Python Contracts with Work from Home Options

Python
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 13 12
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Python 1,593 2,810 4,549
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.79% 11.41% 10.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.83% 30.76% 27.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,130 2,097 3,283
10th Percentile £388 £425 £413
25th Percentile £475 £487 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £596 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% +2.17% +11.22%
75th Percentile £750 £700 £675
90th Percentile £850 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £560 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 41 24
10th Percentile £20.77 £19.00 £20.24
25th Percentile £52.13 £22.16 £25.28
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £49.88
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +0.25% +59.09%
75th Percentile £78.13 £57.03 £57.50
90th Percentile £82.00 £70.25 £63.66
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £60.63 £50.77
% change year-on-year -1.03% +19.41% +26.93%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,005 9,135 16,777
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.90% 37.08% 38.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,630 6,714 12,469
10th Percentile £356 £388 £375
25th Percentile £430 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +6.60%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £638
90th Percentile £788 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 191 190
10th Percentile £33.13 £27.10 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +25.00% +12.36%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £82.50 £72.75
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £61.60 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.46% +23.20% +17.65%

Python
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Python trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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.

Python daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Python
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Python over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Python daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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.

Python hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Python over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Python hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Python
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
1 169 (10.61%) Apache Airflow
2 125 (7.85%) Apache
3 52 (3.26%) Confluence
4 44 (2.76%) Apache Spark
5 19 (1.19%) SAS
6 11 (0.69%) OpenStack
6 11 (0.69%) SharePoint
7 8 (0.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 7 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
9 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.31%) GeoServer
9 5 (0.31%) nginx
10 4 (0.25%) Drupal
10 4 (0.25%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.25%) Luigi
10 4 (0.25%) WordPress
11 3 (0.19%) JBoss
12 2 (0.13%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 122 (7.66%) Chatbot
2 33 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.13%) Sketch
5 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.13%) SPSS
6 1 (0.063%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.063%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 6 (0.38%) Distributed Ledger
1 6 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.38%) Maximo
2 3 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
2 3 (0.19%) FastStats
2 3 (0.19%) Orchestrade
2 3 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.19%) Shopify
2 3 (0.19%) Unica
3 2 (0.13%) Endur
4 1 (0.063%) BASE24
4 1 (0.063%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.063%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.063%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.063%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 581 (36.47%) AWS
2 371 (23.29%) Azure
3 212 (13.31%) GCP
4 135 (8.47%) dbt
5 124 (7.78%) Snowflake
6 121 (7.60%) Serverless
7 100 (6.28%) Power Platform
8 93 (5.84%) GitHub
9 82 (5.15%) AWS Lambda
10 79 (4.96%) Amazon S3
11 70 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
12 60 (3.77%) Azure Data Factory
13 46 (2.89%) Amazon EC2
14 44 (2.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 42 (2.64%) AWS CloudFormation
16 35 (2.20%) OpenShift
17 34 (2.13%) Amazon EKS
18 27 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
19 26 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 26 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 65 (4.08%) Firewall
2 40 (2.51%) TCP/IP
3 32 (2.01%) DNS
4 21 (1.32%) Network Security
5 19 (1.19%) SAN
6 18 (1.13%) HTTP
7 17 (1.07%) DHCP
8 15 (0.94%) BGP
9 11 (0.69%) VPN
9 11 (0.69%) Wireless
10 10 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
10 10 (0.63%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (0.63%) Cisco ISE
10 10 (0.63%) OSPF
11 9 (0.56%) SSL
11 9 (0.56%) WAN
11 9 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (0.50%) VLAN
13 7 (0.44%) Internet
13 7 (0.44%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (8.98%) Data Lake
2 127 (7.97%) Amazon Athena
3 111 (6.97%) Apache Arrow
3 111 (6.97%) Dremio
4 97 (6.09%) Apache Ignite
5 96 (6.03%) Data Warehouse
6 93 (5.84%) Power BI
7 87 (5.46%) Big Data
8 82 (5.15%) PostgreSQL
9 63 (3.95%) NoSQL
10 49 (3.08%) SQL Server
11 42 (2.64%) MongoDB
11 42 (2.64%) Tableau
12 39 (2.45%) Amazon Redshift
13 37 (2.32%) Amazon RDS
14 35 (2.20%) BigQuery
15 33 (2.07%) Relational Database
16 26 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
16 26 (1.63%) Hadoop
17 23 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 166 (10.42%) Git
2 160 (10.04%) Jenkins
3 95 (5.96%) JIRA
4 66 (4.14%) GitLab
5 26 (1.63%) Bitbucket
6 22 (1.38%) Selenium
7 19 (1.19%) Artifactory
8 18 (1.13%) TeamCity
9 16 (1.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 12 (0.75%) JMeter
11 11 (0.69%) Cypress.io
11 11 (0.69%) JUnit
11 11 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
12 10 (0.63%) Subversion
13 9 (0.56%) Maven
14 8 (0.50%) Cucumber
14 8 (0.50%) TestNG
15 7 (0.44%) Visual Studio
16 6 (0.38%) Gradle
16 6 (0.38%) Travis CI
General
1 451 (28.31%) Finance
2 257 (16.13%) Social Skills
3 244 (15.32%) Front Office
4 222 (13.94%) Banking
5 128 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
6 124 (7.78%) Investment Banking
7 98 (6.15%) Public Sector
8 42 (2.64%) Back Office
9 40 (2.51%) Marketing
10 31 (1.95%) Retail
11 28 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
12 25 (1.57%) Telecoms
13 15 (0.94%) Financial Institution
13 15 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (0.82%) Manufacturing
16 9 (0.56%) Aerospace
16 9 (0.56%) Electronics
17 8 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (0.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 472 (29.63%) Developer
2 213 (13.37%) Senior
3 173 (10.86%) Software Developer
4 162 (10.17%) Data Engineer
5 156 (9.79%) Python Developer
6 140 (8.79%) Python Engineer
7 135 (8.47%) Software Engineer
8 132 (8.29%) AWS Engineer
8 132 (8.29%) DevOps Engineer
9 126 (7.91%) Analyst
10 110 (6.91%) Lead
11 100 (6.28%) Architect
12 63 (3.95%) Python Software Engineer
13 60 (3.77%) Azure Engineer
14 58 (3.64%) Data Scientist
15 57 (3.58%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 53 (3.33%) Data Analyst
17 43 (2.70%) Senior Software Engineer
18 42 (2.64%) Java Engineer
19 41 (2.57%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (9.92%) HTML
2 124 (7.78%) gRPC
3 122 (7.66%) Protocol Buffers
4 120 (7.53%) Pandas
5 103 (6.47%) NumPy
6 101 (6.34%) React
7 94 (5.90%) SciPy
8 74 (4.65%) PySpark
9 65 (4.08%) Node.js
10 57 (3.58%) Kafka
11 54 (3.39%) RESTful
12 47 (2.95%) .NET
13 42 (2.64%) REST
14 41 (2.57%) Django
15 36 (2.26%) AngularJS
16 35 (2.20%) YAML
17 34 (2.13%) CSS
18 32 (2.01%) JSON
19 31 (1.95%) AWS CDK
20 29 (1.82%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 195 (12.24%) Derivative
2 182 (11.42%) Hedge funds
3 156 (9.79%) Fixed Income
4 132 (8.29%) Equities
5 120 (7.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 70 (4.39%) Algorithms
7 47 (2.95%) Product Ownership
8 43 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
9 39 (2.45%) Data Structures
10 28 (1.76%) Data Centre
11 26 (1.63%) Clustering
11 26 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
12 23 (1.44%) Cloud Native
12 23 (1.44%) Management Information System
13 20 (1.26%) Public Cloud
13 20 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
14 17 (1.07%) Replication
15 15 (0.94%) Linux Command Line
16 14 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
17 13 (0.82%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 206 (12.93%) Linux
2 77 (4.83%) Windows
3 53 (3.33%) Unix
4 31 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 22 (1.38%) Ubuntu
5 22 (1.38%) Windows Server
6 13 (0.82%) Android
7 12 (0.75%) Debian
7 12 (0.75%) zOS
8 10 (0.63%) Apple iOS
9 9 (0.56%) Solaris
10 7 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
11 6 (0.38%) CentOS
12 4 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
12 4 (0.25%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.25%) Windows 10
13 3 (0.19%) VMS
14 2 (0.13%) Alpine Linux
14 2 (0.13%) Kali Linux
15 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (27.06%) Agile
2 381 (23.92%) DevOps
3 374 (23.48%) Software Engineering
4 299 (18.77%) CI/CD
5 216 (13.56%) Artificial Intelligence
5 216 (13.56%) Asset Management
6 210 (13.18%) Analytics
7 180 (11.30%) Investment Management
8 171 (10.73%) Problem-Solving
9 146 (9.17%) Code Quality
10 131 (8.22%) Infrastructure as Code
11 129 (8.10%) Machine Learning
12 128 (8.04%) Data Modelling
13 126 (7.91%) Test Automation
14 124 (7.78%) Conversational UI
15 121 (7.60%) Business Intelligence
16 120 (7.53%) Computer Science
17 116 (7.28%) Data Science
18 115 (7.22%) ETL
19 110 (6.91%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 535 (33.58%) SQL
2 402 (25.24%) JavaScript
3 312 (19.59%) Java
4 251 (15.76%) C#
5 161 (10.11%) TypeScript
6 133 (8.35%) Bash
7 117 (7.34%) PowerShell
8 92 (5.78%) C++
9 80 (5.02%) Go
10 77 (4.83%) Perl
11 76 (4.77%) R
12 55 (3.45%) Scala
13 44 (2.76%) Shell Script
14 32 (2.01%) C
15 30 (1.88%) Ruby
16 12 (0.75%) Groovy
16 12 (0.75%) JCL
16 12 (0.75%) REXX
17 11 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 11 (0.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 245 (15.38%) Degree
2 194 (12.18%) Security Cleared
3 162 (10.17%) SC Cleared
4 58 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (2.13%) Master's Degree
6 32 (2.01%) DV Cleared
7 21 (1.32%) AWS Certification
7 21 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
8 18 (1.13%) CCNP
9 16 (1.00%) PhD
10 15 (0.94%) Numerate Degree
11 13 (0.82%) CCNA
12 10 (0.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 10 (0.63%) Azure Certification
13 9 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.56%) CCIE
14 8 (0.50%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.38%) CEH
16 4 (0.25%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (5.65%) Data Quality
2 38 (2.39%) QA
3 19 (1.19%) Accessibility
4 15 (0.94%) GDPR
5 8 (0.50%) NIST
6 7 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.38%) CDISC
7 6 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
8 4 (0.25%) JTAG
9 3 (0.19%) GxP
9 3 (0.19%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.13%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.063%) COPPA
11 1 (0.063%) GLBA
11 1 (0.063%) ISAE 3402
11 1 (0.063%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.063%) NCSC
System Software
1 183 (11.49%) Docker
2 39 (2.45%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.94%) Firmware
6 12 (0.75%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 12 (0.75%) NFS
6 12 (0.75%) Time Sharing Option
7 11 (0.69%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.63%) vSphere
9 8 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.25%) vCloud
11 3 (0.19%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.063%) HDFS
12 1 (0.063%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.063%) iptables
12 1 (0.063%) OpenIDM
12 1 (0.063%) Postfix
12 1 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 238 (14.94%) Terraform
2 236 (14.81%) Kubernetes
3 167 (10.48%) Ansible
4 81 (5.08%) Grafana
5 79 (4.96%) Prometheus
6 39 (2.45%) Puppet
7 32 (2.01%) Progress Chef
8 21 (1.32%) Kibana
9 17 (1.07%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 16 (1.00%) Consul
11 8 (0.50%) logstash
12 7 (0.44%) ITRS Geneos
12 7 (0.44%) Nagios
12 7 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.38%) Dell DRAC
13 6 (0.38%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (0.38%) Netcool
13 6 (0.38%) Packer
13 6 (0.38%) Red Hat Satellite
13 6 (0.38%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 121 (7.60%) PayPal
2 110 (6.91%) Microsoft
3 88 (5.52%) Databricks
4 61 (3.83%) Google
5 56 (3.52%) Splunk
6 50 (3.14%) VMware
7 44 (2.76%) Oracle
8 40 (2.51%) Cisco
9 29 (1.82%) Red Hat
9 29 (1.82%) SAP
10 26 (1.63%) IBM
11 24 (1.51%) Dell
12 22 (1.38%) Palo Alto
13 21 (1.32%) OpenAI
14 16 (1.00%) Atlassian
15 15 (0.94%) Bloomberg
15 15 (0.94%) CA
15 15 (0.94%) SolarWinds
16 14 (0.88%) F5
17 13 (0.82%) Dynatrace