Senior Python Developer Contracts in London

Senior Python Developer
England > London

The median Senior Python Developer daily rate in London is £850, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 350 423
Rank change year-on-year +28 +73 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 31 41 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.25% 0.23% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.25% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 30 62
10th Percentile £653 £580 £581
25th Percentile £725 £600 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £750 £750
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £938 £819 £900
90th Percentile - £950 £973
England median daily rate £825 £700 £725
% change year-on-year +17.86% -3.45% +7.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Senior Python Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Python Developer in London

Senior Python Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Python Developer in London.

Daily rate trend for Senior Python Developer in London

Senior Python Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Python Developer in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Python Developer in London

Senior 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 Senior Python Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
South London - 10 £925 -
Central London +4 3 £600 - 2
Senior Python Developer
England

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior Python Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1 31 (100.00%) Python
2 23 (74.19%) Finance
3 16 (51.61%) Front Office
4 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
5 14 (45.16%) Banking
6 12 (38.71%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (32.26%) Analytics
7 10 (32.26%) OO
8 9 (29.03%) Azure
9 7 (22.58%) CI/CD
10 6 (19.35%) AWS
10 6 (19.35%) Test Automation
10 6 (19.35%) Docker
10 6 (19.35%) DevOps
11 5 (16.13%) TypeScript
11 5 (16.13%) React
11 5 (16.13%) Decision-Making
12 4 (12.90%) Kubernetes
12 4 (12.90%) Algorithms
12 4 (12.90%) Pandas
12 4 (12.90%) Git
12 4 (12.90%) NumPy
12 4 (12.90%) Linux
12 4 (12.90%) JavaScript
12 4 (12.90%) Software Engineering
12 4 (12.90%) Agile
12 4 (12.90%) Django
12 4 (12.90%) Financial Modelling
13 3 (9.68%) Release Management
13 3 (9.68%) Unit Testing

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 9 (29.03%) Azure
2 6 (19.35%) AWS
3 3 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (6.45%) GitHub
5 1 (3.23%) Azure API Management
5 1 (3.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (3.23%) Azure Functions
5 1 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (3.23%) Serverless
5 1 (3.23%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) MySQL
2 2 (6.45%) MongoDB
2 2 (6.45%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.23%) Big Data
3 1 (3.23%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (3.23%) NoSQL
3 1 (3.23%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Git
2 2 (6.45%) GitLab
3 1 (3.23%) Cucumber
3 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
General
1 23 (74.19%) Finance
2 16 (51.61%) Front Office
3 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
4 14 (45.16%) Banking
5 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.45%) Investment Banking
5 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.23%) Games
6 1 (3.23%) Law
6 1 (3.23%) Legal
6 1 (3.23%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.13%) React
2 4 (12.90%) Django
2 4 (12.90%) NumPy
2 4 (12.90%) Pandas
3 3 (9.68%) Node.js
3 3 (9.68%) RESTful
4 2 (6.45%) .NET
4 2 (6.45%) .NET Core
4 2 (6.45%) AngularJS
4 2 (6.45%) CSS
4 2 (6.45%) FastAPI
4 2 (6.45%) HTML
5 1 (3.23%) Gherkin
5 1 (3.23%) gRPC
5 1 (3.23%) Highcharts JS
5 1 (3.23%) Kafka
5 1 (3.23%) PySpark
5 1 (3.23%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 12 (38.71%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (12.90%) Algorithms
3 3 (9.68%) Data Structures
3 3 (9.68%) Hedge funds
4 2 (6.45%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (6.45%) Market Risk
4 2 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.23%) Credit Risk
5 1 (3.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (3.23%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Linux
2 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Analytics
1 10 (32.26%) OO
2 7 (22.58%) CI/CD
3 6 (19.35%) DevOps
3 6 (19.35%) Test Automation
4 5 (16.13%) Decision-Making
5 4 (12.90%) Agile
5 4 (12.90%) Financial Modelling
5 4 (12.90%) Software Engineering
6 3 (9.68%) Investment Management
6 3 (9.68%) Performance Optimisation
6 3 (9.68%) Release Management
6 3 (9.68%) Risk Management
6 3 (9.68%) Unit Testing
7 2 (6.45%) BDD
7 2 (6.45%) Continuous Delivery
7 2 (6.45%) Data Analytics
7 2 (6.45%) High Availability
7 2 (6.45%) Low Latency
7 2 (6.45%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 31 (100.00%) Python
2 5 (16.13%) TypeScript
3 4 (12.90%) JavaScript
4 3 (9.68%) SQL
5 2 (6.45%) Bash
5 2 (6.45%) C#
6 1 (3.23%) C++
6 1 (3.23%) Java
6 1 (3.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2 (6.45%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) QA
2 1 (3.23%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (19.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Kubernetes
2 3 (9.68%) Ansible
3 2 (6.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (3.23%) Bloomberg
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle
1 1 (3.23%) Refinitiv
1 1 (3.23%) Reuters