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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 10 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -5
Contract jobs citing Python 37 31 50
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 11.86% 11.83% 11.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 45.12% 40.79% 37.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 25 44
10th Percentile £400 £291 £519
25th Percentile £472 £606 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £615 £613
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +0.41% +4.26%
75th Percentile £613 £700 £691
90th Percentile £750 £775 £719
South West median daily rate £500 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +2.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £51.21 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.22% - -
75th Percentile £58.18 £67.50 -
90th Percentile £76.20 - -
South West median hourly rate £66.50 £80.83 £70.00
% change year-on-year -17.73% +15.47% +6.87%

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 82 76 132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 26.28% 29.01% 31.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 52 100
10th Percentile £156 £306 £363
25th Percentile £384 £459 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +0.92%
75th Percentile £613 £676 £675
90th Percentile £650 £775 £719
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 2
10th Percentile - £64.75 £70.50
25th Percentile £51.21 £66.25 £71.25
Median hourly rate £52.61 £68.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.64% -6.21% -7.05%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £72.54 £76.00 £74.50
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £67.50
% change year-on-year -3.70% - +3.85%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 18 May 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 +10 20 £550 -10.57% 19
Cheltenham -5 15 £700 +13.82% 13
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 5 (13.51%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 17 (45.95%) Azure
2 14 (37.84%) AWS
2 14 (37.84%) GitHub
3 7 (18.92%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (18.92%) GitHub Actions
4 5 (13.51%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (10.81%) Azure Key Vault
5 4 (10.81%) Serverless
6 3 (8.11%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.62%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (18.92%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (10.81%) Redis
4 1 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.70%) Power BI
4 1 (2.70%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (2.70%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (21.62%) GitLab
2 7 (18.92%) Git
3 1 (2.70%) Artifactory
3 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (10.81%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.11%) Aerospace
2 3 (8.11%) Legal
3 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (32.43%) DevOps Engineer
1 12 (32.43%) Senior
2 11 (29.73%) Software Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) Developer
3 7 (18.92%) Senior Software Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Data Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Backend Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Open Source Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Python Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Data Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Automation Developer
7 1 (2.70%) Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Architect
7 1 (2.70%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Senior DevOps
7 1 (2.70%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.70%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.22%) REST
2 4 (10.81%) FastAPI
2 4 (10.81%) Flask
2 4 (10.81%) GraphQL
2 4 (10.81%) gRPC
2 4 (10.81%) Kafka
2 4 (10.81%) Keycloak
2 4 (10.81%) Spring
2 4 (10.81%) Spring Boot
2 4 (10.81%) WebSockets
3 3 (8.11%) JSON
3 3 (8.11%) React
4 1 (2.70%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.92%) Cloud Native
2 5 (13.51%) Product Ownership
3 3 (8.11%) Data Structures
4 2 (5.41%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.70%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.92%) Linux
2 4 (10.81%) Debian
2 4 (10.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (10.81%) Rocky
2 4 (10.81%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.70%) Windows
3 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (67.57%) CI/CD
2 21 (56.76%) DevOps
3 17 (45.95%) Containerisation
4 11 (29.73%) Software Engineering
5 9 (24.32%) Agile
6 8 (21.62%) AI
6 8 (21.62%) Data Engineering
6 8 (21.62%) Data Pipeline
6 8 (21.62%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 7 (18.92%) ETL
7 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure as Code
7 7 (18.92%) Machine Learning
7 7 (18.92%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (13.51%) Analytics
8 5 (13.51%) Computer Science
8 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (10.81%) DataOps
9 4 (10.81%) Microservices
9 4 (10.81%) Performance Optimisation
9 4 (10.81%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 12 (32.43%) Go
2 11 (29.73%) Java
2 11 (29.73%) JavaScript
3 8 (21.62%) SQL
4 4 (10.81%) Bash
5 3 (8.11%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (40.54%) Security Cleared
2 10 (27.03%) SC Cleared
3 9 (24.32%) DV Cleared
4 5 (13.51%) Azure Certification
4 5 (13.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (13.51%) Degree
5 2 (5.41%) AWS Certification
5 2 (5.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) Data Quality
System Software
1 17 (45.95%) Docker
2 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (59.46%) Kubernetes
2 9 (24.32%) Terraform
3 7 (18.92%) Grafana
3 7 (18.92%) Prometheus
4 6 (16.22%) Ansible
5 3 (8.11%) Argo
5 3 (8.11%) Nagios
6 1 (2.70%) Nessus
Vendors
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) Dynatrace
2 1 (2.70%) Red Hat
2 1 (2.70%) Tenable