Python Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Python Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Python Engineer daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 45 45
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Python Engineer 2 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.57% 0.23% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.30% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £531 £575 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +26.32% -19.15%
75th Percentile £644 £625 £488
90th Percentile - - £585
East of England median daily rate £581 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +36.76% -10.53% -24.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53.55 - -
Median hourly rate £54.70 - -
75th Percentile £55.85 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £54.70 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 296 333 419
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.85% 76.03% 79.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 131 214
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £379 £336 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £442 £456
Median % change year-on-year +13.69% -3.12% -3.95%
75th Percentile £616 £553 £538
90th Percentile £700 £625 £593
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 79 104
10th Percentile £14.07 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.84 £14.84 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -23.72% +20.60% +14.32%
75th Percentile £30.16 £27.50 £20.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £53.75 £34.18
East of England median hourly rate £37.50 £47.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -21.05% +10.47% +117.06%

Python Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings that featured Python Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Python Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Python Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Python Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Python Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 21 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge -1 2 £588 -2.08% 2
Python Engineer
East of England

Python Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, Python Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridgeshire region featuring Python Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
1 2 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 2 (100.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) FastAPI
2 1 (50.00%) Inertial Measurement
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Multimedia

Python Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) NoSQL
General
1 1 (50.00%) Multimedia
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) FastAPI
2 1 (50.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Inertial Measurement
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL