Python Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Python
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 34 24
Rank change year-on-year +13 -10 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 28 17 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 6.86% 3.84% 6.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.77% 17.35% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19 3 10
10th Percentile £52,500 £54,300 £43,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £54,750 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £58,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% +16.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £79,375 £69,500 £90,938
90th Percentile £82,500 £74,000 £100,000
East Midlands median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% -13.04%

All Programming Languages
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 91 98 176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 22.30% 22.12% 46.07%
Number of salaries quoted 73 53 152
10th Percentile £35,250 £28,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +24.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £62,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,000 £67,500 £87,375
East Midlands median annual salary £45,390 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.22% -4.76% -4.55%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Python job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Python
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in Northamptonshire

Python
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 3 January 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
Northampton +4 26 £70,000 +3.70% 47
Python
East Midlands

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 1 (3.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.57%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 19 (67.86%) AWS
2 10 (35.71%) Amazon S3
2 10 (35.71%) AWS Lambda
2 10 (35.71%) Azure
2 10 (35.71%) Serverless
3 7 (25.00%) Power Platform
4 5 (17.86%) Azure AI
5 2 (7.14%) GCP
6 1 (3.57%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (3.57%) GitHub
6 1 (3.57%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (21.43%) Power BI
2 5 (17.86%) Tableau
3 4 (14.29%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (3.57%) Data Mining
4 1 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.57%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Git
1 1 (3.57%) GitLab
1 1 (3.57%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (3.57%) Banking
4 1 (3.57%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Developer
2 7 (25.00%) Senior
3 6 (21.43%) Analyst
3 6 (21.43%) AWS Developer
3 6 (21.43%) Node.js Developer
3 6 (21.43%) Python Developer
3 6 (21.43%) React Developer
3 6 (21.43%) Software Developer
4 5 (17.86%) Data Analyst
4 5 (17.86%) Junior
4 5 (17.86%) Junior Analyst
4 5 (17.86%) Junior Data Analyst
4 5 (17.86%) Lead
5 4 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (14.29%) Lead Developer
5 4 (14.29%) Senior Developer
6 3 (10.71%) AWS Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) AWS Software Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Python Software Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (46.43%) Node.js
1 13 (46.43%) React
2 11 (39.29%) HTML
3 7 (25.00%) CSS
4 1 (3.57%) Middleware
4 1 (3.57%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Credit Risk
1 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.57%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) Full-Stack Development
2 9 (32.14%) Software Engineering
3 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (21.43%) Change Management
4 6 (21.43%) Computer Science
5 5 (17.86%) AI
6 4 (14.29%) API Development
6 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 4 (14.29%) Project Delivery
6 4 (14.29%) Project Management
7 3 (10.71%) CRM
7 3 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (10.71%) Data Science
7 3 (10.71%) Machine Learning
8 2 (7.14%) Analytics
8 2 (7.14%) CI/CD
8 2 (7.14%) Containerisation
8 2 (7.14%) Credit Risk Modelling
8 2 (7.14%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 21 (75.00%) SQL
2 12 (42.86%) JavaScript
3 2 (7.14%) Bash
3 2 (7.14%) C
3 2 (7.14%) Java
3 2 (7.14%) Perl
3 2 (7.14%) PowerShell
3 2 (7.14%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Degree
2 6 (21.43%) Azure Certification
3 4 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (7.14%) HND
4 2 (7.14%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.57%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (3.57%) DBS Check
5 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.57%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Ansible
1 2 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 2 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) Allen-Bradley
2 2 (7.14%) Siemens
2 2 (7.14%) Toshiba
2 2 (7.14%) Zoho