69%) PHP
10 5 (1.41%) ANSI SQL
10 5 (1.41%) C#
11 2 (0.56%) C++
11 2 (0.56%) Groovy
11 2 (0.56%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.56%) Scala
11 2 (0.56%) VBA
12 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 105 (29.58%) Azure Certification
2 63 (17.75%) AWS Certification
3 58 (16.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 49 (13.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 28 (7.89%) Degree
6 26 (7.32%) Security Cleared
7 17 (4.79%) SC Cleared
8 12 (3.38%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.69%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.13%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.85%) PhD
13 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.28%) HNC
13 1 (0.28%) HND
13 1 (0.28%) LPIC
13 1 (0.28%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.54%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.25%) QA
3 5 (1.41%) DICOM
4 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.28%) FINRA
5 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 33 (9.30%) Docker
2 5 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.85%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.85%) KVM
3 3 (0.85%) QEMU
3 3 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 53 (14.93%) Terraform
2 41 (11.55%) Kubernetes
3 29 (8.17%) Ansible
4 7 (1.97%) Grafana
5 5 (1.41%) Puppet
6 4 (1.13%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.85%) Rancher
8 2 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.56%) AWS Copilot
8 2 (0.56%) BMC PATROL
8 2 (0.56%) Nagios
8 2 (0.56%) Podman
8 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.28%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.28%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 158 (44.51%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.20%) Google
3 8 (2.25%) Oracle
3 8 (2.25%) Red Hat
4 7 (1.97%) HubSpot
4 7 (1.97%) SaltStack
5 6 (1.69%) Atlassian
6 5 (1.41%) Databricks
6 5 (1.41%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.41%) VMware
7 4 (1.13%) Arista
7 4 (1.13%) Aruba
7 4 (1.13%) NetScout
8 3 (0.85%) Splunk
9 2 (0.56%) Aderant
9 2 (0.56%) Freshdesk
9 2 (0.56%) New Relic
9 2 (0.56%) SAP
10 1 (0.28%) Adobe
10 1 (0.28%) Cognos