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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 10 47
Rank change year-on-year -7 +37 -24
Contract jobs citing Python 187 151 90
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 10.09% 12.97% 4.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.00% 42.30% 25.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 82 61
10th Percentile £312 £382 £325
25th Percentile £403 £487 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £515 £501
Median % change year-on-year -9.71% +2.79% +0.20%
75th Percentile £539 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £638 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £533 £525
% change year-on-year -6.10% +1.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £71.36 - -
25th Percentile £73.40 - -
Median hourly rate £82.00 - £67.50
75th Percentile £83.75 - -
90th Percentile £85.10 - -
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £61.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year -22.45% -5.77% +49.43%

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 374 357 359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 20.17% 30.67% 17.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 218 238
10th Percentile £327 £400 £350
25th Percentile £403 £459 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £585 £650 £625
90th Percentile £655 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £508
% change year-on-year -2.44% +0.89% -4.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 15
10th Percentile £72.04 £40.50 £56.20
25th Percentile £74.20 £55.87 £56.65
Median hourly rate £81.50 £63.75 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +27.85% +3.48% -12.00%
75th Percentile £83.00 £65.62 £64.55
90th Percentile £84.65 £72.56 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.65 £59.00
% change year-on-year -4.59% -2.30% +7.32%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 +1 84 £450 -5.26% 8
Reading -12 81 £525 -8.70% 35
Windsor -5 12 £208 -58.50% 1
Bracknell -7 2 £450 -6.25%
Slough -2 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 4 (2.14%) Apache
2 2 (1.07%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.07%) ArcGIS
2 2 (1.07%) Confluence
2 2 (1.07%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.53%) Appian
3 1 (0.53%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (0.53%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 1 (0.53%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.53%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (0.53%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (2.14%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.60%) CPLEX
Cloud Services
1 78 (41.71%) Azure
2 66 (35.29%) AWS
3 42 (22.46%) GCP
4 19 (10.16%) OpenShift
5 17 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (6.95%) GitHub
7 9 (4.81%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (4.28%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (4.28%) Serverless
9 7 (3.74%) IaaS
10 6 (3.21%) Azure Functions
10 6 (3.21%) Power Platform
11 5 (2.67%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.67%) Azure AKS
12 4 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (2.14%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (2.14%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (2.14%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (2.14%) Datadog
12 4 (2.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.02%) Network Security
2 11 (5.88%) DNS
3 9 (4.81%) Firewall
3 9 (4.81%) TCP/IP
4 8 (4.28%) Wireshark
5 7 (3.74%) BGP
5 7 (3.74%) MPLS
5 7 (3.74%) WAN
6 4 (2.14%) DHCP
6 4 (2.14%) SNMP
6 4 (2.14%) SSL
6 4 (2.14%) TACACS
7 3 (1.60%) LAN
7 3 (1.60%) VoIP
8 2 (1.07%) 2G
8 2 (1.07%) 5G
8 2 (1.07%) LTE
8 2 (1.07%) Mobile Backhaul
8 2 (1.07%) VPN
9 1 (0.53%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.16%) Relational Database
2 13 (6.95%) MySQL
3 11 (5.88%) NoSQL
4 8 (4.28%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (3.74%) MongoDB
6 6 (3.21%) Power BI
7 5 (2.67%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (2.67%) Big Data
7 5 (2.67%) Tableau
8 4 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.14%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.60%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.60%) Parquet
10 2 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (1.07%) DynamoDB
10 2 (1.07%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.53%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.53%) GIS
11 1 (0.53%) Metadata
11 1 (0.53%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 18 (9.63%) Git
2 17 (9.09%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.28%) Burp Suite
3 8 (4.28%) Metasploit
4 5 (2.67%) GitLab
4 5 (2.67%) JIRA
5 1 (0.53%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.53%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.53%) Introscope
5 1 (0.53%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.53%) Selenium
5 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 102 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 49 (26.20%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (13.90%) Documentation Skills
4 21 (11.23%) Public Sector
5 3 (1.60%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.07%) Advertising
6 2 (1.07%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.07%) Billing
6 2 (1.07%) Legal
6 2 (1.07%) Retail
7 1 (0.53%) Finance
7 1 (0.53%) Marketing
7 1 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 28 (14.97%) SIEM Engineer
2 26 (13.90%) Senior
3 13 (6.95%) Tester
4 12 (6.42%) Developer
5 11 (5.88%) Architect
6 10 (5.35%) Analyst
7 9 (4.81%) DevOps Engineer
7 9 (4.81%) Technical Support
8 8 (4.28%) Azure Engineer
8 8 (4.28%) Penetration Tester
8 8 (4.28%) Site Engineer
8 8 (4.28%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 6 (3.21%) Data Engineer
9 6 (3.21%) SOC Analyst
10 5 (2.67%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 5 (2.67%) IP Specialist
10 5 (2.67%) Platform Engineer
10 5 (2.67%) Python Developer
10 5 (2.67%) Senior DevOps
10 5 (2.67%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (13.90%) LDAP
2 15 (8.02%) REST
3 11 (5.88%) Loki
4 9 (4.81%) OAuth
5 8 (4.28%) GraphQL
6 7 (3.74%) .NET
6 7 (3.74%) NETCONF
6 7 (3.74%) Pandas
7 6 (3.21%) .NET Core
7 6 (3.21%) NumPy
7 6 (3.21%) YANG
8 5 (2.67%) JSON
8 5 (2.67%) Kafka
8 5 (2.67%) Middleware
8 5 (2.67%) Node.js
8 5 (2.67%) React
8 5 (2.67%) SAML
9 4 (2.14%) OpenID
9 4 (2.14%) SOAP
9 4 (2.14%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.70%) Cloud Native
2 18 (9.63%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.88%) Cyber Security Posture
4 10 (5.35%) Algorithms
4 10 (5.35%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (4.28%) Operational Technology
5 8 (4.28%) Virtual Team
6 7 (3.74%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.67%) PKI
8 5 (2.67%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (2.14%) Data Centre
9 4 (2.14%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (2.14%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.60%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.60%) Management Information System
11 2 (1.07%) Clustering
11 2 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 51 (27.27%) Linux
2 25 (13.37%) Windows
3 11 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (5.35%) Unix
5 8 (4.28%) Kali Linux
6 2 (1.07%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.53%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.53%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (43.85%) CI/CD
2 77 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (37.97%) DevOps
4 66 (35.29%) SIEM
5 52 (27.81%) Cybersecurity
6 34 (18.18%) DevSecOps
7 28 (14.97%) Agile
8 26 (13.90%) Infrastructure as Code
9 22 (11.76%) Analytics
9 22 (11.76%) Observability
9 22 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 21 (11.23%) Analytical Thinking
10 21 (11.23%) Data Analysis
10 21 (11.23%) Test Automation
11 20 (10.70%) Containerisation
11 20 (10.70%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 19 (10.16%) Threat Detection
13 18 (9.63%) AI
14 15 (8.02%) Machine Learning
14 15 (8.02%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 99 (52.94%) PowerShell
2 47 (25.13%) Bash
3 33 (17.65%) SQL
4 24 (12.83%) JavaScript
5 23 (12.30%) Java
5 23 (12.30%) Kusto Query Language
6 11 (5.88%) Perl
7 7 (3.74%) C#
8 6 (3.21%) PHP
9 5 (2.67%) Go
10 2 (1.07%) Bicep
10 2 (1.07%) R
10 2 (1.07%) Scala
11 1 (0.53%) C++
11 1 (0.53%) Jython
Qualifications
1 101 (54.01%) Security Cleared
2 85 (45.45%) SC Cleared
3 42 (22.46%) CISSP
4 24 (12.83%) CISM
5 21 (11.23%) CEH
6 16 (8.56%) GIAC
7 14 (7.49%) Degree
8 11 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (4.28%) AWS Certification
9 8 (4.28%) GPEN
9 8 (4.28%) OSCP
10 7 (3.74%) CCIE
10 7 (3.74%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (3.21%) JNCIE
12 5 (2.67%) GCFA
12 5 (2.67%) GCIA
12 5 (2.67%) GCIH
13 4 (2.14%) Azure Certification
13 4 (2.14%) CFCE
14 3 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 33 (17.65%) NIST
2 29 (15.51%) GDPR
3 7 (3.74%) QA
4 6 (3.21%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.07%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 34 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 23 (12.30%) Docker
3 16 (8.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (7.49%) vSphere
5 6 (3.21%) VMware NSX
6 4 (2.14%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 43 (22.99%) Kubernetes
2 23 (12.30%) Terraform
3 22 (11.76%) Ansible
4 17 (9.09%) Argo
4 17 (9.09%) Grafana
4 17 (9.09%) Prometheus
5 13 (6.95%) Kibana
6 11 (5.88%) Kustomize
7 8 (4.28%) Nmap
8 6 (3.21%) vCenter Server
9 3 (1.60%) Nessus
9 3 (1.60%) OpenVAS
10 2 (1.07%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.53%) CA Wily
11 1 (0.53%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.53%) Cisco UCCE
11 1 (0.53%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.53%) Puppet
11 1 (0.53%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 26 (13.90%) BeyondTrust
1 26 (13.90%) CyberArk
1 26 (13.90%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.63%) Red Hat
2 18 (9.63%) VMware
3 15 (8.02%) Tanium
4 12 (6.42%) FireEye
5 10 (5.35%) Oracle
6 9 (4.81%) Splunk
7 8 (4.28%) Databricks
8 7 (3.74%) LogRhythm
9 6 (3.21%) Cisco
9 6 (3.21%) Pure Storage
10 5 (2.67%) AppDynamics
10 5 (2.67%) F5
10 5 (2.67%) Juniper
11 4 (2.14%) ArcSight
11 4 (2.14%) Dynatrace
11 4 (2.14%) Fortinet
11 4 (2.14%) Google