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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 15 34
Rank change year-on-year -2 +19 -16
Contract jobs citing Python 151 119 102
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 8.39% 10.21% 5.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 47.94% 35.74% 28.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 70 74
10th Percentile £306 £400 £325
25th Percentile £375 £450 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £586 £588 £638
90th Percentile £683 £638 £675
South East median daily rate £515 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +0.34% -2.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £75.76 - -
25th Percentile £79.29 - -
Median hourly rate £82.25 - £67.50
75th Percentile £83.75 - £72.50
90th Percentile - - £75.50
South East median hourly rate £47.54 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -13.56% -15.38% +185.97%

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 315 333 358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.51% 28.56% 18.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 208 243
10th Percentile £306 £400 £325
25th Percentile £380 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £511 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.94% -7.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £594 £625 £619
90th Percentile £684 £700 £685
South East median daily rate £500 £501 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 15
10th Percentile £78.55 £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 £82.63 £68.51 £64.55
90th Percentile £83.75 £73.72 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £60.87
% change year-on-year - -9.64% +10.67%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -4 72 £525 +5.00% 31
Wokingham -2 60 £420 -6.67% 2
Windsor -9 8 £208 -58.50% 1
Bracknell -2 3 £450 -6.25% 4
Slough +6 1 - - 12
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 10 (6.62%) OpenStack
2 4 (2.65%) WebSphere
2 4 (2.65%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (1.32%) Apache
3 2 (1.32%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.32%) ArcGIS
3 2 (1.32%) IBM HTTP Server
3 2 (1.32%) JBoss
3 2 (1.32%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 2 (1.32%) WebSphere Portal
4 1 (0.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.31%) CPLEX
2 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.99%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 65 (43.05%) Azure
2 51 (33.77%) AWS
3 35 (23.18%) GCP
4 16 (10.60%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (6.62%) GitHub
6 9 (5.96%) OpenShift
7 8 (5.30%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (4.64%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (3.97%) Serverless
10 5 (3.31%) Amazon S3
10 5 (3.31%) Azure AKS
10 5 (3.31%) Azure Key Vault
10 5 (3.31%) Power Platform
11 4 (2.65%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (2.65%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (2.65%) Datadog
12 3 (1.99%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (1.99%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.99%) Azure Machine Learning
12 3 (1.99%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.96%) Network Security
2 8 (5.30%) BGP
2 8 (5.30%) MPLS
2 8 (5.30%) WAN
3 7 (4.64%) Wireshark
4 6 (3.97%) 5G
4 6 (3.97%) Diameter Protocol
4 6 (3.97%) Firewall
4 6 (3.97%) LTE
4 6 (3.97%) Radio Access Network
4 6 (3.97%) VoLTE
4 6 (3.97%) VoWiFi
5 5 (3.31%) LAN
5 5 (3.31%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.99%) SNMP
6 3 (1.99%) SSL
6 3 (1.99%) TACACS
7 2 (1.32%) DNS
7 2 (1.32%) HTTP
7 2 (1.32%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.61%) NoSQL
1 13 (8.61%) Relational Database
2 10 (6.62%) MySQL
3 8 (5.30%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.97%) MongoDB
5 5 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (3.31%) Big Data
5 5 (3.31%) Power BI
6 4 (2.65%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.65%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.99%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.99%) Parquet
7 3 (1.99%) Tableau
8 2 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.32%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.32%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.32%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database 10g
9 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 17 (11.26%) Git
2 11 (7.28%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.97%) GitLab
4 3 (1.99%) JIRA
5 2 (1.32%) Introscope
6 1 (0.66%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.66%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.66%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle Developer 2000
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.66%) Visual Studio
General
1 61 (40.40%) Social Skills
2 28 (18.54%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (9.93%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (7.95%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.65%) Aerospace
5 4 (2.65%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.32%) Advertising
7 1 (0.66%) Marketing
