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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 21 20
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Python 625 262 351
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 12.12% 7.84% 7.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.45% 29.81% 26.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 180 207
10th Percentile £333 £374 £400
25th Percentile £400 £423 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £600
90th Percentile £600 £725 £675
England median daily rate £523 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 18
10th Percentile £37.04 £73.50 £20.77
25th Percentile £41.94 £75.00 £41.55
Median hourly rate £54.75 £80.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -31.56% +73.24% -2.78%
75th Percentile £74.26 £85.00 -
90th Percentile - £86.50 £51.45
England median hourly rate £51.21 £53.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -4.28% -10.83% -7.69%

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 1,545 879 1,311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 29.95% 26.32% 26.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,067 584 943
10th Percentile £338 £338 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile £538 £565 £563
90th Percentile £625 £638 £625
England median daily rate £512 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -2.98% -4.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 18 63
10th Percentile £41.94 £29.90 £37.63
25th Percentile £52.50 £46.18 £43.57
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.25 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +41.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile £74.26 £86.00 £56.75
90th Percentile £81.30 £98.25 £72.37
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -7.69%

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 11 February 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 11 February 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 11 February 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 +6 332 £500 -6.98% 148
North West +7 251 £450 -9.95% 225
North East +3 47 £475 -9.52% 49
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 34 (5.44%) Confluence
2 27 (4.32%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (3.36%) SharePoint
4 20 (3.20%) Apache Spark
5 17 (2.72%) Apache
6 13 (2.08%) SAS
7 11 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.96%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.80%) Apache Pig
10 3 (0.48%) nginx
11 2 (0.32%) IIS
12 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.16%) CMS
12 1 (0.16%) Documentum
12 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.12%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.16%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.16%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 238 (38.08%) AWS
2 161 (25.76%) Azure
3 151 (24.16%) GCP
4 88 (14.08%) GitHub
5 72 (11.52%) Serverless
6 50 (8.00%) GitHub Actions
7 46 (7.36%) OpenShift
8 44 (7.04%) Power Platform
9 39 (6.24%) AWS Lambda
10 36 (5.76%) AWS CloudFormation
11 35 (5.60%) Amazon S3
12 32 (5.12%) Azure DevOps
13 29 (4.64%) Amazon ECS
14 28 (4.48%) Amazon EC2
15 27 (4.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 19 (3.04%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 18 (2.88%) Entra ID
18 16 (2.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 15 (2.40%) Azure Data Factory
20 13 (2.08%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (9.12%) Firewall
2 43 (6.88%) DNS
3 42 (6.72%) TCP/IP
4 22 (3.52%) SSL
5 21 (3.36%) BIG-IP
6 19 (3.04%) VPN
7 18 (2.88%) HTTP
7 18 (2.88%) Wireshark
8 15 (2.40%) Network Security
9 10 (1.60%) WAN
10 9 (1.44%) SSH
11 8 (1.28%) BGP
11 8 (1.28%) LAN
12 7 (1.12%) VLAN
13 6 (0.96%) DMZ
13 6 (0.96%) WebEx
14 5 (0.80%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 5 (0.80%) SNMP
14 5 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
14 5 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (9.92%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (6.40%) NoSQL
3 37 (5.92%) Power BI
4 23 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (3.04%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (2.88%) MySQL
7 17 (2.72%) Relational Database
8 15 (2.40%) Data Lake
8 15 (2.40%) Hadoop
9 14 (2.24%) SQL Server
9 14 (2.24%) Tableau
10 12 (1.92%) Big Data
10 12 (1.92%) Delta Lake
10 12 (1.92%) DynamoDB
11 10 (1.60%) Metadata
11 10 (1.60%) MongoDB
12 8 (1.28%) Apache Hive
12 8 (1.28%) Power Query
12 8 (1.28%) PowerPivot
13 7 (1.12%) Redis
Development Applications
1 160 (25.60%) Jenkins
2 102 (16.32%) GitLab
3 80 (12.80%) JIRA
4 50 (8.00%) Git
5 23 (3.68%) Liquibase
5 23 (3.68%) Postman
6 16 (2.56%) Fiddler
7 13 (2.08%) Selenium
8 12 (1.92%) CircleCI
8 12 (1.92%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
9 8 (1.28%) TestRail
10 6 (0.96%) MLflow
10 6 (0.96%) PyCharm
10 6 (0.96%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.80%) JMeter
12 4 (0.64%) Gatling
12 4 (0.64%) LoadRunner
12 4 (0.64%) Maven
12 4 (0.64%) NeoLoad
General
1 141 (22.56%) Social Skills
2 114 (18.24%) Finance
3 92 (14.72%) Banking
4 88 (14.08%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (10.24%) Public Sector
6 18 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (2.88%) Financial Institution
7 13 (2.08%) Legal
8 5 (0.80%) Investment Banking
8 5 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (0.64%) Games
9 4 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (0.64%) Law
9 4 (0.64%) Manufacturing
9 4 (0.64%) Marketing
9 4 (0.64%) Wholesale Banking
10 3 (0.48%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.32%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 91 (14.56%) Developer
2 73 (11.68%) Senior
3 63 (10.08%) DevOps Engineer
4 60 (9.60%) Data Engineer
5 46 (7.36%) Lead
6 43 (6.88%) Analyst
6 43 (6.88%) AWS Engineer
6 43 (6.88%) Python Developer
7 41 (6.56%) Architect
8 34 (5.44%) Platform Engineer
9 33 (5.28%) GCP Engineer
9 33 (5.28%) Network Engineer
10 30 (4.80%) Software Engineer
11 28 (4.48%) Cloud Engineer
12 24 (3.84%) Python Engineer
13 23 (3.68%) Automation Engineer
14 18 (2.88%) Data Scientist
15 17 (2.72%) AWS DevOps
15 17 (2.72%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 16 (2.56%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (9.44%) REST
2 41 (6.56%) Elastic Stack
3 40 (6.40%) RESTful
4 39 (6.24%) Node.js
5 36 (5.76%) OpenTelemetry
6 27 (4.32%) YAML
7 26 (4.16%) React
8 24 (3.84%) FastAPI
9 23 (3.68%) PySpark
10 22 (3.52%) Kafka
11 18 (2.88%) JSON
11 18 (2.88%) TensorFlow
12 17 (2.72%) Flask
13 14 (2.24%) PyTorch
14 13 (2.08%) Playwright
15 12 (1.92%) .NET
15 12 (1.92%) HTML
15 12 (1.92%) OAuth
15 12 (1.92%) OpenID
15 12 (1.92%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 66 (10.56%) Cloud Native
2 41 (6.56%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (5.44%) Product Ownership
4 32 (5.12%) Public Cloud
5 29 (4.64%) Data Centre
6 22 (3.52%) Data Protection Act
7 21 (3.36%) Algorithms
8 19 (3.04%) NHS
8 19 (3.04%) Onboarding
9 18 (2.88%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (2.08%) Credit Risk
11 9 (1.44%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.12%) Distributed Computing
12 7 (1.12%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.96%) Clustering
13 6 (0.96%) Tandem
14 5 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (0.80%) Mobile Banking
14 5 (0.80%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 142 (22.72%) Linux
2 53 (8.48%) Windows
3 30 (4.80%) Unix
4 24 (3.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (3.04%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.44%) CentOS
6 9 (1.44%) Ubuntu
7 8 (1.28%) Solaris
8 4 (0.64%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.64%) VMS
9 3 (0.48%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.48%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (45.28%) CI/CD
2 253 (40.48%) DevOps
3 164 (26.24%) Infrastructure as Code
4 163 (26.08%) Containerisation
5 157 (25.12%) Agile
6 112 (17.92%) Problem-Solving
7 82 (13.12%) Analytics
8 81 (12.96%) Observability
9 75 (12.00%) Machine Learning
10 73 (11.68%) Test Automation
11 69 (11.04%) AI
12 66 (10.56%) ETL
13 65 (10.40%) Software Engineering
14 63 (10.08%) Migration
15 62 (9.92%) Data Modelling
15 62 (9.92%) High Availability
16 59 (9.44%) Data Engineering
17 58 (9.28%) Computer Science
18 57 (9.12%) Cybersecurity
19 56 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 132 (21.12%) Bash
2 114 (18.24%) SQL
3 93 (14.88%) Java
4 67 (10.72%) PowerShell
5 54 (8.64%) Go
5 54 (8.64%) JavaScript
6 41 (6.56%) TypeScript
7 31 (4.96%) Perl
8 24 (3.84%) Scala
9 21 (3.36%) Ruby
10 19 (3.04%) Shell Script
11 17 (2.72%) C#
12 12 (1.92%) PHP
12 12 (1.92%) R
13 11 (1.76%) VBA
14 9 (1.44%) Groovy
15 8 (1.28%) Bicep
16 7 (1.12%) C++
16 7 (1.12%) Rust
17 5 (0.80%) C
Qualifications
1 109 (17.44%) Security Cleared
2 87 (13.92%) SC Cleared
3 63 (10.08%) Degree
4 43 (6.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (4.96%) Master's Degree
6 22 (3.52%) AWS Certification
7 15 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (2.24%) CCNP
8 14 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.76%) CCNA
10 10 (1.60%) CCDP
11 9 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 9 (1.44%) CISM
11 9 (1.44%) CISSP
12 8 (1.28%) RHCE
13 7 (1.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 7 (1.12%) Azure Certification
13 7 (1.12%) DV Cleared
14 4 (0.64%) AWS Certified Developer
14 4 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.68%) Data Quality
2 17 (2.72%) QA
3 14 (2.24%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.96%) GDPR
4 6 (0.96%) HIPAA
4 6 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.80%) SOC 2
6 4 (0.64%) PMO
6 4 (0.64%) SLA
6 4 (0.64%) WCAG
7 3 (0.48%) NIST
8 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.16%) NCSC
9 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.16%) PSD2
System Software
1 162 (25.92%) Docker
2 34 (5.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.04%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (2.88%) VMware NSX
5 17 (2.72%) vSphere
6 16 (2.56%) Active Directory
7 8 (1.28%) Hyper-V
7 8 (1.28%) KVM
8 5 (0.80%) Firmware
9 4 (0.64%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 3 (0.48%) HDFS
10 3 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.16%) Ceph
12 1 (0.16%) NFS
12 1 (0.16%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 217 (34.72%) Terraform
2 201 (32.16%) Kubernetes
3 156 (24.96%) Ansible
4 95 (15.20%) Grafana
5 82 (13.12%) Prometheus
6 19 (3.04%) Control-M
6 19 (3.04%) Puppet
7 17 (2.72%) IBM Guardium
7 17 (2.72%) Nessus
8 16 (2.56%) NetBackup
9 12 (1.92%) Istio
10 10 (1.60%) Argo
11 8 (1.28%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.96%) Oracle RMAN
13 5 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
14 4 (0.64%) Packer
15 3 (0.48%) Hadoop YARN
15 3 (0.48%) Progress Chef
16 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (11.04%) Splunk
2 59 (9.44%) Microsoft
3 58 (9.28%) VMware
4 55 (8.80%) Google
5 52 (8.32%) Red Hat
6 35 (5.60%) F5
6 35 (5.60%) Oracle
7 32 (5.12%) Databricks
8 24 (3.84%) Cisco
9 20 (3.20%) ServiceNow
10 17 (2.72%) Blue Coat
10 17 (2.72%) McAfee
10 17 (2.72%) Palo Alto
10 17 (2.72%) Tenable
11 12 (1.92%) Veritas
12 11 (1.76%) Pega
13 10 (1.60%) Citrix
13 10 (1.60%) Commvault
14 9 (1.44%) CheckPoint
14 9 (1.44%) IBM