Python Engineer Contracts in Glasgow

Python Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Python Engineer daily rate in Glasgow is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
4 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 49 73
Rank change year-on-year +1 +24 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Python Engineer 36 31 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 4.54% 3.60% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.76% 3.79% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 13 2
10th Percentile £393 £452 £476
25th Percentile £409 £500 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £575 £598
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -3.85% +24.32%
75th Percentile £550 £650 £674
90th Percentile £560 £717 £720
Scotland median daily rate £456 £563 £450
% change year-on-year -18.89% +25.00% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56.25
Median hourly rate - - £57.50
75th Percentile - - £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate - - £57.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 757 817 860
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.46% 95.00% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 533 637
10th Percentile £308 £253 £313
25th Percentile £378 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £588
90th Percentile £600 £650 £701
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 40 17
10th Percentile £16.75 £12.29 £12.15
25th Percentile £18.88 £15.92 £14.25
Median hourly rate £22.49 £21.13 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% -6.10% -39.89%
75th Percentile £37.06 £44.14 £58.75
90th Percentile £68.07 £63.75 £62.96
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £24.29 £22.13
% change year-on-year -13.79% +9.79% -17.60%

Python Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings that featured Python Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Python Engineer in Glasgow

Python Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Python Engineer in Glasgow

Python Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python Engineer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python Engineer in Glasgow

Python Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Python Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Glasgow region featuring Python Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (100.00%) Python
2 20 (55.56%) Social Skills
3 19 (52.78%) Linux
4 18 (50.00%) Management Information System
5 16 (44.44%) Unix
6 15 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (38.89%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (36.11%) Windows
8 13 (36.11%) Finance
9 12 (33.33%) SQL
10 11 (30.56%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (30.56%) Decision-Making
10 11 (30.56%) Jenkins
11 10 (27.78%) TypeScript
11 10 (27.78%) Agile
11 10 (27.78%) Java
11 10 (27.78%) CI/CD
12 9 (25.00%) JavaScript
12 9 (25.00%) Data Security
12 9 (25.00%) Git
12 9 (25.00%) Kubernetes
13 8 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
13 8 (22.22%) Natural Language Processing
13 8 (22.22%) Machine Learning
13 8 (22.22%) Data Science
13 8 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
13 8 (22.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 8 (22.22%) Experimental Design
13 8 (22.22%) Task Automation
13 8 (22.22%) Windows Server

Python Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (5.56%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 11 (30.56%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (16.67%) AWS
2 6 (16.67%) IaaS
3 5 (13.89%) Azure
4 4 (11.11%) Serverless
5 3 (8.33%) Amazon S3
5 3 (8.33%) OpenShift
6 2 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (5.56%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (5.56%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.78%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.11%) Network Security
1 4 (11.11%) SAN
1 4 (11.11%) VPN
2 3 (8.33%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Big Data
2 1 (2.78%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (2.78%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.78%) DB2
2 1 (2.78%) Hadoop
2 1 (2.78%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.78%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (30.56%) Jenkins
2 9 (25.00%) Git
3 3 (8.33%) Bitbucket
4 2 (5.56%) JIRA
5 1 (2.78%) IntelliJ
5 1 (2.78%) PyCharm
5 1 (2.78%) Visual Studio
5 1 (2.78%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 20 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 13 (36.11%) Finance
3 8 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (22.22%) Banking
3 8 (22.22%) Investment Banking
4 4 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 18 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 14 (38.89%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (19.44%) Virtual Team
4 4 (11.11%) Algorithms
4 4 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (11.11%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (11.11%) Mainframe
5 2 (5.56%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.78%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (52.78%) Linux
2 16 (44.44%) Unix
3 13 (36.11%) Windows
4 8 (22.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (30.56%) Decision-Making
3 10 (27.78%) Agile
3 10 (27.78%) CI/CD
4 9 (25.00%) Data Security
5 8 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
5 8 (22.22%) Community of Practice
5 8 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
5 8 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
5 8 (22.22%) Data Science
5 8 (22.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 8 (22.22%) Experimental Design
5 8 (22.22%) Machine Learning
5 8 (22.22%) Natural Language Processing
5 8 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 8 (22.22%) Statistical Analysis
5 8 (22.22%) Task Automation
6 7 (19.44%) DevOps
6 7 (19.44%) Software Engineering
7 6 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 36 (100.00%) Python
2 12 (33.33%) SQL
3 10 (27.78%) Java
3 10 (27.78%) TypeScript
4 9 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 6 (16.67%) Erlang
5 6 (16.67%) Perl
5 6 (16.67%) Prolog
6 2 (5.56%) C#
7 1 (2.78%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (5.56%) AWS Certification
System Software
1 6 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (11.11%) Docker
3 1 (2.78%) GPFS
Systems Management
1 9 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.33%) NetBackup
2 3 (8.33%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (8.33%) Terraform
3 1 (2.78%) Ansible
3 1 (2.78%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 6 (16.67%) VMware
2 4 (11.11%) Veritas
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.78%) Brocade
4 1 (2.78%) EMC
4 1 (2.78%) IBM
4 1 (2.78%) NetApp
4 1 (2.78%) Sybase
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