Python/Django Developer Contracts

Python Django Developer
UK

The median Python Django Developer daily rate in the UK is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 683 787
Rank change year-on-year +104 +104 -122
Contract jobs requiring a Python/Django Developer 8 12 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.021% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.023% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 40
10th Percentile £658 £313 £425
25th Percentile £669 £550 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% +13.40%
75th Percentile £725 £738 £702
90th Percentile - £825 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate - £700 £525
% change year-on-year - +33.33% +23.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 39,824 53,123 83,534
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.61% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,845 37,082 58,755
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,796 1,480 1,998
10th Percentile £12.81 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +87.50% +6.90%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.28 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £43.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -6.98% +115.00% +5.26%

Python/Django Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Python/Django Developer in the UK

Python/Django Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Python/Django Developer in the UK

Python/Django Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python/Django Developer.

Hourly rate trend for Python/Django Developer in the UK

Python/Django Developer
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python/Django Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England +97 8 £700 +12.00% 2
London +83 7 £700 +16.67%
Work from Home +121 6 £700 +3.78% 1
UK excluding London +52 1 - - 2
South West - 1 - -

Python/Django Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, Python/Django 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 featuring Python/Django Developer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Python
1 8 (100.00%) Django
2 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 5 (62.50%) React
3 4 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (50.00%) HTML
3 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (50.00%) CSS
4 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning
4 3 (37.50%) Software Architecture
4 3 (37.50%) REST
4 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
4 3 (37.50%) Git
4 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 3 (37.50%) Platform Engineering
4 3 (37.50%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
4 3 (37.50%) Data Science
4 3 (37.50%) Jenkins
4 3 (37.50%) Relational Database
4 3 (37.50%) Data Structures
4 3 (37.50%) Algorithms
4 3 (37.50%) GCP
4 3 (37.50%) GitLab
5 2 (25.00%) DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Microservices
5 2 (25.00%) CockroachDB
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving

Python/Django Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (25.00%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) GCP
1 3 (37.50%) Google Kubernetes Engine
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Pipelines
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) AWS CodeBuild
3 1 (12.50%) AWS CodePipeline
3 1 (12.50%) GitHub
3 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (12.50%) Sentry
3 1 (12.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Relational Database
2 2 (25.00%) CockroachDB
3 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Git
1 3 (37.50%) GitLab
1 3 (37.50%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (100.00%) Django
2 5 (62.50%) React
3 4 (50.00%) CSS
3 4 (50.00%) HTML
4 3 (37.50%) REST
5 2 (25.00%) AngularJS
5 2 (25.00%) Kafka
6 1 (12.50%) AWS CDK
6 1 (12.50%) Celery
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Algorithms
1 3 (37.50%) Data Structures
2 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) Data Science
2 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning
2 3 (37.50%) Platform Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Software Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
3 2 (25.00%) API Design
3 2 (25.00%) Build Automation
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) Full Stack Development
3 2 (25.00%) Microservices
3 2 (25.00%) Pair Programming
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) SOLID
3 2 (25.00%) TDD
4 1 (12.50%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Python
2 5 (62.50%) SQL
3 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (25.00%) Bash
5 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce