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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 5 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 +5
Contract jobs citing Python 212 148 147
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 26.67% 17.25% 16.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.72% 43.27% 43.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 88 88
10th Percentile £356 £400 £456
25th Percentile £410 £448 £536
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £503 £614
Median % change year-on-year -6.56% -18.04% +22.75%
75th Percentile £550 £623 £676
90th Percentile £575 £706 £747
Scotland median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.44%
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 £59.03
% change year-on-year - -35.62% +25.53%

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 418 342 341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 52.58% 39.86% 38.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 219 227
10th Percentile £303 £362 £410
25th Percentile £404 £413 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £480 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.71% -12.73% +14.35%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £667
90th Percentile £581 £678 £750
Scotland median daily rate £470 £480 £495
% change year-on-year -2.08% -2.93% +4.11%
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 £59.03
% change year-on-year -58.67% -2.59% +25.60%

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 6 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 (4.72%) Confluence
2 7 (3.30%) Jupyter
3 4 (1.89%) SAS
4 2 (0.94%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.94%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.47%) Apache
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.42%) Sketch
3 1 (0.47%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 46 (21.70%) AWS
2 34 (16.04%) Azure
3 27 (12.74%) Cloud Computing
4 18 (8.49%) OpenShift
5 15 (7.08%) Amazon S3
6 14 (6.60%) Serverless
7 11 (5.19%) GitHub
8 10 (4.72%) SaaS
9 7 (3.30%) Cohesity
10 6 (2.83%) IaaS
10 6 (2.83%) Power Platform
11 5 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.89%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (1.89%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.89%) GCP
12 4 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.89%) Snowflake
13 3 (1.42%) Figma
13 3 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.13%) SAN
2 11 (5.19%) NAS
3 4 (1.89%) Network Security
3 4 (1.89%) VPN
4 1 (0.47%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.47%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (17.45%) Relational Database
2 30 (14.15%) MongoDB
3 29 (13.68%) DB2
4 16 (7.55%) KDB
4 16 (7.55%) Kdb+
5 13 (6.13%) RDBMS
6 5 (2.36%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.89%) Power BI
8 3 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.94%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.94%) Big Data
9 2 (0.94%) CockroachDB
9 2 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.94%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.94%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.47%) MySQL
10 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (14.62%) JUnit
2 30 (14.15%) Git
3 27 (12.74%) Jenkins
4 21 (9.91%) JIRA
5 19 (8.96%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.94%) GitLab
6 2 (0.94%) Subversion
7 1 (0.47%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.47%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.47%) PyCharm
7 1 (0.47%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 90 (42.45%) Social Skills
2 84 (39.62%) Finance
3 52 (24.53%) Banking
4 51 (24.06%) Investment Banking
5 47 (22.17%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (8.49%) Front Office
7 6 (2.83%) Financial Institution
7 6 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.42%) Legal
8 3 (1.42%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 96 (45.28%) Developer
2 57 (26.89%) Python Developer
3 37 (17.45%) Python Engineer
4 32 (15.09%) Java Developer
5 23 (10.85%) Senior
6 20 (9.43%) Analyst
7 18 (8.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (7.08%) C++ Developer
8 15 (7.08%) Senior Developer
9 14 (6.60%) Linux Developer
9 14 (6.60%) Senior Python Developer
10 13 (6.13%) Linux Engineer
11 12 (5.66%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
11 12 (5.66%) Platform Engineer
11 12 (5.66%) Senior C++ Developer
12 11 (5.19%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 11 (5.19%) Programmer
12 11 (5.19%) Python Programmer
12 11 (5.19%) Technical Analyst
13 9 (4.25%) JavaScript Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (16.51%) Spring
2 33 (15.57%) Kafka
3 24 (11.32%) JMS
4 8 (3.77%) Spring Boot
5 7 (3.30%) Loki
5 7 (3.30%) React
6 5 (2.36%) Middleware
7 4 (1.89%) FastAPI
7 4 (1.89%) Node.js
7 4 (1.89%) REST
7 4 (1.89%) RESTful
8 3 (1.42%) CSS
8 3 (1.42%) HTML
8 3 (1.42%) pytest
9 2 (0.94%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.94%) CSS3
9 2 (0.94%) Django
9 2 (0.94%) HTML5
9 2 (0.94%) MSMQ
9 2 (0.94%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.09%) Management Information System
2 25 (11.79%) Data Structures
3 23 (10.85%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (10.38%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (9.43%) Equities
6 12 (5.66%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (5.19%) Public Cloud
8 9 (4.25%) Virtual Team
9 7 (3.30%) Equity Derivative
10 6 (2.83%) Cloud Native
11 5 (2.36%) Algorithms
11 5 (2.36%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.89%) Derivative
12 4 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (1.89%) Mainframe
13 3 (1.42%) Credit Risk
14 2 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
14 2 (0.94%) FPGA
14 2 (0.94%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 117 (55.19%) Linux
2 60 (28.30%) Unix
3 54 (25.47%) Windows
4 17 (8.02%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.42%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.94%) Android
7 2 (0.94%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.47%) CentOS
8 1 (0.47%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (32.55%) Problem-Solving
1 69 (32.55%) SDLC
2 57 (26.89%) Agile
3 39 (18.40%) Containerisation
4 36 (16.98%) CI/CD
5 34 (16.04%) Data Science
6 30 (14.15%) Decision-Making
7 26 (12.26%) Data Protection
7 26 (12.26%) Performance Tuning
8 25 (11.79%) Infrastructure as Code
8 25 (11.79%) Multithreading
8 25 (11.79%) OO
8 25 (11.79%) Software Engineering
9 24 (11.32%) DevOps
10 23 (10.85%) Open Source
11 21 (9.91%) Database Tuning
12 19 (8.96%) Capacity Management
12 19 (8.96%) Data Security
12 19 (8.96%) Task Automation
13 18 (8.49%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 61 (28.77%) Java
2 58 (27.36%) SQL
3 33 (15.57%) Perl
4 30 (14.15%) Shell Script
5 21 (9.91%) TypeScript
6 18 (8.49%) C++
7 16 (7.55%) JavaScript
8 8 (3.77%) C#
9 7 (3.30%) R
10 6 (2.83%) Erlang
10 6 (2.83%) PowerShell
10 6 (2.83%) Prolog
11 4 (1.89%) Bash
12 3 (1.42%) VBA
13 2 (0.94%) Groovy
13 2 (0.94%) Tcl
14 1 (0.47%) Go
Qualifications
1 14 (6.60%) AWS Certification
2 12 (5.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 8 (3.77%) AWS Certified Developer
4 7 (3.30%) Degree
5 4 (1.89%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.42%) CISM
6 3 (1.42%) CISSP
6 3 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.42%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.47%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.25%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (1.42%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.94%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.94%) WCAG
4 1 (0.47%) NCSC
4 1 (0.47%) NIST
System Software
1 36 (16.98%) Docker
2 11 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.30%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 3 (1.42%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.94%) GPFS
6 1 (0.47%) Firmware
6 1 (0.47%) NFS
6 1 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 62 (29.25%) Kubernetes
2 29 (13.68%) Terraform
3 18 (8.49%) Ansible
4 13 (6.13%) NetBackup
5 11 (5.19%) Oracle RMAN
6 8 (3.77%) Grafana
6 8 (3.77%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.94%) Podman
7 2 (0.94%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.94%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.94%) Veritas Storage Foundation
8 1 (0.47%) Packer
8 1 (0.47%) Puppet
Vendors
1 30 (14.15%) Sybase
2 22 (10.38%) Veritas
3 14 (6.60%) VMware
4 10 (4.72%) Splunk
5 8 (3.77%) Microsoft
6 6 (2.83%) Oracle
7 5 (2.36%) IBM
8 4 (1.89%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.89%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.42%) Netskope
9 3 (1.42%) Proofpoint
9 3 (1.42%) Qualys
9 3 (1.42%) Symantec
10 2 (0.94%) Brocade
10 2 (0.94%) EMC
10 2 (0.94%) Google
10 2 (0.94%) NetApp
11 1 (0.47%) Adobe
11 1 (0.47%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.47%) Sun