Python Contracts in the City of London

Python
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 5 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +7
Contract jobs citing Python 298 264 514
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 16.97% 12.02% 14.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.21% 35.48% 32.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 180 298
10th Percentile £413 £425 £454
25th Percentile £463 £490 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £638
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £749
90th Percentile £775 £838 £829
Central London median daily rate £577 £600 £638
% change year-on-year -3.92% -5.88% +6.25%
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
Central London median hourly rate - £48.50 £81.25
% change year-on-year - -40.31% +49.08%

All Programming Languages
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 706 744 1,585
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 40.21% 33.86% 43.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 530 1,040
10th Percentile £413 £406 £425
25th Percentile £463 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £577 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year +0.26% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £694 £688 £738
90th Percentile £788 £788 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £565 £620
% change year-on-year +1.77% -8.87% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - £35.00
25th Percentile - £46.75 £47.19
Median hourly rate - £48.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - -15.65% -4.96%
75th Percentile - £50.25 £65.00
90th Percentile - - £84.13
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £48.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -40.06% -15.65% -4.96%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in the City of London

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Python in the City of London

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for Python in the City of London

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Python in the City of London

Python
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of 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
London Bridge -2 1 £425 -29.20%
Moorgate - 1 £300 -
Python
Central London

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (9.40%) Apache Spark
2 21 (7.05%) Apache
3 11 (3.69%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (3.36%) Confluence
5 6 (2.01%) SharePoint
6 5 (1.68%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.67%) Luigi
7 2 (0.67%) WordPress
8 1 (0.34%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.34%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 16 (5.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.68%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.34%) EViews
Business Applications
1 3 (1.01%) Endur
2 2 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.67%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.34%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 88 (29.53%) AWS
2 81 (27.18%) Azure
3 29 (9.73%) GCP
3 29 (9.73%) GitHub
4 25 (8.39%) Power Platform
5 15 (5.03%) GitHub Actions
6 14 (4.70%) Serverless
7 13 (4.36%) AWS Lambda
8 12 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (4.03%) OpenShift
9 11 (3.69%) Amazon S3
9 11 (3.69%) Snowflake
10 8 (2.68%) dbt
11 7 (2.35%) Entra ID
12 6 (2.01%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (2.01%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 4 (1.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.03%) DNS
2 9 (3.02%) Firewall
3 6 (2.01%) DHCP
3 6 (2.01%) VPN
4 5 (1.68%) HTTP
4 5 (1.68%) Network Security
5 4 (1.34%) SSH
5 4 (1.34%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.01%) VLAN
7 2 (0.67%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.67%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.34%) 5G
8 1 (0.34%) 5G NR
8 1 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.34%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.34%) LAN
8 1 (0.34%) MPLS
8 1 (0.34%) SSL
8 1 (0.34%) WAN
8 1 (0.34%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.72%) Power BI
1 23 (7.72%) SQL Server
2 21 (7.05%) Big Data
3 19 (6.38%) Relational Database
4 17 (5.70%) NoSQL
5 16 (5.37%) Hadoop
6 15 (5.03%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (4.70%) Tableau
8 12 (4.03%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (3.69%) Apache Hive
10 9 (3.02%) Data Lake
10 9 (3.02%) MySQL
11 8 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (2.68%) DynamoDB
11 8 (2.68%) MongoDB
12 7 (2.35%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (2.35%) Delta Lake
13 6 (2.01%) Amazon Athena
14 5 (1.68%) Metadata
15 4 (1.34%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 50 (16.78%) Git
2 34 (11.41%) JIRA
3 32 (10.74%) Jenkins
4 14 (4.70%) GitLab
5 12 (4.03%) Selenium
6 11 (3.69%) Postman
7 9 (3.02%) REST Assured
8 5 (1.68%) TeamCity
9 4 (1.34%) RStudio
10 3 (1.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (1.01%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.01%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.67%) JMeter
11 2 (0.67%) Maven
11 2 (0.67%) ScriptRunner
11 2 (0.67%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.67%) Subversion
11 2 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.34%) JIRA Agile
12 1 (0.34%) Travis CI
General
1 104 (34.90%) Finance
2 60 (20.13%) Social Skills
3 52 (17.45%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (15.10%) Banking
5 22 (7.38%) Public Sector
6 17 (5.70%) Investment Banking
7 15 (5.03%) Front Office
8 9 (3.02%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.35%) Retail
10 6 (2.01%) Corporate Banking
10 6 (2.01%) Retail Banking
11 4 (1.34%) Advertising
11 4 (1.34%) Police
12 3 (1.01%) Back Office
12 3 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.01%) Legal
12 3 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.01%) Publishing
12 3 (1.01%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 63 (21.14%) Developer
2 42 (14.09%) Data Engineer
3 37 (12.42%) Senior
4 32 (10.74%) Analyst
5 21 (7.05%) Lead
6 19 (6.38%) Python Developer
6 19 (6.38%) Python Engineer
7 18 (6.04%) Software Engineer
8 16 (5.37%) Data Scientist
9 15 (5.03%) DevOps Engineer
10 14 (4.70%) Business Analyst
11 13 (4.36%) Architect
11 13 (4.36%) Java Developer
12 12 (4.03%) Data Analyst
13 10 (3.36%) AWS Engineer
13 10 (3.36%) Senior Developer
14 8 (2.68%) Azure Engineer
14 8 (2.68%) Full-Stack Developer
15 7 (2.35%) Test Engineer
16 6 (2.01%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.72%) REST
2 22 (7.38%) Kafka
3 18 (6.04%) PySpark
4 16 (5.37%) .NET
4 16 (5.37%) React
5 12 (4.03%) Pandas
6 10 (3.36%) pytest
6 10 (3.36%) RESTful
6 10 (3.36%) Spring
6 10 (3.36%) TensorFlow
6 10 (3.36%) Web Services
7 9 (3.02%) Node.js
7 9 (3.02%) OAuth
8 8 (2.68%) AngularJS
8 8 (2.68%) NumPy
9 7 (2.35%) FastAPI
9 7 (2.35%) JSON
10 6 (2.01%) LangChain
10 6 (2.01%) OpenID
10 6 (2.01%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.36%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (3.69%) Algorithms
3 10 (3.36%) Social Media
4 9 (3.02%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.02%) Distributed Computing
5 8 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (2.68%) Data Structures
5 8 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.68%) Market Risk
5 8 (2.68%) Reference Data
6 7 (2.35%) Credit Risk
6 7 (2.35%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.68%) Equities
7 5 (1.68%) Fixed Income
7 5 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.68%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.34%) Hedge funds
8 4 (1.34%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.34%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 48 (16.11%) Linux
2 18 (6.04%) Windows
3 15 (5.03%) Unix
4 4 (1.34%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.01%) Rocky
6 2 (0.67%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.67%) Solaris
7 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.34%) CentOS
7 1 (0.34%) VMS
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (31.21%) CI/CD
2 73 (24.50%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (22.48%) DevOps
4 58 (19.46%) Agile
5 43 (14.43%) Software Engineering
6 40 (13.42%) Analytics
7 35 (11.74%) Containerisation
8 34 (11.41%) Data Science
8 34 (11.41%) Test Automation
9 30 (10.07%) Infrastructure as Code
10 29 (9.73%) Data Pipeline
10 29 (9.73%) ETL
10 29 (9.73%) Machine Learning
11 27 (9.06%) Artificial Intelligence
11 27 (9.06%) Business Intelligence
11 27 (9.06%) Data Modelling
12 24 (8.05%) Continuous Integration
13 23 (7.72%) Data Engineering
14 22 (7.38%) Microservices
14 22 (7.38%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 105 (35.23%) SQL
2 54 (18.12%) Java
3 31 (10.40%) Bash
4 28 (9.40%) C#
5 27 (9.06%) JavaScript
6 25 (8.39%) PowerShell
7 21 (7.05%) C++
8 15 (5.03%) Go
9 14 (4.70%) Scala
10 11 (3.69%) C
10 11 (3.69%) Shell Script
11 10 (3.36%) TypeScript
12 8 (2.68%) Perl
12 8 (2.68%) R
13 6 (2.01%) T-SQL
13 6 (2.01%) VBA
14 5 (1.68%) Groovy
14 5 (1.68%) PL/SQL
14 5 (1.68%) Ruby
15 4 (1.34%) Rust
Qualifications
1 36 (12.08%) Security Cleared
2 33 (11.07%) Degree
3 27 (9.06%) SC Cleared
4 11 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.36%) Master's Degree
6 7 (2.35%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.01%) PhD
8 5 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.01%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.01%) CBAP
9 3 (1.01%) OCP
9 3 (1.01%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.67%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.67%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.67%) CISM
10 2 (0.67%) CISSP
10 2 (0.67%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.67%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.38%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.36%) QA
3 11 (3.69%) GDPR
3 11 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.36%) NIST
5 6 (2.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.01%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.01%) EMIR
6 3 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (1.01%) MiFID
7 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.34%) SEPA
7 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (11.74%) Docker
2 8 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.67%) Firmware
4 2 (0.67%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.34%) HDFS
5 1 (0.34%) NFS
5 1 (0.34%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.34%) OpenDJ
5 1 (0.34%) OpenIDM
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.34%) Platform Symphony
5 1 (0.34%) Veritas File System
5 1 (0.34%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 59 (19.80%) Kubernetes
2 49 (16.44%) Terraform
3 34 (11.41%) Ansible
4 13 (4.36%) Grafana
5 10 (3.36%) Kibana
6 6 (2.01%) Progress Chef
7 5 (1.68%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.68%) Puppet
8 3 (1.01%) Consul
8 3 (1.01%) Control-M
9 2 (0.67%) Argo
9 2 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.67%) QRadar
9 2 (0.67%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.34%) Cisco UCCE
10 1 (0.34%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.34%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 30 (10.07%) Oracle
2 29 (9.73%) Microsoft
3 16 (5.37%) Databricks
4 8 (2.68%) IBM
5 7 (2.35%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.01%) CyberArk
6 6 (2.01%) SAP
6 6 (2.01%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.01%) Sybase
6 6 (2.01%) VMware
7 5 (1.68%) Cisco
7 5 (1.68%) Google
7 5 (1.68%) Splunk
8 4 (1.34%) Bloomberg
8 4 (1.34%) TOWER Software
9 3 (1.01%) Ab Initio
9 3 (1.01%) Confluent
9 3 (1.01%) Informatica
9 3 (1.01%) OpenLink
10 2 (0.67%) BeyondTrust