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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 9 33
Rank change year-on-year -15 +24 -10
Contract jobs citing Python 136 137 80
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 6.24% 10.87% 4.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.49% 34.68% 23.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 69 55
10th Percentile £300 £304 £305
25th Percentile £406 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.30%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £581
90th Percentile £588 £675 £650
England median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.86% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 16 6
10th Percentile £23.10 £40.74 £17.99
25th Percentile £26.25 £49.69 £22.19
Median hourly rate £52.50 £54.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +21.91% -20.89%
75th Percentile £55.50 £75.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £72.70 £80.00 -
England median hourly rate £58.50 £51.97 £65.00
% change year-on-year +12.56% -20.05% -

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 446 395 334
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 20.46% 31.35% 20.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 184 152
10th Percentile £350 £308 £310
25th Percentile £413 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% +11.11% -6.88%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £569
90th Percentile £636 £625 £623
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 80 104
10th Percentile £51.25 £31.25 £51.25
25th Percentile £62.50 £52.00 £60.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile £73.46 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £87.55 £83.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +4.00%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 6 August 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
Hertfordshire -15 49 £550 +2.33% 58
Cambridgeshire +6 48 £413 -17.91% 163
Bedfordshire +6 13 £498 -17.08% 8
Essex -22 12 £500 +57.23% 38
Norfolk -5 7 £425 -15.00% 8
Suffolk -11 7 £465 +55.00% 19
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 7 (5.15%) OpenStack
2 5 (3.68%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.21%) NetWeaver
4 2 (1.47%) Apache
5 1 (0.74%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (5.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.21%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.47%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.74%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.74%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.74%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 39 (28.68%) Azure
2 30 (22.06%) AWS
3 15 (11.03%) GitHub
4 14 (10.29%) GCP
5 12 (8.82%) Serverless
6 10 (7.35%) Azure AKS
6 10 (7.35%) Power Platform
7 8 (5.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 7 (5.15%) Azure Service Bus
8 7 (5.15%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (4.41%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (3.68%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (3.68%) Snowflake
11 4 (2.94%) Amazon S3
11 4 (2.94%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (2.94%) Azure Functions
11 4 (2.94%) dbt
12 3 (2.21%) Power Automate
12 3 (2.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.15%) SNMP
1 7 (5.15%) TCP/IP
2 6 (4.41%) DNS
2 6 (4.41%) Firewall
2 6 (4.41%) Network Security
3 4 (2.94%) HTTP
3 4 (2.94%) VPN
3 4 (2.94%) WAN
4 3 (2.21%) 5G
4 3 (2.21%) SSH
5 2 (1.47%) 4G
5 2 (1.47%) ADSL
5 2 (1.47%) BGP
5 2 (1.47%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (1.47%) DHCP
5 2 (1.47%) LAN
5 2 (1.47%) MPLS
5 2 (1.47%) SSL
5 2 (1.47%) TACACS
5 2 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.29%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (8.82%) MySQL
3 11 (8.09%) Relational Database
4 10 (7.35%) Power BI
5 8 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (4.41%) Metadata
6 6 (4.41%) Redis
7 5 (3.68%) InfluxDB
7 5 (3.68%) NoSQL
7 5 (3.68%) SQL Server
8 3 (2.21%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (2.21%) MongoDB
8 3 (2.21%) SAP HANA
8 3 (2.21%) Sybase ASE
9 2 (1.47%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (1.47%) Data Vault
9 2 (1.47%) MaxDB
9 2 (1.47%) Power Query
9 2 (1.47%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 31 (22.79%) Git
2 8 (5.88%) GitLab
3 5 (3.68%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.68%) JIRA
3 5 (3.68%) JUnit
3 5 (3.68%) SonarQube
4 4 (2.94%) Newman
4 4 (2.94%) Postman
5 3 (2.21%) IntelliJ
6 2 (1.47%) Selenium
7 1 (0.74%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.74%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.74%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 28 (20.59%) Social Skills
2 23 (16.91%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (8.09%) Pharmaceutical
4 7 (5.15%) Finance
4 7 (5.15%) Telecoms
5 5 (3.68%) Electronics
6 4 (2.94%) Law
6 4 (2.94%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.21%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.21%) Retail
8 2 (1.47%) Automotive
8 2 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.47%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.74%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 20 (14.71%) Python Engineer
2 18 (13.24%) Data Engineer
3 14 (10.29%) Developer
4 10 (7.35%) Software Engineer
5 7 (5.15%) Senior
