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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 13 23
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 +7
Contract jobs citing Python 766 499 298
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 9.87% 11.93% 7.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.08% 40.37% 28.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 504 344 189
10th Percentile £365 £316 £356
25th Percentile £413 £400 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £507
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -6.31% -7.40%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £588
90th Percentile £650 £606 £675
England median daily rate £550 £525 £588
% change year-on-year +4.76% -10.64% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 5
10th Percentile £28.50 £37.19 -
25th Percentile £32.69 £38.97 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £41.94 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +19.22% -9.18% -
75th Percentile £66.25 £54.60 -
90th Percentile £71.86 £62.19 £70.97
England median hourly rate £63.14 £50.00 £68.75
% change year-on-year +26.27% -27.27% +5.77%

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 1,960 1,236 1,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.26% 29.55% 24.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,246 863 670
10th Percentile £350 £315 £329
25th Percentile £413 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £455 £485
Median % change year-on-year +6.71% -6.29% -3.00%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £567
90th Percentile £650 £626 £638
England median daily rate £525 £513 £543
% change year-on-year +2.44% -5.53% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 13 30
10th Percentile £28.50 £31.20 £35.20
25th Percentile £52.50 £41.94 £37.55
Median hourly rate £70.00 £66.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +44.00% -
75th Percentile £75.00 £84.50 £64.69
90th Percentile £77.00 £93.20 £80.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £56.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.04% -13.08% +4.00%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -3 384 £500 - 203
North West -2 304 £525 +20.69% 438
North East -1 87 £425 -17.48% 118
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 57 (7.44%) Apache Spark
2 52 (6.79%) Apache
3 42 (5.48%) Apache Airflow
4 28 (3.66%) Jupyter
5 16 (2.09%) Confluence
6 12 (1.57%) SAS
7 10 (1.31%) SharePoint
8 6 (0.78%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.52%) nginx
10 3 (0.39%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.26%) Camunda
12 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
12 1 (0.13%) FactoryTalk
12 1 (0.13%) IIS
12 1 (0.13%) Traefik
Applications
1 16 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 8 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.13%) FIS Private Capital Suite
3 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 324 (42.30%) AWS
2 261 (34.07%) Azure
3 177 (23.11%) GCP
4 118 (15.40%) GitHub
5 61 (7.96%) GitHub Actions
6 55 (7.18%) Serverless
7 54 (7.05%) Power Platform
8 42 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (5.22%) Amazon S3
10 39 (5.09%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 35 (4.57%) AWS Lambda
11 35 (4.57%) OCI
12 27 (3.52%) Entra ID
12 27 (3.52%) SaaS
13 26 (3.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 26 (3.39%) AWS CloudFormation
14 24 (3.13%) dbt
15 21 (2.74%) OpenShift
16 20 (2.61%) Azure Monitor
16 20 (2.61%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 99 (12.92%) Firewall
2 58 (7.57%) Network Security
3 44 (5.74%) BIG-IP
3 44 (5.74%) DNS
4 42 (5.48%) WAN
5 37 (4.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 36 (4.70%) SD-WAN
7 35 (4.57%) BGP
8 32 (4.18%) OSPF
9 25 (3.26%) TCP/IP
10 22 (2.87%) Ethernet VPN
11 21 (2.74%) VXLAN
12 20 (2.61%) VPN
13 19 (2.48%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 18 (2.35%) Wireless
15 15 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
16 13 (1.70%) WLAN
17 11 (1.44%) VLAN
18 10 (1.31%) SSL
19 7 (0.91%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.66%) Power BI
2 39 (5.09%) Metadata
3 31 (4.05%) BigQuery
4 30 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (3.26%) SQL Server
6 23 (3.00%) Big Data
7 21 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (2.35%) Data Lake
8 18 (2.35%) Tableau
9 17 (2.22%) DynamoDB
10 16 (2.09%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.83%) Amazon Athena
11 14 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.57%) Delta Lake
13 11 (1.44%) Neo4j
14 10 (1.31%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.91%) Looker
15 7 (0.91%) Semantic Layer
15 7 (0.91%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 114 (14.88%) Jenkins
2 91 (11.88%) GitLab
3 87 (11.36%) Git
4 68 (8.88%) JIRA
5 17 (2.22%) Postman
6 16 (2.09%) Gatling
6 16 (2.09%) JMeter
7 15 (1.96%) Cucumber
7 15 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
8 14 (1.83%) Maven
8 14 (1.83%) Selenium
9 12 (1.57%) Claude Code
9 12 (1.57%) LoadRunner
10 11 (1.44%) SonarQube
11 10 (1.31%) REST Assured
12 7 (0.91%) Zephyr
13 6 (0.78%) NeoLoad
13 6 (0.78%) SoapUI
14 4 (0.52%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.52%) MSBuild
General
1 174 (22.72%) Finance
2 166 (21.67%) Social Skills
3 110 (14.36%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (12.27%) Public Sector
5 71 (9.27%) Banking
6 12 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (1.57%) Legal
7 11 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (1.44%) Retail
8 10 (1.31%) Publishing
9 8 (1.04%) Games
9 8 (1.04%) Law
9 8 (1.04%) Military
10 5 (0.65%) Marketing
11 4 (0.52%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.52%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.39%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.39%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.26%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 126 (16.45%) Senior
2 102 (13.32%) Developer
3 88 (11.49%) DevOps Engineer
4 84 (10.97%) Data Engineer
5 68 (8.88%) Python Developer
6 61 (7.96%) Lead
7 45 (5.87%) Security Engineer
8 43 (5.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 40 (5.22%) Network Engineer
10 37 (4.83%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 36 (4.70%) Cloud Engineer
12 35 (4.57%) Python Engineer
13 30 (3.92%) Analyst
14 29 (3.79%) Software Engineer
15 26 (3.39%) AWS Engineer
16 23 (3.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 22 (2.87%) Data Analyst
18 20 (2.61%) Architect
19 19 (2.48%) Test Engineer
20 17 (2.22%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 272 (35.51%) Terraform
2 59 (7.70%) REST
3 43 (5.61%) PySpark
4 40 (5.22%) Kafka
5 38 (4.96%) Node.js
6 30 (3.92%) React
7 29 (3.79%) JSON
8 21 (2.74%) LangChain
9 20 (2.61%) OpenID
9 20 (2.61%) pytest
10 18 (2.35%) Flask
10 18 (2.35%) OAuth
11 17 (2.22%) Django
11 17 (2.22%) HTML
12 16 (2.09%) Playwright
12 16 (2.09%) YAML
13 15 (1.96%) CSS
13 15 (1.96%) OAuth2
14 14 (1.83%) SAML
15 12 (1.57%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 143 (18.67%) Cloud Native
2 55 (7.18%) Data Centre
3 34 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 33 (4.31%) Public Cloud
5 31 (4.05%) Distributed Systems
6 29 (3.79%) Data Protection Act
7 28 (3.66%) AI Agents
7 28 (3.66%) Security Posture
8 26 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
9 25 (3.26%) Management Information System
10 23 (3.00%) PKI
11 21 (2.74%) Product Ownership
12 18 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (2.22%) Data Structures
13 17 (2.22%) Linux Command Line
14 13 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.70%) NHS
15 12 (1.57%) Enterprise Cloud
15 12 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
16 11 (1.44%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 115 (15.01%) Linux
2 56 (7.31%) Windows
3 48 (6.27%) Unix
4 30 (3.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (2.09%) Solaris
5 16 (2.09%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.91%) VMS
7 4 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.52%) macOS
7 4 (0.52%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.39%) AIX
8 3 (0.39%) CentOS
8 3 (0.39%) zOS
9 2 (0.26%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.13%) Android
10 1 (0.13%) Check Point GAiA
10 1 (0.13%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (52.48%) CI/CD
2 279 (36.42%) DevOps
3 254 (33.16%) Infrastructure as Code
4 198 (25.85%) Agile
5 167 (21.80%) AI
6 154 (20.10%) Observability
7 135 (17.62%) Analytics
8 127 (16.58%) Data Engineering
9 116 (15.14%) Data Pipeline
10 114 (14.88%) Containerisation
10 114 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
11 103 (13.45%) Software Engineering
11 103 (13.45%) Test Automation
12 92 (12.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 92 (12.01%) Validation
13 87 (11.36%) Machine Learning
14 83 (10.84%) Cloud Security
15 80 (10.44%) Stakeholder Management
16 78 (10.18%) Data Modelling
17 76 (9.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 201 (26.24%) SQL
2 133 (17.36%) PowerShell
3 131 (17.10%) Bash
4 129 (16.84%) Java
5 47 (6.14%) JavaScript
6 40 (5.22%) Go
7 31 (4.05%) TypeScript
8 25 (3.26%) Bicep
9 22 (2.87%) C#
10 17 (2.22%) ActionScript
11 16 (2.09%) Scala
12 15 (1.96%) Shell Script
13 14 (1.83%) Groovy
14 11 (1.44%) Search Processing Language
15 10 (1.31%) Rust
16 9 (1.17%) Kusto Query Language
17 8 (1.04%) R
18 7 (0.91%) C++
19 5 (0.65%) Perl
19 5 (0.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 163 (21.28%) Security Cleared
2 150 (19.58%) SC Cleared
3 60 (7.83%) Degree
4 37 (4.83%) AWS Certification
5 33 (4.31%) CISSP
6 30 (3.92%) Azure Certification
7 26 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 22 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.44%) CCNP
10 11 (1.44%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.91%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.78%) CCIE
12 6 (0.78%) GCIH
13 5 (0.65%) GCFA
14 4 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (0.52%) GIAC
15 3 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.39%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (10.70%) Data Quality
2 25 (3.26%) QA
3 15 (1.96%) GDPR
4 13 (1.70%) PCI DSS
5 12 (1.57%) NIST
6 11 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.91%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.78%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.65%) HL7
9 5 (0.65%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.52%) NCSC
11 3 (0.39%) SLA
12 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.13%) GRC
12 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.13%) PMO
12 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 142 (18.54%) Docker
2 22 (2.87%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.52%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.52%) NFS
6 3 (0.39%) Firmware
6 3 (0.39%) vSphere
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
7 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.26%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.13%) Ceph
8 1 (0.13%) etcd
8 1 (0.13%) KVM
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.13%) SRDF
8 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 175 (22.85%) Kubernetes
2 127 (16.58%) Ansible
3 50 (6.53%) Grafana
4 41 (5.35%) Prometheus
5 31 (4.05%) Progress Chef
6 13 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.44%) Argo
8 7 (0.91%) Control-M
9 6 (0.78%) HAProxy
9 6 (0.78%) IBM Guardium
9 6 (0.78%) Nessus
10 5 (0.65%) CASB
10 5 (0.65%) Kustomize
10 5 (0.65%) Packer
11 4 (0.52%) Istio
11 4 (0.52%) Kubeflow
11 4 (0.52%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 4 (0.52%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.39%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.39%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 105 (13.71%) Microsoft
2 88 (11.49%) Google
3 66 (8.62%) Databricks
4 50 (6.53%) Splunk
5 47 (6.14%) F5
6 37 (4.83%) Palo Alto
7 35 (4.57%) ServiceNow
8 28 (3.66%) Arista
9 27 (3.52%) Dynatrace
10 26 (3.39%) Cisco
10 26 (3.39%) IBM
11 24 (3.13%) Aruba
11 24 (3.13%) Oracle
12 23 (3.00%) Red Hat
13 15 (1.96%) VMware
14 14 (1.83%) SAP
15 13 (1.70%) Trend Micro
16 12 (1.57%) Fortinet
16 12 (1.57%) OpenAI
17 9 (1.17%) Okta