Python Contracts in Belfast

Python
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast 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 21 12 10
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Python 9 11 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 6.12% 8.87% 8.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.00% 32.35% 25.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 8
10th Percentile £288 £364 -
25th Percentile £369 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £435 £500
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% -13.00% -
75th Percentile £594 £500 £650
90th Percentile £615 £513 -
County Antrim median daily rate £525 £435 £500
% change year-on-year +20.69% -13.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.12 -
County Antrim median hourly rate - £31.25 -

All Programming Languages
Belfast

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 Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 60 34 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 40.82% 27.42% 33.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 18 34
10th Percentile £273 £318 £400
25th Percentile £325 £375 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £443 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.95% -1.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £517 £505 £537
90th Percentile £627 £575 £635
County Antrim median daily rate £425 £443 £450
% change year-on-year -3.95% -1.67% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £27.03 - -
25th Percentile £33.86 - £13.25
Median hourly rate £47.85 £16.12 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +196.85% +19.41% -
75th Percentile £64.47 - £13.75
90th Percentile £72.87 - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £47.85 £31.25 £13.50
% change year-on-year +53.13% +131.48% -28.95%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Belfast

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Daily rate trend for Python in Belfast

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Belfast over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Belfast

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Hourly rate trend for Python in Belfast

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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 (22.22%) Apache Spark
2 1 (11.11%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Amazon ECS
1 3 (33.33%) OpenShift
2 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
3 1 (11.11%) Amazon S3
3 1 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (11.11%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) Tableau
2 3 (33.33%) Flink
3 2 (22.22%) Apache Hive
3 2 (22.22%) Big Data
3 2 (22.22%) Power BI
4 1 (11.11%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (11.11%) GIS
4 1 (11.11%) Hadoop
4 1 (11.11%) HBase
4 1 (11.11%) Impala
4 1 (11.11%) Metadata
4 1 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) GitLab
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Finance
3 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (33.33%) Law
5 2 (22.22%) Banking
6 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
6 1 (11.11%) Front Office
6 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
6 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Java Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Big Data Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Data Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Business Data Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) ETL Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Python Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Big Data Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Fixed Income
2 3 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 3 (33.33%) Equities
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (11.11%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
2 4 (44.44%) Data Management
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Clean Code
3 3 (33.33%) High Availability
3 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 3 (33.33%) Microservices
4 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (22.22%) ETL
4 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Data Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
5 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
5 1 (11.11%) Electronic Trading
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (22.22%) Scala
4 1 (11.11%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (11.11%) AWS Certification
3 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (11.11%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Cloudera