Python Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Python
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 9 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs citing Python 6 8 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 18.75% 17.02% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 75.00% 38.10% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile £244 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £300 -
75th Percentile £315 £317 -
90th Percentile £350 £348 -
Suffolk median daily rate £300 £300 -

All Programming Languages
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 8 21 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 25.00% 44.68% 43.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 28
10th Percentile £263 £300 £393
25th Percentile £300 £300 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £363 £513
Median % change year-on-year -14.48% -29.27% -19.92%
75th Percentile £436 £388 £650
90th Percentile £500 £465 £700
Suffolk median daily rate £383 £369 £475
% change year-on-year +3.73% -22.37% -25.78%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

Python job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Ipswich

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Ipswich over the 6 months to 15 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Ipswich

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) BGP
1 1 (16.67%) MPLS
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Robot Framework
2 1 (16.67%) GitLab
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Network Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Automation Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Python Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Consultant
4 1 (16.67%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Test Automation Consultant
4 1 (16.67%) Test Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) gRPC
1 1 (16.67%) Jinja
1 1 (16.67%) JSON
1 1 (16.67%) YANG
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 5 (83.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Network Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) Juniper