Python Contracts in Central London

Python
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Python skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Python over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +7
Contract jobs citing Python 320 282 531
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 16.02% 11.53% 13.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.40% 33.85% 32.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 195 312
10th Percentile £413 £430 £450
25th Percentile £463 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £577 £600 £638
Median % change year-on-year -3.92% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £746
90th Percentile £775 £838 £836
London median daily rate £600 £588 £625
% change year-on-year +2.13% -6.00% +3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £75.63
25th Percentile - £46.75 £76.56
Median hourly rate - £48.50 £81.25
Median % change year-on-year - -40.31% +49.08%
75th Percentile - £50.25 £84.69
90th Percentile - - £84.88
London median hourly rate £52.50 £51.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year +1.94% -31.33% +54.51%

All Programming Languages
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 773 833 1,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 38.71% 34.06% 42.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 608 1,091
10th Percentile £409 £412 £420
25th Percentile £463 £463 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £620
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -8.87% +3.33%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - £35.00
25th Percentile - £46.75 £47.19
Median hourly rate £29.07 £48.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.06% -15.65% -4.96%
75th Percentile - £50.25 £65.00
90th Percentile - - £84.13
London median hourly rate £44.50 £50.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.88% -12.17% +15.00%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Central London

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Python in Central London

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Central London

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Python in Central London

Python
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
City of London +5 298 £600 - 177
West End of London +7 15 £450 -10.00% 43
City of Westminster -1 7 £535 -28.67% 6
Camden +5 6 £450 -10.00% 10
Southwark -4 1 £425 -29.20% 2
Python
London

