The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Home Counties 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
3
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing Python
1
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Home Counties
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 the Home Counties.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
1
5
5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties
14.29%
62.50%
20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted
0
1
5
10th Percentile
-
-
£425
25th Percentile
-
£463
£450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
-
£475
£1,100
Median % change year-on-year
-
-56.82%
+79.59%
75th Percentile
-
£488
-
90th Percentile
-
-
-
South East median daily rate
£514
£500
£525
% change year-on-year
+2.80%
-4.76%
+5.00%
Python Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties
Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties.
Python Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Home Counties
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in the Home Counties.
Python Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Home Counties
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Python also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Home Counties region with a requirement for Python.
Python Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Home Counties 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:
