Python Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Python
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 19 18
Rank change year-on-year +8 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Python 26 7 18
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 11.40% 4.90% 8.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 59.09% 18.42% 40.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 1
10th Percentile £160 £440 -
25th Percentile £270 £488 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile - £588 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £450 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -7.79% -2.40% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 16
10th Percentile £39.65 - £45.88
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £41.94 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -9.18% - -
75th Percentile £74.26 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £54.22 £60.59 £46.18
% change year-on-year -10.51% +31.20% -2.78%

All Programming Languages
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 44 38 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 19.30% 26.57% 20.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 17 7
10th Percentile £189 £408 £445
25th Percentile £369 £488 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £625
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -14.80% +23.46%
75th Percentile - £575 £731
90th Percentile - £599 £825
North West median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 28
10th Percentile £40.50 £44.78 £43.40
25th Percentile £41.94 - -
Median hourly rate £64.63 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +39.95% - +119.38%
75th Percentile £74.26 £54.69 £46.74
90th Percentile - £65.75 £50.00
North West median hourly rate £59.25 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -8.85% +40.75% +13.33%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Python job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Lancashire over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Lancashire

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Python

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Python in Lancashire over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Python in Lancashire

Python
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 24 January 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
Preston - 10 £550 - 25
Blackpool +1 5 £313 -23.59% 5
Python
North West

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (19.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.85%) Confluence
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) Entra ID
2 3 (11.54%) Azure
3 2 (7.69%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) Amazon EMR
4 1 (3.85%) Amazon S3
4 1 (3.85%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (34.62%) Firewall
2 5 (19.23%) BGP
2 5 (19.23%) Software-Defined Networking
2 5 (19.23%) VLAN
2 5 (19.23%) WebEx
3 4 (15.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (3.85%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (3.85%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Git
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 13 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Legal
3 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.85%) Banking
4 1 (3.85%) Finance
4 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Platform Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Developer
3 4 (15.38%) Operations Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Senior
3 4 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Senior Operations Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Senior Technical Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Technical Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Technical Operations Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Python Developer
5 2 (7.69%) Network Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Python Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Administrator
6 1 (3.85%) AWS DevOps
6 1 (3.85%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Lead
6 1 (3.85%) Lead DevOps
6 1 (3.85%) Performance Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) SailPoint Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (19.23%) XMPP
2 3 (11.54%) Flask
3 1 (3.85%) .NET
3 1 (3.85%) JWT
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (3.85%) OAuth
3 1 (3.85%) OAuth2
3 1 (3.85%) RESTful
3 1 (3.85%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 11 (42.31%) Product Ownership
2 5 (19.23%) Data Centre
3 4 (15.38%) Algorithms
3 4 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (11.54%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (3.85%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (46.15%) Linux
1 12 (46.15%) Windows
1 12 (46.15%) Windows Server
2 8 (30.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (34.62%) ITSM
2 9 (34.62%) Knowledge Management
3 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (26.92%) Acceptance Criteria
4 7 (26.92%) Change Control
4 7 (26.92%) Platform Engineering
4 7 (26.92%) Product Requirements
4 7 (26.92%) Service Management
4 7 (26.92%) User Stories
5 6 (23.08%) Computer Science
5 6 (23.08%) Containerisation
6 5 (19.23%) AI
6 5 (19.23%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 5 (19.23%) High Availability
6 5 (19.23%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (19.23%) Virtual Infrastructure
7 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (15.38%) SIEM
7 4 (15.38%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (38.46%) Bash
1 10 (38.46%) Perl
1 10 (38.46%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.54%) SQL
3 1 (3.85%) C#
3 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (65.38%) SC Cleared
1 17 (65.38%) Security Cleared
2 7 (26.92%) CCDP
2 7 (26.92%) CCNA
2 7 (26.92%) CCNP
2 7 (26.92%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (15.38%) CISM
3 4 (15.38%) CISSP
3 4 (15.38%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (11.54%) DBS Check
4 3 (11.54%) Degree
5 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
System Software
1 12 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 5 (19.23%) Docker
3 4 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (7.69%) FortiGate
3 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Citrix
1 8 (30.77%) Red Hat
1 8 (30.77%) VMware
2 7 (26.92%) Cisco
2 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.69%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.85%) Alteryx