Python Engineer Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Python Engineer
England > East of England

The median Python Engineer daily rate in the East of England is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 81 97
Rank change year-on-year -27 +16 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Python Engineer 2 6 12
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.11% 0.57% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.63% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 8
10th Percentile £464 - £403
25th Percentile £503 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £427 £448
Median % change year-on-year +37.59% -4.58% -0.56%
75th Percentile £653 £485 £497
90th Percentile £681 £560 £589
England median daily rate £540 £675 £638
% change year-on-year -20.00% +5.88% +2.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £64.25
Median hourly rate - - £65.50
75th Percentile - - £66.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £64.00

All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 1,703 959 1,712
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 90.39% 89.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 743 495 879
10th Percentile £188 £225 £225
25th Percentile £325 £350 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% -
75th Percentile £591 £600 £563
90th Percentile £675 £691 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 520 135 470
10th Percentile £13.72 £16.52 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.63 £22.50 £15.51
Median hourly rate £22.68 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.20% +50.00% +50.94%
75th Percentile £64.25 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -12.50%

Python Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Python Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Python Engineer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Python Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

Python Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Python Engineer in the East of England

Python Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Python Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

Python Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 28 February 2026. 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
Cambridgeshire -2 1 £475 +11.24% 2
Essex - 1 £700 -
Python Engineer
England

Python Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 28 February 2026, Python Engineer 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 East of England region featuring Python Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Anthropic Claude
2 1 (50.00%) ChatGPT
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Credit Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Deep Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Google Gemini
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) LLM
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) OpenAI
2 1 (50.00%) Parallel Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Prompt Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) PyTorch
2 1 (50.00%) R

Python Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Anthropic Claude
1 1 (50.00%) ChatGPT
1 1 (50.00%) Google Gemini
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (50.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (50.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Deep Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Parallel Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Prompt Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) R
2 1 (50.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) OpenAI