Python Developer Contracts in Reading

Python Developer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Python Developer daily rate in Reading is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 81 92
Rank change year-on-year -8 +11 -31
Contract jobs requiring a Python Developer 10 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.84% 0.38% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 0.40% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 6
10th Percentile £443 - £387
25th Percentile £463 £450 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% -7.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £688 £488 -
90th Percentile - £495 £550
Berkshire median daily rate £600 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +26.32% -5.00% +17.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,115 998 1,286
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 95.59% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 636 662 877
10th Percentile £213 £363 £185
25th Percentile £412 £455 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.36% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 25 7
10th Percentile £33.52 £18.03 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £48.40 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £75.83 £74.00 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.47 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.00 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +3.72% +170.88% -1.29%

Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Python Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Python Developer in Reading

Python Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Python Developer in Reading

Python Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python Developer in Reading over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Python Developer in Reading

Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 24 April 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 job ads across the Reading region featuring Python Developer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Python
2 8 (80.00%) Azure
3 6 (60.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 6 (60.00%) Serverless
3 6 (60.00%) Azure Functions
3 6 (60.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 6 (60.00%) Entra ID
4 5 (50.00%) Full Stack Development
4 5 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (50.00%) CI/CD
4 5 (50.00%) NoSQL
4 5 (50.00%) DevOps
4 5 (50.00%) Microservices
4 5 (50.00%) React
4 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 5 (50.00%) Git
5 4 (40.00%) Unit Testing
5 4 (40.00%) Agile
5 4 (40.00%) Change Management
5 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (40.00%) Product Ownership
5 4 (40.00%) SDLC
5 4 (40.00%) Product Backlog
6 3 (30.00%) Django
7 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 2 (20.00%) Local Government
7 2 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (20.00%) GIS
7 2 (20.00%) C

Python Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) Azure
2 6 (60.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 6 (60.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 6 (60.00%) Azure Functions
2 6 (60.00%) Entra ID
2 6 (60.00%) Serverless
3 5 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (20.00%) Azure AKS
4 2 (20.00%) Power Automate
4 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (20.00%) GIS
2 2 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (20.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) React
2 3 (30.00%) Django
3 2 (20.00%) Celery
3 2 (20.00%) Flask
3 2 (20.00%) GeoPandas
3 2 (20.00%) OpenLayers
3 2 (20.00%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 5 (50.00%) DevOps
1 5 (50.00%) Full Stack Development
1 5 (50.00%) Microservices
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) Change Management
2 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (40.00%) Product Backlog
2 4 (40.00%) SDLC
2 4 (40.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Qualitative Research
3 2 (20.00%) Quantitative Research
3 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) User Stories
4 1 (10.00%) API Integration
4 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) C
3 1 (10.00%) Java
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory