Python Contracts in the UK excluding London

Python
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 19 29
Rank change year-on-year -3 +10 -8
Contract jobs citing Python 1,340 1,851 1,948
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.58% 8.08% 6.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.67% 28.44% 22.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 899 1,278 1,312
10th Percentile £363 £400 £390
25th Percentile £425 £458 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% +11.11%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £713 £700
UK median daily rate £560 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 102 65
10th Percentile £20.77 £21.70 £18.20
25th Percentile £37.63 £47.50 £28.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £50.85
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +13.08% +27.13%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £58.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £50.85
% change year-on-year -7.69% +27.83% +27.13%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,842 6,508 8,699
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.77% 28.41% 28.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,270 4,571 6,063
10th Percentile £317 £350 £338
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +16.55%
75th Percentile £588 £591 £575
90th Percentile £650 £676 £650
UK median daily rate £526 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.36% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 419 326 330
10th Percentile £37.55 £24.31 £17.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.01 £29.94
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year - +23.10% +26.56%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.00 £68.78
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.77
% change year-on-year - +23.10% +18.51%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Python in the UK excluding London

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Python in the UK excluding London

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Python in the UK excluding London

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Python in the UK excluding London

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Python in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Python in the UK excluding London

Python
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
North of England -1 378 £500 -13.04% 291
South East -6 344 £525 -4.55% 1,057
Scotland -6 195 £494 -1.20% 126
South West -11 190 £600 - 215
North West -4 179 £500 -9.09% 172
Yorkshire +18 172 £506 -15.67% 79
Midlands +13 136 £450 -14.29% 228
East of England -18 84 £450 -10.00% 223
West Midlands 0 81 £450 -21.74% 149
East Midlands +15 54 £425 -15.00% 71
North East +6 29 £600 -11.11% 40
Wales +17 20 £550 +10.00% 39
Northern Ireland -1 9 £413 -17.50% 44
Python
UK

