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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 15 30
Rank change year-on-year -7 +15 -15
Contract jobs citing Python 154 125 97
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 7.95% 10.44% 5.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 47.09% 38.46% 27.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 69 74
10th Percentile £329 £353 £340
25th Percentile £400 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -0.20% -8.91%
75th Percentile £613 £575 £638
90th Percentile £683 £600 £651
South East median daily rate £541 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +8.25% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £77.20 - £32.23
25th Percentile £81.06 - £38.94
Median hourly rate £82.50 - £51.75
75th Percentile £84.69 - £65.44
90th Percentile £86.50 - £72.68
South East median hourly rate £58.74 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +2.15% -11.54% +33.33%

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 327 325 348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.88% 27.15% 19.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 195 242
10th Percentile £314 £396 £363
25th Percentile £392 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £625
90th Percentile £684 £700 £658
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +2.65% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 9
10th Percentile £73.40 - £50.55
25th Percentile £80.75 £30.25 £58.49
Median hourly rate £81.50 £31.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +158.73% -48.86% -2.22%
75th Percentile £83.75 £32.75 £69.69
90th Percentile £85.00 - £79.50
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +23.81% -19.23% +18.18%

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 28 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 28 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 84 £563 +12.50% 24
Wokingham 0 57 £500 +8.11% 1
Bracknell 0 3 £450 - 2
Slough +7 1 - - 6
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 13 (8.44%) OpenStack
2 6 (3.90%) Confluence
3 4 (2.60%) WebSphere
3 4 (2.60%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (1.30%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.30%) ArcGIS
4 2 (1.30%) IBM HTTP Server
4 2 (1.30%) JBoss
4 2 (1.30%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 2 (1.30%) WebSphere Portal
5 1 (0.65%) Apache
Applications
1 9 (5.84%) CPLEX
2 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 80 (51.95%) Azure
2 55 (35.71%) AWS
3 29 (18.83%) GCP
4 19 (12.34%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
6 11 (7.14%) Azure Key Vault
6 11 (7.14%) OpenShift
7 10 (6.49%) Entra ID
8 9 (5.84%) Azure AKS
9 8 (5.19%) Azure App Service
10 7 (4.55%) GitHub
11 6 (3.90%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (3.90%) Azure Machine Learning
11 6 (3.90%) Power Platform
11 6 (3.90%) Route 53
11 6 (3.90%) Serverless
12 5 (3.25%) Amazon S3
12 5 (3.25%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (3.25%) PaaS
13 4 (2.60%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.44%) BGP
1 13 (8.44%) TCP/IP
2 12 (7.79%) Firewall
3 11 (7.14%) DNS
4 10 (6.49%) MPLS
4 10 (6.49%) WAN
5 8 (5.19%) LAN
6 6 (3.90%) 5G
6 6 (3.90%) Diameter Protocol
6 6 (3.90%) DNSSEC
6 6 (3.90%) LTE
6 6 (3.90%) Radio Access Network
6 6 (3.90%) VoLTE
6 6 (3.90%) VoWiFi
6 6 (3.90%) Wireshark
7 5 (3.25%) DHCP
7 5 (3.25%) Network Security
7 5 (3.25%) SNMP
8 4 (2.60%) HTTP
8 4 (2.60%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (14.29%) NoSQL
2 12 (7.79%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (6.49%) MongoDB
4 9 (5.84%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (4.55%) Relational Database
6 6 (3.90%) Power BI
7 5 (3.25%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (3.25%) Big Data
8 4 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.60%) Parquet
8 4 (2.60%) SQL Server
8 4 (2.60%) Tableau
9 2 (1.30%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (1.30%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.30%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.30%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.30%) MySQL
9 2 (1.30%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.30%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 22 (14.29%) Git
2 12 (7.79%) Jenkins
3 7 (4.55%) JIRA
4 5 (3.25%) GitLab
5 2 (1.30%) Introscope
6 1 (0.65%) JMeter
6 1 (0.65%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.65%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle Developer 2000
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle Forms
General
1 53 (34.42%) Social Skills
2 36 (23.38%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (8.44%) Documentation Skills
4 10 (6.49%) Telecoms
5 9 (5.84%) Aerospace
6 7 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.60%) Finance
8 3 (1.95%) Marketing
9 2 (1.30%) Military
9 2 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Advertising
10 1 (0.65%) Banking
10 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 26 (16.88%) Developer
2 24 (15.58%) Senior
3 18 (11.69%) Architect
4 16 (10.39%) Data Engineer
4 16 (10.39%) Python Developer
5 9 (5.84%) Full-Stack Developer
6 8 (5.19%) Platform Engineer
6 8 (5.19%) SIEM Engineer
7 7 (4.55%) Data Scientist
7 7 (4.55%) Network Architect
8 6 (3.90%) Analyst
8 6 (3.90%) Consultant
8 6 (3.90%) Senior Data Engineer
9 5 (3.25%) Cloud Engineer
9 5 (3.25%) Data Analyst
9 5 (3.25%) IP Architect
9 5 (3.25%) Network Consultant
9 5 (3.25%) Product Owner
9 5 (3.25%) Site Engineer
9 5 (3.25%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.04%) REST
2 16 (10.39%) RESTful
3 12 (7.79%) Kafka
4 11 (7.14%) FastAPI
5 10 (6.49%) Flask
5 10 (6.49%) Pandas
5 10 (6.49%) RabbitMQ
6 9 (5.84%) .NET
6 9 (5.84%) Django
6 9 (5.84%) NETCONF
6 9 (5.84%) NumPy
6 9 (5.84%) OAuth
6 9 (5.84%) OpenAPI
6 9 (5.84%) pytest
6 9 (5.84%) Swagger
6 9 (5.84%) YANG
7 8 (5.19%) LDAP
8 7 (4.55%) PySpark
8 7 (4.55%) SAML
9 6 (3.90%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.99%) Cloud Native
2 17 (11.04%) Algorithms
3 14 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (7.79%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (5.84%) Data Structures
5 9 (5.84%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (3.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 5 (3.25%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.60%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.95%) Clustering
8 3 (1.95%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.30%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.30%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.30%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (18.83%) Linux
2 17 (11.04%) Windows
3 10 (6.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (6.49%) Unix
4 2 (1.30%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (1.30%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 2 (1.30%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (40.91%) DevOps
2 48 (31.17%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (30.52%) CI/CD
4 42 (27.27%) Analytics
5 26 (16.88%) Agile
6 25 (16.23%) Data Science
7 22 (14.29%) Data Analysis
7 22 (14.29%) Machine Learning
8 21 (13.64%) Data Pipeline
9 20 (12.99%) Containerisation
9 20 (12.99%) SIEM
10 19 (12.34%) High Availability
10 19 (12.34%) Infrastructure as Code
11 18 (11.69%) Platform Engineering
12 17 (11.04%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (10.39%) Validation
14 15 (9.74%) Data Engineering
14 15 (9.74%) Migration
14 15 (9.74%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 13 (8.44%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 53 (34.42%) PowerShell
2 42 (27.27%) SQL
3 30 (19.48%) Bash
4 12 (7.79%) Java
5 9 (5.84%) Kusto Query Language
6 8 (5.19%) C#
7 6 (3.90%) Go
8 5 (3.25%) Bicep
8 5 (3.25%) JavaScript
8 5 (3.25%) Perl
8 5 (3.25%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.30%) Jython
9 2 (1.30%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.30%) Scala
10 1 (0.65%) Groovy
10 1 (0.65%) PHP
10 1 (0.65%) R
10 1 (0.65%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (37.01%) Security Cleared
2 47 (30.52%) SC Cleared
3 13 (8.44%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (7.79%) Azure Certification
4 12 (7.79%) CISSP
5 9 (5.84%) AWS Certification
5 9 (5.84%) CCIE
5 9 (5.84%) JNCIE
6 7 (4.55%) CISM
6 7 (4.55%) RHCE
7 5 (3.25%) Degree
8 4 (2.60%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.30%) CCNA
10 2 (1.30%) CCSP
10 2 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.65%) CCNP
11 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.49%) NIST
2 9 (5.84%) Data Quality
3 8 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (4.55%) GDPR
5 6 (3.90%) QA
5 6 (3.90%) SLA
6 1 (0.65%) JTAG
System Software
1 15 (9.74%) Active Directory
1 15 (9.74%) Docker
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 32 (20.78%) Kubernetes
2 25 (16.23%) Ansible
3 24 (15.58%) Terraform
4 4 (2.60%) Progress Chef
4 4 (2.60%) Puppet
5 2 (1.30%) CA Wily
5 2 (1.30%) CASB
5 2 (1.30%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.65%) Amdocs OSS
6 1 (0.65%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.65%) Nessus
6 1 (0.65%) OpenVAS
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.65%) SCOM
6 1 (0.65%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 31 (20.13%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.39%) Databricks
3 11 (7.14%) Red Hat
4 9 (5.84%) Google
5 8 (5.19%) CyberArk
5 8 (5.19%) Nokia
6 7 (4.55%) BeyondTrust
6 7 (4.55%) Cisco
7 6 (3.90%) BT
7 6 (3.90%) Ericsson
7 6 (3.90%) Huawei
7 6 (3.90%) Infoblox
8 5 (3.25%) F5
8 5 (3.25%) Juniper
8 5 (3.25%) Oracle
8 5 (3.25%) Splunk
9 4 (2.60%) Fortinet
9 4 (2.60%) IBM
10 3 (1.95%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.95%) VMware