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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 20 20
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 -9
Contract jobs citing Python 73 50 71
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 5.52% 7.39% 6.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.17% 27.03% 24.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 28 30
10th Percentile £321 £382 £365
25th Percentile £413 £423 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £447 £538
Median % change year-on-year +9.06% -16.84% +3.61%
75th Percentile £575 £523 £610
90th Percentile £616 £595 £638
South West median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 33
10th Percentile £38.63 £44.61 -
25th Percentile £58.63 £66.53 -
Median hourly rate £66.50 £80.83 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.73% +15.47% +6.70%
75th Percentile £75.50 £85.97 £75.00
90th Percentile £78.88 £91.39 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £67.25 £80.83 £70.00
% change year-on-year -16.80% +15.47% +6.70%

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 362 185 291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 27.36% 27.33% 27.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 109 150
10th Percentile £363 £333 £313
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £481
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -11.69% +4.62%
75th Percentile £567 £523 £575
90th Percentile £615 £615 £651
South West median daily rate £505 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +6.32% -9.52% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 32 97
10th Percentile £53.53 - £59.15
25th Percentile - £65.00 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.75 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% -3.21% +7.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.88 £77.70
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £68.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -4.41% -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 18 July 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 18 July 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 3 (4.11%) Apache
1 3 (4.11%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.74%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (2.74%) Confluence
3 1 (1.37%) Jupyter
3 1 (1.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.74%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (27.40%) Azure
2 19 (26.03%) AWS
3 14 (19.18%) GCP
4 9 (12.33%) GitHub
4 9 (12.33%) Power Platform
5 5 (6.85%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (6.85%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (5.48%) SaaS
6 4 (5.48%) Snowflake
7 3 (4.11%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (4.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (4.11%) dbt
7 3 (4.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 2 (2.74%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (2.74%) Amazon S3
8 2 (2.74%) Apigee
8 2 (2.74%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.37%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (1.37%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.48%) DNS
1 4 (5.48%) VPN
2 2 (2.74%) 3GPP
2 2 (2.74%) 4G
2 2 (2.74%) 5G
2 2 (2.74%) 5G NR
2 2 (2.74%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.74%) Firewall
2 2 (2.74%) LTE
2 2 (2.74%) Microwave Backhaul
2 2 (2.74%) MPLS
2 2 (2.74%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (2.74%) VoLTE
2 2 (2.74%) Wireshark
3 1 (1.37%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.33%) Power BI
2 6 (8.22%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (4.11%) Neo4j
3 3 (4.11%) SQLite
3 3 (4.11%) Tableau
4 2 (2.74%) Data Lake
4 2 (2.74%) Delta Lake
4 2 (2.74%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.74%) Star Schema
5 1 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.37%) Big Data
5 1 (1.37%) Data Vault
5 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.37%) Metadata
5 1 (1.37%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.37%) Power Query
5 1 (1.37%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.37%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (21.92%) Git
2 11 (15.07%) Jenkins
3 5 (6.85%) GitLab
4 2 (2.74%) Bitbucket
4 2 (2.74%) JIRA
4 2 (2.74%) SonarQube
4 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (1.37%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.37%) Burp Suite
5 1 (1.37%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.37%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.37%) Gatling
5 1 (1.37%) Gradle
5 1 (1.37%) JUnit
5 1 (1.37%) MLflow
5 1 (1.37%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (1.37%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (1.37%) REST Assured
5 1 (1.37%) Selenium
5 1 (1.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (23.29%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.22%) Aerospace
4 4 (5.48%) Finance
5 3 (4.11%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.74%) Marketing
7 1 (1.37%) Billing
7 1 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (17.81%) Developer
2 12 (16.44%) Software Engineer
3 9 (12.33%) Data Engineer
3 9 (12.33%) DevOps Engineer
4 7 (9.59%) GCP Engineer
4 7 (9.59%) Lead
5 6 (8.22%) GCP DevOps
5 6 (8.22%) GCP DevOps Engineer
6 5 (6.85%) Analyst
6 5 (6.85%) Embedded Engineer
6 5 (6.85%) Lead Software Engineer
6 5 (6.85%) Python Developer
7 4 (5.48%) Data Analyst
7 4 (5.48%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) AWS Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) Data Scientist
8 3 (4.11%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) Platform Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) Site Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.96%) REST
2 5 (6.85%) .NET
2 5 (6.85%) React
3 4 (5.48%) PyTorch
3 4 (5.48%) TensorFlow
4 3 (4.11%) FastAPI
4 3 (4.11%) Kafka
4 3 (4.11%) Pandas
4 3 (4.11%) pydantic
4 3 (4.11%) RESTful
5 2 (2.74%) Flask
5 2 (2.74%) GraphQL
5 2 (2.74%) Next.js
5 2 (2.74%) PySpark
5 2 (2.74%) pytest
5 2 (2.74%) scikit-learn
6 1 (1.37%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (1.37%) AWS CDK
6 1 (1.37%) ModSecurity
6 1 (1.37%) Quarkus
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.22%) Cloud Native
2 4 (5.48%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.74%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.74%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.37%) ASIC
4 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.37%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.37%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.37%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 16 (21.92%) Linux
2 6 (8.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (4.11%) Windows
4 1 (1.37%) CentOS
4 1 (1.37%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (1.37%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (1.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (41.10%) DevOps
2 29 (39.73%) CI/CD
3 18 (24.66%) Analytics
4 17 (23.29%) Software Engineering
5 15 (20.55%) Containerisation
6 14 (19.18%) Agile
6 14 (19.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (19.18%) Data Pipeline
6 14 (19.18%) Infrastructure as Code
7 12 (16.44%) Data Modelling
8 11 (15.07%) AI
8 11 (15.07%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (13.70%) Business Intelligence
9 10 (13.70%) Decision-Making
9 10 (13.70%) Machine Learning
10 9 (12.33%) Configuration Management
10 9 (12.33%) Data Engineering
10 9 (12.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 9 (12.33%) Validation
11 7 (9.59%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 22 (30.14%) SQL
2 16 (21.92%) Bash
3 9 (12.33%) PowerShell
4 6 (8.22%) C
4 6 (8.22%) C++
4 6 (8.22%) Go
5 5 (6.85%) Java
6 4 (5.48%) Ada
6 4 (5.48%) C#
6 4 (5.48%) R
7 3 (4.11%) TypeScript
8 2 (2.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (2.74%) Groovy
8 2 (2.74%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.74%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.37%) PHP
9 1 (1.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 24 (32.88%) Security Cleared
2 20 (27.40%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.85%) Degree
4 3 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.11%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.74%) CEH
5 2 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.74%) CISM
5 2 (2.74%) CISSP
6 1 (1.37%) CCNP
6 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.37%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.37%) OCA
6 1 (1.37%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (1.37%) RHCA
6 1 (1.37%) RHCE
6 1 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.48%) GDPR
1 4 (5.48%) QA
2 3 (4.11%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.74%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (17.81%) Docker
2 2 (2.74%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.37%) Firmware
3 1 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (23.29%) Kubernetes
2 15 (20.55%) Terraform
3 7 (9.59%) Ansible
4 3 (4.11%) Grafana
5 2 (2.74%) Argo
5 2 (2.74%) Istio
5 2 (2.74%) Progress Chef
5 2 (2.74%) Puppet
5 2 (2.74%) QRadar
6 1 (1.37%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.37%) Kubeflow
6 1 (1.37%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.37%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 7 (9.59%) Databricks
2 6 (8.22%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.85%) Google
4 3 (4.11%) Dynatrace
4 3 (4.11%) Red Hat
4 3 (4.11%) Splunk
5 2 (2.74%) VMware
6 1 (1.37%) Cisco
6 1 (1.37%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.37%) Oracle
6 1 (1.37%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.37%) SolarWinds