NumPy Contract Job Trends in England

NumPy
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring NumPy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	577	365	311
Rank change year-on-year	-212	-54	+129
Contract jobs citing NumPy	73	159	223
As % of all contract jobs in England	0.16%	0.56%	0.70%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category	0.73%	2.20%	2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted	50	121	217
10^th Percentile	£331	£413	£563
25^th Percentile	£413	£525	£725
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£620	£750	£800
Median % change year-on-year	-17.33%	-6.25%	+23.08%
75^th Percentile	£728	£875	£888
90^th Percentile	£813	-	-
UK median daily rate	£594	£750	£800
% change year-on-year	-20.77%	-6.25%	+23.08%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

NumPy falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills	10,011	7,231	7,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	21.40%	25.61%	24.83%
Number of daily rates quoted	6,586	4,863	5,163
10^th Percentile	£381	£358	£361
25^th Percentile	£447	£413	£440
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£535	£520	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+2.88%	-5.45%	-
75^th Percentile	£638	£638	£663
90^th Percentile	£738	£738	£788
UK median daily rate	£525	£513	£550
% change year-on-year	+2.44%	-6.82%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	284	172	150
10^th Percentile	£29.07	£31.25	£34.28
25^th Percentile	£52.19	£41.51	£43.00
Median hourly rate	£65.00	£54.00	£65.00
Median % change year-on-year	+20.37%	-16.92%	+11.03%
75^th Percentile	£77.00	£65.00	£70.00
90^th Percentile	£90.70	£71.80	£74.00
UK median hourly rate	£65.00	£51.44	£65.00
% change year-on-year	+26.36%	-20.86%	+10.11%

NumPy Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NumPy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

NumPy Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing NumPy.

NumPy Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NumPy in England over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NumPy in England

NumPy Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing NumPy.

NumPy Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NumPy within the England region over the 6 months to 17 October 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
London	-162	62	£625	-16.67%	99
South East	-68	6	£358	-16.86%	10
Midlands	-41	3	£425	+14.29%	7
East Midlands	-	3	£425	-	7
North of England	-76	2	£650	+25.91%	4
North West	-	2	£650	-	2
NumPy UK

NumPy Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing NumPy also mentioned 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 England region with a requirement for NumPy.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	100.0%	73
2	Pandas	90.4%	66
3	SQL	58.9%	43
4	Analytics	52.1%	38
5	Machine Learning	46.6%	34
6	Data Science	42.5%	31
7	AI	41.1%	30
8	Data Pipeline	38.4%	28
8	FastAPI	38.4%	28
10	Docker	37.0%	27
10	Git	37.0%	27
10	scikit-learn	37.0%	27
13	CI/CD	30.1%	22
14	AWS	27.4%	20
15	Containerisation	26.0%	19
15	Django	26.0%	19
15	Flask	26.0%	19
15	Kubernetes	26.0%	19
15	PySpark	26.0%	19
20	Problem-Solving	24.7%	18
21	Azure	23.3%	17
21	Visualisation	23.3%	17
23	Performance Optimisation	21.9%	16
23	REST	21.9%	16
25	DevOps	20.5%	15
25	LLM	20.5%	15
25	PostgreSQL	20.5%	15
28	Data Analysis	19.2%	14
28	PyTorch	19.2%	14
30	Data Engineering	17.8%	13

NumPy Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Pandas	90.4%	66
2	FastAPI	38.4%	28
3	scikit-learn	37.0%	27
4	Django	26.0%	19
4	Flask	26.0%	19
4	PySpark	26.0%	19
7	REST	21.9%	16
8	PyTorch	19.2%	14
9	TensorFlow	17.8%	13
10	pytest	16.4%	12
11	Kafka	15.1%	11
11	Polars	15.1%	11
11	SciPy	15.1%	11
14	RESTful	9.6%	7
15	OpenAPI	6.8%	5
15	pydantic	6.8%	5
15	RabbitMQ	6.8%	5
15	Swagger	6.8%	5
15	Terraform	6.8%	5
20	Matplotlib	5.5%	4