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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 16 31
Rank change year-on-year -1 +15 -14
Contract jobs citing Python 170 126 92
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 8.93% 10.67% 5.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 51.67% 40.00% 27.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 72 68
10th Percentile £329 £356 £331
25th Percentile £404 £446 £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 11 0 2
10th Percentile £63.50 - £32.23
25th Percentile £68.80 - £38.94
Median hourly rate £71.00 - £51.75
75th Percentile £83.68 - £65.44
90th Percentile £85.00 - £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 329 315 332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.28% 26.67% 19.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 192 222
10th Percentile £322 £382 £363
25th Percentile £400 £449 £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 +2.65% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 1 8
10th Percentile £62.80 - £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 £83.00 £32.75 £75.53
90th Percentile £84.25 - £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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -12 90 £563 +12.50% 40
Wokingham 0 58 £500 +9.59% 8
Slough +7 5 £500 -9.09% 9
Bracknell - 3 £450 - 9
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 6 (3.53%) Confluence
3 4 (2.35%) WebSphere
3 4 (2.35%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (1.76%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.18%) IBM HTTP Server
5 2 (1.18%) JBoss
5 2 (1.18%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 2 (1.18%) WebSphere Portal
6 1 (0.59%) Apache
6 1 (0.59%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.59%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 8 (4.71%) CPLEX
2 5 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.59%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 97 (57.06%) Azure
2 63 (37.06%) AWS
3 33 (19.41%) GCP
4 24 (14.12%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (12.35%) OpenShift
6 14 (8.24%) Azure Monitor
6 14 (8.24%) GitHub
7 12 (7.06%) Entra ID
7 12 (7.06%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (6.47%) Azure Key Vault
9 9 (5.29%) Azure AKS
10 8 (4.71%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (4.71%) Azure App Service
11 7 (4.12%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (3.53%) Power Platform
12 6 (3.53%) Route 53
12 6 (3.53%) Serverless
13 5 (2.94%) Amazon S3
13 5 (2.94%) Azure Machine Learning
13 5 (2.94%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.00%) Firewall
1 17 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 16 (9.41%) DNS
3 14 (8.24%) BGP
4 11 (6.47%) MPLS
5 10 (5.88%) WAN
6 9 (5.29%) DHCP
7 8 (4.71%) LAN
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
8 6 (3.53%) VPN
8 6 (3.53%) Wireshark
9 5 (2.94%) Network Security
9 5 (2.94%) SNMP
10 4 (2.35%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.76%) NoSQL
2 11 (6.47%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (5.88%) Relational Database
4 9 (5.29%) MongoDB
5 8 (4.71%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (3.53%) Big Data
6 6 (3.53%) Power BI
7 5 (2.94%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.35%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.76%) Hadoop
9 3 (1.76%) Parquet
10 2 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (1.18%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.18%) DynamoDB
10 2 (1.18%) Metadata
10 2 (1.18%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.18%) Spark SQL
10 2 (1.18%) Tableau
11 1 (0.59%) Redis
Development Applications
1 26 (15.29%) Git
2 20 (11.76%) Jenkins
3 12 (7.06%) GitLab
4 7 (4.12%) JIRA
5 2 (1.18%) Introscope
6 1 (0.59%) JMeter
6 1 (0.59%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.59%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle Developer 2000
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
General
1 66 (38.82%) Social Skills
2 48 (28.24%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (12.35%) Aerospace
4 13 (7.65%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (6.47%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.53%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.35%) Finance
8 2 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.18%) Marketing
8 2 (1.18%) Military
8 2 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.59%) Advertising
9 1 (0.59%) Banking
9 1 (0.59%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 25 (14.71%) Senior
2 24 (14.12%) Data Engineer
2 24 (14.12%) Developer
3 17 (10.00%) Architect
4 15 (8.82%) Python Developer
5 11 (6.47%) Data Scientist
6 9 (5.29%) Full-Stack Developer
6 9 (5.29%) Platform Engineer
7 8 (4.71%) Network Architect
8 7 (4.12%) Senior Data Engineer
9 6 (3.53%) Consultant
9 6 (3.53%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 6 (3.53%) Lead
9 6 (3.53%) Systems Engineer
10 5 (2.94%) Analyst
10 5 (2.94%) Azure Engineer
10 5 (2.94%) IP Architect
10 5 (2.94%) Network Consultant
10 5 (2.94%) Site Engineer
10 5 (2.94%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.18%) REST
2 15 (8.82%) RESTful
3 13 (7.65%) PySpark
4 11 (6.47%) Kafka
5 10 (5.88%) ARM Templates
5 10 (5.88%) FastAPI
5 10 (5.88%) NETCONF
5 10 (5.88%) YANG
6 9 (5.29%) .NET
6 9 (5.29%) Flask
6 9 (5.29%) OAuth
6 9 (5.29%) Pandas
6 9 (5.29%) RabbitMQ
7 8 (4.71%) Django
7 8 (4.71%) LDAP
7 8 (4.71%) NumPy
7 8 (4.71%) OpenAPI
7 8 (4.71%) pytest
7 8 (4.71%) Swagger
8 7 (4.12%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.12%) Hybrid Cloud
2 23 (13.53%) Cloud Native
3 16 (9.41%) Algorithms
4 12 (7.06%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (6.47%) Data Structures
6 6 (3.53%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.94%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.35%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.76%) Clustering
9 3 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.76%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.76%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.76%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.18%) Private Cloud
10 2 (1.18%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (20.00%) Linux
2 21 (12.35%) Windows
3 11 (6.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (5.88%) Unix
5 6 (3.53%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.18%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (1.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.59%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (46.47%) DevOps
2 63 (37.06%) CI/CD
3 53 (31.18%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (26.47%) Analytics
5 38 (22.35%) Infrastructure as Code
6 34 (20.00%) Agile
7 29 (17.06%) Data Science
8 28 (16.47%) Data Pipeline
9 27 (15.88%) Platform Engineering
10 25 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (14.71%) Data Engineering
11 23 (13.53%) Containerisation
11 23 (13.53%) Machine Learning
12 22 (12.94%) Validation
13 20 (11.76%) DevSecOps
14 19 (11.18%) Data Governance
14 19 (11.18%) High Availability
15 18 (10.59%) Data Modelling
15 18 (10.59%) Migration
15 18 (10.59%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 61 (35.88%) PowerShell
2 50 (29.41%) SQL
3 42 (24.71%) Bash
4 13 (7.65%) Java
5 11 (6.47%) Bicep
6 8 (4.71%) C#
7 6 (3.53%) Go
8 5 (2.94%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.35%) Perl
10 3 (1.76%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.76%) Scala
11 2 (1.18%) Jython
11 2 (1.18%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.59%) Groovy
12 1 (0.59%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.59%) R
12 1 (0.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 67 (39.41%) Security Cleared
2 58 (34.12%) SC Cleared
3 19 (11.18%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (10.00%) CISSP
5 14 (8.24%) Azure Certification
6 10 (5.88%) AWS Certification
6 10 (5.88%) CCIE
6 10 (5.88%) Degree
6 10 (5.88%) JNCIE
7 8 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (4.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (4.12%) CISM
8 7 (4.12%) RHCE
9 4 (2.35%) CEH
9 4 (2.35%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (2.35%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.76%) CCSP
10 3 (1.76%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (1.18%) CCNA
11 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.41%) Data Quality
2 13 (7.65%) NIST
3 11 (6.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (4.71%) GDPR
5 6 (3.53%) QA
5 6 (3.53%) SLA
6 4 (2.35%) NCSC
7 3 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.59%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.59%) JTAG
System Software
1 19 (11.18%) Docker
2 15 (8.82%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.35%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 48 (28.24%) Kubernetes
2 40 (23.53%) Terraform
3 39 (22.94%) Ansible
4 4 (2.35%) Progress Chef
4 4 (2.35%) Puppet
5 3 (1.76%) Grafana
6 2 (1.18%) CA Wily
6 2 (1.18%) CASB
6 2 (1.18%) Istio
6 2 (1.18%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.18%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.59%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.59%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.59%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.59%) SCOM
7 1 (0.59%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 46 (27.06%) Microsoft
2 21 (12.35%) Databricks
3 14 (8.24%) Red Hat
4 13 (7.65%) Google
5 10 (5.88%) CyberArk
6 8 (4.71%) Cisco
6 8 (4.71%) Nokia
6 8 (4.71%) VMware
7 7 (4.12%) BeyondTrust
8 6 (3.53%) BT
8 6 (3.53%) Ericsson
8 6 (3.53%) Huawei
8 6 (3.53%) Infoblox
9 5 (2.94%) F5
9 5 (2.94%) Juniper
9 5 (2.94%) Oracle
9 5 (2.94%) Splunk
10 4 (2.35%) Fortinet
10 4 (2.35%) IBM
11 3 (1.76%) ServiceNow