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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -18 +2 +13
Contract jobs citing Python 35 73 83
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 9.62% 18.11% 18.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.53% 47.71% 47.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 38 56
10th Percentile £363 £462 £469
25th Percentile £525 £566 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -2.15%
75th Percentile £675 £676 £700
90th Percentile £750 £708 £775
South West median daily rate £560 £619 £550
% change year-on-year -9.49% +12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 12
10th Percentile - - £29.28
25th Percentile - - £76.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £70.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.57% -10.26% +24.80%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £77.50 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +10.71% - +6.70%

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 111 153 176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 30.49% 37.97% 38.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 83 122
10th Percentile £349 £460 £401
25th Percentile £450 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £613 £676 £700
90th Percentile £685 £721 £750
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 13
10th Percentile £47.22 - £33.80
25th Percentile £60.82 £30.00 £75.00
Median hourly rate £68.00 £70.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -10.26% +33.69%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £69.00 - £83.60
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £69.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -5.80% +6.15% -

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 8 November 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
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 8 November 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 -1 21 £625 +8.70% 56
Cheltenham -4 17 £663 -0.75% 37
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 (5.71%) nginx
2 1 (2.86%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (65.71%) Azure
2 15 (42.86%) GitHub
3 10 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (22.86%) AWS
4 8 (22.86%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (20.00%) Azure Key Vault
5 7 (20.00%) Serverless
6 3 (8.57%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (5.71%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (5.71%) GCP
8 1 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (2.86%) AWS CodeBuild
8 1 (2.86%) dbt
8 1 (2.86%) OpenShift
8 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
8 1 (2.86%) Pulumi
8 1 (2.86%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (45.71%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (25.71%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (20.00%) Redis
4 3 (8.57%) ObjectStore
4 3 (8.57%) Relational Database
5 2 (5.71%) MongoDB
5 2 (5.71%) NoSQL
6 1 (2.86%) Big Data
6 1 (2.86%) Hadoop
6 1 (2.86%) MS Access
6 1 (2.86%) MySQL
6 1 (2.86%) Power BI
6 1 (2.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Git
2 2 (5.71%) GitLab
2 2 (5.71%) Jenkins
2 2 (5.71%) JIRA
3 1 (2.86%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (8.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.71%) Aerospace
2 2 (5.71%) Legal
2 2 (5.71%) Local Government
3 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Developer
2 9 (25.71%) Backend Developer
2 9 (25.71%) Senior
3 8 (22.86%) Python Developer
4 7 (20.00%) Data Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) Senior Data Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Software Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Automation Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Security Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Service Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) SIEM Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) SOC Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Software Developer
7 1 (2.86%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Python Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Senior Platform Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Vulnerability Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (25.71%) REST
2 7 (20.00%) FastAPI
2 7 (20.00%) Flask
2 7 (20.00%) GraphQL
2 7 (20.00%) gRPC
2 7 (20.00%) Kafka
2 7 (20.00%) Keycloak
2 7 (20.00%) WebSockets
3 4 (11.43%) AngularJS
3 4 (11.43%) CSS
3 4 (11.43%) HTML
4 2 (5.71%) Bootstrap
4 2 (5.71%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (5.71%) JSON
4 2 (5.71%) Node.js
4 2 (5.71%) React
4 2 (5.71%) SOAP
4 2 (5.71%) Vue
4 2 (5.71%) XML
5 1 (2.86%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Cloud Native
1 7 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (5.71%) CMDB
3 1 (2.86%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.86%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (60.00%) Containerisation
2 19 (54.29%) DevOps
3 13 (37.14%) CI/CD
4 8 (22.86%) Agile
4 8 (22.86%) Data Pipeline
4 8 (22.86%) ETL
5 7 (20.00%) Batch Processing
5 7 (20.00%) Data Architecture
5 7 (20.00%) Data Engineering
5 7 (20.00%) DataOps
5 7 (20.00%) Microservices
6 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (11.43%) Scrum
8 4 (11.43%) Software Engineering
8 4 (11.43%) Validation
9 3 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (8.57%) Deployment Automation
9 3 (8.57%) User Experience
10 2 (5.71%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 16 (45.71%) Go
2 14 (40.00%) SQL
3 8 (22.86%) Java
4 6 (17.14%) Bash
5 5 (14.29%) JavaScript
6 4 (11.43%) PowerShell
7 3 (8.57%) C
7 3 (8.57%) C++
7 3 (8.57%) VBA
8 1 (2.86%) VB
8 1 (2.86%) VB.NET
8 1 (2.86%) VB6
Qualifications
1 26 (74.29%) Security Cleared
2 19 (54.29%) SC Cleared
3 16 (45.71%) DV Cleared
4 7 (20.00%) Azure Certification
5 2 (5.71%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.86%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (2.86%) GDPR
1 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (62.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (68.57%) Kubernetes
2 8 (22.86%) Grafana
2 8 (22.86%) Prometheus
3 6 (17.14%) Terraform
4 4 (11.43%) Ansible
5 2 (5.71%) Kibana
5 2 (5.71%) logstash
5 2 (5.71%) Podman
6 1 (2.86%) Argo
6 1 (2.86%) Nagios
6 1 (2.86%) Rancher
Vendors
1 13 (37.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.71%) Apple
2 2 (5.71%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.86%) Oracle