Python Contracts in Kent

Python
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for Python skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Python over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 30 31
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 -5
Contract jobs citing Python 2 3 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 0.93% 1.44% 3.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.33% 7.69% 13.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £340
25th Percentile £613 - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +51.52%
75th Percentile £638 - £638
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £527
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.46% +10.84%

All Programming Languages
Kent

Python is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 24 39 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 11.16% 18.75% 22.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 20 60
10th Percentile £325 £363 £357
25th Percentile £363 £406 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £506 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +6.58% +21.79%
75th Percentile £575 £749 £588
90th Percentile £598 £788 £638
South East median daily rate £501 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.57% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile £51.98 £47.56 -
25th Percentile £53.82 £51.94 £49.25
Median hourly rate £58.91 £55.30 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% +9.51% +26.25%
75th Percentile £63.98 £56.38 £51.75
90th Percentile £65.80 £56.43 -
South East median hourly rate £61.60 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.00% +57.14% -17.95%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Python in Kent

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in Kent.

Daily rate trend for Python in Kent

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python in Kent.

Hourly rate trend for Python in Kent

Python
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Kent region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chatham - 2 £625 - 2
Python
South East

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SAS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) R
1 2 (100.00%) SQL