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 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 9 36
Rank change year-on-year -13 +27 -19
Contract jobs citing Python 130 129 89
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 5.79% 11.68% 4.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.95% 35.44% 21.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 74 56
10th Percentile £300 £305 £334
25th Percentile £406 £367 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% +0.25% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £583
90th Percentile £610 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 9
10th Percentile £26.25 £34.93 £26.20
25th Percentile £42.69 £36.11 £51.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £53.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -6.96% -11.54%
75th Percentile £70.75 £55.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £61.00 £67.25
England median hourly rate £55.25 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.50% -23.08% -0.38%

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 449 364 419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 19.99% 32.97% 21.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 196 174
10th Percentile £334 £306 £325
25th Percentile £413 £406 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -1.55%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £639 £638 £634
England median daily rate £519 £521 £543
% change year-on-year -0.29% -4.06% -2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 61 147
10th Percentile £55.88 £31.64 £52.50
25th Percentile £62.97 £55.00 £60.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.63 £88.00 £85.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +14.54% -12.69% +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 2 July 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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +9 46 £413 -17.91% 112
Hertfordshire -19 41 £550 - 42
Essex -17 16 £500 +57.01% 36
Bedfordshire 0 15 £538 -10.42% 13
Suffolk -10 6 £550 +83.33% 12
Norfolk -14 6 £425 -15.00% 9
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 (3.08%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (2.31%) Confluence
2 3 (2.31%) NetWeaver
2 3 (2.31%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.77%) Apache
3 1 (0.77%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.31%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.77%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.77%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.77%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.77%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 39 (30.00%) Azure
2 32 (24.62%) AWS
3 15 (11.54%) GitHub
4 13 (10.00%) GCP
4 13 (10.00%) Serverless
5 11 (8.46%) Azure AKS
5 11 (8.46%) Power Platform
6 8 (6.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 8 (6.15%) Azure Service Bus
7 6 (4.62%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.85%) Azure Functions
9 4 (3.08%) Amazon S3
9 4 (3.08%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (3.08%) dbt
9 4 (3.08%) Route 53
9 4 (3.08%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.62%) SNMP
2 5 (3.85%) Cisco ISE
2 5 (3.85%) DNS
2 5 (3.85%) Firewall
2 5 (3.85%) Network Security
3 4 (3.08%) DHCP
3 4 (3.08%) VPN
4 3 (2.31%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.31%) WAN
4 3 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.54%) ADSL
5 2 (1.54%) Bluetooth
5 2 (1.54%) IPsec
5 2 (1.54%) SSL
6 1 (0.77%) BGP
6 1 (0.77%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.77%) HTTP
6 1 (0.77%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.77%) LAN
6 1 (0.77%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.92%) PostgreSQL
1 9 (6.92%) Power BI
2 5 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (3.85%) Metadata
2 5 (3.85%) MySQL
2 5 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.08%) InfluxDB
3 4 (3.08%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.31%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (2.31%) Redis
4 3 (2.31%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.31%) SAP HANA
4 3 (2.31%) Sybase ASE
5 2 (1.54%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.54%) Data Vault
5 2 (1.54%) MaxDB
5 2 (1.54%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.77%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 22 (16.92%) Git
2 7 (5.38%) Jenkins
3 6 (4.62%) GitLab
3 6 (4.62%) JIRA
4 5 (3.85%) JUnit
4 5 (3.85%) Postman
4 5 (3.85%) SonarQube
5 3 (2.31%) IntelliJ
5 3 (2.31%) Newman
6 2 (1.54%) Android Studio
6 2 (1.54%) Appium
6 2 (1.54%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.54%) Selenium
6 2 (1.54%) Sourcetree
6 2 (1.54%) Xcode
7 1 (0.77%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.77%) MLflow
7 1 (0.77%) ScriptRunner
General
1 30 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 13 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (7.69%) Finance
4 8 (6.15%) Electronics
4 8 (6.15%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (2.31%) Retail
6 2 (1.54%) Advertising
6 2 (1.54%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.54%) Automotive
6 2 (1.54%) Banking
7 1 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.77%) Law
7 1 (0.77%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.77%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (13.85%) Python Engineer
2 14 (10.77%) Data Engineer
