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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 14 45
Rank change year-on-year +1 +31 -9
Contract jobs citing Python 192 149 88
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 12.32% 11.30% 4.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 54.86% 40.71% 24.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 82 56
10th Percentile £336 £387 £325
25th Percentile £403 £481 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -18.91% -2.22% +9.76%
75th Percentile £525 £638 £647
90th Percentile £609 £649 £688
South East median daily rate £481 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -12.50% +3.77% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £72.40 - -
25th Percentile £76.00 - -
Median hourly rate £82.00 - £67.50
75th Percentile £84.00 - -
90th Percentile £85.20 - -
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £61.01 £67.50
% change year-on-year -22.14% -9.61% +52.54%

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 350 366 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 22.46% 27.75% 19.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 224 243
10th Percentile £335 £387 £350
25th Percentile £403 £432 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £638
90th Percentile £625 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £483 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -4.33% -3.81% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 18
10th Percentile £39.25 - £48.40
25th Percentile £70.00 £55.87 £50.94
Median hourly rate £75.00 £63.75 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +17.66% +9.34% -19.86%
75th Percentile £82.00 £70.24 £61.30
90th Percentile £84.40 £75.80 £67.50
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £60.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.77% -2.83%

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 January 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 January 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
Wokingham +12 83 £446 -16.24% 5
Reading -5 83 £500 -15.79% 45
Windsor -7 12 £208 -58.50% 1
Bracknell -5 5 £420 -12.50%
Maidenhead -1 1 - - 2
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 (7.29%) OpenStack
2 3 (1.56%) Apache
3 2 (1.04%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.04%) Appian
4 1 (0.52%) Confluence
4 1 (0.52%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.52%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.04%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 87 (45.31%) AWS
2 81 (42.19%) Azure
3 47 (24.48%) GCP
4 23 (11.98%) OpenShift
5 13 (6.77%) Serverless
6 11 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (5.73%) GitHub
7 10 (5.21%) AWS CloudFormation
7 10 (5.21%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (5.21%) IaaS
8 7 (3.65%) Azure AKS
8 7 (3.65%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (2.60%) Azure Functions
9 5 (2.60%) Azure Machine Learning
9 5 (2.60%) OCI
9 5 (2.60%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.08%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (2.08%) Datadog
10 4 (2.08%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (9.38%) Network Security
2 16 (8.33%) BGP
2 16 (8.33%) MPLS
2 16 (8.33%) WAN
3 14 (7.29%) LAN
4 10 (5.21%) DNS
5 8 (4.17%) SNMP
5 8 (4.17%) TACACS
5 8 (4.17%) Wireshark
6 7 (3.65%) Firewall
6 7 (3.65%) TCP/IP
7 6 (3.13%) OSPF
7 6 (3.13%) Wireless
8 4 (2.08%) DHCP
9 3 (1.56%) 2G
9 3 (1.56%) 5G
9 3 (1.56%) SSL
9 3 (1.56%) VoIP
10 2 (1.04%) LTE
10 2 (1.04%) Mobile Backhaul
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.85%) Relational Database
2 13 (6.77%) MySQL
3 12 (6.25%) NoSQL
4 6 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (3.13%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (2.60%) Couchbase
5 5 (2.60%) Data Lake
5 5 (2.60%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.60%) Power BI
6 4 (2.08%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.08%) Tableau
7 3 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.04%) Big Data
8 2 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.04%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.52%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.52%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 18 (9.38%) Jenkins
2 13 (6.77%) Git
3 8 (4.17%) Burp Suite
3 8 (4.17%) Metasploit
4 7 (3.65%) JIRA
5 4 (2.08%) GitLab
6 2 (1.04%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.04%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.04%) Robot Framework
6 2 (1.04%) Selenium
6 2 (1.04%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.52%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 114 (59.38%) Social Skills
2 48 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (16.15%) Documentation Skills
4 22 (11.46%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.08%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.56%) Finance
6 3 (1.56%) Legal
7 2 (1.04%) Billing
7 2 (1.04%) Retail
8 1 (0.52%) Advertising
8 1 (0.52%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.52%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 24 (12.50%) SIEM Engineer
2 20 (10.42%) Senior
3 14 (7.29%) Architect
4 13 (6.77%) DevOps Engineer
5 12 (6.25%) Tester
6 11 (5.73%) Site Engineer
6 11 (5.73%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 9 (4.69%) IP Specialist
7 9 (4.69%) Technical Support
8 8 (4.17%) Analyst
8 8 (4.17%) Penetration Tester
8 8 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (3.65%) AWS Engineer
9 7 (3.65%) Data Engineer
9 7 (3.65%) Developer
9 7 (3.65%) IP Architect
10 6 (3.13%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (3.13%) Designer
10 6 (3.13%) IP Designer
10 6 (3.13%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (12.50%) LDAP
2 19 (9.90%) REST
3 12 (6.25%) NETCONF
4 11 (5.73%) Loki
4 11 (5.73%) YANG
5 8 (4.17%) GraphQL
6 7 (3.65%) Kafka
6 7 (3.65%) OAuth
6 7 (3.65%) scikit-learn
7 6 (3.13%) .NET
8 5 (2.60%) .NET Core
8 5 (2.60%) PyTorch
8 5 (2.60%) TensorFlow
9 4 (2.08%) Jinja
9 4 (2.08%) JSON
9 4 (2.08%) Middleware
9 4 (2.08%) Node.js
9 4 (2.08%) OAuth2
9 4 (2.08%) Pandas
9 4 (2.08%) React
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.46%) Cloud Native
2 16 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
2 16 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (7.81%) Cyber Security Posture
4 12 (6.25%) Onboarding
5 9 (4.69%) Algorithms
5 9 (4.69%) Data Centre
6 8 (4.17%) Virtual Team
7 6 (3.13%) Operational Technology
7 6 (3.13%) Replication
8 5 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.60%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (2.08%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (2.08%) PKI
10 3 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.56%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.56%) Security Posture
11 2 (1.04%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (1.04%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (1.04%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 54 (28.13%) Linux
2 24 (12.50%) Windows
3 14 (7.29%) Unix
4 8 (4.17%) Kali Linux
4 8 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.52%) VMS
5 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (48.44%) CI/CD
2 76 (39.58%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (35.42%) DevOps
4 59 (30.73%) SIEM
5 51 (26.56%) Cybersecurity
6 32 (16.67%) DevSecOps
7 30 (15.63%) Infrastructure as Code
8 25 (13.02%) Analytical Thinking
8 25 (13.02%) High Availability
9 23 (11.98%) Agile
9 23 (11.98%) Test Automation
10 22 (11.46%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 20 (10.42%) Observability
11 20 (10.42%) Threat Detection
12 19 (9.90%) Containerisation
13 17 (8.85%) Incident Response
13 17 (8.85%) Task Automation
14 16 (8.33%) Computer Science
15 15 (7.81%) Machine Learning
15 15 (7.81%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 87 (45.31%) PowerShell
2 42 (21.88%) Bash
3 30 (15.63%) SQL
4 28 (14.58%) Java
5 21 (10.94%) JavaScript
6 15 (7.81%) Kusto Query Language
7 11 (5.73%) Go
8 9 (4.69%) Perl
9 7 (3.65%) Shell Script
10 6 (3.13%) C#
10 6 (3.13%) R
11 5 (2.60%) PHP
12 1 (0.52%) C++
Qualifications
1 97 (50.52%) Security Cleared
2 83 (43.23%) SC Cleared
3 45 (23.44%) CISSP
4 25 (13.02%) CEH
5 22 (11.46%) CISM
6 21 (10.94%) GIAC
7 18 (9.38%) AWS Certification
7 18 (9.38%) Cisco Certification
8 17 (8.85%) CCIE
9 16 (8.33%) Degree
9 16 (8.33%) JNCIE
10 14 (7.29%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (4.17%) GPEN
11 8 (4.17%) OSCP
12 6 (3.13%) GCFA
12 6 (3.13%) GCIA
12 6 (3.13%) GCIH
13 5 (2.60%) CFCE
14 4 (2.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (17.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (16.67%) NIST
3 29 (15.10%) GDPR
4 9 (4.69%) QA
5 4 (2.08%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.56%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 34 (17.71%) Active Directory
2 26 (13.54%) Docker
3 23 (11.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (7.81%) vSphere
5 13 (6.77%) VMware NSX
6 4 (2.08%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.52%) NDS
8 1 (0.52%) NetIQ eDirectory
Systems Management
1 52 (27.08%) Kubernetes
2 34 (17.71%) Terraform
3 33 (17.19%) Ansible
4 17 (8.85%) Argo
4 17 (8.85%) Grafana
4 17 (8.85%) Prometheus
5 14 (7.29%) Kibana
6 11 (5.73%) Kustomize
7 8 (4.17%) Nmap
8 6 (3.13%) vCenter Server
9 4 (2.08%) QRadar
10 3 (1.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (1.04%) logstash
11 2 (1.04%) Nessus
11 2 (1.04%) OpenVAS
11 2 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.52%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.52%) Cisco UCCE
12 1 (0.52%) vRealize
12 1 (0.52%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 25 (13.02%) VMware
2 24 (12.50%) BeyondTrust
2 24 (12.50%) CyberArk
3 23 (11.98%) Microsoft
4 16 (8.33%) Red Hat
5 15 (7.81%) Tanium
6 14 (7.29%) Splunk
7 13 (6.77%) FireEye
8 11 (5.73%) Cisco
8 11 (5.73%) Oracle
9 9 (4.69%) ArcSight
10 8 (4.17%) F5
10 8 (4.17%) Fortinet
10 8 (4.17%) Juniper
11 6 (3.13%) LogRhythm
11 6 (3.13%) Pure Storage
12 5 (2.60%) Confluent
12 5 (2.60%) Databricks
12 5 (2.60%) Google
12 5 (2.60%) IBM