Python Engineer Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Python Engineer
Essex > Basildon

The median Python Engineer daily rate in Basildon is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Python Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Basildon 3.57% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
Essex median daily rate £638 - £260
% change year-on-year - - -58.73%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Basildon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Basildon. 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 Basildon with a recognized job title 28 47 32
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 95.92% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 25
10th Percentile £366 £254 £323
25th Percentile £401 £300 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £400 £514
Median % change year-on-year +14.38% -22.18% +18.43%
75th Percentile £488 - £590
90th Percentile £511 £420 £598
Essex median daily rate £400 £350 £525
% change year-on-year +14.29% -33.33% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 26 2
10th Percentile £41.90 £29.09 £25.50
25th Percentile £50.00 £54.75 £30.63
Median hourly rate £71.00 £75.00 £40.84
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +83.65% +89.94%
75th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £50.63
90th Percentile - - £55.50
Essex median hourly rate £31.33 £70.50 £61.25
% change year-on-year -55.57% +15.10% +184.88%

Python Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basildon

For the 6 months to 31 August 2025, Python Engineer 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 Basildon region featuring Python Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Scorecard
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Modelling

Python Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basildon 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 1 (100.00%) SAS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scorecard
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree