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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 13 41
Rank change year-on-year -5 +28 -19
Contract jobs citing Python 177 127 91
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 9.59% 10.95% 4.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.14% 37.91% 24.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 75 65
10th Percentile £306 £400 £325
25th Percentile £385 £466 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £592 £623
90th Percentile £675 £638 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £71.70 - -
25th Percentile £75.36 - -
Median hourly rate £82.25 - £67.50
75th Percentile £83.75 - £72.50
90th Percentile £84.88 - £75.50
South East median hourly rate £47.54 £56.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year -15.48% -13.46% +46.89%

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 353 335 374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 19.13% 28.88% 18.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 207 253
10th Percentile £310 £400 £326
25th Percentile £385 £452 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile £587 £638 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 15
10th Percentile £73.06 £39.74 £56.20
25th Percentile £80.75 £53.97 £56.65
Median hourly rate £81.50 £63.75 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +27.85% +3.48% -12.00%
75th Percentile £83.38 £68.51 £64.55
90th Percentile £83.98 £73.72 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £60.07
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.28% +9.32%

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 April 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 18 April 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 -9 82 £513 -10.87% 28
Wokingham 0 71 £430 -4.44% 7
Windsor -5 12 £208 -58.50%
Bracknell -2 3 £450 -6.25% 2
Slough +10 1 - - 13
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 4 (2.26%) OpenStack
1 4 (2.26%) WebSphere
1 4 (2.26%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (1.13%) Apache
2 2 (1.13%) ArcGIS
2 2 (1.13%) IBM HTTP Server
2 2 (1.13%) JBoss
2 2 (1.13%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 2 (1.13%) WebSphere Portal
3 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.56%) Confluence
3 1 (0.56%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (2.26%) CPLEX
1 4 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (2.26%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 78 (44.07%) Azure
2 63 (35.59%) AWS
3 42 (23.73%) GCP
4 19 (10.73%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (9.04%) GitHub
6 13 (7.34%) OpenShift
7 11 (6.21%) Azure Monitor
7 11 (6.21%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (5.65%) Serverless
9 7 (3.95%) Power Platform
10 6 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (3.39%) Azure Functions
11 5 (2.82%) Amazon S3
11 5 (2.82%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.82%) Azure AKS
11 5 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (2.82%) Azure Key Vault
11 5 (2.82%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (2.82%) Entra ID
12 4 (2.26%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.34%) Network Security
2 10 (5.65%) Firewall
2 10 (5.65%) TCP/IP
3 7 (3.95%) BGP
3 7 (3.95%) DNS
3 7 (3.95%) MPLS
3 7 (3.95%) WAN
4 5 (2.82%) SSL
5 4 (2.26%) DHCP
5 4 (2.26%) SNMP
5 4 (2.26%) TACACS
6 3 (1.69%) 5G
6 3 (1.69%) LAN
6 3 (1.69%) LTE
6 3 (1.69%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.13%) Diameter Protocol
7 2 (1.13%) HTTP
7 2 (1.13%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (1.13%) VoLTE
7 2 (1.13%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.17%) Relational Database
2 14 (7.91%) MySQL
3 11 (6.21%) NoSQL
4 10 (5.65%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (3.95%) MongoDB
5 7 (3.95%) Power BI
6 5 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (2.26%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (2.26%) Big Data
7 4 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.26%) Tableau
8 3 (1.69%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.69%) Parquet
8 3 (1.69%) SQL Server
9 2 (1.13%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (1.13%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.56%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.56%) Metadata
10 1 (0.56%) Redis
10 1 (0.56%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 16 (9.04%) Git
2 14 (7.91%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.39%) GitLab
4 3 (1.69%) JIRA
5 2 (1.13%) Introscope
6 1 (0.56%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.56%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.56%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 84 (47.46%) Social Skills
2 41 (23.16%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (11.86%) Documentation Skills
4 14 (7.91%) Public Sector
5 5 (2.82%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.26%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.13%) Advertising
7 2 (1.13%) Billing
7 2 (1.13%) Retail
8 1 (0.56%) Finance
8 1 (0.56%) Legal
8 1 (0.56%) Marketing
8 1 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 31 (17.51%) Senior
2 28 (15.82%) SIEM Engineer
3 18 (10.17%) Developer
4 10 (5.65%) Data Engineer
4 10 (5.65%) DevOps Engineer
4 10 (5.65%) Python Developer
5 9 (5.08%) Azure Engineer
5 9 (5.08%) Site Engineer
5 9 (5.08%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 9 (5.08%) Technical Support
6 8 (4.52%) Analyst
7 7 (3.95%) Senior DevOps
7 7 (3.95%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 6 (3.39%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 6 (3.39%) Tester
9 5 (2.82%) Architect
9 5 (2.82%) Full-Stack Developer
9 5 (2.82%) IP Specialist
9 5 (2.82%) Platform Engineer
9 5 (2.82%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (11.86%) LDAP
2 16 (9.04%) REST
3 10 (5.65%) OAuth
4 9 (5.08%) .NET
4 9 (5.08%) GraphQL
5 8 (4.52%) Middleware
6 7 (3.95%) Kafka
6 7 (3.95%) Loki
7 6 (3.39%) .NET Core
7 6 (3.39%) FastAPI
7 6 (3.39%) NETCONF
7 6 (3.39%) Pandas
7 6 (3.39%) React
7 6 (3.39%) RESTful
7 6 (3.39%) YANG
8 5 (2.82%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (2.82%) Node.js
8 5 (2.82%) NumPy
8 5 (2.82%) SAML
8 5 (2.82%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.17%) Onboarding
2 17 (9.60%) Cloud Native
3 16 (9.04%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (6.21%) Cyber Security Posture
5 10 (5.65%) Algorithms
6 8 (4.52%) Operational Technology
7 7 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (3.95%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.82%) PKI
10 4 (2.26%) Data Centre
10 4 (2.26%) Data Structures
10 4 (2.26%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (2.26%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (2.26%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.69%) Clustering
12 2 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (1.13%) Management Information System
12 2 (1.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 39 (22.03%) Linux
2 24 (13.56%) Windows
3 13 (7.34%) Unix
4 9 (5.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.13%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (1.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.56%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.56%) VMS
6 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (42.37%) CI/CD
2 69 (38.98%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (36.72%) DevOps
4 60 (33.90%) SIEM
5 44 (24.86%) Cybersecurity
6 29 (16.38%) DevSecOps
7 25 (14.12%) Analytics
8 24 (13.56%) Infrastructure as Code
9 23 (12.99%) Data Analysis
9 23 (12.99%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 22 (12.43%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (11.86%) Agile
11 21 (11.86%) Containerisation
12 19 (10.73%) Observability
12 19 (10.73%) Threat Detection
13 18 (10.17%) AI
13 18 (10.17%) Analytical Thinking
14 17 (9.60%) Machine Learning
14 17 (9.60%) Task Automation
15 16 (9.04%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 87 (49.15%) PowerShell
2 36 (20.34%) Bash
3 32 (18.08%) SQL
4 28 (15.82%) Java
5 23 (12.99%) JavaScript
5 23 (12.99%) Kusto Query Language
6 14 (7.91%) Perl
7 11 (6.21%) Go
8 9 (5.08%) C#
9 6 (3.39%) PHP
10 2 (1.13%) Bicep
10 2 (1.13%) Jython
10 2 (1.13%) Scala
10 2 (1.13%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.56%) C++
11 1 (0.56%) R
11 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 84 (47.46%) Security Cleared
2 70 (39.55%) SC Cleared
3 35 (19.77%) CISSP
4 19 (10.73%) CISM
5 15 (8.47%) GIAC
6 14 (7.91%) CEH
7 11 (6.21%) Degree
8 10 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (3.39%) AWS Certification
9 6 (3.39%) CCIE
9 6 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (3.39%) JNCIE
10 4 (2.26%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (1.69%) GCFA
11 3 (1.69%) GCIA
11 3 (1.69%) GCIH
11 3 (1.69%) RHCE
11 3 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (1.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (14.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 26 (14.69%) NIST
2 22 (12.43%) GDPR
3 6 (3.39%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.26%) QA
5 2 (1.13%) SLA
6 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
System Software
1 28 (15.82%) Active Directory
2 21 (11.86%) Docker
3 8 (4.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.82%) vSphere
5 4 (2.26%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 41 (23.16%) Kubernetes
2 21 (11.86%) Terraform
3 20 (11.30%) Ansible
4 13 (7.34%) Grafana
4 13 (7.34%) Kibana
4 13 (7.34%) Prometheus
5 8 (4.52%) Argo
6 7 (3.95%) Kustomize
7 3 (1.69%) Nessus
7 3 (1.69%) OpenVAS
8 2 (1.13%) CA Wily
8 2 (1.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 2 (1.13%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.56%) Nmap
9 1 (0.56%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.56%) Puppet
9 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 26 (14.69%) Microsoft
2 21 (11.86%) BeyondTrust
2 21 (11.86%) CyberArk
3 15 (8.47%) Tanium
4 13 (7.34%) Red Hat
5 12 (6.78%) FireEye
6 11 (6.21%) Oracle
7 10 (5.65%) Splunk
8 9 (5.08%) Databricks
8 9 (5.08%) VMware
9 6 (3.39%) AppDynamics
9 6 (3.39%) LogRhythm
10 5 (2.82%) F5
10 5 (2.82%) Juniper
11 4 (2.26%) ArcSight
11 4 (2.26%) Cisco
11 4 (2.26%) Dynatrace
11 4 (2.26%) Fortinet
11 4 (2.26%) IBM
12 3 (1.69%) Rapid7