Python Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Python
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 19 5
Rank change year-on-year +6 -14 +2
Contract jobs citing Python 37 18 78
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 9.00% 6.59% 17.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 53.62% 29.51% 46.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 14 46
10th Percentile £490 - £488
25th Percentile £535 £184 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% -2.08%
75th Percentile £613 £614 £638
90th Percentile £750 £663 £688
South West median daily rate £515 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -1.90% -8.70% +6.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £36.43 - -
25th Percentile £36.69 - -
Median hourly rate £37.75 £36.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.86% -48.57% -10.26%
75th Percentile £38.56 - -
90th Percentile £38.68 - -
South West median hourly rate £73.50 £82.96 £70.00
% change year-on-year -11.40% +18.51% +3.24%

All Programming Languages
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 69 61 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 16.79% 22.34% 37.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 37 100
10th Percentile £368 £184 £425
25th Percentile £506 £406 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £628 £619 £625
90th Percentile £733 £726 £677
South West median daily rate £525 £475 £528
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.95% +2.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 8
10th Percentile £37.13 £49.60 -
25th Percentile £42.88 £70.00 £30.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £75.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +7.14% -10.26%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £76.50 -
South West median hourly rate £67.00 £68.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -1.47% -2.86% +7.69%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Python relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Python job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Gloucestershire

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Python

Python
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 21 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheltenham +2 22 £550 -6.38% 22
Gloucester +4 8 £600 +26.32% 29
Filton - 2 - - 2
Python
South West

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.41%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 15 (40.54%) Azure
2 12 (32.43%) AWS
3 6 (16.22%) GCP
3 6 (16.22%) GitHub
4 4 (10.81%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (10.81%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (8.11%) Azure Key Vault
5 3 (8.11%) Serverless
6 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (2.70%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.70%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (2.70%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.70%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (8.11%) Redis
2 2 (5.41%) Power BI
3 1 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (2.70%) Power Query
3 1 (2.70%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (2.70%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (27.03%) GitLab
2 7 (18.92%) Jenkins
3 4 (10.81%) Git
General
1 2 (5.41%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
2 1 (2.70%) Aviation
2 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (2.70%) Finance
2 1 (2.70%) Legal
2 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (29.73%) Developer
2 9 (24.32%) Software Engineer
3 8 (21.62%) DevOps Engineer
4 7 (18.92%) Software Developer
5 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Backend Developer
6 3 (8.11%) Data Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Python Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Open Source Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Android Developer
8 1 (2.70%) Android Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Android Software Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Applications Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Implementation Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Infrastructure Technician
8 1 (2.70%) IT Technician
8 1 (2.70%) Lead DevOps Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Linux Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (32.43%) Terraform
2 5 (13.51%) REST
3 4 (10.81%) FastAPI
3 4 (10.81%) Spring
3 4 (10.81%) Spring Boot
4 3 (8.11%) Flask
4 3 (8.11%) GraphQL
4 3 (8.11%) gRPC
4 3 (8.11%) WebSockets
5 2 (5.41%) JSON
5 2 (5.41%) Swagger
6 1 (2.70%) Android Jetpack
6 1 (2.70%) Jetpack Compose
6 1 (2.70%) OpenAPI
6 1 (2.70%) React
6 1 (2.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (43.24%) Cloud Native
2 3 (8.11%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.70%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.62%) Linux
2 4 (10.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (10.81%) Ubuntu
3 3 (8.11%) Windows
4 2 (5.41%) Android
4 2 (5.41%) Debian
4 2 (5.41%) Rocky
4 2 (5.41%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.70%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (56.76%) CI/CD
2 18 (48.65%) DevOps
3 16 (43.24%) Containerisation
4 15 (40.54%) Software Engineering
5 12 (32.43%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 11 (29.73%) Infrastructure as Code
7 7 (18.92%) AI
7 7 (18.92%) Platform Engineering
8 6 (16.22%) DevSecOps
8 6 (16.22%) Software Delivery
9 5 (13.51%) Agile
9 5 (13.51%) Analytics
10 3 (8.11%) Computer Science
10 3 (8.11%) Data Engineering
10 3 (8.11%) Data Governance
10 3 (8.11%) Data Modelling
10 3 (8.11%) Microservices
10 3 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (8.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (35.14%) Java
2 7 (18.92%) Go
2 7 (18.92%) SQL
3 6 (16.22%) C#
3 6 (16.22%) JavaScript
4 4 (10.81%) Bash
4 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
5 2 (5.41%) C
5 2 (5.41%) C++
5 2 (5.41%) Kotlin
5 2 (5.41%) Rust
6 1 (2.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (2.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (64.86%) Security Cleared
2 15 (40.54%) DV Cleared
3 13 (35.14%) SC Cleared
4 3 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (8.11%) Degree
5 2 (5.41%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (45.95%) Docker
2 2 (5.41%) Hyper-V
2 2 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.70%) Firmware
3 1 (2.70%) KVM
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (2.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (51.35%) Kubernetes
2 13 (35.14%) Ansible
3 4 (10.81%) Grafana
3 4 (10.81%) Prometheus
4 1 (2.70%) Argo
4 1 (2.70%) Nagios
4 1 (2.70%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.92%) Google
3 2 (5.41%) VMware
4 1 (2.70%) Tenable