Python Contracts in Gloucester

Python
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucester 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 15 11 22
Rank change year-on-year -4 +11 -2
Contract jobs citing Python 8 12 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucester 8.79% 14.29% 11.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.77% 31.58% 18.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 10
10th Percentile £457 - £459
25th Percentile £571 £575 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £658 £675 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +17.39% +3.37%
75th Percentile £713 £706 £669
90th Percentile £750 - £675
Gloucestershire median daily rate £615 £600 £550
% change year-on-year +2.50% +9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £65.00 - £78.00

All Programming Languages
Gloucester

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 Gloucester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 26 38 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester 28.57% 45.24% 63.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 29 72
10th Percentile £370 £385 £275
25th Percentile £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £438
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +24.57% -16.67%
75th Percentile £630 £675 £556
90th Percentile £740 £706 £669
Gloucestershire median daily rate £600 £550 £528
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.27% +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £68.00 £72.50 £78.00
% change year-on-year -6.21% -7.05% +115.17%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Gloucester

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Daily rate trend for Python in Gloucester

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucester

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

Daily rate histogram for Python in Gloucester

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Hourly rate trend for Python in Gloucester

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester 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 3 (37.50%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) AWS
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) GitHub
3 2 (25.00%) GCP
3 2 (25.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DHCP
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
1 2 (25.00%) HTTP
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (25.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Git
2 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Data Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (25.00%) Node.js
2 2 (25.00%) React
2 2 (25.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Agile
1 2 (25.00%) API Design
1 2 (25.00%) API Development
1 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (25.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (25.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (25.00%) DevOps
1 2 (25.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (25.00%) SDLC
1 2 (25.00%) Service Management
1 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (12.50%) Desktop Virtualisation
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (25.00%) Bash
2 2 (25.00%) Go
2 2 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Docker
2 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
2 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 4 (50.00%) Terraform
2 2 (25.00%) Ansible
2 2 (25.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft