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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 14 20
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 +6
Contract jobs citing Python 734 426 301
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 9.79% 10.64% 7.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.87% 37.87% 29.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 297 205
10th Percentile £363 £337 £374
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -4.39% -6.82%
75th Percentile £587 £544 £600
90th Percentile £638 £613 £650
England median daily rate £545 £537 £579
% change year-on-year +1.49% -7.25% -3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 5
10th Percentile £28.50 £38.98 -
25th Percentile £29.25 £43.44 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £51.25 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +10.98% -
75th Percentile £71.33 £59.44 -
90th Percentile £81.00 £64.13 £59.72
England median hourly rate £60.37 £51.44 £65.00
% change year-on-year +17.36% -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 1,841 1,125 1,028
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 24.57% 28.10% 24.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,175 805 717
10th Percentile £350 £315 £348
25th Percentile £413 £378 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £465 £489
Median % change year-on-year +5.81% -4.91% -2.20%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £600 £644
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 13 31
10th Percentile £28.65 £30.35 £37.50
25th Percentile £46.98 £36.00 £41.86
Median hourly rate £69.25 £66.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.14% +26.67% +13.69%
75th Percentile £71.13 £84.50 £70.13
90th Percentile £77.00 £93.75 £83.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +4.55%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -1 374 £500 - 115
North West -1 277 £525 +10.53% 189
North East +1 95 £425 -18.27% 79
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 59 (8.04%) Apache Spark
2 43 (5.86%) Apache
3 38 (5.18%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (3.95%) Jupyter
5 24 (3.27%) Confluence
6 13 (1.77%) SharePoint
7 10 (1.36%) SAS
8 4 (0.54%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.27%) Camunda
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.27%) nginx
10 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.14%) FactoryTalk
10 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.14%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 6 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
1 6 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.14%) FIS Private Capital Suite
2 1 (0.14%) Odoo
2 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 327 (44.55%) AWS
2 259 (35.29%) Azure
3 156 (21.25%) GCP
4 124 (16.89%) GitHub
5 71 (9.67%) GitHub Actions
6 57 (7.77%) Power Platform
7 52 (7.08%) Serverless
8 42 (5.72%) Azure DevOps
9 38 (5.18%) OCI
10 37 (5.04%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 35 (4.77%) AWS Lambda
12 33 (4.50%) OpenShift
13 30 (4.09%) Amazon S3
14 29 (3.95%) SaaS
15 25 (3.41%) AWS CloudFormation
16 19 (2.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 19 (2.59%) dbt
17 18 (2.45%) Azure Data Factory
18 16 (2.18%) Amazon EKS
19 15 (2.04%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 86 (11.72%) Firewall
2 48 (6.54%) DNS
3 38 (5.18%) BIG-IP
4 36 (4.90%) Network Security
5 34 (4.63%) WAN
6 33 (4.50%) BGP
7 30 (4.09%) OSPF
8 29 (3.95%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 27 (3.68%) TCP/IP
10 26 (3.54%) SD-WAN
11 21 (2.86%) Ethernet VPN
11 21 (2.86%) VXLAN
12 18 (2.45%) VPN
13 17 (2.32%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (1.77%) SAN
14 13 (1.77%) WLAN
15 11 (1.50%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 10 (1.36%) DHCP
16 10 (1.36%) HTTP
16 10 (1.36%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (7.08%) Power BI
2 37 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (4.50%) SQL Server
4 29 (3.95%) BigQuery
4 29 (3.95%) Metadata
5 23 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (2.86%) NoSQL
7 20 (2.72%) Big Data
8 18 (2.45%) Tableau
9 16 (2.18%) DynamoDB
9 16 (2.18%) MongoDB
10 13 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (1.50%) Amazon Athena
11 11 (1.50%) Data Lake
11 11 (1.50%) Hadoop
12 10 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
13 9 (1.23%) Delta Lake
14 8 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (0.95%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 119 (16.21%) Jenkins
2 88 (11.99%) GitLab
3 72 (9.81%) JIRA
4 70 (9.54%) Git
5 19 (2.59%) Gatling
6 14 (1.91%) Maven
7 13 (1.77%) Postman
7 13 (1.77%) Selenium
8 12 (1.63%) JMeter
9 11 (1.50%) Cucumber
9 11 (1.50%) LoadRunner
9 11 (1.50%) SonarQube
9 11 (1.50%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.95%) REST Assured
10 7 (0.95%) Zephyr
11 6 (0.82%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.82%) Claude Code
11 6 (0.82%) NeoLoad
12 4 (0.54%) MSBuild
12 4 (0.54%) Robot Framework
General
1 143 (19.48%) Social Skills
2 142 (19.35%) Finance
3 107 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (13.49%) Public Sector
5 64 (8.72%) Banking
6 14 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (1.77%) Legal
8 12 (1.63%) Retail
9 10 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.36%) Publishing
10 9 (1.23%) Games
11 6 (0.82%) Military
12 5 (0.68%) Marketing
13 4 (0.54%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.54%) Law
13 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.41%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.27%) Advertising
15 2 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 123 (16.76%) Senior
2 102 (13.90%) Developer
3 85 (11.58%) DevOps Engineer
4 71 (9.67%) Python Developer
5 65 (8.86%) Lead
6 64 (8.72%) Data Engineer
7 50 (6.81%) Security Engineer
8 42 (5.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 40 (5.45%) Python Engineer
10 33 (4.50%) Network Engineer
11 32 (4.36%) Architect
11 32 (4.36%) Cloud Engineer
12 29 (3.95%) Analyst
13 27 (3.68%) AWS Engineer
14 26 (3.54%) Software Engineer
15 24 (3.27%) Platform Engineer
16 23 (3.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 23 (3.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 21 (2.86%) Test Engineer
18 18 (2.45%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 271 (36.92%) Terraform
2 42 (5.72%) Node.js
2 42 (5.72%) REST
3 41 (5.59%) PySpark
4 37 (5.04%) Kafka
5 34 (4.63%) React
6 32 (4.36%) JSON
7 22 (3.00%) Playwright
8 19 (2.59%) OpenTelemetry
9 17 (2.32%) CSS
9 17 (2.32%) HTML
10 16 (2.18%) Spring
11 15 (2.04%) YAML
12 14 (1.91%) .NET
12 14 (1.91%) FastAPI
12 14 (1.91%) Vue
13 13 (1.77%) LangChain
13 13 (1.77%) pytest
14 12 (1.63%) PyTorch
14 12 (1.63%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 129 (17.57%) Cloud Native
2 47 (6.40%) Data Centre
3 32 (4.36%) Data Protection Act
3 32 (4.36%) Distributed Systems
4 31 (4.22%) Hybrid Cloud
5 27 (3.68%) Security Posture
6 25 (3.41%) Product Ownership
7 22 (3.00%) Management Information System
8 19 (2.59%) Onboarding
8 19 (2.59%) Replication
9 18 (2.45%) NHS
10 17 (2.32%) AI Agents
11 16 (2.18%) Linux Command Line
11 16 (2.18%) Public Cloud
12 15 (2.04%) Data Structures
12 15 (2.04%) PKI
13 13 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.50%) Enterprise Cloud
14 11 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
15 10 (1.36%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 110 (14.99%) Linux
2 66 (8.99%) Windows
3 36 (4.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 36 (4.90%) Unix
4 16 (2.18%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.77%) Solaris
6 7 (0.95%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.95%) VMS
7 5 (0.68%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.68%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.41%) AIX
8 3 (0.41%) zOS
9 2 (0.27%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.27%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.14%) CentOS
10 1 (0.14%) Check Point GAiA
10 1 (0.14%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (50.68%) CI/CD
2 286 (38.96%) DevOps
3 235 (32.02%) Infrastructure as Code
4 189 (25.75%) Agile
5 131 (17.85%) Observability
6 127 (17.30%) Containerisation
7 125 (17.03%) Analytics
8 124 (16.89%) AI
9 111 (15.12%) Problem-Solving
10 102 (13.90%) Data Engineering
11 98 (13.35%) Test Automation
12 93 (12.67%) Data Pipeline
13 88 (11.99%) Continuous Improvement
14 75 (10.22%) Software Engineering
15 72 (9.81%) Migration
16 69 (9.40%) Cloud Security
16 69 (9.40%) Platform Engineering
17 68 (9.26%) High Availability
17 68 (9.26%) Machine Learning
18 66 (8.99%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 172 (23.43%) SQL
2 145 (19.75%) Bash
3 136 (18.53%) Java
4 121 (16.49%) PowerShell
5 51 (6.95%) JavaScript
6 34 (4.63%) TypeScript
7 31 (4.22%) Go
8 26 (3.54%) Bicep
9 22 (3.00%) Scala
10 17 (2.32%) Groovy
11 13 (1.77%) Shell Script
12 12 (1.63%) C#
13 11 (1.50%) Rust
14 9 (1.23%) ActionScript
14 9 (1.23%) R
15 8 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
16 7 (0.95%) Search Processing Language
17 6 (0.82%) VBA
18 5 (0.68%) Perl
19 4 (0.54%) C++
Qualifications
1 159 (21.66%) Security Cleared
2 142 (19.35%) SC Cleared
3 55 (7.49%) Degree
4 39 (5.31%) AWS Certification
5 34 (4.63%) CISSP
6 32 (4.36%) Azure Certification
7 23 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (1.63%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.36%) CCNP
12 9 (1.23%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.95%) GCIH
14 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.68%) CCNA
15 5 (0.68%) GCFA
16 4 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 4 (0.54%) CCIE
16 4 (0.54%) GIAC
16 4 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (8.45%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.86%) GDPR
3 20 (2.72%) QA
4 12 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (1.50%) NIST
5 11 (1.50%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.09%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.95%) HIPAA
7 7 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.68%) HL7
9 4 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.54%) WCAG
10 3 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.41%) SLA
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.14%) PSD2
11 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 158 (21.53%) Docker
2 23 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.45%) Active Directory
4 15 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (1.77%) vSphere
6 9 (1.23%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.95%) Firmware
8 6 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.68%) Hyper-V
10 4 (0.54%) NFS
10 4 (0.54%) SRDF
11 3 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
13 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
13 1 (0.14%) Ceph
13 1 (0.14%) KVM
13 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.14%) Snort
13 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 183 (24.93%) Kubernetes
2 140 (19.07%) Ansible
3 56 (7.63%) Grafana
4 48 (6.54%) Prometheus
5 27 (3.68%) Progress Chef
6 20 (2.72%) Argo
7 10 (1.36%) vCenter Server
8 9 (1.23%) Control-M
8 9 (1.23%) HAProxy
9 8 (1.09%) IBM Guardium
9 8 (1.09%) Nessus
10 7 (0.95%) Puppet
11 6 (0.82%) Istio
11 6 (0.82%) NetBackup
11 6 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.68%) CASB
12 5 (0.68%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 4 (0.54%) Kustomize
13 4 (0.54%) vRealize
14 3 (0.41%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 93 (12.67%) Microsoft
2 72 (9.81%) Google
3 61 (8.31%) Databricks
4 51 (6.95%) Splunk
5 40 (5.45%) F5
6 36 (4.90%) Palo Alto
6 36 (4.90%) Red Hat
7 31 (4.22%) Cisco
8 27 (3.68%) ServiceNow
8 27 (3.68%) VMware
9 25 (3.41%) Arista
9 25 (3.41%) IBM
10 24 (3.27%) Aruba
10 24 (3.27%) Dynatrace
11 21 (2.86%) Oracle
12 13 (1.77%) Trend Micro
13 12 (1.63%) SAP
14 10 (1.36%) Dell
14 10 (1.36%) Fortinet
15 9 (1.23%) BeyondTrust