Python Contracts in Glasgow

Python
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 5 8
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +5
Contract jobs citing Python 209 152 149
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 26.19% 17.33% 16.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.24% 43.06% 43.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 91 89
10th Percentile £355 £400 £456
25th Percentile £410 £452 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £506 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% -15.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £550 £623 £676
90th Percentile £575 £700 £746
Scotland median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56.25
Median hourly rate - - £60.55
75th Percentile - - £66.56
90th Percentile - - £67.88
Scotland median hourly rate - £38.00 £60.55
% change year-on-year - -37.24% +28.77%

All Programming Languages
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 416 353 345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 52.13% 40.25% 37.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 225 232
10th Percentile £313 £367 £410
25th Percentile £400 £413 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% -11.36% +14.46%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £675
90th Percentile £581 £691 £750
Scotland median daily rate £470 £484 £493
% change year-on-year -2.79% -1.98% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 6
10th Percentile - £51.88 £51.99
25th Percentile - £52.50 £56.25
Median hourly rate - £57.50 £59.03
Median % change year-on-year - -2.58% +31.17%
75th Percentile - £62.50 £65.06
90th Percentile - - £67.66
Scotland median hourly rate £23.77 £57.50 £59.79
% change year-on-year -58.67% -3.83% +27.21%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Glasgow

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Python in Glasgow

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Glasgow

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Python in Glasgow

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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 10 (4.78%) Confluence
2 7 (3.35%) Jupyter
3 4 (1.91%) SAS
4 2 (0.96%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.96%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.48%) Apache
5 1 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.44%) Sketch
3 1 (0.48%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 47 (22.49%) AWS
2 34 (16.27%) Azure
3 26 (12.44%) Cloud Computing
4 18 (8.61%) OpenShift
5 16 (7.66%) Amazon S3
6 15 (7.18%) Serverless
7 11 (5.26%) GitHub
8 10 (4.78%) SaaS
9 7 (3.35%) Cohesity
10 6 (2.87%) Power Platform
11 5 (2.39%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (2.39%) IaaS
12 4 (1.91%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (1.91%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (1.91%) GCP
12 4 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.91%) Snowflake
13 3 (1.44%) Figma
13 3 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.22%) SAN
2 11 (5.26%) NAS
3 4 (1.91%) Network Security
3 4 (1.91%) VPN
4 1 (0.48%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.48%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (17.22%) Relational Database
2 29 (13.88%) MongoDB
3 28 (13.40%) DB2
4 15 (7.18%) KDB
4 15 (7.18%) Kdb+
5 13 (6.22%) RDBMS
6 5 (2.39%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.91%) Power BI
8 3 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.96%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.96%) Big Data
9 2 (0.96%) CockroachDB
9 2 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.96%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.96%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.48%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.48%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.48%) MySQL
10 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (14.35%) JUnit
2 29 (13.88%) Git
3 26 (12.44%) Jenkins
4 21 (10.05%) JIRA
5 19 (9.09%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.96%) GitLab
6 2 (0.96%) Subversion
7 1 (0.48%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.48%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.48%) PyCharm
7 1 (0.48%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 87 (41.63%) Social Skills
2 82 (39.23%) Finance
3 50 (23.92%) Banking
4 49 (23.44%) Investment Banking
5 47 (22.49%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (8.13%) Front Office
7 6 (2.87%) Financial Institution
7 6 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.44%) Legal
8 3 (1.44%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 94 (44.98%) Developer
2 56 (26.79%) Python Developer
3 35 (16.75%) Python Engineer
4 31 (14.83%) Java Developer
5 22 (10.53%) Senior
6 20 (9.57%) Analyst
7 18 (8.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (6.70%) C++ Developer
8 14 (6.70%) Senior Developer
9 13 (6.22%) Linux Developer
9 13 (6.22%) Senior Python Developer
10 12 (5.74%) Linux Engineer
11 11 (5.26%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
11 11 (5.26%) Platform Engineer
11 11 (5.26%) Programmer
11 11 (5.26%) Python Programmer
11 11 (5.26%) Senior C++ Developer
11 11 (5.26%) Technical Analyst
12 10 (4.78%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 8 (3.83%) Investment Banking Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (16.27%) Spring
2 32 (15.31%) Kafka
3 23 (11.00%) JMS
4 8 (3.83%) Spring Boot
5 7 (3.35%) Loki
5 7 (3.35%) React
6 5 (2.39%) Middleware
7 4 (1.91%) FastAPI
7 4 (1.91%) Node.js
7 4 (1.91%) REST
7 4 (1.91%) RESTful
8 3 (1.44%) CSS
8 3 (1.44%) HTML
8 3 (1.44%) pytest
9 2 (0.96%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.96%) CSS3
9 2 (0.96%) Django
9 2 (0.96%) HTML5
9 2 (0.96%) MSMQ
9 2 (0.96%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.35%) Management Information System
2 24 (11.48%) Data Structures
3 21 (10.05%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (10.05%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (9.09%) Equities
5 12 (5.74%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (5.26%) Public Cloud
7 8 (3.83%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.87%) Cloud Native
8 6 (2.87%) Equity Derivative
9 5 (2.39%) Algorithms
9 5 (2.39%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.91%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.91%) Mainframe
11 3 (1.44%) Credit Risk
11 3 (1.44%) Derivative
12 2 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.96%) FPGA
12 2 (0.96%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 114 (54.55%) Linux
2 59 (28.23%) Unix
3 53 (25.36%) Windows
4 17 (8.13%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.44%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.96%) Android
7 2 (0.96%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.48%) CentOS
8 1 (0.48%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (32.54%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (32.06%) SDLC
3 55 (26.32%) Agile
4 38 (18.18%) Containerisation
5 36 (17.22%) CI/CD
6 32 (15.31%) Data Science
7 29 (13.88%) Decision-Making
8 26 (12.44%) Data Protection
9 25 (11.96%) Infrastructure as Code
9 25 (11.96%) OO
9 25 (11.96%) Performance Tuning
9 25 (11.96%) Software Engineering
10 24 (11.48%) DevOps
10 24 (11.48%) Multithreading
11 22 (10.53%) Open Source
12 20 (9.57%) Database Tuning
13 19 (9.09%) Capacity Management
14 18 (8.61%) Data Security
14 18 (8.61%) Task Automation
15 17 (8.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 59 (28.23%) Java
2 56 (26.79%) SQL
3 32 (15.31%) Perl
4 29 (13.88%) Shell Script
5 20 (9.57%) TypeScript
6 17 (8.13%) C++
7 16 (7.66%) JavaScript
8 8 (3.83%) C#
9 7 (3.35%) R
10 6 (2.87%) PowerShell
11 5 (2.39%) Erlang
11 5 (2.39%) Prolog
12 4 (1.91%) Bash
13 3 (1.44%) VBA
14 2 (0.96%) Groovy
14 2 (0.96%) Tcl
15 1 (0.48%) Go
Qualifications
1 15 (7.18%) AWS Certification
2 12 (5.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 8 (3.83%) AWS Certified Developer
4 7 (3.35%) Degree
5 4 (1.91%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.44%) CISM
6 3 (1.44%) CISSP
6 3 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.44%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.48%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.31%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (1.44%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.96%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.96%) WCAG
4 1 (0.48%) NCSC
4 1 (0.48%) NIST
System Software
1 35 (16.75%) Docker
2 10 (4.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.35%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 3 (1.44%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.96%) GPFS
6 1 (0.48%) Firmware
6 1 (0.48%) NFS
6 1 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 61 (29.19%) Kubernetes
2 29 (13.88%) Terraform
3 18 (8.61%) Ansible
4 13 (6.22%) NetBackup
5 11 (5.26%) Oracle RMAN
6 8 (3.83%) Grafana
6 8 (3.83%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.96%) Podman
7 2 (0.96%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.96%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.96%) Veritas Storage Foundation
8 1 (0.48%) Packer
8 1 (0.48%) Puppet
Vendors
1 29 (13.88%) Sybase
2 22 (10.53%) Veritas
3 13 (6.22%) VMware
4 10 (4.78%) Splunk
5 8 (3.83%) Microsoft
6 6 (2.87%) Oracle
7 5 (2.39%) IBM
8 4 (1.91%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.91%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.44%) Netskope
9 3 (1.44%) Proofpoint
9 3 (1.44%) Qualys
9 3 (1.44%) Symantec
10 2 (0.96%) Brocade
10 2 (0.96%) EMC
10 2 (0.96%) Google
10 2 (0.96%) NetApp
11 1 (0.48%) Adobe
11 1 (0.48%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.48%) Sun