Python Contracts in the UK excluding London

Python
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 19 28
Rank change year-on-year -3 +9 -6
Contract jobs citing Python 1,346 1,859 2,009
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.49% 8.11% 6.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.35% 28.99% 22.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 895 1,279 1,366
10th Percentile £363 £400 £387
25th Percentile £425 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £713 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 103 63
10th Percentile £20.74 £22.16 £18.10
25th Percentile £38.00 £47.50 £33.78
Median hourly rate £65.00 £58.75 £52.56
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% +11.79% +31.39%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £59.71
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £50.85
% change year-on-year -7.69% +27.83% +35.60%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,921 6,412 8,834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.71% 27.98% 28.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,294 4,493 6,194
10th Percentile £319 £350 £338
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +14.42%
75th Percentile £583 £594 £575
90th Percentile £650 £678 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 429 322 322
10th Percentile £37.54 £26.48 £17.00
25th Percentile £51.25 £51.25 £31.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - +19.05% +28.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £78.00 £67.36
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £51.25
% change year-on-year -0.80% +21.95% +15.62%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Python in the UK excluding London

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Python in the UK excluding London

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Python in the UK excluding London

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Python in the UK excluding London

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Python in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Python in the UK excluding London

Python
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
North of England -1 387 £503 -12.61% 267
South East -4 348 £525 -4.55% 370
South West -10 193 £600 +2.21% 203
Scotland -7 191 £488 -2.50% 125
Yorkshire +18 182 £507 -16.37% 68
North West -6 177 £500 -9.91% 169
Midlands +5 127 £450 -14.29% 193
East of England -18 86 £440 -12.00% 172
West Midlands -8 75 £450 -18.18% 133
East Midlands +5 51 £425 -15.00% 59
North East +3 30 £600 -9.43% 31
Wales +18 20 £550 +4.76% 33
Northern Ireland +4 9 £413 -17.50% 36
Python
UK

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 81 (6.02%) Confluence
2 49 (3.64%) Apache Airflow
3 44 (3.27%) Apache
4 41 (3.05%) Apache Spark
5 33 (2.45%) SAS
6 8 (0.59%) nginx
7 6 (0.45%) SharePoint
8 5 (0.37%) JBoss
8 5 (0.37%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.30%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.22%) CMS
10 3 (0.22%) IIS
11 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.15%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.15%) IBM Domino
11 2 (0.15%) Traefik
12 1 (0.074%) Appian
12 1 (0.074%) Drupal
12 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.074%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 109 (8.10%) Chatbot
2 20 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.19%) Sketch
4 10 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (0.74%) SPSS
5 8 (0.59%) Simulink
6 6 (0.45%) CANalyzer
7 3 (0.22%) InVision
8 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.15%) Trello
9 1 (0.074%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.074%) Revit
9 1 (0.074%) Stata
Business Applications
1 8 (0.59%) Maximo
2 7 (0.52%) Odoo
3 4 (0.30%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.30%) FastStats
3 4 (0.30%) Unica
4 3 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.074%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.074%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.074%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 376 (27.93%) AWS
2 295 (21.92%) Azure
3 127 (9.44%) Serverless
4 97 (7.21%) GCP
5 92 (6.84%) Amazon S3
6 86 (6.39%) Power Platform
7 80 (5.94%) GitHub
8 73 (5.42%) AWS Lambda
9 65 (4.83%) OpenShift
10 56 (4.16%) AWS CloudFormation
11 51 (3.79%) Amazon EC2
11 51 (3.79%) Snowflake
12 49 (3.64%) Azure Data Factory
13 47 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
14 32 (2.38%) Entra ID
15 28 (2.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 27 (2.01%) Azure Functions
17 26 (1.93%) Azure Monitor
18 23 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
19 21 (1.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 53 (3.94%) Firewall
2 43 (3.19%) TCP/IP
3 36 (2.67%) VPN
4 28 (2.08%) DNS
5 25 (1.86%) SAN
6 24 (1.78%) BGP
7 20 (1.49%) Network Security
7 20 (1.49%) Radio Access Network
8 19 (1.41%) Wireless
9 17 (1.26%) OSPF
9 17 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (1.19%) Cisco ASA
11 14 (1.04%) HTTP
12 12 (0.89%) Cisco ISE
12 12 (0.89%) EIGRP
12 12 (0.89%) HSRP
12 12 (0.89%) IPsec
12 12 (0.89%) NetScaler
12 12 (0.89%) SNMP
12 12 (0.89%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (5.87%) Power BI
2 75 (5.57%) PostgreSQL
3 57 (4.23%) NoSQL
4 54 (4.01%) Big Data
4 54 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
5 53 (3.94%) MongoDB
6 51 (3.79%) Data Lake
7 50 (3.71%) Relational Database
8 47 (3.49%) Tableau
9 36 (2.67%) Elasticsearch
10 35 (2.60%) Hadoop
10 35 (2.60%) SQL Server
11 34 (2.53%) Amazon Redshift
12 32 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
12 32 (2.38%) MySQL
13 29 (2.15%) BigQuery
14 21 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
15 20 (1.49%) Amazon Aurora
15 20 (1.49%) GIS
16 18 (1.34%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 193 (14.34%) Jenkins
2 185 (13.74%) Git
3 137 (10.18%) JIRA
4 92 (6.84%) GitLab
5 51 (3.79%) Bitbucket
6 35 (2.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 33 (2.45%) Selenium
8 29 (2.15%) Robot Framework
9 27 (2.01%) Sonatype Nexus
10 17 (1.26%) Artifactory
10 17 (1.26%) SonarQube
11 15 (1.11%) Maven
12 14 (1.04%) Subversion
13 12 (0.89%) GoogleTest
13 12 (0.89%) Gradle
13 12 (0.89%) Visual Studio
14 11 (0.82%) Travis CI
15 10 (0.74%) JMeter
16 9 (0.67%) Cucumber
16 9 (0.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 238 (17.68%) Social Skills
2 169 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
3 114 (8.47%) Finance
4 88 (6.54%) Public Sector
5 48 (3.57%) Banking
6 38 (2.82%) Telecoms
7 30 (2.23%) Manufacturing
7 30 (2.23%) Marketing
8 29 (2.15%) Aerospace
9 28 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
10 22 (1.63%) Electronics
11 20 (1.49%) Retail
12 14 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (0.89%) Multimedia
15 9 (0.67%) Legal
16 7 (0.52%) Automotive
17 6 (0.45%) Local Government
18 5 (0.37%) Financial Institution
18 5 (0.37%) Military
Job Titles
1 406 (30.16%) Developer
2 125 (9.29%) Python Developer
3 124 (9.21%) Software Developer
4 119 (8.84%) DevOps Engineer
5 106 (7.88%) Analyst
6 100 (7.43%) Senior
7 97 (7.21%) Data Engineer
8 74 (5.50%) Software Engineer
9 68 (5.05%) Architect
10 58 (4.31%) Data Analyst
11 57 (4.23%) Python Engineer
12 56 (4.16%) Full Stack Developer
13 50 (3.71%) AWS Engineer
14 44 (3.27%) Lead
15 42 (3.12%) Network Engineer
16 41 (3.05%) Linux Engineer
17 38 (2.82%) Platform Engineer
18 37 (2.75%) Security Engineer
19 33 (2.45%) AWS DevOps
20 32 (2.38%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (10.40%) HTML
2 99 (7.36%) React
3 60 (4.46%) REST
4 53 (3.94%) .NET
5 50 (3.71%) PySpark
6 39 (2.90%) Kafka
6 39 (2.90%) Node.js
7 38 (2.82%) AWS CDK
8 34 (2.53%) AngularJS
8 34 (2.53%) JSON
8 34 (2.53%) XML
8 34 (2.53%) YAML
9 33 (2.45%) RESTful
10 29 (2.15%) Django
11 27 (2.01%) CSS
11 27 (2.01%) Elastic Stack
12 26 (1.93%) .NET Core
12 26 (1.93%) Flask
12 26 (1.93%) Spring
13 22 (1.63%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 53 (3.94%) PKI
2 48 (3.57%) Product Ownership
3 41 (3.05%) Linux Command Line
4 33 (2.45%) Data Centre
5 31 (2.30%) Algorithms
6 30 (2.23%) Data Structures
7 29 (2.15%) Public Cloud
8 25 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
9 22 (1.63%) Client/Server
10 21 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
11 18 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 17 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
13 16 (1.19%) Management Information System
13 16 (1.19%) Mobile App
14 15 (1.11%) Cloud Native
14 15 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (0.89%) Onboarding
16 11 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
16 11 (0.82%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 303 (22.51%) Linux
2 129 (9.58%) Windows
3 68 (5.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 60 (4.46%) Unix
5 55 (4.09%) Windows Server
6 26 (1.93%) Ubuntu
7 21 (1.56%) Android
8 18 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (1.26%) Debian
10 15 (1.11%) Apple iOS
10 15 (1.11%) zOS
11 9 (0.67%) CentOS
11 9 (0.67%) Embedded Linux
12 8 (0.59%) VMS
13 7 (0.52%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.30%) Solaris
14 4 (0.30%) Windows 10
15 3 (0.22%) Kali Linux
16 2 (0.15%) Alpine Linux
16 2 (0.15%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (28.60%) DevOps
2 368 (27.34%) Agile
3 294 (21.84%) CI/CD
4 266 (19.76%) Software Engineering
5 201 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
6 185 (13.74%) Artificial Intelligence
7 137 (10.18%) Code Quality
7 137 (10.18%) Data Modelling
8 124 (9.21%) Test Automation
9 121 (8.99%) Containerisation
9 121 (8.99%) Infrastructure as Code
10 113 (8.40%) Computer Science
11 111 (8.25%) Conversational UI
12 110 (8.17%) Analytics
13 104 (7.73%) Scrum
14 92 (6.84%) ETL
15 91 (6.76%) Business Intelligence
16 85 (6.32%) Continuous Integration
17 84 (6.24%) Configuration Management
17 84 (6.24%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 370 (27.49%) SQL
2 252 (18.72%) Java
3 236 (17.53%) JavaScript
4 204 (15.16%) PowerShell
5 171 (12.70%) C#
6 153 (11.37%) Bash
7 113 (8.40%) C++
8 85 (6.32%) C
9 71 (5.27%) Perl
10 50 (3.71%) Shell Script
11 49 (3.64%) R
12 42 (3.12%) Go
13 36 (2.67%) TypeScript
14 34 (2.53%) Scala
15 28 (2.08%) Ruby
16 26 (1.93%) Groovy
16 26 (1.93%) VBScript
17 18 (1.34%) Tcl
18 15 (1.11%) JCL
18 15 (1.11%) REXX
Qualifications
1 316 (23.48%) Security Cleared
2 224 (16.64%) Degree
3 172 (12.78%) SC Cleared
4 137 (10.18%) DV Cleared
5 54 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (1.93%) Master's Degree
7 23 (1.71%) AWS Certification
7 23 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (1.49%) CCNP
9 17 (1.26%) CCNA
10 14 (1.04%) PhD
11 12 (0.89%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 12 (0.89%) Azure Certification
12 10 (0.74%) OSCP
13 8 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.59%) CEH
14 7 (0.52%) CREST Certified
14 7 (0.52%) GIAC
15 6 (0.45%) GPEN
16 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (4.68%) QA
2 48 (3.57%) Data Quality
3 22 (1.63%) GDPR
4 18 (1.34%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.11%) MISRA
6 12 (0.89%) Disclosure Scotland
7 11 (0.82%) NIST
8 7 (0.52%) JTAG
8 7 (0.52%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.52%) RMADS
9 6 (0.45%) Good Clinical Practice
9 6 (0.45%) GxP
10 5 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.22%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.15%) IEC 61508
12 2 (0.15%) NCSC
13 1 (0.074%) CDISC
13 1 (0.074%) DO-178B
System Software
1 189 (14.04%) Docker
2 76 (5.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 69 (5.13%) Active Directory
4 25 (1.86%) vSphere
5 22 (1.63%) Firmware
6 21 (1.56%) VMware NSX
7 19 (1.41%) NFS
8 15 (1.11%) Time Sharing Option
9 13 (0.97%) Hyper-V
9 13 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
10 9 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
11 6 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
12 5 (0.37%) HDFS
12 5 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
13 4 (0.30%) Apache ZooKeeper
13 4 (0.30%) VirtualBox
14 3 (0.22%) KVM
15 2 (0.15%) GPFS
15 2 (0.15%) LXC
15 2 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 256 (19.02%) Ansible
2 253 (18.80%) Terraform
3 229 (17.01%) Kubernetes
4 69 (5.13%) Grafana
5 48 (3.57%) Prometheus
6 39 (2.90%) Puppet
7 38 (2.82%) Progress Chef
8 29 (2.15%) Kibana
9 27 (2.01%) PowerCLI
10 18 (1.34%) Docker Swarm
11 17 (1.26%) Packer
12 15 (1.11%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 13 (0.97%) logstash
13 13 (0.97%) vRealize
14 11 (0.82%) HP Fortify
15 10 (0.74%) SCCM
15 10 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
16 7 (0.52%) Nagios
16 7 (0.52%) Nessus
16 7 (0.52%) Rancher
Vendors
1 111 (8.25%) VMware
2 109 (8.10%) Microsoft
3 108 (8.02%) PayPal
4 79 (5.87%) Splunk
5 75 (5.57%) Google
6 50 (3.71%) Databricks
7 46 (3.42%) Red Hat
8 44 (3.27%) Atlassian
9 40 (2.97%) Cisco
9 40 (2.97%) Dell
10 37 (2.75%) Oracle
11 27 (2.01%) IBM
12 25 (1.86%) SAP
13 24 (1.78%) HP
14 20 (1.49%) SolarWinds
15 19 (1.41%) Palo Alto
16 18 (1.34%) Brocade
17 17 (1.26%) Citrix
18 16 (1.19%) Salesforce
19 15 (1.11%) CA