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 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 18 23
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +1
Contract jobs citing Python 132 77 122
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 6.52% 8.13% 6.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.28% 31.95% 27.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 51 84
10th Percentile £300 £313 £304
25th Percentile £406 £366 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £445
Median % change year-on-year - +12.36% -11.00%
75th Percentile £573 £613 £563
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
England median daily rate £520 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -7.56% +2.27% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 9
10th Percentile £31.77 £39.88 £26.10
25th Percentile £50.50 £47.19 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £53.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.93% -14.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £75.94 £55.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £77.50 - £67.65
England median hourly rate £57.63 £47.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +21.33% -13.64% -15.38%

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 422 241 444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 20.85% 25.45% 23.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 131 202
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £547 £563
90th Percentile £689 £675 £638
England median daily rate £505 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.42% -5.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 60 139
10th Percentile £55.00 £34.66 £52.50
25th Percentile £64.49 £59.00 £60.00
Median hourly rate £68.21 £66.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% +2.69% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.48 £95.00 £90.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.59% +4.58% -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 3 April 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 3 April 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 3 April 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 +17 57 £419 -18.49% 86
Hertfordshire -23 29 £550 - 30
Bedfordshire +5 18 £625 +11.11% 19
Essex -1 12 £500 +57.12% 45
Suffolk -4 9 £550 +49.15% 15
Norfolk -22 7 £475 - 20
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 4 (3.03%) OpenStack
2 2 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.52%) Confluence
2 2 (1.52%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.76%) Apache
3 1 (0.76%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.30%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (3.79%) Weka
4 1 (0.76%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.76%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.76%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 38 (28.79%) Azure
2 35 (26.52%) AWS
3 22 (16.67%) GCP
4 18 (13.64%) Power Platform
5 12 (9.09%) GitHub
5 12 (9.09%) Serverless
6 10 (7.58%) Azure AI
7 8 (6.06%) Copilot Studio
7 8 (6.06%) Microsoft Copilot
8 7 (5.30%) Azure AKS
8 7 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (5.30%) PaaS
9 5 (3.79%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (3.79%) Azure Functions
9 5 (3.79%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (3.79%) Route 53
10 4 (3.03%) Amazon S3
10 4 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (2.27%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.33%) DNS
2 8 (6.06%) Network Security
3 6 (4.55%) TCP/IP
4 5 (3.79%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (3.79%) DHCP
4 5 (3.79%) Firewall
4 5 (3.79%) FTP
4 5 (3.79%) HTTP
4 5 (3.79%) SMTP
4 5 (3.79%) SSL
5 4 (3.03%) VPN
6 3 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.52%) ADSL
7 2 (1.52%) Bluetooth
7 2 (1.52%) IPsec
8 1 (0.76%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.76%) Internet
8 1 (0.76%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.76%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.76%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.12%) Power BI
2 11 (8.33%) NoSQL
3 5 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.79%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (2.27%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (2.27%) Metadata
5 3 (2.27%) MySQL
6 2 (1.52%) Data Vault
6 2 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.52%) SAP HANA
6 2 (1.52%) Sybase ASE
7 1 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.76%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.76%) MaxDB
7 1 (0.76%) MS Access
7 1 (0.76%) Parquet
7 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (12.88%) Git
2 8 (6.06%) Jenkins
3 6 (4.55%) GitLab
4 5 (3.79%) JUnit
4 5 (3.79%) SonarQube
5 4 (3.03%) JIRA
6 3 (2.27%) IntelliJ
6 3 (2.27%) Selenium
7 2 (1.52%) Android Studio
7 2 (1.52%) Appium
7 2 (1.52%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.52%) Postman
7 2 (1.52%) Robot Framework
7 2 (1.52%) Sourcetree
7 2 (1.52%) Xcode
8 1 (0.76%) Locust
8 1 (0.76%) MLflow
8 1 (0.76%) Newman
8 1 (0.76%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.76%) TestCafe
General
1 44 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (12.12%) Finance
3 11 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
4 9 (6.82%) Electronics
5 7 (5.30%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.03%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.27%) Multimedia
