Python Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Python
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 13 21
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 +9
Contract jobs citing Python 751 446 296
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 9.87% 11.19% 7.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.78% 38.09% 29.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 307 188
10th Percentile £363 £338 £356
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £476 £507
Median % change year-on-year +5.04% -6.11% -7.82%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £595
90th Percentile £650 £604 £675
England median daily rate £550 £530 £600
% change year-on-year +3.77% -11.63% -0.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 5
10th Percentile - £37.19 -
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.97 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £41.94 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +19.22% -9.18% -
75th Percentile £71.33 £54.60 -
90th Percentile £75.00 £62.19 £70.97
England median hourly rate £63.48 £50.00 £69.38
% change year-on-year +26.96% -27.93% +6.73%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,888 1,171 1,006
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 24.81% 29.37% 24.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,206 828 673
10th Percentile £350 £315 £333
25th Percentile £413 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £454 £488
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -6.92% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £625 £638
England median daily rate £525 £514 £550
% change year-on-year +2.14% -6.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 12 28
10th Percentile £28.50 £30.60 £35.89
25th Percentile £46.80 £40.46 £37.55
Median hourly rate £69.50 £66.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +4.51% +44.00% -
75th Percentile £72.66 £85.56 £64.06
90th Percentile £77.00 £94.38 £81.67
England median hourly rate £65.00 £56.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +16.07% -13.85% -

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Python relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Python job vacancy trend in the North of England

Python
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Python.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Python in the North of England

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Python.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Python

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Python in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Python in the North of England

Python
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 23 September 2026. 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
Yorkshire -2 385 £500 - 351
North West +3 288 £525 +11.94% 574
North East 0 88 £425 -10.53% 142
Python
England

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 55 (7.32%) Apache Spark
2 45 (5.99%) Apache
3 41 (5.46%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (3.86%) Jupyter
5 18 (2.40%) Confluence
6 12 (1.60%) SAS
6 12 (1.60%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.80%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.53%) nginx
9 3 (0.40%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.27%) Camunda
11 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.13%) FactoryTalk
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.13%) Traefik
Applications
1 14 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 8 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.13%) FIS Private Capital Suite
3 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 330 (43.94%) AWS
2 258 (34.35%) Azure
3 171 (22.77%) GCP
4 116 (15.45%) GitHub
5 66 (8.79%) GitHub Actions
6 58 (7.72%) Serverless
7 56 (7.46%) Power Platform
8 40 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
8 40 (5.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 39 (5.19%) AWS Lambda
10 38 (5.06%) Amazon S3
11 37 (4.93%) OCI
12 29 (3.86%) AWS CloudFormation
13 28 (3.73%) SaaS
14 24 (3.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 24 (3.20%) Entra ID
15 20 (2.66%) OpenShift
16 19 (2.53%) dbt
17 18 (2.40%) Azure Monitor
17 18 (2.40%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 93 (12.38%) Firewall
2 51 (6.79%) Network Security
3 44 (5.86%) BIG-IP
4 42 (5.59%) DNS
4 42 (5.59%) WAN
5 35 (4.66%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 35 (4.66%) SD-WAN
6 33 (4.39%) BGP
7 30 (3.99%) OSPF
8 25 (3.33%) TCP/IP
9 22 (2.93%) Ethernet VPN
10 21 (2.80%) VXLAN
11 18 (2.40%) Wireless
12 17 (2.26%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 17 (2.26%) VPN
13 16 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (1.73%) WLAN
15 10 (1.33%) SSL
16 9 (1.20%) DHCP
17 8 (1.07%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (6.92%) Power BI
2 39 (5.19%) Metadata
3 36 (4.79%) BigQuery
4 26 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (3.20%) Big Data
5 24 (3.20%) SQL Server
6 22 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (2.80%) DynamoDB
8 18 (2.40%) Tableau
9 16 (2.13%) Data Lake
10 15 (2.00%) Amazon Athena
10 15 (2.00%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.86%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.60%) MongoDB
13 10 (1.33%) Delta Lake
14 9 (1.20%) Neo4j
15 8 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 7 (0.93%) Ataccama
16 7 (0.93%) Looker
Development Applications
1 106 (14.11%) Jenkins
2 88 (11.72%) GitLab
3 76 (10.12%) Git
4 71 (9.45%) JIRA
5 16 (2.13%) Gatling
6 14 (1.86%) JMeter
6 14 (1.86%) Sonatype Nexus
7 13 (1.73%) Maven
7 13 (1.73%) Postman
7 13 (1.73%) SonarQube
8 12 (1.60%) LoadRunner
8 12 (1.60%) Selenium
9 11 (1.46%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.20%) Claude Code
11 8 (1.07%) REST Assured
12 7 (0.93%) Zephyr
13 6 (0.80%) NeoLoad
14 4 (0.53%) MSBuild
14 4 (0.53%) Visual Studio
15 3 (0.40%) Bugzilla
General
1 167 (22.24%) Social Skills
2 152 (20.24%) Finance
3 110 (14.65%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (13.18%) Public Sector
5 67 (8.92%) Banking
6 14 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (1.60%) Legal
7 12 (1.60%) Publishing
8 10 (1.33%) Retail
9 9 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.07%) Games
10 8 (1.07%) Military
11 6 (0.80%) Law
12 5 (0.67%) Marketing
13 4 (0.53%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.53%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.40%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.40%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 129 (17.18%) Senior
2 112 (14.91%) Developer
3 86 (11.45%) DevOps Engineer
4 76 (10.12%) Data Engineer
5 71 (9.45%) Python Developer
6 57 (7.59%) Lead
7 44 (5.86%) Security Engineer
8 41 (5.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 37 (4.93%) Network Engineer
9 37 (4.93%) Python Engineer
10 34 (4.53%) Cloud Engineer
11 30 (3.99%) Analyst
11 30 (3.99%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 27 (3.60%) Software Engineer
13 26 (3.46%) AWS Engineer
14 25 (3.33%) Architect
15 23 (3.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 21 (2.80%) Platform Engineer
17 20 (2.66%) Data Analyst
17 20 (2.66%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 276 (36.75%) Terraform
2 54 (7.19%) REST
3 44 (5.86%) PySpark
4 43 (5.73%) Node.js
5 39 (5.19%) Kafka
6 35 (4.66%) React
7 34 (4.53%) JSON
8 19 (2.53%) Playwright
8 19 (2.53%) pytest
9 18 (2.40%) OAuth
9 18 (2.40%) OpenID
10 17 (2.26%) Flask
11 16 (2.13%) Django
11 16 (2.13%) YAML
12 15 (2.00%) CSS
12 15 (2.00%) HTML
12 15 (2.00%) LangChain
12 15 (2.00%) OAuth2
13 14 (1.86%) .NET
13 14 (1.86%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 140 (18.64%) Cloud Native
2 53 (7.06%) Data Centre
3 35 (4.66%) Distributed Systems
4 33 (4.39%) Data Protection Act
5 29 (3.86%) Public Cloud
6 28 (3.73%) Security Posture
7 27 (3.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 27 (3.60%) Onboarding
8 24 (3.20%) AI Agents
8 24 (3.20%) Management Information System
9 21 (2.80%) PKI
9 21 (2.80%) Product Ownership
10 18 (2.40%) Data Structures
10 18 (2.40%) NHS
11 16 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (2.00%) Linux Command Line
13 14 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.73%) Replication
15 11 (1.46%) Cloud Security Posture
16 10 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 111 (14.78%) Linux
2 61 (8.12%) Windows
3 41 (5.46%) Unix
4 34 (4.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (2.26%) Windows Server
6 13 (1.73%) Solaris
7 9 (1.20%) VMS
8 7 (0.93%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.67%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.67%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.40%) CentOS
10 3 (0.40%) zOS
11 2 (0.27%) AIX
11 2 (0.27%) CoreOS
11 2 (0.27%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.13%) Check Point GAiA
12 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (51.80%) CI/CD
2 265 (35.29%) DevOps
3 251 (33.42%) Infrastructure as Code
4 193 (25.70%) Agile
5 152 (20.24%) Observability
6 145 (19.31%) AI
7 134 (17.84%) Analytics
8 118 (15.71%) Containerisation
9 115 (15.31%) Data Engineering
10 110 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
11 109 (14.51%) Data Pipeline
12 94 (12.52%) Test Automation
13 91 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
14 89 (11.85%) Software Engineering
15 80 (10.65%) Cloud Security
16 76 (10.12%) Stakeholder Management
16 76 (10.12%) Validation
17 74 (9.85%) Machine Learning
18 72 (9.59%) Data Modelling
19 71 (9.45%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 182 (24.23%) SQL
2 134 (17.84%) Java
3 132 (17.58%) Bash
3 132 (17.58%) PowerShell
4 46 (6.13%) JavaScript
5 38 (5.06%) Go
6 27 (3.60%) TypeScript
7 25 (3.33%) Bicep
8 16 (2.13%) C#
8 16 (2.13%) Scala
9 15 (2.00%) ActionScript
9 15 (2.00%) Shell Script
10 14 (1.86%) Groovy
11 11 (1.46%) Search Processing Language
12 10 (1.33%) Rust
13 9 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (1.07%) R
15 6 (0.80%) VBA
16 5 (0.67%) Perl
16 5 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 161 (21.44%) Security Cleared
2 147 (19.57%) SC Cleared
3 58 (7.72%) Degree
4 36 (4.79%) AWS Certification
5 34 (4.53%) CISSP
6 30 (3.99%) Azure Certification
7 24 (3.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.46%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.33%) CCNP
12 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.93%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.80%) GCIH
15 5 (0.67%) CCIE
15 5 (0.67%) GCFA
16 4 (0.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 4 (0.53%) GIAC
16 4 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 3 (0.40%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (10.25%) Data Quality
2 23 (3.06%) QA
3 17 (2.26%) GDPR
4 14 (1.86%) PCI DSS
5 13 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.73%) NIST
6 10 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (1.20%) HIPAA
8 6 (0.80%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.67%) HL7
9 5 (0.67%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.53%) SLA
11 2 (0.27%) NCSC
11 2 (0.27%) WCAG
12 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.13%) GRC
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 142 (18.91%) Docker
2 22 (2.93%) Active Directory
3 17 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.80%) vSphere
6 5 (0.67%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.53%) Firmware
7 4 (0.53%) NFS
7 4 (0.53%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.27%) SRDF
8 2 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.13%) Ceph
9 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 175 (23.30%) Kubernetes
2 126 (16.78%) Ansible
3 48 (6.39%) Grafana
4 41 (5.46%) Prometheus
5 30 (3.99%) Progress Chef
6 11 (1.46%) Argo
7 10 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.07%) Control-M
9 7 (0.93%) IBM Guardium
9 7 (0.93%) Nessus
10 6 (0.80%) HAProxy
11 5 (0.67%) CASB
11 5 (0.67%) Kustomize
11 5 (0.67%) Packer
11 5 (0.67%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.53%) Istio
12 4 (0.53%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 4 (0.53%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.40%) HP ALM
13 3 (0.40%) Kibana
Vendors
1 101 (13.45%) Microsoft
2 82 (10.92%) Google
3 68 (9.05%) Databricks
4 47 (6.26%) Splunk
5 45 (5.99%) F5
6 35 (4.66%) Palo Alto
7 31 (4.13%) ServiceNow
8 26 (3.46%) Arista
9 25 (3.33%) Cisco
9 25 (3.33%) Red Hat
10 24 (3.20%) Dynatrace
10 24 (3.20%) IBM
11 23 (3.06%) Aruba
12 20 (2.66%) Oracle
13 17 (2.26%) VMware
14 13 (1.73%) SAP
14 13 (1.73%) Trend Micro
15 11 (1.46%) OpenAI
16 10 (1.33%) Fortinet
17 9 (1.20%) BeyondTrust