Python Contracts in Essex

Python
East of England > Essex

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 19 25
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 -1
Contract jobs citing Python 5 18 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 2.35% 7.73% 9.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.56% 24.00% 24.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 26
10th Percentile - £206 £429
25th Percentile £263 £235 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £450 £558
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% -19.35% +15.05%
75th Percentile £288 £500 £630
90th Percentile - £583 £631
East of England median daily rate £450 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £19.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% +7.14% +12.00%

All Programming Languages
Essex

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 Essex with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 90 75 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 42.25% 32.19% 38.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 42 99
10th Percentile £268 £212 £273
25th Percentile £420 £252 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £478 £485
Median % change year-on-year +11.83% -1.55% +4.19%
75th Percentile £575 £529 £586
90th Percentile £600 £583 £630
East of England median daily rate £479 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -1.74% +2.63% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 13
10th Percentile - £19.50 £26.98
25th Percentile £52.50 £20.63 £45.00
Median hourly rate £59.50 £25.00 £65.76
Median % change year-on-year +138.00% -61.98% +31.52%
75th Percentile £80.00 £46.63 £76.64
90th Percentile - £58.10 £77.26
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year - +16.07% +27.27%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Essex

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Python in Essex

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Python in Essex

Python
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Essex region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Harlow - 4 £275 - 1
Brentwood - 1 - - 2
Python
East of England

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) RTMP
1 1 (20.00%) RTP
1 1 (20.00%) RTSP
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) CMake
1 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 4 (80.00%) Urdu Language
2 1 (20.00%) Multimedia
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Python Developer
3 1 (20.00%) C Developer
3 1 (20.00%) C/C++ Developer
3 1 (20.00%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) FFmpeg
1 1 (20.00%) GStreamer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Unix
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree