Python Contracts in Macclesfield

Python
Cheshire > Macclesfield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Macclesfield 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 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 17 16
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 -6
Contract jobs citing Python 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Macclesfield 11.36% 1.92% 2.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 71.43% 100.00% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £490 - -
25th Percentile £496 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -5.56% +15.38%
75th Percentile £663 £438 -
90th Percentile £685 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £425 £478 £586
% change year-on-year -11.09% -18.43% +6.55%

All Programming Languages
Macclesfield

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 Macclesfield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 7 1 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield 15.91% 1.92% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 6
10th Percentile £356 - £313
25th Percentile £421 £413 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.35% -5.56% +15.38%
75th Percentile £638 £438 -
90th Percentile £675 - £469
Cheshire median daily rate £401 £445 £545
% change year-on-year -9.89% -18.35% +14.74%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield.

Job vacancy trend for Python in Macclesfield

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Macclesfield

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in Macclesfield.

Daily rate trend for Python in Macclesfield

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Macclesfield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Macclesfield over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Macclesfield

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Macclesfield 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Anthropic Claude
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Azure AI
1 3 (60.00%) GCP
1 3 (60.00%) Google Gemini
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Git
General
1 5 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Legal
2 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) PyTorch
1 3 (60.00%) Streamlit
1 3 (60.00%) TensorFlow
2 1 (20.00%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 5 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 5 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 5 (100.00%) LLM
1 5 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 5 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 5 (100.00%) SDLC
2 4 (80.00%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Vision
3 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (60.00%) Linear Algebra
3 3 (60.00%) Mathematics
3 3 (60.00%) Multi-Agent System
3 3 (60.00%) Pattern Recognition
3 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) RDF
3 3 (60.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Scala
2 1 (20.00%) R
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Ariba
1 1 (20.00%) SAP