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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 14 21
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 -1
Contract jobs citing Python 759 403 286
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 10.27% 10.18% 6.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.72% 36.80% 28.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 284 194
10th Percentile £363 £338 £375
25th Percentile £413 £400 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £483 £505
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% -4.46% -12.17%
75th Percentile £587 £550 £598
90th Percentile £638 £613 £650
England median daily rate £538 £547 £575
% change year-on-year -1.81% -4.80% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 5
10th Percentile £28.50 - -
25th Percentile £28.88 - -
Median hourly rate £47.75 - £46.18
75th Percentile £68.00 - -
90th Percentile £88.50 - £59.72
England median hourly rate £58.50 £51.44 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.72% -20.86% -

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 1,864 1,095 1,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.23% 27.66% 24.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,180 788 718
10th Percentile £353 £314 £349
25th Percentile £413 £380 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -5.08% -4.88%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £600 £638
England median daily rate £523 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.60% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 10 31
10th Percentile £29.08 £29.28 £37.50
25th Percentile £47.50 £36.82 £41.86
Median hourly rate £69.00 £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% +27.27% +19.10%
75th Percentile £73.00 £87.69 £71.69
90th Percentile £77.30 £95.36 £83.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +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 8 August 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 8 August 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 8 August 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 +1 389 £500 +1.42% 165
North West +3 288 £525 +10.53% 306
North East 0 93 £425 -18.27% 98
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 67 (8.83%) Apache Spark
2 42 (5.53%) Apache
3 38 (5.01%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (3.82%) Confluence
4 29 (3.82%) Jupyter
5 13 (1.71%) SharePoint
6 8 (1.05%) SAS
7 3 (0.40%) nginx
8 2 (0.26%) Camunda
8 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.13%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 6 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
1 6 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) FIS Private Capital Suite
2 1 (0.13%) Odoo
2 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 330 (43.48%) AWS
2 257 (33.86%) Azure
3 156 (20.55%) GCP
4 131 (17.26%) GitHub
5 69 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
6 53 (6.98%) OpenShift
6 53 (6.98%) Power Platform
7 52 (6.85%) Serverless
8 44 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
9 39 (5.14%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 39 (5.14%) OCI
10 33 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
11 30 (3.95%) Amazon S3
12 28 (3.69%) SaaS
13 23 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
14 22 (2.90%) dbt
15 20 (2.64%) Azure Data Factory
16 18 (2.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 18 (2.37%) Vertex AI
17 16 (2.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 89 (11.73%) Firewall
2 49 (6.46%) DNS
3 38 (5.01%) BIG-IP
4 34 (4.48%) WAN
5 33 (4.35%) BGP
6 30 (3.95%) OSPF
7 29 (3.82%) Network Security
7 29 (3.82%) TCP/IP
8 28 (3.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 26 (3.43%) SD-WAN
10 21 (2.77%) Ethernet VPN
10 21 (2.77%) VXLAN
11 18 (2.37%) VPN
12 17 (2.24%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (1.71%) SAN
13 13 (1.71%) WLAN
14 11 (1.45%) HTTP
14 11 (1.45%) SSL
15 10 (1.32%) DHCP
15 10 (1.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (6.19%) Power BI
2 44 (5.80%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (4.61%) SQL Server
4 26 (3.43%) BigQuery
4 26 (3.43%) Metadata
5 24 (3.16%) NoSQL
6 22 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (2.77%) MongoDB
8 20 (2.64%) Big Data
9 19 (2.50%) Hadoop
10 17 (2.24%) Tableau
11 16 (2.11%) DynamoDB
12 13 (1.71%) Data Lake
13 11 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
13 11 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.32%) Delta Lake
14 10 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 8 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 129 (17.00%) Jenkins
2 86 (11.33%) GitLab
3 79 (10.41%) JIRA
4 67 (8.83%) Git
5 19 (2.50%) Gatling
6 15 (1.98%) Maven
7 12 (1.58%) SonarQube
8 11 (1.45%) Selenium
8 11 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
9 10 (1.32%) Postman
10 9 (1.19%) Cucumber
11 8 (1.05%) JMeter
12 7 (0.92%) LoadRunner
12 7 (0.92%) REST Assured
13 6 (0.79%) Artifactory
13 6 (0.79%) NeoLoad
14 5 (0.66%) Zephyr
15 4 (0.53%) Liquibase
15 4 (0.53%) MSBuild
15 4 (0.53%) Robot Framework
General
1 148 (19.50%) Social Skills
2 140 (18.45%) Finance
3 112 (14.76%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (12.65%) Public Sector
5 58 (7.64%) Banking
6 15 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (1.84%) Retail
8 13 (1.71%) Legal
9 11 (1.45%) Publishing
10 10 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.19%) Games
12 7 (0.92%) Military
13 4 (0.53%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.53%) Law
13 4 (0.53%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.53%) Marketing
14 3 (0.40%) Advertising
14 3 (0.40%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 118 (15.55%) Developer
2 116 (15.28%) Senior
3 89 (11.73%) DevOps Engineer
4 80 (10.54%) Python Developer
5 70 (9.22%) Data Engineer
6 66 (8.70%) Lead
7 54 (7.11%) Security Engineer
8 42 (5.53%) Python Engineer
9 41 (5.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 35 (4.61%) Architect
11 31 (4.08%) Cloud Engineer
12 30 (3.95%) Network Engineer
13 29 (3.82%) Analyst
13 29 (3.82%) Software Engineer
14 27 (3.56%) AWS Engineer
15 26 (3.43%) Platform Engineer
16 25 (3.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 23 (3.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 18 (2.37%) Full-Stack Developer
18 18 (2.37%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.93%) REST
2 43 (5.67%) Node.js
3 41 (5.40%) PySpark
4 40 (5.27%) Kafka
5 37 (4.87%) JSON
6 36 (4.74%) React
7 32 (4.22%) OpenTelemetry
8 22 (2.90%) Playwright
9 21 (2.77%) FastAPI
10 18 (2.37%) Spring
11 17 (2.24%) LangChain
12 16 (2.11%) CSS
12 16 (2.11%) HTML
12 16 (2.11%) PyTorch
12 16 (2.11%) YAML
13 14 (1.84%) .NET
13 14 (1.84%) Spring Boot
14 13 (1.71%) Vue
15 12 (1.58%) Pandas
16 11 (1.45%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 136 (17.92%) Cloud Native
2 48 (6.32%) Data Centre
3 38 (5.01%) Hybrid Cloud
4 34 (4.48%) Data Protection Act
5 30 (3.95%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (3.95%) Security Posture
6 24 (3.16%) Product Ownership
7 23 (3.03%) Management Information System
8 19 (2.50%) Linux Command Line
8 19 (2.50%) Replication
9 18 (2.37%) Onboarding
10 17 (2.24%) AI Agents
10 17 (2.24%) NHS
11 15 (1.98%) Data Structures
11 15 (1.98%) Public Cloud
12 14 (1.84%) PKI
13 13 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (1.19%) Cloud Security Posture
16 8 (1.05%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 115 (15.15%) Linux
2 64 (8.43%) Windows
3 36 (4.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 35 (4.61%) Unix
5 15 (1.98%) Windows Server
6 13 (1.71%) Solaris
7 7 (0.92%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.92%) VMS
8 5 (0.66%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.66%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.40%) AIX
9 3 (0.40%) zOS
10 2 (0.26%) CoreOS
10 2 (0.26%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.13%) Check Point GAiA
11 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (51.38%) CI/CD
2 301 (39.66%) DevOps
3 229 (30.17%) Infrastructure as Code
4 196 (25.82%) Agile
5 137 (18.05%) Containerisation
6 135 (17.79%) Observability
7 129 (17.00%) Analytics
8 127 (16.73%) AI
9 125 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
10 104 (13.70%) Data Engineering
11 103 (13.57%) Data Pipeline
12 96 (12.65%) Test Automation
13 88 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
14 78 (10.28%) Software Engineering
15 76 (10.01%) Migration
16 75 (9.88%) Machine Learning
17 73 (9.62%) High Availability
18 72 (9.49%) Platform Engineering
19 70 (9.22%) Data Modelling
20 65 (8.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 175 (23.06%) SQL
2 148 (19.50%) Bash
3 137 (18.05%) Java
4 119 (15.68%) PowerShell
5 52 (6.85%) JavaScript
6 34 (4.48%) TypeScript
7 28 (3.69%) Go
8 25 (3.29%) Bicep
9 21 (2.77%) Scala
10 20 (2.64%) Groovy
11 14 (1.84%) C#
12 13 (1.71%) Rust
13 12 (1.58%) Shell Script
14 9 (1.19%) ActionScript
14 9 (1.19%) R
15 8 (1.05%) Search Processing Language
16 7 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
17 6 (0.79%) VBA
18 5 (0.66%) C++
18 5 (0.66%) Perl
Qualifications
1 158 (20.82%) Security Cleared
2 136 (17.92%) SC Cleared
3 55 (7.25%) Degree
4 37 (4.87%) AWS Certification
5 31 (4.08%) CISSP
6 29 (3.82%) Azure Certification
7 24 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (2.11%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.19%) DBS Check
11 8 (1.05%) CCNP
12 6 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.66%) CCNA
13 5 (0.66%) GCIH
13 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.53%) GCFA
14 4 (0.53%) OCP
14 4 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (7.51%) Data Quality
2 23 (3.03%) GDPR
3 20 (2.64%) QA
4 11 (1.45%) NIST
4 11 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (1.32%) HIPAA
6 9 (1.19%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.19%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.66%) HL7
8 5 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.66%) WCAG
9 3 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.26%) SLA
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.13%) PSD2
11 1 (0.13%) SEPA
11 1 (0.13%) Solvency II
System Software
1 160 (21.08%) Docker
2 26 (3.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
3 18 (2.37%) vSphere
4 17 (2.24%) Active Directory
5 14 (1.84%) VMware NSX
6 8 (1.05%) Firmware
7 7 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.79%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.53%) KVM
9 4 (0.53%) NFS
9 4 (0.53%) SRDF
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
12 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
12 1 (0.13%) Ceph
12 1 (0.13%) Snort
Systems Management
1 279 (36.76%) Terraform
2 198 (26.09%) Kubernetes
3 147 (19.37%) Ansible
4 64 (8.43%) Grafana
5 58 (7.64%) Prometheus
6 25 (3.29%) Argo
7 22 (2.90%) Progress Chef
8 16 (2.11%) vCenter Server
9 13 (1.71%) Control-M
10 12 (1.58%) IBM Guardium
10 12 (1.58%) Nessus
11 9 (1.19%) HAProxy
11 9 (1.19%) Puppet
12 8 (1.05%) Istio
12 8 (1.05%) NetBackup
13 5 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.66%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 4 (0.53%) CASB
14 4 (0.53%) PowerCLI
14 4 (0.53%) vRealize
Vendors
1 87 (11.46%) Microsoft
2 73 (9.62%) Google
3 61 (8.04%) Databricks
4 58 (7.64%) Splunk
5 41 (5.40%) F5
5 41 (5.40%) Red Hat
6 35 (4.61%) Palo Alto
7 34 (4.48%) VMware
8 28 (3.69%) Cisco
8 28 (3.69%) ServiceNow
9 24 (3.16%) Arista
9 24 (3.16%) Aruba
10 22 (2.90%) Dynatrace
10 22 (2.90%) IBM
11 21 (2.77%) Oracle
12 14 (1.84%) Pure Storage
13 13 (1.71%) Trend Micro
14 12 (1.58%) Tenable
15 11 (1.45%) SAP
16 10 (1.32%) Dell