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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 9 27
Rank change year-on-year -20 +18 -19
Permanent jobs citing Python 484 632 520
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 4.86% 15.52% 5.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.08% 44.26% 18.64%
Number of salaries quoted 303 200 374
10th Percentile £28,250 £40,950 £35,336
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,687 £65,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +14.04% -7.83%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% -3.45%

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 1,271 1,428 2,790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.75% 35.08% 30.66%
Number of salaries quoted 994 847 2,364
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,600 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £82,500
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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -11 298 £65,000 -3.70% 156
Merseyside +6 84 £40,000 -27.27% 25
Lancashire -15 76 £47,500 -11.63% 60
Cheshire -55 14 £52,500 -4.55% 20
Cumbria -19 10 £85,000 +17.24% 1
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 16 (3.31%) WordPress
2 13 (2.69%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (2.69%) Jupyter
3 7 (1.45%) Apache
3 7 (1.45%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.83%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.41%) Confluence
5 2 (0.41%) JBoss
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.41%) nginx
5 2 (0.41%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.21%) CMS
Applications
1 118 (24.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.69%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 273 (56.40%) Azure
2 188 (38.84%) AWS
3 110 (22.73%) Azure AI
4 101 (20.87%) Power Platform
5 70 (14.46%) GitHub
6 56 (11.57%) GCP
7 32 (6.61%) Serverless
8 19 (3.93%) Cloud Computing
9 17 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
10 16 (3.31%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (3.10%) SaaS
12 13 (2.69%) dbt
12 13 (2.69%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (2.27%) Amazon ECS
14 11 (2.27%) Datadog
15 10 (2.07%) Amazon S3
15 10 (2.07%) Entra ID
15 10 (2.07%) Snowflake
16 8 (1.65%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (11.98%) Internet
2 14 (2.89%) Firewall
3 7 (1.45%) DNS
4 6 (1.24%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.83%) AMQP
5 4 (0.83%) DHCP
5 4 (0.83%) NGFW
5 4 (0.83%) SAN
5 4 (0.83%) VPN
5 4 (0.83%) VXLAN
5 4 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.83%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.62%) HTTP
7 2 (0.41%) Network Security
7 2 (0.41%) SSL
8 1 (0.21%) LAN
8 1 (0.21%) LTE
8 1 (0.21%) SNMP
8 1 (0.21%) VSAN
8 1 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (24.59%) Tableau
2 96 (19.83%) Power BI
3 35 (7.23%) Data Mining
4 25 (5.17%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (4.55%) MongoDB
6 18 (3.72%) NoSQL
7 13 (2.69%) SQL Server
8 11 (2.27%) BigQuery
8 11 (2.27%) Data Lake
9 10 (2.07%) DynamoDB
10 9 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (1.86%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (1.45%) Hadoop
13 6 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (1.24%) Big Data
13 6 (1.24%) Semantic Layer
14 5 (1.03%) Amazon Athena
14 5 (1.03%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 78 (16.12%) Git
2 18 (3.72%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.48%) Visual Studio Code
4 7 (1.45%) GitLab
5 6 (1.24%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.83%) JIRA
6 4 (0.83%) Selenium
7 3 (0.62%) Postman
8 2 (0.41%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.41%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.41%) Subversion
9 1 (0.21%) JMeter
9 1 (0.21%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.21%) Locust
9 1 (0.21%) Maven
9 1 (0.21%) MLflow
9 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.21%) SoapUI
General
1 166 (34.30%) Social Skills
2 84 (17.36%) Finance
3 67 (13.84%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (9.92%) Multimedia
5 27 (5.58%) Retail
6 21 (4.34%) Public Sector
7 15 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (2.69%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.07%) Law
10 9 (1.86%) Legal
11 7 (1.45%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.45%) Banking
12 6 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.24%) Police
13 4 (0.83%) Advertising
13 4 (0.83%) Italian Language
13 4 (0.83%) Spanish Language
14 3 (0.62%) French Language
14 3 (0.62%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.62%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 124 (25.62%) Analyst
2 118 (24.38%) Data Analyst
3 92 (19.01%) Trainee
4 85 (17.56%) Junior
4 85 (17.56%) Junior Analyst
4 85 (17.56%) Junior Data Analyst
5 73 (15.08%) Senior
6 53 (10.95%) Developer
7 46 (9.50%) Software Engineer
8 39 (8.06%) Lead
9 38 (7.85%) Python Engineer
10 37 (7.64%) Data Engineer
11 32 (6.61%) Trainee Analyst
11 32 (6.61%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 26 (5.37%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 20 (4.13%) Software Developer
14 18 (3.72%) Senior Data Engineer
14 18 (3.72%) Trainee Developer
15 17 (3.51%) Trainee Software Developer
16 16 (3.31%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (12.19%) HTML
2 56 (11.57%) CSS
3 32 (6.61%) .NET
4 28 (5.79%) React
5 22 (4.55%) Node.js
6 21 (4.34%) Pandas
7 17 (3.51%) NumPy
7 17 (3.51%) scikit-learn
8 13 (2.69%) Django
8 13 (2.69%) Hugging Face
8 13 (2.69%) Kafka
9 12 (2.48%) Matplotlib
9 12 (2.48%) Streamlit
10 11 (2.27%) FastAPI
11 10 (2.07%) AngularJS
11 10 (2.07%) Flask
11 10 (2.07%) PySpark
11 10 (2.07%) PyTorch
12 9 (1.86%) REST
13 8 (1.65%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.44%) Cloud Native
2 25 (5.17%) Algorithms
3 14 (2.89%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (2.27%) Low-Code
5 11 (2.27%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.86%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.65%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.45%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.45%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.24%) Cyberattack
9 6 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.24%) PACS
9 6 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.83%) PKI
11 3 (0.62%) Cybercrime
12 2 (0.41%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.17%) Linux
2 10 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (1.65%) Windows
4 5 (1.03%) CentOS
4 5 (1.03%) Unix
5 4 (0.83%) Debian
5 4 (0.83%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.83%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.62%) Android
6 3 (0.62%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.62%) Solaris
7 1 (0.21%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (39.88%) AI
2 98 (20.25%) Business Intelligence
3 86 (17.77%) Analytics
4 69 (14.26%) Mentoring
5 68 (14.05%) DevOps
6 67 (13.84%) Software Engineering
7 66 (13.64%) Agile
8 65 (13.43%) CI/CD
9 62 (12.81%) Infrastructure as Code
10 55 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
11 49 (10.12%) Problem-Solving
12 48 (9.92%) Machine Learning
13 44 (9.09%) Data Analytics
14 43 (8.88%) Project Management
15 42 (8.68%) Data Analysis
16 39 (8.06%) Containerisation
17 37 (7.64%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
18 36 (7.44%) Data Science
19 32 (6.61%) Business Analysis
20 30 (6.20%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 199 (41.12%) SQL
2 91 (18.80%) JavaScript
3 58 (11.98%) Java
4 32 (6.61%) R
5 28 (5.79%) PowerShell
6 27 (5.58%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.93%) Bash
8 18 (3.72%) Go
9 16 (3.31%) C
10 12 (2.48%) C#
11 10 (2.07%) C++
12 9 (1.86%) Bicep
13 4 (0.83%) PHP
14 3 (0.62%) ANSI SQL
14 3 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.62%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.41%) Scala
16 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
16 1 (0.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 169 (34.92%) Azure Certification
2 65 (13.43%) AWS Certification
3 60 (12.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 51 (10.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 32 (6.61%) Security Cleared
6 30 (6.20%) Degree
7 21 (4.34%) SC Cleared
8 16 (3.31%) DV Cleared
9 12 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.83%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.83%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.83%) PhD
11 3 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.21%) LPIC
12 1 (0.21%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.51%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.07%) QA
3 6 (1.24%) DICOM
4 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.21%) FINRA
5 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 42 (8.68%) Docker
2 8 (1.65%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 69 (14.26%) Terraform
2 49 (10.12%) Kubernetes
3 29 (5.99%) Ansible
4 9 (1.86%) Grafana
5 8 (1.65%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.83%) Puppet
7 3 (0.62%) Podman
7 3 (0.62%) Rancher
8 2 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.41%) Nagios
8 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.21%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.21%) Istio
9 1 (0.21%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.21%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 215 (44.42%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.34%) Google
3 12 (2.48%) Red Hat
4 10 (2.07%) Databricks
5 8 (1.65%) VMware
6 5 (1.03%) Atlassian
6 5 (1.03%) HubSpot
7 4 (0.83%) Arista
7 4 (0.83%) Aruba
7 4 (0.83%) NetScout
7 4 (0.83%) SaltStack
8 3 (0.62%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (0.62%) Mirantis
8 3 (0.62%) Oracle
9 2 (0.41%) Aderant
9 2 (0.41%) New Relic
9 2 (0.41%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.41%) Splunk
10 1 (0.21%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.21%) UiPath