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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 6 28
Rank change year-on-year -16 +22 -14
Permanent jobs citing Python 588 1,046 580
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.21% 20.34% 5.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.29% 54.54% 19.55%
Number of salaries quoted 385 175 394
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £38,084
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 £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £94,511 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -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 1,666 1,918 2,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.76% 37.29% 28.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,302 805 2,304
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -0.04%
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 15 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 15 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 -9 411 £66,750 +2.69% 173
Lancashire -16 75 £47,500 -13.64% 109
Merseyside +7 73 £46,588 -6.82% 44
Cheshire -48 27 £67,500 +25.58% 50
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 15 (2.55%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.04%) Apache
2 12 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (2.04%) Jupyter
3 8 (1.36%) WordPress
4 7 (1.19%) Confluence
5 6 (1.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
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 87 (14.80%) 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%) NEC Housing
1 1 (0.17%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 269 (45.75%) Azure
2 220 (37.41%) AWS
3 102 (17.35%) Power Platform
4 90 (15.31%) Azure AI
5 72 (12.24%) GCP
6 55 (9.35%) GitHub
7 51 (8.67%) Serverless
8 31 (5.27%) AWS Lambda
9 29 (4.93%) Amazon S3
10 25 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (4.08%) AWS CloudFormation
12 23 (3.91%) SaaS
13 22 (3.74%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (3.23%) 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 9 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.57%) Firewall
2 15 (2.55%) Internet
3 9 (1.53%) 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
7 5 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.85%) Wireshark
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%) AMQP
9 3 (0.51%) NGFW
9 3 (0.51%) SNMP
9 3 (0.51%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (16.16%) Power BI
2 86 (14.63%) Tableau
3 30 (5.10%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (4.59%) SQL Server
5 20 (3.40%) NoSQL
6 19 (3.23%) Data Lake
7 18 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (2.72%) Data Mining
9 15 (2.55%) DynamoDB
9 15 (2.55%) Relational Database
10 14 (2.38%) MongoDB
11 12 (2.04%) Big Data
12 11 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (1.70%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.70%) BigQuery
14 9 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 7 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
15 7 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (1.19%) MySQL
15 7 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 47 (7.99%) Git
2 24 (4.08%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.38%) GitLab
3 14 (2.38%) JIRA
4 12 (2.04%) Visual Studio Code
5 8 (1.36%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (0.85%) Cypress.io
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%) Maven
9 2 (0.34%) MLflow
9 2 (0.34%) Selenium
10 1 (0.17%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.17%) Postman
10 1 (0.17%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.17%) Storybook
General
1 194 (32.99%) Social Skills
2 110 (18.71%) Finance
3 81 (13.78%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (5.10%) Retail
5 27 (4.59%) Law
6 26 (4.42%) Public Sector
7 19 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.89%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.21%) Marketing
10 12 (2.04%) Legal
11 10 (1.70%) Aerospace
11 10 (1.70%) Multimedia
12 6 (1.02%) Banking
12 6 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.02%) Electronics
12 6 (1.02%) Police
13 5 (0.85%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.68%) Advertising
14 4 (0.68%) Health Technology
14 4 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 134 (22.79%) Senior
2 99 (16.84%) Analyst
3 88 (14.97%) Data Analyst
4 72 (12.24%) Data Engineer
5 70 (11.90%) Developer
6 66 (11.22%) Software Engineer
7 65 (11.05%) Junior
7 65 (11.05%) Junior Analyst
7 65 (11.05%) Junior Data Analyst
8 53 (9.01%) Lead
9 47 (7.99%) Python Engineer
10 38 (6.46%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 36 (6.12%) Trainee
12 34 (5.78%) Senior Data Engineer
13 27 (4.59%) Python Software Engineer
14 25 (4.25%) DevOps Engineer
15 23 (3.91%) Senior Software Engineer
16 21 (3.57%) Python Developer
17 19 (3.23%) Architect
18 18 (3.06%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (7.99%) React
2 36 (6.12%) Node.js
3 31 (5.27%) .NET
3 31 (5.27%) HTML
4 30 (5.10%) Spring
4 30 (5.10%) Spring Boot
5 29 (4.93%) Kafka
5 29 (4.93%) Vue
6 28 (4.76%) FastAPI
7 25 (4.25%) CSS
8 22 (3.74%) Pandas
9 21 (3.57%) AngularJS
10 19 (3.23%) PySpark
11 18 (3.06%) Next.js
11 18 (3.06%) NumPy
11 18 (3.06%) scikit-learn
12 14 (2.38%) React Native
12 14 (2.38%) REST
12 14 (2.38%) Ruby on Rails
13 12 (2.04%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 67 (11.39%) Cloud Native
2 31 (5.27%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (4.59%) Onboarding
4 26 (4.42%) Algorithms
5 15 (2.55%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.38%) AI Agents
6 14 (2.38%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (2.21%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.87%) Mobile App
8 11 (1.87%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.36%) Marketing Technology
10 7 (1.19%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.19%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
11 6 (1.02%) Cyberattack
11 6 (1.02%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.02%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.85%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 30 (5.10%) 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
5 5 (0.85%) Unix
6 4 (0.68%) Ubuntu
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
1 259 (44.05%) AI
2 140 (23.81%) CI/CD
3 122 (20.75%) Analytics
4 116 (19.73%) DevOps
5 114 (19.39%) Software Engineering
6 104 (17.69%) Business Intelligence
7 102 (17.35%) Infrastructure as Code
8 100 (17.01%) Problem-Solving
9 95 (16.16%) Agile
10 82 (13.95%) Mentoring
11 73 (12.41%) Machine Learning
12 66 (11.22%) Containerisation
13 60 (10.20%) Data Pipeline
13 60 (10.20%) Observability
14 57 (9.69%) Continuous Improvement
15 54 (9.18%) Test Automation
16 53 (9.01%) Microservices
17 51 (8.67%) Decision-Making
18 50 (8.50%) Event-Driven
19 49 (8.33%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 241 (40.99%) SQL
2 95 (16.16%) Java
3 75 (12.76%) JavaScript
4 48 (8.16%) TypeScript
5 42 (7.14%) PowerShell
6 41 (6.97%) Bash
7 26 (4.42%) C++
8 25 (4.25%) C#
9 24 (4.08%) R
10 20 (3.40%) Go
11 14 (2.38%) Ruby
12 13 (2.21%) Bicep
13 12 (2.04%) C
14 10 (1.70%) Scala
15 9 (1.53%) PHP
16 7 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (1.02%) T-SQL
18 4 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
19 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
19 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 111 (18.88%) Azure Certification
2 68 (11.56%) Security Cleared
3 49 (8.33%) Degree
4 35 (5.95%) SC Cleared
5 31 (5.27%) AWS Certification
5 31 (5.27%) DV Cleared
6 27 (4.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 16 (2.72%) 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
15 1 (0.17%) ACCA
15 1 (0.17%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.82%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.06%) QA
3 5 (0.85%) DICOM
4 3 (0.51%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.34%) SLA
6 1 (0.17%) GDPR
6 1 (0.17%) IFRS
6 1 (0.17%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 75 (12.76%) 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
1 116 (19.73%) Terraform
2 67 (11.39%) Kubernetes
3 42 (7.14%) Ansible
4 22 (3.74%) Grafana
5 19 (3.23%) 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%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 155 (26.36%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.93%) Databricks
3 24 (4.08%) Google
4 18 (3.06%) Splunk
5 13 (2.21%) HubSpot
5 13 (2.21%) VMware
6 12 (2.04%) Red Hat
7 10 (1.70%) Adobe
8 6 (1.02%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.85%) Oracle
10 4 (0.68%) Cisco
11 3 (0.51%) Arista
11 3 (0.51%) Aruba
11 3 (0.51%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.51%) LogicMonitor
11 3 (0.51%) NetScout
11 3 (0.51%) SaltStack
11 3 (0.51%) SAP
11 3 (0.51%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.34%) Zscaler