Python Developer Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Python Developer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Python Developer daily rate in Edinburgh is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 57 77
Rank change year-on-year -7 +20 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Python Developer 4 10 4
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.65% 1.66% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 1.75% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - - £423
25th Percentile £413 - £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £685 £519
Median % change year-on-year -37.96% +32.05% +6.08%
75th Percentile £438 - £583
90th Percentile - - £619
Scotland median daily rate £513 £513 £669
% change year-on-year - -23.36% +33.75%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 563 572 868
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 94.86% 95.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 309 511
10th Percentile £236 £207 £233
25th Percentile £413 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £588 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £640 £638
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £480
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 24 44
10th Percentile £18.44 £20.51 £16.08
25th Percentile £22.00 £21.03 £35.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £23.59 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +143.75% -60.68% +210.88%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.18 £62.50
90th Percentile £81.24 £27.26 £66.70
Scotland median hourly rate £20.50 £22.88 £45.00
% change year-on-year -10.38% -49.17% +153.95%

Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Python Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Python Developer job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Python Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Developer job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Developer job vacancies in Edinburgh

Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 28 January 2026, Python Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Python Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) FastAPI
3 2 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (50.00%) Git
3 2 (50.00%) MCP
3 2 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (50.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (25.00%) AI
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) API Integration
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) B2B
4 1 (25.00%) Confluence
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Flask
4 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
4 1 (25.00%) GitHub
4 1 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (25.00%) GitLab
4 1 (25.00%) JIRA
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Microservices
4 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
4 1 (25.00%) NumPy
4 1 (25.00%) Pandas
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring

Python Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) GitHub
1 1 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (25.00%) GitLab
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Corporate Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) FastAPI
2 1 (25.00%) Flask
2 1 (25.00%) NumPy
2 1 (25.00%) Pandas
2 1 (25.00%) PySpark
2 1 (25.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) API Integration
3 1 (25.00%) B2B
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA