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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 5 26
Rank change year-on-year -25 +21 -12
Permanent jobs citing Python 552 1,026 433
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.27% 19.56% 5.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.98% 57.19% 21.61%
Number of salaries quoted 354 162 211
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £44,438 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,125 £85,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year 0.00% -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 1,782 1,794 2,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.78% 34.20% 26.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,367 686 1,167
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,234 £41,938 £43,710
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -0.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,250 £78,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 October 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 October 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 -10 434 £67,500 +12.50% 460
Lancashire -35 46 £64,653 +12.44% 70
Merseyside -23 39 £75,000 +36.36% 37
Cheshire -49 26 £71,250 +35.71% 63
Cumbria -6 2 £62,500 -8.09% 12
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 23 (4.17%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (3.99%) Apache
3 18 (3.26%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 7 (1.27%) Confluence
6 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.72%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.54%) IIS
8 3 (0.54%) nginx
9 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.18%) JBoss
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.18%) SAS
9 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 30 (5.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.72%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.18%) Odoo
2 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 203 (36.78%) AWS
2 196 (35.51%) Azure
3 75 (13.59%) GitHub
4 71 (12.86%) GCP
5 58 (10.51%) Power Platform
6 48 (8.70%) Serverless
7 37 (6.70%) AWS Lambda
8 33 (5.98%) Azure AI
9 32 (5.80%) Amazon S3
10 31 (5.62%) SaaS
11 30 (5.43%) Snowflake
12 29 (5.25%) GitHub Actions
13 28 (5.07%) AWS CloudFormation
13 28 (5.07%) Azure DevOps
14 27 (4.89%) dbt
15 20 (3.62%) Amazon ECS
16 13 (2.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 13 (2.36%) OpenShift
17 11 (1.99%) Azure Monitor
18 10 (1.81%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.35%) Firewall
2 20 (3.62%) DNS
3 14 (2.54%) TCP/IP
4 12 (2.17%) VPN
5 11 (1.99%) Network Security
6 10 (1.81%) WAN
7 9 (1.63%) DHCP
8 7 (1.27%) BGP
8 7 (1.27%) SD-WAN
8 7 (1.27%) Wireless
9 6 (1.09%) LAN
9 6 (1.09%) SAN
10 5 (0.91%) BIG-IP
10 5 (0.91%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 5 (0.91%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 5 (0.91%) OSPF
11 4 (0.72%) Internet
11 4 (0.72%) IPsec
11 4 (0.72%) SNMP
11 4 (0.72%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (9.60%) Power BI
2 43 (7.79%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (5.25%) SQL Server
4 22 (3.99%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (3.99%) Tableau
5 19 (3.44%) Amazon Redshift
5 19 (3.44%) Data Lake
5 19 (3.44%) DynamoDB
6 18 (3.26%) NoSQL
7 17 (3.08%) MongoDB
8 15 (2.72%) Relational Database
9 13 (2.36%) Big Data
9 13 (2.36%) BigQuery
10 12 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (1.27%) Power Query
12 7 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (1.09%) MySQL
13 6 (1.09%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 47 (8.51%) Git
2 34 (6.16%) GitLab
3 29 (5.25%) Jenkins
4 21 (3.80%) JIRA
5 9 (1.63%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.09%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.09%) Maven
7 5 (0.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.72%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.72%) Robot Framework
8 4 (0.72%) Storybook
8 4 (0.72%) Vite
9 3 (0.54%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.36%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.18%) Mocha
11 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.18%) Selenium
11 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.18%) Subversion
General
1 176 (31.88%) Social Skills
2 92 (16.67%) Finance
3 77 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 27 (4.89%) Law
5 24 (4.35%) Legal
6 19 (3.44%) Marketing
6 19 (3.44%) Public Sector
7 17 (3.08%) Retail
8 14 (2.54%) Aerospace
9 9 (1.63%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.27%) Banking
10 7 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.09%) Local Government
12 5 (0.91%) Games
13 4 (0.72%) Advertising
13 4 (0.72%) Automotive
13 4 (0.72%) Publishing
14 3 (0.54%) Electronics
14 3 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 168 (30.43%) Senior
2 87 (15.76%) Developer
3 80 (14.49%) Data Engineer
4 70 (12.68%) Software Engineer
5 50 (9.06%) Python Engineer
6 47 (8.51%) Analyst
7 44 (7.97%) DevOps Engineer
8 40 (7.25%) Lead
9 38 (6.88%) Senior Data Engineer
10 31 (5.62%) Senior Software Engineer
11 29 (5.25%) Python Software Engineer
12 28 (5.07%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 28 (5.07%) Data Analyst
13 26 (4.71%) Python Developer
14 25 (4.53%) Senior Developer
14 25 (4.53%) Software Developer
15 19 (3.44%) Junior
16 17 (3.08%) AWS Engineer
16 17 (3.08%) Cloud Engineer
16 17 (3.08%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (25.00%) Terraform
2 56 (10.14%) React
3 40 (7.25%) Spring
3 40 (7.25%) Spring Boot
4 35 (6.34%) Node.js
5 29 (5.25%) Vue
6 28 (5.07%) FastAPI
7 27 (4.89%) Kafka
8 25 (4.53%) AngularJS
9 22 (3.99%) .NET
9 22 (3.99%) PySpark
9 22 (3.99%) REST
10 19 (3.44%) HTML
10 19 (3.44%) Next.js
11 16 (2.90%) CSS
12 14 (2.54%) React Native
12 14 (2.54%) Ruby on Rails
13 13 (2.36%) LangChain
14 10 (1.81%) Flask
15 7 (1.27%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 72 (13.04%) Cloud Native
2 36 (6.52%) Onboarding
3 33 (5.98%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (3.80%) Product Ownership
5 16 (2.90%) AI Agents
5 16 (2.90%) Data Centre
6 11 (1.99%) Marketing Technology
6 11 (1.99%) Mobile App
6 11 (1.99%) Public Cloud
7 10 (1.81%) Data Structures
7 10 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.81%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.45%) Life Science
10 6 (1.09%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.09%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.09%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (0.91%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 53 (9.60%) Linux
2 28 (5.07%) Windows
3 17 (3.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (1.63%) Unix
4 9 (1.63%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.27%) CentOS
6 5 (0.91%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.54%) CoreOS
7 3 (0.54%) Debian
7 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.36%) AIX
8 2 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.36%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.36%) Solaris
9 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (40.76%) AI
2 183 (33.15%) CI/CD
3 141 (25.54%) Software Engineering
4 139 (25.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 135 (24.46%) DevOps
6 128 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
7 116 (21.01%) Analytics
8 113 (20.47%) Agile
9 89 (16.12%) Mentoring
10 76 (13.77%) Observability
11 74 (13.41%) Containerisation
12 73 (13.22%) Data Pipeline
13 70 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
13 70 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
14 64 (11.59%) Data Engineering
14 64 (11.59%) Decision-Making
15 62 (11.23%) Test Automation
16 59 (10.69%) Machine Learning
16 59 (10.69%) Platform Engineering
17 52 (9.42%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 210 (38.04%) SQL
2 110 (19.93%) Java
3 72 (13.04%) JavaScript
4 68 (12.32%) Bash
4 68 (12.32%) TypeScript
5 48 (8.70%) PowerShell
6 30 (5.43%) Go
7 27 (4.89%) C#
8 22 (3.99%) C++
9 21 (3.80%) R
10 15 (2.72%) Ruby
11 14 (2.54%) Bicep
12 13 (2.36%) C
13 12 (2.17%) PHP
13 12 (2.17%) Scala
14 11 (1.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (1.27%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.27%) T-SQL
16 6 (1.09%) Rust
17 5 (0.91%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 92 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 62 (11.23%) Degree
3 45 (8.15%) DV Cleared
3 45 (8.15%) SC Cleared
4 42 (7.61%) Azure Certification
5 21 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.26%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.99%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.91%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (0.91%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.72%) CCNA
11 4 (0.72%) MBA
12 3 (0.54%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.54%) RHCE
12 3 (0.54%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.36%) MCSE
13 2 (0.36%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (12.14%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.26%) QA
3 12 (2.17%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.72%) SLA
4 4 (0.72%) WCAG
5 3 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.54%) GDPR
5 3 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.18%) IFRS
6 1 (0.18%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 98 (17.75%) Docker
2 12 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.99%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.72%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.36%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.36%) vSphere
7 1 (0.18%) KVM
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 92 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 58 (10.51%) Ansible
3 23 (4.17%) Grafana
4 20 (3.62%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.54%) Puppet
6 7 (1.27%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.09%) Argo
8 5 (0.91%) Podman
9 4 (0.72%) Istio
9 4 (0.72%) linkerd
10 3 (0.54%) McAfee ePO
10 3 (0.54%) Nagios
10 3 (0.54%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.36%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.36%) QRadar
11 2 (0.36%) SolarWinds Orion
11 2 (0.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.36%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 78 (14.13%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.25%) Databricks
3 32 (5.80%) Google
4 24 (4.35%) Splunk
5 18 (3.26%) Red Hat
6 14 (2.54%) Adobe
7 13 (2.36%) Oracle
7 13 (2.36%) VMware
8 11 (1.99%) HubSpot
9 8 (1.45%) Cisco
9 8 (1.45%) New Relic
9 8 (1.45%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.27%) F5
11 6 (1.09%) Mistral
12 5 (0.91%) Alteryx
12 5 (0.91%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.72%) NEC
14 3 (0.54%) IBM
14 3 (0.54%) McAfee
14 3 (0.54%) SAP