Python Contracts in the Midlands

Python
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 19 32 49
Rank change year-on-year +13 +17 +23
Contract jobs citing Python 132 129 145
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.90% 4.68% 4.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.67% 20.87% 15.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 65 113
10th Percentile £307 £313 £400
25th Percentile £398 £363 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.78% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £601 £550 £650
90th Percentile £689 £625 £700
England median daily rate £550 £563 £600
% change year-on-year -2.22% -6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 2
10th Percentile £18.38 £25.94 £50.13
25th Percentile £23.34 £29.72 £50.31
Median hourly rate £28.18 £40.25 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -29.99% -21.46% -
75th Percentile £33.91 £59.38 £52.81
90th Percentile - £72.50 £53.38
England median hourly rate £40.91 £62.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -34.02% -4.62% +27.83%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 477 618 932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.92% 22.42% 27.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 447 697
10th Percentile £275 £260 £313
25th Percentile £381 £350 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £540 £550 £563
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
England median daily rate £525 £540 £565
% change year-on-year -2.78% -4.42% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 20 15
10th Percentile £16.46 £22.42 £20.24
25th Percentile £17.60 £27.38 £24.31
Median hourly rate £20.24 £51.78 £33.39
Median % change year-on-year -60.91% +55.10% -4.61%
75th Percentile £28.75 £58.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £33.91 £60.13 £86.00
England median hourly rate £62.75 £62.50 £61.84
% change year-on-year +0.40% +1.07% +23.68%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in the Midlands

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Python in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Python in the Midlands

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Python in the Midlands

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Python in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Python in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +18 94 £506 +19.06% 218
East Midlands -1 37 £425 -17.07% 147
Python
England

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (6.06%) Confluence
2 6 (4.55%) Apache
3 3 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.52%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.52%) JBoss
4 2 (1.52%) SAS
4 2 (1.52%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.52%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.76%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 5 (3.79%) Maya
1 5 (3.79%) NUKE
2 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.76%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.52%) NetSuite
1 2 (1.52%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (1.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 38 (28.79%) AWS
2 31 (23.48%) Azure
3 16 (12.12%) GCP
4 13 (9.85%) Power Platform
5 10 (7.58%) Serverless
6 8 (6.06%) Amazon S3
6 8 (6.06%) Snowflake
7 7 (5.30%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (3.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (3.79%) GitHub
9 5 (3.79%) SaaS
10 4 (3.03%) Asana
10 4 (3.03%) PaaS
11 3 (2.27%) Amazon EMR
11 3 (2.27%) Amazon Kinesis
11 3 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.55%) Firewall
2 4 (3.03%) HTTP
2 4 (3.03%) Network Security
2 4 (3.03%) SAN
2 4 (3.03%) SSL
3 3 (2.27%) DHCP
3 3 (2.27%) DNS
3 3 (2.27%) VLAN
4 2 (1.52%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.52%) NetScaler
4 2 (1.52%) OpenLDAP
4 2 (1.52%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.76%) BGP
5 1 (0.76%) DSL
5 1 (0.76%) Internet
5 1 (0.76%) LAN
5 1 (0.76%) OSPF
5 1 (0.76%) WAN
5 1 (0.76%) Wireless Security
5 1 (0.76%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.85%) Power BI
2 10 (7.58%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (5.30%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (5.30%) Relational Database
3 7 (5.30%) SQL Server
4 6 (4.55%) NoSQL
5 5 (3.79%) Big Data
5 5 (3.79%) Tableau
6 4 (3.03%) Data Lake
6 4 (3.03%) DynamoDB
6 4 (3.03%) MongoDB
7 3 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.52%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.52%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.52%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.52%) Metadata
8 2 (1.52%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 18 (13.64%) Git
2 16 (12.12%) JIRA
3 14 (10.61%) Jenkins
4 6 (4.55%) MSI
5 4 (3.03%) ERwin
5 4 (3.03%) GitLab
5 4 (3.03%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (2.27%) JMeter
6 3 (2.27%) Maven
6 3 (2.27%) Postman
6 3 (2.27%) REST Assured
6 3 (2.27%) Selenium
6 3 (2.27%) TestNG
6 3 (2.27%) Travis CI
7 2 (1.52%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (1.52%) CA Release Automation
7 2 (1.52%) Introscope
7 2 (1.52%) LoadRunner
7 2 (1.52%) Subversion
7 2 (1.52%) TeamCity
General
1 56 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 22 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (13.64%) Finance
4 10 (7.58%) Banking
5 9 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.30%) Automotive
6 7 (5.30%) Games
7 6 (4.55%) Advertising
8 5 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.03%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.27%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.52%) Back Office
11 2 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.52%) Legal
11 2 (1.52%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.76%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.76%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.76%) Military
12 1 (0.76%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 19 (14.39%) Data Engineer
2 15 (11.36%) Developer
3 14 (10.61%) Senior
4 8 (6.06%) Lead
4 8 (6.06%) Python Engineer
5 7 (5.30%) Cloud Engineer
5 7 (5.30%) Support Engineer
6 6 (4.55%) Architect
6 6 (4.55%) Python Data Engineer
6 6 (4.55%) Python Developer
7 5 (3.79%) Analyst
7 5 (3.79%) JavaScript Engineer
7 5 (3.79%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (3.03%) AWS Engineer
8 4 (3.03%) IT Manager
8 4 (3.03%) IT Project Manager
8 4 (3.03%) Project Manager
8 4 (3.03%) Security Engineer
8 4 (3.03%) Senior Developer
8 4 (3.03%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.30%) React
2 6 (4.55%) Django
2 6 (4.55%) PySpark
2 6 (4.55%) Software Packaging
3 5 (3.79%) .NET
3 5 (3.79%) HTML
3 5 (3.79%) RESTful
4 4 (3.03%) Apache NiFi
4 4 (3.03%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (3.03%) Kafka
4 4 (3.03%) Node.js
4 4 (3.03%) YAML
5 3 (2.27%) Apache Axis
5 3 (2.27%) CSS
5 3 (2.27%) J2EE
6 2 (1.52%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (1.52%) JSON
6 2 (1.52%) Spring
6 2 (1.52%) Web Services
6 2 (1.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.82%) Onboarding
2 7 (5.30%) Data Protection Act
2 7 (5.30%) Management Information System
2 7 (5.30%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.55%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.79%) Animation
4 5 (3.79%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.03%) SCADA
6 3 (2.27%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.27%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.52%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.52%) FPGA
7 2 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.52%) Infotainment
7 2 (1.52%) Mobile Games
7 2 (1.52%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.52%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 23 (17.42%) Windows
2 22 (16.67%) Linux
3 7 (5.30%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.55%) Ubuntu
5 4 (3.03%) Debian
5 4 (3.03%) Unix
6 3 (2.27%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.52%) AIX
7 2 (1.52%) CentOS
7 2 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (32.58%) Agile
2 37 (28.03%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (21.21%) CI/CD
4 24 (18.18%) DevOps
5 22 (16.67%) Analytics
6 18 (13.64%) Data Modelling
7 17 (12.88%) Containerisation
8 16 (12.12%) Computer Science
9 15 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
9 15 (11.36%) ETL
9 15 (11.36%) Migration
9 15 (11.36%) Project Management
10 14 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (9.85%) Data Pipeline
12 12 (9.09%) Software Delivery
13 11 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
13 11 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (8.33%) Data Engineering
13 11 (8.33%) Data Science
13 11 (8.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 48 (36.36%) SQL
2 31 (23.48%) PowerShell
3 21 (15.91%) Bash
4 20 (15.15%) Java
5 14 (10.61%) JavaScript
6 8 (6.06%) R
7 7 (5.30%) Perl
7 7 (5.30%) TypeScript
8 6 (4.55%) C#
8 6 (4.55%) Shell Script
9 5 (3.79%) PHP
9 5 (3.79%) Tcl
10 4 (3.03%) C++
10 4 (3.03%) Scala
11 3 (2.27%) Ruby
12 2 (1.52%) C
12 2 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (1.52%) Go
12 2 (1.52%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.76%) ANSI SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 27 (20.45%) SC Cleared
3 21 (15.91%) Degree
4 13 (9.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (7.58%) CISSP
6 7 (5.30%) CEH
7 6 (4.55%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.03%) AWS Certification
8 4 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.27%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (2.27%) ISTQB
10 2 (1.52%) CISM
10 2 (1.52%) GIAC
11 1 (0.76%) CCNP
11 1 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.76%) OCP
11 1 (0.76%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.82%) QA
3 5 (3.79%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.52%) COSHH
4 2 (1.52%) GDPR
4 2 (1.52%) ISO 14001
4 2 (1.52%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.76%) Basel III
5 1 (0.76%) HL7
5 1 (0.76%) IFRS
5 1 (0.76%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.76%) NCSC
5 1 (0.76%) NIST
5 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 28 (21.21%) Docker
2 6 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (18.94%) Kubernetes
2 15 (11.36%) Terraform
3 14 (10.61%) Ansible
4 6 (4.55%) Kibana
5 3 (2.27%) Grafana
5 3 (2.27%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (2.27%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.52%) BMC PATROL
6 2 (1.52%) CA Wily
6 2 (1.52%) Nessus
6 2 (1.52%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.52%) Puppet
7 1 (0.76%) logstash
7 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.76%) Podman
7 1 (0.76%) QRadar
7 1 (0.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (9.85%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.33%) Databricks
3 7 (5.30%) VMware
4 6 (4.55%) Google
4 6 (4.55%) Splunk
4 6 (4.55%) Tanium
5 4 (3.03%) AppDynamics
5 4 (3.03%) Oracle
5 4 (3.03%) Red Hat
6 3 (2.27%) Foundry
6 3 (2.27%) HP
6 3 (2.27%) IBM
7 2 (1.52%) BMC
7 2 (1.52%) Cisco
7 2 (1.52%) Dell
7 2 (1.52%) F5
7 2 (1.52%) Imperva
7 2 (1.52%) Juniper
7 2 (1.52%) Proofpoint
7 2 (1.52%) SAP