Python Contracts in Gloucestershire

Python
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 10 16 13
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 +11
Contract jobs citing Python 35 49 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 12.77% 11.42% 15.01%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.70% 36.57% 29.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 45 38
10th Percentile £423 £519 £459
25th Percentile £583 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £700 £700 £674
90th Percentile £775 £718 £728
South West median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - £52.00
25th Percentile £62.50 - £70.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £78.00
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £76.85 £74.44 £65.50
% change year-on-year +3.24% +13.65% +16.44%

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 86 134 237
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 31.39% 31.24% 50.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 105 160
10th Percentile £363 £363 £287
25th Percentile £460 £475 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.27% +0.48%
75th Percentile £676 £688 £669
90th Percentile £773 £723 £700
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 11
10th Percentile £64.75 £70.50 £52.50
25th Percentile £66.25 £71.25 £61.50
Median hourly rate £68.00 £72.50 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.21% -7.05% +115.17%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 -
90th Percentile £76.00 £74.50 -
South West median hourly rate £67.50 £67.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +0.37% +3.46% +6.12%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Gloucestershire

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Python in Gloucestershire

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for Python in Gloucestershire

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Python in Gloucestershire

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 1 May 2025. 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 +6 14 £615 +11.82% 64
Gloucester -4 8 £658 -2.59% 65
Filton - 1 - - 1
Python
South West

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 (8.57%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (65.71%) Azure
2 20 (57.14%) AWS
3 15 (42.86%) OpenShift
4 3 (8.57%) GitHub
5 2 (5.71%) GCP
6 1 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (42.86%) DHCP
1 15 (42.86%) DNS
1 15 (42.86%) HTTP
1 15 (42.86%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.71%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (2.86%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) Big Data
1 3 (8.57%) Hadoop
1 3 (8.57%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (5.71%) MongoDB
2 2 (5.71%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Git
2 2 (5.71%) JIRA
3 1 (2.86%) JUnit
General
1 3 (8.57%) Legal
1 3 (8.57%) Local Government
1 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
2 1 (2.86%) Aerospace
2 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (2.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
1 5 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
1 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (8.57%) Data Engineer
2 3 (8.57%) Data Scientist
2 3 (8.57%) Developer
2 3 (8.57%) Senior
3 2 (5.71%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (5.71%) Senior Developer
3 2 (5.71%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (5.71%) Tester
3 2 (5.71%) Wintel Engineer
4 1 (2.86%) Analyst
4 1 (2.86%) Applications Developer
4 1 (2.86%) Data Analyst
4 1 (2.86%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 1 (2.86%) Security Engineer
4 1 (2.86%) SIEM Engineer
4 1 (2.86%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) Apache NiFi
1 3 (8.57%) CSS
1 3 (8.57%) HTML
2 2 (5.71%) Node.js
2 2 (5.71%) React
2 2 (5.71%) RESTful
3 1 (2.86%) OpenCV
3 1 (2.86%) pytest
3 1 (2.86%) PyTorch
3 1 (2.86%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Algorithms
2 2 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (5.71%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.86%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (51.43%) Linux
2 17 (48.57%) Windows
3 16 (45.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (42.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 12 (34.29%) Service Management
3 7 (20.00%) DevOps
4 6 (17.14%) Incident Management
5 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (11.43%) Machine Learning
6 4 (11.43%) Software Engineering
7 3 (8.57%) Agile
7 3 (8.57%) Computer Science
7 3 (8.57%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (8.57%) Data Analysis
7 3 (8.57%) Data Engineering
7 3 (8.57%) Data Science
7 3 (8.57%) ETL
7 3 (8.57%) Predictive Modelling
7 3 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (5.71%) DevSecOps
8 2 (5.71%) Full-Stack Development
8 2 (5.71%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 20 (57.14%) Java
2 18 (51.43%) PowerShell
3 15 (42.86%) Bash
4 5 (14.29%) SQL
5 4 (11.43%) JavaScript
6 3 (8.57%) VBA
7 2 (5.71%) C#
7 2 (5.71%) Go
7 2 (5.71%) TypeScript
8 1 (2.86%) C++
8 1 (2.86%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 27 (77.14%) Security Cleared
2 26 (74.29%) DV Cleared
3 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
4 3 (8.57%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.86%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (48.57%) Docker
1 17 (48.57%) Hyper-V
2 16 (45.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
3 2 (5.71%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (5.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (51.43%) Kubernetes
2 17 (48.57%) Terraform
3 15 (42.86%) Ansible
3 15 (42.86%) Puppet
Vendors
1 17 (48.57%) VMware
2 15 (42.86%) Red Hat
3 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
4 3 (8.57%) Apple
5 2 (5.71%) Citrix