Python Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Python
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 20 27
Rank change year-on-year +11 +7 +9
Contract jobs citing Python 161 137 124
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 12.40% 8.58% 6.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.00% 35.68% 33.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 78 91
10th Percentile £401 £353 £308
25th Percentile £438 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £552 £638 £638
90th Percentile £600 £651 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £28.50 -
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £29.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year +3.45% -57.04% +50.77%

All Programming Languages
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 322 384 370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 24.81% 24.05% 20.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 241 276
10th Percentile £363 £390 £350
25th Percentile £413 £432 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +7.84%
75th Percentile £571 £645 £638
90th Percentile £624 £663 £700
South East median daily rate £488 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -4.83% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 7
10th Percentile £24.38 £50.25 -
25th Percentile £32.81 £55.87 £48.40
Median hourly rate £47.25 £58.49 £49.73
Median % change year-on-year -19.22% +17.62% -35.42%
75th Percentile £61.31 £69.69 £55.31
90th Percentile £69.53 £77.39 £69.74
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £68.20 £55.00
% change year-on-year -19.35% +24.00% -12.12%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Python job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Berkshire over the 6 months to 31 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Berkshire

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Python

Python
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +8 90 £535 -8.55% 32
Wokingham +18 51 £479 -14.78% 4
Bracknell -1 5 £420 - 2
Windsor -12 4 £460 +53.33% 1
Maidenhead -3 2 - - 4
Slough -6 1 £550 +22.22% 355
Python
South East

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 17 (10.56%) OpenStack
2 5 (3.11%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.48%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.86%) Apache
5 2 (1.24%) Appian
5 2 (1.24%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.62%) Confluence
6 1 (0.62%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.24%) CPLEX
2 1 (0.62%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (0.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.62%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 72 (44.72%) AWS
2 61 (37.89%) Azure
3 34 (21.12%) GCP
4 19 (11.80%) OpenShift
5 13 (8.07%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (7.45%) Power Platform
7 11 (6.83%) GitHub
8 10 (6.21%) IaaS
8 10 (6.21%) Serverless
9 9 (5.59%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (4.35%) Azure AKS
10 7 (4.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (3.73%) Azure Machine Learning
12 5 (3.11%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (3.11%) OCI
13 4 (2.48%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (2.48%) dbt
13 4 (2.48%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (9.32%) BGP
2 13 (8.07%) MPLS
3 12 (7.45%) LAN
3 12 (7.45%) WAN
4 9 (5.59%) Network Security
5 8 (4.97%) OSPF
6 7 (4.35%) Wireshark
7 6 (3.73%) DNS
7 6 (3.73%) Firewall
7 6 (3.73%) SNMP
7 6 (3.73%) TACACS
7 6 (3.73%) Wireless
8 4 (2.48%) VPN
9 3 (1.86%) SSL
9 3 (1.86%) TCP/IP
10 2 (1.24%) 2G
10 2 (1.24%) 5G
10 2 (1.24%) VLAN
10 2 (1.24%) VoIP
11 1 (0.62%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (11.80%) NoSQL
2 13 (8.07%) Relational Database
3 12 (7.45%) Power BI
4 10 (6.21%) Tableau
5 9 (5.59%) Data Lake
6 7 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (4.35%) MongoDB
7 6 (3.73%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (3.73%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (3.11%) Big Data
8 5 (3.11%) Couchbase
9 4 (2.48%) Hadoop
9 4 (2.48%) SQL Server
10 3 (1.86%) MySQL
10 3 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (1.24%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.62%) Amazon Athena
12 1 (0.62%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 16 (9.94%) Jenkins
2 15 (9.32%) Git
3 12 (7.45%) JIRA
4 7 (4.35%) Burp Suite
4 7 (4.35%) Metasploit
5 6 (3.73%) GitLab
6 2 (1.24%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.24%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.24%) MLflow
6 2 (1.24%) Robot Framework
6 2 (1.24%) Selenium
6 2 (1.24%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.62%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.62%) Mocha
General
1 85 (52.80%) Social Skills
2 40 (24.84%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (11.80%) Public Sector
4 18 (11.18%) Telecoms
5 15 (9.32%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (4.97%) Finance
6 8 (4.97%) Legal
7 2 (1.24%) Billing
8 1 (0.62%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (0.62%) Local Government
8 1 (0.62%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (11.18%) Architect
2 17 (10.56%) Developer
3 15 (9.32%) Cloud Engineer
3 15 (9.32%) DevOps Engineer
4 14 (8.70%) Analyst
5 13 (8.07%) Senior
6 11 (6.83%) Data Engineer
7 10 (6.21%) Site Engineer
7 10 (6.21%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 10 (6.21%) SOC Analyst
8 9 (5.59%) AWS Engineer
8 9 (5.59%) Python Developer
9 7 (4.35%) Consultant
9 7 (4.35%) Data Scientist
9 7 (4.35%) Penetration Tester
9 7 (4.35%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (4.35%) Tester
10 6 (3.73%) Designer
10 6 (3.73%) IP Architect
10 6 (3.73%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.94%) REST
2 15 (9.32%) scikit-learn
3 11 (6.83%) PyTorch
3 11 (6.83%) TensorFlow
4 9 (5.59%) NETCONF
4 9 (5.59%) Pandas
5 8 (4.97%) FastAPI
5 8 (4.97%) Kafka
5 8 (4.97%) LDAP
5 8 (4.97%) NumPy
5 8 (4.97%) YANG
6 7 (4.35%) Loki
7 6 (3.73%) RESTful
8 5 (3.11%) GraphQL
8 5 (3.11%) JSON
8 5 (3.11%) OAuth
8 5 (3.11%) OAuth2
8 5 (3.11%) PySpark
8 5 (3.11%) XML
9 4 (2.48%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.18%) Cloud Native
2 17 (10.56%) Algorithms
3 12 (7.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (4.97%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (4.35%) Data Centre
5 7 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (4.35%) Virtual Team
6 6 (3.73%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.73%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.73%) Replication
6 6 (3.73%) Security Posture
7 5 (3.11%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (2.48%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (2.48%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.86%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (1.24%) CMDB
10 2 (1.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (1.24%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.24%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 47 (29.19%) Linux
2 15 (9.32%) Windows
3 7 (4.35%) Kali Linux
3 7 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (4.35%) Unix
4 2 (1.24%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.62%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (49.69%) CI/CD
2 64 (39.75%) DevOps
3 57 (35.40%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (17.39%) SIEM
5 25 (15.53%) High Availability
5 25 (15.53%) Incident Response
6 24 (14.91%) Agile
7 23 (14.29%) Machine Learning
7 23 (14.29%) Test Automation
7 23 (14.29%) Validation
8 21 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
9 20 (12.42%) Infrastructure as Code
10 19 (11.80%) AI
11 18 (11.18%) Containerisation
12 17 (10.56%) Analytical Thinking
12 17 (10.56%) Data Engineering
12 17 (10.56%) Data Pipeline
13 16 (9.94%) Analytics
13 16 (9.94%) Data Science
13 16 (9.94%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 42 (26.09%) SQL
2 40 (24.84%) PowerShell
3 32 (19.88%) Bash
4 20 (12.42%) Java
5 14 (8.70%) R
6 12 (7.45%) JavaScript
7 7 (4.35%) Shell Script
8 6 (3.73%) Go
9 4 (2.48%) C#
9 4 (2.48%) C++
10 3 (1.86%) C
10 3 (1.86%) PHP
11 2 (1.24%) Bicep
12 1 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.62%) Perl
12 1 (0.62%) Scala
12 1 (0.62%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (35.40%) Security Cleared
2 47 (29.19%) SC Cleared
3 23 (14.29%) CISSP
4 18 (11.18%) AWS Certification
5 16 (9.94%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (9.94%) Degree
6 14 (8.70%) CEH
7 13 (8.07%) CCIE
8 12 (7.45%) GCFA
8 12 (7.45%) GCIA
8 12 (7.45%) GCIH
8 12 (7.45%) JNCIE
9 10 (6.21%) GIAC
9 10 (6.21%) Master's Degree
10 9 (5.59%) CISM
11 8 (4.97%) CFCE
12 7 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (4.35%) GPEN
12 7 (4.35%) OSCP
13 4 (2.48%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (14.29%) GDPR
1 23 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (13.04%) NIST
3 13 (8.07%) QA
4 11 (6.83%) Data Quality
5 7 (4.35%) HIPAA
6 5 (3.11%) EU AI Act
7 2 (1.24%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.24%) GRC
8 1 (0.62%) HL7
8 1 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (13.04%) Docker
2 19 (11.80%) vSphere
3 18 (11.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (8.70%) Active Directory
5 13 (8.07%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.62%) NDS
7 1 (0.62%) NetIQ eDirectory
Systems Management
1 46 (28.57%) Kubernetes
2 31 (19.25%) Ansible
3 30 (18.63%) Terraform
4 13 (8.07%) Argo
5 9 (5.59%) Grafana
6 8 (4.97%) Prometheus
7 7 (4.35%) Kustomize
7 7 (4.35%) Nmap
8 6 (3.73%) vCenter Server
9 5 (3.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 4 (2.48%) QRadar
11 2 (1.24%) logstash
11 2 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.62%) Cisco UCCE
12 1 (0.62%) Kibana
12 1 (0.62%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.62%) Puppet
12 1 (0.62%) vRealize
12 1 (0.62%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 20 (12.42%) Microsoft
1 20 (12.42%) VMware
2 17 (10.56%) Splunk
3 14 (8.70%) Red Hat
4 12 (7.45%) ArcSight
4 12 (7.45%) Cisco
4 12 (7.45%) Databricks
5 9 (5.59%) Virgin Media
6 8 (4.97%) BeyondTrust
6 8 (4.97%) CrowdStrike
6 8 (4.97%) CyberArk
6 8 (4.97%) Google
7 7 (4.35%) IBM
7 7 (4.35%) LogRhythm
8 6 (3.73%) F5
8 6 (3.73%) Fortinet
8 6 (3.73%) Juniper
8 6 (3.73%) Pure Storage
9 5 (3.11%) Confluent
10 4 (2.48%) Oracle