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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 6 28
Rank change year-on-year -16 +22 -14
Permanent jobs citing Python 589 1,050 582
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.27% 20.48% 5.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.14% 54.52% 19.41%
Number of salaries quoted 386 179 399
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,650 £37,953
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £81,875 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -6.67%

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 1,676 1,926 2,998
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.99% 37.57% 28.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,314 811 2,339
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,500 £34,400
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -3.69%
75th Percentile £75,250 £72,777 £68,750
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 10 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 10 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 -8 410 £66,750 +2.69% 130
Lancashire -15 75 £47,500 -13.64% 62
Merseyside +5 74 £45,794 -8.41% 27
Cheshire -48 27 £67,500 +28.57% 28
Cumbria -24 1 £85,000 +17.24% 2
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 (2.38%) Apache Spark
2 13 (2.21%) Apache
3 12 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (2.04%) Jupyter
4 8 (1.36%) WordPress
5 7 (1.19%) Confluence
6 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.68%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.51%) nginx
10 2 (0.34%) IIS
10 2 (0.34%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.17%) JBoss
Applications
1 88 (14.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.38%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 270 (45.84%) Azure
2 220 (37.35%) AWS
3 102 (17.32%) Power Platform
4 90 (15.28%) Azure AI
5 74 (12.56%) GCP
6 58 (9.85%) GitHub
7 52 (8.83%) Serverless
8 31 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
9 29 (4.92%) Amazon S3
10 25 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (4.07%) AWS CloudFormation
12 22 (3.74%) GitHub Actions
13 21 (3.57%) SaaS
14 20 (3.40%) Amazon ECS
15 18 (3.06%) Cloud Computing
16 15 (2.55%) dbt
17 13 (2.21%) Datadog
18 12 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 12 (2.04%) Snowflake
19 10 (1.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.90%) Firewall
2 15 (2.55%) Internet
3 9 (1.53%) TCP/IP
3 9 (1.53%) VPN
4 8 (1.36%) DNS
4 8 (1.36%) SAN
5 7 (1.19%) Network Security
6 6 (1.02%) BGP
6 6 (1.02%) DHCP
6 6 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (1.02%) Wireshark
7 5 (0.85%) WAN
8 4 (0.68%) IPsec
8 4 (0.68%) NGFW
8 4 (0.68%) OSPF
8 4 (0.68%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.68%) VXLAN
8 4 (0.68%) Wireless
9 3 (0.51%) AMQP
9 3 (0.51%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (16.13%) Power BI
2 87 (14.77%) Tableau
3 30 (5.09%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (4.58%) SQL Server
5 21 (3.57%) NoSQL
6 20 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (3.23%) Data Lake
8 17 (2.89%) Data Mining
8 17 (2.89%) MongoDB
9 16 (2.72%) Relational Database
10 15 (2.55%) DynamoDB
11 11 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (1.87%) Big Data
12 10 (1.70%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (1.70%) BigQuery
13 9 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (1.19%) MySQL
14 7 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 49 (8.32%) Git
2 27 (4.58%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.38%) GitLab
4 13 (2.21%) JIRA
5 12 (2.04%) Visual Studio Code
6 8 (1.36%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.02%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.68%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.68%) Robot Framework
9 4 (0.68%) Vite
10 3 (0.51%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.51%) Selenium
11 2 (0.34%) Maven
11 2 (0.34%) MLflow
11 2 (0.34%) Postman
12 1 (0.17%) Gemini Tracker
12 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 191 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 109 (18.51%) Finance
3 82 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (5.26%) Retail
5 27 (4.58%) Law
6 26 (4.41%) Public Sector
7 19 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.89%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.21%) Marketing
10 10 (1.70%) Aerospace
10 10 (1.70%) Legal
10 10 (1.70%) Multimedia
11 6 (1.02%) Banking
11 6 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.02%) Electronics
11 6 (1.02%) Police
12 5 (0.85%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.68%) Advertising
13 4 (0.68%) Games
13 4 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 128 (21.73%) Senior
2 100 (16.98%) Analyst
3 89 (15.11%) Data Analyst
4 72 (12.22%) Data Engineer
5 66 (11.21%) Developer
6 65 (11.04%) Junior
6 65 (11.04%) Junior Analyst
6 65 (11.04%) Junior Data Analyst
7 64 (10.87%) Software Engineer
8 53 (9.00%) Lead
9 45 (7.64%) Python Engineer
10 38 (6.45%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 37 (6.28%) Trainee
12 33 (5.60%) Senior Data Engineer
13 24 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
13 24 (4.07%) Python Software Engineer
14 20 (3.40%) Architect
14 20 (3.40%) Senior Software Engineer
15 19 (3.23%) Python Developer
16 18 (3.06%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (7.98%) React
2 35 (5.94%) Node.js
3 30 (5.09%) .NET
3 30 (5.09%) Spring
3 30 (5.09%) Spring Boot
4 29 (4.92%) FastAPI
4 29 (4.92%) HTML
4 29 (4.92%) Kafka
4 29 (4.92%) Vue
5 24 (4.07%) CSS
6 22 (3.74%) Pandas
7 20 (3.40%) AngularJS
8 18 (3.06%) Next.js
8 18 (3.06%) NumPy
8 18 (3.06%) PySpark
8 18 (3.06%) scikit-learn
9 16 (2.72%) REST
10 14 (2.38%) React Native
10 14 (2.38%) Ruby on Rails
11 12 (2.04%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 68 (11.54%) Cloud Native
2 30 (5.09%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (4.58%) Onboarding
4 26 (4.41%) Algorithms
5 16 (2.72%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.55%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.38%) AI Agents
7 14 (2.38%) Product Ownership
8 13 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (1.87%) Mobile App
9 11 (1.87%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.36%) Marketing Technology
11 7 (1.19%) Driving Licence
11 7 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.19%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
12 6 (1.02%) Cyberattack
12 6 (1.02%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.92%) Linux
2 14 (2.38%) Windows
3 10 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.19%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.85%) CentOS
6 4 (0.68%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.68%) Unix
7 3 (0.51%) Android
7 3 (0.51%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.51%) Debian
7 3 (0.51%) Solaris
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
1 257 (43.63%) AI
2 140 (23.77%) CI/CD
3 124 (21.05%) Analytics
4 116 (19.69%) DevOps
5 110 (18.68%) Software Engineering
6 106 (18.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 104 (17.66%) Business Intelligence
8 100 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
9 97 (16.47%) Agile
10 81 (13.75%) Mentoring
11 74 (12.56%) Machine Learning
12 65 (11.04%) Containerisation
13 60 (10.19%) Data Pipeline
14 58 (9.85%) Observability
15 55 (9.34%) Continuous Improvement
16 54 (9.17%) Test Automation
17 53 (9.00%) Microservices
18 52 (8.83%) Decision-Making
19 51 (8.66%) Event-Driven
20 48 (8.15%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 239 (40.58%) SQL
2 95 (16.13%) Java
3 75 (12.73%) JavaScript
4 48 (8.15%) TypeScript
5 42 (7.13%) PowerShell
6 40 (6.79%) Bash
7 26 (4.41%) C++
8 24 (4.07%) C#
8 24 (4.07%) R
9 20 (3.40%) Go
10 14 (2.38%) Bicep
10 14 (2.38%) Ruby
11 13 (2.21%) C
12 10 (1.70%) Scala
13 8 (1.36%) PHP
14 7 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (1.02%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
17 1 (0.17%) Groovy
17 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 113 (19.19%) Azure Certification
2 68 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 50 (8.49%) Degree
4 35 (5.94%) SC Cleared
5 32 (5.43%) AWS Certification
5 32 (5.43%) DV Cleared
6 27 (4.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 17 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.87%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.36%) DBS Check
11 7 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.51%) MBA
13 3 (0.51%) PhD
14 2 (0.34%) CCIE
14 2 (0.34%) CCNA
14 2 (0.34%) CCNP
14 2 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
15 1 (0.17%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.81%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.23%) QA
3 6 (1.02%) DICOM
4 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.34%) SLA
5 1 (0.17%) GDPR
5 1 (0.17%) IFRS
5 1 (0.17%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 76 (12.90%) Docker
2 11 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.19%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.17%) KVM
Systems Management
1 120 (20.37%) Terraform
2 69 (11.71%) Kubernetes
3 44 (7.47%) Ansible
4 19 (3.23%) Grafana
5 18 (3.06%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.02%) Puppet
7 4 (0.68%) Argo
7 4 (0.68%) Istio
8 3 (0.51%) linkerd
8 3 (0.51%) Nagios
9 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.34%) Podman
9 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
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%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.17%) Rancher
10 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 157 (26.66%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.92%) Databricks
3 24 (4.07%) Google
4 16 (2.72%) Splunk
5 14 (2.38%) VMware
6 13 (2.21%) HubSpot
7 12 (2.04%) Red Hat
8 9 (1.53%) Adobe
9 6 (1.02%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.85%) Oracle
11 4 (0.68%) Arista
11 4 (0.68%) Aruba
11 4 (0.68%) Cisco
11 4 (0.68%) NetScout
12 3 (0.51%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.51%) LogicMonitor
12 3 (0.51%) SaltStack
12 3 (0.51%) SAP
13 2 (0.34%) Palo Alto
13 2 (0.34%) Zscaler