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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 6 26
Rank change year-on-year -20 +20 -12
Permanent jobs citing Python 567 1,031 410
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.51% 20.07% 5.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.23% 56.90% 19.88%
Number of salaries quoted 364 162 206
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,125
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £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 £75,000 £79,506
90th Percentile £96,250 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £71,746 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -4.34% - -

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 1,759 1,812 2,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.00% 35.27% 26.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,365 696 1,305
10th Percentile £37,700 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,250 £41,625 £43,710
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,075 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,733 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.61% +0.37% -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 14 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 14 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 -12 431 £67,500 +3.85% 366
Lancashire -26 57 £60,163 +3.73% 56
Merseyside -12 48 £75,000 +25.00% 32
Cheshire -48 27 £67,500 +28.57% 48
Cumbria -10 2 £62,500 - 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 21 (3.70%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (3.53%) Apache
3 16 (2.82%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 7 (1.23%) Confluence
6 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.53%) nginx
8 2 (0.35%) IIS
8 2 (0.35%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.18%) JBoss
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.18%) SAS
9 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 45 (7.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.71%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.18%) Odoo
2 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 221 (38.98%) Azure
2 210 (37.04%) AWS
3 78 (13.76%) GCP
4 71 (12.52%) Power Platform
5 64 (11.29%) GitHub
6 57 (10.05%) Azure AI
7 54 (9.52%) Serverless
8 39 (6.88%) AWS Lambda
9 33 (5.82%) SaaS
10 32 (5.64%) Amazon S3
11 29 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
11 29 (5.11%) GitHub Actions
12 27 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
12 27 (4.76%) dbt
12 27 (4.76%) Snowflake
13 20 (3.53%) Amazon ECS
14 13 (2.29%) Datadog
14 13 (2.29%) OpenShift
15 11 (1.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 10 (1.76%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.70%) Firewall
2 14 (2.47%) TCP/IP
3 12 (2.12%) DNS
4 10 (1.76%) DHCP
5 9 (1.59%) VPN
6 8 (1.41%) WAN
7 7 (1.23%) BGP
7 7 (1.23%) SAN
8 6 (1.06%) LAN
8 6 (1.06%) Network Security
9 5 (0.88%) OSPF
9 5 (0.88%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.88%) Wireless
10 4 (0.71%) Internet
10 4 (0.71%) IPsec
10 4 (0.71%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.53%) AMQP
11 3 (0.53%) VLAN
11 3 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.53%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (11.64%) Power BI
2 44 (7.76%) Data Warehouse
3 40 (7.05%) Tableau
4 29 (5.11%) SQL Server
5 22 (3.88%) DynamoDB
6 21 (3.70%) Data Lake
7 20 (3.53%) NoSQL
7 20 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (3.17%) Amazon Redshift
9 16 (2.82%) MongoDB
10 15 (2.65%) BigQuery
11 14 (2.47%) Relational Database
12 13 (2.29%) Big Data
13 11 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
14 9 (1.59%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 7 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 6 (1.06%) MySQL
16 6 (1.06%) RDBMS
17 5 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 42 (7.41%) Git
2 23 (4.06%) Jenkins
3 22 (3.88%) GitLab
4 17 (3.00%) JIRA
5 9 (1.59%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.06%) Maven
7 5 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (0.88%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.71%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.71%) Robot Framework
8 4 (0.71%) Storybook
8 4 (0.71%) Vite
9 3 (0.53%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.18%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.18%) MLflow
10 1 (0.18%) Mocha
10 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 208 (36.68%) Social Skills
2 94 (16.58%) Finance
3 82 (14.46%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (5.47%) Law
5 24 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (3.88%) Legal
7 20 (3.53%) Public Sector
8 19 (3.35%) Marketing
8 19 (3.35%) Retail
9 13 (2.29%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.23%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.06%) Banking
11 6 (1.06%) Local Government
11 6 (1.06%) Police
12 5 (0.88%) Advertising
12 5 (0.88%) Electronics
12 5 (0.88%) Games
13 4 (0.71%) Automotive
13 4 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 162 (28.57%) Senior
2 85 (14.99%) Data Engineer
3 78 (13.76%) Developer
4 73 (12.87%) Software Engineer
5 62 (10.93%) Analyst
6 50 (8.82%) Python Engineer
7 49 (8.64%) Lead
8 43 (7.58%) Data Analyst
9 42 (7.41%) Senior Data Engineer
10 36 (6.35%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 36 (6.35%) DevOps Engineer
11 35 (6.17%) Junior
12 32 (5.64%) Junior Analyst
12 32 (5.64%) Junior Data Analyst
13 30 (5.29%) Senior Software Engineer
14 28 (4.94%) Python Software Engineer
15 22 (3.88%) Senior Developer
16 21 (3.70%) Python Developer
16 21 (3.70%) Software Developer
17 19 (3.35%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (23.28%) Terraform
2 48 (8.47%) React
3 36 (6.35%) Spring
3 36 (6.35%) Spring Boot
4 35 (6.17%) Node.js
5 29 (5.11%) Kafka
6 28 (4.94%) .NET
6 28 (4.94%) Vue
7 25 (4.41%) PySpark
8 24 (4.23%) AngularJS
8 24 (4.23%) FastAPI
9 22 (3.88%) HTML
10 19 (3.35%) Next.js
11 16 (2.82%) REST
12 15 (2.65%) CSS
13 14 (2.47%) React Native
13 14 (2.47%) Ruby on Rails
14 11 (1.94%) LangChain
14 11 (1.94%) Pandas
15 8 (1.41%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 74 (13.05%) Cloud Native
2 37 (6.53%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (5.47%) Onboarding
4 20 (3.53%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.47%) AI Agents
6 13 (2.29%) Management Information System
7 11 (1.94%) Data Centre
7 11 (1.94%) Mobile App
8 10 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.59%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.59%) Marketing Technology
9 9 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.41%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.41%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.41%) Life Science
11 7 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
12 6 (1.06%) Cyberattack
12 6 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 48 (8.47%) Linux
2 25 (4.41%) Windows
3 17 (3.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (1.76%) Unix
4 10 (1.76%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.23%) CentOS
6 4 (0.71%) Solaris
6 4 (0.71%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.53%) CoreOS
7 3 (0.53%) Debian
7 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.35%) AIX
8 2 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (40.92%) AI
2 163 (28.75%) CI/CD
3 138 (24.34%) Software Engineering
4 133 (23.46%) DevOps
5 132 (23.28%) Infrastructure as Code
6 118 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
7 115 (20.28%) Analytics
8 107 (18.87%) Agile
9 92 (16.23%) Mentoring
10 84 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
11 74 (13.05%) Data Pipeline
12 72 (12.70%) Observability
13 71 (12.52%) Continuous Improvement
14 69 (12.17%) Containerisation
14 69 (12.17%) Data Engineering
15 64 (11.29%) Decision-Making
16 60 (10.58%) Test Automation
17 59 (10.41%) Machine Learning
18 55 (9.70%) Platform Engineering
19 54 (9.52%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 226 (39.86%) SQL
2 105 (18.52%) Java
3 64 (11.29%) JavaScript
4 62 (10.93%) Bash
5 60 (10.58%) TypeScript
6 48 (8.47%) PowerShell
7 30 (5.29%) C#
7 30 (5.29%) C++
8 27 (4.76%) Go
9 21 (3.70%) R
10 15 (2.65%) Bicep
10 15 (2.65%) C
10 15 (2.65%) Ruby
11 13 (2.29%) PHP
12 12 (2.12%) Scala
13 7 (1.23%) Shell Script
13 7 (1.23%) T-SQL
14 6 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.71%) Rust
16 3 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 87 (15.34%) Security Cleared
2 65 (11.46%) Azure Certification
3 56 (9.88%) Degree
4 46 (8.11%) SC Cleared
5 40 (7.05%) DV Cleared
6 18 (3.17%) Master's Degree
7 16 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.41%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (0.88%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.71%) CCNA
11 4 (0.71%) MBA
12 3 (0.53%) RHCE
12 3 (0.53%) RHCSA
13 2 (0.35%) IBM AIX Certification
13 2 (0.35%) MCSE
13 2 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (11.29%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.53%) QA
3 12 (2.12%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.71%) SLA
4 4 (0.71%) WCAG
5 3 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.53%) GDPR
5 3 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.18%) DICOM
6 1 (0.18%) IFRS
6 1 (0.18%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 91 (16.05%) Docker
2 14 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.76%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.71%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.35%) vSphere
7 1 (0.18%) KVM
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 82 (14.46%) Kubernetes
2 53 (9.35%) Ansible
3 24 (4.23%) Grafana
4 21 (3.70%) Prometheus
5 13 (2.29%) Puppet
6 7 (1.23%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.06%) Podman
8 5 (0.88%) Argo
8 5 (0.88%) Istio
9 4 (0.71%) linkerd
10 3 (0.53%) McAfee ePO
10 3 (0.53%) Nagios
10 3 (0.53%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.53%) 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 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 94 (16.58%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.35%) Databricks
3 32 (5.64%) Google
4 22 (3.88%) Splunk
5 19 (3.35%) Red Hat
6 16 (2.82%) VMware
7 14 (2.47%) Adobe
8 13 (2.29%) HubSpot
9 11 (1.94%) Oracle
10 9 (1.59%) Cisco
11 8 (1.41%) New Relic
12 6 (1.06%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.88%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.71%) Mistral
14 4 (0.71%) NEC
15 3 (0.53%) LogicMonitor
15 3 (0.53%) Palo Alto
15 3 (0.53%) SaltStack
15 3 (0.53%) SAP
15 3 (0.53%) ServiceNow