7 1 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.66%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (15.89%) Senior
2 20 (13.25%) SIEM Engineer
3 18 (11.92%) Developer
4 12 (7.95%) Python Developer
5 11 (7.28%) Data Engineer
6 8 (5.30%) Technical Support
7 7 (4.64%) DevOps Engineer
7 7 (4.64%) Site Engineer
7 7 (4.64%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 6 (3.97%) Analyst
8 6 (3.97%) Architect
8 6 (3.97%) Platform Engineer
8 6 (3.97%) Tester
9 5 (3.31%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (3.31%) Senior Data Engineer
9 5 (3.31%) Senior DevOps
9 5 (3.31%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 4 (2.65%) Full-Stack Developer
10 4 (2.65%) IP Specialist
10 4 (2.65%) Middleware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.61%) LDAP
2 11 (7.28%) REST
3 8 (5.30%) Kafka
3 8 (5.30%) Middleware
4 7 (4.64%) FastAPI
4 7 (4.64%) NETCONF
4 7 (4.64%) RESTful
4 7 (4.64%) YANG
5 6 (3.97%) .NET
5 6 (3.97%) Flask
5 6 (3.97%) Pandas
5 6 (3.97%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (3.31%) Django
6 5 (3.31%) Elastic Stack
6 5 (3.31%) NumPy
6 5 (3.31%) OpenAPI
6 5 (3.31%) pytest
6 5 (3.31%) Swagger
6 5 (3.31%) YAML
7 4 (2.65%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.60%) Distributed Systems
2 15 (9.93%) Cloud Native
3 14 (9.27%) Onboarding
4 10 (6.62%) Algorithms
5 8 (5.30%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (4.64%) Cyber Security Posture
6 7 (4.64%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (3.31%) Data Structures
8 4 (2.65%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.99%) Clustering
9 3 (1.99%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.66%) Distributed Architecture
11 1 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.66%) Life Science
11 1 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.66%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 33 (21.85%) Linux
2 18 (11.92%) Unix
3 17 (11.26%) Windows
4 6 (3.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.32%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (1.32%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.66%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.66%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (37.75%) DevOps
2 53 (35.10%) CI/CD
3 49 (32.45%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (25.17%) SIEM
5 27 (17.88%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (13.91%) Analytics
7 20 (13.25%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 19 (12.58%) High Availability
9 18 (11.92%) AI
10 17 (11.26%) Containerisation
10 17 (11.26%) Data Analysis
10 17 (11.26%) Machine Learning
11 16 (10.60%) Agile
11 16 (10.60%) DevSecOps
11 16 (10.60%) Task Automation
12 15 (9.93%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (9.27%) Data Pipeline
14 13 (8.61%) Observability
14 13 (8.61%) OOP
15 12 (7.95%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 62 (41.06%) PowerShell
2 32 (21.19%) SQL
3 26 (17.22%) Bash
4 22 (14.57%) Java
5 19 (12.58%) JavaScript
6 18 (11.92%) Kusto Query Language
7 13 (8.61%) Perl
8 11 (7.28%) Go
9 6 (3.97%) C#
10 3 (1.99%) PHP
10 3 (1.99%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.32%) Bicep
11 2 (1.32%) Jython
11 2 (1.32%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.32%) Scala
12 1 (0.66%) C++
12 1 (0.66%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 68 (45.03%) Security Cleared
2 54 (35.76%) SC Cleared
3 22 (14.57%) CISSP
4 13 (8.61%) CISM
5 10 (6.62%) Degree
6 9 (5.96%) CEH
6 9 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (5.96%) GIAC
7 7 (4.64%) CCIE
7 7 (4.64%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (4.64%) JNCIE
8 4 (2.65%) Azure Certification
8 4 (2.65%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.65%) RHCE
9 2 (1.32%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.66%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.66%) CFCE
10 1 (0.66%) GCIA
10 1 (0.66%) GPEN
10 1 (0.66%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 16 (10.60%) NIST
2 13 (8.61%) GDPR
3 6 (3.97%) SLA
4 3 (1.99%) QA
5 2 (1.32%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.66%) JTAG
System Software
1 18 (11.92%) Docker
2 14 (9.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.66%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (25.17%) Kubernetes
2 17 (11.26%) Ansible
3 13 (8.61%) Terraform
4 9 (5.96%) Grafana
4 9 (5.96%) Prometheus
5 8 (5.30%) Kibana
6 3 (1.99%) Argo
6 3 (1.99%) Kustomize
6 3 (1.99%) Nessus
6 3 (1.99%) OpenVAS
7 2 (1.32%) CA Wily
7 2 (1.32%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.66%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.66%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.66%) Nmap
8 1 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.66%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.66%) Puppet
Vendors
1 15 (9.93%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.61%) BeyondTrust
2 13 (8.61%) CyberArk
3 12 (7.95%) Oracle
4 10 (6.62%) Tanium
5 9 (5.96%) Red Hat
6 8 (5.30%) Splunk
7 7 (4.64%) Databricks
7 7 (4.64%) FireEye
8 6 (3.97%) AppDynamics
8 6 (3.97%) BT
8 6 (3.97%) Ericsson
8 6 (3.97%) Huawei
8 6 (3.97%) Nokia
9 4 (2.65%) Dynatrace
9 4 (2.65%) F5
9 4 (2.65%) IBM
9 4 (2.65%) Juniper
9 4 (2.65%) LogRhythm
10 3 (1.99%) Rapid7