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 28 (8.75%) Apache Spark
2 21 (6.56%) Apache
3 11 (3.44%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (3.13%) Confluence
5 6 (1.88%) SharePoint
6 5 (1.56%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.63%) Luigi
7 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.63%) WordPress
8 1 (0.31%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.31%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 18 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.31%) EViews
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.94%) Endur
2 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.63%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.31%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 97 (30.31%) AWS
2 84 (26.25%) Azure
3 30 (9.38%) GCP
3 30 (9.38%) GitHub
4 27 (8.44%) Power Platform
5 16 (5.00%) GitHub Actions
5 16 (5.00%) Serverless
6 15 (4.69%) AWS Lambda
7 14 (4.38%) Amazon S3
8 12 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (3.75%) OpenShift
9 11 (3.44%) Snowflake
10 8 (2.50%) dbt
11 7 (2.19%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (2.19%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.88%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (1.88%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (1.56%) SaaS
14 4 (1.25%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.06%) DNS
2 12 (3.75%) Firewall
3 7 (2.19%) SSL
3 7 (2.19%) VPN
4 6 (1.88%) DHCP
4 6 (1.88%) HTTP
4 6 (1.88%) Network Security
4 6 (1.88%) S/MIME
5 4 (1.25%) SSH
5 4 (1.25%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.25%) WebEx
6 3 (0.94%) H.323
6 3 (0.94%) MGCP
6 3 (0.94%) Unified Communications
6 3 (0.94%) VLAN
7 2 (0.63%) BGP
7 2 (0.63%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.63%) Multicast
7 2 (0.63%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.50%) Power BI
2 23 (7.19%) SQL Server
3 21 (6.56%) Big Data
4 19 (5.94%) Relational Database
5 17 (5.31%) NoSQL
6 16 (5.00%) Hadoop
7 15 (4.69%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (4.69%) Tableau
8 14 (4.38%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (3.44%) Apache Hive
10 9 (2.81%) Data Lake
10 9 (2.81%) MySQL
11 8 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (2.50%) DynamoDB
11 8 (2.50%) MongoDB
12 7 (2.19%) Delta Lake
13 6 (1.88%) Amazon Athena
14 5 (1.56%) Metadata
14 5 (1.56%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 51 (15.94%) Git
2 34 (10.63%) JIRA
3 32 (10.00%) Jenkins
4 14 (4.38%) GitLab
5 12 (3.75%) Selenium
6 11 (3.44%) Postman
7 9 (2.81%) REST Assured
8 5 (1.56%) TeamCity
9 4 (1.25%) RStudio
10 3 (0.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.94%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.94%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.63%) JMeter
11 2 (0.63%) Maven
11 2 (0.63%) ScriptRunner
11 2 (0.63%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.63%) Subversion
11 2 (0.63%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.31%) MLflow
General
1 109 (34.06%) Finance
2 69 (21.56%) Social Skills
3 54 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (14.06%) Banking
5 22 (6.88%) Public Sector
6 17 (5.31%) Investment Banking
7 16 (5.00%) Front Office
8 9 (2.81%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.19%) Retail
10 6 (1.88%) Corporate Banking
10 6 (1.88%) Retail Banking
11 4 (1.25%) Advertising
11 4 (1.25%) Police
12 3 (0.94%) Back Office
12 3 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.94%) Legal
12 3 (0.94%) Multimedia
12 3 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.94%) Publishing
12 3 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 67 (20.94%) Developer
2 42 (13.13%) Data Engineer
3 40 (12.50%) Senior
4 32 (10.00%) Analyst
5 26 (8.13%) Lead
6 21 (6.56%) Python Developer
7 20 (6.25%) Python Engineer
8 18 (5.63%) Data Scientist
8 18 (5.63%) Software Engineer
9 17 (5.31%) DevOps Engineer
10 14 (4.38%) Architect
10 14 (4.38%) Business Analyst
11 13 (4.06%) Java Developer
12 12 (3.75%) Data Analyst
13 10 (3.13%) AWS Engineer
13 10 (3.13%) Senior Developer
14 8 (2.50%) Azure Engineer
14 8 (2.50%) Full-Stack Developer
14 8 (2.50%) Quantitative Developer
15 7 (2.19%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.44%) REST
2 22 (6.88%) Kafka
3 18 (5.63%) PySpark
4 17 (5.31%) React
5 16 (5.00%) .NET
6 15 (4.69%) Pandas
7 12 (3.75%) TensorFlow
8 11 (3.44%) NumPy
8 11 (3.44%) Web Services
9 10 (3.13%) OAuth
9 10 (3.13%) pytest
9 10 (3.13%) RESTful
9 10 (3.13%) Spring
10 9 (2.81%) Node.js
11 8 (2.50%) AngularJS
12 7 (2.19%) FastAPI
12 7 (2.19%) JSON
12 7 (2.19%) OpenID
12 7 (2.19%) pydantic
13 6 (1.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.94%) Algorithms
2 13 (4.06%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.13%) Social Media
4 9 (2.81%) Cloud Native
4 9 (2.81%) Distributed Computing
5 8 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (2.50%) Data Structures
5 8 (2.50%) Hedge funds
5 8 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.50%) Market Risk
5 8 (2.50%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.50%) Reference Data
6 7 (2.19%) Credit Risk
7 6 (1.88%) Fixed Income
7 6 (1.88%) PKI
8 5 (1.56%) Equities
8 5 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.56%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.56%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.25%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 50 (15.63%) Linux
2 19 (5.94%) Windows
3 15 (4.69%) Unix
4 4 (1.25%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.94%) Rocky
6 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.63%) Solaris
7 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.31%) CentOS
7 1 (0.31%) VMS
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (30.31%) CI/CD
2 80 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (21.88%) DevOps
4 59 (18.44%) Agile
5 44 (13.75%) Software Engineering
6 41 (12.81%) Analytics
7 37 (11.56%) Data Science
8 36 (11.25%) Containerisation
9 34 (10.63%) Test Automation
10 31 (9.69%) Infrastructure as Code
11 30 (9.38%) Data Pipeline
11 30 (9.38%) Machine Learning
12 29 (9.06%) Artificial Intelligence
12 29 (9.06%) ETL
13 28 (8.75%) Business Intelligence
14 27 (8.44%) Data Modelling
15 26 (8.13%) Computer Science
15 26 (8.13%) Continuous Integration
15 26 (8.13%) Migration
16 24 (7.50%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 109 (34.06%) SQL
2 54 (16.88%) Java
3 33 (10.31%) Bash
3 33 (10.31%) PowerShell
4 28 (8.75%) C#
5 27 (8.44%) JavaScript
6 23 (7.19%) C++
7 15 (4.69%) Go
8 14 (4.38%) Scala
9 11 (3.44%) C
9 11 (3.44%) Shell Script
10 10 (3.13%) TypeScript
11 9 (2.81%) R
12 8 (2.50%) Perl
13 7 (2.19%) VBA
14 6 (1.88%) T-SQL
15 5 (1.56%) Groovy
15 5 (1.56%) PL/SQL
15 5 (1.56%) Ruby
16 4 (1.25%) Rust
Qualifications
1 39 (12.19%) Degree
2 38 (11.88%) Security Cleared
3 29 (9.06%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.13%) Master's Degree
6 7 (2.19%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.88%) PhD
8 5 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.56%) CCNP
8 5 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.94%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.94%) CBAP
9 3 (0.94%) CCNA
9 3 (0.94%) OCP
9 3 (0.94%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.63%) CCIE
10 2 (0.63%) CISSP
10 2 (0.63%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.88%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.69%) QA
3 11 (3.44%) GDPR
3 11 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.13%) NIST
5 6 (1.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.94%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.94%) EMIR
6 3 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (0.94%) MiFID
7 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.31%) SEPA
7 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 37 (11.56%) Docker
2 8 (2.50%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.25%) Firmware
4 3 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.63%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.31%) HDFS
6 1 (0.31%) NFS
6 1 (0.31%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.31%) OpenDJ
6 1 (0.31%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.31%) Platform Symphony
6 1 (0.31%) Veritas File System
6 1 (0.31%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 60 (18.75%) Kubernetes
2 53 (16.56%) Terraform
3 41 (12.81%) Ansible
4 13 (4.06%) Grafana
5 10 (3.13%) Kibana
6 7 (2.19%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.88%) Puppet
8 5 (1.56%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.94%) Cisco UCCE
9 3 (0.94%) Consul
9 3 (0.94%) Control-M
10 2 (0.63%) Argo
10 2 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.63%) QRadar
10 2 (0.63%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.31%) Istio
11 1 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.31%) logstash
11 1 (0.31%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 36 (11.25%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.00%) Oracle
3 16 (5.00%) Databricks
4 11 (3.44%) Cisco
5 8 (2.50%) IBM
5 8 (2.50%) VMware
6 7 (2.19%) Red Hat
6 7 (2.19%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.88%) CyberArk
7 6 (1.88%) Google
7 6 (1.88%) SAP
7 6 (1.88%) Sybase
8 5 (1.56%) Splunk
9 4 (1.25%) Arista
9 4 (1.25%) Bloomberg
9 4 (1.25%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.25%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.25%) TOWER Software
10 3 (0.94%) Ab Initio
10 3 (0.94%) Confluent