Python Contracts in Edinburgh

Python
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Python skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Python over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 19 8
Rank change year-on-year +1 -11 +12
Contract jobs citing Python 59 62 202
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 9.50% 7.74% 15.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.80% 31.63% 42.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 47 160
10th Percentile £417 £434 £425
25th Percentile £456 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £500 £499
Median % change year-on-year -4.15% +0.30% -5.05%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £532
90th Percentile £541 £634 £581
Scotland median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - £38.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - -27.62% -
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate - £38.00 £59.03
% change year-on-year - -35.62% +25.53%

All Programming Languages
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 198 196 473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 31.88% 24.47% 36.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 141 372
10th Percentile £400 £400 £406
25th Percentile £425 £420 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £480 £485
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -1.03% +2.11%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £538
90th Percentile £550 £634 £590
Scotland median daily rate £470 £480 £495
% change year-on-year -2.08% -2.93% +4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 4
10th Percentile - £33.20 £42.68
25th Percentile £21.00 £38.00 £48.19
Median hourly rate £23.77 £60.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.71% +15.24% +15.23%
75th Percentile £40.72 £60.75 £57.19
90th Percentile £63.00 - £63.38
Scotland median hourly rate £23.77 £57.50 £59.03
% change year-on-year -58.67% -2.59% +25.60%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Python in Edinburgh

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Python in Edinburgh

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Edinburgh

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Python in Edinburgh

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 3 (5.08%) Apache Spark
2 2 (3.39%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (3.39%) GeoServer
3 1 (1.69%) Apache
3 1 (1.69%) Jupyter
3 1 (1.69%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 39 (66.10%) AWS
2 21 (35.59%) Amazon S3
3 20 (33.90%) Serverless
4 18 (30.51%) AWS Lambda
5 15 (25.42%) AWS CloudFormation
6 13 (22.03%) Azure
7 10 (16.95%) OpenShift
8 9 (15.25%) AWS CodePipeline
9 8 (13.56%) Snowflake
10 7 (11.86%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (10.17%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 5 (8.47%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (8.47%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 5 (8.47%) AWS Fargate
12 5 (8.47%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (8.47%) GCP
13 4 (6.78%) PaaS
13 4 (6.78%) Power Platform
13 4 (6.78%) Route 53
13 4 (6.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.08%) Firewall
2 1 (1.69%) DNS
2 1 (1.69%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (20.34%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (16.95%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (10.17%) Amazon Redshift
3 6 (10.17%) Oracle Database
4 5 (8.47%) MongoDB
5 4 (6.78%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (6.78%) GIS
6 3 (5.08%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (5.08%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (5.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (5.08%) Hadoop
6 3 (5.08%) InfluxDB
6 3 (5.08%) Tableau
7 2 (3.39%) Big Data
7 2 (3.39%) MariaDB
7 2 (3.39%) MySQL
7 2 (3.39%) Power BI
7 2 (3.39%) Power Query
7 2 (3.39%) Redis
8 1 (1.69%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 11 (18.64%) GitLab
2 10 (16.95%) Jenkins
3 7 (11.86%) Git
4 3 (5.08%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.69%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.69%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.69%) ER Studio
5 1 (1.69%) JIRA
5 1 (1.69%) PyCharm
5 1 (1.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (23.73%) Finance
1 14 (23.73%) Public Sector
2 8 (13.56%) Banking
3 7 (11.86%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Tech for Good
5 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.08%) Retail Banking
6 2 (3.39%) Front Office
7 1 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (33.90%) Data Engineer
2 8 (13.56%) Developer
3 7 (11.86%) Senior
4 6 (10.17%) AWS Engineer
4 6 (10.17%) Cloud Engineer
4 6 (10.17%) Software Engineer
5 5 (8.47%) DevOps Engineer
5 5 (8.47%) Platform Engineer
5 5 (8.47%) Snowflake Data Engineer
5 5 (8.47%) Snowflake Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 3 (5.08%) Analyst
7 3 (5.08%) AWS Platform Engineer
7 3 (5.08%) Senior Software Engineer
8 2 (3.39%) AWS Developer
8 2 (3.39%) Data Scientist
8 2 (3.39%) Lead
8 2 (3.39%) Python Engineer
8 2 (3.39%) Software Developer
9 1 (1.69%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (23.73%) AWS CDK
2 8 (13.56%) REST
3 7 (11.86%) PySpark
4 6 (10.17%) .NET
4 6 (10.17%) PostGIS
4 6 (10.17%) React
5 4 (6.78%) AngularJS
5 4 (6.78%) ASP.NET
5 4 (6.78%) Spring
6 2 (3.39%) ARM Templates
6 2 (3.39%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (3.39%) HTML5 Canvas
6 2 (3.39%) JSON
6 2 (3.39%) Pandas
6 2 (3.39%) Spring Boot
6 2 (3.39%) YAML
7 1 (1.69%) Great Expectations
7 1 (1.69%) Loki
7 1 (1.69%) NumPy
7 1 (1.69%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.17%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (8.47%) Cloud Native
3 4 (6.78%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (6.78%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (5.08%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.39%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.69%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.17%) Linux
2 5 (8.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (3.39%) Ubuntu
3 2 (3.39%) Unix
4 1 (1.69%) AIX
4 1 (1.69%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (1.69%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (1.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (40.68%) CI/CD
2 19 (32.20%) Agile
2 19 (32.20%) Data Engineering
3 17 (28.81%) DevOps
4 12 (20.34%) Analytics
4 12 (20.34%) ETL
4 12 (20.34%) Test Automation
5 11 (18.64%) Kanban
6 10 (16.95%) Data Pipeline
6 10 (16.95%) Migration
6 10 (16.95%) Scrum
7 9 (15.25%) Data Transformation
7 9 (15.25%) Decision-Making
8 8 (13.56%) Containerisation
8 8 (13.56%) Data Migration
9 7 (11.86%) Computer Science
9 7 (11.86%) Human-Centred Design
9 7 (11.86%) Inclusive Design
9 7 (11.86%) Microservices
9 7 (11.86%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 29 (49.15%) SQL
2 12 (20.34%) Bash
3 9 (15.25%) TypeScript
4 8 (13.56%) Java
5 6 (10.17%) JavaScript
6 4 (6.78%) C#
6 4 (6.78%) Groovy
6 4 (6.78%) PowerShell
7 3 (5.08%) Perl
8 2 (3.39%) Bicep
8 2 (3.39%) C
8 2 (3.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (3.39%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.69%) Go
9 1 (1.69%) R
9 1 (1.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (11.86%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (11.86%) Degree
2 3 (5.08%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 1 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.69%) CEH
3 1 (1.69%) CISSP
3 1 (1.69%) GCFA
3 1 (1.69%) GCIH
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.69%) OCP
3 1 (1.69%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (1.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.56%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (5.08%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.08%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.69%) GDPR
3 1 (1.69%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.69%) QA
3 1 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (18.64%) Docker
2 1 (1.69%) KVM
2 1 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (23.73%) Kubernetes
2 11 (18.64%) Ansible
2 11 (18.64%) Grafana
3 6 (10.17%) Terraform
4 3 (5.08%) Kibana
4 3 (5.08%) Progress Chef
4 3 (5.08%) Prometheus
5 2 (3.39%) HAProxy
6 1 (1.69%) linkerd
6 1 (1.69%) Nagios
6 1 (1.69%) Puppet
6 1 (1.69%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 9 (15.25%) Oracle
2 3 (5.08%) Red Hat
3 2 (3.39%) Databricks
3 2 (3.39%) Dynatrace
3 2 (3.39%) Google
3 2 (3.39%) IBM
3 2 (3.39%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.69%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.69%) Commvault
4 1 (1.69%) Confluent
4 1 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.69%) ForgeRock
4 1 (1.69%) IDERA
4 1 (1.69%) Imperva
4 1 (1.69%) Informatica
4 1 (1.69%) NetApp
4 1 (1.69%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.69%) Splunk
4 1 (1.69%) StreamSets
4 1 (1.69%) VMware