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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 20 25
Rank change year-on-year +7 +5 -12
Contract jobs citing Python 11 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 11.83% 4.91% 4.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.45% 29.63% 17.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 0
10th Percentile £363 - -
25th Percentile £463 £175 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £225 -
Median % change year-on-year +144.44% - -
75th Percentile - £334 -
90th Percentile £605 £400 -
South West median daily rate £544 £600 £580
% change year-on-year -9.38% +3.49% +10.43%
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 £76.85 £74.44 £65.50
% change year-on-year +3.24% +13.65% +14.55%

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 49 27 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 52.69% 16.56% 24.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 19 27
10th Percentile £371 £175 £310
25th Percentile £423 £331 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £513
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -21.95% +7.89%
75th Percentile £606 £456 £623
90th Percentile £688 £523 £688
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.45% +3.50%
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 £66.50 £67.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.12% +3.46% +6.12%

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 10 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 10 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 +3 6 £459 +31.00% 12
Poole - 4 £550 - 1
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 (27.27%) Confluence
2 1 (9.09%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) AWS
2 6 (54.55%) Serverless
3 4 (36.36%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (27.27%) Amazon S3
5 1 (9.09%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (9.09%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (9.09%) Azure
5 1 (9.09%) Dialogflow
5 1 (9.09%) GCP
5 1 (9.09%) GitHub
5 1 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) CockroachDB
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Database
1 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
2 2 (18.18%) Bitbucket
2 2 (18.18%) GitLab
3 1 (9.09%) Code Climate
3 1 (9.09%) Git
3 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
3 1 (9.09%) SonarQube
General
1 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Backend Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Software Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Python Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Django Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Junior
4 1 (9.09%) Junior Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Junior Oracle Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Python/Django Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Python Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) Node.js
2 1 (9.09%) AngularJS
2 1 (9.09%) Django
2 1 (9.09%) Hugging Face
2 1 (9.09%) Kafka
2 1 (9.09%) React
2 1 (9.09%) REST
2 1 (9.09%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
1 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
1 1 (9.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Unix
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (45.45%) Agile
2 5 (45.45%) Containerisation
2 5 (45.45%) Machine Learning
3 2 (18.18%) API Design
3 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
3 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
3 2 (18.18%) Natural Language Processing
3 2 (18.18%) Operational Stability
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) SDLC
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (9.09%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (9.09%) Pair Programming
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.09%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) Java
2 1 (9.09%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) DV Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) AWS Certification
3 2 (18.18%) AWS Certified Developer
3 2 (18.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Terraform
2 3 (27.27%) Ansible
2 3 (27.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) OpenAI