Python Contracts in Essex

Python
East of England > Essex

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 20 23
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 0
Contract jobs citing Python 5 18 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 2.37% 7.29% 9.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.75% 20.69% 25.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 27
10th Percentile - £206 £430
25th Percentile £263 £235 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £450 £586
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% -23.21% +20.82%
75th Percentile £288 £500 £630
90th Percentile - £583 £631
East of England median daily rate £450 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -10.00% -13.04% +19.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £19.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £62.50 £51.25 £56.00
% change year-on-year +21.95% -8.48% +12.00%

All Programming Languages
Essex

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 Essex with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 87 87 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 41.23% 35.22% 38.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 49 100
10th Percentile £265 £220 £274
25th Percentile £421 £259 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £500 £489
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% +2.25% +5.16%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £595
90th Percentile £600 £590 £631
East of England median daily rate £485 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -3.00% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 14
10th Percentile £52.50 £20.25 £26.98
25th Percentile £53.06 £22.50 £47.50
Median hourly rate £64.75 £65.50 £66.56
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% -1.59% +33.12%
75th Percentile £80.00 £76.00 £76.64
90th Percentile - £78.10 £77.22
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year - +16.07% +31.76%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Essex

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Python in Essex

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Python in Essex

Python
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Essex region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Harlow - 4 £275 - 2
Brentwood - 1 - - 2
Python
East of England

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) RTMP
1 1 (20.00%) RTP
1 1 (20.00%) RTSP
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) CMake
1 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 4 (80.00%) Urdu Language
2 1 (20.00%) Multimedia
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Python Developer
3 1 (20.00%) C Developer
3 1 (20.00%) C/C++ Developer
3 1 (20.00%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) FFmpeg
1 1 (20.00%) GStreamer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Unix
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree