Python Contracts in Gloucestershire

Python
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Python skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Python over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 13 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 +22
Contract jobs citing Python 31 51 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 11.97% 11.94% 17.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.33% 38.06% 36.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 45 42
10th Percentile £317 £519 £490
25th Percentile £607 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £625 £588
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +6.38% +9.30%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £707
90th Percentile £775 £718 £763
South West median daily rate £550 £600 £590
% change year-on-year -8.33% +1.78% +12.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
10th Percentile - - £54.30
25th Percentile - - £70.50
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £88.80
South West median hourly rate £82.96 £70.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year +18.51% +6.87% +14.23%

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 75 134 207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 28.96% 31.38% 46.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 102 128
10th Percentile £300 £363 £288
25th Percentile £453 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £614 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year +11.59% +2.80% +2.39%
75th Percentile £680 £666 £675
90th Percentile £775 £718 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 13
10th Percentile £66.25 £70.50 £52.50
25th Percentile £67.13 £71.25 £70.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -7.05% +115.17%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 -
90th Percentile £76.00 £74.50 £87.60
South West median hourly rate £67.75 £68.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.45% +5.77% +8.33%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Python in Gloucestershire

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in Gloucestershire.

Daily rate trend for Python in Gloucestershire

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Gloucestershire

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python in Gloucestershire.

Hourly rate trend 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 23 May 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
Cheltenham +6 13 £615 +2.50% 231
Gloucester -5 5 £615 -10.55% 240
Python
South West

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) Apache
1 1 (3.23%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (70.97%) Azure
2 20 (64.52%) AWS
3 16 (51.61%) OpenShift
4 3 (9.68%) GCP
5 1 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.23%) GitHub
5 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (48.39%) DHCP
1 15 (48.39%) DNS
1 15 (48.39%) HTTP
1 15 (48.39%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.23%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) MongoDB
1 3 (9.68%) NoSQL
2 2 (6.45%) Big Data
2 2 (6.45%) Hadoop
2 2 (6.45%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.23%) MS Access
3 1 (3.23%) MySQL
3 1 (3.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Git
2 2 (6.45%) JIRA
3 1 (3.23%) GitLab
3 1 (3.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (9.68%) Legal
1 3 (9.68%) Local Government
2 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.23%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (16.13%) Automation Engineer
1 5 (16.13%) DevOps Engineer
1 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (9.68%) Developer
2 3 (9.68%) Senior
3 2 (6.45%) Data Scientist
3 2 (6.45%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (6.45%) Senior Developer
3 2 (6.45%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (6.45%) Tester
4 1 (3.23%) Analyst
4 1 (3.23%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (3.23%) Backend Developer
4 1 (3.23%) Data Analyst
4 1 (3.23%) Data Engineer
4 1 (3.23%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 1 (3.23%) Python Engineer
4 1 (3.23%) Security Engineer
4 1 (3.23%) SIEM Engineer
4 1 (3.23%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) CSS
1 3 (9.68%) HTML
1 3 (9.68%) Node.js
1 3 (9.68%) React
2 2 (6.45%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (6.45%) RESTful
3 1 (3.23%) .NET
3 1 (3.23%) AngularJS
3 1 (3.23%) ODBC
3 1 (3.23%) OpenCV
3 1 (3.23%) PyTorch
3 1 (3.23%) TensorFlow
3 1 (3.23%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Algorithms
1 2 (6.45%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.23%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (3.23%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (3.23%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (3.23%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (58.06%) Linux
2 16 (51.61%) Windows
2 16 (51.61%) Windows Server
3 15 (48.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (51.61%) Containerisation
2 12 (38.71%) Service Management
3 7 (22.58%) DevOps
4 6 (19.35%) Incident Management
5 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (16.13%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (9.68%) Agile
7 3 (9.68%) Computer Science
7 3 (9.68%) Full-Stack Development
7 3 (9.68%) Machine Learning
7 3 (9.68%) Software Engineering
7 3 (9.68%) Test Automation
8 2 (6.45%) CI/CD
8 2 (6.45%) Code Quality
8 2 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (6.45%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (6.45%) Data Analysis
8 2 (6.45%) ETL
8 2 (6.45%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 21 (67.74%) Java
2 17 (54.84%) PowerShell
3 16 (51.61%) Bash
4 7 (22.58%) SQL
5 4 (12.90%) VBA
6 3 (9.68%) Go
6 3 (9.68%) JavaScript
7 2 (6.45%) C#
7 2 (6.45%) TypeScript
8 1 (3.23%) C
8 1 (3.23%) C++
8 1 (3.23%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (3.23%) VB
8 1 (3.23%) VB.NET
8 1 (3.23%) VB6
Qualifications
1 23 (74.19%) Security Cleared
2 22 (70.97%) DV Cleared
3 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
4 3 (9.68%) DBS Check
5 1 (3.23%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.23%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (58.06%) Docker
2 15 (48.39%) Hyper-V
3 14 (45.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (58.06%) Kubernetes
1 18 (58.06%) Terraform
2 16 (51.61%) Ansible
3 15 (48.39%) Puppet
4 1 (3.23%) Podman
Vendors
1 15 (48.39%) Red Hat
1 15 (48.39%) VMware
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.68%) Apple
4 1 (3.23%) Atlassian
4 1 (3.23%) Oracle