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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -17 +2 +10
Contract jobs citing Python 42 54 72
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 11.05% 15.38% 17.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.33% 40.91% 48.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 27 53
10th Percentile £425 £460 £500
25th Percentile £525 £481 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £668 £650
Median % change year-on-year -11.99% +2.69% +2.77%
75th Percentile £672 £676 £701
90th Percentile £750 £701 £750
South West median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 5
10th Percentile £42.08 £63.25 £73.20
25th Percentile - £64.38 -
Median hourly rate £51.21 £67.50 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.13% -13.46% +38.67%
75th Percentile £70.71 £69.38 -
90th Percentile £81.69 £69.75 -
South West median hourly rate £66.17 £70.00 £69.62
% change year-on-year -5.47% +0.55% +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 126 132 147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 33.16% 37.61% 36.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 73 109
10th Percentile £346 £413 £423
25th Percentile £450 £463 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £676 £700
90th Percentile £675 £728 £775
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 6
10th Percentile £48.17 £46.25 £72.50
25th Percentile £51.21 £63.44 £75.75
Median hourly rate £67.35 £67.50 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% -13.46% +48.57%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £74.37 £69.38 £81.50
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £66.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -2.26% +2.31% -

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 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
Gloucester +9 31 £550 +2.33% 58
Cheltenham -6 14 £681 +2.06% 57
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 1 (2.38%) Apache
1 1 (2.38%) Apache Spark
1 1 (2.38%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 28 (66.67%) Azure
2 19 (45.24%) GitHub
3 12 (28.57%) Azure Data Factory
3 12 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (23.81%) AWS
5 9 (21.43%) Serverless
6 8 (19.05%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (16.67%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (4.76%) Azure AKS
8 2 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (4.76%) Entra ID
9 1 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (2.38%) AWS CodeBuild
9 1 (2.38%) GCP
9 1 (2.38%) OpenShift
9 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
9 1 (2.38%) Pulumi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (47.62%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (33.33%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (16.67%) Redis
4 3 (7.14%) ObjectStore
4 3 (7.14%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.38%) Big Data
5 1 (2.38%) Hadoop
5 1 (2.38%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.38%) NoSQL
5 1 (2.38%) Power BI
5 1 (2.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (14.29%) Git
2 3 (7.14%) GitLab
3 2 (4.76%) Jenkins
3 2 (4.76%) JIRA
4 1 (2.38%) Artifactory
General
1 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Aerospace
3 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (40.48%) Senior
2 13 (30.95%) Developer
3 12 (28.57%) Data Engineer
3 12 (28.57%) Senior Data Engineer
4 9 (21.43%) Backend Developer
5 7 (16.67%) Python Developer
6 5 (11.90%) Software Engineer
7 4 (9.52%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Analyst
8 3 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
9 2 (4.76%) Automation Analyst
9 2 (4.76%) Azure Developer
9 2 (4.76%) Cloud Developer
9 2 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 2 (4.76%) Security Engineer
9 2 (4.76%) Service Analyst
9 2 (4.76%) SIEM Engineer
9 2 (4.76%) SOC Engineer
9 2 (4.76%) Software Developer
10 1 (2.38%) Vulnerability Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (28.57%) Kafka
1 12 (28.57%) Keycloak
2 11 (26.19%) REST
3 7 (16.67%) FastAPI
3 7 (16.67%) Flask
3 7 (16.67%) GraphQL
3 7 (16.67%) gRPC
3 7 (16.67%) WebSockets
4 3 (7.14%) AngularJS
5 2 (4.76%) .NET
5 2 (4.76%) ARM Templates
5 2 (4.76%) Bootstrap
5 2 (4.76%) CSS
5 2 (4.76%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (4.76%) HTML
5 2 (4.76%) JSON
5 2 (4.76%) SOAP
5 2 (4.76%) XML
5 2 (4.76%) YAML
6 1 (2.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.81%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (21.43%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.76%) CMDB
4 1 (2.38%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.38%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.14%) Linux
2 1 (2.38%) Windows
2 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (69.05%) DevOps
2 25 (59.52%) Containerisation
3 18 (42.86%) CI/CD
4 15 (35.71%) ETL
5 14 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
6 12 (28.57%) Batch Processing
6 12 (28.57%) Data Engineering
6 12 (28.57%) DataOps
7 10 (23.81%) Data Architecture
8 9 (21.43%) Agile
8 9 (21.43%) Microservices
9 8 (19.05%) Infrastructure as Code
10 6 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (11.90%) Software Engineering
12 4 (9.52%) Cloud Security
12 4 (9.52%) Infrastructure Management
13 3 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
13 3 (7.14%) Decision-Making
13 3 (7.14%) Deployment Automation
13 3 (7.14%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 20 (47.62%) Go
2 12 (28.57%) SQL
3 9 (21.43%) Java
4 7 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 6 (14.29%) Bash
6 5 (11.90%) PowerShell
7 3 (7.14%) TypeScript
8 2 (4.76%) Bicep
8 2 (4.76%) C
8 2 (4.76%) C#
8 2 (4.76%) C++
Qualifications
1 34 (80.95%) Security Cleared
2 27 (64.29%) SC Cleared
3 16 (38.10%) DV Cleared
4 14 (33.33%) Azure Certification
5 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.38%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.38%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (2.38%) GDPR
1 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 26 (61.90%) Docker
2 2 (4.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 29 (69.05%) Kubernetes
2 10 (23.81%) Terraform
3 8 (19.05%) Grafana
3 8 (19.05%) Prometheus
4 5 (11.90%) Ansible
5 2 (4.76%) Kibana
5 2 (4.76%) logstash
6 1 (2.38%) Argo
6 1 (2.38%) Nagios
6 1 (2.38%) Podman
6 1 (2.38%) Rancher
Vendors
1 13 (30.95%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.76%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.38%) Dynatrace
3 1 (2.38%) Red Hat