Pandas Contract Job Trends in London
Pandas
England > London
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Pandas skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 367 | 211 | 176 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -156 | -35 | +98 |
| Contract jobs citing Pandas | 90 | 159 | 232 |
| As % of all contract jobs in London | 0.44% | 1.20% | 1.45% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 1.66% | 4.07% | 4.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 56 | 117 | 215 |
| 10th Percentile | £294 | £450 | £611 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £550 | £725 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £750 | £800 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.00% | -6.25% | +28.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £709 | £825 | £888 |
| 90th Percentile | £813 | £875 | - |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £750 | £800 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.67% | -6.25% | +28.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £57.00 | £55.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.64% | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | £57.00 | £55.00 | £26.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.64% | +107.55% | - |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London
Pandas falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in London.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 5,412 | 3,911 | 4,776 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London | 26.58% | 29.42% | 29.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,661 | 2,668 | 3,205 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £366 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £456 | £430 | £468 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | -4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £668 | £675 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £788 | £841 |
| England median daily rate | £535 | £519 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.08% | -5.64% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 33 | 32 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £36.05 | £31.77 | £24.12 |
| 25th Percentile | £36.25 | £34.17 | £37.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £51.50 | £51.97 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.90% | +22.28% | -30.61% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.75 | £61.56 | £61.97 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.25 | £85.95 | £74.20 |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £54.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.37% | -16.92% | +11.59% |
Pandas Job Vacancy Trend in London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Pandas relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.
Pandas Daily Rate Trend in London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Pandas.
Pandas Daily Rate Histogram in London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pandas in London over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.
Pandas Hourly Rate Trend in London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Pandas.
Pandas Contract Job Locations in London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pandas within the London region over the 6 months to 19 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West London | -19 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Central London | -35 | 2 | £706 | +25.44% | 9 |
| East London | +4 | 1 | - | - | |
| South London | - | 1 | £300 | - | |
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Pandas Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NumPy | 61.1% | 55 |
| 2 | scikit-learn | 31.1% | 28 |
| 3 | FastAPI | 28.9% | 26 |
| 4 | PySpark | 26.7% | 24 |
| 5 | Flask | 25.6% | 23 |
| 6 | REST | 23.3% | 21 |
| 7 | Polars | 13.3% | 12 |
| 8 | Django | 12.2% | 11 |
| 9 | PyTorch | 11.1% | 10 |
| 10 | pytest | 10.0% | 9 |
| 10 | RESTful | 10.0% | 9 |
| 10 | TensorFlow | 10.0% | 9 |
| 13 | Kafka | 8.9% | 8 |
| 14 | Terraform | 7.8% | 7 |
| 15 | Matplotlib | 5.6% | 5 |
| 15 | pydantic | 5.6% | 5 |
| 17 | CSS | 4.4% | 4 |
| 17 | HTML | 4.4% | 4 |
| 17 | SciPy | 4.4% | 4 |
| 17 | Statsmodels | 4.4% | 4 |