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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 6 28
Rank change year-on-year -22 +22 -13
Permanent jobs citing Python 574 1,035 419
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.51% 20.13% 5.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.92% 57.15% 20.21%
Number of salaries quoted 366 166 205
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £42,050
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £79,225
90th Percentile £96,250 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £71,500 £74,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.67% -

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 1,798 1,811 2,073
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.13% 35.23% 26.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,387 695 1,289
10th Percentile £38,000 £32,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,500 £41,250 £43,710
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £76,226 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 -12 436 £67,500 +8.00% 422
Lancashire -28 56 £60,326 +4.01% 56
Merseyside -12 48 £75,000 +25.00% 39
Cheshire -48 29 £67,500 +28.57% 58
Cumbria -9 2 £62,500 -8.09% 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 21 (3.66%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (3.48%) Apache
3 16 (2.79%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 6 (1.05%) Confluence
6 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.52%) IIS
7 3 (0.52%) nginx
8 2 (0.35%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.17%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.17%) JBoss
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.17%) SAS
9 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 41 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.70%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.17%) Odoo
2 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 221 (38.50%) Azure
2 213 (37.11%) AWS
3 78 (13.59%) GCP
4 67 (11.67%) GitHub
4 67 (11.67%) Power Platform
5 54 (9.41%) Serverless
6 53 (9.23%) Azure AI
7 39 (6.79%) AWS Lambda
8 32 (5.57%) Amazon S3
8 32 (5.57%) SaaS
9 31 (5.40%) GitHub Actions
10 30 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (4.88%) AWS CloudFormation
12 27 (4.70%) Snowflake
13 26 (4.53%) dbt
14 20 (3.48%) Amazon ECS
15 13 (2.26%) Datadog
15 13 (2.26%) OpenShift
16 12 (2.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 10 (1.74%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.83%) Firewall
2 15 (2.61%) DNS
3 14 (2.44%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.92%) DHCP
5 10 (1.74%) VPN
5 10 (1.74%) WAN
6 7 (1.22%) BGP
6 7 (1.22%) Network Security
6 7 (1.22%) SAN
6 7 (1.22%) SD-WAN
6 7 (1.22%) Wireless
7 6 (1.05%) LAN
8 5 (0.87%) OSPF
9 4 (0.70%) Internet
9 4 (0.70%) IPsec
9 4 (0.70%) SNMP
9 4 (0.70%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (0.52%) VSAN
10 3 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (10.80%) Power BI
2 44 (7.67%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (6.27%) Tableau
4 30 (5.23%) SQL Server
5 22 (3.83%) DynamoDB
6 21 (3.66%) Data Lake
7 20 (3.48%) NoSQL
7 20 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (3.14%) Amazon Redshift
9 16 (2.79%) MongoDB
10 15 (2.61%) BigQuery
11 14 (2.44%) Relational Database
12 13 (2.26%) Big Data
13 11 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
14 9 (1.57%) Amazon Athena
15 8 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 7 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 6 (1.05%) MySQL
17 6 (1.05%) RDBMS
18 5 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 42 (7.32%) Git
2 26 (4.53%) Jenkins
3 24 (4.18%) GitLab
4 17 (2.96%) JIRA
5 9 (1.57%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.05%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.05%) Maven
7 5 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.70%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.70%) Robot Framework
8 4 (0.70%) Storybook
8 4 (0.70%) Vite
9 3 (0.52%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.17%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.17%) MLflow
10 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.17%) Postman
10 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 208 (36.24%) Social Skills
2 92 (16.03%) Finance
3 84 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (5.40%) Law
5 25 (4.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (3.83%) Legal
7 20 (3.48%) Public Sector
7 20 (3.48%) Retail
8 19 (3.31%) Marketing
9 13 (2.26%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.39%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.05%) Banking
12 6 (1.05%) Local Government
12 6 (1.05%) Police
13 5 (0.87%) Advertising
13 5 (0.87%) Electronics
13 5 (0.87%) Games
14 4 (0.70%) Automotive
14 4 (0.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 166 (28.92%) Senior
2 85 (14.81%) Data Engineer
3 83 (14.46%) Developer
4 73 (12.72%) Software Engineer
5 58 (10.10%) Analyst
6 50 (8.71%) Python Engineer
7 47 (8.19%) Lead
8 42 (7.32%) Senior Data Engineer
9 39 (6.79%) Data Analyst
10 38 (6.62%) DevOps Engineer
11 36 (6.27%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 31 (5.40%) Junior
13 30 (5.23%) Senior Software Engineer
14 28 (4.88%) Junior Analyst
14 28 (4.88%) Junior Data Analyst
14 28 (4.88%) Python Software Engineer
15 24 (4.18%) Senior Developer
15 24 (4.18%) Software Developer
16 21 (3.66%) Python Developer
17 18 (3.14%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (23.69%) Terraform
2 51 (8.89%) React
3 37 (6.45%) Spring
3 37 (6.45%) Spring Boot
4 35 (6.10%) Node.js
5 29 (5.05%) Kafka
5 29 (5.05%) Vue
6 28 (4.88%) .NET
7 25 (4.36%) AngularJS
7 25 (4.36%) PySpark
8 24 (4.18%) FastAPI
9 22 (3.83%) HTML
10 19 (3.31%) Next.js
11 18 (3.14%) REST
12 15 (2.61%) CSS
13 14 (2.44%) React Native
13 14 (2.44%) Ruby on Rails
14 11 (1.92%) LangChain
14 11 (1.92%) Pandas
15 8 (1.39%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 76 (13.24%) Cloud Native
2 37 (6.45%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (5.92%) Onboarding
4 20 (3.48%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.44%) AI Agents
6 13 (2.26%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.09%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.92%) Mobile App
9 10 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.57%) Driving Licence
10 9 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
10 9 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.39%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.39%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.39%) Life Science
12 7 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.22%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
13 6 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 50 (8.71%) Linux
2 28 (4.88%) Windows
3 18 (3.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (1.92%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.74%) Unix
6 7 (1.22%) CentOS
7 5 (0.87%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.70%) Solaris
9 3 (0.52%) CoreOS
9 3 (0.52%) Debian
9 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.35%) AIX
10 2 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (40.59%) AI
2 171 (29.79%) CI/CD
3 139 (24.22%) Software Engineering
4 137 (23.87%) DevOps
4 137 (23.87%) Infrastructure as Code
5 124 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
6 118 (20.56%) Analytics
7 110 (19.16%) Agile
8 93 (16.20%) Mentoring
9 80 (13.94%) Business Intelligence
10 75 (13.07%) Observability
11 74 (12.89%) Data Pipeline
12 72 (12.54%) Continuous Improvement
13 71 (12.37%) Containerisation
14 69 (12.02%) Data Engineering
15 66 (11.50%) Decision-Making
16 62 (10.80%) Machine Learning
17 61 (10.63%) Test Automation
18 56 (9.76%) Platform Engineering
19 54 (9.41%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 224 (39.02%) SQL
2 106 (18.47%) Java
3 68 (11.85%) JavaScript
4 65 (11.32%) Bash
5 61 (10.63%) TypeScript
6 51 (8.89%) PowerShell
7 31 (5.40%) C#
8 30 (5.23%) C++
9 27 (4.70%) Go
10 21 (3.66%) R
11 16 (2.79%) Bicep
12 15 (2.61%) C
12 15 (2.61%) Ruby
13 13 (2.26%) PHP
14 12 (2.09%) Scala
15 7 (1.22%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.22%) T-SQL
16 6 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 5 (0.87%) Rust
18 3 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 91 (15.85%) Security Cleared
2 62 (10.80%) Azure Certification
3 58 (10.10%) Degree
4 47 (8.19%) SC Cleared
5 44 (7.67%) DV Cleared
6 18 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.14%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.39%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (0.87%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.70%) CCNA
11 4 (0.70%) MBA
12 3 (0.52%) RHCE
12 3 (0.52%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.35%) CCIE
13 2 (0.35%) CCNP
13 2 (0.35%) IBM AIX Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (11.50%) Data Quality
2 21 (3.66%) QA
3 12 (2.09%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.70%) SLA
4 4 (0.70%) WCAG
5 3 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.52%) GDPR
5 3 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.17%) DICOM
6 1 (0.17%) IFRS
6 1 (0.17%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 95 (16.55%) Docker
2 14 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.92%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.70%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.35%) vSphere
7 1 (0.17%) KVM
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 86 (14.98%) Kubernetes
2 56 (9.76%) Ansible
3 25 (4.36%) Grafana
4 22 (3.83%) Prometheus
5 13 (2.26%) Puppet
6 7 (1.22%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.05%) Argo
7 6 (1.05%) Podman
8 5 (0.87%) Istio
9 4 (0.70%) linkerd
10 3 (0.52%) McAfee ePO
10 3 (0.52%) Nagios
10 3 (0.52%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.35%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.35%) QRadar
11 2 (0.35%) SolarWinds Orion
12 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 91 (15.85%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.27%) Databricks
3 32 (5.57%) Google
4 24 (4.18%) Splunk
5 19 (3.31%) Red Hat
6 16 (2.79%) VMware
7 14 (2.44%) Adobe
8 13 (2.26%) HubSpot
9 11 (1.92%) Oracle
10 9 (1.57%) Cisco
11 8 (1.39%) New Relic
12 6 (1.05%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.87%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.70%) Mistral
14 4 (0.70%) NEC
15 3 (0.52%) F5
15 3 (0.52%) IBM
15 3 (0.52%) McAfee
15 3 (0.52%) SAP
15 3 (0.52%) ServiceNow