Python Contracts in Bath

Python
Somerset > Bath

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bath requiring Python skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Python over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 9 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 -6 +7
Contract jobs citing Python 9 3 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bath 16.07% 5.36% 15.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 75.00% 23.08% 41.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 10
10th Percentile £406 - £378
25th Percentile £409 £463 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £464 £569 £460
90th Percentile £474 £618 £460
Somerset median daily rate £425 £475 £460
% change year-on-year -10.53% +3.26% -12.38%

All Programming Languages
Bath

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 Bath.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12 13 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bath 21.43% 23.21% 36.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 24
10th Percentile £406 £407 £138
25th Percentile £411 £413 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
75th Percentile £481 £497 £469
90th Percentile £500 £525 £484
Somerset median daily rate £469 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +1.35% -2.63% +5.56%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Bath

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Bath

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bath

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in Bath.

Daily rate trend for Python in Bath

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bath

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python in Bath.

Hourly rate trend for Python in Bath

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bath 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 7 (77.78%) AWS
2 2 (22.22%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (22.22%) Prefect
2 2 (22.22%) Serverless
3 1 (11.11%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) GIS
2 3 (33.33%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (11.11%) Big Data
3 1 (11.11%) Data Mining
3 1 (11.11%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Selenium
General
1 2 (22.22%) Tech for Good
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
1 4 (44.44%) Python Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Data Scientist
2 3 (33.33%) GIS Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Python Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Data Science Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Python Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) QA Automation Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) QA Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) NumPy
1 3 (33.33%) PostGIS
2 2 (22.22%) Django
2 2 (22.22%) Metaflow
3 1 (11.11%) Pandas
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Analytics
1 5 (55.56%) Data Science
2 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 2 (22.22%) ETL
2 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
3 1 (11.11%) Containerisation
3 1 (11.11%) Data Management
3 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) DataOps
3 1 (11.11%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
3 1 (11.11%) MLOps
3 1 (11.11%) Open Source
3 1 (11.11%) Physics
3 1 (11.11%) Predictive Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) R
1 1 (11.11%) Rust
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) ESRI
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle