Python Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Python
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 18 29
Rank change year-on-year -23 +11 +6
Contract jobs citing Python 29 29 45
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 3.58% 8.19% 5.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.43% 29.90% 23.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 23 26
10th Percentile - £446 £363
25th Percentile £507 £464 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £430
Median % change year-on-year - +27.91% -21.82%
75th Percentile £609 £675 £475
90th Percentile £679 - £644
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £445
% change year-on-year - +12.36% -11.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 1
10th Percentile £50.35 £52.00 -
25th Percentile £54.06 £53.13 £55.00
Median hourly rate £66.75 £55.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.36% -8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £76.56 - £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £53.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year +20.93% -14.00% +11.11%

All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 201 97 194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 24.78% 27.40% 24.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 41 51
10th Percentile £350 £399 £363
25th Percentile £458 £446 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% +17.65% -20.93%
75th Percentile £656 £656 £497
90th Percentile £715 £675 £650
East of England median daily rate £495 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +4.21% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 45 106
10th Percentile £62.20 £53.80 £60.00
25th Percentile £65.00 £61.50 £63.13
Median hourly rate £70.00 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile - £85.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.70 £93.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £68.21 £66.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +2.19% +2.69% -

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Python relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Python job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Python.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 3 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Hertfordshire

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Python.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Python

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Python in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 3 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Python in Hertfordshire

Python
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 April 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
Stevenage -11 12 - - 6
Hatfield - 5 £507 - 2
Watford - 4 £625 - 6
Royston - 3 - - 2
Hemel Hempstead -7 1 £575 - 5
Welwyn Garden City - 1 £675 -
Python
East of England

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) Azure
2 4 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (10.34%) AWS
3 3 (10.34%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.90%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.90%) Google Workspace
4 2 (6.90%) Power Automate
4 2 (6.90%) SaaS
5 1 (3.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (3.45%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (3.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) DNS
2 5 (17.24%) FTP
2 5 (17.24%) HTTP
2 5 (17.24%) Network Security
2 5 (17.24%) SMTP
2 5 (17.24%) SSL
3 2 (6.90%) DHCP
3 2 (6.90%) Firewall
3 2 (6.90%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.45%) Internet
4 1 (3.45%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Power BI
2 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.45%) MS Access
3 1 (3.45%) Parquet
3 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Git
2 2 (6.90%) GitLab
3 1 (3.45%) Rational DOORS
General
1 13 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Electronics
4 4 (13.79%) Aerospace
5 3 (10.34%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Finance
6 2 (6.90%) Law
7 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.45%) Marketing
7 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Analyst
2 6 (20.69%) Software Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) SOC Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Integration Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) JavaScript Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Lead
4 3 (10.34%) PowerShell Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Python Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) VMware Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Data Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Design Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Digital Design Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Senior
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Systems Test Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (20.69%) REST
2 5 (17.24%) LDAP
3 4 (13.79%) Flash
4 2 (6.90%) .NET
4 2 (6.90%) JSON
4 2 (6.90%) Node.js
4 2 (6.90%) SOAP
5 1 (3.45%) AngularJS
5 1 (3.45%) Middleware
5 1 (3.45%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (20.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (20.69%) Management Information System
3 5 (17.24%) CSOC
3 5 (17.24%) Cyberattack
3 5 (17.24%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (13.79%) FPGA
4 4 (13.79%) VHDL
5 2 (6.90%) Low-Code
5 2 (6.90%) PKI
6 1 (3.45%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (3.45%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.69%) Linux
2 3 (10.34%) Windows
3 2 (6.90%) VMS
3 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) AI
2 7 (24.14%) Software Engineering
3 6 (20.69%) Analytics
3 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (20.69%) DevOps
4 5 (17.24%) Behavioural Analytics
4 5 (17.24%) CI/CD
4 5 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (17.24%) Incident Response
4 5 (17.24%) Information Management
4 5 (17.24%) Information Security
4 5 (17.24%) Machine Learning
4 5 (17.24%) Network Packet Capture
4 5 (17.24%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (17.24%) Runbook
4 5 (17.24%) Security Operations
4 5 (17.24%) SIEM
4 5 (17.24%) SOAR
4 5 (17.24%) Threat Detection
4 5 (17.24%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 10 (34.48%) PowerShell
2 9 (31.03%) C
3 8 (27.59%) C++
4 6 (20.69%) JavaScript
5 3 (10.34%) C#
5 3 (10.34%) Embedded C
5 3 (10.34%) Java
5 3 (10.34%) SQL
6 1 (3.45%) Bash
6 1 (3.45%) PHP
6 1 (3.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (37.93%) Security Cleared
2 10 (34.48%) SC Cleared
3 8 (27.59%) DV Cleared
4 3 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (10.34%) Degree
4 3 (10.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.90%) Firmware
1 2 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) vRealize
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.90%) Terraform
2 2 (6.90%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) VMware
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.90%) Citrix
3 2 (6.90%) Google
3 2 (6.90%) MuleSoft
3 2 (6.90%) Pega
3 2 (6.90%) Salesforce
3 2 (6.90%) SAP
3 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.90%) Wyse
4 1 (3.45%) Adobe
4 1 (3.45%) EMC
4 1 (3.45%) New Relic
4 1 (3.45%) Tealium
4 1 (3.45%) Workday