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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -11 +2 +7
Contract jobs citing Python 48 57 60
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 12.87% 17.22% 14.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.78% 42.86% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 37 45
10th Percentile £475 £463 £513
25th Percentile £525 £608 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £668 £650
Median % change year-on-year -11.05% +2.69% +2.77%
75th Percentile £675 £676 £706
90th Percentile £750 £760 £765
South West median daily rate £550 £615 £600
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +7.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 4
10th Percentile £46.65 - -
25th Percentile - £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £51.21 £65.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.22% -16.67% +41.82%
75th Percentile £56.09 £67.50 -
90th Percentile £76.20 - -
South West median hourly rate £51.21 £64.50 £69.62
% change year-on-year -20.60% -7.35% +6.12%

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 138 133 140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 37.00% 40.18% 33.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 83 106
10th Percentile £326 £413 £388
25th Percentile £450 £465 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £606 £676 £700
90th Percentile £675 £734 £775
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 4
10th Percentile - £63.63 -
25th Percentile £51.21 £65.31 -
Median hourly rate £57.17 £67.50 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.30% -13.46% +41.82%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £70.44 - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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 25 January 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Python in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 25 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 25 January 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
Gloucester +12 35 £563 -8.54% 34
Cheltenham -5 17 £700 +4.87% 47
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 (4.17%) Apache
2 1 (2.08%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.08%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 31 (64.58%) Azure
2 22 (45.83%) GitHub
3 14 (29.17%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (27.08%) AWS
5 12 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (20.83%) GitHub Actions
6 10 (20.83%) Serverless
7 8 (16.67%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (4.17%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (4.17%) Azure AKS
8 2 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (4.17%) Entra ID
9 1 (2.08%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (2.08%) AWS CodeBuild
9 1 (2.08%) GCP
9 1 (2.08%) OpenShift
9 1 (2.08%) Power Automate
9 1 (2.08%) Pulumi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (43.75%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (31.25%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (16.67%) Redis
4 3 (6.25%) ObjectStore
4 3 (6.25%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.08%) Big Data
5 1 (2.08%) Hadoop
5 1 (2.08%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.08%) NoSQL
5 1 (2.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (16.67%) Git
2 5 (10.42%) GitLab
3 2 (4.17%) Jenkins
3 2 (4.17%) JIRA
4 1 (2.08%) Artifactory
General
1 5 (10.42%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.17%) Aerospace
2 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.08%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (41.67%) Senior
2 15 (31.25%) Developer
3 12 (25.00%) Data Engineer
3 12 (25.00%) Senior Data Engineer
4 10 (20.83%) Backend Developer
5 8 (16.67%) Python Developer
5 8 (16.67%) Software Engineer
6 6 (12.50%) DevOps Engineer
6 6 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Automation Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Azure Developer
7 2 (4.17%) Cloud Developer
7 2 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Security Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Service Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) SIEM Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) SOC Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Software Developer
8 1 (2.08%) Automation Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (25.00%) Kafka
1 12 (25.00%) Keycloak
1 12 (25.00%) REST
2 8 (16.67%) FastAPI
2 8 (16.67%) Flask
2 8 (16.67%) GraphQL
2 8 (16.67%) gRPC
2 8 (16.67%) WebSockets
3 3 (6.25%) AngularJS
3 3 (6.25%) JSON
4 2 (4.17%) .NET
4 2 (4.17%) ARM Templates
4 2 (4.17%) Bootstrap
4 2 (4.17%) CSS
4 2 (4.17%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (4.17%) HTML
4 2 (4.17%) React
4 2 (4.17%) SOAP
4 2 (4.17%) XML
4 2 (4.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.92%) Cloud Native
2 10 (20.83%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.17%) CMDB
3 2 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.08%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.08%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.08%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.42%) Linux
2 1 (2.08%) Debian
2 1 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.08%) Rocky
2 1 (2.08%) Ubuntu
2 1 (2.08%) Windows
2 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (66.67%) DevOps
2 28 (58.33%) Containerisation
3 23 (47.92%) CI/CD
4 15 (31.25%) ETL
5 14 (29.17%) Data Pipeline
6 13 (27.08%) Data Engineering
7 12 (25.00%) Batch Processing
7 12 (25.00%) DataOps
8 11 (22.92%) Agile
9 10 (20.83%) Data Architecture
9 10 (20.83%) Microservices
10 9 (18.75%) Infrastructure as Code
11 8 (16.67%) Software Engineering
12 7 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (12.50%) AI
13 6 (12.50%) Machine Learning
14 5 (10.42%) Infrastructure Management
15 4 (8.33%) Cloud Security
15 4 (8.33%) Deployment Automation
16 3 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 22 (45.83%) Go
2 13 (27.08%) SQL
3 11 (22.92%) Java
4 10 (20.83%) JavaScript
5 7 (14.58%) Bash
6 5 (10.42%) PowerShell
7 3 (6.25%) TypeScript
8 2 (4.17%) Bicep
8 2 (4.17%) C#
9 1 (2.08%) C
9 1 (2.08%) C++
Qualifications
1 34 (70.83%) Security Cleared
2 28 (58.33%) SC Cleared
3 16 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 14 (29.17%) Azure Certification
5 2 (4.17%) AWS Certification
5 2 (4.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.08%) Degree
System Software
1 29 (60.42%) Docker
2 2 (4.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 33 (68.75%) Kubernetes
2 11 (22.92%) Terraform
3 10 (20.83%) Grafana
3 10 (20.83%) Prometheus
4 5 (10.42%) Ansible
5 2 (4.17%) Argo
5 2 (4.17%) Kibana
5 2 (4.17%) logstash
5 2 (4.17%) Nagios
6 1 (2.08%) Podman
6 1 (2.08%) Rancher
Vendors
1 14 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.17%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.08%) Dynatrace
3 1 (2.08%) Red Hat