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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 15 17
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Python 49 94 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 6.71% 10.22% 7.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.06% 33.94% 24.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 33 48
10th Percentile £340 £381 £400
25th Percentile £413 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -19.59% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £528 £638 £624
90th Percentile £600 £728 £699
South West median daily rate £525 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 35 13
10th Percentile £46.50 £67.75 £60.91
25th Percentile £71.25 - £62.50
Median hourly rate £90.00 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% +7.69% -0.92%
75th Percentile £95.00 £74.72 £70.00
90th Percentile - £85.00 £70.30
South West median hourly rate £90.00 £70.00 £70.65
% change year-on-year +28.57% -0.92% +7.86%

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 188 277 321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 25.75% 30.11% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 132 224
10th Percentile £335 £351 £325
25th Percentile £400 £422 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +8.11% -7.50%
75th Percentile £545 £578 £602
90th Percentile £600 £650 £688
South West median daily rate £475 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -11.63% +2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 77 35
10th Percentile - £65.00 £60.91
25th Percentile £65.00 - -
Median hourly rate £68.00 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £70.18
South West median hourly rate £68.00 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% -

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Python 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Python in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.16%) Apache
1 4 (8.16%) Oracle Application Server
2 1 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.04%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Chatbot
1 1 (2.04%) NASTRAN
1 1 (2.04%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 18 (36.73%) Azure
2 15 (30.61%) AWS
3 6 (12.24%) Power Platform
4 4 (8.16%) Snowflake
5 3 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.08%) Azure API Management
6 2 (4.08%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (4.08%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (4.08%) GCP
6 2 (4.08%) GitHub
6 2 (4.08%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.04%) Azure AKS
7 1 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (2.04%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.12%) Firewall
2 2 (4.08%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.24%) Power BI
2 5 (10.20%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (10.20%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (8.16%) Oracle ODI
3 4 (8.16%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (8.16%) Star Schema
4 2 (4.08%) ClickHouse
4 2 (4.08%) MySQL
4 2 (4.08%) NoSQL
5 1 (2.04%) Big Data
5 1 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (2.04%) Hadoop
5 1 (2.04%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (20.41%) Git
2 4 (8.16%) DBeaver
2 4 (8.16%) GitLab
2 4 (8.16%) Jenkins
3 2 (4.08%) Artifactory
4 1 (2.04%) Bitbucket
4 1 (2.04%) CMake
4 1 (2.04%) Gradle
4 1 (2.04%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (22.45%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.41%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (12.24%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.16%) Aerospace
5 3 (6.12%) Finance
6 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.08%) Tech for Good
6 2 (4.08%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.04%) Banking
7 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Marketing
7 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (24.49%) Developer
2 11 (22.45%) Data Engineer
3 5 (10.20%) DevOps Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Analyst
4 4 (8.16%) Quality Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Software Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Lead
5 3 (6.12%) Senior
5 3 (6.12%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Administrator
6 2 (4.08%) Azure Developer
6 2 (4.08%) Data Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) DevOps Administrator
6 2 (4.08%) FPGA Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Integration Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Linux Administrator
6 2 (4.08%) Linux DevOps Administrator
6 2 (4.08%) Linux/Unix DevOps
6 2 (4.08%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (16.33%) FastAPI
2 7 (14.29%) OpenID
3 4 (8.16%) Oracle GoldenGate
3 4 (8.16%) REST
4 3 (6.12%) .NET
4 3 (6.12%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (4.08%) Node.js
5 2 (4.08%) PySpark
5 2 (4.08%) React
5 2 (4.08%) RESTful
5 2 (4.08%) XML
6 1 (2.04%) AngularJS
6 1 (2.04%) D3.js
6 1 (2.04%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (2.04%) GraphQL
6 1 (2.04%) Kafka
6 1 (2.04%) OAuth
6 1 (2.04%) OAuth2
6 1 (2.04%) PrimeNG
6 1 (2.04%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 4 (8.16%) Replication
3 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.08%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (4.08%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.08%) FPGA
3 2 (4.08%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (4.08%) IoT
3 2 (4.08%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (4.08%) Robotics
3 2 (4.08%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (4.08%) Security Posture
3 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.08%) Verilog
3 2 (4.08%) VHDL
4 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.16%) Linux
2 2 (4.08%) Windows
3 1 (2.04%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.86%) DevOps
2 18 (36.73%) CI/CD
3 11 (22.45%) Agile
3 11 (22.45%) Software Engineering
4 10 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (18.37%) Analytics
5 9 (18.37%) ETL
6 7 (14.29%) Application Security
6 7 (14.29%) Blue-Green Deployment
6 7 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (14.29%) Client Onboarding
7 5 (10.20%) Containerisation
7 5 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (10.20%) Test Automation
8 4 (8.16%) Data Pipeline
8 4 (8.16%) Dimensional Modelling
8 4 (8.16%) Process Improvement
8 4 (8.16%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.61%) C#
2 13 (26.53%) SQL
3 8 (16.33%) PowerShell
4 5 (10.20%) C++
4 5 (10.20%) TypeScript
5 4 (8.16%) Bash
5 4 (8.16%) JavaScript
6 3 (6.12%) C
6 3 (6.12%) Java
7 2 (4.08%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (4.08%) Perl
8 1 (2.04%) Bicep
8 1 (2.04%) Go
8 1 (2.04%) Ruby
8 1 (2.04%) Tcl
8 1 (2.04%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (32.65%) Security Cleared
2 9 (18.37%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (6.12%) Degree
3 3 (6.12%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.08%) CEH
4 2 (4.08%) CISSP
4 2 (4.08%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.04%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.20%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.12%) QA
3 1 (2.04%) GDPR
3 1 (2.04%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 9 (18.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (16.33%) Terraform
2 7 (14.29%) Ansible
2 7 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 7 (14.29%) MIIS
3 4 (8.16%) Grafana
3 4 (8.16%) Prometheus
4 2 (4.08%) Puppet
5 1 (2.04%) Kibana
5 1 (2.04%) logstash
Vendors
1 7 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.20%) Oracle
3 4 (8.16%) Databricks
4 3 (6.12%) Red Hat
5 2 (4.08%) VMware
6 1 (2.04%) Dell
6 1 (2.04%) Genesys
6 1 (2.04%) IBM
6 1 (2.04%) MuleSoft