Python Job Trends in Belfast

Python
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Belfast citing Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	22	19	6
Rank change year-on-year	-3	-13	+16
Permanent jobs citing Python	41	11	61
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast	7.00%	4.62%	15.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category	44.09%	55.00%	45.19%
Number of salaries quoted	16	8	29
10^th Percentile	£73,125	£50,200	£46,713
25^th Percentile	£75,000	£55,938	£64,471
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£80,000	£65,000	£80,000
Median % change year-on-year	+23.08%	-18.75%	+10.34%
75^th Percentile	£82,500	£78,790	-
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£79,153	£94,500
County Antrim median annual salary	£80,000	£65,000	£80,000
% change year-on-year	+23.08%	-18.75%	+10.34%

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 citing coding skills in Belfast.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills	93	20	135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast	15.87%	8.40%	35.25%
Number of salaries quoted	41	12	69
10^th Percentile	£45,000	£42,800	£37,900
25^th Percentile	£55,000	£52,625	£51,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£65,000	£65,000
Median % change year-on-year	-7.69%	-	+30.00%
75^th Percentile	£80,000	£78,790	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£79,879	£95,000
County Antrim median annual salary	£60,000	£65,000	£65,000
% change year-on-year	-7.69%	-	+30.00%

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 Salary Trend in Belfast

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 27 October 2026.

Python Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 27 October 2026, job vacancies citing Python also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Belfast region citing Python.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Software Engineering	36.6%	15
2	Mentoring	34.1%	14
3	PowerShell	29.3%	12
4	DevOps	26.8%	11
4	QA	26.8%	11
6	Continuous Improvement	24.4%	10
6	Project Delivery	24.4%	10
8	AWS	22.0%	9
8	Azure	22.0%	9
8	Data Management	22.0%	9
8	Full-Stack Development	22.0%	9
12	Budget Management	19.5%	8
12	C#	19.5%	8
12	Change Advisory Board	19.5%	8
12	Enterprise Architecture	19.5%	8
12	Generative AI	19.5%	8
12	JavaScript	19.5%	8
12	Manual Testing	19.5%	8
12	Performance Management	19.5%	8
12	Programme Management	19.5%	8
12	SaaS	19.5%	8
12	Software Testing	19.5%	8
12	Stakeholder Engagement	19.5%	8
12	Strategic Planning	19.5%	8
12	Test Automation	19.5%	8
12	Test Strategy	19.5%	8
12	TypeScript	19.5%	8
12	Virtual Team Management	19.5%	8
29	Degree	17.1%	7
29	GCP	17.1%	7

Python Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	PowerShell	29.3%	12
2	C#	19.5%	8
2	JavaScript	19.5%	8
2	TypeScript	19.5%	8
5	Bash	14.6%	6
5	SQL	14.6%	6
7	Go	4.9%	2
7	Java	4.9%	2
9	MATLAB	2.4%	1
9	Scala	2.4%	1