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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 6 31
Rank change year-on-year -28 +25 -23
Permanent jobs citing Python 541 1,041 526
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 5.00% 23.02% 5.52%
As % of the Programming Languages category 36.63% 56.39% 18.42%
Number of salaries quoted 352 177 379
10th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £35,896
25th Percentile £40,000 £51,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.04% -12.31%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -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 1,477 1,846 2,855
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 13.64% 40.82% 29.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,165 745 2,383
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,450 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,250 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £81,250
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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -11 350 £65,500 -2.96% 176
Merseyside +7 83 £40,000 -23.81% 31
Lancashire -26 81 £47,500 -5.05% 73
Cheshire -64 17 £52,500 -4.55% 33
Cumbria -16 7 £85,000 +17.24% 2
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 14 (2.59%) WordPress
2 13 (2.40%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (2.40%) Jupyter
3 8 (1.48%) Apache
3 8 (1.48%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.74%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.37%) Confluence
6 2 (0.37%) JBoss
6 2 (0.37%) nginx
6 2 (0.37%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.18%) CMS
7 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 109 (20.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.59%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 277 (51.20%) Azure
2 199 (36.78%) AWS
3 110 (20.33%) Power Platform
4 105 (19.41%) Azure AI
5 67 (12.38%) GitHub
6 62 (11.46%) GCP
7 41 (7.58%) Serverless
8 24 (4.44%) AWS Lambda
9 22 (4.07%) Amazon S3
10 19 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
11 18 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
11 18 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
12 16 (2.96%) SaaS
13 14 (2.59%) Datadog
14 13 (2.40%) dbt
14 13 (2.40%) Snowflake
15 12 (2.22%) Amazon ECS
16 10 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 9 (1.66%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 42 (7.76%) Internet
2 20 (3.70%) Firewall
3 7 (1.29%) DNS
3 7 (1.29%) VPN
4 6 (1.11%) SAN
4 6 (1.11%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.92%) DHCP
5 5 (0.92%) Network Security
6 4 (0.74%) NGFW
6 4 (0.74%) VXLAN
6 4 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.74%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.55%) AMQP
7 3 (0.55%) SNMP
8 2 (0.37%) BGP
8 2 (0.37%) HTTP
8 2 (0.37%) IPFIX
8 2 (0.37%) OSPF
8 2 (0.37%) SSL
8 2 (0.37%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (20.33%) Tableau
2 102 (18.85%) Power BI
3 27 (4.99%) Data Mining
4 24 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (4.07%) SQL Server
6 21 (3.88%) MongoDB
7 19 (3.51%) Data Lake
7 19 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (2.77%) NoSQL
9 13 (2.40%) BigQuery
10 12 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
10 12 (2.22%) DynamoDB
11 11 (2.03%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (1.48%) Big Data
14 7 (1.29%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (1.29%) MySQL
14 7 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 67 (12.38%) Git
2 23 (4.25%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.22%) GitLab
3 12 (2.22%) Visual Studio Code
4 6 (1.11%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.74%) JIRA
6 3 (0.55%) Selenium
7 2 (0.37%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.37%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.37%) Maven
7 2 (0.37%) Postman
7 2 (0.37%) Subversion
7 2 (0.37%) Vite
8 1 (0.18%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.18%) MLflow
8 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 176 (32.53%) Social Skills
2 89 (16.45%) Finance
3 74 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (5.73%) Multimedia
5 25 (4.62%) Public Sector
5 25 (4.62%) Retail
6 18 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (2.96%) Law
8 13 (2.40%) Manufacturing
9 10 (1.85%) Aerospace
10 9 (1.66%) Marketing
11 7 (1.29%) Legal
12 6 (1.11%) Police
13 5 (0.92%) Banking
14 4 (0.74%) Health Technology
14 4 (0.74%) Italian Language
14 4 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.74%) Spanish Language
14 4 (0.74%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.55%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 117 (21.63%) Analyst
2 111 (20.52%) Data Analyst
3 103 (19.04%) Senior
4 81 (14.97%) Junior
4 81 (14.97%) Junior Analyst
4 81 (14.97%) Junior Data Analyst
5 67 (12.38%) Trainee
6 63 (11.65%) Developer
7 56 (10.35%) Software Engineer
8 53 (9.80%) Data Engineer
9 48 (8.87%) Lead
10 45 (8.32%) Python Engineer
11 33 (6.10%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 29 (5.36%) Senior Data Engineer
13 24 (4.44%) Trainee Analyst
13 24 (4.44%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 19 (3.51%) Python Software Engineer
14 19 (3.51%) Software Developer
15 17 (3.14%) Architect
16 16 (2.96%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (8.69%) HTML
2 44 (8.13%) CSS
3 32 (5.91%) .NET
4 28 (5.18%) Node.js
5 26 (4.81%) Kafka
5 26 (4.81%) React
6 22 (4.07%) Pandas
7 18 (3.33%) NumPy
8 17 (3.14%) scikit-learn
9 16 (2.96%) PySpark
10 13 (2.40%) FastAPI
11 12 (2.22%) Hugging Face
11 12 (2.22%) Matplotlib
11 12 (2.22%) REST
11 12 (2.22%) Spring
11 12 (2.22%) Spring Boot
11 12 (2.22%) Streamlit
12 10 (1.85%) AngularJS
12 10 (1.85%) Django
12 10 (1.85%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 53 (9.80%) Cloud Native
2 25 (4.62%) Algorithms
3 22 (4.07%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (3.88%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.40%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.22%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (2.22%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.03%) Low-Code
7 11 (2.03%) Public Cloud
8 9 (1.66%) AI Agents
9 7 (1.29%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.11%) Cyberattack
10 6 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.11%) PACS
10 6 (1.11%) Security Operations Centre
11 5 (0.92%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.81%) Linux
2 13 (2.40%) Windows
3 10 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.11%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.74%) CentOS
6 3 (0.55%) Android
6 3 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.55%) Debian
6 3 (0.55%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.55%) Unix
7 2 (0.37%) Solaris
8 1 (0.18%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (42.33%) AI
2 106 (19.59%) Analytics
3 104 (19.22%) Business Intelligence
4 90 (16.64%) CI/CD
5 89 (16.45%) Software Engineering
6 85 (15.71%) DevOps
7 81 (14.97%) Infrastructure as Code
8 78 (14.42%) Mentoring
9 76 (14.05%) Agile
10 69 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
11 59 (10.91%) Machine Learning
12 46 (8.50%) Event-Driven
13 45 (8.32%) Containerisation
14 41 (7.58%) Cybersecurity
15 40 (7.39%) Data Analytics
16 39 (7.21%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
17 38 (7.02%) Data Analysis
17 38 (7.02%) Data Science
17 38 (7.02%) Microservices
18 37 (6.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 218 (40.30%) SQL
2 85 (15.71%) JavaScript
3 68 (12.57%) Java
4 34 (6.28%) TypeScript
5 33 (6.10%) PowerShell
6 31 (5.73%) R
7 30 (5.55%) Bash
8 19 (3.51%) C++
9 18 (3.33%) C
10 17 (3.14%) Go
11 12 (2.22%) C#
12 11 (2.03%) Bicep
13 8 (1.48%) Ruby
14 7 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (1.11%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.74%) PHP
16 4 (0.74%) Scala
17 3 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
18 1 (0.18%) Groovy
18 1 (0.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 147 (27.17%) Azure Certification
2 48 (8.87%) AWS Certification
3 43 (7.95%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 41 (7.58%) Security Cleared
5 35 (6.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 32 (5.91%) Degree
7 28 (5.18%) SC Cleared
8 19 (3.51%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.74%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.74%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.74%) PhD
12 2 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.18%) LPIC
13 1 (0.18%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.18%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.22%) QA
3 6 (1.11%) DICOM
4 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.37%) SLA
5 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.18%) GDPR
5 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (8.32%) Docker
2 8 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.29%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 89 (16.45%) Terraform
2 52 (9.61%) Kubernetes
3 28 (5.18%) Ansible
4 12 (2.22%) Grafana
5 11 (2.03%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.74%) Nagios
6 4 (0.74%) Puppet
7 3 (0.55%) Rancher
8 2 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.37%) Istio
8 2 (0.37%) Podman
8 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.18%) Argo
9 1 (0.18%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.18%) linkerd
9 1 (0.18%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.18%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 195 (36.04%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.44%) Google
3 14 (2.59%) Databricks
4 12 (2.22%) Red Hat
5 11 (2.03%) HubSpot
5 11 (2.03%) VMware
6 4 (0.74%) Arista
6 4 (0.74%) Aruba
6 4 (0.74%) Atlassian
6 4 (0.74%) NetScout
6 4 (0.74%) OpenAI
6 4 (0.74%) Oracle
7 3 (0.55%) Adobe
7 3 (0.55%) LogicMonitor
7 3 (0.55%) SaltStack
7 3 (0.55%) SAP
7 3 (0.55%) Splunk
8 2 (0.37%) Mirantis
8 2 (0.37%) New Relic
8 2 (0.37%) Palo Alto