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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 15 38
Rank change year-on-year -6 +23 -17
Contract jobs citing Python 126 94 85
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 5.69% 9.88% 4.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.51% 35.47% 21.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 60 57
10th Percentile £275 £312 £285
25th Percentile £406 £324 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £603 £575
90th Percentile £628 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £573
% change year-on-year -4.55% -3.93% -4.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 6 7
10th Percentile £25.15 £34.88 £42.25
25th Percentile £35.00 £35.37 £53.13
Median hourly rate £55.50 £45.91 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.89% -26.54% +4.17%
75th Percentile £74.00 £54.69 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.50 £55.00 £68.25
England median hourly rate £55.00 £39.66 £62.50
% change year-on-year +38.68% -36.54% -3.85%

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 427 265 400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 19.29% 27.87% 21.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 152 171
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £411 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £479
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% +1.88% -4.20%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £646 £675 £638
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 56 144
10th Percentile £54.41 £31.64 £52.50
25th Percentile £62.97 £55.00 £60.00
Median hourly rate £68.21 £65.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.74% +1.15% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.50 £88.00 £88.53
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +3.17% +0.80% -

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 14 May 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 +15 48 £431 -13.97% 83
Hertfordshire -21 35 £507 -9.87% 32
Bedfordshire +6 17 £575 +2.22% 19
Essex -14 14 £500 +57.23% 39
Suffolk -6 7 £550 +83.33% 18
Norfolk -23 5 £450 - 18
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 3 (2.38%) Confluence
1 3 (2.38%) NetWeaver
2 2 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.79%) Apache
3 1 (0.79%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.79%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.17%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.79%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.79%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.79%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 32 (25.40%) AWS
2 31 (24.60%) Azure
3 15 (11.90%) GCP
4 14 (11.11%) Power Platform
5 11 (8.73%) GitHub
6 10 (7.94%) Serverless
7 7 (5.56%) Azure AI
8 6 (4.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 6 (4.76%) Azure AKS
8 6 (4.76%) Azure Service Bus
9 5 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (3.97%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (3.97%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (3.97%) Copilot Studio
9 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (3.17%) Route 53
11 3 (2.38%) Amazon S3
11 3 (2.38%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (2.38%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.14%) DNS
1 9 (7.14%) Network Security
2 5 (3.97%) Cisco ISE
2 5 (3.97%) FTP
2 5 (3.97%) HTTP
2 5 (3.97%) SMTP
2 5 (3.97%) SSL
3 4 (3.17%) DHCP
3 4 (3.17%) Firewall
3 4 (3.17%) SNMP
3 4 (3.17%) VPN
4 3 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.59%) ADSL
5 2 (1.59%) Bluetooth
5 2 (1.59%) IPsec
5 2 (1.59%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.79%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.79%) InfiniBand
6 1 (0.79%) Internet
6 1 (0.79%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.52%) Power BI
2 7 (5.56%) NoSQL
2 7 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.97%) Metadata
3 5 (3.97%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.17%) MySQL
5 3 (2.38%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (2.38%) InfluxDB
5 3 (2.38%) SAP HANA
5 3 (2.38%) Sybase ASE
6 2 (1.59%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.59%) Data Vault
6 2 (1.59%) MaxDB
6 2 (1.59%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.79%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.79%) Redis
7 1 (0.79%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 20 (15.87%) Git
2 6 (4.76%) GitLab
2 6 (4.76%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.97%) JIRA
3 5 (3.97%) JUnit
3 5 (3.97%) SonarQube
4 3 (2.38%) IntelliJ
5 2 (1.59%) Android Studio
5 2 (1.59%) Appium
5 2 (1.59%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.59%) Postman
5 2 (1.59%) Selenium
5 2 (1.59%) Sourcetree
5 2 (1.59%) Xcode
6 1 (0.79%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.79%) MLflow
6 1 (0.79%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.79%) ScriptRunner
General
1 37 (29.37%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (10.32%) Finance
4 8 (6.35%) Electronics
5 7 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.59%) Advertising
7 2 (1.59%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.59%) Automotive
7 2 (1.59%) Banking
7 2 (1.59%) Law
7 2 (1.59%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.59%) Retail
8 1 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (10.32%) Software Engineer
2 10 (7.94%) Data Engineer
3 9 (7.14%) Python Engineer
4 7 (5.56%) Analyst
4 7 (5.56%) Developer
5 6 (4.76%) Consultant
5 6 (4.76%) JavaScript Engineer
5 6 (4.76%) PowerShell Engineer
5 6 (4.76%) VMware Engineer
6 5 (3.97%) Architect
6 5 (3.97%) Senior
6 5 (3.97%) SOC Analyst
6 5 (3.97%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (3.17%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 4 (3.17%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (3.17%) Java Developer
8 3 (2.38%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
8 3 (2.38%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (2.38%) Data Scientist
8 3 (2.38%) Network Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.32%) REST
2 8 (6.35%) Spring
2 8 (6.35%) Spring Boot
3 7 (5.56%) Node.js
4 6 (4.76%) JSON
4 6 (4.76%) LDAP
4 6 (4.76%) PyTorch
4 6 (4.76%) TensorFlow
5 5 (3.97%) OpenTelemetry
5 5 (3.97%) scikit-learn
6 4 (3.17%) .NET
6 4 (3.17%) eBPF
6 4 (3.17%) RESTful
7 3 (2.38%) Kafka
7 3 (2.38%) SAP Basis
8 2 (1.59%) ADO
8 2 (1.59%) Flask
8 2 (1.59%) Middleware
8 2 (1.59%) OAuth2
8 2 (1.59%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.52%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.35%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (5.56%) CRISPR
3 7 (5.56%) Robotics
4 6 (4.76%) Algorithms
4 6 (4.76%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (3.97%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (3.97%) CSOC
5 5 (3.97%) Cyberattack
5 5 (3.97%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.97%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (3.17%) Acoustics
6 4 (3.17%) FPGA
7 3 (2.38%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (2.38%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (2.38%) PKI
7 3 (2.38%) Virtual Reality
7 3 (2.38%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.59%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 20 (15.87%) Linux
2 9 (7.14%) Windows
3 5 (3.97%) Android
4 4 (3.17%) Unix
5 2 (1.59%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.79%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.79%) VMS
6 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (30.16%) CI/CD
2 36 (28.57%) DevOps
3 26 (20.63%) Software Engineering
4 23 (18.25%) AI
4 23 (18.25%) Analytics
4 23 (18.25%) Data Pipeline
5 21 (16.67%) Machine Learning
6 17 (13.49%) Computer Science
6 17 (13.49%) ETL
6 17 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (11.90%) Test Automation
8 14 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
8 14 (11.11%) Validation
9 13 (10.32%) Agile
9 13 (10.32%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (10.32%) Data Science
10 12 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (8.73%) Data Modelling
11 11 (8.73%) Performance Tuning
11 11 (8.73%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 23 (18.25%) SQL
2 20 (15.87%) PowerShell
3 16 (12.70%) Java
4 14 (11.11%) C++
5 12 (9.52%) Bash
6 10 (7.94%) C
6 10 (7.94%) JavaScript
7 9 (7.14%) C#
7 9 (7.14%) R
8 3 (2.38%) Embedded C
8 3 (2.38%) Go
8 3 (2.38%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (2.38%) MATLAB
8 3 (2.38%) Ruby
9 2 (1.59%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.79%) Groovy
10 1 (0.79%) Perl
10 1 (0.79%) PHP
10 1 (0.79%) SystemVerilog
10 1 (0.79%) VB
Qualifications
1 30 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 24 (19.05%) Degree
3 22 (17.46%) SC Cleared
4 14 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (10.32%) DV Cleared
6 6 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (3.17%) ISTQB
7 4 (3.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.79%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.79%) CCIE
9 1 (0.79%) CCSP
9 1 (0.79%) CISM
9 1 (0.79%) CISSP
9 1 (0.79%) CRISC
9 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.35%) QA
2 5 (3.97%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.97%) GDPR
2 5 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.59%) ISA99
3 2 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (1.59%) NCSC
3 2 (1.59%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.79%) MIL-STD-1553
4 1 (0.79%) NIST
4 1 (0.79%) SLA
4 1 (0.79%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (11.90%) Docker
2 5 (3.97%) Firmware
3 3 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.79%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.79%) GPFS
4 1 (0.79%) Lustre
4 1 (0.79%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 15 (11.90%) Terraform
2 14 (11.11%) Ansible
2 14 (11.11%) Kubernetes
3 9 (7.14%) Grafana
4 6 (4.76%) vRealize
5 5 (3.97%) Prometheus
6 3 (2.38%) HAProxy
6 3 (2.38%) Puppet
6 3 (2.38%) Stealthwatch
7 2 (1.59%) Kibana
7 2 (1.59%) Rundeck
8 1 (0.79%) Consul
8 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.79%) Salt
8 1 (0.79%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 16 (12.70%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.52%) Google
3 9 (7.14%) VMware
4 8 (6.35%) Dynatrace
4 8 (6.35%) OpenAI
5 7 (5.56%) Databricks
5 7 (5.56%) Foundry
6 5 (3.97%) Checkmarx
6 5 (3.97%) Cisco
6 5 (3.97%) SAP
7 4 (3.17%) Cribl.io
7 4 (3.17%) Oracle
7 4 (3.17%) ServiceNow
7 4 (3.17%) Splunk
8 3 (2.38%) Atlassian
8 3 (2.38%) Infoblox
8 3 (2.38%) Sybase
9 2 (1.59%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.59%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.59%) Pega