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 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 22 20 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 +7
Contract jobs citing Python 81 56 94
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 5.99% 7.60% 10.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.82% 28.72% 34.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 32 33
10th Percentile £413 £378 £381
25th Percentile £426 £414 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £461 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.46% -16.18% +8.64%
75th Percentile £588 £578 £638
90th Percentile £681 £648 £728
South West median daily rate £550 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 34
10th Percentile £43.40 £46.50 £67.38
25th Percentile £55.31 £71.25 -
Median hourly rate £66.50 £90.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.11% +28.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £95.00 £74.44
90th Percentile £78.53 - £85.00
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £90.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% -0.46%

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 340 195 276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 25.13% 26.46% 31.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 114 124
10th Percentile £376 £335 £363
25th Percentile £427 £400 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £449 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.15% -10.30% +7.53%
75th Percentile £591 £571 £575
90th Percentile £675 £621 £668
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £536
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.76% +2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 44 76
10th Percentile £56.75 - £65.00
25th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.25
Median hourly rate £67.75 £67.75 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -3.21% +7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.94 £70.94
90th Percentile - £75.00 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £66.50 £68.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -2.21% -2.86% +7.69%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 2 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.23%) Apache
2 1 (1.23%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.23%) Confluence
2 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.47%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 26 (32.10%) GCP
2 22 (27.16%) AWS
3 14 (17.28%) Azure
4 12 (14.81%) dbt
5 10 (12.35%) GitHub
6 9 (11.11%) Power Platform
7 6 (7.41%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (7.41%) Snowflake
8 5 (6.17%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (6.17%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 4 (4.94%) SaaS
10 3 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (3.70%) Power Automate
11 2 (2.47%) AWS CodeBuild
11 2 (2.47%) AWS CodePipeline
11 2 (2.47%) Azure AKS
11 2 (2.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (2.47%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.41%) DNS
1 6 (7.41%) VPN
2 4 (4.94%) Firewall
3 2 (2.47%) NX-OS
3 2 (2.47%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.47%) tcpdump
4 1 (1.23%) BGP
4 1 (1.23%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (1.23%) Network Security
4 1 (1.23%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.11%) Power BI
2 5 (6.17%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.70%) SQLite
3 3 (3.70%) Tableau
4 2 (2.47%) Amazon QuickSight
4 2 (2.47%) MySQL
4 2 (2.47%) Power Query
5 1 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.23%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.23%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.23%) Data Vault
5 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.23%) Metadata
5 1 (1.23%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.23%) Neo4j
5 1 (1.23%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.23%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (1.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (18.52%) Git
2 8 (9.88%) Jenkins
2 8 (9.88%) JIRA
3 7 (8.64%) GitLab
4 4 (4.94%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (4.94%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (1.23%) Burp Suite
5 1 (1.23%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.23%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.23%) Gatling
5 1 (1.23%) Gradle
5 1 (1.23%) JUnit
5 1 (1.23%) LoadRunner
5 1 (1.23%) NUnit
5 1 (1.23%) REST Assured
5 1 (1.23%) Selenium
5 1 (1.23%) SonarQube
5 1 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (1.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 18 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.64%) Finance
4 6 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.17%) Aerospace
5 5 (6.17%) Banking
6 2 (2.47%) Marketing
7 1 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.23%) Law
Job Titles
1 16 (19.75%) Data Engineer
2 15 (18.52%) Developer
3 14 (17.28%) GCP Engineer
4 11 (13.58%) Senior
4 11 (13.58%) Software Engineer
5 9 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
6 7 (8.64%) GCP Data Engineer
6 7 (8.64%) Python Developer
7 6 (7.41%) GCP DevOps
7 6 (7.41%) GCP DevOps Engineer
8 5 (6.17%) Analyst
8 5 (6.17%) Embedded Engineer
8 5 (6.17%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 4 (4.94%) Lead
9 4 (4.94%) Site Engineer
9 4 (4.94%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 3 (3.70%) Data Analyst
10 3 (3.70%) Lead Software Engineer
10 3 (3.70%) Network Engineer
10 3 (3.70%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (27.16%) Terraform
2 6 (7.41%) REST
3 5 (6.17%) FastAPI
4 4 (4.94%) AWS CDK
5 3 (3.70%) .NET
5 3 (3.70%) pydantic
5 3 (3.70%) PyTorch
5 3 (3.70%) RESTful
5 3 (3.70%) TensorFlow
6 2 (2.47%) Django
6 2 (2.47%) Flask
6 2 (2.47%) Kafka
6 2 (2.47%) Pandas
6 2 (2.47%) pytest
6 2 (2.47%) React
6 2 (2.47%) SQLAlchemy
7 1 (1.23%) Jinja
7 1 (1.23%) Node.js
7 1 (1.23%) scikit-learn
7 1 (1.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.17%) Cloud Native
2 4 (4.94%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.47%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.47%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.47%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.23%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.23%) Mobile Banking
4 1 (1.23%) PKI
4 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.23%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (20.99%) Linux
2 6 (7.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (4.94%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (3.70%) CentOS
5 2 (2.47%) Unix
6 1 (1.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (44.44%) DevOps
2 32 (39.51%) CI/CD
3 21 (25.93%) Data Modelling
3 21 (25.93%) Infrastructure as Code
4 17 (20.99%) AI
5 15 (18.52%) Agile
5 15 (18.52%) Data Engineering
5 15 (18.52%) Software Engineering
5 15 (18.52%) Validation
6 14 (17.28%) Analytics
6 14 (17.28%) Containerisation
7 13 (16.05%) Configuration Management
8 12 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (13.58%) Observability
9 11 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (13.58%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 10 (12.35%) Data Pipeline
11 9 (11.11%) Machine Learning
11 9 (11.11%) Project Management
11 9 (11.11%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 24 (29.63%) SQL
2 16 (19.75%) Bash
3 9 (11.11%) C++
4 8 (9.88%) PowerShell
5 7 (8.64%) Ada
6 6 (7.41%) Go
7 5 (6.17%) Java
8 4 (4.94%) C
8 4 (4.94%) Shell Script
9 3 (3.70%) C#
9 3 (3.70%) Groovy
9 3 (3.70%) JavaScript
9 3 (3.70%) R
10 1 (1.23%) T-SQL
10 1 (1.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (30.86%) Security Cleared
2 22 (27.16%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.94%) AWS Certification
4 3 (3.70%) Degree
4 3 (3.70%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.47%) CEH
5 2 (2.47%) CISM
5 2 (2.47%) CISSP
6 1 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.23%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.23%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.23%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.23%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.58%) QA
2 4 (4.94%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.70%) MISRA
3 3 (3.70%) MISRA C
4 2 (2.47%) GDPR
4 2 (2.47%) PMO
4 2 (2.47%) SLA
5 1 (1.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (12.35%) Docker
2 1 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (19.75%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.17%) Ansible
3 3 (3.70%) Grafana
3 3 (3.70%) Istio
3 3 (3.70%) QRadar
4 2 (2.47%) Puppet
5 1 (1.23%) Argo
5 1 (1.23%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.23%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.23%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 12 (14.81%) Google
2 6 (7.41%) Dynatrace
3 4 (4.94%) Databricks
3 4 (4.94%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.94%) Splunk
4 2 (2.47%) Cisco
4 2 (2.47%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.47%) SAP
5 1 (1.23%) ArcSight
5 1 (1.23%) Cribl.io
5 1 (1.23%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.23%) Oracle
5 1 (1.23%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.23%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.23%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.23%) VMware