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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 14 21
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 +9
Contract jobs citing Python 751 460 305
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 9.88% 11.41% 7.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.76% 38.69% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 315 195
10th Percentile £363 £338 £356
25th Percentile £413 £400 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £507
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -6.31% -7.82%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £588
90th Percentile £650 £611 £675
England median daily rate £550 £530 £590
% change year-on-year +3.77% -10.17% -1.67%
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 £66.50 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +33.00% -28.57% +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 1,889 1,189 1,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 24.84% 29.49% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,210 838 692
10th Percentile £350 £315 £340
25th Percentile £413 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £453 £488
Median % change year-on-year +8.61% -7.08% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £625 £638
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 13 29
10th Percentile £28.50 £31.20 £35.93
25th Percentile £46.80 £41.94 £37.55
Median hourly rate £69.75 £66.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% +44.00% -
75th Percentile £72.92 £84.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £93.75 £80.84
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +14.04% -12.31% -

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -2 382 £500 - 333
North West -1 291 £525 +16.67% 558
North East -4 87 £425 -5.56% 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 42 (5.59%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (3.86%) Jupyter
5 18 (2.40%) Confluence
6 12 (1.60%) SAS
7 11 (1.46%) SharePoint
8 6 (0.80%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.53%) nginx
10 3 (0.40%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.27%) Camunda
12 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.13%) FactoryTalk
12 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
12 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%) Chatbot
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
1 326 (43.41%) AWS
2 255 (33.95%) Azure
3 170 (22.64%) GCP
4 116 (15.45%) GitHub
5 65 (8.66%) GitHub Actions
6 60 (7.99%) Serverless
7 54 (7.19%) Power Platform
8 40 (5.33%) AWS Lambda
8 40 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
9 39 (5.19%) Amazon S3
9 39 (5.19%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 35 (4.66%) OCI
11 29 (3.86%) AWS CloudFormation
12 28 (3.73%) SaaS
13 25 (3.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 25 (3.33%) Entra ID
14 21 (2.80%) OpenShift
15 20 (2.66%) dbt
16 18 (2.40%) Azure Monitor
16 18 (2.40%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 94 (12.52%) Firewall
2 53 (7.06%) Network Security
3 44 (5.86%) BIG-IP
4 42 (5.59%) WAN
5 41 (5.46%) DNS
6 35 (4.66%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 35 (4.66%) SD-WAN
7 33 (4.39%) BGP
8 30 (3.99%) OSPF
9 25 (3.33%) TCP/IP
10 22 (2.93%) Ethernet VPN
11 21 (2.80%) VXLAN
12 18 (2.40%) VPN
12 18 (2.40%) Wireless
13 17 (2.26%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 16 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
15 13 (1.73%) WLAN
16 10 (1.33%) SSL
17 8 (1.07%) DHCP
17 8 (1.07%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.79%) Power BI
2 37 (4.93%) Metadata
3 36 (4.79%) BigQuery
4 26 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (3.33%) SQL Server
6 24 (3.20%) Big Data
7 23 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
8 22 (2.93%) DynamoDB
9 17 (2.26%) Tableau
10 16 (2.13%) Data Lake
10 16 (2.13%) NoSQL
11 15 (2.00%) Amazon Athena
12 14 (1.86%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (1.46%) MongoDB
15 10 (1.33%) Delta Lake
16 9 (1.20%) Neo4j
17 8 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 7 (0.93%) Looker
18 7 (0.93%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 103 (13.72%) Jenkins
2 89 (11.85%) GitLab
3 77 (10.25%) Git
4 71 (9.45%) JIRA
5 16 (2.13%) Gatling
6 14 (1.86%) JMeter
6 14 (1.86%) Sonatype Nexus
7 12 (1.60%) LoadRunner
7 12 (1.60%) Postman
7 12 (1.60%) Selenium
8 11 (1.46%) Maven
8 11 (1.46%) SonarQube
9 10 (1.33%) 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
1 170 (22.64%) Social Skills
2 156 (20.77%) Finance
3 113 (15.05%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (12.92%) Public Sector
5 69 (9.19%) Banking
6 14 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (1.60%) Legal
8 10 (1.33%) 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
2 110 (14.65%) Developer
3 84 (11.19%) DevOps Engineer
4 77 (10.25%) Data Engineer
5 71 (9.45%) Python Developer
6 57 (7.59%) Lead
7 45 (5.99%) Security Engineer
8 41 (5.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 38 (5.06%) Network Engineer
10 35 (4.66%) Cloud Engineer
10 35 (4.66%) Python Engineer
11 31 (4.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 29 (3.86%) Analyst
13 28 (3.73%) Software Engineer
14 27 (3.60%) AWS Engineer
15 24 (3.20%) Architect
16 23 (3.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 19 (2.53%) Data Analyst
17 19 (2.53%) Platform Engineer
17 19 (2.53%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 275 (36.62%) Terraform
2 55 (7.32%) REST
3 45 (5.99%) PySpark
4 40 (5.33%) Node.js
5 39 (5.19%) Kafka
6 35 (4.66%) React
7 30 (3.99%) JSON
8 19 (2.53%) Playwright
8 19 (2.53%) pytest
9 18 (2.40%) OpenID
10 17 (2.26%) Flask
10 17 (2.26%) OAuth
11 16 (2.13%) Django
11 16 (2.13%) LangChain
12 15 (2.00%) CSS
12 15 (2.00%) HTML
13 14 (1.86%) .NET
13 14 (1.86%) FastAPI
13 14 (1.86%) OAuth2
13 14 (1.86%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 143 (19.04%) Cloud Native
2 53 (7.06%) Data Centre
3 36 (4.79%) Distributed Systems
4 30 (3.99%) Data Protection Act
4 30 (3.99%) Public Cloud
5 29 (3.86%) Security Posture
6 27 (3.60%) Onboarding
7 25 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
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
11 17 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (2.26%) NHS
12 15 (2.00%) Linux Command Line
13 14 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (1.60%) Replication
15 11 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (1.46%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 111 (14.78%) Linux
2 59 (7.86%) Windows
3 46 (6.13%) Unix
4 31 (4.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (2.13%) Solaris
6 15 (2.00%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.93%) VMS
8 5 (0.67%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.67%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.67%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.40%) CentOS
9 3 (0.40%) zOS
10 2 (0.27%) AIX
10 2 (0.27%) CoreOS
10 2 (0.27%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.13%) Check Point GAiA
11 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (51.80%) CI/CD
2 267 (35.55%) DevOps
3 251 (33.42%) Infrastructure as Code
4 192 (25.57%) Agile
5 153 (20.37%) Observability
6 150 (19.97%) AI
7 135 (17.98%) Analytics
8 119 (15.85%) Containerisation
9 116 (15.45%) Data Engineering
10 114 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
11 110 (14.65%) Data Pipeline
12 94 (12.52%) Test Automation
13 93 (12.38%) Continuous Improvement
14 91 (12.12%) Software Engineering
15 82 (10.92%) Cloud Security
16 80 (10.65%) Stakeholder Management
17 77 (10.25%) Machine Learning
18 76 (10.12%) Validation
19 74 (9.85%) Data Modelling
19 74 (9.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 183 (24.37%) SQL
2 131 (17.44%) Java
2 131 (17.44%) PowerShell
3 128 (17.04%) Bash
4 43 (5.73%) JavaScript
5 39 (5.19%) 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
10 14 (1.86%) Shell Script
11 12 (1.60%) Groovy
12 11 (1.46%) Search Processing Language
13 10 (1.33%) Rust
14 9 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
15 7 (0.93%) R
16 6 (0.80%) VBA
17 5 (0.67%) Perl
17 5 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 163 (21.70%) Security Cleared
2 149 (19.84%) SC Cleared
3 58 (7.72%) Degree
4 37 (4.93%) AWS Certification
5 35 (4.66%) CISSP
6 30 (3.99%) Azure Certification
7 24 (3.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.46%) CCNP
10 11 (1.46%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.93%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.80%) CCIE
13 6 (0.80%) GCIH
14 5 (0.67%) GCFA
15 4 (0.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 4 (0.53%) GIAC
16 3 (0.40%) CCSP
16 3 (0.40%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (10.39%) Data Quality
2 25 (3.33%) QA
3 17 (2.26%) GDPR
4 15 (2.00%) PCI DSS
5 14 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.86%) NIST
6 10 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (1.20%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.67%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.67%) HL7
8 5 (0.67%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.53%) SLA
10 2 (0.27%) NCSC
10 2 (0.27%) WCAG
11 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.13%) GRC
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 142 (18.91%) Docker
2 22 (2.93%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.67%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.53%) NFS
6 4 (0.53%) vSphere
7 3 (0.40%) Firmware
7 3 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.27%) SRDF
8 2 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
8 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
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%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 174 (23.17%) Kubernetes
2 125 (16.64%) Ansible
3 49 (6.52%) Grafana
4 42 (5.59%) Prometheus
5 31 (4.13%) 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
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%) Kubeflow
13 3 (0.40%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 103 (13.72%) Microsoft
2 83 (11.05%) Google
3 67 (8.92%) Databricks
4 49 (6.52%) Splunk
5 45 (5.99%) F5
6 35 (4.66%) Palo Alto
7 30 (3.99%) ServiceNow
8 26 (3.46%) Arista
8 26 (3.46%) Cisco
9 25 (3.33%) Dynatrace
10 24 (3.20%) Aruba
10 24 (3.20%) IBM
10 24 (3.20%) Oracle
10 24 (3.20%) Red Hat
11 16 (2.13%) VMware
12 13 (1.73%) SAP
12 13 (1.73%) Trend Micro
13 11 (1.46%) OpenAI
14 10 (1.33%) Fortinet
15 9 (1.20%) BeyondTrust