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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 15 25
Rank change year-on-year -2 +10 -2
Contract jobs citing Python 128 95 118
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 6.65% 9.61% 6.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.90% 36.82% 25.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 64 80
10th Percentile £324 £313 £311
25th Percentile £406 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £445
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% +10.67% -11.00%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £561
90th Percentile £638 £675 £639
England median daily rate £520 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -7.56% +2.27% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 3 10
10th Percentile £34.25 £38.25 £27.43
25th Percentile £46.25 £43.13 £52.19
Median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -16.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £76.25 £54.38 £66.63
90th Percentile £77.50 £54.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £56.63 £47.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +19.23% -9.52% -19.23%

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 389 258 458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 20.21% 26.09% 24.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 137 208
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 £560
90th Percentile £688 £675 £629
England median daily rate £505 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.42% -6.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 58 140
10th Percentile £54.85 £31.64 £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 £76.33 £95.00 £90.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.76%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +13 60 £475 -4.04% 96
Hertfordshire -26 30 £575 -4.17% 30
Bedfordshire +3 17 £625 +13.64% 17
Essex -7 10 £500 +57.23% 48
Suffolk -2 9 £550 +25.71% 19
Norfolk -24 2 £475 - 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 5 (3.91%) OpenStack
2 3 (2.34%) Confluence
3 2 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.56%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.78%) Apache
4 1 (0.78%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (5.47%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (5.47%) Weka
2 6 (4.69%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.78%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.78%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.78%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 48 (37.50%) Azure
2 35 (27.34%) AWS
3 23 (17.97%) GCP
4 19 (14.84%) Power Platform
5 14 (10.94%) GitHub
5 14 (10.94%) Serverless
6 12 (9.38%) Azure AKS
7 11 (8.59%) Azure AI
7 11 (8.59%) PaaS
8 9 (7.03%) Azure Functions
8 9 (7.03%) Copilot Studio
8 9 (7.03%) Microsoft Copilot
9 8 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (6.25%) GitHub Copilot
10 6 (4.69%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (3.91%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (3.91%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (3.13%) Amazon S3
12 4 (3.13%) Route 53
13 3 (2.34%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.59%) DNS
2 7 (5.47%) Network Security
2 7 (5.47%) TCP/IP
3 5 (3.91%) Cisco ISE
3 5 (3.91%) DHCP
3 5 (3.91%) Firewall
3 5 (3.91%) FTP
3 5 (3.91%) HTTP
3 5 (3.91%) SMTP
3 5 (3.91%) SSL
4 3 (2.34%) VPN
4 3 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.56%) ADSL
5 2 (1.56%) Bluetooth
5 2 (1.56%) IPsec
6 1 (0.78%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.78%) Internet
6 1 (0.78%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.78%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.78%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (13.28%) Power BI
2 12 (9.38%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.34%) MySQL
3 3 (2.34%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.56%) MS Access
4 2 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.56%) SAP HANA
4 2 (1.56%) Sybase ASE
5 1 (0.78%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.78%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.78%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.78%) MaxDB
5 1 (0.78%) Parquet
5 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (7.81%) Git
2 7 (5.47%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.91%) GitLab
4 4 (3.13%) JIRA
5 3 (2.34%) JUnit
5 3 (2.34%) Selenium
5 3 (2.34%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.56%) Android Studio
6 2 (1.56%) Appium
6 2 (1.56%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.56%) Postman
6 2 (1.56%) Robot Framework
6 2 (1.56%) Sourcetree
6 2 (1.56%) Xcode
7 1 (0.78%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.78%) JMeter
7 1 (0.78%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.78%) Locust
7 1 (0.78%) MLflow
7 1 (0.78%) Rational DOORS
General
1 42 (32.81%) Social Skills
2 15 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (11.72%) Finance
3 13 (10.16%) Documentation Skills
4 10 (7.81%) Electronics
5 5 (3.91%) Multimedia
5 5 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (3.91%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (3.13%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.34%) Law
8 2 (1.56%) Advertising
8 2 (1.56%) Automotive
8 2 (1.56%) Banking
9 1 (0.78%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.78%) Marketing
9 1 (0.78%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.78%) Retail
9 1 (0.78%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 15 (11.72%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 15 (11.72%) Software Engineer
2 12 (9.38%) Developer
3 11 (8.59%) Senior
4 7 (5.47%) Analyst
5 6 (4.69%) Azure Engineer
5 6 (4.69%) Data Engineer
5 6 (4.69%) DevOps Engineer
5 6 (4.69%) Lead
6 5 (3.91%) SOC Analyst
6 5 (3.91%) Test Engineer
7 4 (3.13%) Audio Engineer
7 4 (3.13%) Data Scientist
7 4 (3.13%) Design Engineer
7 4 (3.13%) Digital Design Engineer
7 4 (3.13%) Java Developer
7 4 (3.13%) Security Engineer
8 3 (2.34%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
8 3 (2.34%) Automation Engineer
8 3 (2.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (18.75%) PyTorch
2 23 (17.97%) TensorFlow
3 19 (14.84%) REST
4 17 (13.28%) RESTful
5 15 (11.72%) scikit-learn
6 13 (10.16%) .NET
7 9 (7.03%) A2A Protocol
7 9 (7.03%) Model Context Protocol
8 8 (6.25%) Semantic Kernel
9 6 (4.69%) Flash
9 6 (4.69%) LDAP
9 6 (4.69%) Node.js
10 5 (3.91%) pytest
10 5 (3.91%) Spring
10 5 (3.91%) Spring Boot
11 4 (3.13%) JSON
11 4 (3.13%) React
12 2 (1.56%) RabbitMQ
12 2 (1.56%) SAP Basis
12 2 (1.56%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.28%) Cloud Native
2 13 (10.16%) Algorithms
3 9 (7.03%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (5.47%) FPGA
5 6 (4.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (4.69%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (4.69%) Management Information System
5 6 (4.69%) VHDL
6 5 (3.91%) CSOC
6 5 (3.91%) Cyberattack
6 5 (3.91%) Grid Computing
6 5 (3.91%) Private Cloud
6 5 (3.91%) Public Cloud
6 5 (3.91%) Robotics
6 5 (3.91%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (3.13%) Augmented Reality
7 4 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (3.13%) PKI
7 4 (3.13%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 23 (17.97%) Linux
2 11 (8.59%) Windows
3 3 (2.34%) Robot Operating System
3 3 (2.34%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.56%) Android
4 2 (1.56%) Unix
4 2 (1.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (37.50%) AI
2 45 (35.16%) Machine Learning
3 40 (31.25%) DevOps
4 34 (26.56%) Software Engineering
5 33 (25.78%) CI/CD
6 30 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (19.53%) Agile
8 24 (18.75%) Analytics
8 24 (18.75%) Test Automation
9 23 (17.97%) LLM
10 22 (17.19%) Prompt Engineering
11 21 (16.41%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
12 19 (14.84%) Data Pipeline
12 19 (14.84%) Data Science
13 18 (14.06%) Business Intelligence
14 14 (10.94%) MLOps
15 13 (10.16%) Data Privacy
15 13 (10.16%) Microservices
16 12 (9.38%) API Development
16 12 (9.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 22 (17.19%) SQL
2 18 (14.06%) C++
3 14 (10.94%) Java
3 14 (10.94%) PowerShell
4 13 (10.16%) C
5 9 (7.03%) Bash
6 8 (6.25%) JavaScript
7 7 (5.47%) C#
8 3 (2.34%) Embedded C
8 3 (2.34%) R
8 3 (2.34%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.56%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.56%) Perl
9 2 (1.56%) Ruby
9 2 (1.56%) SystemVerilog
10 1 (0.78%) Bourne shell
10 1 (0.78%) Go
10 1 (0.78%) PHP
10 1 (0.78%) Tcl
10 1 (0.78%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (17.19%) Security Cleared
2 20 (15.63%) Degree
3 15 (11.72%) SC Cleared
4 11 (8.59%) DV Cleared
5 10 (7.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (7.03%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 4 (3.13%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.34%) ISTQB
8 3 (2.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (1.56%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.78%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.78%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 1 (0.78%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.78%) CCIE
10 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.78%) CISSP
10 1 (0.78%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.78%) PhD
10 1 (0.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.03%) NIST
1 9 (7.03%) QA
2 8 (6.25%) EU AI Act
3 4 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.34%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.56%) ISA99
5 2 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.56%) NCSC
6 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.78%) GDPR
6 1 (0.78%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (16.41%) Docker
2 7 (5.47%) GPFS
2 7 (5.47%) Lustre
2 7 (5.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 4 (3.13%) Firmware
3 4 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (17.19%) Kubernetes
2 11 (8.59%) Ansible
3 9 (7.03%) Terraform
4 4 (3.13%) Puppet
5 3 (2.34%) Grafana
5 3 (2.34%) HAProxy
5 3 (2.34%) Salt
5 3 (2.34%) Stealthwatch
6 2 (1.56%) Kibana
6 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.56%) Rundeck
6 2 (1.56%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.78%) Consul
7 1 (0.78%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.78%) Nagios
7 1 (0.78%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.78%) vRealize
Vendors
1 32 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 19 (14.84%) Foundry
3 16 (12.50%) Google
4 12 (9.38%) OpenAI
5 5 (3.91%) Cisco
5 5 (3.91%) VMware
6 4 (3.13%) Databricks
6 4 (3.13%) SAP
7 3 (2.34%) Checkmarx
7 3 (2.34%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.34%) Infoblox
7 3 (2.34%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.56%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.56%) Citrix
8 2 (1.56%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.56%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.56%) Pega
8 2 (1.56%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.56%) Sybase
8 2 (1.56%) Wyse