Python Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Python
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 19 35
Rank change year-on-year -1 +16 -26
Contract jobs citing Python 73 44 42
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 6.30% 8.27% 4.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.66% 24.86% 18.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 32 18
10th Percentile £313 £348 £365
25th Percentile £421 £436 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £449 £538
Median % change year-on-year +11.48% -16.56% -2.27%
75th Percentile £575 £547 £564
90th Percentile £638 £619 £624
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 4
10th Percentile £26.25 - £60.95
25th Percentile £56.25 £62.00 £68.38
Median hourly rate £68.00 £75.00 £74.72
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% +0.37% +13.89%
75th Percentile £78.75 £78.70 £75.63
90th Percentile £80.60 £81.26 £76.75
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -17.86% +40.00% -23.66%

All Programming Languages
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 337 177 228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 29.10% 33.27% 21.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 98 130
10th Percentile £350 £336 £300
25th Percentile £409 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £440 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £548 £550
90th Percentile £588 £633 £638
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 44 56
10th Percentile £60.00 £61.25 £52.50
25th Percentile - £62.38 £56.19
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.76%
75th Percentile - £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £72.50
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Python relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Python job vacancy trend in Bristol

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Python.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Bristol over the 6 months to 5 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Bristol

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Python.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Python

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Python in Bristol over the 6 months to 5 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Python in Bristol

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 9 (12.33%) Apache
2 4 (5.48%) Apache Spark
3 3 (4.11%) Jupyter
4 2 (2.74%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (2.74%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (1.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.74%) LaTeX
2 2 (2.74%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 16 (21.92%) AWS
2 15 (20.55%) Azure
3 13 (17.81%) GCP
4 11 (15.07%) Power Platform
5 9 (12.33%) GitHub
6 4 (5.48%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (5.48%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (5.48%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (4.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (2.74%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (2.74%) AWS CodePipeline
8 2 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.74%) Serverless
8 2 (2.74%) Snowflake
9 1 (1.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (1.37%) Datadog
9 1 (1.37%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.85%) 5G
1 5 (6.85%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (5.48%) 4G
2 4 (5.48%) Ethernet
3 3 (4.11%) 2G
3 3 (4.11%) DNS
4 2 (2.74%) 3GPP
4 2 (2.74%) 5G NR
4 2 (2.74%) LTE
4 2 (2.74%) Microwave Backhaul
4 2 (2.74%) MPLS
4 2 (2.74%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (2.74%) VoLTE
4 2 (2.74%) Wireshark
5 1 (1.37%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (1.37%) NX-OS
5 1 (1.37%) VPN
5 1 (1.37%) VXLAN
5 1 (1.37%) WAN
5 1 (1.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.70%) Power BI
2 6 (8.22%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (5.48%) Big Data
3 4 (5.48%) BigQuery
3 4 (5.48%) Star Schema
4 3 (4.11%) Delta Lake
4 3 (4.11%) Neo4j
5 2 (2.74%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (2.74%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.74%) Oracle ODI
5 2 (2.74%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.74%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.74%) Tableau
6 1 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.37%) Data Vault
6 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.37%) Metadata
6 1 (1.37%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 14 (19.18%) Git
2 11 (15.07%) Jenkins
3 10 (13.70%) GitLab
4 6 (8.22%) Artifactory
5 2 (2.74%) Bitbucket
5 2 (2.74%) DBeaver
5 2 (2.74%) JIRA
5 2 (2.74%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (1.37%) JUnit
6 1 (1.37%) MLflow
6 1 (1.37%) NUnit
6 1 (1.37%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (1.37%) Selenium
6 1 (1.37%) SonarQube
General
1 10 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
1 10 (13.70%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.96%) Finance
3 6 (8.22%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.85%) Aerospace
5 4 (5.48%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.11%) Banking
7 2 (2.74%) Publishing
8 1 (1.37%) Billing
8 1 (1.37%) Electronics
8 1 (1.37%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.37%) French Language
8 1 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.37%) Legal
8 1 (1.37%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.37%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (15.07%) Software Engineer
2 10 (13.70%) DevOps Engineer
2 10 (13.70%) Senior
3 9 (12.33%) Developer
4 7 (9.59%) Data Engineer
4 7 (9.59%) Lead
5 5 (6.85%) Lead Software Engineer
6 4 (5.48%) GCP Engineer
6 4 (5.48%) Network Engineer
7 3 (4.11%) Analyst
7 3 (4.11%) Analytics Manager
7 3 (4.11%) AWS Engineer
7 3 (4.11%) Business Intelligence Manager
7 3 (4.11%) Embedded Engineer
7 3 (4.11%) Senior Analytics Manager
7 3 (4.11%) Senior Manager
7 3 (4.11%) Senior Software Engineer
7 3 (4.11%) SOC Engineer
7 3 (4.11%) Validation Engineer
8 2 (2.74%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (12.33%) REST
2 6 (8.22%) Apache NiFi
3 5 (6.85%) .NET
4 4 (5.48%) Pandas
4 4 (5.48%) React
5 3 (4.11%) PySpark
6 2 (2.74%) Flask
6 2 (2.74%) Kafka
6 2 (2.74%) Next.js
6 2 (2.74%) NumPy
6 2 (2.74%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 2 (2.74%) pytest
7 1 (1.37%) 802.1X
7 1 (1.37%) GraphQL
7 1 (1.37%) Jinja
7 1 (1.37%) OLE
7 1 (1.37%) RESTful
7 1 (1.37%) scikit-learn
7 1 (1.37%) SOAP
7 1 (1.37%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.22%) Cloud Native
2 3 (4.11%) Algorithms
2 3 (4.11%) PCIe
3 2 (2.74%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.74%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (2.74%) FPGA
3 2 (2.74%) IoT
3 2 (2.74%) NB-IoT
3 2 (2.74%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.74%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.74%) Replication
4 1 (1.37%) ASIC
4 1 (1.37%) CUDA
4 1 (1.37%) Device Driver
4 1 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (17.81%) Linux
2 7 (9.59%) Windows
3 5 (6.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.37%) Android
4 1 (1.37%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.37%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (1.37%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (1.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (41.10%) CI/CD
2 22 (30.14%) DevOps
3 21 (28.77%) Analytics
4 16 (21.92%) AI
5 14 (19.18%) Mentoring
5 14 (19.18%) Software Engineering
6 13 (17.81%) Business Intelligence
7 12 (16.44%) Agile
7 12 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (16.44%) Infrastructure as Code
8 10 (13.70%) Containerisation
8 10 (13.70%) Data Science
8 10 (13.70%) ETL
8 10 (13.70%) Machine Learning
8 10 (13.70%) Validation
9 9 (12.33%) Decision-Making
10 8 (10.96%) Data Pipeline
10 8 (10.96%) Technical Leadership
11 7 (9.59%) Data Modelling
11 7 (9.59%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 28 (38.36%) SQL
2 8 (10.96%) PowerShell
3 6 (8.22%) C
4 5 (6.85%) Bash
4 5 (6.85%) C#
5 3 (4.11%) Embedded C
5 3 (4.11%) Go
5 3 (4.11%) MATLAB
5 3 (4.11%) R
6 2 (2.74%) C++
6 2 (2.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (2.74%) Ruby
6 2 (2.74%) T-SQL
6 2 (2.74%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.37%) Ada
7 1 (1.37%) Java
7 1 (1.37%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.37%) Perl
7 1 (1.37%) PHP
7 1 (1.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 25 (34.25%) Security Cleared
2 16 (21.92%) SC Cleared
3 7 (9.59%) DV Cleared
4 5 (6.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (6.85%) Degree
5 3 (4.11%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.74%) CCNP
7 1 (1.37%) CEH
7 1 (1.37%) CISM
7 1 (1.37%) CISSP
7 1 (1.37%) GIAC
7 1 (1.37%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.37%) JNCIA
7 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.37%) OCA
7 1 (1.37%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (1.37%) RHCA
7 1 (1.37%) RHCE
7 1 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.59%) GDPR
1 7 (9.59%) QA
2 6 (8.22%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.74%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (13.70%) Docker
2 3 (4.11%) Firmware
3 2 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.37%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (27.40%) Kubernetes
2 17 (23.29%) Terraform
3 12 (16.44%) Ansible
4 3 (4.11%) Istio
5 2 (2.74%) Progress Chef
5 2 (2.74%) Puppet
6 1 (1.37%) Argo
6 1 (1.37%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.37%) Grafana
6 1 (1.37%) Kubeflow
6 1 (1.37%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.37%) QRadar
Vendors
1 8 (10.96%) Red Hat
2 7 (9.59%) Databricks
3 5 (6.85%) Google
3 5 (6.85%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.11%) Cisco
5 2 (2.74%) BMC
5 2 (2.74%) Oracle
5 2 (2.74%) Remedy
5 2 (2.74%) VMware
6 1 (1.37%) Aruba
6 1 (1.37%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.37%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (1.37%) NVIDIA
6 1 (1.37%) SAP
6 1 (1.37%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.37%) Splunk