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 81 (6.04%) Confluence
2 49 (3.66%) Apache Airflow
3 47 (3.51%) Apache
4 42 (3.13%) Apache Spark
5 33 (2.46%) SAS
6 8 (0.60%) nginx
7 6 (0.45%) SharePoint
8 5 (0.37%) JBoss
8 5 (0.37%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.30%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.22%) CMS
10 3 (0.22%) IIS
11 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.15%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.15%) IBM Domino
11 2 (0.15%) Traefik
12 1 (0.075%) Appian
12 1 (0.075%) Drupal
12 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.075%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 109 (8.13%) Chatbot
2 17 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.97%) Sketch
4 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (0.75%) SPSS
5 8 (0.60%) Simulink
6 5 (0.37%) CANalyzer
7 1 (0.075%) InVision
7 1 (0.075%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.075%) Revit
7 1 (0.075%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.075%) Stata
7 1 (0.075%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (0.67%) Odoo
2 8 (0.60%) Maximo
3 4 (0.30%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.30%) FastStats
3 4 (0.30%) Unica
4 3 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.075%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.075%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 372 (27.76%) AWS
2 299 (22.31%) Azure
3 123 (9.18%) Serverless
4 93 (6.94%) GCP
5 91 (6.79%) Amazon S3
6 90 (6.72%) Power Platform
7 82 (6.12%) GitHub
8 72 (5.37%) AWS Lambda
9 63 (4.70%) OpenShift
10 57 (4.25%) Azure Data Factory
11 56 (4.18%) AWS CloudFormation
12 54 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
13 51 (3.81%) Amazon EC2
13 51 (3.81%) Snowflake
14 33 (2.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 33 (2.46%) Entra ID
15 28 (2.09%) Azure Monitor
16 25 (1.87%) Azure Functions
17 22 (1.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 21 (1.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.81%) Firewall
2 47 (3.51%) TCP/IP
3 35 (2.61%) VPN
4 30 (2.24%) DNS
4 30 (2.24%) SAN
5 25 (1.87%) BGP
6 22 (1.64%) Radio Access Network
7 20 (1.49%) Network Security
8 17 (1.27%) OSPF
8 17 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (1.27%) Wireless
9 16 (1.19%) Cisco ASA
10 14 (1.04%) HTTP
11 12 (0.90%) Cisco ISE
11 12 (0.90%) EIGRP
11 12 (0.90%) HSRP
11 12 (0.90%) IPsec
11 12 (0.90%) NAS
11 12 (0.90%) NetScaler
11 12 (0.90%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (6.19%) Power BI
2 79 (5.90%) PostgreSQL
3 57 (4.25%) NoSQL
4 55 (4.10%) Big Data
4 55 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
4 55 (4.10%) MongoDB
5 52 (3.88%) Data Lake
6 49 (3.66%) Relational Database
7 46 (3.43%) Tableau
8 35 (2.61%) SQL Server
9 34 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
9 34 (2.54%) Hadoop
10 33 (2.46%) Elasticsearch
10 33 (2.46%) MySQL
11 32 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
12 29 (2.16%) BigQuery
13 20 (1.49%) Amazon Athena
13 20 (1.49%) Amazon Aurora
13 20 (1.49%) GIS
14 18 (1.34%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 193 (14.40%) Jenkins
2 180 (13.43%) Git
3 137 (10.22%) JIRA
4 92 (6.87%) GitLab
5 48 (3.58%) Bitbucket
6 35 (2.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 32 (2.39%) Selenium
8 29 (2.16%) Robot Framework
9 26 (1.94%) Sonatype Nexus
10 17 (1.27%) Artifactory
10 17 (1.27%) SonarQube
11 16 (1.19%) Maven
12 14 (1.04%) Subversion
13 12 (0.90%) Gradle
14 11 (0.82%) Travis CI
14 11 (0.82%) Visual Studio
15 10 (0.75%) GoogleTest
15 10 (0.75%) JMeter
16 9 (0.67%) CircleCI
16 9 (0.67%) Cucumber
General
1 247 (18.43%) Social Skills
2 166 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
3 112 (8.36%) Finance
4 86 (6.42%) Public Sector
5 50 (3.73%) Banking
6 38 (2.84%) Telecoms
7 30 (2.24%) Marketing
8 29 (2.16%) Aerospace
9 28 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
10 27 (2.01%) Manufacturing
11 20 (1.49%) Retail
12 19 (1.42%) Electronics
13 15 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (0.90%) Multimedia
16 9 (0.67%) Legal
17 7 (0.52%) Investment Banking
18 6 (0.45%) Automotive
19 5 (0.37%) Financial Institution
19 5 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 398 (29.70%) Developer
2 125 (9.33%) Software Developer
3 122 (9.10%) Python Developer
4 117 (8.73%) DevOps Engineer
5 104 (7.76%) Data Engineer
6 103 (7.69%) Senior
7 102 (7.61%) Analyst
8 70 (5.22%) Software Engineer
9 61 (4.55%) Architect
10 60 (4.48%) Python Engineer
11 56 (4.18%) Data Analyst
11 56 (4.18%) Full Stack Developer
12 49 (3.66%) AWS Engineer
13 47 (3.51%) Lead
14 45 (3.36%) Linux Engineer
15 43 (3.21%) Network Engineer
16 39 (2.91%) Platform Engineer
17 36 (2.69%) Security Engineer
18 32 (2.39%) AWS DevOps
18 32 (2.39%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (10.22%) HTML
2 96 (7.16%) React
3 61 (4.55%) REST
4 51 (3.81%) .NET
5 49 (3.66%) PySpark
6 39 (2.91%) AWS CDK
7 37 (2.76%) Kafka
7 37 (2.76%) Node.js
8 35 (2.61%) AngularJS
9 34 (2.54%) JSON
9 34 (2.54%) XML
9 34 (2.54%) YAML
10 33 (2.46%) RESTful
11 29 (2.16%) Django
12 27 (2.01%) Flask
12 27 (2.01%) Spring
13 26 (1.94%) .NET Core
13 26 (1.94%) CSS
14 24 (1.79%) Elastic Stack
15 20 (1.49%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 47 (3.51%) PKI
1 47 (3.51%) Product Ownership
2 38 (2.84%) Linux Command Line
3 36 (2.69%) Algorithms
4 31 (2.31%) Data Centre
5 29 (2.16%) Data Structures
6 27 (2.01%) Public Cloud
7 25 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
8 24 (1.79%) Client/Server
9 21 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
11 17 (1.27%) Cloud Native
12 16 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (1.19%) Management Information System
12 16 (1.19%) Mobile App
13 15 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 12 (0.90%) Onboarding
14 12 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
15 11 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
15 11 (0.82%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 300 (22.39%) Linux
2 129 (9.63%) Windows
3 71 (5.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 62 (4.63%) Unix
5 56 (4.18%) Windows Server
6 28 (2.09%) Ubuntu
7 21 (1.57%) Android
8 20 (1.49%) Debian
9 16 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 15 (1.12%) Apple iOS
10 15 (1.12%) zOS
11 9 (0.67%) CentOS
11 9 (0.67%) Embedded Linux
12 8 (0.60%) VMS
13 5 (0.37%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.30%) Data ONTAP
14 4 (0.30%) Solaris
14 4 (0.30%) Windows 10
15 3 (0.22%) Kali Linux
16 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (28.58%) DevOps
2 369 (27.54%) Agile
3 290 (21.64%) CI/CD
4 264 (19.70%) Software Engineering
5 198 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
6 182 (13.58%) Artificial Intelligence
7 137 (10.22%) Code Quality
8 136 (10.15%) Data Modelling
9 120 (8.96%) Test Automation
10 119 (8.88%) Containerisation
11 116 (8.66%) Infrastructure as Code
12 115 (8.58%) Computer Science
13 113 (8.43%) Analytics
14 112 (8.36%) Conversational UI
15 110 (8.21%) Scrum
16 94 (7.01%) ETL
17 93 (6.94%) Business Intelligence
18 86 (6.42%) Data Engineering
18 86 (6.42%) Machine Learning
19 85 (6.34%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 378 (28.21%) SQL
2 247 (18.43%) Java
3 233 (17.39%) JavaScript
4 197 (14.70%) PowerShell
5 174 (12.99%) C#
6 148 (11.04%) Bash
7 111 (8.28%) C++
8 82 (6.12%) C
9 75 (5.60%) Perl
10 50 (3.73%) Shell Script
11 47 (3.51%) R
12 41 (3.06%) Go
13 40 (2.99%) Scala
14 34 (2.54%) TypeScript
15 26 (1.94%) Groovy
16 25 (1.87%) Ruby
16 25 (1.87%) VBScript
17 17 (1.27%) Tcl
18 16 (1.19%) MATLAB
19 15 (1.12%) REXX
Qualifications
1 315 (23.51%) Security Cleared
2 225 (16.79%) Degree
3 177 (13.21%) SC Cleared
4 134 (10.00%) DV Cleared
5 55 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (1.87%) Master's Degree
7 23 (1.72%) AWS Certification
7 23 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (1.49%) CCNP
9 17 (1.27%) CCNA
10 15 (1.12%) PhD
11 12 (0.90%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 12 (0.90%) Azure Certification
12 10 (0.75%) OSCP
13 8 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (0.52%) CEH
14 7 (0.52%) CREST Certified
14 7 (0.52%) GIAC
15 6 (0.45%) GPEN
16 5 (0.37%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (4.48%) QA
2 49 (3.66%) Data Quality
3 22 (1.64%) Accessibility
4 21 (1.57%) GDPR
5 13 (0.97%) MISRA
6 11 (0.82%) Disclosure Scotland
6 11 (0.82%) NIST
7 7 (0.52%) GxP
7 7 (0.52%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.52%) RMADS
8 6 (0.45%) Good Clinical Practice
8 6 (0.45%) JTAG
9 5 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.30%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.22%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.15%) IEC 61508
12 2 (0.15%) NCSC
13 1 (0.075%) DO-178B
13 1 (0.075%) SLA
System Software
1 185 (13.81%) Docker
2 70 (5.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (5.07%) Active Directory
4 24 (1.79%) vSphere
5 22 (1.64%) Firmware
6 21 (1.57%) NFS
7 17 (1.27%) VMware NSX
8 15 (1.12%) Time Sharing Option
9 13 (0.97%) Hyper-V
9 13 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
10 9 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
11 5 (0.37%) HDFS
11 5 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
12 4 (0.30%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 4 (0.30%) GPFS
12 4 (0.30%) VirtualBox
13 3 (0.22%) KVM
14 2 (0.15%) LXC
14 2 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 256 (19.10%) Ansible
2 246 (18.36%) Terraform
3 223 (16.64%) Kubernetes
4 70 (5.22%) Grafana
5 49 (3.66%) Prometheus
6 39 (2.91%) Puppet
7 37 (2.76%) Progress Chef
8 26 (1.94%) Kibana
9 25 (1.87%) PowerCLI
10 17 (1.27%) Docker Swarm
10 17 (1.27%) Packer
11 15 (1.12%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 11 (0.82%) HP Fortify
12 11 (0.82%) vRealize
13 10 (0.75%) logstash
13 10 (0.75%) SCCM
13 10 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
14 7 (0.52%) Nagios
14 7 (0.52%) Nessus
14 7 (0.52%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 109 (8.13%) VMware
2 108 (8.06%) PayPal
3 105 (7.84%) Microsoft
4 71 (5.30%) Google
4 71 (5.30%) Splunk
5 57 (4.25%) Databricks
6 51 (3.81%) Red Hat
7 40 (2.99%) Atlassian
7 40 (2.99%) Dell
8 39 (2.91%) Cisco
9 37 (2.76%) Oracle
10 29 (2.16%) IBM
11 24 (1.79%) HP
12 23 (1.72%) SAP
13 20 (1.49%) Brocade
13 20 (1.49%) SolarWinds
14 19 (1.42%) Palo Alto
15 17 (1.27%) Citrix
16 16 (1.19%) Salesforce
16 16 (1.19%) Veritas