Python Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Python
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Python skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 18 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 -2
Contract jobs citing Python 18 11 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 8.87% 7.14% 10.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.58% 23.40% 39.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 13
10th Percentile £305 £347 -
25th Percentile £325 £375 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +3.13% -24.88%
75th Percentile £606 £475 -
90th Percentile - £581 -
County Antrim median daily rate £525 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +27.27% +3.13% -24.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £42.50 -
County Antrim median hourly rate - £42.50 -

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 57 47 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 28.08% 30.52% 27.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 24 24
10th Percentile £325 £314 £239
25th Percentile £413 £375 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +15.63% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £613 -
90th Percentile £608 £675 £507
County Antrim median daily rate £500 £463 £400
% change year-on-year +8.11% +15.63% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £51.80 £42.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £51.80 £42.50 -
% change year-on-year +21.88% - -

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
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Belfast over the 6 months to 13 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Belfast

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Python

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 (11.11%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Power Platform
2 2 (11.11%) Amazon S3
2 2 (11.11%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (11.11%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Firewall
1 4 (22.22%) HTTP
1 4 (22.22%) Internet
1 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) Power BI
2 4 (22.22%) DB2
2 4 (22.22%) MySQL
2 4 (22.22%) Relational Database
2 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 4 (22.22%) Tableau
3 2 (11.11%) Amazon QuickSight
3 2 (11.11%) GIS
3 2 (11.11%) Metadata
3 2 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (5.56%) Big Data
4 1 (5.56%) Data Lake
4 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (5.56%) Hadoop
4 1 (5.56%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) GitLab
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 11 (61.11%) Finance
2 9 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (44.44%) Banking
4 6 (33.33%) Front Office
4 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 4 (22.22%) Financial Institution
6 2 (11.11%) Investment Banking
6 2 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Analyst
2 9 (50.00%) Data Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Account Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Business Data Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Technical Account Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Technical Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Banking Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Data Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Data Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) SQL Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) SQL Data Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) AWS Data Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) AWS Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Lead
5 1 (5.56%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Risk Data Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Tableau Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
1 4 (22.22%) Onboarding
1 4 (22.22%) Security Posture
2 3 (16.67%) Market Risk
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.56%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.56%) Derivative
3 1 (5.56%) Equities
3 1 (5.56%) Fixed Income
3 1 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (5.56%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Linux
1 4 (22.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (38.89%) Data Analysis
3 5 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (22.22%) Application Security
4 4 (22.22%) Cloud Security
4 4 (22.22%) Project Management
5 3 (16.67%) Business Analysis
5 3 (16.67%) Data Governance
5 3 (16.67%) ETL
5 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (11.11%) Agile
6 2 (11.11%) Change Management
6 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
6 2 (11.11%) Data Architecture
6 2 (11.11%) Data Modelling
6 2 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
6 2 (11.11%) Data Transformation
6 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (11.11%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (61.11%) SQL
2 4 (22.22%) Perl
3 1 (5.56%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
1 3 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 2 (11.11%) AWS Certification
2 2 (11.11%) ISEB
2 2 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 2 (11.11%) PMP
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 6 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (5.56%) EMIR
3 1 (5.56%) MiFID
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Oracle
2 1 (5.56%) Fujitsu