Python Contracts in Dorset

Python
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 20 30
Rank change year-on-year +9 +10 -20
Contract jobs citing Python 13 7 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 14.77% 4.24% 3.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.50% 24.14% 13.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 0
10th Percentile £444 - -
25th Percentile £516 £175 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £225 -
Median % change year-on-year +144.44% - -
75th Percentile - £334 -
90th Percentile £590 £400 -
South West median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £49.90
25th Percentile - - £51.82
Median hourly rate - - £57.33
75th Percentile - - £58.57
90th Percentile - - £60.16
South West median hourly rate £82.96 £70.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year +18.51% +6.87% +14.23%

All Programming Languages
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 40 29 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 45.45% 17.58% 23.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 21 27
10th Percentile £350 £175 £310
25th Percentile £433 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £588 £456 £604
90th Percentile £695 £538 £688
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 8
10th Percentile - - £49.32
25th Percentile - £61.25 £49.96
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £56.08
Median % change year-on-year - +11.45% +15.37%
75th Percentile - £63.75 £57.95
90th Percentile - - £60.07
South West median hourly rate £67.50 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% +8.33%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Python in Dorset

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for Python in Dorset

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Dorset over the 6 months to 24 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Dorset

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python in Dorset.

Hourly rate trend for Python in Dorset

Python
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 24 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
Bournemouth +6 6 £525 +50.00% 203
Poole - 6 £550 - 5
Python
South West

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 3 (23.08%) Confluence
2 1 (7.69%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) AWS
2 5 (38.46%) Serverless
3 3 (23.08%) Amazon S3
3 3 (23.08%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (15.38%) Azure
5 1 (7.69%) Dialogflow
5 1 (7.69%) GCP
5 1 (7.69%) GitHub
5 1 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) CockroachDB
1 2 (15.38%) Relational Database
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
2 2 (15.38%) Bitbucket
2 2 (15.38%) GitLab
3 1 (7.69%) Code Climate
3 1 (7.69%) Git
3 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
3 1 (7.69%) SonarQube
General
1 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Backend Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Software Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Django Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Python Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Python/Django Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Python Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Junior
4 1 (7.69%) Junior Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Junior Oracle Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Oracle Developer
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (46.15%) Node.js
2 2 (15.38%) AngularJS
2 2 (15.38%) Django
2 2 (15.38%) React
2 2 (15.38%) REST
3 1 (7.69%) Hugging Face
3 1 (7.69%) Kafka
3 1 (7.69%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
2 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Artificial Intelligence
2 7 (53.85%) Agile
3 5 (38.46%) Containerisation
3 5 (38.46%) Machine Learning
4 3 (23.08%) API Design
4 3 (23.08%) DevOps
4 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Build Automation
5 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
5 2 (15.38%) Mathematics
5 2 (15.38%) Microservices
5 2 (15.38%) Natural Language Processing
5 2 (15.38%) Pair Programming
5 2 (15.38%) SDLC
5 2 (15.38%) TDD
5 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) Bash
3 1 (7.69%) Java
3 1 (7.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) DV Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) AWS Certification
3 2 (15.38%) AWS Certified Developer
3 2 (15.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (53.85%) Terraform
2 5 (38.46%) Kubernetes
3 3 (23.08%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) OpenAI