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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 6 30
Rank change year-on-year -15 +24 -14
Permanent jobs citing Python 611 1,047 471
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.30% 20.31% 5.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.40% 54.14% 19.54%
Number of salaries quoted 400 177 313
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £38,084
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,250 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,375 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £89,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -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 1,726 1,934 2,411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.96% 37.51% 27.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,343 817 1,825
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -3.08%
75th Percentile £75,250 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,550 £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 30 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 30 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 -5 434 £66,750 +2.69% 138
Merseyside +1 73 £48,000 -12.73% 25
Lancashire -20 73 £47,500 -17.39% 41
Cheshire -48 28 £67,500 +28.57% 36
Cumbria -15 1 £62,500 -16.67% 3
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 18 (2.95%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (2.45%) Apache
3 14 (2.29%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.96%) Jupyter
5 9 (1.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (1.31%) WordPress
7 7 (1.15%) Confluence
8 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.65%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.65%) nginx
10 2 (0.33%) IIS
10 2 (0.33%) JBoss
10 2 (0.33%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 82 (13.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.29%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.49%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.16%) Odoo
2 1 (0.16%) Primavera
2 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 264 (43.21%) Azure
2 233 (38.13%) AWS
3 101 (16.53%) Power Platform
4 86 (14.08%) Azure AI
5 82 (13.42%) GCP
6 60 (9.82%) GitHub
7 52 (8.51%) Serverless
8 32 (5.24%) AWS Lambda
9 31 (5.07%) Amazon S3
10 25 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (4.09%) dbt
11 24 (3.93%) AWS CloudFormation
11 24 (3.93%) SaaS
12 22 (3.60%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (3.27%) Amazon ECS
13 20 (3.27%) Snowflake
14 15 (2.45%) Cloud Computing
15 14 (2.29%) Datadog
16 12 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 9 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.27%) Firewall
2 15 (2.45%) Internet
3 14 (2.29%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.64%) DNS
5 8 (1.31%) DHCP
5 8 (1.31%) VPN
6 7 (1.15%) SAN
6 7 (1.15%) WAN
7 6 (0.98%) BGP
7 6 (0.98%) Network Security
8 5 (0.82%) LAN
9 4 (0.65%) IPsec
9 4 (0.65%) OSPF
9 4 (0.65%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.65%) Wireless
10 3 (0.49%) HTTP
10 3 (0.49%) SNMP
10 3 (0.49%) VSAN
11 2 (0.33%) Bluetooth
11 2 (0.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (15.38%) Power BI
2 81 (13.26%) Tableau
3 40 (6.55%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (4.91%) SQL Server
5 21 (3.44%) Data Lake
5 21 (3.44%) NoSQL
6 18 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (2.78%) BigQuery
7 17 (2.78%) DynamoDB
8 16 (2.62%) MongoDB
9 15 (2.45%) Amazon Redshift
10 14 (2.29%) Data Mining
10 14 (2.29%) Relational Database
11 11 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (1.80%) Big Data
12 9 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (0.98%) MySQL
14 6 (0.98%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 53 (8.67%) Git
2 28 (4.58%) Jenkins
3 15 (2.45%) JIRA
3 15 (2.45%) Visual Studio Code
4 14 (2.29%) GitLab
5 11 (1.80%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.98%) Maven
7 5 (0.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (0.82%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.65%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.65%) Robot Framework
8 4 (0.65%) Storybook
8 4 (0.65%) Vite
9 3 (0.49%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.33%) MLflow
10 2 (0.33%) Selenium
10 2 (0.33%) Subversion
11 1 (0.16%) Gemini Tracker
11 1 (0.16%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 212 (34.70%) Social Skills
2 114 (18.66%) Finance
3 85 (13.91%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (4.75%) Law
4 29 (4.75%) Retail
5 22 (3.60%) Public Sector
6 21 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (2.78%) Manufacturing
8 15 (2.45%) Marketing
9 14 (2.29%) Legal
10 10 (1.64%) Multimedia
11 9 (1.47%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.15%) Banking
13 6 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.98%) Electronics
13 6 (0.98%) Police
14 5 (0.82%) Advertising
14 5 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.82%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 150 (24.55%) Senior
2 94 (15.38%) Analyst
3 83 (13.58%) Data Analyst
3 83 (13.58%) Data Engineer
4 75 (12.27%) Developer
5 68 (11.13%) Software Engineer
6 62 (10.15%) Junior
7 61 (9.98%) Junior Analyst
7 61 (9.98%) Junior Data Analyst
8 52 (8.51%) Lead
9 51 (8.35%) Python Engineer
10 38 (6.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 37 (6.06%) Senior Data Engineer
12 34 (5.56%) Trainee
13 30 (4.91%) DevOps Engineer
14 28 (4.58%) Python Software Engineer
15 26 (4.26%) Senior Software Engineer
16 21 (3.44%) Architect
16 21 (3.44%) Senior Developer
17 20 (3.27%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (7.36%) React
2 37 (6.06%) Node.js
3 34 (5.56%) HTML
4 33 (5.40%) Spring
4 33 (5.40%) Spring Boot
5 30 (4.91%) .NET
5 30 (4.91%) Kafka
6 28 (4.58%) Vue
7 27 (4.42%) FastAPI
8 26 (4.26%) CSS
9 22 (3.60%) AngularJS
9 22 (3.60%) Pandas
10 21 (3.44%) PySpark
11 18 (2.95%) Next.js
11 18 (2.95%) NumPy
11 18 (2.95%) scikit-learn
12 14 (2.29%) React Native
12 14 (2.29%) Ruby on Rails
13 13 (2.13%) REST
14 12 (1.96%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 68 (11.13%) Cloud Native
2 33 (5.40%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (4.09%) Onboarding
4 23 (3.76%) Algorithms
5 15 (2.45%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.29%) AI Agents
7 13 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (2.13%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.80%) Mobile App
9 10 (1.64%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.47%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.47%) Marketing Technology
10 9 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.31%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.15%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
13 6 (0.98%) Cyberattack
13 6 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (5.89%) Linux
2 18 (2.95%) Windows
3 11 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (1.47%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.31%) Unix
6 6 (0.98%) CentOS
7 4 (0.65%) Solaris
8 3 (0.49%) CoreOS
8 3 (0.49%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.33%) Debian
9 2 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.33%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (43.37%) AI
2 153 (25.04%) CI/CD
3 124 (20.29%) DevOps
4 122 (19.97%) Software Engineering
5 117 (19.15%) Analytics
6 111 (18.17%) Infrastructure as Code
7 107 (17.51%) Business Intelligence
8 105 (17.18%) Agile
9 101 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
10 85 (13.91%) Mentoring
11 74 (12.11%) Machine Learning
12 68 (11.13%) Containerisation
13 67 (10.97%) Data Pipeline
14 66 (10.80%) Continuous Improvement
15 62 (10.15%) Observability
16 61 (9.98%) Data Engineering
17 60 (9.82%) Decision-Making
18 58 (9.49%) Test Automation
19 51 (8.35%) Microservices
20 50 (8.18%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 249 (40.75%) SQL
2 101 (16.53%) Java
3 74 (12.11%) JavaScript
4 53 (8.67%) TypeScript
5 47 (7.69%) Bash
6 43 (7.04%) PowerShell
7 27 (4.42%) C#
7 27 (4.42%) C++
8 25 (4.09%) Go
8 25 (4.09%) R
9 14 (2.29%) Ruby
10 13 (2.13%) Bicep
11 12 (1.96%) C
12 11 (1.80%) PHP
12 11 (1.80%) Scala
13 7 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.98%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.49%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 106 (17.35%) Azure Certification
2 70 (11.46%) Security Cleared
3 50 (8.18%) Degree
4 36 (5.89%) SC Cleared
5 33 (5.40%) DV Cleared
6 31 (5.07%) AWS Certification
7 27 (4.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 16 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (2.45%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.82%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.65%) MBA
13 3 (0.49%) PhD
14 2 (0.33%) CCIE
14 2 (0.33%) CCNA
14 2 (0.33%) CCNP
15 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 1 (0.16%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (8.84%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.11%) QA
3 9 (1.47%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.65%) DICOM
4 4 (0.65%) WCAG
5 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.33%) GDPR
6 2 (0.33%) SLA
7 1 (0.16%) IFRS
7 1 (0.16%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 82 (13.42%) Docker
2 11 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.47%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.65%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.16%) KVM
Systems Management
1 120 (19.64%) Terraform
2 71 (11.62%) Kubernetes
3 43 (7.04%) Ansible
4 25 (4.09%) Grafana
5 22 (3.60%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.15%) Puppet
7 5 (0.82%) Istio
7 5 (0.82%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.65%) Argo
8 4 (0.65%) linkerd
8 4 (0.65%) Nagios
9 3 (0.49%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (0.49%) SCVMM
10 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.33%) Podman
10 2 (0.33%) QRadar
10 2 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.33%) SolarWinds Orion
11 1 (0.16%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 148 (24.22%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.40%) Databricks
3 30 (4.91%) Google
4 21 (3.44%) Splunk
5 14 (2.29%) Adobe
5 14 (2.29%) Red Hat
6 13 (2.13%) HubSpot
6 13 (2.13%) VMware
7 7 (1.15%) Oracle
8 6 (0.98%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.65%) Cisco
9 4 (0.65%) New Relic
10 3 (0.49%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.49%) LogicMonitor
10 3 (0.49%) McAfee
10 3 (0.49%) NEC
10 3 (0.49%) SAP
10 3 (0.49%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.33%) Mirantis
11 2 (0.33%) Zscaler