Python Developer Contracts in London

The median contractor rate for a Python Developer was £525 per day in advertised job vacancies in London during the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Python Developer England / London
Location	3 months to 26 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	149	221	261
Rank change year-on-year	+72	+40
Contract jobs requiring a Python Developer	356	217	185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	1.72%	1.02%	0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category	1.81%	1.07%	0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted	283	165	154
Median daily rate	£525	£500	£500
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.00%	-
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£413	£350	£350
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£675	£600	£650
UK excluding London median daily rate	£425	£375	£375
% change year-on-year	+13.33%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	1	0
Median hourly rate	£42.50	£51.00	-
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-16.66%	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£45.00	£40.00	-
% change year-on-year	+12.50%	-

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract IT Job Roles London
Contract job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	19705	20363	22100
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London	94.93%	95.26%	94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted	14056	14779	15421
Median daily rate	£500	£463	£440
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+8.10%	+5.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£315	£295	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£650	£625	£600
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£400	£370
% change year-on-year	-	+8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted	245	225	369
Median hourly rate	£19.82	£17.89	£19.72
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+10.81%	-9.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.50	£12.00	£11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£47.76	£42.60	£52.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£17.45	£16.00
% change year-on-year	+0.28%	+9.06%

Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in London that featured Python Developer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Python Developer in London

Python Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Python Developer in London.

Contractor daily rate trend for Python Developer in London

Python Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in London

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Python Developer in London over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Python Developer in London

Python Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python Developer in London.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Python Developer in London

Python Developer
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 Python Developer within the London region over the 3 months to 26 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
City of London	+41	72	£619	+42.24%	22
Hayes	-	3	£450	-
Canary Wharf	+3	2	£475	-26.92%
Mayfair	-	2	£856	-
Feltham	+5	1	£460	+8.23%
Heathrow	-	1	£600	-
Croydon	-	1	£550	-
Python Developer England

Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in London

For the 6 months to 26 June 2017, Python Developer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the London region featuring Python Developer in the job title.

1	668 (100.00%)	Python
2	313 (46.86%)	Agile Software Development
3	185 (27.69%)	SQL
4	182 (27.25%)	Django
5	151 (22.60%)	Finance
6	136 (20.36%)	JavaScript
6	136 (20.36%)	Banking
7	131 (19.61%)	TDD
8	116 (17.37%)	Flask
9	107 (16.02%)	Java
9	107 (16.02%)	Linux
10	103 (15.42%)	PostgreSQL
11	89 (13.32%)	DevOps
12	88 (13.17%)	Investment Banking
13	85 (12.72%)	Front Office

13	85 (12.72%)	Node.js
14	82 (12.28%)	Big Data
15	74 (11.08%)	Analytics
15	74 (11.08%)	C++
16	72 (10.78%)	OO
17	71 (10.63%)	Relational Database
18	70 (10.48%)	HTML
19	68 (10.18%)	MySQL
19	68 (10.18%)	Web Development
20	64 (9.58%)	Unix
21	58 (8.68%)	Git (software)
22	57 (8.53%)	Test Automation
23	56 (8.38%)	Hadoop
23	56 (8.38%)	NoSQL
24	55 (8.23%)	CSS

Python Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	49 (7.34%)	Apache Spark
2	35 (5.24%)	Elasticsearch
3	31 (4.64%)	Apache
4	27 (4.04%)	Cloud Foundry
5	16 (2.40%)	CMS
6	11 (1.65%)	Confluence
7	8 (1.20%)	nginx
8	5 (0.75%)	Apache Airflow
8	5 (0.75%)	Apache Solr
9	4 (0.60%)	DataSynapse
9	4 (0.60%)	Jupyter
9	4 (0.60%)	SAS
10	3 (0.45%)	Tornado
11	2 (0.30%)	GeoServer
11	2 (0.30%)	IIS
11	2 (0.30%)	Luigi
12	1 (0.15%)	Joomla!
12	1 (0.15%)	OpenStack
12	1 (0.15%)	uWSGI
12	1 (0.15%)	WordPress

Applications
1	28 (4.19%)	Spreadsheet
2	27 (4.04%)	Microsoft Excel

Business Applications
1	7 (1.05%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	4 (0.60%)	FINCAD Analytics

Cloud Services
1	51 (7.63%)	Amazon AWS
2	21 (3.14%)	PaaS
3	15 (2.25%)	GitHub
4	11 (1.65%)	Heroku
5	10 (1.50%)	AWS CloudFormation
5	10 (1.50%)	Microsoft Azure
6	6 (0.90%)	Cloud Computing
7	5 (0.75%)	Amazon S3
7	5 (0.75%)	IaaS
7	5 (0.75%)	Responsys
8	4 (0.60%)	Amazon EC2
8	4 (0.60%)	AWS Lambda
9	3 (0.45%)	Google Analytics
9	3 (0.45%)	Google Cloud Platform
10	2 (0.30%)	Amazon EMR
11	1 (0.15%)	Amazon Kinesis
11	1 (0.15%)	Amazon SQS
11	1 (0.15%)	Google App Engine
11	1 (0.15%)	SaaS
11	1 (0.15%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	7 (1.05%)	Internet
1	7 (1.05%)	Skype
2	6 (0.90%)	DHCP
2	6 (0.90%)	DNS
2	6 (0.90%)	HTTP
3	4 (0.60%)	TCP/IP
4	1 (0.15%)	Bluetooth
4	1 (0.15%)	FIX Connectivity

Database & Business Intelligence
1	103 (15.42%)	PostgreSQL
2	82 (12.28%)	Big Data
3	71 (10.63%)	Relational Database
4	68 (10.18%)	MySQL
5	56 (8.38%)	Hadoop
5	56 (8.38%)	NoSQL
6	44 (6.59%)	MongoDB
7	39 (5.84%)	SQL Server
8	19 (2.84%)	Apache Cassandra
8	19 (2.84%)	RDBMS
9	17 (2.54%)	Redis
10	12 (1.80%)	HBase
11	11 (1.65%)	Apache Hive
11	11 (1.65%)	Data Warehouse
12	9 (1.35%)	Oracle Database
13	7 (1.05%)	Blockchain
14	6 (0.90%)	Power BI
14	6 (0.90%)	SQL Server Integration Services
15	5 (0.75%)	Data Mining
15	5 (0.75%)	ObjectStore

Development Applications
1	58 (8.68%)	Git (software)
2	38 (5.69%)	JIRA
3	32 (4.79%)	Jenkins
4	17 (2.54%)	Selenium
5	14 (2.10%)	Bitbucket
6	11 (1.65%)	Atlassian Bamboo
7	10 (1.50%)	Subversion
8	7 (1.05%)	Team Foundation Server
8	7 (1.05%)	Vagrant
8	7 (1.05%)	Visual Studio
9	5 (0.75%)	Gradle
9	5 (0.75%)	Karma Test Runner
9	5 (0.75%)	TeamCity
10	4 (0.60%)	Bower
10	4 (0.60%)	RSpec
11	3 (0.45%)	Mockito
11	3 (0.45%)	Travis CI
12	2 (0.30%)	Cucumber
12	2 (0.30%)	JBehave
12	2 (0.30%)	Robot Framework

General
1	151 (22.60%)	Finance
2	136 (20.36%)	Banking
3	88 (13.17%)	Investment Banking
4	85 (12.72%)	Front Office
5	16 (2.40%)	Telecoms
6	8 (1.20%)	Retail
7	7 (1.05%)	Electronics
7	7 (1.05%)	Manufacturing
7	7 (1.05%)	Marketing
8	6 (0.90%)	Games
9	5 (0.75%)	Financial Institution
10	2 (0.30%)	Back Office
10	2 (0.30%)	Law
10	2 (0.30%)	Legal
10	2 (0.30%)	Pharmaceutical
11	1 (0.15%)	Billing
11	1 (0.15%)	Publishing

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	182 (27.25%)	Django
2	116 (17.37%)	Flask
3	85 (12.72%)	Node.js
4	70 (10.48%)	HTML
5	55 (8.23%)	CSS
6	47 (7.04%)	AngularJS
6	47 (7.04%)	RESTful
7	46 (6.89%)	Pandas
8	40 (5.99%)	NumPy
9	36 (5.39%)	Web Services
10	32 (4.79%)	REST
11	29 (4.34%)	XML
12	27 (4.04%)	OAuth2
13	26 (3.89%)	HTML5
13	26 (3.89%)	jQuery
14	25 (3.74%)	.NET
15	24 (3.59%)	JSON
16	19 (2.84%)	RabbitMQ
17	18 (2.69%)	SciPy
17	18 (2.69%)	STL

Miscellaneous
1	52 (7.78%)	Analytical Skills
2	51 (7.63%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
3	50 (7.49%)	Fixed Income
4	47 (7.04%)	Derivative
5	40 (5.99%)	Computer Science
6	37 (5.54%)	Greenfield Project
7	26 (3.89%)	Algorithms
8	22 (3.29%)	Enterprise Software
8	22 (3.29%)	User Experience
9	21 (3.14%)	Data Structures
10	17 (2.54%)	Market Risk
11	14 (2.10%)	Fintech
12	13 (1.95%)	Equities
12	13 (1.95%)	Mobile App
12	13 (1.95%)	STB
13	11 (1.65%)	Equity Derivative
14	9 (1.35%)	Interest Rate Derivative
14	9 (1.35%)	Swaptions
15	8 (1.20%)	Hedge funds
16	7 (1.05%)	Credit Risk

Operating Systems
1	107 (16.02%)	Linux
2	64 (9.58%)	Unix
3	34 (5.09%)	Windows
4	9 (1.35%)	Mac OS
5	8 (1.20%)	Android
5	8 (1.20%)	Apple iOS
6	7 (1.05%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6	7 (1.05%)	Solaris
7	5 (0.75%)	Ubuntu
8	3 (0.45%)	CentOS
9	2 (0.30%)	Mac OS X
9	2 (0.30%)	Windows Server
10	1 (0.15%)	Windows 7
10	1 (0.15%)	Windows Mobile

Processes & Methodologies
1	313 (46.86%)	Agile Software Development
2	131 (19.61%)	TDD
3	89 (13.32%)	DevOps
4	74 (11.08%)	Analytics
5	72 (10.78%)	OO
6	68 (10.18%)	Web Development
7	57 (8.53%)	Test Automation
8	52 (7.78%)	BDD
9	50 (7.49%)	Scrum
10	43 (6.44%)	Continuous Integration
11	38 (5.69%)	Pair Programming
12	36 (5.39%)	Microservices
12	36 (5.39%)	OOP
13	34 (5.09%)	Continuous Deployment
14	33 (4.94%)	Open Source
15	32 (4.79%)	Machine Learning
16	30 (4.49%)	Software Delivery
17	29 (4.34%)	Front End Development
17	29 (4.34%)	Mathematics
18	28 (4.19%)	Quantitative Research

Programming Languages
1	668 (100.00%)	Python
2	185 (27.69%)	SQL
3	136 (20.36%)	JavaScript
4	107 (16.02%)	Java
5	74 (11.08%)	C++
6	51 (7.63%)	C#
7	46 (6.89%)	Scala
8	41 (6.14%)	R
9	34 (5.09%)	Go
10	24 (3.59%)	Ruby
11	23 (3.44%)	Perl
12	19 (2.84%)	VBA
13	13 (1.95%)	C
14	8 (1.20%)	Bash Shell
14	8 (1.20%)	PHP
15	6 (0.90%)	MATLAB
16	5 (0.75%)	PL/SQL
16	5 (0.75%)	TypeScript
17	4 (0.60%)	T-SQL
18	2 (0.30%)	Shell Script

Qualifications
1	34 (5.09%)	Degree
2	23 (3.44%)	Security Cleared
3	19 (2.84%)	SC Cleared
4	16 (2.40%)	PhD
5	14 (2.10%)	Computer Science Degree
6	6 (0.90%)	BPSS Clearance
7	3 (0.45%)	DBS Check
8	2 (0.30%)	Postgraduate
9	1 (0.15%)	DV Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	14 (2.10%)	QA
2	13 (1.95%)	MiFID
3	5 (0.75%)	Data Quality
4	2 (0.30%)	EMIR

System Software
1	52 (7.78%)	Docker
2	10 (1.50%)	HDFS
3	6 (0.90%)	NFS
4	3 (0.45%)	Apache ZooKeeper
5	1 (0.15%)	Cronacle

Systems Management
1	20 (2.99%)	Ansible
2	18 (2.69%)	Kubernetes
3	15 (2.25%)	Terraform
4	12 (1.80%)	logstash
5	9 (1.35%)	Opscode Chef
6	7 (1.05%)	Puppet
7	5 (0.75%)	Kibana
7	5 (0.75%)	Oozie
8	3 (0.45%)	Control-M
8	3 (0.45%)	Grafana
9	2 (0.30%)	ITRS Geneos
10	1 (0.15%)	Prometheus

Vendors
1	45 (6.74%)	Oracle
2	25 (3.74%)	Microsoft
3	22 (3.29%)	Bloomberg
4	16 (2.40%)	Reuters
5	12 (1.80%)	Red Hat
6	9 (1.35%)	Cloudera
6	9 (1.35%)	SaltStack
7	7 (1.05%)	Google
7	7 (1.05%)	SAP
8	6 (0.90%)	Apple
9	5 (0.75%)	Splunk
9	5 (0.75%)	Tableau
10	4 (0.60%)	AppDynamics
10	4 (0.60%)	FactSet
10	4 (0.60%)	Sybase
11	2 (0.30%)	Atlassian
11	2 (0.30%)	ESRI
11	2 (0.30%)	Hortonworks
11	2 (0.30%)	ServiceNow
12	1 (0.15%)	Triple Point