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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 13 36
Rank change year-on-year -4 +23 -18
Contract jobs citing Python 170 124 95
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 8.68% 10.16% 4.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 48.43% 36.58% 26.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 70 71
10th Percentile £327 £395 £325
25th Percentile £385 £450 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £584 £638
90th Percentile £650 £600 £651
South East median daily rate £530 £500 £506
% change year-on-year +5.90% -1.19% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £77.20 - -
25th Percentile £81.06 - £72.50
Median hourly rate £82.50 - £75.00
75th Percentile £84.69 - £77.50
90th Percentile £86.50 - -
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £56.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% -13.46% +165.74%

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 351 339 359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.93% 27.76% 18.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 207 249
10th Percentile £310 £393 £331
25th Percentile £381 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £683 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £513 £505 £501
% change year-on-year +1.49% +0.80% -4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 15
10th Percentile £73.40 £34.94 £56.41
25th Percentile £80.75 £41.99 £56.65
Median hourly rate £81.50 £54.35 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +49.97% -11.78% -12.00%
75th Percentile £83.75 £66.08 £65.18
90th Percentile £85.00 £72.75 £74.38
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £54.88 £62.50
% change year-on-year +9.34% -12.20% +13.64%

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 9 July 2026.

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 9 July 2026. 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 -12 87 £550 +10.00% 32
Wokingham +6 70 £450 -2.70% 2
Bracknell +3 3 £450 - 3
Windsor -11 3 £208 -58.50%
Slough +6 1 - - 5
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 14 (8.24%) OpenStack
2 4 (2.35%) WebSphere
2 4 (2.35%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (1.18%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.18%) ArcGIS
3 2 (1.18%) IBM HTTP Server
3 2 (1.18%) JBoss
3 2 (1.18%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 2 (1.18%) WebSphere Portal
4 1 (0.59%) Apache
4 1 (0.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (5.29%) CPLEX
2 4 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.59%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 83 (48.82%) Azure
2 66 (38.82%) AWS
3 41 (24.12%) GCP
4 14 (8.24%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (7.65%) OpenShift
6 9 (5.29%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (4.12%) GitHub
8 6 (3.53%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (3.53%) Azure Key Vault
8 6 (3.53%) Azure Machine Learning
8 6 (3.53%) Power Platform
8 6 (3.53%) Route 53
8 6 (3.53%) Serverless
9 5 (2.94%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.35%) Azure AKS
10 4 (2.35%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.35%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.76%) Azure App Service
11 3 (1.76%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.24%) BGP
2 12 (7.06%) Firewall
3 11 (6.47%) MPLS
3 11 (6.47%) TCP/IP
3 11 (6.47%) WAN
4 10 (5.88%) DNS
5 9 (5.29%) LAN
6 8 (4.71%) Network Security
7 7 (4.12%) Wireshark
8 6 (3.53%) 5G
8 6 (3.53%) Diameter Protocol
8 6 (3.53%) DNSSEC
8 6 (3.53%) LTE
8 6 (3.53%) Radio Access Network
8 6 (3.53%) VoLTE
8 6 (3.53%) VoWiFi
9 5 (2.94%) DHCP
10 3 (1.76%) HTTP
10 3 (1.76%) SNMP
10 3 (1.76%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.00%) NoSQL
2 12 (7.06%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (5.88%) MongoDB
3 10 (5.88%) Relational Database
4 6 (3.53%) Power BI
5 5 (2.94%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (2.94%) Big Data
5 5 (2.94%) MySQL
6 4 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.35%) Tableau
7 3 (1.76%) Parquet
7 3 (1.76%) SQL Server
8 2 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.18%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.18%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.18%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.18%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.59%) Oracle Database 11g
9 1 (0.59%) Redis
Development Applications
1 18 (10.59%) Git
2 11 (6.47%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.53%) JIRA
4 5 (2.94%) GitLab
5 2 (1.18%) Introscope
6 1 (0.59%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.59%) JMeter
6 1 (0.59%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.59%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.59%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle Developer 2000
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
General
1 67 (39.41%) Social Skills
2 34 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (10.59%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (7.06%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.29%) Aerospace
5 9 (5.29%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.18%) Advertising
6 2 (1.18%) Finance
6 2 (1.18%) Marketing
6 2 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.59%) Banking
7 1 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 24 (14.12%) Senior
2 21 (12.35%) Developer
3 18 (10.59%) Architect
4 16 (9.41%) Python Developer
5 14 (8.24%) Data Engineer
6 13 (7.65%) SIEM Engineer
7 8 (4.71%) Platform Engineer
8 7 (4.12%) Network Architect
8 7 (4.12%) Site Engineer
8 7 (4.12%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 6 (3.53%) Analyst
9 6 (3.53%) Data Scientist
9 6 (3.53%) IP Architect
10 5 (2.94%) Consultant
10 5 (2.94%) Product Owner
10 5 (2.94%) Senior Data Engineer
10 5 (2.94%) Tester
11 4 (2.35%) Data Analyst
11 4 (2.35%) Middleware Engineer
11 4 (2.35%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.65%) REST
2 12 (7.06%) Kafka
2 12 (7.06%) LDAP
2 12 (7.06%) RESTful
3 11 (6.47%) FastAPI
4 10 (5.88%) Flask
4 10 (5.88%) NETCONF
4 10 (5.88%) Pandas
4 10 (5.88%) RabbitMQ
4 10 (5.88%) YANG
5 9 (5.29%) Django
5 9 (5.29%) NumPy
5 9 (5.29%) OpenAPI
5 9 (5.29%) pytest
5 9 (5.29%) Swagger
6 6 (3.53%) YAML
7 5 (2.94%) Jinja
7 5 (2.94%) PySpark
8 4 (2.35%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (2.35%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.35%) Cloud Native
2 20 (11.76%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (10.00%) Algorithms
4 15 (8.82%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (5.88%) Onboarding
6 9 (5.29%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (2.94%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.76%) Clustering
9 3 (1.76%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (1.76%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.76%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.18%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 32 (18.82%) Linux
2 18 (10.59%) Windows
3 13 (7.65%) Unix
4 9 (5.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.18%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (1.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.59%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.59%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (37.65%) DevOps
2 59 (34.71%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (30.00%) CI/CD
4 36 (21.18%) Analytics
5 31 (18.24%) SIEM
6 28 (16.47%) Agile
7 24 (14.12%) High Availability
8 23 (13.53%) Data Science
8 23 (13.53%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 22 (12.94%) Cybersecurity
9 22 (12.94%) Data Analysis
10 21 (12.35%) Infrastructure as Code
10 21 (12.35%) Machine Learning
11 19 (11.18%) Containerisation
11 19 (11.18%) Data Pipeline
12 18 (10.59%) Platform Engineering
13 17 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (9.41%) DevSecOps
14 16 (9.41%) Task Automation
15 15 (8.82%) AI
Programming Languages
1 61 (35.88%) PowerShell
2 37 (21.76%) SQL
3 32 (18.82%) Bash
4 20 (11.76%) Java
5 12 (7.06%) Kusto Query Language
6 11 (6.47%) Go
6 11 (6.47%) JavaScript
7 8 (4.71%) Perl
8 4 (2.35%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.76%) C#
10 2 (1.18%) Bicep
10 2 (1.18%) Jython
10 2 (1.18%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.18%) Scala
11 1 (0.59%) Groovy
11 1 (0.59%) PHP
11 1 (0.59%) R
11 1 (0.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 74 (43.53%) Security Cleared
2 60 (35.29%) SC Cleared
3 21 (12.35%) CISSP
4 13 (7.65%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (7.06%) CISM
6 10 (5.88%) CCIE
6 10 (5.88%) JNCIE
7 9 (5.29%) Azure Certification
8 8 (4.71%) AWS Certification
8 8 (4.71%) Degree
9 7 (4.12%) RHCE
10 6 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (2.35%) CEH
11 4 (2.35%) DV Cleared
11 4 (2.35%) GIAC
12 2 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (1.18%) CCSP
12 2 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.59%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.00%) NIST
2 15 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (7.06%) GDPR
4 7 (4.12%) Data Quality
5 6 (3.53%) QA
5 6 (3.53%) SLA
6 1 (0.59%) JTAG
System Software
1 14 (8.24%) Docker
2 13 (7.65%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 39 (22.94%) Kubernetes
2 23 (13.53%) Ansible
3 19 (11.18%) Terraform
4 3 (1.76%) Argo
4 3 (1.76%) Grafana
4 3 (1.76%) Kibana
4 3 (1.76%) Kustomize
4 3 (1.76%) Nessus
4 3 (1.76%) OpenVAS
4 3 (1.76%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.76%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.76%) Puppet
5 2 (1.18%) CA Wily
5 2 (1.18%) CASB
5 2 (1.18%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.59%) Amdocs OSS
6 1 (0.59%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.59%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.59%) Nmap
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 25 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.65%) Databricks
3 12 (7.06%) BeyondTrust
3 12 (7.06%) CyberArk
4 11 (6.47%) Red Hat
5 10 (5.88%) Google
6 8 (4.71%) Nokia
7 7 (4.12%) Oracle
8 6 (3.53%) BT
8 6 (3.53%) Ericsson
8 6 (3.53%) Huawei
8 6 (3.53%) Infoblox
9 5 (2.94%) Cisco
9 5 (2.94%) Tanium
10 4 (2.35%) F5
10 4 (2.35%) IBM
10 4 (2.35%) Juniper
10 4 (2.35%) Splunk
11 3 (1.76%) Fortinet
11 3 (1.76%) Qualys