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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 21 17
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing Python 74 52 86
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 5.46% 7.61% 9.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.20% 29.21% 32.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 27 33
10th Percentile £413 £362 £381
25th Percentile £419 £414 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £447 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.86% -18.73% +11.39%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £638
90th Percentile £674 £588 £728
South West median daily rate £550 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 33
10th Percentile £51.82 £54.35 -
25th Percentile £63.38 £79.77 -
Median hourly rate £67.25 £86.48 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.24% +23.54% +7.19%
75th Percentile £72.00 £95.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £78.68 - £85.00
South West median hourly rate £77.00 £82.96 £70.00
% change year-on-year -7.18% +18.51% -4.11%

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 319 178 264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 23.53% 26.06% 29.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 102 130
10th Percentile £350 £335 £350
25th Percentile £419 £381 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.82% -15.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £588 £500 £579
90th Percentile £643 £588 £653
South West median daily rate £525 £475 £533
% change year-on-year +10.53% -10.88% +3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 38 77
10th Percentile £61.25 - £65.00
25th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
Median hourly rate £68.00 £68.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £73.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.98 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £67.75 £68.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -0.37% -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 5 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 5 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 (2.70%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.35%) Apache
2 1 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.35%) Confluence
2 1 (1.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 23 (31.08%) AWS
2 18 (24.32%) Azure
2 18 (24.32%) GCP
3 10 (13.51%) GitHub
4 8 (10.81%) Power Platform
5 6 (8.11%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (6.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 5 (6.76%) Snowflake
7 4 (5.41%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (5.41%) SaaS
8 3 (4.05%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (4.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (4.05%) dbt
9 2 (2.70%) AWS CodeBuild
9 2 (2.70%) AWS CodePipeline
9 2 (2.70%) Azure AKS
9 2 (2.70%) Azure Databricks
9 2 (2.70%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.11%) DNS
1 6 (8.11%) VPN
2 4 (5.41%) Firewall
3 2 (2.70%) NX-OS
3 2 (2.70%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.70%) tcpdump
4 1 (1.35%) BGP
4 1 (1.35%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (1.35%) Network Security
4 1 (1.35%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.81%) Power BI
2 4 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (4.05%) Neo4j
3 3 (4.05%) SQLite
3 3 (4.05%) Tableau
4 2 (2.70%) Amazon QuickSight
4 2 (2.70%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.35%) Big Data
5 1 (1.35%) Data Vault
5 1 (1.35%) Delta Lake
5 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.35%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.35%) Power Query
5 1 (1.35%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.35%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.35%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (21.62%) Git
2 9 (12.16%) Jenkins
3 6 (8.11%) GitLab
4 5 (6.76%) JIRA
5 4 (5.41%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (5.41%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (1.35%) Burp Suite
6 1 (1.35%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.35%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.35%) Gatling
6 1 (1.35%) Gradle
6 1 (1.35%) JUnit
6 1 (1.35%) LoadRunner
6 1 (1.35%) MLflow
6 1 (1.35%) NUnit
6 1 (1.35%) REST Assured
6 1 (1.35%) Selenium
6 1 (1.35%) SonarQube
6 1 (1.35%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (1.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 18 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.46%) Finance
4 6 (8.11%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.76%) Aerospace
5 5 (6.76%) Banking
6 2 (2.70%) Marketing
7 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 13 (17.57%) Software Engineer
2 12 (16.22%) Developer
3 10 (13.51%) Senior
4 9 (12.16%) Data Engineer
4 9 (12.16%) DevOps Engineer
5 7 (9.46%) GCP Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) Embedded Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) GCP DevOps
6 6 (8.11%) GCP DevOps Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) Lead
7 5 (6.76%) Analyst
7 5 (6.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Lead Software Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) Data Analyst
8 4 (5.41%) Python Developer
8 4 (5.41%) Site Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 3 (4.05%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 3 (4.05%) Network Engineer
10 2 (2.70%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (25.68%) Terraform
2 6 (8.11%) REST
3 4 (5.41%) PyTorch
3 4 (5.41%) TensorFlow
4 3 (4.05%) .NET
4 3 (4.05%) AWS CDK
4 3 (4.05%) FastAPI
4 3 (4.05%) pydantic
4 3 (4.05%) React
4 3 (4.05%) RESTful
5 2 (2.70%) Django
5 2 (2.70%) Flask
5 2 (2.70%) GraphQL
5 2 (2.70%) Kafka
5 2 (2.70%) PySpark
5 2 (2.70%) pytest
5 2 (2.70%) scikit-learn
6 1 (1.35%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (1.35%) ModSecurity
6 1 (1.35%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.41%) Cloud Native
1 4 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (2.70%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.35%) ASIC
3 1 (1.35%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (1.35%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.35%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (1.35%) PKI
3 1 (1.35%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (27.03%) Linux
2 8 (10.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (5.41%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (4.05%) CentOS
5 2 (2.70%) Unix
6 1 (1.35%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (1.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (47.30%) CI/CD
2 31 (41.89%) DevOps
3 21 (28.38%) Infrastructure as Code
4 17 (22.97%) Software Engineering
5 16 (21.62%) Containerisation
6 14 (18.92%) Agile
6 14 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (17.57%) Analytics
7 13 (17.57%) Configuration Management
8 12 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (14.86%) Data Modelling
9 11 (14.86%) Data Pipeline
9 11 (14.86%) Observability
9 11 (14.86%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 9 (12.16%) AI
10 9 (12.16%) Machine Learning
10 9 (12.16%) Project Management
10 9 (12.16%) Visualisation
11 8 (10.81%) Data Engineering
11 8 (10.81%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 17 (22.97%) SQL
2 16 (21.62%) Bash
3 9 (12.16%) C++
4 8 (10.81%) PowerShell
5 7 (9.46%) Ada
6 6 (8.11%) Go
7 5 (6.76%) Java
8 4 (5.41%) C
8 4 (5.41%) R
8 4 (5.41%) Shell Script
9 3 (4.05%) C#
9 3 (4.05%) Groovy
10 2 (2.70%) JavaScript
11 1 (1.35%) T-SQL
11 1 (1.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (35.14%) Security Cleared
2 23 (31.08%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.41%) AWS Certification
4 3 (4.05%) Degree
4 3 (4.05%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.70%) CEH
5 2 (2.70%) CISM
5 2 (2.70%) CISSP
6 1 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.35%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.35%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.35%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.35%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.41%) QA
2 3 (4.05%) MISRA
2 3 (4.05%) MISRA C
2 3 (4.05%) NCSC
3 2 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.70%) GDPR
3 2 (2.70%) SLA
4 1 (1.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.35%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (18.92%) Docker
2 1 (1.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.35%) Firmware
2 1 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (25.68%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.76%) Ansible
3 3 (4.05%) Grafana
3 3 (4.05%) Istio
3 3 (4.05%) QRadar
4 2 (2.70%) Puppet
5 1 (1.35%) Argo
5 1 (1.35%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.35%) Kubeflow
5 1 (1.35%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.35%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 6 (8.11%) Dynatrace
2 5 (6.76%) Databricks
2 5 (6.76%) Google
2 5 (6.76%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.41%) Splunk
4 3 (4.05%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.70%) Cisco
5 2 (2.70%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.35%) ArcSight
6 1 (1.35%) Cribl.io
6 1 (1.35%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.35%) Oracle
6 1 (1.35%) SAP
6 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.35%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.35%) VMware