5 7 (5.15%) VMware Engineer
6 6 (4.41%) Consultant
6 6 (4.41%) JavaScript Engineer
6 6 (4.41%) PowerShell Engineer
6 6 (4.41%) Python Developer
7 5 (3.68%) Lead
7 5 (3.68%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (2.94%) Architect
9 3 (2.21%) Enterprise Consultant
9 3 (2.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (2.21%) Network Engineer
9 3 (2.21%) Principal Software Engineer
9 3 (2.21%) SAP Support
9 3 (2.21%) Support Engineer
9 3 (2.21%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.82%) REST
2 9 (6.62%) FastAPI
2 9 (6.62%) RESTful
3 8 (5.88%) Pandas
4 7 (5.15%) pytest
5 6 (4.41%) Kafka
5 6 (4.41%) OpenTelemetry
5 6 (4.41%) Spring
5 6 (4.41%) Spring Boot
6 5 (3.68%) eBPF
6 5 (3.68%) Flask
6 5 (3.68%) Hibernate
6 5 (3.68%) Node.js
6 5 (3.68%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (3.68%) SQLAlchemy
7 4 (2.94%) JSON
7 4 (2.94%) OAuth
7 4 (2.94%) XML
7 4 (2.94%) XML Schema
8 3 (2.21%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.56%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.62%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (5.15%) CRISPR
3 7 (5.15%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (4.41%) Algorithms
4 6 (4.41%) Life Science
5 5 (3.68%) Robotics
6 3 (2.21%) Acoustics
6 3 (2.21%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.21%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.21%) FPGA
6 3 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.21%) IoT
6 3 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.21%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (2.21%) PKI
6 3 (2.21%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.21%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.21%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 29 (21.32%) Linux
2 7 (5.15%) Windows
3 5 (3.68%) Unix
4 3 (2.21%) Android
4 3 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (2.21%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.47%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.47%) VMS
6 1 (0.74%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (37.50%) CI/CD
2 37 (27.21%) Data Pipeline
3 34 (25.00%) DevOps
4 30 (22.06%) Validation
5 29 (21.32%) ETL
6 27 (19.85%) Software Engineering
7 21 (15.44%) Data Modelling
7 21 (15.44%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (14.71%) Test Automation
9 19 (13.97%) Agile
9 19 (13.97%) Analytics
9 19 (13.97%) Infrastructure as Code
10 18 (13.24%) Computer Science
11 14 (10.29%) AI
12 13 (9.56%) Event-Driven
12 13 (9.56%) Migration
12 13 (9.56%) Performance Tuning
13 12 (8.82%) Data Engineering
13 12 (8.82%) Data Governance
14 11 (8.09%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 32 (23.53%) SQL
2 20 (14.71%) Bash
2 20 (14.71%) PowerShell
3 17 (12.50%) Java
4 12 (8.82%) C++
5 9 (6.62%) R
6 8 (5.88%) JavaScript
7 7 (5.15%) C
8 5 (3.68%) C#
9 4 (2.94%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (2.94%) Shell Script
10 3 (2.21%) Embedded C
10 3 (2.21%) Go
10 3 (2.21%) MATLAB
10 3 (2.21%) Ruby
11 2 (1.47%) Groovy
12 1 (0.74%) Cypher
12 1 (0.74%) Perl
Qualifications
1 33 (24.26%) Security Cleared
2 27 (19.85%) Degree
3 22 (16.18%) SC Cleared
4 16 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (5.15%) DV Cleared
5 7 (5.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (3.68%) ISTQB
6 5 (3.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.47%) CCIE
8 2 (1.47%) JNCIE
8 2 (1.47%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.47%) PhD
9 1 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.74%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.74%) CCSP
9 1 (0.74%) CISM
9 1 (0.74%) CISSP
9 1 (0.74%) CRISC
9 1 (0.74%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.97%) Data Quality
2 14 (10.29%) QA
3 6 (4.41%) GDPR
4 5 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.47%) ISA99
5 2 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.47%) NCSC
5 2 (1.47%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.74%) MIL-STD-1553
6 1 (0.74%) NIST
6 1 (0.74%) PMO
6 1 (0.74%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (15.44%) Docker
2 5 (3.68%) Firmware
2 5 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.47%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.74%) GPFS
4 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.74%) Lustre
4 1 (0.74%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.74%) Squid
4 1 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (13.97%) Terraform
2 18 (13.24%) Ansible
3 13 (9.56%) Kubernetes
4 10 (7.35%) Grafana
5 8 (5.88%) Prometheus
6 7 (5.15%) vRealize
7 5 (3.68%) Puppet
8 1 (0.74%) Consul
8 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.74%) Packer
8 1 (0.74%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.74%) Salt
8 1 (0.74%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 14 (10.29%) Databricks
2 11 (8.09%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.09%) VMware
3 9 (6.62%) Dynatrace
4 7 (5.15%) Google
5 6 (4.41%) SAP
6 5 (3.68%) Checkmarx
6 5 (3.68%) Cisco
6 5 (3.68%) Cribl.io
6 5 (3.68%) Splunk
7 4 (2.94%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.94%) Oracle
7 4 (2.94%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.21%) Sybase
9 2 (1.47%) F5
9 2 (1.47%) Juniper
9 2 (1.47%) NetApp
9 2 (1.47%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.74%) New Relic
10 1 (0.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud