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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 15 32
Rank change year-on-year -1 +17 -13
Contract jobs citing Python 173 127 92
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 9.02% 10.69% 5.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 51.95% 40.32% 27.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 72 68
10th Percentile £329 £350 £331
25th Percentile £404 £444 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.53% -6.73%
75th Percentile £603 £550 £638
90th Percentile £650 £600 £650
South East median daily rate £537 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +7.40% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 2
10th Percentile £64.12 - £32.23
25th Percentile £71.00 - £38.94
Median hourly rate £76.80 - £51.75
75th Percentile £83.75 - £65.44
90th Percentile £84.75 - £72.68
South East median hourly rate £67.47 £57.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +17.34% -8.00% +25.00%

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 333 315 331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.35% 26.52% 19.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 191 222
10th Percentile £319 £375 £363
25th Percentile £400 £448 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £585
Median % change year-on-year - -14.53% +6.36%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £660
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +2.50% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 1 8
10th Percentile £63.15 - £49.27
25th Percentile £71.00 £30.25 £58.49
Median hourly rate £81.50 £31.50 £65.49
Median % change year-on-year +158.73% -51.90% +14.08%
75th Percentile £83.31 £32.75 £75.53
90th Percentile £84.00 - £80.50
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £67.02
% change year-on-year +9.09% -17.93% +21.85%

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 18 August 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Python in Berkshire over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 18 August 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 -11 93 £563 +12.50% 29
Wokingham +2 58 £500 +11.11% 7
Slough +7 5 £500 -9.09% 6
Bracknell - 3 £450 -
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 (8.09%) OpenStack
2 6 (3.47%) Confluence
3 4 (2.31%) WebSphere
3 4 (2.31%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (1.73%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.16%) IBM HTTP Server
5 2 (1.16%) JBoss
5 2 (1.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 2 (1.16%) WebSphere Portal
6 1 (0.58%) Apache
6 1 (0.58%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.58%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 8 (4.62%) CPLEX
2 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 97 (56.07%) Azure
2 63 (36.42%) AWS
3 33 (19.08%) GCP
4 24 (13.87%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (12.14%) OpenShift
6 14 (8.09%) Azure Monitor
6 14 (8.09%) GitHub
7 12 (6.94%) Entra ID
7 12 (6.94%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (6.36%) Azure Key Vault
9 9 (5.20%) Azure AKS
10 8 (4.62%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (4.62%) Azure App Service
10 8 (4.62%) Power Platform
11 7 (4.05%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (3.47%) Route 53
12 6 (3.47%) Serverless
13 5 (2.89%) Amazon S3
13 5 (2.89%) Azure Machine Learning
13 5 (2.89%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.83%) Firewall
1 17 (9.83%) TCP/IP
2 16 (9.25%) DNS
3 14 (8.09%) BGP
4 11 (6.36%) MPLS
5 10 (5.78%) WAN
6 9 (5.20%) DHCP
7 8 (4.62%) LAN
8 6 (3.47%) 5G
8 6 (3.47%) Diameter Protocol
8 6 (3.47%) DNSSEC
8 6 (3.47%) LTE
8 6 (3.47%) Radio Access Network
8 6 (3.47%) VoLTE
8 6 (3.47%) VoWiFi
8 6 (3.47%) VPN
8 6 (3.47%) Wireshark
9 5 (2.89%) Network Security
9 5 (2.89%) SNMP
10 4 (2.31%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.56%) NoSQL
2 11 (6.36%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (5.78%) Relational Database
4 9 (5.20%) MongoDB
5 8 (4.62%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (4.62%) Power BI
6 7 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (3.47%) Big Data
8 5 (2.89%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (2.31%) SQL Server
9 4 (2.31%) Tableau
10 3 (1.73%) Hadoop
10 3 (1.73%) Parquet
11 2 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (1.16%) Data Lake
11 2 (1.16%) DynamoDB
11 2 (1.16%) Metadata
11 2 (1.16%) Oracle Database
11 2 (1.16%) Spark SQL
12 1 (0.58%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 26 (15.03%) Git
2 20 (11.56%) Jenkins
3 12 (6.94%) GitLab
4 7 (4.05%) JIRA
5 2 (1.16%) Introscope
6 1 (0.58%) JMeter
6 1 (0.58%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.58%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle Developer 2000
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
General
1 67 (38.73%) Social Skills
2 48 (27.75%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (12.72%) Aerospace
4 13 (7.51%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (6.36%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.47%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.31%) Finance
8 3 (1.73%) Marketing
9 2 (1.16%) Advertising
9 2 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.16%) Military
9 2 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Banking
10 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 25 (14.45%) Senior
2 24 (13.87%) Data Engineer
2 24 (13.87%) Developer
3 18 (10.40%) Architect
4 15 (8.67%) Python Developer
5 11 (6.36%) Data Scientist
6 9 (5.20%) Full-Stack Developer
6 9 (5.20%) Platform Engineer
7 8 (4.62%) Network Architect
8 7 (4.05%) Analyst
8 7 (4.05%) Senior Data Engineer
9 6 (3.47%) Consultant
9 6 (3.47%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 6 (3.47%) Lead
9 6 (3.47%) Systems Engineer
10 5 (2.89%) Azure Engineer
10 5 (2.89%) Data Analyst
10 5 (2.89%) IP Architect
10 5 (2.89%) Network Consultant
10 5 (2.89%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (10.98%) REST
2 15 (8.67%) RESTful
3 13 (7.51%) PySpark
4 11 (6.36%) Kafka
5 10 (5.78%) ARM Templates
5 10 (5.78%) FastAPI
5 10 (5.78%) NETCONF
5 10 (5.78%) YANG
6 9 (5.20%) .NET
6 9 (5.20%) Flask
6 9 (5.20%) OAuth
6 9 (5.20%) Pandas
6 9 (5.20%) RabbitMQ
7 8 (4.62%) Django
7 8 (4.62%) LDAP
7 8 (4.62%) NumPy
7 8 (4.62%) OpenAPI
7 8 (4.62%) pytest
7 8 (4.62%) Swagger
8 7 (4.05%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.87%) Hybrid Cloud
2 23 (13.29%) Cloud Native
3 16 (9.25%) Algorithms
4 12 (6.94%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (6.36%) Data Structures
6 6 (3.47%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.89%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.89%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (2.89%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.73%) Clustering
9 3 (1.73%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.73%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.73%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.16%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 34 (19.65%) Linux
2 21 (12.14%) Windows
3 11 (6.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (5.78%) Unix
5 6 (3.47%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.16%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (1.16%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (46.82%) DevOps
2 63 (36.42%) CI/CD
3 54 (31.21%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (27.75%) Analytics
5 38 (21.97%) Infrastructure as Code
6 36 (20.81%) Agile
7 30 (17.34%) Data Science
8 28 (16.18%) Data Pipeline
9 27 (15.61%) Platform Engineering
10 26 (15.03%) Data Engineering
11 25 (14.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 25 (14.45%) Machine Learning
12 23 (13.29%) Containerisation
12 23 (13.29%) Validation
13 20 (11.56%) Data Governance
13 20 (11.56%) Data Modelling
13 20 (11.56%) DevSecOps
14 19 (10.98%) High Availability
15 18 (10.40%) AI
15 18 (10.40%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 61 (35.26%) PowerShell
2 53 (30.64%) SQL
3 42 (24.28%) Bash
4 13 (7.51%) Java
5 11 (6.36%) Bicep
6 8 (4.62%) C#
7 6 (3.47%) Go
8 5 (2.89%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.31%) Perl
10 3 (1.73%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.73%) Scala
11 2 (1.16%) JavaScript
11 2 (1.16%) Jython
11 2 (1.16%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.58%) Groovy
12 1 (0.58%) R
12 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 69 (39.88%) Security Cleared
2 60 (34.68%) SC Cleared
3 19 (10.98%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (9.83%) CISSP
5 14 (8.09%) Azure Certification
6 11 (6.36%) Degree
7 10 (5.78%) AWS Certification
7 10 (5.78%) CCIE
7 10 (5.78%) JNCIE
8 8 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (4.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (4.05%) CISM
9 7 (4.05%) RHCE
10 4 (2.31%) CEH
10 4 (2.31%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (2.31%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.73%) CCSP
11 3 (1.73%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (1.16%) CCNA
12 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.25%) Data Quality
2 13 (7.51%) NIST
3 11 (6.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (4.62%) GDPR
5 7 (4.05%) QA
6 6 (3.47%) SLA
7 4 (2.31%) NCSC
8 3 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.58%) JTAG
System Software
1 19 (10.98%) Docker
2 15 (8.67%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.31%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 48 (27.75%) Kubernetes
2 40 (23.12%) Terraform
3 39 (22.54%) Ansible
4 4 (2.31%) Progress Chef
4 4 (2.31%) Puppet
5 3 (1.73%) Grafana
6 2 (1.16%) CA Wily
6 2 (1.16%) CASB
6 2 (1.16%) Istio
6 2 (1.16%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.16%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.58%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.58%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.58%) SCOM
7 1 (0.58%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 46 (26.59%) Microsoft
2 21 (12.14%) Databricks
3 14 (8.09%) Red Hat
4 13 (7.51%) Google
5 10 (5.78%) CyberArk
6 8 (4.62%) Cisco
6 8 (4.62%) Nokia
6 8 (4.62%) VMware
7 7 (4.05%) BeyondTrust
8 6 (3.47%) BT
8 6 (3.47%) Ericsson
8 6 (3.47%) Huawei
8 6 (3.47%) Infoblox
9 5 (2.89%) F5
9 5 (2.89%) Juniper
9 5 (2.89%) Oracle
9 5 (2.89%) Splunk
10 4 (2.31%) Fortinet
10 4 (2.31%) IBM
11 3 (1.73%) ServiceNow