Python
Leicestershire > Leicester
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicester 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 21 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 12 | 16 | 22 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +4 | +6 | +9 |
| Contract jobs citing Python | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester | 4.55% | 2.94% | 1.74% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 17.39% | 10.00% | 5.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £377 | £375 | £432 |
| 25th Percentile | £391 | £394 | £468 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £430 | £425 | £533 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.18% | -20.19% | -7.39% |
| 75th Percentile | £466 | £475 | £593 |
| 90th Percentile | £479 | £505 | £627 |
| Leicestershire median daily rate | £450 | £425 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.88% | -10.53% | -17.39% |
All Programming Languages
Leicester
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 Leicester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 23 | 30 | 38 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester | 26.14% | 29.41% | 33.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18 | 23 | 37 |
| 10th Percentile | £377 | £288 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £433 | £318 | £335 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £463 | £400 | £420 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.63% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £484 | £528 | £475 |
| 90th Percentile | £497 | £556 | £563 |
| Leicestershire median daily rate | £463 | £400 | £415 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.63% | -3.61% | +3.75% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £25.00 | - |
| Leicestershire median hourly rate | £19.00 | £25.00 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -24.00% | - | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester
Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicester.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in Leicester.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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: