Python Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Python
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Exeter requiring Python skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 5 5
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Python 9 25 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Exeter 11.11% 22.94% 24.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.91% 100.00% 70.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 23 28
10th Percentile - £453 -
25th Percentile £305 £551 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -52.31% +8.33% -10.45%
75th Percentile £315 £680 £671
90th Percentile - £685 £683
Devon median daily rate £310 £646 £600
% change year-on-year -52.03% +7.71% -7.69%

All Programming Languages
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 22 25 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 27.16% 22.94% 35.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 23 40
10th Percentile - £453 £424
25th Percentile £305 £551 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +8.33% -5.51%
75th Percentile £520 £680 £670
90th Percentile £524 £685 £701
Devon median daily rate £425 £643 £550
% change year-on-year -33.85% +16.82% -2.87%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Exeter

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Python.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Python

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Python.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Python

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Exeter 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 2 (22.22%) Oracle Workflow
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) AWS
1 3 (33.33%) GitHub
2 2 (22.22%) AWS Step Functions
2 2 (22.22%) Serverless
3 1 (11.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (11.11%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (11.11%) Amazon S3
3 1 (11.11%) Amazon SQS
3 1 (11.11%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (11.11%) AWS CodeBuild
3 1 (11.11%) AWS CodePipeline
3 1 (11.11%) AWS Fargate
3 1 (11.11%) AWS Lambda
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Database
2 1 (11.11%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (11.11%) DynamoDB
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Military
3 1 (11.11%) Aviation
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (11.11%) Python Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Python Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) AWS CDK
1 2 (22.22%) CSS
1 2 (22.22%) HTML
2 1 (11.11%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Data Integration
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL
1 4 (44.44%) Roadmaps
1 4 (44.44%) SDLC
2 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
3 2 (22.22%) ETL
3 2 (22.22%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (22.22%) Statistics
3 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
3 2 (22.22%) Web Development
3 2 (22.22%) Workflow
4 1 (11.11%) API Development
4 1 (11.11%) Containerisation
4 1 (11.11%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (11.11%) Data Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Front End Development
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 4 (44.44%) Bash
2 4 (44.44%) PowerShell
3 2 (22.22%) Perl
3 2 (22.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
1 2 (22.22%) QA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle