Python Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Python
Essex > Basildon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basildon requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 -
Contract jobs citing Python 6 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 35.29% 22.22% 4.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 100.00% 50.00% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £684 £316 -
25th Percentile £687 £316 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £691 £318 £250
Median % change year-on-year +117.64% +27.00% -
75th Percentile £696 £319 £275
90th Percentile £698 £320 -
Essex median daily rate £662 £318 £288
% change year-on-year +108.02% +10.61% -39.15%

All Programming Languages
Basildon

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 Basildon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6 4 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon 35.29% 44.44% 26.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile £684 £316 £217
25th Percentile £687 £316 £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £691 £318 £386
Median % change year-on-year +117.64% -17.71% -18.77%
75th Percentile £696 £319 £575
90th Percentile £698 £320 £604
Essex median daily rate £641 £300 £340
% change year-on-year +113.67% -11.76% -32.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
Essex median hourly rate - £30.00 £40.31
% change year-on-year - -25.58% +75.26%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Python relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon.

Python job vacancy trend in Basildon

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Basildon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Python

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Python.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Python

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SAS
2 1 (16.67%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Amazon EMR
1 4 (66.67%) Amazon S3
1 4 (66.67%) AWS
1 4 (66.67%) AWS Lambda
1 4 (66.67%) dbt
1 4 (66.67%) Serverless
1 4 (66.67%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Snowflake Schema
2 1 (16.67%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Database
2 1 (16.67%) RDBMS
2 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Architect
1 4 (66.67%) Snowflake Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer/Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Python Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Python Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Python Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) R Developer
2 1 (16.67%) SAS Developer
2 1 (16.67%) SAS Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Data Architecture
1 4 (66.67%) Data Migration
1 4 (66.67%) Data Modelling
1 4 (66.67%) ETL
1 4 (66.67%) Migration
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Scorecard
3 2 (33.33%) System Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) StreamSets
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle