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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 6 28
Rank change year-on-year -16 +22 -14
Permanent jobs citing Python 590 1,048 505
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.19% 20.48% 5.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.06% 54.44% 19.40%
Number of salaries quoted 387 176 335
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £38,073
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% - -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 1,683 1,925 2,603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.80% 37.62% 28.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,314 808 1,985
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,250 £72,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -7 417 £66,750 +2.69% 178
Merseyside 0 73 £46,588 -11.26% 26
Lancashire -19 70 £47,500 -17.39% 73
Cheshire -46 28 £67,500 +28.57% 48
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 14 (2.37%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.03%) Apache
2 12 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (2.03%) Jupyter
3 9 (1.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 8 (1.36%) WordPress
5 7 (1.19%) Confluence
6 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.68%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.68%) nginx
8 2 (0.34%) IIS
8 2 (0.34%) JBoss
8 2 (0.34%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 83 (14.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.37%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.17%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 257 (43.56%) Azure
2 221 (37.46%) AWS
3 100 (16.95%) Power Platform
4 86 (14.58%) Azure AI
5 75 (12.71%) GCP
6 56 (9.49%) GitHub
7 51 (8.64%) Serverless
8 31 (5.25%) AWS Lambda
9 30 (5.08%) Amazon S3
10 25 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (3.90%) AWS CloudFormation
11 23 (3.90%) SaaS
12 22 (3.73%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (3.39%) Amazon ECS
14 18 (3.05%) dbt
15 15 (2.54%) Cloud Computing
16 14 (2.37%) Datadog
16 14 (2.37%) Snowflake
17 12 (2.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 9 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.22%) Firewall
2 15 (2.54%) Internet
3 10 (1.69%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.36%) DNS
4 8 (1.36%) VPN
5 7 (1.19%) SAN
6 6 (1.02%) BGP
6 6 (1.02%) DHCP
6 6 (1.02%) Network Security
7 5 (0.85%) WAN
8 4 (0.68%) IPsec
8 4 (0.68%) OSPF
8 4 (0.68%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.68%) Wireless
9 3 (0.51%) HTTP
9 3 (0.51%) LAN
9 3 (0.51%) SNMP
10 2 (0.34%) DMZ
10 2 (0.34%) SSL
10 2 (0.34%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (15.76%) Power BI
2 83 (14.07%) Tableau
3 35 (5.93%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (4.92%) SQL Server
5 20 (3.39%) Data Lake
5 20 (3.39%) NoSQL
6 16 (2.71%) Data Mining
7 15 (2.54%) MongoDB
7 15 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (2.37%) DynamoDB
8 14 (2.37%) Relational Database
9 13 (2.20%) Amazon Redshift
9 13 (2.20%) BigQuery
10 11 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (1.86%) Big Data
11 9 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (1.02%) MySQL
13 6 (1.02%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 47 (7.97%) Git
2 27 (4.58%) Jenkins
3 15 (2.54%) JIRA
4 14 (2.37%) GitLab
4 14 (2.37%) Visual Studio Code
5 10 (1.69%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.02%) Maven
7 5 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (0.85%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.68%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.68%) Robot Framework
8 4 (0.68%) Storybook
8 4 (0.68%) Vite
9 3 (0.51%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.34%) MLflow
10 2 (0.34%) Selenium
10 2 (0.34%) Subversion
11 1 (0.17%) Gemini Tracker
11 1 (0.17%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 197 (33.39%) Social Skills
2 113 (19.15%) Finance
3 81 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (4.75%) Retail
5 27 (4.58%) Law
6 23 (3.90%) Public Sector
7 19 (3.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.88%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.37%) Marketing
10 13 (2.20%) Legal
11 10 (1.69%) Multimedia
12 9 (1.53%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.19%) Banking
14 6 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.02%) Electronics
14 6 (1.02%) Police
15 5 (0.85%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.68%) Advertising
16 4 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 140 (23.73%) Senior
2 96 (16.27%) Analyst
3 85 (14.41%) Data Analyst
4 77 (13.05%) Data Engineer
5 73 (12.37%) Developer
6 64 (10.85%) Software Engineer
7 61 (10.34%) Junior
7 61 (10.34%) Junior Analyst
7 61 (10.34%) Junior Data Analyst
8 53 (8.98%) Lead
9 48 (8.14%) Python Engineer
10 38 (6.44%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 36 (6.10%) Trainee
12 35 (5.93%) Senior Data Engineer
13 27 (4.58%) DevOps Engineer
13 27 (4.58%) Python Software Engineer
14 23 (3.90%) Senior Software Engineer
15 20 (3.39%) Architect
15 20 (3.39%) Python Developer
15 20 (3.39%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (7.29%) React
2 38 (6.44%) Node.js
3 33 (5.59%) HTML
4 30 (5.08%) .NET
4 30 (5.08%) Kafka
4 30 (5.08%) Spring
4 30 (5.08%) Spring Boot
5 28 (4.75%) Vue
6 27 (4.58%) FastAPI
7 26 (4.41%) CSS
8 22 (3.73%) AngularJS
8 22 (3.73%) Pandas
9 20 (3.39%) PySpark
10 18 (3.05%) Next.js
10 18 (3.05%) NumPy
10 18 (3.05%) scikit-learn
11 14 (2.37%) React Native
11 14 (2.37%) Ruby on Rails
12 13 (2.20%) REST
13 12 (2.03%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 64 (10.85%) Cloud Native
2 31 (5.25%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (4.07%) Onboarding
4 23 (3.90%) Algorithms
5 15 (2.54%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.37%) AI Agents
7 13 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (1.86%) Mobile App
9 10 (1.69%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.69%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.53%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.53%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.36%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.19%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
12 7 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.02%) Cyberattack
13 6 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (5.42%) Linux
2 16 (2.71%) Windows
3 9 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.19%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.02%) Unix
6 4 (0.68%) CentOS
7 3 (0.51%) Solaris
7 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.34%) Debian
8 2 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.17%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.17%) VMS
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (43.39%) AI
2 145 (24.58%) CI/CD
3 119 (20.17%) DevOps
4 118 (20.00%) Analytics
5 115 (19.49%) Software Engineering
6 106 (17.97%) Infrastructure as Code
7 104 (17.63%) Business Intelligence
8 95 (16.10%) Agile
9 94 (15.93%) Problem-Solving
10 80 (13.56%) Mentoring
11 68 (11.53%) Machine Learning
12 65 (11.02%) Containerisation
13 62 (10.51%) Data Pipeline
14 61 (10.34%) Observability
15 60 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
16 57 (9.66%) Decision-Making
17 56 (9.49%) Test Automation
18 53 (8.98%) Data Engineering
19 51 (8.64%) Microservices
20 50 (8.47%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 239 (40.51%) SQL
2 97 (16.44%) Java
3 73 (12.37%) JavaScript
4 50 (8.47%) TypeScript
5 45 (7.63%) Bash
6 41 (6.95%) PowerShell
7 27 (4.58%) C++
8 26 (4.41%) C#
9 24 (4.07%) Go
9 24 (4.07%) R
10 14 (2.37%) Ruby
11 13 (2.20%) Bicep
12 12 (2.03%) C
13 10 (1.69%) PHP
13 10 (1.69%) Scala
14 7 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (1.02%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
17 3 (0.51%) Shell Script
18 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 106 (17.97%) Azure Certification
2 65 (11.02%) Security Cleared
3 46 (7.80%) Degree
4 34 (5.76%) SC Cleared
5 31 (5.25%) AWS Certification
6 30 (5.08%) DV Cleared
7 27 (4.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 16 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (2.03%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.85%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.68%) MBA
14 3 (0.51%) PhD
15 2 (0.34%) CCIE
15 2 (0.34%) CCNA
15 2 (0.34%) CCNP
16 1 (0.17%) GIAC
16 1 (0.17%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.14%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.05%) QA
3 8 (1.36%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.68%) DICOM
4 4 (0.68%) WCAG
5 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.34%) GDPR
6 2 (0.34%) SLA
7 1 (0.17%) IFRS
7 1 (0.17%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 76 (12.88%) Docker
2 11 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.19%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.17%) KVM
Systems Management
1 114 (19.32%) Terraform
2 68 (11.53%) Kubernetes
3 40 (6.78%) Ansible
4 25 (4.24%) Grafana
5 22 (3.73%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.19%) Puppet
7 5 (0.85%) Istio
7 5 (0.85%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.68%) Argo
8 4 (0.68%) linkerd
8 4 (0.68%) Nagios
9 2 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.34%) Podman
9 2 (0.34%) QRadar
9 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.34%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.17%) AWS Copilot
10 1 (0.17%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.17%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 149 (25.25%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.92%) Databricks
3 25 (4.24%) Google
4 20 (3.39%) Splunk
5 14 (2.37%) Adobe
6 13 (2.20%) HubSpot
6 13 (2.20%) VMware
7 12 (2.03%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.02%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.85%) Oracle
10 4 (0.68%) Cisco
11 3 (0.51%) LogicMonitor
11 3 (0.51%) New Relic
11 3 (0.51%) SAP
11 3 (0.51%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.34%) Alteryx
12 2 (0.34%) F5
12 2 (0.34%) Mirantis
12 2 (0.34%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.34%) SaltStack