Python Contracts in Berkshire

Python
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 35 18
Rank change year-on-year +20 -17 +15
Contract jobs citing Python 122 96 176
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 10.19% 4.87% 9.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 36.20% 26.67% 40.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 71 126
10th Percentile £391 £325 £316
25th Percentile £450 £369 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £638
90th Percentile £600 £651 £750
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £550
% change year-on-year -2.15% -7.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £14.73
25th Percentile - £72.50 £17.33
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £23.30
Median % change year-on-year - +221.89% -
75th Percentile - £77.50 £42.79
90th Percentile - - £53.49
South East median hourly rate £56.25 £65.00 £24.46
% change year-on-year -13.46% +165.74% +28.74%

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 337 360 431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.15% 18.27% 23.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 248 313
10th Percentile £396 £331 £325
25th Percentile £450 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £625
90th Percentile £700 £650 £706
South East median daily rate £501 £506 £525
% change year-on-year -1.09% -3.62% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 15 9
10th Percentile £34.94 £56.41 £19.92
25th Percentile £41.99 £56.65 £56.88
Median hourly rate £54.35 £61.60 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.78% -12.00% -3.45%
75th Percentile £66.08 £65.18 £79.19
90th Percentile £72.75 £74.38 £79.63
South East median hourly rate £54.88 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -12.20% +13.64% +15.79%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Berkshire

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Python in Berkshire

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Berkshire over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Berkshire

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Python in Berkshire

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 5 July 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 +15 62 £500 -0.20% 136
Wokingham +7 22 £463 -2.63% 8
Windsor - 21 £500 - 6
Maidenhead +3 5 - - 10
Slough -4 3 £550 +46.67% 194
Bracknell +9 2 - - 15
Python
South East

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 9 (7.38%) Apache Spark
2 5 (4.10%) OpenStack
3 4 (3.28%) Apache
4 3 (2.46%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.64%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.64%) Chatbot
1 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.82%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (0.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.82%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 53 (43.44%) Azure
2 38 (31.15%) AWS
3 24 (19.67%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (12.30%) GitHub
5 14 (11.48%) GCP
6 11 (9.02%) Power Platform
7 10 (8.20%) Azure AKS
8 6 (4.92%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (4.92%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (4.92%) Serverless
9 5 (4.10%) IaaS
9 5 (4.10%) PaaS
10 4 (3.28%) Azure API Management
10 4 (3.28%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (3.28%) Azure Key Vault
10 4 (3.28%) Azure Machine Learning
10 4 (3.28%) Entra ID
10 4 (3.28%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (3.28%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.02%) Firewall
2 8 (6.56%) BGP
2 8 (6.56%) Network Security
3 7 (5.74%) OSPF
3 7 (5.74%) TCP/IP
3 7 (5.74%) VPN
4 6 (4.92%) VLAN
5 2 (1.64%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.82%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.82%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.82%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.82%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.82%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.82%) Junos
6 1 (0.82%) LAN
6 1 (0.82%) MPLS
6 1 (0.82%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.82%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.82%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.84%) Relational Database
2 11 (9.02%) Power BI
3 10 (8.20%) Big Data
3 10 (8.20%) MongoDB
4 9 (7.38%) NoSQL
5 8 (6.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (5.74%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (5.74%) Tableau
7 6 (4.92%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (4.10%) Data Lake
9 4 (3.28%) Hadoop
9 4 (3.28%) MySQL
9 4 (3.28%) Spark SQL
10 3 (2.46%) SQL Server
11 2 (1.64%) Apache Hive
11 2 (1.64%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.82%) Parquet
12 1 (0.82%) Power Query
12 1 (0.82%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 21 (17.21%) Git
2 13 (10.66%) Selenium
3 8 (6.56%) Jenkins
4 7 (5.74%) JIRA
5 2 (1.64%) GitLab
5 2 (1.64%) JMeter
5 2 (1.64%) JUnit
5 2 (1.64%) Mockito
6 1 (0.82%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.82%) CMake
6 1 (0.82%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.82%) MLflow
6 1 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 35 (28.69%) Social Skills
2 26 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (17.21%) Telecoms
4 14 (11.48%) Finance
5 11 (9.02%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.10%) Electronics
6 5 (4.10%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.10%) Marketing
7 3 (2.46%) Legal
8 1 (0.82%) Games
8 1 (0.82%) Local Government
8 1 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.82%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (18.03%) Developer
2 16 (13.11%) DevOps Engineer
3 13 (10.66%) Azure Engineer
4 10 (8.20%) Architect
4 10 (8.20%) Cloud Engineer
4 10 (8.20%) Senior
5 9 (7.38%) Analyst
5 9 (7.38%) AWS Engineer
5 9 (7.38%) Data Engineer
5 9 (7.38%) Python Developer
6 7 (5.74%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 7 (5.74%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 7 (5.74%) Security Architect
6 7 (5.74%) Senior Developer
7 5 (4.10%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 5 (4.10%) Consultant
7 5 (4.10%) Data Analyst
7 5 (4.10%) Platform Engineer
7 5 (4.10%) Python Engineer
7 5 (4.10%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.20%) REST
2 8 (6.56%) PySpark
3 7 (5.74%) FastAPI
3 7 (5.74%) JSON
3 7 (5.74%) scikit-learn
3 7 (5.74%) TensorFlow
4 6 (4.92%) OAuth
4 6 (4.92%) PyTorch
5 5 (4.10%) React
6 4 (3.28%) .NET
6 4 (3.28%) .NET Core
6 4 (3.28%) ADO
6 4 (3.28%) ARM Templates
6 4 (3.28%) Google JAX
6 4 (3.28%) JAX
6 4 (3.28%) Kafka
6 4 (3.28%) RESTful
7 3 (2.46%) Apache Axis
7 3 (2.46%) SOAP
7 3 (2.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.48%) Algorithms
2 13 (10.66%) Cloud Native
3 7 (5.74%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.10%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (4.10%) Security Posture
5 4 (3.28%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.64%) CMDB
6 2 (1.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.64%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.64%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.64%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.64%) Replication
6 2 (1.64%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 23 (18.85%) Windows
2 18 (14.75%) Linux
3 9 (7.38%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.10%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.82%) Android
6 1 (0.82%) CentOS
6 1 (0.82%) Unix
6 1 (0.82%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (39.34%) DevOps
2 43 (35.25%) CI/CD
3 42 (34.43%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (19.67%) Artificial Intelligence
5 18 (14.75%) Test Automation
6 17 (13.93%) Business Intelligence
7 16 (13.11%) Agile
7 16 (13.11%) Machine Learning
8 15 (12.30%) High Availability
9 14 (11.48%) Data Modelling
9 14 (11.48%) Incident Response
9 14 (11.48%) SIEM
10 13 (10.66%) Data Pipeline
10 13 (10.66%) Design Patterns
10 13 (10.66%) Generative AI
10 13 (10.66%) Security Operations
11 12 (9.84%) Data Engineering
11 12 (9.84%) Data Science
11 12 (9.84%) Infrastructure as Code
11 12 (9.84%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 38 (31.15%) SQL
2 35 (28.69%) PowerShell
3 24 (19.67%) Java
4 20 (16.39%) Bash
5 12 (9.84%) JavaScript
6 10 (8.20%) Bicep
6 10 (8.20%) R
7 9 (7.38%) C#
8 6 (4.92%) C++
9 5 (4.10%) TypeScript
10 4 (3.28%) C
11 3 (2.46%) Ruby
12 2 (1.64%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.82%) Scala
13 1 (0.82%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.82%) VB
13 1 (0.82%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 13 (10.66%) Security Cleared
2 11 (9.02%) Degree
2 11 (9.02%) Master's Degree
3 9 (7.38%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.56%) CCNP
4 8 (6.56%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (6.56%) CISSP
5 7 (5.74%) GCIH
6 6 (4.92%) CCSA
6 6 (4.92%) CCSE
6 6 (4.92%) Check Point Certification
6 6 (4.92%) GCFA
7 5 (4.10%) AWS Certification
7 5 (4.10%) GCIA
8 3 (2.46%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.46%) CEH
8 3 (2.46%) CFCE
8 3 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.64%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.11%) QA
2 11 (9.02%) GDPR
3 10 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (5.74%) Data Quality
5 5 (4.10%) NIST
6 4 (3.28%) EU AI Act
6 4 (3.28%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.64%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.64%) GRC
7 2 (1.64%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.82%) HL7
8 1 (0.82%) SLA
8 1 (0.82%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 12 (9.84%) Docker
2 6 (4.92%) Active Directory
3 5 (4.10%) vSphere
4 2 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (19.67%) Ansible
2 22 (18.03%) Kubernetes
3 16 (13.11%) Terraform
4 5 (4.10%) Puppet
5 4 (3.28%) Grafana
5 4 (3.28%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.64%) Kibana
6 2 (1.64%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.82%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.82%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 25 (20.49%) Microsoft
2 18 (14.75%) Databricks
3 11 (9.02%) Virgin Media
4 10 (8.20%) Cisco
5 9 (7.38%) Splunk
6 7 (5.74%) SAP
7 6 (4.92%) CheckPoint
7 6 (4.92%) Palo Alto
8 5 (4.10%) Google
9 4 (3.28%) Foundry
9 4 (3.28%) Palantir
10 3 (2.46%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (1.64%) ArcSight
11 2 (1.64%) Dynatrace
11 2 (1.64%) IBM
11 2 (1.64%) LogRhythm
11 2 (1.64%) ServiceNow
12 1 (0.82%) Fortinet
12 1 (0.82%) SolarWinds
12 1 (0.82%) VMware