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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 8 22
Rank change year-on-year -24 +14 -8
Permanent jobs citing Python 549 925 436
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.26% 18.16% 6.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.69% 54.86% 22.32%
Number of salaries quoted 364 167 212
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £44,625 £47,637
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 £93,750 £83,000 £84,875
England median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -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 1,789 1,686 1,953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.89% 33.10% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,370 690 1,117
10th Percentile £38,750 £32,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,938 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £78,750
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 15 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 15 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 -10 446 £67,500 +12.50% 347
Lancashire -45 36 £62,500 +8.70% 23
Merseyside -27 32 £73,750 +34.09% 25
Cheshire -41 28 £71,250 +42.50% 40
Cumbria -4 2 £62,500 -8.09% 6
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 (4.19%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (4.01%) Apache
3 19 (3.46%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 7 (1.28%) Confluence
6 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.73%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.55%) IIS
8 3 (0.55%) 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%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 18 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.73%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.18%) Odoo
2 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 203 (36.98%) AWS
2 173 (31.51%) Azure
3 74 (13.48%) GitHub
4 71 (12.93%) GCP
5 52 (9.47%) Power Platform
6 45 (8.20%) Serverless
7 36 (6.56%) AWS Lambda
8 34 (6.19%) SaaS
9 33 (6.01%) Amazon S3
10 31 (5.65%) Snowflake
11 29 (5.28%) dbt
12 28 (5.10%) AWS CloudFormation
13 26 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
13 26 (4.74%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (3.46%) Amazon ECS
15 13 (2.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 13 (2.37%) OpenShift
16 11 (2.00%) GitHub Copilot
17 10 (1.82%) Amazon EMR
17 10 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.19%) Firewall
2 19 (3.46%) DNS
3 14 (2.55%) TCP/IP
4 12 (2.19%) VPN
5 11 (2.00%) Network Security
6 10 (1.82%) WAN
7 8 (1.46%) DHCP
8 7 (1.28%) BGP
8 7 (1.28%) SD-WAN
8 7 (1.28%) Wireless
9 6 (1.09%) LAN
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
10 5 (0.91%) SAN
11 4 (0.73%) Internet
11 4 (0.73%) IPsec
11 4 (0.73%) SNMP
11 4 (0.73%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (8.56%) Power BI
2 45 (8.20%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (5.28%) SQL Server
4 19 (3.46%) Amazon Redshift
4 19 (3.46%) Data Lake
4 19 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (3.10%) DynamoDB
6 16 (2.91%) NoSQL
6 16 (2.91%) Relational Database
7 14 (2.55%) MongoDB
8 13 (2.37%) Amazon RDS
8 13 (2.37%) Big Data
8 13 (2.37%) BigQuery
9 11 (2.00%) Tableau
10 10 (1.82%) Amazon Athena
11 8 (1.46%) Power Query
11 8 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (1.09%) MySQL
13 6 (1.09%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 49 (8.93%) Git
2 36 (6.56%) GitLab
3 29 (5.28%) Jenkins
4 21 (3.83%) JIRA
5 9 (1.64%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.09%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.09%) Maven
7 5 (0.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (0.91%) Claude Code
8 4 (0.73%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.73%) Robot Framework
8 4 (0.73%) Storybook
8 4 (0.73%) Vite
9 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.36%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.36%) Postman
11 1 (0.18%) Mocha
11 1 (0.18%) Selenium
11 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.18%) Subversion
General
1 158 (28.78%) Social Skills
2 97 (17.67%) Finance
3 81 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (5.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (4.74%) Law
5 26 (4.74%) Legal
6 20 (3.64%) Marketing
7 19 (3.46%) Public Sector
8 17 (3.10%) Retail
9 14 (2.55%) Aerospace
10 9 (1.64%) Banking
10 9 (1.64%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.09%) Local Government
13 5 (0.91%) Games
14 4 (0.73%) Advertising
14 4 (0.73%) Automotive
14 4 (0.73%) Publishing
15 3 (0.55%) Electronics
15 3 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 176 (32.06%) Senior
2 94 (17.12%) Developer
3 80 (14.57%) Data Engineer
4 72 (13.11%) Software Engineer
5 51 (9.29%) DevOps Engineer
6 45 (8.20%) Python Engineer
7 39 (7.10%) Lead
8 36 (6.56%) Analyst
8 36 (6.56%) Senior Data Engineer
9 33 (6.01%) Senior Software Engineer
10 30 (5.46%) Python Developer
10 30 (5.46%) Senior Developer
11 28 (5.10%) Python Software Engineer
12 25 (4.55%) Software Developer
13 19 (3.46%) Consultant
14 18 (3.28%) AWS Engineer
14 18 (3.28%) Data Analyst
14 18 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (3.28%) Platform Engineer
15 17 (3.10%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (25.87%) Terraform
2 59 (10.75%) React
3 42 (7.65%) Spring
3 42 (7.65%) Spring Boot
4 36 (6.56%) Node.js
5 28 (5.10%) Vue
6 27 (4.92%) FastAPI
7 26 (4.74%) Kafka
8 25 (4.55%) PySpark
9 24 (4.37%) AngularJS
9 24 (4.37%) REST
10 23 (4.19%) .NET
11 19 (3.46%) HTML
11 19 (3.46%) Next.js
12 17 (3.10%) CSS
13 14 (2.55%) React Native
13 14 (2.55%) Ruby on Rails
14 13 (2.37%) LangChain
15 10 (1.82%) Flask
16 8 (1.46%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 68 (12.39%) Cloud Native
2 36 (6.56%) Onboarding
3 31 (5.65%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (4.01%) Product Ownership
5 16 (2.91%) AI Agents
5 16 (2.91%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.37%) Data Structures
7 12 (2.19%) Marketing Technology
7 12 (2.19%) Public Cloud
8 11 (2.00%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.00%) Mobile App
9 10 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.46%) Life Science
12 7 (1.28%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.28%) Enterprise Cloud
13 6 (1.09%) Algorithms
13 6 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (0.91%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 57 (10.38%) Linux
2 29 (5.28%) Windows
3 17 (3.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (1.64%) Unix
5 8 (1.46%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.09%) CentOS
7 4 (0.73%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.55%) CoreOS
8 3 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.36%) AIX
9 2 (0.36%) Debian
9 2 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.36%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.36%) Solaris
10 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (39.89%) AI
2 188 (34.24%) CI/CD
3 147 (26.78%) Software Engineering
4 140 (25.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 135 (24.59%) DevOps
6 132 (24.04%) Problem-Solving
7 119 (21.68%) Analytics
8 111 (20.22%) Agile
9 93 (16.94%) Mentoring
10 76 (13.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 74 (13.48%) Containerisation
12 73 (13.30%) Data Pipeline
12 73 (13.30%) Observability
13 70 (12.75%) Machine Learning
14 67 (12.20%) Decision-Making
14 67 (12.20%) Test Automation
15 66 (12.02%) Data Engineering
16 64 (11.66%) Business Intelligence
16 64 (11.66%) Platform Engineering
17 58 (10.56%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 203 (36.98%) SQL
2 119 (21.68%) Java
3 76 (13.84%) TypeScript
4 74 (13.48%) JavaScript
5 70 (12.75%) Bash
6 44 (8.01%) PowerShell
7 35 (6.38%) Go
8 28 (5.10%) C#
9 22 (4.01%) R
10 21 (3.83%) C++
11 15 (2.73%) Ruby
12 14 (2.55%) C
12 14 (2.55%) Scala
13 13 (2.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 12 (2.19%) Bicep
14 12 (2.19%) PHP
15 8 (1.46%) Rust
16 7 (1.28%) Shell Script
16 7 (1.28%) T-SQL
17 5 (0.91%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 98 (17.85%) Security Cleared
2 66 (12.02%) Degree
3 49 (8.93%) DV Cleared
4 45 (8.20%) SC Cleared
5 22 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (3.64%) Master's Degree
7 19 (3.46%) Azure Certification
8 13 (2.37%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.91%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 5 (0.91%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.91%) Postgraduate
13 4 (0.73%) CCNA
13 4 (0.73%) MBA
13 4 (0.73%) PhD
14 3 (0.55%) RHCE
14 3 (0.55%) RHCSA
15 2 (0.36%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (12.57%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.46%) QA
3 13 (2.37%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (0.73%) SLA
4 4 (0.73%) WCAG
5 3 (0.55%) GDPR
5 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.18%) IFRS
6 1 (0.18%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 100 (18.21%) Docker
2 13 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.64%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.73%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.73%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.36%) vSphere
7 1 (0.18%) KVM
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 94 (17.12%) Kubernetes
2 63 (11.48%) Ansible
3 21 (3.83%) Grafana
4 18 (3.28%) Prometheus
5 15 (2.73%) Puppet
6 7 (1.28%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.09%) Argo
7 6 (1.09%) Podman
8 4 (0.73%) Istio
8 4 (0.73%) linkerd
8 4 (0.73%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.55%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (0.55%) Nagios
9 3 (0.55%) SCVMM
9 3 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.55%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.36%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.36%) QRadar
10 2 (0.36%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 68 (12.39%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.65%) Databricks
3 34 (6.19%) Google
4 24 (4.37%) Splunk
5 18 (3.28%) Red Hat
6 14 (2.55%) Adobe
6 14 (2.55%) VMware
7 13 (2.37%) Oracle
8 10 (1.82%) HubSpot
9 8 (1.46%) Cisco
9 8 (1.46%) New Relic
9 8 (1.46%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.28%) F5
11 6 (1.09%) Alteryx
11 6 (1.09%) Mistral
12 5 (0.91%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.73%) NEC
13 4 (0.73%) Thales
13 4 (0.73%) YouTube
14 3 (0.55%) IBM