Python Contracts in Dorset

Python
South West > Dorset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 25 10
Rank change year-on-year +5 -15 +6
Contract jobs citing Python 8 9 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 4.85% 4.11% 12.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.59% 17.31% 44.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 9
10th Percentile - - £350
25th Percentile £175 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - £480
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.05%
75th Percentile £334 - £494
90th Percentile £400 - £500
South West median daily rate £600 £569 £525
% change year-on-year +5.49% +8.33% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 8
10th Percentile - £49.90 £44.20
25th Percentile - £51.82 £46.52
Median hourly rate - £57.33 £49.76
Median % change year-on-year - +15.22% -
75th Percentile - £58.57 £56.25
90th Percentile - £60.16 £57.50
South West median hourly rate £74.44 £65.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +13.65% +13.91% +40.24%

All Programming Languages
Dorset

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 Dorset with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 29 52 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 17.58% 23.74% 27.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 27 26
10th Percentile £175 £310 £369
25th Percentile £350 £388 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.17% -1.54%
75th Percentile £519 £631 £528
90th Percentile £675 £688 £619
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 11
10th Percentile - £49.32 £43.25
25th Percentile £61.25 £49.96 £45.86
Median hourly rate £62.50 £56.08 £48.48
Median % change year-on-year +11.45% +15.68% +61.60%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.95 £53.30
90th Percentile - £60.07 £57.50
South West median hourly rate £66.01 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +1.55% +4.00% +37.36%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Dorset

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Python in Dorset

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Dorset over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Dorset

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Python in Dorset

Python
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Bournemouth - 5 £350 - 7
Shaftesbury - 2 £175 -
Python
South West

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 1 (12.50%) Apache
1 1 (12.50%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) CockroachDB
1 2 (25.00%) Flink
1 2 (25.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (12.50%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Legal
1 3 (37.50%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 3 (37.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) 1st/2nd Line Technical Support
1 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Technical Support
1 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Developer
1 3 (37.50%) Python Developer
1 3 (37.50%) Support Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Support
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Django Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Python/Django Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Python Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (25.00%) Django
1 2 (25.00%) Kafka
1 2 (25.00%) React
1 2 (25.00%) REST
2 1 (12.50%) NumPy
2 1 (12.50%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Antivirus Management
2 3 (37.50%) Case Management
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) API Design
3 2 (25.00%) Build Automation
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (25.00%) Microservices
3 2 (25.00%) Pair Programming
3 2 (25.00%) SOLID
3 2 (25.00%) TDD
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Data Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Data Integration
4 1 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (12.50%) Data Science
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Databricks
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle