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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 26 26
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 -17
Permanent jobs citing Python 442 248 540
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.74% 6.94% 6.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.02% 23.48% 19.77%
Number of salaries quoted 295 199 370
10th Percentile £28,250 £38,250 £36,120
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +17.39% -9.35%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £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 1,194 1,056 2,731
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.79% 29.56% 31.33%
Number of salaries quoted 952 849 2,309
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,800 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £82,500
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 8 April 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 8 April 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 -9 274 £65,000 -3.70% 144
Merseyside +21 74 £40,000 -27.27% 23
Lancashire +17 62 £47,500 -7.37% 61
Cheshire -32 19 £52,500 +1.64% 25
Cumbria -18 10 £85,000 +17.24% 4
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 16 (3.62%) WordPress
2 13 (2.94%) Jupyter
3 12 (2.71%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.58%) Apache
4 7 (1.58%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.90%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.45%) Confluence
6 2 (0.45%) JBoss
6 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.45%) nginx
6 2 (0.45%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.45%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.23%) CMS
Applications
1 106 (23.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.94%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 247 (55.88%) Azure
2 183 (41.40%) AWS
3 89 (20.14%) Power Platform
4 86 (19.46%) Azure AI
5 68 (15.38%) GitHub
6 58 (13.12%) GCP
7 26 (5.88%) Serverless
8 20 (4.52%) Cloud Computing
9 16 (3.62%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (3.17%) dbt
10 14 (3.17%) SaaS
11 11 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (2.04%) Entra ID
14 8 (1.81%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (1.81%) Snowflake
15 7 (1.58%) Datadog
15 7 (1.58%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 56 (12.67%) Internet
2 15 (3.39%) Firewall
3 7 (1.58%) DNS
3 7 (1.58%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.90%) AMQP
4 4 (0.90%) DHCP
4 4 (0.90%) NGFW
4 4 (0.90%) SAN
4 4 (0.90%) VPN
4 4 (0.90%) VXLAN
4 4 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (0.90%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.68%) HTTP
6 2 (0.45%) Network Security
6 2 (0.45%) SSL
7 1 (0.23%) LAN
7 1 (0.23%) LTE
7 1 (0.23%) SNMP
7 1 (0.23%) TCAP
7 1 (0.23%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (24.43%) Tableau
2 84 (19.00%) Power BI
3 35 (7.92%) Data Mining
4 26 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (4.98%) MongoDB
6 17 (3.85%) NoSQL
7 13 (2.94%) SQL Server
8 11 (2.49%) BigQuery
9 10 (2.26%) Data Lake
9 10 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (1.81%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (1.58%) Hadoop
12 6 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.36%) Big Data
12 6 (1.36%) DynamoDB
12 6 (1.36%) MySQL
12 6 (1.36%) Semantic Layer
13 5 (1.13%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (1.13%) GIS
Development Applications
1 77 (17.42%) Git
2 18 (4.07%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.71%) Visual Studio Code
4 8 (1.81%) GitLab
5 6 (1.36%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.90%) JIRA
6 4 (0.90%) Selenium
7 3 (0.68%) Postman
8 2 (0.45%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.45%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.45%) Subversion
9 1 (0.23%) JMeter
9 1 (0.23%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.23%) Locust
9 1 (0.23%) MLflow
9 1 (0.23%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
General
1 141 (31.90%) Social Skills
2 80 (18.10%) Finance
3 65 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (10.86%) Multimedia
5 25 (5.66%) Retail
6 23 (5.20%) Public Sector
7 15 (3.39%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.04%) Legal
10 8 (1.81%) Banking
10 8 (1.81%) Law
11 6 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.13%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.13%) Electronics
12 5 (1.13%) Marketing
12 5 (1.13%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.90%) Italian Language
13 4 (0.90%) Police
13 4 (0.90%) Spanish Language
14 3 (0.68%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 110 (24.89%) Analyst
2 105 (23.76%) Data Analyst
3 92 (20.81%) Trainee
4 73 (16.52%) Junior
4 73 (16.52%) Junior Analyst
4 73 (16.52%) Junior Data Analyst
5 69 (15.61%) Senior
6 49 (11.09%) Developer
7 42 (9.50%) Software Engineer
8 35 (7.92%) Python Engineer
9 34 (7.69%) Lead
10 32 (7.24%) Trainee Analyst
10 32 (7.24%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 30 (6.79%) Data Engineer
12 20 (4.52%) Software Developer
13 18 (4.07%) Trainee Developer
14 17 (3.85%) Trainee Software Developer
15 16 (3.62%) Administrator
15 16 (3.62%) Trainee Administrator
15 16 (3.62%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (13.35%) HTML
2 56 (12.67%) CSS
3 31 (7.01%) .NET
4 28 (6.33%) React
5 23 (5.20%) Node.js
6 18 (4.07%) Pandas
6 18 (4.07%) scikit-learn
7 16 (3.62%) Django
8 15 (3.39%) NumPy
9 13 (2.94%) Hugging Face
10 12 (2.71%) FastAPI
10 12 (2.71%) Matplotlib
10 12 (2.71%) PyTorch
10 12 (2.71%) Streamlit
11 10 (2.26%) AngularJS
11 10 (2.26%) Flask
12 9 (2.04%) PySpark
12 9 (2.04%) REST
12 9 (2.04%) TensorFlow
13 8 (1.81%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.92%) Cloud Native
2 21 (4.75%) Algorithms
3 9 (2.04%) Data Centre
3 9 (2.04%) Low-Code
3 9 (2.04%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.04%) Onboarding
4 8 (1.81%) Product Ownership
5 7 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (1.58%) Driving Licence
5 7 (1.58%) Public Cloud
6 6 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.36%) PACS
7 5 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.90%) Cyberattack
8 4 (0.90%) PKI
8 4 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.45%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.66%) Linux
2 8 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 8 (1.81%) Windows
3 6 (1.36%) Unix
3 6 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.13%) CentOS
5 4 (0.90%) Debian
5 4 (0.90%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.68%) Android
6 3 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.68%) Solaris
7 1 (0.23%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (37.56%) AI
2 88 (19.91%) Business Intelligence
3 80 (18.10%) Analytics
4 65 (14.71%) Mentoring
5 63 (14.25%) Agile
5 63 (14.25%) CI/CD
5 63 (14.25%) DevOps
6 62 (14.03%) Software Engineering
7 58 (13.12%) Infrastructure as Code
8 53 (11.99%) Problem-Solving
9 49 (11.09%) Machine Learning
10 48 (10.86%) Cybersecurity
11 44 (9.95%) Data Analytics
12 42 (9.50%) Data Analysis
12 42 (9.50%) Project Management
13 35 (7.92%) Containerisation
14 34 (7.69%) Data Science
15 32 (7.24%) Business Analysis
16 27 (6.11%) Computer Science
16 27 (6.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 181 (40.95%) SQL
2 87 (19.68%) JavaScript
3 54 (12.22%) Java
4 33 (7.47%) R
5 26 (5.88%) PowerShell
6 24 (5.43%) TypeScript
7 18 (4.07%) Go
8 16 (3.62%) Bash
9 15 (3.39%) C
10 12 (2.71%) C#
11 9 (2.04%) Bicep
11 9 (2.04%) C++
12 4 (0.90%) PHP
13 3 (0.68%) ANSI SQL
13 3 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.45%) Scala
14 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.45%) VBA
15 1 (0.23%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 144 (32.58%) Azure Certification
2 65 (14.71%) AWS Certification
3 60 (13.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 51 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 32 (7.24%) Security Cleared
6 30 (6.79%) Degree
7 21 (4.75%) SC Cleared
8 15 (3.39%) DV Cleared
9 11 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.13%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.90%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.90%) PhD
12 3 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.23%) LPIC
14 1 (0.23%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.17%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.26%) QA
3 6 (1.36%) DICOM
4 2 (0.45%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.23%) FINRA
5 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 39 (8.82%) Docker
2 7 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.23%) KVM
5 1 (0.23%) QEMU
5 1 (0.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 65 (14.71%) Terraform
2 46 (10.41%) Kubernetes
3 29 (6.56%) Ansible
4 7 (1.58%) Grafana
5 6 (1.36%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.90%) Puppet
7 3 (0.68%) Podman
7 3 (0.68%) Rancher
8 2 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.45%) AWS Copilot
8 2 (0.45%) BMC PATROL
8 2 (0.45%) Nagios
8 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.23%) Istio
9 1 (0.23%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.23%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 199 (45.02%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.98%) Google
3 10 (2.26%) Red Hat
4 9 (2.04%) Databricks
4 9 (2.04%) VMware
5 6 (1.36%) Atlassian
6 5 (1.13%) SaltStack
7 4 (0.90%) Arista
7 4 (0.90%) Aruba
7 4 (0.90%) NetScout
7 4 (0.90%) Oracle
8 3 (0.68%) Mirantis
8 3 (0.68%) Splunk
9 2 (0.45%) Aderant
9 2 (0.45%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.45%) LogicMonitor
9 2 (0.45%) New Relic
9 2 (0.45%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.45%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.45%) SAP