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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 25 27
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 -18
Permanent jobs citing Python 447 249 546
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.74% 6.95% 6.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.03% 23.74% 19.72%
Number of salaries quoted 298 203 376
10th Percentile £28,250 £38,850 £36,120
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% +13.04% -8.73%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £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 1,207 1,049 2,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.80% 29.29% 31.22%
Number of salaries quoted 963 850 2,334
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £89,750 £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 10 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 10 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 -9 278 £65,000 -3.70% 144
Merseyside +21 75 £40,000 -27.27% 23
Lancashire +20 62 £47,500 -7.37% 61
Cheshire -35 19 £52,500 -4.55% 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 (3.58%) WordPress
2 13 (2.91%) Jupyter
3 12 (2.68%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.79%) Apache
4 8 (1.79%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.89%) 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 (0.22%) CMS
Applications
1 106 (23.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.91%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 247 (55.26%) Azure
2 185 (41.39%) AWS
3 90 (20.13%) Power Platform
4 86 (19.24%) Azure AI
5 68 (15.21%) GitHub
6 59 (13.20%) GCP
7 30 (6.71%) Serverless
8 20 (4.47%) Cloud Computing
9 17 (3.80%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (3.13%) SaaS
11 13 (2.91%) dbt
12 10 (2.24%) Amazon ECS
12 10 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (2.01%) Amazon EKS
13 9 (2.01%) Entra ID
14 8 (1.79%) Amazon S3
14 8 (1.79%) Datadog
14 8 (1.79%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 56 (12.53%) Internet
2 15 (3.36%) Firewall
3 7 (1.57%) DNS
4 6 (1.34%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.12%) AMQP
6 4 (0.89%) DHCP
6 4 (0.89%) NGFW
6 4 (0.89%) SAN
6 4 (0.89%) VPN
6 4 (0.89%) VXLAN
6 4 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.89%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.67%) HTTP
8 2 (0.45%) Network Security
8 2 (0.45%) SSL
9 1 (0.22%) LAN
9 1 (0.22%) LTE
9 1 (0.22%) SNMP
9 1 (0.22%) TCAP
9 1 (0.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (24.16%) Tableau
2 85 (19.02%) Power BI
3 35 (7.83%) Data Mining
4 26 (5.82%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (5.15%) MongoDB
6 18 (4.03%) NoSQL
7 12 (2.68%) SQL Server
8 11 (2.46%) BigQuery
9 10 (2.24%) Data Lake
10 9 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (2.01%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.79%) Hadoop
12 7 (1.57%) Big Data
12 7 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.57%) DynamoDB
13 6 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.34%) MySQL
13 6 (1.34%) Semantic Layer
14 5 (1.12%) Cloudera CDH
14 5 (1.12%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 78 (17.45%) Git
2 17 (3.80%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.68%) Visual Studio Code
4 7 (1.57%) GitLab
5 6 (1.34%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.89%) JIRA
6 4 (0.89%) Selenium
7 3 (0.67%) 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 (0.22%) JMeter
9 1 (0.22%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.22%) Locust
9 1 (0.22%) MLflow
9 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
General
1 141 (31.54%) Social Skills
2 79 (17.67%) Finance
3 66 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (10.74%) Multimedia
5 26 (5.82%) Retail
6 20 (4.47%) Public Sector
7 14 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (2.91%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.01%) Law
9 9 (2.01%) Legal
10 8 (1.79%) Banking
11 6 (1.34%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.12%) Police
13 4 (0.89%) Italian Language
13 4 (0.89%) Spanish Language
14 3 (0.67%) French Language
14 3 (0.67%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.67%) Marketing
14 3 (0.67%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 110 (24.61%) Analyst
2 105 (23.49%) Data Analyst
3 92 (20.58%) Trainee
4 73 (16.33%) Junior
4 73 (16.33%) Junior Analyst
4 73 (16.33%) Junior Data Analyst
5 69 (15.44%) Senior
6 50 (11.19%) Developer
7 45 (10.07%) Software Engineer
8 38 (8.50%) Python Engineer
9 35 (7.83%) Lead
10 32 (7.16%) Data Engineer
10 32 (7.16%) Trainee Analyst
10 32 (7.16%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 19 (4.25%) Software Developer
12 18 (4.03%) Trainee Developer
13 17 (3.80%) Trainee Software Developer
14 16 (3.58%) Administrator
14 16 (3.58%) Trainee Administrator
14 16 (3.58%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (13.20%) HTML
2 56 (12.53%) CSS
3 31 (6.94%) .NET
4 29 (6.49%) React
5 22 (4.92%) Node.js
6 19 (4.25%) Pandas
7 17 (3.80%) scikit-learn
8 16 (3.58%) Django
8 16 (3.58%) NumPy
9 13 (2.91%) FastAPI
9 13 (2.91%) Hugging Face
10 12 (2.68%) Matplotlib
10 12 (2.68%) Streamlit
11 11 (2.46%) AngularJS
11 11 (2.46%) Flask
11 11 (2.46%) PyTorch
12 10 (2.24%) REST
13 9 (2.01%) PySpark
13 9 (2.01%) RESTful
14 8 (1.79%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.05%) Cloud Native
2 22 (4.92%) Algorithms
3 10 (2.24%) Low-Code
3 10 (2.24%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.24%) Onboarding
4 9 (2.01%) Data Centre
5 8 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (1.79%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.57%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.57%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.34%) PACS
8 5 (1.12%) Cyberattack
8 5 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (0.89%) PKI
10 3 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.45%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.45%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.59%) Linux
2 9 (2.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (1.57%) Windows
4 6 (1.34%) CentOS
5 5 (1.12%) Debian
5 5 (1.12%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.12%) Unix
5 5 (1.12%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.67%) Android
6 3 (0.67%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.67%) Solaris
7 1 (0.22%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (37.58%) AI
2 87 (19.46%) Business Intelligence
3 81 (18.12%) Analytics
4 65 (14.54%) DevOps
4 65 (14.54%) Mentoring
5 64 (14.32%) CI/CD
5 64 (14.32%) Software Engineering
6 63 (14.09%) Agile
7 59 (13.20%) Infrastructure as Code
8 52 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
9 49 (10.96%) Cybersecurity
10 48 (10.74%) Machine Learning
11 44 (9.84%) Data Analytics
12 42 (9.40%) Data Analysis
12 42 (9.40%) Project Management
13 37 (8.28%) Containerisation
14 35 (7.83%) Data Science
15 32 (7.16%) Business Analysis
16 28 (6.26%) Computer Science
17 27 (6.04%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 183 (40.94%) SQL
2 88 (19.69%) JavaScript
3 54 (12.08%) Java
4 33 (7.38%) R
5 26 (5.82%) PowerShell
6 24 (5.37%) TypeScript
7 18 (4.03%) Go
8 15 (3.36%) Bash
8 15 (3.36%) C
9 11 (2.46%) C#
10 9 (2.01%) Bicep
10 9 (2.01%) C++
11 4 (0.89%) PHP
12 3 (0.67%) ANSI SQL
12 3 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.45%) Scala
13 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.45%) VBA
14 1 (0.22%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 144 (32.21%) Azure Certification
2 65 (14.54%) AWS Certification
3 60 (13.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 51 (11.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 31 (6.94%) Degree
6 30 (6.71%) Security Cleared
7 20 (4.47%) SC Cleared
8 14 (3.13%) DV Cleared
9 12 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.12%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.89%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.89%) PhD
12 3 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.22%) LPIC
14 1 (0.22%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.36%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.24%) QA
3 6 (1.34%) DICOM
4 2 (0.45%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.22%) FINRA
5 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 41 (9.17%) Docker
2 7 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.22%) KVM
5 1 (0.22%) QEMU
5 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 66 (14.77%) Terraform
2 50 (11.19%) Kubernetes
3 30 (6.71%) Ansible
4 7 (1.57%) Grafana
5 6 (1.34%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.12%) Puppet
7 3 (0.67%) Podman
7 3 (0.67%) Rancher
8 2 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.45%) Nagios
8 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.22%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.22%) BMC PATROL
9 1 (0.22%) Istio
9 1 (0.22%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.22%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 200 (44.74%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.92%) Google
3 11 (2.46%) Red Hat
4 10 (2.24%) Databricks
5 9 (2.01%) VMware
6 6 (1.34%) SaltStack
7 5 (1.12%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.89%) Arista
8 4 (0.89%) Aruba
8 4 (0.89%) NetScout
9 3 (0.67%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.67%) Mirantis
9 3 (0.67%) Oracle
9 3 (0.67%) Splunk
10 2 (0.45%) Aderant
10 2 (0.45%) LogicMonitor
10 2 (0.45%) New Relic
10 2 (0.45%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.45%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.22%) UiPath