Python Contracts in the North East

Python
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 19 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 13 33
Rank change year-on-year +1 +20 +7
Contract jobs citing Python 30 40 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 9.29% 11.43% 4.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.88% 30.53% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 33 17
10th Percentile £605 £470 £450
25th Percentile £613 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% +0.46%
75th Percentile £638 £775 £688
90th Percentile £645 £848 £700
England median daily rate £567 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -5.50% - +13.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - £32.74 -
25th Percentile - £34.98 -
Median hourly rate £20.77 £39.34 -
Median % change year-on-year -47.20% - -
75th Percentile £27.12 £43.07 -
90th Percentile £38.56 £44.94 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £54.25
% change year-on-year - +19.82% +44.67%

All Programming Languages
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 86 131 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 26.63% 37.43% 30.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 103 111
10th Percentile £317 £364 £375
25th Percentile £383 £483 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year -19.64% +6.67% +10.53%
75th Percentile £538 £700 £638
90th Percentile £640 £775 £675
England median daily rate £540 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -4.00% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 4
10th Percentile £20.77 £32.74 £22.90
25th Percentile £40.91 £34.98 £34.70
Median hourly rate £47.50 £39.34 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.74% -14.48% +201.64%
75th Percentile £58.75 £43.07 £51.25
90th Percentile £68.75 £44.94 £53.95
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +19.12%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in the North East

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Daily rate trend for Python in the North East

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

Hourly rate trend for Python in the North East

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Python in the North East over the 6 months to 19 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Python in the North East

Python
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the North East region over the 6 months to 19 June 2024. 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
Tyne and Wear +1 17 £625 -7.41% 21
Northumberland 0 9 - - 6
Durham 0 3 - - 8
Python
England

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 (3.33%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 15 (50.00%) Chatbot
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (33.33%) AWS
1 10 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.33%) Amazon Bedrock
3 1 (3.33%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (30.00%) Git
General
1 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.33%) Finance
2 1 (3.33%) Legal
2 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (46.67%) Developer
1 14 (46.67%) Software Developer
2 8 (26.67%) Lead
3 3 (10.00%) Analyst
3 3 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Penetration Tester
4 2 (6.67%) Tester
5 1 (3.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Data Scientist
5 1 (3.33%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (46.67%) HTML
2 9 (30.00%) PyTorch
2 9 (30.00%) TensorFlow
3 3 (10.00%) .NET
4 1 (3.33%) AWS CDK
4 1 (3.33%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) Mobile App
1 2 (6.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Linux
1 2 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (80.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 23 (76.67%) Software Engineering
3 15 (50.00%) Conversational UI
4 14 (46.67%) Code Quality
5 10 (33.33%) Machine Learning
5 10 (33.33%) Visualisation
6 9 (30.00%) DevOps
6 9 (30.00%) Digital Engineering
6 9 (30.00%) GitOps
6 9 (30.00%) Systems Engineering
7 3 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (10.00%) Data Analysis
8 2 (6.67%) Application Security
8 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (6.67%) Ethical Hacking
8 2 (6.67%) Offensive Security
8 2 (6.67%) Penetration Testing
8 2 (6.67%) Red Team
9 1 (3.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 1 (3.33%) MLOps
Programming Languages
1 17 (56.67%) C#
2 16 (53.33%) JavaScript
3 15 (50.00%) SQL
4 2 (6.67%) C++
5 1 (3.33%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (56.67%) Degree
2 12 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 12 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (10.00%) HNC
4 2 (6.67%) CEH
4 2 (6.67%) CREST Certified
4 2 (6.67%) GIAC
4 2 (6.67%) GPEN
4 2 (6.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (30.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (46.67%) PayPal
2 13 (43.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.33%) Databricks
3 1 (3.33%) Google