9 2 (1.52%) Advertising
9 2 (1.52%) Automotive
9 2 (1.52%) Banking
9 2 (1.52%) Law
10 1 (0.76%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.76%) Marketing
10 1 (0.76%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (10.61%) Software Engineer
2 11 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 11 (8.33%) Developer
3 8 (6.06%) Data Engineer
4 7 (5.30%) Analyst
4 7 (5.30%) Senior
5 6 (4.55%) Lead
6 5 (3.79%) DevOps Engineer
6 5 (3.79%) Python Engineer
6 5 (3.79%) SOC Analyst
6 5 (3.79%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (3.79%) Test Engineer
7 4 (3.03%) Architect
7 4 (3.03%) Audio Engineer
7 4 (3.03%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (3.03%) Java Developer
8 3 (2.27%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
8 3 (2.27%) JavaScript Engineer
8 3 (2.27%) Network Services Manager
8 3 (2.27%) PowerShell Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (14.39%) REST
2 15 (11.36%) PyTorch
2 15 (11.36%) TensorFlow
3 11 (8.33%) scikit-learn
4 10 (7.58%) .NET
4 10 (7.58%) RESTful
5 9 (6.82%) Node.js
6 7 (5.30%) JSON
6 7 (5.30%) Spring
6 7 (5.30%) Spring Boot
7 6 (4.55%) LDAP
8 4 (3.03%) Flash
8 4 (3.03%) pytest
9 3 (2.27%) A2A Protocol
9 3 (2.27%) Kafka
9 3 (2.27%) Model Context Protocol
9 3 (2.27%) Semantic Kernel
10 2 (1.52%) Flask
10 2 (1.52%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (1.52%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.36%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.82%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (6.06%) Algorithms
4 6 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (4.55%) CRISPR
4 6 (4.55%) FPGA
4 6 (4.55%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.55%) Robotics
5 5 (3.79%) Augmented Reality
5 5 (3.79%) CSOC
5 5 (3.79%) Cyberattack
5 5 (3.79%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (3.79%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (3.79%) Virtual Reality
6 4 (3.03%) Acoustics
6 4 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (3.03%) PKI
6 4 (3.03%) Private Cloud
6 4 (3.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (17.42%) Linux
2 11 (8.33%) Windows
3 5 (3.79%) Android
4 3 (2.27%) Robot Operating System
4 3 (2.27%) Unix
4 3 (2.27%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (29.55%) DevOps
2 37 (28.03%) AI
3 35 (26.52%) CI/CD
3 35 (26.52%) Machine Learning
4 30 (22.73%) Software Engineering
5 28 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (18.18%) Analytics
7 21 (15.91%) Agile
7 21 (15.91%) Data Pipeline
7 21 (15.91%) Test Automation
8 17 (12.88%) Business Intelligence
8 17 (12.88%) Validation
9 16 (12.12%) Data Science
9 16 (12.12%) ETL
9 16 (12.12%) LLM
10 15 (11.36%) Prompt Engineering
11 13 (9.85%) Computer Science
11 13 (9.85%) MLOps
11 13 (9.85%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
12 12 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 22 (16.67%) SQL
2 17 (12.88%) PowerShell
3 16 (12.12%) Java
4 13 (9.85%) C++
5 11 (8.33%) C
6 9 (6.82%) Bash
7 8 (6.06%) JavaScript
8 7 (5.30%) C#
8 7 (5.30%) R
9 3 (2.27%) Embedded C
9 3 (2.27%) Go
10 2 (1.52%) Ruby
10 2 (1.52%) SystemVerilog
11 1 (0.76%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.76%) PHP
11 1 (0.76%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.76%) Tcl
11 1 (0.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 23 (17.42%) Security Cleared
2 22 (16.67%) Degree
3 15 (11.36%) SC Cleared
4 11 (8.33%) DV Cleared
5 10 (7.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.27%) ISTQB
6 3 (2.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 3 (2.27%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 3 (2.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (1.52%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.76%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.76%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 1 (0.76%) CCIE
8 1 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.76%) CISSP
8 1 (0.76%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.58%) QA
2 5 (3.79%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.03%) NIST
4 3 (2.27%) EU AI Act
4 3 (2.27%) GDPR
5 2 (1.52%) ISA99
5 2 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.52%) NCSC
5 2 (1.52%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.76%) MIL-STD-1553
6 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (14.39%) Docker
2 6 (4.55%) Firmware
3 5 (3.79%) GPFS
3 5 (3.79%) Lustre
3 5 (3.79%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 4 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (15.15%) Kubernetes
2 11 (8.33%) Terraform
3 10 (7.58%) Ansible
4 4 (3.03%) Grafana
5 3 (2.27%) HAProxy
5 3 (2.27%) Stealthwatch
5 3 (2.27%) vRealize
6 2 (1.52%) Kibana
6 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.52%) Puppet
6 2 (1.52%) Rundeck
6 2 (1.52%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.76%) Nagios
7 1 (0.76%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.76%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.76%) Salt
Vendors
1 26 (19.70%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.88%) Google
3 13 (9.85%) Foundry
4 11 (8.33%) OpenAI
5 7 (5.30%) VMware
6 6 (4.55%) Databricks
7 5 (3.79%) Checkmarx
7 5 (3.79%) Cisco
8 4 (3.03%) SAP
8 4 (3.03%) ServiceNow
9 3 (2.27%) Dynatrace
9 3 (2.27%) Fortinet
9 3 (2.27%) Infoblox
9 3 (2.27%) Oracle
10 2 (1.52%) Atlassian
10 2 (1.52%) Citrix
10 2 (1.52%) Pega
10 2 (1.52%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.52%) Sybase
10 2 (1.52%) Wyse