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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 16 26
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 -4
Contract jobs citing Python 170 131 124
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 9.36% 10.75% 7.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 56.11% 41.19% 33.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 78 78
10th Percentile £339 £389 £351
25th Percentile £425 £441 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -4.44%
75th Percentile £600 £574 £638
90th Percentile £648 £600 £650
South East median daily rate £543 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +8.50% -2.44% -5.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 2
10th Percentile £50.83 - £32.23
25th Percentile £63.06 - £38.94
Median hourly rate £71.00 - £51.75
75th Percentile £83.65 - £65.44
90th Percentile £85.13 - £72.68
South East median hourly rate £67.47 £57.50 £29.00
% change year-on-year +17.34% +98.28% -55.38%

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 303 318 365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.68% 26.09% 21.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 194 240
10th Percentile £334 £361 £379
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £580
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.79% +5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £638
90th Percentile £675 £620 £663
South East median daily rate £518 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +3.50% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 1 9
10th Percentile £39.91 - £50.25
25th Percentile £62.18 £18.75 £55.87
Median hourly rate £71.00 £19.50 £58.49
Median % change year-on-year +264.10% -66.66% +12.17%
75th Percentile £82.81 £20.25 £74.87
90th Percentile £84.88 - £79.50
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £69.69
% change year-on-year +9.09% -21.08% +25.50%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 27 September 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 -15 86 £600 +14.29% 56
Wokingham +7 60 £500 +12.99% 14
Slough +5 6 £500 -9.09% 55
Bracknell 0 2 - - 17
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 5 (2.94%) Confluence
3 3 (1.76%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.18%) Apache
4 2 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.18%) Apache Superset
4 2 (1.18%) JBoss
4 2 (1.18%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.18%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.59%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (3.53%) CPLEX
2 5 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.18%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.59%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.59%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 93 (54.71%) Azure
2 57 (33.53%) AWS
3 32 (18.82%) GCP
4 22 (12.94%) OpenShift
5 21 (12.35%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (6.47%) Entra ID
7 10 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (5.88%) GitHub
7 10 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
7 10 (5.88%) Power Platform
8 8 (4.71%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (4.12%) Azure AKS
9 7 (4.12%) Azure App Service
9 7 (4.12%) Azure Key Vault
10 6 (3.53%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (3.53%) Azure Machine Learning
10 6 (3.53%) Route 53
11 4 (2.35%) IaaS
11 4 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (2.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.41%) DNS
2 15 (8.82%) TCP/IP
3 14 (8.24%) BGP
3 14 (8.24%) Firewall
4 11 (6.47%) DHCP
5 9 (5.29%) Network Security
5 9 (5.29%) WAN
6 8 (4.71%) MPLS
6 8 (4.71%) VPN
7 7 (4.12%) LAN
7 7 (4.12%) Radio Access Network
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%) VoLTE
8 6 (3.53%) VoWiFi
8 6 (3.53%) VXLAN
8 6 (3.53%) Wireshark
9 4 (2.35%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.82%) NoSQL
2 10 (5.88%) Power BI
3 8 (4.71%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (4.12%) MongoDB
4 7 (4.12%) Relational Database
5 6 (3.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.76%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (1.76%) Big Data
6 3 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.76%) GIS
6 3 (1.76%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.76%) Spark SQL
7 2 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (1.18%) Metadata
7 2 (1.18%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.18%) Parquet
7 2 (1.18%) Redis
7 2 (1.18%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.18%) Tableau
8 1 (0.59%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 19 (11.18%) Git
2 14 (8.24%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.71%) GitLab
4 5 (2.94%) JIRA
5 2 (1.18%) JMeter
6 1 (0.59%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.59%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.59%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle Developer 2000
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.59%) Selenium
General
1 65 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 50 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (14.12%) Aerospace
4 12 (7.06%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (7.06%) Telecoms
5 5 (2.94%) Finance
6 3 (1.76%) Military
