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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 6 29
Rank change year-on-year -16 +23 -15
Permanent jobs citing Python 587 1,047 530
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.15% 20.44% 5.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.90% 54.79% 19.56%
Number of salaries quoted 387 176 351
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £38,084
25th Percentile £45,625 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £79,063 £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 1,682 1,911 2,710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.77% 37.30% 28.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,320 797 2,069
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 £90,250 £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 21 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 21 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 -8 412 £66,750 +2.69% 132
Merseyside +4 72 £46,588 -11.26% 26
Lancashire -20 72 £47,500 -17.39% 31
Cheshire -41 29 £67,500 +25.58% 40
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 (2.39%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (2.04%) Jupyter
3 11 (1.87%) Apache
4 8 (1.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 8 (1.36%) WordPress
5 7 (1.19%) Confluence
6 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.68%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.51%) nginx
9 2 (0.34%) IIS
9 2 (0.34%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.17%) JBoss
10 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 83 (14.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.39%) 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
1 260 (44.29%) Azure
2 218 (37.14%) AWS
3 99 (16.87%) Power Platform
4 86 (14.65%) Azure AI
5 73 (12.44%) GCP
6 55 (9.37%) GitHub
7 50 (8.52%) Serverless
8 30 (5.11%) AWS Lambda
9 29 (4.94%) Amazon S3
10 25 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (3.92%) SaaS
12 22 (3.75%) AWS CloudFormation
12 22 (3.75%) GitHub Actions
13 19 (3.24%) Amazon ECS
14 17 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
15 16 (2.73%) dbt
16 13 (2.21%) Datadog
16 13 (2.21%) Snowflake
17 12 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 9 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.58%) Firewall
2 15 (2.56%) Internet
3 9 (1.53%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.36%) VPN
5 7 (1.19%) DNS
5 7 (1.19%) SAN
6 6 (1.02%) BGP
6 6 (1.02%) Network Security
7 5 (0.85%) DHCP
8 4 (0.68%) IPsec
8 4 (0.68%) OSPF
8 4 (0.68%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.68%) WAN
8 4 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.68%) Wireless
8 4 (0.68%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.51%) HTTP
9 3 (0.51%) SNMP
10 2 (0.34%) Bluetooth
10 2 (0.34%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (15.67%) Power BI
2 82 (13.97%) Tableau
3 32 (5.45%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (4.77%) SQL Server
5 19 (3.24%) Data Lake
5 19 (3.24%) NoSQL
6 16 (2.73%) Data Mining
6 16 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (2.56%) Relational Database
8 14 (2.39%) DynamoDB
8 14 (2.39%) MongoDB
9 11 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
9 11 (1.87%) Amazon Redshift
9 11 (1.87%) Big Data
9 11 (1.87%) BigQuery
10 9 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
11 7 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (1.02%) MySQL
12 6 (1.02%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 44 (7.50%) Git
2 25 (4.26%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.39%) JIRA
4 13 (2.21%) GitLab
4 13 (2.21%) Visual Studio Code
5 8 (1.36%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (0.85%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.85%) Maven
7 4 (0.68%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.68%) Robot Framework
7 4 (0.68%) Vite
8 3 (0.51%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.51%) Storybook
9 2 (0.34%) MLflow
9 2 (0.34%) Selenium
10 1 (0.17%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.17%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.17%) Subversion
General
1 193 (32.88%) Social Skills
2 112 (19.08%) Finance
3 81 (13.80%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (4.77%) Retail
5 27 (4.60%) Law
6 25 (4.26%) Public Sector
7 19 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.90%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.21%) Marketing
10 12 (2.04%) Legal
11 10 (1.70%) 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%) Games
16 4 (0.68%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 137 (23.34%) Senior
2 95 (16.18%) Analyst
3 84 (14.31%) Data Analyst
4 74 (12.61%) Data Engineer
5 73 (12.44%) Developer
6 64 (10.90%) Software Engineer
7 61 (10.39%) Junior
7 61 (10.39%) Junior Analyst
7 61 (10.39%) Junior Data Analyst
8 53 (9.03%) Lead
9 47 (8.01%) Python Engineer
10 38 (6.47%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 36 (6.13%) Trainee
12 34 (5.79%) Senior Data Engineer
