Python Contract Job Trends in Devon

Python
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -12 -1 +7
Contract jobs citing Python 11 60 51
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 6.75% 26.32% 19.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.29% 75.95% 67.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 45 45
10th Percentile - £463 £500
25th Percentile £305 £500 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -48.33% - +35.21%
75th Percentile £315 £675 £675
90th Percentile £546 £685 £700
South West median daily rate £550 £600 £558
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.62% +1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37.50
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
75th Percentile - - £42.50
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £77.00 £70.00 £69.62
% change year-on-year +10.00% +0.55% +6.12%

All Programming Languages
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 28 79 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 17.18% 34.65% 28.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 52 65
10th Percentile £210 £450 £405
25th Percentile £305 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -45.83% - +13.51%
75th Percentile £534 £664 £670
90th Percentile £573 £685 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -1.87% +1.90% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £21.64
25th Percentile - - £29.57
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -24.17%
75th Percentile - - £42.50
90th Percentile - - £48.50
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £66.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -2.26% +2.31% -

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Python job vacancy trend in Devon

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Devon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Devon over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Devon

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Python.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Python

Python
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Devon region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Exeter -5 10 £310 -48.37% 16
Plymouth -8 1 £700 +24.44% 23
Python
South West

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 5 (45.45%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (18.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 2 (18.18%) Amazon S3
3 2 (18.18%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (18.18%) Azure
3 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
3 2 (18.18%) GitHub
3 2 (18.18%) Serverless
4 1 (9.09%) AWS Fargate
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
General
1 6 (54.55%) Public Sector
2 4 (36.36%) Military
3 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
1 4 (36.36%) Systems Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Senior
3 2 (18.18%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (18.18%) React Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Site Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Site Reliability Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Python Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Python Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Python Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Scientific Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Python Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) AngularJS
1 2 (18.18%) React
2 1 (9.09%) OpenMP
2 1 (9.09%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Data Integration
1 4 (36.36%) ITIL
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
1 4 (36.36%) SDLC
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
2 3 (27.27%) Coaching
2 3 (27.27%) DevOps
3 2 (18.18%) Asynchronous Programming
3 2 (18.18%) B2C
3 2 (18.18%) Clean Code
3 2 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
3 2 (18.18%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (18.18%) Secure Coding
3 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) PowerShell
2 4 (36.36%) Bash
2 4 (36.36%) SQL
3 2 (18.18%) Java
3 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
3 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
4 1 (9.09%) C
4 1 (9.09%) C++
4 1 (9.09%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA
1 1 (9.09%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Tanium