Python Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Python
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 13 27
Rank change year-on-year -6 +14 -7
Contract jobs citing Python 126 99 115
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 6.67% 9.73% 5.98%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.07% 38.37% 24.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 65 77
10th Percentile £337 £315 £308
25th Percentile £406 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £620 £600 £560
90th Percentile £638 £675 £643
England median daily rate £517 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -9.65% +4.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 3 11
10th Percentile £34.25 £38.25 £28.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £43.13 £53.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -16.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £76.25 £54.38 £69.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £54.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £55.25 £52.50 £56.00
% change year-on-year +5.24% -6.25% -13.85%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 381 258 464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 20.17% 25.37% 24.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 137 210
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.32% -1.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £562
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £505 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.42% -6.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 52 141
10th Percentile £55.00 £38.88 £52.50
25th Percentile £65.00 £59.00 £60.00
Median hourly rate £68.21 £66.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.35% +1.54% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £95.00 £90.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Python job vacancy trend in the East of England

Python
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Python.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in the East of England over the 6 months to 13 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Python in the East of England

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Python.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Python

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Python in the East of England over the 6 months to 13 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Python in the East of England

Python
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 within the East of England region over the 6 months to 13 March 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 +8 63 £475 -3.06% 84
Hertfordshire -22 29 £575 -4.17% 35
Bedfordshire +2 17 £625 +13.64% 25
Essex -8 8 £300 -5.66% 57
Suffolk -5 7 £550 +25.71% 19
Norfolk -29 2 £475 - 17
Python
England

Python
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 5 (3.97%) OpenStack
2 3 (2.38%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (2.38%) Confluence
3 2 (1.59%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.79%) Apache
4 1 (0.79%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (5.56%) Weka
2 6 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.79%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 50 (39.68%) Azure
2 35 (27.78%) AWS
3 22 (17.46%) GCP
4 19 (15.08%) Power Platform
5 15 (11.90%) Serverless
6 14 (11.11%) Azure AKS
6 14 (11.11%) GitHub
7 13 (10.32%) PaaS
8 11 (8.73%) Azure AI
8 11 (8.73%) Azure Functions
9 10 (7.94%) GitHub Copilot
10 9 (7.14%) Copilot Studio
10 9 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (6.35%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (3.97%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (3.97%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (3.17%) Amazon S3
13 4 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (3.17%) Route 53
13 4 (3.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.73%) DNS
2 7 (5.56%) TCP/IP
3 5 (3.97%) DHCP
3 5 (3.97%) Firewall
3 5 (3.97%) FTP
3 5 (3.97%) HTTP
3 5 (3.97%) Network Security
3 5 (3.97%) SMTP
3 5 (3.97%) SSL
4 4 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.38%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (1.59%) Bluetooth
6 2 (1.59%) VPN
7 1 (0.79%) 802.11
7 1 (0.79%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.79%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.79%) Internet
7 1 (0.79%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.79%) VoIP
7 1 (0.79%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (13.49%) Power BI
2 12 (9.52%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.38%) MySQL
3 3 (2.38%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.59%) MS Access
4 2 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.59%) SAP HANA
4 2 (1.59%) Sybase ASE
5 1 (0.79%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.79%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.79%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.79%) MaxDB
5 1 (0.79%) Parquet
5 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (6.35%) Git
2 7 (5.56%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.97%) GitLab
4 4 (3.17%) JIRA
5 3 (2.38%) Selenium
6 2 (1.59%) Android Studio
6 2 (1.59%) Appium
6 2 (1.59%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.59%) Postman
6 2 (1.59%) Robot Framework
6 2 (1.59%) Sourcetree
6 2 (1.59%) Xcode
7 1 (0.79%) JMeter
7 1 (0.79%) Locust
7 1 (0.79%) MLflow
7 1 (0.79%) Newman
7 1 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.79%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.79%) TestCafe
General
1 42 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 15 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (10.32%) Documentation Skills
3 13 (10.32%) Finance
4 9 (7.14%) Electronics
5 5 (3.97%) Multimedia
5 5 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (3.97%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (3.17%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.17%) Law
7 2 (1.59%) Advertising
7 2 (1.59%) Banking
8 1 (0.79%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.79%) Marketing
8 1 (0.79%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.79%) Retail
8 1 (0.79%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 16 (12.70%) Software Engineer
2 15 (11.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 12 (9.52%) Senior
4 10 (7.94%) Developer
5 7 (5.56%) Analyst
6 6 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (4.76%) Data Engineer
6 6 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
6 6 (4.76%) Lead
7 5 (3.97%) Data Scientist
7 5 (3.97%) SOC Analyst
7 5 (3.97%) Test Engineer
8 4 (3.17%) Audio Engineer
8 4 (3.17%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (3.17%) Design Engineer
8 4 (3.17%) Digital Design Engineer
9 3 (2.38%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
9 3 (2.38%) Network Manager
9 3 (2.38%) Network Services Manager
9 3 (2.38%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (20.63%) PyTorch
2 25 (19.84%) TensorFlow
3 18 (14.29%) REST
3 18 (14.29%) RESTful
4 15 (11.90%) .NET
4 15 (11.90%) scikit-learn
5 11 (8.73%) A2A Protocol
5 11 (8.73%) Model Context Protocol
6 10 (7.94%) Semantic Kernel
7 6 (4.76%) Flash
7 6 (4.76%) LDAP
8 5 (3.97%) Node.js
8 5 (3.97%) pytest
9 4 (3.17%) React
10 3 (2.38%) JSON
10 3 (2.38%) Spring
10 3 (2.38%) Spring Boot
11 2 (1.59%) RabbitMQ
11 2 (1.59%) SAP Basis
11 2 (1.59%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.08%) Cloud Native
2 14 (11.11%) Algorithms
3 10 (7.94%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (5.56%) FPGA
5 6 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (4.76%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (4.76%) Management Information System
5 6 (4.76%) VHDL
6 5 (3.97%) CSOC
6 5 (3.97%) Cyberattack
6 5 (3.97%) Grid Computing
6 5 (3.97%) Private Cloud
6 5 (3.97%) Public Cloud
6 5 (3.97%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (3.17%) Augmented Reality
7 4 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (3.17%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (3.17%) Robotics
7 4 (3.17%) Virtual Reality
8 3 (2.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 21 (16.67%) Linux
2 11 (8.73%) Windows
3 3 (2.38%) Robot Operating System
3 3 (2.38%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.59%) Android
4 2 (1.59%) Unix
4 2 (1.59%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (38.89%) AI
2 47 (37.30%) Machine Learning
3 38 (30.16%) DevOps
4 36 (28.57%) Software Engineering
5 33 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (24.60%) CI/CD
7 27 (21.43%) Agile
8 26 (20.63%) Test Automation
9 25 (19.84%) LLM
10 24 (19.05%) Analytics
10 24 (19.05%) Prompt Engineering
11 23 (18.25%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
12 21 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
12 21 (16.67%) Data Science
13 18 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
14 15 (11.90%) Data Privacy
15 14 (11.11%) MLOps
15 14 (11.11%) Validation
16 13 (10.32%) Microservices
17 12 (9.52%) API Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (18.25%) SQL
2 18 (14.29%) C++
3 13 (10.32%) C
4 12 (9.52%) Java
4 12 (9.52%) PowerShell
5 9 (7.14%) Bash
6 7 (5.56%) C#
6 7 (5.56%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.38%) Embedded C
7 3 (2.38%) R
7 3 (2.38%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.59%) Perl
8 2 (1.59%) Ruby
8 2 (1.59%) SystemVerilog
9 1 (0.79%) Bicep
9 1 (0.79%) Go
9 1 (0.79%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.79%) PHP
9 1 (0.79%) Tcl
9 1 (0.79%) VB
Qualifications
1 20 (15.87%) Degree
1 20 (15.87%) Security Cleared
2 13 (10.32%) SC Cleared
3 11 (8.73%) DV Cleared
3 11 (8.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 9 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.17%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.38%) ISTQB
6 3 (2.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.59%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.59%) CCIE
7 2 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.79%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.79%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 1 (0.79%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.79%) CCNP
8 1 (0.79%) CISSP
8 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.79%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.73%) NIST
2 10 (7.94%) EU AI Act
3 9 (7.14%) QA
4 3 (2.38%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.79%) GDPR
6 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (16.67%) Docker
2 7 (5.56%) GPFS
2 7 (5.56%) Lustre
2 7 (5.56%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 4 (3.17%) Firmware
4 3 (2.38%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (18.25%) Kubernetes
2 12 (9.52%) Ansible
3 9 (7.14%) Terraform
4 4 (3.17%) Puppet
5 3 (2.38%) Grafana
5 3 (2.38%) HAProxy
5 3 (2.38%) Salt
5 3 (2.38%) Stealthwatch
6 2 (1.59%) Kibana
6 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.59%) Rundeck
6 2 (1.59%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.79%) Consul
7 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.79%) Nagios
7 1 (0.79%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 33 (26.19%) Microsoft
2 21 (16.67%) Foundry
3 15 (11.90%) Google
4 12 (9.52%) OpenAI
5 4 (3.17%) Cisco
5 4 (3.17%) Databricks
5 4 (3.17%) SAP
6 3 (2.38%) Infoblox
6 3 (2.38%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.38%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.59%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.59%) Citrix
7 2 (1.59%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.59%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.59%) Pega
7 2 (1.59%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.59%) Splunk
7 2 (1.59%) Sybase
7 2 (1.59%) VMware
7 2 (1.59%) Wyse