Python Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Python
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 14
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +5
Contract jobs citing Python 141 61 69
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 13.84% 11.49% 8.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 46.69% 32.80% 26.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 42 52
10th Percentile £348 £314 £304
25th Percentile £425 £406 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +4.21% -13.64%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £576
90th Percentile £600 £573 £624
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -15.56%

All Programming Languages
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 302 186 264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 29.64% 35.03% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 117 191
10th Percentile £320 £340 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £637 £575 £625
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £485
% change year-on-year -2.50% +3.09% -7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £31.53 -
25th Percentile £17.75 £31.62 £48.75
Median hourly rate £18.50 £33.11 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.13% -36.93% -2.78%
75th Percentile £19.25 £66.51 £56.25
90th Percentile - £85.74 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.00 £33.11 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.51% -22.09% -21.30%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Python job vacancy trend in Leeds

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Leeds over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Leeds

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Python

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 8 (5.67%) Confluence
2 6 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.13%) SAS
4 2 (1.42%) Apache
4 2 (1.42%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.42%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.71%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.71%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 67 (47.52%) AWS
2 53 (37.59%) GitHub
3 38 (26.95%) GCP
4 33 (23.40%) Azure
5 30 (21.28%) GitHub Actions
6 20 (14.18%) Serverless
7 16 (11.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 13 (9.22%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (8.51%) Apigee
10 10 (7.09%) IaaS
10 10 (7.09%) SaaS
11 9 (6.38%) Amazon S3
12 8 (5.67%) Vertex AI
13 7 (4.96%) Power Platform
14 6 (4.26%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (4.26%) Cloud Run
14 6 (4.26%) Entra ID
14 6 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (4.26%) OneDrive
15 5 (3.55%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 17 (12.06%) Firewall
2 13 (9.22%) BIG-IP
2 13 (9.22%) DNS
3 11 (7.80%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 9 (6.38%) WAN
4 9 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (5.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 8 (5.67%) Network Security
6 6 (4.26%) LAN
6 6 (4.26%) TCP/IP
6 6 (4.26%) Unified Communications
6 6 (4.26%) VPN
7 5 (3.55%) VLAN
8 3 (2.13%) BGP
8 3 (2.13%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (2.13%) OSPF
8 3 (2.13%) PSTN
8 3 (2.13%) SD-WAN
8 3 (2.13%) SSL
8 3 (2.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.22%) BigQuery
2 11 (7.80%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (7.80%) SQL Server
3 9 (6.38%) NoSQL
4 7 (4.96%) DynamoDB
5 6 (4.26%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (2.84%) MongoDB
6 4 (2.84%) Power BI
7 3 (2.13%) Delta Lake
7 3 (2.13%) Metadata
8 2 (1.42%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.42%) Parquet
8 2 (1.42%) Power Query
9 1 (0.71%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.71%) DocumentDB
9 1 (0.71%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.71%) QlikView
9 1 (0.71%) Redis
9 1 (0.71%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (27.66%) Jenkins
2 19 (13.48%) JIRA
3 11 (7.80%) Git
3 11 (7.80%) GitLab
4 7 (4.96%) Gatling
5 4 (2.84%) Artifactory
5 4 (2.84%) Maven
6 3 (2.13%) ERwin
7 1 (0.71%) Flyway
7 1 (0.71%) Spinnaker
General
1 21 (14.89%) Public Sector
2 13 (9.22%) Social Skills
3 10 (7.09%) Finance
4 9 (6.38%) Banking
5 7 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.26%) Legal
7 4 (2.84%) Games
7 4 (2.84%) Retail
8 3 (2.13%) Marketing
9 2 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.71%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 37 (26.24%) Developer
2 36 (25.53%) Senior
3 20 (14.18%) Python Developer
4 16 (11.35%) Senior Developer
5 13 (9.22%) DevOps Engineer
5 13 (9.22%) Platform Engineer
6 12 (8.51%) GCP Engineer
7 10 (7.09%) AWS Engineer
7 10 (7.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (7.09%) Network Engineer
8 9 (6.38%) Lead
9 8 (5.67%) Backend Developer
9 8 (5.67%) Full-Stack Developer
9 8 (5.67%) Senior Backend Developer
10 6 (4.26%) Architect
10 6 (4.26%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 6 (4.26%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 6 (4.26%) Full-Stack Python Developer
10 6 (4.26%) Senior Front-End Developer
11 5 (3.55%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (13.48%) React
2 11 (7.80%) Playwright
3 10 (7.09%) REST
4 9 (6.38%) JSON
5 8 (5.67%) PySpark
5 8 (5.67%) RESTful
6 7 (4.96%) Kafka
6 7 (4.96%) Node.js
6 7 (4.96%) Vue
7 6 (4.26%) Flask
7 6 (4.26%) Microsoft Graph
7 6 (4.26%) Redux
7 6 (4.26%) Zustand
8 5 (3.55%) CSS
8 5 (3.55%) HTML
8 5 (3.55%) OpenAPI
8 5 (3.55%) Quarkus
8 5 (3.55%) Swagger
9 4 (2.84%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (2.84%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 27 (19.15%) Cloud Native
2 16 (11.35%) Data Centre
2 16 (11.35%) NHS
3 6 (4.26%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.55%) AI Agents
4 5 (3.55%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.55%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.84%) Mainframe
5 4 (2.84%) Sports Betting
6 3 (2.13%) Credit Risk
6 3 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.13%) IoT
7 2 (1.42%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.42%) Replication
7 2 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.71%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.71%) Life Science
8 1 (0.71%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.93%) Linux
2 11 (7.80%) Windows
3 7 (4.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.42%) AIX
4 2 (1.42%) Unix
5 1 (0.71%) Check Point GAiA
5 1 (0.71%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (60.99%) CI/CD
2 59 (41.84%) DevOps
3 56 (39.72%) Infrastructure as Code
4 55 (39.01%) Agile
5 25 (17.73%) Observability
6 19 (13.48%) Containerisation
6 19 (13.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (13.48%) Microservices
6 19 (13.48%) Platform Engineering
7 18 (12.77%) Code Quality
8 17 (12.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 15 (10.64%) AI
10 14 (9.93%) Front End Development
10 14 (9.93%) Full-Stack Development
11 13 (9.22%) Cloud Security
11 13 (9.22%) Performance Optimisation
12 12 (8.51%) Test Automation
13 11 (7.80%) Analytics
13 11 (7.80%) Software Engineering
13 11 (7.80%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (18.44%) SQL
2 25 (17.73%) Bash
3 20 (14.18%) Java
4 18 (12.77%) PowerShell
5 16 (11.35%) TypeScript
6 14 (9.93%) JavaScript
7 11 (7.80%) Scala
8 9 (6.38%) ActionScript
9 5 (3.55%) Groovy
10 2 (1.42%) C#
10 2 (1.42%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.71%) Bicep
11 1 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.71%) Go
11 1 (0.71%) VBA
Qualifications
1 23 (16.31%) Security Cleared
2 18 (12.77%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.96%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.84%) Degree
4 4 (2.84%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.96%) Accessibility
2 6 (4.26%) WCAG
3 4 (2.84%) HL7
4 3 (2.13%) HIPAA
4 3 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.71%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.71%) QA
System Software
1 33 (23.40%) Docker
2 7 (4.96%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.13%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.42%) Firmware
5 1 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 66 (46.81%) Terraform
2 40 (28.37%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.96%) Ansible
3 7 (4.96%) HAProxy
3 7 (4.96%) Istio
4 6 (4.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.84%) Prometheus
6 3 (2.13%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (1.42%) Grafana
7 2 (1.42%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.71%) Packer
Vendors
1 22 (15.60%) Google
2 14 (9.93%) Microsoft
3 13 (9.22%) F5
4 12 (8.51%) Databricks
5 10 (7.09%) Dynatrace
6 6 (4.26%) IBM
7 3 (2.13%) Arista
7 3 (2.13%) Aruba
7 3 (2.13%) Cisco
7 3 (2.13%) CyberArk
7 3 (2.13%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.13%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.13%) Teradata
8 2 (1.42%) Brocade
8 2 (1.42%) Foundry
8 2 (1.42%) LogicMonitor
8 2 (1.42%) New Relic
8 2 (1.42%) Palantir
8 2 (1.42%) Splunk
8 2 (1.42%) VMware