Python Contract Job Trends in Berkshire
Python
South East > Berkshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire citing Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 20 | 10 | 19 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -10 | +9 | +10 |
| Contract jobs citing Python | 162 | 164 | 138 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire | 8.61% | 12.58% | 8.63% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 54.18% | 50.62% | 35.66% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 102 | 106 | 78 |
| 10th Percentile | £366 | £402 | £353 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £431 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £500 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -9.09% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £550 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £673 | £600 | £651 |
| South East median daily rate | £575 | £500 | £523 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.00% | -4.31% | -0.48% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £39.91 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £62.18 | - | £27.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £71.00 | - | £28.50 |
| 75th Percentile | £83.46 | - | £29.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £86.08 | - | - |
| South East median hourly rate | £69.61 | £30.00 | £29.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +132.03% | +3.45% | -57.04% |
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 citing coding skills in Berkshire.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing coding skills | 299 | 324 | 387 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire | 15.89% | 24.85% | 24.19% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 185 | 203 | 243 |
| 10th Percentile | £354 | £365 | £390 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £420 | £429 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -13.04% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £571 | £643 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £624 | £663 |
| South East median daily rate | £525 | £486 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.97% | -5.12% | -2.38% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 25 | 2 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £39.91 | £24.38 | £50.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.74 | £32.81 | £55.87 |
| Median hourly rate | £68.22 | £47.25 | £58.49 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +44.37% | -19.22% | +17.62% |
| 75th Percentile | £76.00 | £61.31 | £69.69 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.15 | £69.53 | £77.39 |
| South East median hourly rate | £60.00 | £55.00 | £64.76 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -15.07% | +17.75% |
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 Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
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 31 October 2026.
Python Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Python.
Python Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire
Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Berkshire over the 6 months to 31 October 2026.
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 31 October 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | -18 | 83 | £613 | +12.90% | 15 |
| Wokingham | +1 | 53 | £500 | +5.26% | 1 |
| Slough | +6 | 8 | £500 | -9.09% | 6 |
| Bracknell | +1 | 3 | - | - | |
| Python South East |
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Python Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Programming Languages
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PowerShell | 34.6% | 56 |
| 2 | SQL | 32.1% | 52 |
| 3 | Bash | 24.1% | 39 |
| 4 | Bicep | 7.4% | 12 |
| 5 | C# | 6.8% | 11 |
| 6 | Java | 3.7% | 6 |
| 7 | JavaScript | 3.1% | 5 |
| 8 | Shell Script | 1.9% | 3 |
| 8 | TypeScript | 1.9% | 3 |
| 10 | Gremlin | 0.6% | 1 |
| 10 | Groovy | 0.6% | 1 |
| 10 | PL/SQL | 0.6% | 1 |
| 10 | R | 0.6% | 1 |
| 10 | Scala | 0.6% | 1 |