Python Contracts in Manchester

Python
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 17 16
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +16
Contract jobs citing Python 91 112 165
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 9.83% 7.38% 8.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.03% 24.89% 28.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 75 123
10th Percentile £400 £325 £405
25th Percentile £425 £416 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -17.39% +6.98%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £650
90th Percentile £656 £650 £700
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £573
% change year-on-year -5.00% -12.66% +5.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £66.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate - £67.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +42.11% -
75th Percentile - £68.75 £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate - £67.50 £49.57
% change year-on-year - +36.17% +83.59%

All Programming Languages
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 303 450 570
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 32.72% 29.66% 30.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 355 442
10th Percentile £375 £343 £339
25th Percentile £400 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -10.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £539 £538 £600
90th Percentile £622 £620 £675
North West median daily rate £470 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 5
10th Percentile £68.38 - £39.10
25th Percentile £69.69 £52.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate £76.25 £70.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.93% +55.56% +192.87%
75th Percentile £84.69 £81.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £87.13 £82.90 £59.10
North West median hourly rate £70.00 £48.43 £40.59
% change year-on-year +44.54% +19.32% -2.19%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Manchester

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Python in Manchester

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for Python in Manchester

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Python in Manchester

Python
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Manchester 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
Altrincham - 1 - - 25
Python
North West

