Python Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Python Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Python Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £498, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 98 110
Rank change year-on-year -24 +12 +45
Contract jobs requiring a Python Engineer 13 18 16
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.56% 1.07% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 1.15% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 14
10th Percentile £288 - £434
25th Percentile £466 £413 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £578 £655
Median % change year-on-year -13.93% -11.76% +9.17%
75th Percentile £694 £717 £708
90th Percentile £764 £800 £710
Central London median daily rate £520 £552 £655
% change year-on-year -5.71% -15.80% +9.17%

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 2,201 1,564 2,053
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.38% 93.37% 95.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,491 982 1,435
10th Percentile £350 £350 £346
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £551
Median % change year-on-year - -0.09% -8.25%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 14
10th Percentile £17.99 £19.25 £14.90
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.31 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.78 £28.33 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year +5.15% +24.51% -35.00%
75th Percentile £53.44 £45.00 £28.91
90th Percentile £65.00 £81.88 £40.00
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £27.30 £26.78
% change year-on-year -2.73% +1.94% -23.49%

Python Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Python Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Python Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Python Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

Python Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 29 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Python Engineer in the City of London

Python Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

Python Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 29 May 2026, Python Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Python Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Python
2 9 (69.23%) CI/CD
3 8 (61.54%) DevOps
4 7 (53.85%) SQL
5 6 (46.15%) Azure
6 5 (38.46%) AI
6 5 (38.46%) AWS
6 5 (38.46%) Data Pipeline
6 5 (38.46%) Docker
7 4 (30.77%) Analytics
7 4 (30.77%) Django
7 4 (30.77%) Microservices
7 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
7 4 (30.77%) TypeScript
8 3 (23.08%) Data Engineering
8 3 (23.08%) GitHub
8 3 (23.08%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
8 3 (23.08%) Kubernetes
8 3 (23.08%) Linux
8 3 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
8 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (23.08%) Serverless
8 3 (23.08%) Terraform
9 2 (15.38%) Agile
9 2 (15.38%) Azure AKS
9 2 (15.38%) Azure App Service
9 2 (15.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps

Python Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) AWS
3 3 (23.08%) GitHub
3 3 (23.08%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (23.08%) Serverless
4 2 (15.38%) Azure AKS
4 2 (15.38%) Azure App Service
4 2 (15.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (15.38%) Azure Functions
4 2 (15.38%) Azure Key Vault
4 2 (15.38%) Azure Storage
4 2 (15.38%) GCP
5 1 (7.69%) AWS CodePipeline
5 1 (7.69%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (15.38%) Relational Database
2 1 (7.69%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) GitLab
2 1 (7.69%) Git
2 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.69%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) Postman
2 1 (7.69%) Robot Framework
2 1 (7.69%) Selenium
2 1 (7.69%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Banking
2 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) Django
2 2 (15.38%) FastAPI
2 2 (15.38%) Flask
2 2 (15.38%) Kafka
2 2 (15.38%) Next.js
2 2 (15.38%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (15.38%) React
2 2 (15.38%) REST
2 2 (15.38%) Svelte
3 1 (7.69%) ADO
3 1 (7.69%) AWS CDK
3 1 (7.69%) CSS
3 1 (7.69%) HTML
3 1 (7.69%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (15.38%) AI Agents
2 2 (15.38%) Virtual Team
3 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) CI/CD
2 8 (61.54%) DevOps
3 5 (38.46%) AI
3 5 (38.46%) Data Pipeline
4 4 (30.77%) Analytics
4 4 (30.77%) Microservices
4 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
5 3 (23.08%) Data Engineering
5 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (15.38%) Containerisation
6 2 (15.38%) Data Science
6 2 (15.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (15.38%) Event-Driven
6 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
6 2 (15.38%) Human-in-the-Loop
6 2 (15.38%) LLM
6 2 (15.38%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) Python
2 7 (53.85%) SQL
3 4 (30.77%) TypeScript
4 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
5 2 (15.38%) Bicep
6 1 (7.69%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
2 1 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Kubernetes
1 3 (23.08%) Terraform
2 1 (7.69%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) OpenAI