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

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 24 20
Rank change year-on-year +9 -4 +11
Contract jobs citing Python 53 23 55
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 8.48% 5.31% 7.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.49% 19.49% 24.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 37
10th Percentile £500 £404 £400
25th Percentile £513 £463 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +11.90% -5.08%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £675 £704
East of England median daily rate £525 £500 £495
% change year-on-year +5.00% +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 0 8
10th Percentile £41.25 - £63.75
25th Percentile £44.06 - £69.38
Median hourly rate £54.25 - £72.50
75th Percentile £76.25 - £73.75
90th Percentile £78.25 - £74.13
East of England median hourly rate £54.00 £50.00 £71.25
% change year-on-year +8.00% -29.82% +18.75%

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 186 118 223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 29.76% 27.25% 30.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 38 93
10th Percentile £447 £348 £400
25th Percentile £463 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.12% -4.45% -9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £584 £650
90th Percentile £739 £636 £704
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £477
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.66% -9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 42 90
10th Percentile £52.15 £61.60 -
25th Percentile £65.00 - £65.00
Median hourly rate £66.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £87.65
90th Percentile £75.00 £95.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £67.25
% change year-on-year - -3.35% +3.46%

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 10 December 2025.

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 10 December 2025.

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 10 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
Stevenage +19 32 £550 - 40
Watford +2 5 £550 +67.94% 10
Welwyn Garden City +4 4 £825 - 3
Hemel Hempstead -5 3 £500 -16.67% 2
Hatfield - 3 £650 - 1
Hoddesdon - 1 - -
Broxbourne - 1 - -
Harpenden - 1 - -
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.66%) Apache
1 3 (5.66%) IIS
1 3 (5.66%) WebSphere
2 2 (3.77%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.89%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.89%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 13 (24.53%) Azure
2 8 (15.09%) AWS
3 7 (13.21%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (7.55%) Entra ID
5 3 (5.66%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (5.66%) GitHub
5 3 (5.66%) Power Platform
5 3 (5.66%) Snowflake
6 2 (3.77%) dbt
6 2 (3.77%) Google Workspace
6 2 (3.77%) Power Automate
6 2 (3.77%) SaaS
7 1 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.89%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.89%) GCP
7 1 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.89%) IaaS
7 1 (1.89%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.75%) DNS
2 8 (15.09%) FTP
2 8 (15.09%) HTTP
2 8 (15.09%) Network Security
2 8 (15.09%) SMTP
2 8 (15.09%) SSL
3 5 (9.43%) SpaceWire
4 4 (7.55%) RS-232
5 3 (5.66%) DHCP
5 3 (5.66%) Firewall
5 3 (5.66%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.89%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (1.89%) iSCSI
6 1 (1.89%) NAS
6 1 (1.89%) SAN
6 1 (1.89%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.43%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.66%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (5.66%) DB2
2 3 (5.66%) Power BI
2 3 (5.66%) Tableau
3 2 (3.77%) Big Data
3 2 (3.77%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.89%) GIS
4 1 (1.89%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.89%) Parquet
4 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Git
2 2 (3.77%) GitLab
3 1 (1.89%) Rational DOORS
General
1 15 (28.30%) Social Skills
2 13 (24.53%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (20.75%) Electronics
4 7 (13.21%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (9.43%) Aerospace
5 5 (9.43%) Law
6 2 (3.77%) Marketing
6 2 (3.77%) Retail
7 1 (1.89%) Agriculture
7 1 (1.89%) Agrochemical
7 1 (1.89%) Finance
