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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 17 6
Rank change year-on-year +8 -11 -1
Contract jobs citing Python 47 31 74
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 10.17% 9.63% 17.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 55.29% 39.24% 47.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 26 39
10th Percentile £519 £356 £462
25th Percentile £535 £550 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £630
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +3.17% -3.08%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £676
90th Percentile £700 £750 £681
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £605
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £36.43 - -
25th Percentile £36.69 - -
Median hourly rate £37.75 £36.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.86% -48.57% -10.26%
75th Percentile £38.56 - -
90th Percentile £38.68 - -
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £90.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% -

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 85 79 156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 18.40% 24.53% 35.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 53 84
10th Percentile £490 £343 £460
25th Percentile £525 £413 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £676
90th Percentile £700 £748 £701
South West median daily rate £538 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +4.88% -4.65% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 8
10th Percentile £19.75 £55.20 -
25th Percentile £23.88 - £30.00
Median hourly rate £51.25 £68.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.63% -2.86% -10.26%
75th Percentile £57.50 £72.50 -
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £66.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -2.26% -5.00% +7.69%

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 16 October 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
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 16 October 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
Cheltenham -1 27 £550 -16.19% 18
Gloucester +7 11 £570 -12.31% 11
Filton - 2 - -
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 (4.26%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 21 (44.68%) Azure
2 20 (42.55%) AWS
3 14 (29.79%) GCP
4 4 (8.51%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.13%) GitHub
5 1 (2.13%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.13%) IaaS
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.13%) OpenShift
5 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.13%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (4.26%) TCP/IP
1 2 (4.26%) VLAN
2 1 (2.13%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (8.51%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.13%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 16 (34.04%) GitLab
2 15 (31.91%) Jenkins
3 2 (4.26%) Git
General
1 3 (6.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.13%) Aerospace
2 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (2.13%) Aviation
2 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (2.13%) Finance
2 1 (2.13%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (34.04%) Developer
2 15 (31.91%) Software Developer
3 8 (17.02%) Software Engineer
4 6 (12.77%) Applications Support
4 6 (12.77%) Data Engineer
4 6 (12.77%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) DevOps Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Python Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Applications Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Applications Support Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Python Data Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Senior
6 4 (8.51%) Senior Data Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Infrastructure Technician
7 2 (4.26%) IT Technician
8 1 (2.13%) Android Developer
8 1 (2.13%) Android Software Engineer
8 1 (2.13%) Lead DevOps Engineer
8 1 (2.13%) Open Source Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (48.94%) Terraform
2 6 (12.77%) JSON
2 6 (12.77%) XML
3 5 (10.64%) Keycloak
3 5 (10.64%) Swagger
4 4 (8.51%) Kafka
4 4 (8.51%) Spring
4 4 (8.51%) Spring Boot
5 3 (6.38%) REST
6 1 (2.13%) Android Jetpack
6 1 (2.13%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (2.13%) Django
6 1 (2.13%) FastAPI
6 1 (2.13%) Jetpack Compose
6 1 (2.13%) Loki
6 1 (2.13%) OpenAPI
6 1 (2.13%) OpenID
6 1 (2.13%) React
Miscellaneous
1 21 (44.68%) Cloud Native
2 4 (8.51%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.26%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.02%) Linux
2 5 (10.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (8.51%) Ubuntu
3 4 (8.51%) Windows
4 3 (6.38%) Windows Server
5 2 (4.26%) Android
5 2 (4.26%) CentOS
6 1 (2.13%) Debian
6 1 (2.13%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (59.57%) DevOps
2 25 (53.19%) CI/CD
3 22 (46.81%) Infrastructure as Code
3 22 (46.81%) Software Engineering
4 21 (44.68%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 19 (40.43%) Containerisation
6 16 (34.04%) Platform Engineering
7 14 (29.79%) DevSecOps
7 14 (29.79%) Software Delivery
8 7 (14.89%) Analytics
9 6 (12.77%) AI
10 5 (10.64%) Configuration Management
10 5 (10.64%) Data Pipeline
10 5 (10.64%) ETL
11 4 (8.51%) Agile
11 4 (8.51%) Data Security
11 4 (8.51%) Decision-Making
11 4 (8.51%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 4 (8.51%) ETL Development
11 4 (8.51%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 25 (53.19%) Java
2 15 (31.91%) C#
3 13 (27.66%) Go
4 9 (19.15%) JavaScript
5 5 (10.64%) PowerShell
6 4 (8.51%) Bash
6 4 (8.51%) Shell Script
7 2 (4.26%) C
7 2 (4.26%) C++
7 2 (4.26%) Kotlin
7 2 (4.26%) Rust
7 2 (4.26%) SQL
8 1 (2.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 35 (74.47%) Security Cleared
2 27 (57.45%) DV Cleared
3 13 (27.66%) SC Cleared
4 5 (10.64%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.13%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (42.55%) Docker
2 3 (6.38%) Hyper-V
2 3 (6.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.26%) Firmware
3 2 (4.26%) KVM
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (2.13%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (2.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (51.06%) Ansible
1 24 (51.06%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.13%) Argo
2 1 (2.13%) Nessus
2 1 (2.13%) Prometheus
2 1 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (31.91%) Google
2 4 (8.51%) VMware
3 3 (6.38%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.13%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.13%) Tenable