Senior Python Developer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Senior Python Developer
Central London > City of London

The median Senior Python Developer daily rate in the City of London is £775, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
16 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 116 125
Rank change year-on-year -12 +9 +55
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 3 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.18% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% - -12.22%
75th Percentile £788 - £700
90th Percentile - - £753
Central London median daily rate £775 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +29.17% - -12.22%

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 1,940 1,673 2,222
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 92.94% 94.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,330 1,060 1,591
10th Percentile £350 £360 £340
25th Percentile £440 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.30% +2.22% -5.06%
75th Percentile £674 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 9 17
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £15.30
25th Percentile £19.11 £24.66 £19.92
Median hourly rate £34.25 £32.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% +35.42% -31.43%
75th Percentile £51.00 £112.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £127.10 £49.35
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £32.50 £27.81
% change year-on-year -19.66% +16.86% -20.54%

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Senior Python Developer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Senior Python Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 16 March 2026, Senior Python Developer 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 Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) FastAPI
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
1 3 (100.00%) Google
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) Docker
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Run
3 1 (33.33%) Git
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub
3 1 (33.33%) LangGraph
3 1 (33.33%) Natural Language Processing
3 1 (33.33%) pytest

Senior Python Developer 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Run
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
General
1 3 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) FastAPI
2 1 (33.33%) LangGraph
2 1 (33.33%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (100.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) Natural Language Processing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Google
Senior Python Developer jobs