7 1 (1.89%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (18.87%) Analyst
2 8 (15.09%) Design Engineer
2 8 (15.09%) Digital Design Engineer
2 8 (15.09%) SOC Analyst
3 6 (11.32%) Developer
4 5 (9.43%) Senior
5 4 (7.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (7.55%) Lead
5 4 (7.55%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
6 3 (5.66%) Consultant
6 3 (5.66%) Data Science Developer
6 3 (5.66%) Maximo Consultant
6 3 (5.66%) Security Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Software Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Automation Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Full-Stack Developer
7 2 (3.77%) Python Developer
7 2 (3.77%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (18.87%) Flash
2 9 (16.98%) REST
3 8 (15.09%) LDAP
4 5 (9.43%) SOAP
5 3 (5.66%) Matplotlib
5 3 (5.66%) PyTorch
5 3 (5.66%) scikit-learn
5 3 (5.66%) Seaborn
5 3 (5.66%) TensorFlow
5 3 (5.66%) Web Services
5 3 (5.66%) XML
6 2 (3.77%) NumPy
6 2 (3.77%) Pandas
6 2 (3.77%) React
7 1 (1.89%) .NET
7 1 (1.89%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.89%) Node.js
7 1 (1.89%) OAuth2
7 1 (1.89%) pytest
7 1 (1.89%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.87%) FPGA
1 10 (18.87%) VHDL
2 8 (15.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (15.09%) Cyberattack
2 8 (15.09%) Management Information System
3 7 (13.21%) CSOC
3 7 (13.21%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (13.21%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (11.32%) Analogue Electronics
5 4 (7.55%) CAN bus
6 2 (3.77%) Algorithms
6 2 (3.77%) Life Science
6 2 (3.77%) Low-Code
6 2 (3.77%) PKI
6 2 (3.77%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.89%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.89%) Replication
7 1 (1.89%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.89%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 13 (24.53%) Linux
2 12 (22.64%) Windows
3 6 (11.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.77%) VMS
5 1 (1.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (35.85%) AI
2 12 (22.64%) Analytics
3 11 (20.75%) CI/CD
3 11 (20.75%) DevOps
3 11 (20.75%) SOAR
4 10 (18.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (18.87%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (18.87%) Machine Learning
4 10 (18.87%) Signal Processing
5 9 (16.98%) SIEM
6 8 (15.09%) Information Security
6 8 (15.09%) Network Packet Capture
6 8 (15.09%) Root Cause Analysis
6 8 (15.09%) Runbook
6 8 (15.09%) Security Operations
6 8 (15.09%) Sensor Fusion
6 8 (15.09%) Threat Modelling
7 7 (13.21%) Incident Response
7 7 (13.21%) Information Management
7 7 (13.21%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (30.19%) C
2 14 (26.42%) PowerShell
3 11 (20.75%) C++
4 9 (16.98%) SQL
5 7 (13.21%) Bash
5 7 (13.21%) Java
5 7 (13.21%) JavaScript
6 5 (9.43%) R
6 5 (9.43%) Tcl
6 5 (9.43%) VBA
7 2 (3.77%) C#
7 2 (3.77%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.89%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 16 (30.19%) Security Cleared
2 14 (26.42%) SC Cleared
3 6 (11.32%) Degree
4 4 (7.55%) DV Cleared
5 3 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (5.66%) Master's Degree
5 3 (5.66%) PhD
6 1 (1.89%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.43%) QA
2 1 (1.89%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.89%) GDPR
2 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.89%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (15.09%) Firmware
2 4 (7.55%) Docker
2 4 (7.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.66%) Active Directory
4 2 (3.77%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.89%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Terraform
2 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.77%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.89%) Ansible
3 1 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.89%) vRealize
Vendors
1 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.43%) VMware
3 3 (5.66%) Citrix
3 3 (5.66%) IBM
4 2 (3.77%) Databricks
4 2 (3.77%) Google
4 2 (3.77%) MuleSoft
4 2 (3.77%) Pega
4 2 (3.77%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.77%) SAP
4 2 (3.77%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.77%) Wyse
5 1 (1.89%) Adobe
5 1 (1.89%) Aruba
5 1 (1.89%) Cribl.io
5 1 (1.89%) HP
5 1 (1.89%) Tealium
5 1 (1.89%) Veeam