7 2 (1.18%) Banking
7 2 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.18%) Marketing
7 2 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.18%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.59%) Advertising
8 1 (0.59%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (13.53%) Developer
2 22 (12.94%) Senior
3 20 (11.76%) Data Engineer
4 18 (10.59%) Architect
5 13 (7.65%) Python Developer
6 12 (7.06%) Data Scientist
7 10 (5.88%) Network Architect
7 10 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
8 8 (4.71%) Full-Stack Developer
8 8 (4.71%) Lead
9 7 (4.12%) Analyst
9 7 (4.12%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (4.12%) Senior Data Engineer
10 6 (3.53%) Consultant
10 6 (3.53%) DevSecOps Engineer
11 5 (2.94%) IP Architect
11 5 (2.94%) Network Consultant
11 5 (2.94%) Product Owner
12 4 (2.35%) Azure Engineer
12 4 (2.35%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (22.94%) Terraform
2 21 (12.35%) REST
3 13 (7.65%) PySpark
3 13 (7.65%) RESTful
4 10 (5.88%) ARM Templates
4 10 (5.88%) FastAPI
4 10 (5.88%) NETCONF
5 8 (4.71%) YANG
6 7 (4.12%) Flask
6 7 (4.12%) Kafka
6 7 (4.12%) OAuth
7 6 (3.53%) .NET
7 6 (3.53%) Django
7 6 (3.53%) LDAP
7 6 (3.53%) NumPy
7 6 (3.53%) Pandas
7 6 (3.53%) pytest
7 6 (3.53%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (3.53%) SAML
7 6 (3.53%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.12%) Hybrid Cloud
2 21 (12.35%) Cloud Native
3 13 (7.65%) Algorithms
4 10 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (5.29%) Data Structures
6 7 (4.12%) Product Ownership
7 6 (3.53%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.94%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (2.94%) Onboarding
9 4 (2.35%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.76%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.76%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.76%) SCADA
11 2 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (1.18%) Private Cloud
11 2 (1.18%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (17.65%) Linux
2 18 (10.59%) Windows
3 8 (4.71%) Unix
4 7 (4.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (4.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (41.76%) DevOps
2 54 (31.76%) CI/CD
3 46 (27.06%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (22.35%) Analytics
4 38 (22.35%) Infrastructure as Code
5 30 (17.65%) Agile
6 28 (16.47%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (16.47%) Data Science
7 25 (14.71%) Machine Learning
7 25 (14.71%) Platform Engineering
8 24 (14.12%) Validation
9 23 (13.53%) Data Pipeline
10 22 (12.94%) Containerisation
10 22 (12.94%) Data Engineering
11 19 (11.18%) AI
11 19 (11.18%) Data Governance
11 19 (11.18%) DevSecOps
11 19 (11.18%) High Availability
11 19 (11.18%) Stakeholder Management
12 18 (10.59%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 56 (32.94%) PowerShell
2 50 (29.41%) SQL
3 36 (21.18%) Bash
4 11 (6.47%) Java
5 10 (5.88%) Bicep
6 6 (3.53%) Go
7 5 (2.94%) C#
7 5 (2.94%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.76%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.18%) Perl
9 2 (1.18%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.18%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.59%) Groovy
10 1 (0.59%) R
10 1 (0.59%) Scala
Qualifications
1 69 (40.59%) Security Cleared
2 64 (37.65%) SC Cleared
3 19 (11.18%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (10.00%) CISSP
5 15 (8.82%) Degree
6 14 (8.24%) Azure Certification
7 10 (5.88%) CCIE
7 10 (5.88%) JNCIE
8 9 (5.29%) AWS Certification
8 9 (5.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (4.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (3.53%) CEH
11 5 (2.94%) CISM
11 5 (2.94%) RHCE
12 4 (2.35%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (1.76%) CCSP
13 3 (1.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (1.76%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (1.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.41%) Data Quality
2 11 (6.47%) NIST
3 9 (5.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.53%) GDPR
4 6 (3.53%) SLA
5 5 (2.94%) QA
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%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.59%) JTAG
System Software
1 20 (11.76%) Docker
2 12 (7.06%) Active Directory
3 8 (4.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.53%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 49 (28.82%) Kubernetes
2 39 (22.94%) Ansible
3 5 (2.94%) Grafana
3 5 (2.94%) QRadar
4 3 (1.76%) Istio
4 3 (1.76%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.76%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.76%) Puppet
5 2 (1.18%) CASB
5 2 (1.18%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.59%) Amdocs OSS
6 1 (0.59%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.59%) SCOM
6 1 (0.59%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 45 (26.47%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.59%) Databricks
3 13 (7.65%) Google
4 11 (6.47%) Red Hat
5 10 (5.88%) VMware
6 9 (5.29%) Cisco
6 9 (5.29%) CyberArk
7 8 (4.71%) Nokia
7 8 (4.71%) Splunk
8 6 (3.53%) BT
8 6 (3.53%) Ericsson
8 6 (3.53%) Huawei
8 6 (3.53%) Infoblox
9 5 (2.94%) BeyondTrust
9 5 (2.94%) F5
9 5 (2.94%) Fortinet
9 5 (2.94%) Juniper
10 3 (1.76%) ArcSight
10 3 (1.76%) Arista
10 3 (1.76%) Oracle