13 27 (4.60%) DevOps Engineer
14 26 (4.43%) Python Software Engineer
15 22 (3.75%) Senior Software Engineer
16 21 (3.58%) Python Developer
17 20 (3.41%) Architect
18 19 (3.24%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (7.67%) React
2 37 (6.30%) Node.js
3 33 (5.62%) HTML
4 32 (5.45%) .NET
5 30 (5.11%) Kafka
5 30 (5.11%) Spring
5 30 (5.11%) Spring Boot
6 28 (4.77%) FastAPI
6 28 (4.77%) Vue
7 26 (4.43%) CSS
8 22 (3.75%) AngularJS
8 22 (3.75%) Pandas
9 19 (3.24%) PySpark
10 18 (3.07%) Next.js
10 18 (3.07%) NumPy
10 18 (3.07%) scikit-learn
11 14 (2.39%) React Native
11 14 (2.39%) Ruby on Rails
12 13 (2.21%) REST
13 12 (2.04%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 65 (11.07%) Cloud Native
2 31 (5.28%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (4.43%) Onboarding
4 25 (4.26%) Algorithms
5 15 (2.56%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.39%) AI Agents
7 13 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (2.04%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.87%) Mobile App
9 11 (1.87%) Product Ownership
10 10 (1.70%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.53%) Marketing Technology
12 7 (1.19%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.19%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
13 6 (1.02%) Cyberattack
13 6 (1.02%) Data Structures
13 6 (1.02%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 30 (5.11%) Linux
2 14 (2.39%) Windows
3 8 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.02%) Unix
4 6 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.51%) CentOS
5 3 (0.51%) Solaris
5 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.34%) Android
6 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.34%) Debian
6 2 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (43.44%) AI
2 143 (24.36%) CI/CD
3 119 (20.27%) Analytics
3 119 (20.27%) DevOps
4 115 (19.59%) Software Engineering
5 103 (17.55%) Infrastructure as Code
6 101 (17.21%) Business Intelligence
7 97 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
8 94 (16.01%) Agile
9 83 (14.14%) Mentoring
10 70 (11.93%) Machine Learning
11 65 (11.07%) Containerisation
12 61 (10.39%) Observability
13 60 (10.22%) Data Pipeline
14 59 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
15 55 (9.37%) Test Automation
16 54 (9.20%) Decision-Making
17 52 (8.86%) Microservices
18 50 (8.52%) Data Engineering
18 50 (8.52%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 237 (40.37%) SQL
2 97 (16.52%) Java
3 75 (12.78%) JavaScript
4 51 (8.69%) TypeScript
5 42 (7.16%) Bash
6 41 (6.98%) PowerShell
7 26 (4.43%) C#
7 26 (4.43%) C++
8 24 (4.09%) R
9 22 (3.75%) Go
10 14 (2.39%) Ruby
11 13 (2.21%) Bicep
12 12 (2.04%) C
13 10 (1.70%) PHP
13 10 (1.70%) Scala
14 7 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (1.02%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
17 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
18 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 107 (18.23%) Azure Certification
2 67 (11.41%) Security Cleared
3 48 (8.18%) Degree
4 34 (5.79%) SC Cleared
5 31 (5.28%) AWS Certification
5 31 (5.28%) DV Cleared
6 27 (4.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 16 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.04%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.19%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.68%) MBA
12 3 (0.51%) PhD
13 2 (0.34%) CCIE
13 2 (0.34%) CCNA
13 2 (0.34%) CCNP
14 1 (0.17%) ACCA
14 1 (0.17%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.84%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.07%) QA
3 6 (1.02%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.85%) DICOM
5 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.51%) WCAG
6 2 (0.34%) SLA
7 1 (0.17%) GDPR
7 1 (0.17%) IFRS
7 1 (0.17%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 76 (12.95%) Docker
2 11 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.02%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.17%) KVM
Systems Management
1 115 (19.59%) Terraform
2 67 (11.41%) Kubernetes
3 41 (6.98%) Ansible
4 24 (4.09%) Grafana
5 21 (3.58%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.85%) Puppet
7 4 (0.68%) Argo
7 4 (0.68%) Istio
8 3 (0.51%) linkerd
8 3 (0.51%) Nagios
8 3 (0.51%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.34%) Podman
9 2 (0.34%) QRadar
9 2 (0.34%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.17%) AWS Copilot
10 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 150 (25.55%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.94%) Databricks
3 24 (4.09%) Google
4 19 (3.24%) Splunk
5 13 (2.21%) Adobe
5 13 (2.21%) HubSpot
5 13 (2.21%) VMware
6 10 (1.70%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.02%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.85%) Oracle
9 4 (0.68%) Cisco
10 3 (0.51%) LogicMonitor
10 3 (0.51%) SAP
10 3 (0.51%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.34%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.34%) Arista
11 2 (0.34%) Aruba
11 2 (0.34%) F5
11 2 (0.34%) NEC
11 2 (0.34%) Zscaler