Python Contract Job Trends in Aberdeen

Python
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Aberdeen requiring Python skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Python 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Aberdeen 3.33% - 5.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £500
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%

All Programming Languages
Aberdeen

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Aberdeen.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2 9 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 6.67% 29.03% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £465 -
25th Percentile £413 £488 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £438 £575 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £500 £453 £488
% change year-on-year +10.38% -7.08% +1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £47.00 -
Scotland median hourly rate £60.00 £53.50 £58.27
% change year-on-year +12.15% -8.18% +13.98%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Aberdeen

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Python.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Python

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps Developer
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Product Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft