Python Job Trends in Belfast

Python
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 24 9
Rank change year-on-year +11 -15 +12
Permanent jobs citing Python 49 7 56
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 9.53% 3.17% 12.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 66.22% 17.50% 37.09%
Number of salaries quoted 18 4 25
10th Percentile £35,000 £45,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £60,328 £50,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £56,250 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -25.15% +7.36%
75th Percentile £80,000 £60,313 £80,000
90th Percentile - £63,125 £90,000
County Antrim median annual salary £75,000 £56,250 £75,150
% change year-on-year +33.33% -25.15% +7.36%

All Programming Languages
Belfast

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 Belfast.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 74 40 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 14.40% 18.10% 33.26%
Number of salaries quoted 31 17 102
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.35% +25.50%
75th Percentile £76,875 £60,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £69,500 £99,500
County Antrim median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +20.00%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Python job vacancy trend in Belfast

Python
Salary Trend in Belfast

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in Belfast

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Belfast over the 6 months to 20 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in Belfast

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Applications
1 17 (34.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 28 (57.14%) Azure
2 21 (42.86%) Azure AI
3 15 (30.61%) Power Platform
4 10 (20.41%) SaaS
5 9 (18.37%) AWS
6 6 (12.24%) dbt
6 6 (12.24%) PaaS
7 5 (10.20%) GCP
8 1 (2.04%) Amazon ECR
8 1 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (2.04%) Amazon ElastiCache
8 1 (2.04%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 1 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (2.04%) AWS CodeBuild
8 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.04%) OpenShift
8 1 (2.04%) Pulumi
8 1 (2.04%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.04%) ATM
1 1 (2.04%) Internet
1 1 (2.04%) SMS
1 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (34.69%) Tableau
2 15 (30.61%) Power BI
3 2 (4.08%) Data Mining
3 2 (4.08%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (2.04%) Big Data
4 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (2.04%) Pinecone
4 1 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.04%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Git
1 1 (2.04%) GitLab
1 1 (2.04%) Jenkins
General
1 29 (59.18%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.20%) Legal
3 4 (8.16%) Law
4 3 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.12%) Finance
5 2 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.04%) Advertising
6 1 (2.04%) Banking
6 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Multimedia
6 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (34.69%) Analyst
1 17 (34.69%) Data Analyst
2 15 (30.61%) Junior
2 15 (30.61%) Junior Analyst
2 15 (30.61%) Junior Data Analyst
3 13 (26.53%) Senior
4 11 (22.45%) Developer
5 7 (14.29%) Gen AI Developer
5 7 (14.29%) Python Developer
6 6 (12.24%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 6 (12.24%) Lead
6 6 (12.24%) Senior Developer
6 6 (12.24%) Senior Python Developer
7 5 (10.20%) Senior Manager
7 5 (10.20%) Test Leader
7 5 (10.20%) Testing Manager
8 3 (6.12%) Trainee
9 2 (4.08%) Full-Stack Developer
9 2 (4.08%) Python Engineer
9 2 (4.08%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.16%) React
2 3 (6.12%) CSS
2 3 (6.12%) HTML
2 3 (6.12%) LangChain
3 2 (4.08%) Django
3 2 (4.08%) PyTorch
3 2 (4.08%) React Native
3 2 (4.08%) TensorFlow
4 1 (2.04%) FastAPI
4 1 (2.04%) Flask
4 1 (2.04%) Hugging Face
4 1 (2.04%) LlamaIndex
4 1 (2.04%) NumPy
4 1 (2.04%) Pandas
4 1 (2.04%) pgvector
4 1 (2.04%) scikit-learn
4 1 (2.04%) SQLAlchemy
4 1 (2.04%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (2.04%) TanStack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.04%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Linux
1 1 (2.04%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (55.10%) AI
2 15 (30.61%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (20.41%) Test Automation
4 9 (18.37%) Generative AI
4 9 (18.37%) Software Engineering
5 8 (16.33%) DevOps
5 8 (16.33%) Mentoring
6 6 (12.24%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
6 6 (12.24%) Project Delivery
7 5 (10.20%) Agile
7 5 (10.20%) BDD
7 5 (10.20%) Budget Management
7 5 (10.20%) Change Advisory Board
7 5 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (10.20%) Manual Testing
7 5 (10.20%) Performance Management
7 5 (10.20%) Programme Management
7 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (10.20%) Test Strategy
7 5 (10.20%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (44.90%) SQL
2 8 (16.33%) TypeScript
3 7 (14.29%) Java
4 6 (12.24%) JavaScript
5 5 (10.20%) C#
5 5 (10.20%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.04%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (44.90%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.04%) AWS Certification
2 1 (2.04%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.04%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.04%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.20%) QA
2 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.04%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.08%) Terraform
2 1 (2.04%) AWS Copilot
2 1 (2.04%) Grafana
Vendors
1 18 (36.73%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.04%) Google
2 1 (2.04%) OpenAI