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 8 (8.79%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (6.59%) Apache Spark
3 2 (2.20%) Apache
3 2 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.20%) WebSphere
3 2 (2.20%) WebSphere Application Server
Business Applications
1 5 (5.49%) Kondor
Cloud Services
1 52 (57.14%) AWS
2 34 (37.36%) Azure
3 14 (15.38%) GCP
4 12 (13.19%) Amazon EC2
4 12 (13.19%) Amazon EKS
5 11 (12.09%) dbt
6 10 (10.99%) Amazon S3
7 9 (9.89%) GitHub
8 6 (6.59%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (6.59%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (6.59%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (6.59%) Serverless
9 5 (5.49%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (4.40%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (4.40%) Azure Machine Learning
10 4 (4.40%) Snowflake
11 3 (3.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (3.30%) Azure AKS
11 3 (3.30%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.49%) DNS
2 3 (3.30%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.20%) Calico
3 2 (2.20%) DHCP
3 2 (2.20%) Kerberos
3 2 (2.20%) Network Security
4 1 (1.10%) HTTP
4 1 (1.10%) tcpdump
4 1 (1.10%) VPN
4 1 (1.10%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (12.09%) SQL Server
3 8 (8.79%) Relational Database
4 7 (7.69%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (5.49%) Data Mining
5 5 (5.49%) MongoDB
5 5 (5.49%) NoSQL
5 5 (5.49%) Tableau
6 4 (4.40%) Airbyte
6 4 (4.40%) Big Data
6 4 (4.40%) BigQuery
6 4 (4.40%) Delta Lake
6 4 (4.40%) MySQL
6 4 (4.40%) ObjectStore
7 3 (3.30%) Looker
7 3 (3.30%) Metadata
7 3 (3.30%) Power BI
8 2 (2.20%) Data Vault
8 2 (2.20%) DynamoDB
8 2 (2.20%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 19 (20.88%) GitLab
2 14 (15.38%) Jenkins
3 12 (13.19%) Git
4 3 (3.30%) Maven
5 2 (2.20%) CircleCI
5 2 (2.20%) Cypress.io
5 2 (2.20%) JIRA
6 1 (1.10%) Flyway
6 1 (1.10%) Liquibase
General
1 20 (21.98%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.09%) Public Sector
3 9 (9.89%) Finance
4 8 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (7.69%) Banking
6 2 (2.20%) Military
7 1 (1.10%) Marketing
7 1 (1.10%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (31.87%) Senior
2 25 (27.47%) Data Engineer
3 20 (21.98%) Developer
4 10 (10.99%) Senior Data Engineer
5 9 (9.89%) Python Engineer
5 9 (9.89%) Software Engineer
6 8 (8.79%) Data Scientist
6 8 (8.79%) DevOps Engineer
6 8 (8.79%) Senior Software Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) Senior Developer
8 5 (5.49%) AWS Engineer
8 5 (5.49%) Kubernetes Engineer
8 5 (5.49%) Python Developer
8 5 (5.49%) Senior DevOps
9 4 (4.40%) AWS Data Engineer
9 4 (4.40%) Azure Engineer
9 4 (4.40%) Java Developer
9 4 (4.40%) Python Data Engineer
9 4 (4.40%) Python Software Engineer
9 4 (4.40%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (14.29%) Kafka
2 9 (9.89%) REST
2 9 (9.89%) RESTful
3 7 (7.69%) Node.js
3 7 (7.69%) React
4 5 (5.49%) FastAPI
4 5 (5.49%) SOAP
5 4 (4.40%) AngularJS
5 4 (4.40%) cloud-init
5 4 (4.40%) PySpark
5 4 (4.40%) TensorFlow
6 3 (3.30%) pytest
6 3 (3.30%) PyTorch
7 2 (2.20%) .NET
7 2 (2.20%) ADO
7 2 (2.20%) Django
7 2 (2.20%) Flask
7 2 (2.20%) LDAP
7 2 (2.20%) Leaflet
7 2 (2.20%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.49%) Derivative
1 5 (5.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (4.40%) Cloud Native
2 4 (4.40%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (3.30%) Algorithms
3 3 (3.30%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.20%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.20%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.10%) CMDB
5 1 (1.10%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.10%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.10%) IoT
5 1 (1.10%) MISP
5 1 (1.10%) PKI
5 1 (1.10%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 20 (21.98%) Linux
2 10 (10.99%) Unix
3 7 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (4.40%) CentOS
5 2 (2.20%) Android
5 2 (2.20%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (40.66%) CI/CD
2 25 (27.47%) Containerisation
3 23 (25.27%) Data Pipeline
3 23 (25.27%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (19.78%) DevOps
5 15 (16.48%) Analytics
5 15 (16.48%) Data Modelling
6 14 (15.38%) Visualisation
7 13 (14.29%) Agile
7 13 (14.29%) ETL
7 13 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
8 12 (13.19%) Machine Learning
8 12 (13.19%) Software Engineering
9 9 (9.89%) Artificial Intelligence
9 9 (9.89%) Data Science
9 9 (9.89%) Test Automation
10 8 (8.79%) Data Engineering
10 8 (8.79%) Digital Twin
11 7 (7.69%) Continuous Integration
11 7 (7.69%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 35 (38.46%) SQL
2 12 (13.19%) Bash
3 9 (9.89%) Java
3 9 (9.89%) TypeScript
4 7 (7.69%) JavaScript
5 5 (5.49%) PowerShell
6 4 (4.40%) Go
6 4 (4.40%) SPARQL
7 3 (3.30%) Clojure
7 3 (3.30%) Shell Script
8 2 (2.20%) C#
8 2 (2.20%) C++
8 2 (2.20%) R
9 1 (1.10%) Perl
Qualifications
1 19 (20.88%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.40%) Degree
2 4 (4.40%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.30%) AWS Certification
4 2 (2.20%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 1 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.10%) CCNA
5 1 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.99%) Data Quality
2 6 (6.59%) QA
3 5 (5.49%) Basel III
3 5 (5.49%) MiFID
4 3 (3.30%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.10%) NCSC
System Software
1 23 (25.27%) Docker
2 2 (2.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 36 (39.56%) Kubernetes
2 16 (17.58%) Terraform
3 8 (8.79%) Grafana
4 6 (6.59%) Prometheus
5 5 (5.49%) Ansible
5 5 (5.49%) Packer
6 4 (4.40%) ZABBIX
7 3 (3.30%) Istio
7 3 (3.30%) Puppet
8 2 (2.20%) Graylog
8 2 (2.20%) Progress Chef
9 1 (1.10%) Consul
9 1 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (1.10%) linkerd
9 1 (1.10%) Nagios
9 1 (1.10%) Nessus
9 1 (1.10%) OpenVAS
9 1 (1.10%) QRadar
9 1 (1.10%) Rancher
Vendors
1 12 (13.19%) Oracle
2 11 (12.09%) Databricks
3 6 (6.59%) Microsoft
4 5 (5.49%) Google
4 5 (5.49%) Sybase
5 3 (3.30%) IBM
5 3 (3.30%) Informatica
5 3 (3.30%) Talend
6 2 (2.20%) Mapbox
6 2 (2.20%) PagerDuty
6 2 (2.20%) Splunk
6 2 (2.20%) Thycotic
7 1 (1.10%) ArcSight
7 1 (1.10%) Carbon Black
7 1 (1.10%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.10%) Hotjar
7 1 (1.10%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.10%) Okta
7 1 (1.10%) Rapid7
7 1 (1.10%) SolarWinds