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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 20 25
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 -5
Contract jobs citing Python 121 85 115
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 7.21% 7.74% 6.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.47% 31.02% 24.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 52 74
10th Percentile £367 £313 £300
25th Percentile £409 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +8.89% -14.29%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £550
90th Percentile £672 £675 £634
England median daily rate £525 £575 £568
% change year-on-year -8.70% +1.32% -5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 2 13
10th Percentile £35.00 £36.25 £52.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £38.13 £58.75
Median hourly rate £55.50 £42.50 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.59% -37.04% +12.50%
75th Percentile £76.25 £48.13 £77.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £50.75 -
England median hourly rate £51.21 £52.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -2.46% -12.50% -7.69%

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 351 274 469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 20.92% 24.95% 26.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 125 221
10th Percentile £325 £311 £300
25th Percentile £425 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £538 £563
90th Percentile £705 £648 £675
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 47 128
10th Percentile £53.53 £47.00 £52.50
25th Percentile £65.00 £61.38 -
Median hourly rate £68.00 £66.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +1.54% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £79.22
90th Percentile £77.00 £95.00 £90.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -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 28 January 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 28 January 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 28 January 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 +10 58 £475 +1.17% 105
Hertfordshire -4 36 £569 -5.16% 74
Bedfordshire -2 11 £625 +16.28% 48
Essex -3 9 £662 +107.87% 88
Suffolk -3 5 £425 -2.86% 53
Norfolk -22 2 £475 - 48
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 (4.13%) OpenStack
1 5 (4.13%) SAS
2 3 (2.48%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.83%) Apache
3 1 (0.83%) Confluence
3 1 (0.83%) Jupyter
Applications
1 7 (5.79%) Weka
2 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.96%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.83%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 45 (37.19%) Azure
2 37 (30.58%) AWS
3 22 (18.18%) GCP
4 16 (13.22%) Serverless
5 13 (10.74%) GitHub
5 13 (10.74%) Power Platform
6 12 (9.92%) Azure AKS
6 12 (9.92%) PaaS
7 10 (8.26%) GitHub Copilot
8 9 (7.44%) Azure AI
8 9 (7.44%) Azure Functions
8 9 (7.44%) Copilot Studio
8 9 (7.44%) Microsoft Copilot
9 8 (6.61%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (5.79%) Amazon S3
10 7 (5.79%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (5.79%) Snowflake
11 6 (4.96%) dbt
12 5 (4.13%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (3.31%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.09%) DNS
2 7 (5.79%) TCP/IP
3 6 (4.96%) Firewall
3 6 (4.96%) HTTP
3 6 (4.96%) SSL
4 5 (4.13%) DHCP
4 5 (4.13%) FTP
4 5 (4.13%) Network Security
4 5 (4.13%) SMTP
4 5 (4.13%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (3.31%) RS-232
5 4 (3.31%) SpaceWire
5 4 (3.31%) VPN
6 3 (2.48%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (1.65%) 802.11
7 2 (1.65%) Bluetooth
7 2 (1.65%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (1.65%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (1.65%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.65%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.22%) NoSQL
2 13 (10.74%) Power BI
3 3 (2.48%) MySQL
4 2 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.65%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.65%) Snowflake Schema
4 2 (1.65%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.83%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.83%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.83%) GIS
5 1 (0.83%) MS Access
5 1 (0.83%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.83%) Parquet
5 1 (0.83%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (4.96%) Git
1 6 (4.96%) GitLab
2 3 (2.48%) Robot Framework
3 2 (1.65%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.65%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.83%) JIRA
4 1 (0.83%) JMeter
4 1 (0.83%) Locust
4 1 (0.83%) MLflow
4 1 (0.83%) Newman
4 1 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.83%) Selenium
4 1 (0.83%) TestCafe
General
1 43 (35.54%) Social Skills
2 17 (14.05%) Documentation Skills
2 17 (14.05%) Finance
3 13 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (7.44%) Electronics
6 7 (5.79%) Multimedia
7 5 (4.13%) Law
8 4 (3.31%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.65%) Advertising
10 2 (1.65%) Wearables
11 1 (0.83%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.83%) Agrochemical
11 1 (0.83%) Automotive
11 1 (0.83%) Banking
11 1 (0.83%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.83%) Marketing
11 1 (0.83%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (13.22%) Software Engineer
2 14 (11.57%) Senior
3 13 (10.74%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 10 (8.26%) Developer
5 7 (5.79%) Analyst
6 6 (4.96%) DevOps Engineer
7 5 (4.13%) Architect
7 5 (4.13%) Automation Engineer
7 5 (4.13%) Design Engineer
7 5 (4.13%) Digital Design Engineer
7 5 (4.13%) Lead
7 5 (4.13%) Security Engineer
7 5 (4.13%) SOC Analyst
8 4 (3.31%) Audio Engineer
8 4 (3.31%) Consultant
8 4 (3.31%) Data Scientist
8 4 (3.31%) Network Engineer
8 4 (3.31%) Python Engineer
8 4 (3.31%) Snowflake Architect
8 4 (3.31%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (21.49%) PyTorch
2 24 (19.83%) TensorFlow
3 20 (16.53%) RESTful
4 19 (15.70%) REST
5 16 (13.22%) scikit-learn
6 15 (12.40%) .NET
7 10 (8.26%) Semantic Kernel
8 7 (5.79%) Flash
8 7 (5.79%) React
9 6 (4.96%) LDAP
10 5 (4.13%) FastAPI
11 4 (3.31%) pytest
12 3 (2.48%) Pandas
13 2 (1.65%) 802.1X
13 2 (1.65%) gRPC
13 2 (1.65%) JSON
13 2 (1.65%) Node.js
13 2 (1.65%) NumPy
13 2 (1.65%) SOAP
13 2 (1.65%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.40%) Cloud Native
2 12 (9.92%) Algorithms
3 8 (6.61%) FPGA
4 7 (5.79%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (5.79%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (5.79%) Public Cloud
4 7 (5.79%) VHDL
5 6 (4.96%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (4.96%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (4.96%) Management Information System
6 5 (4.13%) Credit Risk
6 5 (4.13%) CSOC
6 5 (4.13%) Cyberattack
6 5 (4.13%) Grid Computing
6 5 (4.13%) Private Cloud
6 5 (4.13%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (3.31%) CAN bus
7 4 (3.31%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.48%) Acoustics
8 3 (2.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (21.49%) Linux
2 16 (13.22%) Windows
3 3 (2.48%) Robot Operating System
3 3 (2.48%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.65%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (37.19%) AI
2 38 (31.40%) Machine Learning
3 34 (28.10%) DevOps
4 32 (26.45%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (26.45%) Software Engineering
5 28 (23.14%) Agile
6 26 (21.49%) CI/CD
7 21 (17.36%) LLM
7 21 (17.36%) Prompt Engineering
7 21 (17.36%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
8 20 (16.53%) Test Automation
9 19 (15.70%) Data Science
10 18 (14.88%) Analytics
11 17 (14.05%) Validation
12 15 (12.40%) Data Pipeline
12 15 (12.40%) Data Privacy
13 13 (10.74%) Business Intelligence
14 12 (9.92%) API Development
14 12 (9.92%) API Management
15 11 (9.09%) Data Collection
Programming Languages
1 25 (20.66%) SQL
2 15 (12.40%) C
3 14 (11.57%) C++
3 14 (11.57%) Java
4 13 (10.74%) Bash
5 11 (9.09%) PowerShell
6 8 (6.61%) JavaScript
7 6 (4.96%) R
8 5 (4.13%) C#
8 5 (4.13%) Shell Script
8 5 (4.13%) Tcl
9 4 (3.31%) VBA
10 2 (1.65%) Perl
10 2 (1.65%) Ruby
10 2 (1.65%) SystemVerilog
11 1 (0.83%) Bicep
11 1 (0.83%) Bourne shell
11 1 (0.83%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.83%) PHP
11 1 (0.83%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (14.88%) Degree
2 11 (9.09%) MCP
3 10 (8.26%) Security Cleared
4 7 (5.79%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (4.13%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.13%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.31%) CCIE
6 4 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.65%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.65%) CCNP
7 2 (1.65%) PhD
8 1 (0.83%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.83%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 1 (0.83%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.83%) CISSP
8 1 (0.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.09%) NIST
2 10 (8.26%) EU AI Act
3 7 (5.79%) QA
4 2 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.83%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.83%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (19.01%) Docker
2 7 (5.79%) GPFS
2 7 (5.79%) Lustre
2 7 (5.79%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 6 (4.96%) Firmware
4 3 (2.48%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.83%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 24 (19.83%) Kubernetes
2 14 (11.57%) Ansible
3 11 (9.09%) Terraform
4 4 (3.31%) Puppet
5 3 (2.48%) HAProxy
5 3 (2.48%) Salt
5 3 (2.48%) Stealthwatch
6 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.65%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.83%) Consul
7 1 (0.83%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.83%) Nagios
7 1 (0.83%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.83%) vRealize
Vendors
1 31 (25.62%) Microsoft
2 19 (15.70%) Foundry
3 13 (10.74%) Google
4 9 (7.44%) OpenAI
5 6 (4.96%) Cisco
6 4 (3.31%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.48%) Infoblox
7 3 (2.48%) StreamSets
7 3 (2.48%) VMware
8 2 (1.65%) Citrix
8 2 (1.65%) Databricks
8 2 (1.65%) Meraki
8 2 (1.65%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.65%) Pega
8 2 (1.65%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.65%) SAP
8 2 (1.65%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.65%) Splunk
8 2 (1.65%) Wyse
9 1 (0.83%) SaltStack