3 11 (8.46%) Software Engineer
4 8 (6.15%) Developer
5 7 (5.38%) Consultant
5 7 (5.38%) Senior
6 6 (4.62%) JavaScript Engineer
6 6 (4.62%) PowerShell Engineer
6 6 (4.62%) VMware Engineer
7 5 (3.85%) Lead
7 5 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (3.08%) Architect
8 4 (3.08%) Java Developer
9 3 (2.31%) Enterprise Consultant
9 3 (2.31%) Network Manager
9 3 (2.31%) Principal Software Engineer
9 3 (2.31%) Python Developer
9 3 (2.31%) Security Engineer
9 3 (2.31%) Service Manager
9 3 (2.31%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.23%) REST
2 8 (6.15%) Spring
2 8 (6.15%) Spring Boot
3 7 (5.38%) Node.js
4 6 (4.62%) JSON
4 6 (4.62%) OpenTelemetry
5 5 (3.85%) eBPF
5 5 (3.85%) pytest
6 4 (3.08%) FastAPI
6 4 (3.08%) Kafka
6 4 (3.08%) OAuth
6 4 (3.08%) Pandas
6 4 (3.08%) RESTful
7 3 (2.31%) .NET
7 3 (2.31%) Django
7 3 (2.31%) JWT
7 3 (2.31%) PyTorch
7 3 (2.31%) SAP Basis
7 3 (2.31%) XML
7 3 (2.31%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.54%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.15%) CRISPR
3 7 (5.38%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (4.62%) Algorithms
4 6 (4.62%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (3.85%) Robotics
6 4 (3.08%) FPGA
7 3 (2.31%) Acoustics
7 3 (2.31%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.31%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.31%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (2.31%) PKI
7 3 (2.31%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.31%) Virtual Reality
7 3 (2.31%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.54%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.54%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 24 (18.46%) Linux
2 10 (7.69%) Windows
3 5 (3.85%) Android
3 5 (3.85%) Unix
4 3 (2.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.54%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.54%) VMS
5 2 (1.54%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.77%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (33.85%) CI/CD
2 33 (25.38%) DevOps
3 29 (22.31%) Data Pipeline
4 26 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 20 (15.38%) ETL
5 20 (15.38%) Test Automation
6 19 (14.62%) AI
7 18 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (13.85%) Validation
8 17 (13.08%) Agile
8 17 (13.08%) Analytics
8 17 (13.08%) Infrastructure as Code
9 14 (10.77%) Computer Science
9 14 (10.77%) Machine Learning
10 13 (10.00%) Performance Tuning
11 12 (9.23%) Data Modelling
12 11 (8.46%) Data Science
13 10 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
13 10 (7.69%) Data Governance
13 10 (7.69%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 24 (18.46%) SQL
2 18 (13.85%) PowerShell
3 17 (13.08%) Java
4 15 (11.54%) Bash
5 13 (10.00%) C++
6 10 (7.69%) C
6 10 (7.69%) JavaScript
6 10 (7.69%) R
7 6 (4.62%) C#
8 4 (3.08%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (2.31%) Embedded C
9 3 (2.31%) Go
9 3 (2.31%) MATLAB
9 3 (2.31%) Ruby
10 2 (1.54%) Groovy
10 2 (1.54%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.77%) Cypher
11 1 (0.77%) Perl
11 1 (0.77%) SystemVerilog
11 1 (0.77%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (22.31%) Security Cleared
2 22 (16.92%) Degree
3 18 (13.85%) SC Cleared
4 13 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (6.15%) DV Cleared
6 7 (5.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (3.85%) ISTQB
7 5 (3.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.77%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.77%) CCIE
9 1 (0.77%) CCSP
9 1 (0.77%) CISM
9 1 (0.77%) CISSP
9 1 (0.77%) CRISC
9 1 (0.77%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.77%) JNCIE
9 1 (0.77%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.77%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.92%) QA
3 5 (3.85%) GDPR
3 5 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.54%) ISA99
4 2 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (1.54%) NCSC
4 2 (1.54%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.77%) MIL-STD-1553
5 1 (0.77%) NIST
5 1 (0.77%) SLA
5 1 (0.77%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (13.08%) Docker
2 5 (3.85%) Firmware
3 4 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.54%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.77%) GPFS
5 1 (0.77%) Lustre
5 1 (0.77%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.77%) Squid
5 1 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (13.85%) Ansible
1 18 (13.85%) Terraform
2 16 (12.31%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.69%) Grafana
4 7 (5.38%) vRealize
5 6 (4.62%) Prometheus
6 4 (3.08%) Puppet
7 3 (2.31%) HAProxy
7 3 (2.31%) Stealthwatch
8 2 (1.54%) Kibana
8 2 (1.54%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.77%) Consul
9 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.77%) Packer
9 1 (0.77%) Salt
9 1 (0.77%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 14 (10.77%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.69%) Databricks
2 10 (7.69%) VMware
3 9 (6.92%) Dynatrace
3 9 (6.92%) Google
4 6 (4.62%) Cisco
5 5 (3.85%) Checkmarx
5 5 (3.85%) Cribl.io
5 5 (3.85%) OpenAI
5 5 (3.85%) SAP
5 5 (3.85%) Splunk
6 4 (3.08%) Foundry
6 4 (3.08%) Oracle
7 3 (2.31%) Atlassian
7 3 (2.31%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.31%) Infoblox
7 3 (2.31%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.31%) Sybase
8 1 (0.77%) New Relic
8 1 (0.77%) PagerDuty