Python Developer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Python Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Python Developer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 163 195
Rank change year-on-year -14 +32 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Python Developer 176 354 646
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.19% 1.48% 1.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 1.56% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 286 451
10th Percentile £425 £413 £438
25th Percentile £525 £482 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £781 £750 £738
90th Percentile £888 £880 £806
UK median daily rate £610 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +1.67% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - +44.44% +80.00%
UK median hourly rate £71.00 £65.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +44.44% +74.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,801 22,740 41,944
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.25% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,306 16,147 30,496
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 528 563
10th Percentile £14.27 £16.98 £14.05
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.00 £19.96
Median hourly rate £43.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +25.00% +70.21%
75th Percentile £63.56 £66.05 £59.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.15 £69.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Python Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Python Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Python Developer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Python Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Python Developer.

Python Developer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Python Developer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Python Developer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Python Developer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Python Developer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Python Developer.

Python Developer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Python Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Python Developer in the job title.

1 176 (100.00%) Python
2 82 (46.59%) AWS
3 72 (40.91%) Finance
4 65 (36.93%) Software Engineering
5 61 (34.66%) Agile
6 59 (33.52%) Front Office
7 53 (30.11%) GCP
8 49 (27.84%) Fixed Income
9 48 (27.27%) JavaScript
10 45 (25.57%) Asset Management
11 42 (23.86%) Derivative
12 40 (22.73%) Pandas
13 39 (22.16%) React
13 39 (22.16%) Banking
14 36 (20.45%) Azure
15 35 (19.89%) Protocol Buffers
15 35 (19.89%) TypeScript
15 35 (19.89%) gRPC
15 35 (19.89%) Apache Airflow
15 35 (19.89%) Equities
16 33 (18.75%) NumPy
17 32 (18.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 31 (17.61%) Apache
18 31 (17.61%) SciPy
19 30 (17.05%) Hedge funds
20 29 (16.48%) Investment Management
20 29 (16.48%) Apache Ignite
20 29 (16.48%) Amazon Athena
20 29 (16.48%) Dremio
20 29 (16.48%) dbt

Python Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 35 (19.89%) Apache Airflow
2 31 (17.61%) Apache
3 4 (2.27%) Drupal
3 4 (2.27%) WordPress
4 1 (0.57%) Tornado
Applications
1 1 (0.57%) CPLEX
1 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.70%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.57%) BASE24
Cloud Services
1 82 (46.59%) AWS
2 53 (30.11%) GCP
3 36 (20.45%) Azure
4 29 (16.48%) dbt
5 18 (10.23%) Snowflake
6 7 (3.98%) GitHub
7 6 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.41%) Serverless
8 5 (2.84%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 4 (2.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.70%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.70%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.70%) Azure Functions
10 3 (1.70%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.25%) TCP/IP
2 10 (5.68%) SAN
3 1 (0.57%) ATM
3 1 (0.57%) DNS
3 1 (0.57%) Internet
3 1 (0.57%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (16.48%) Amazon Athena
1 29 (16.48%) Apache Arrow
1 29 (16.48%) Apache Ignite
1 29 (16.48%) Dremio
2 17 (9.66%) Data Lake
3 14 (7.95%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (6.25%) NoSQL
5 7 (3.98%) MongoDB
5 7 (3.98%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.27%) MySQL
7 3 (1.70%) Big Data
7 3 (1.70%) Parquet
8 2 (1.14%) CockroachDB
8 2 (1.14%) GIS
8 2 (1.14%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.14%) Redis
9 1 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.57%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (5.11%) Git
2 7 (3.98%) GitLab
2 7 (3.98%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.27%) Selenium
4 3 (1.70%) PyUnit
4 3 (1.70%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.57%) Robot Framework
General
1 72 (40.91%) Finance
2 59 (33.52%) Front Office
3 39 (22.16%) Banking
4 27 (15.34%) Investment Banking
5 7 (3.98%) Financial Institution
5 7 (3.98%) Social Skills
6 3 (1.70%) Aerospace
6 3 (1.70%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.14%) Health Technology
7 2 (1.14%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.57%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (22.73%) Pandas
2 39 (22.16%) React
3 35 (19.89%) gRPC
3 35 (19.89%) Protocol Buffers
4 33 (18.75%) NumPy
5 31 (17.61%) SciPy
6 26 (14.77%) Django
7 19 (10.80%) AngularJS
8 17 (9.66%) Flask
9 16 (9.09%) Vue
10 15 (8.52%) FastAPI
11 12 (6.82%) Node.js
12 11 (6.25%) CSS
12 11 (6.25%) HTML
12 11 (6.25%) RESTful
13 10 (5.68%) Redux
13 10 (5.68%) REST
14 7 (3.98%) PySpark
15 6 (3.41%) Material-UI
16 5 (2.84%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 49 (27.84%) Fixed Income
2 42 (23.86%) Derivative
3 35 (19.89%) Equities
4 32 (18.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 30 (17.05%) Hedge funds
6 9 (5.11%) Algorithms
6 9 (5.11%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.70%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.14%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.57%) CUDA
9 1 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.57%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.57%) EMV
9 1 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.57%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.57%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.80%) Linux
2 10 (5.68%) Debian
2 10 (5.68%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (36.93%) Software Engineering
2 61 (34.66%) Agile
3 45 (25.57%) Asset Management
4 29 (16.48%) Investment Management
5 24 (13.64%) CI/CD
6 17 (9.66%) Line Management
7 16 (9.09%) Data Modelling
8 15 (8.52%) Analytics
9 14 (7.95%) DevOps
10 12 (6.82%) Full Stack Development
11 11 (6.25%) Fintech
12 10 (5.68%) API Development
12 10 (5.68%) Credit Risk Analysis
12 10 (5.68%) Data Engineering
12 10 (5.68%) Performance Attribution
12 10 (5.68%) Prototyping
12 10 (5.68%) Quantitative Research
13 9 (5.11%) Customer Service
13 9 (5.11%) LLM
13 9 (5.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 176 (100.00%) Python
2 48 (27.27%) JavaScript
3 35 (19.89%) TypeScript
4 28 (15.91%) Java
5 24 (13.64%) SQL
6 10 (5.68%) R
7 7 (3.98%) C++
8 5 (2.84%) C#
9 3 (1.70%) Bash
9 3 (1.70%) MATLAB
10 2 (1.14%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.14%) Ruby
10 2 (1.14%) Scala
10 2 (1.14%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.57%) Bicep
11 1 (0.57%) Jython
11 1 (0.57%) Perl
11 1 (0.57%) Rust
11 1 (0.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (10.80%) SC Cleared
1 19 (10.80%) Security Cleared
2 9 (5.11%) DV Cleared
3 3 (1.70%) Degree
4 2 (1.14%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.57%) ISO 8583
2 1 (0.57%) QA
System Software
1 14 (7.95%) Docker
2 3 (1.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (5.68%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.84%) Terraform
3 1 (0.57%) Ansible
3 1 (0.57%) Istio
3 1 (0.57%) Puppet
Vendors
1 13 (7.39%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.82%) Bloomberg
3 10 (5.68%) Red Hat
3 10 (5.68%) VMware
4 9 (5.11%) OpenAI
5 6 (3.41%) Databricks
5 6 (3.41%) Google
5 6 (3.41%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.27%) Oracle
7 2 (1.14%) Reuters
7 2 (1.14%) Splunk
8 1 (0.57%) FIS
8 1 (0.57%) Fiserv
8 1 (0.57%) Remedy
8 1 (0.57%) SAP
8 1 (0.57%) VocaLink
8 1 (0.57%) Wincor Nixdorf
8 1 (0.57%) WorldPay