Python Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Python
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 33 42
Rank change year-on-year +16 +9 -33
Contract jobs citing Python 4 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 3.60% 0.45% 3.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 66.67% 11.11% 31.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile £401 - -
25th Percentile £401 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.39%
75th Percentile £406 - -
90th Percentile £408 - -
North West median daily rate £435 £485 £538
% change year-on-year -10.31% -9.77% -2.27%

All Programming Languages
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6 9 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 5.41% 4.02% 10.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 14
10th Percentile £401 - £433
25th Percentile £402 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.39%
75th Percentile £427 - £475
90th Percentile £459 - £527
North West median daily rate £425 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -3.85%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Python relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Python job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Python.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Python

Python
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 4 £403 - 4
Python
North West

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) SNMP
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 4 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 4 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 4 (100.00%) Server Building
2 3 (75.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Bash
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (75.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Juniper
1 4 (100.00%) VMware