Python Contracts in the East of England

Python
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Python skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Python over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 22 22
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Python 104 155 210
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 5.47% 7.34% 8.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.53% 25.88% 26.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 96 131
10th Percentile £300 - £410
25th Percentile £403 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -5.66% +11.58%
75th Percentile £573 £587 £625
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £563 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -6.25% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 15
10th Percentile £44.50 £20.63 £48.09
25th Percentile £54.06 £44.88 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £56.25 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +0.45% +13.13%
75th Percentile £66.38 £71.13 £56.25
90th Percentile £68.10 £74.50 £68.50
England median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £50.85
% change year-on-year -7.69% +27.83% +34.70%

All Programming Languages
East of England

Python is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 424 599 797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 22.30% 28.36% 30.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 344 465
10th Percentile £300 £286 £300
25th Percentile £405 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.53% +3.33%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £556
90th Percentile £639 £684 £631
England median daily rate £540 £568 £550
% change year-on-year -4.85% +3.18% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 103 91
10th Percentile £52.50 £47.50 £26.98
25th Percentile £60.00 £53.75 £47.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.07% +24.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £75.70 £61.25
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +25.00% +16.63%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Python in the East of England

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Python in the East of England

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 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Python in the East of England

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Python in the East of England

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 19 April 2024.

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 19 April 2024. 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
Hertfordshire +12 45 £430 -21.82% 26
Cambridgeshire -13 36 £500 +2.56% 121
Essex -5 9 £275 -37.50% 14
Suffolk +4 5 £625 -10.71% 3
Bedfordshire -6 5 £565 +13.00% 11
Norfolk +9 4 £400 -11.11% 9
Python
England

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (6.73%) Confluence
2 6 (5.77%) Apache
3 5 (4.81%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.88%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.92%) SAS
6 1 (0.96%) CMS
6 1 (0.96%) Luigi
6 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.96%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.92%) Shopify
2 1 (0.96%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.96%) Oracle Utilities
Cloud Services
1 25 (24.04%) AWS
2 15 (14.42%) Azure
3 9 (8.65%) Power Platform
4 8 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (7.69%) Serverless
5 7 (6.73%) AWS Lambda
5 7 (6.73%) Collibra
5 7 (6.73%) GCP
6 6 (5.77%) Amazon S3
7 4 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (3.85%) Amazon EMR
7 4 (3.85%) GitHub
8 3 (2.88%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (2.88%) Amazon SQS
8 3 (2.88%) Azure AKS
8 3 (2.88%) dbt
8 3 (2.88%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 2 (1.92%) BigCommerce
9 2 (1.92%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.46%) Radio Access Network
2 10 (9.62%) 5G
3 7 (6.73%) Wireless
4 6 (5.77%) NAS
5 5 (4.81%) 4G
6 4 (3.85%) Firewall
6 4 (3.85%) Wireshark
7 3 (2.88%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (2.88%) DNS
7 3 (2.88%) Internet
8 2 (1.92%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (1.92%) LAN
8 2 (1.92%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.92%) WAN
9 1 (0.96%) DHCP
9 1 (0.96%) MQTT
9 1 (0.96%) RS-232
9 1 (0.96%) RTMP
9 1 (0.96%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.96%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.65%) Power BI
2 7 (6.73%) Metadata
3 6 (5.77%) Big Data
4 5 (4.81%) Hadoop
4 5 (4.81%) Relational Database
4 5 (4.81%) Tableau
5 4 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.85%) SQL Server
6 3 (2.88%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (2.88%) Looker
6 3 (2.88%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.92%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.92%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.92%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.92%) MySQL
7 2 (1.92%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.96%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.96%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 18 (17.31%) Git
2 14 (13.46%) JIRA
3 7 (6.73%) Mercurial
4 6 (5.77%) Eclipse
4 6 (5.77%) Jenkins
4 6 (5.77%) PyCharm
5 4 (3.85%) gcov
5 4 (3.85%) GDB
5 4 (3.85%) Gradle
5 4 (3.85%) Subversion
6 2 (1.92%) CMake
6 2 (1.92%) GitLab
6 2 (1.92%) Maven
6 2 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.92%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.96%) Gerrit
7 1 (0.96%) MSI
7 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 20 (19.23%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.46%) Multimedia
3 10 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.73%) Pharmaceutical
4 7 (6.73%) Telecoms
5 6 (5.77%) Manufacturing
5 6 (5.77%) Marketing
6 5 (4.81%) Electronics
6 5 (4.81%) Finance
6 5 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.85%) Urdu Language
8 3 (2.88%) Retail
9 2 (1.92%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.92%) Wearables
10 1 (0.96%) Banking
10 1 (0.96%) Games
10 1 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (24.04%) Developer
2 19 (18.27%) Python Developer
3 17 (16.35%) Software Engineer
4 13 (12.50%) Python Engineer
5 12 (11.54%) Analyst
6 11 (10.58%) C++ Developer
7 10 (9.62%) Data Engineer
8 8 (7.69%) Architect
9 7 (6.73%) Data Analyst
10 6 (5.77%) Business Analyst
10 6 (5.77%) C++ Software Engineer
10 6 (5.77%) Python Software Engineer
10 6 (5.77%) RF Engineer
10 6 (5.77%) Senior
11 5 (4.81%) Data Scientist
11 5 (4.81%) Development Engineer
11 5 (4.81%) Test Engineer
12 4 (3.85%) Product Analyst
12 4 (3.85%) RAN Engineer
12 4 (3.85%) Test Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.58%) React
2 10 (9.62%) NumPy
3 9 (8.65%) Pandas
4 8 (7.69%) SciPy
5 4 (3.85%) .NET
5 4 (3.85%) Kafka
6 3 (2.88%) REST
6 3 (2.88%) RESTful
7 2 (1.92%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.92%) GraphQL
7 2 (1.92%) GStreamer
7 2 (1.92%) LDAP
7 2 (1.92%) MFC
7 2 (1.92%) Node.js
7 2 (1.92%) VML
7 2 (1.92%) WinForms
7 2 (1.92%) WPF
8 1 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.96%) PySpark
8 1 (0.96%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.77%) Algorithms
1 6 (5.77%) Data Structures
2 5 (4.81%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.81%) Social Media
3 3 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.88%) Mainframe
4 2 (1.92%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.92%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.92%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.96%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.96%) Digital TV
5 1 (0.96%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.96%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.96%) MPEG
5 1 (0.96%) Robotics
5 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (20.19%) Linux
2 17 (16.35%) Windows
3 5 (4.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (4.81%) Unix
4 4 (3.85%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.88%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.92%) CentOS
7 1 (0.96%) AIX
7 1 (0.96%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.96%) Debian
7 1 (0.96%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.96%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.96%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.96%) Solaris
7 1 (0.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (25.96%) Software Engineering
2 20 (19.23%) Artificial Intelligence
3 19 (18.27%) Computer Science
3 19 (18.27%) Machine Learning
4 16 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (14.42%) CI/CD
5 15 (14.42%) DevOps
6 14 (13.46%) Agile
7 13 (12.50%) Data Modelling
8 12 (11.54%) Data Pipeline
9 10 (9.62%) Data Science
9 10 (9.62%) Test Automation
10 9 (8.65%) Containerisation
10 9 (8.65%) Workflow
11 8 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (7.69%) Code Quality
11 8 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
11 8 (7.69%) Continuous Integration
11 8 (7.69%) Data Governance
11 8 (7.69%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 24 (23.08%) C++
1 24 (23.08%) SQL
2 19 (18.27%) Java
3 18 (17.31%) C#
4 16 (15.38%) JavaScript
5 10 (9.62%) C
6 9 (8.65%) Groovy
6 9 (8.65%) R
7 6 (5.77%) Bash
7 6 (5.77%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.88%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.92%) C++/CLI
9 2 (1.92%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.92%) Scala
10 1 (0.96%) Jython
10 1 (0.96%) Korn
10 1 (0.96%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.96%) PHP
10 1 (0.96%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (21.15%) Degree
2 15 (14.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.81%) AWS Certification
3 5 (4.81%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.85%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.88%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.92%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.92%) RHCE
7 1 (0.96%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.96%) CCNP
7 1 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.96%) Linux+ Certification
7 1 (0.96%) LPIC
7 1 (0.96%) PhD
7 1 (0.96%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.73%) GxP
2 6 (5.77%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.77%) GDPR
2 6 (5.77%) Good Clinical Practice
3 5 (4.81%) QA
System Software
1 8 (7.69%) Docker
2 2 (1.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.92%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 2 (1.92%) LXC
2 2 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.96%) HDFS
3 1 (0.96%) KVM
3 1 (0.96%) NFS
3 1 (0.96%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.96%) Xen
Systems Management
1 12 (11.54%) Terraform
2 10 (9.62%) Kubernetes
3 8 (7.69%) Ansible
4 2 (1.92%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.92%) Proxmox
4 2 (1.92%) Puppet
5 1 (0.96%) Grafana
5 1 (0.96%) Hadoop YARN
5 1 (0.96%) Nagios
Vendors
1 6 (5.77%) Cisco
2 5 (4.81%) SAP
3 4 (3.85%) Klocwork
3 4 (3.85%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.85%) Oracle
3 4 (3.85%) Perforce
3 4 (3.85%) Red Hat
4 3 (2.88%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.88%) Splunk
4 3 (2.88%) VMware
5 2 (1.92%) Adobe
5 2 (1.92%) Apple
5 2 (1.92%) CheckPoint
5 2 (1.92%) Informatica
5 2 (1.92%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.92%) Sitecore
5 2 (1.92%) Sophos
6 1 (0.96%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.96%) Qualys
6 1 (0.96%) Sun