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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 16 22
Rank change year-on-year +4 +6 -5
Contract jobs citing Python 777 366 306
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 10.74% 9.48% 6.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.11% 35.50% 27.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 256 208
10th Percentile £363 £338 £380
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £505
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.85% -11.88%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £625 £613 £650
England median daily rate £537 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.36% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 3
10th Percentile £28.50 - -
25th Percentile £29.63 - -
Median hourly rate £47.75 - £46.18
75th Percentile £71.07 - £57.47
90th Percentile £87.50 - £64.24
England median hourly rate £57.50 £51.44 £66.00
% change year-on-year +11.78% -22.06% +1.15%

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 1,890 1,031 1,103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 26.13% 26.70% 25.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,191 742 782
10th Percentile £350 £315 £319
25th Percentile £413 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.33% -5.26% -8.65%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £574
90th Percentile £650 £600 £630
England median daily rate £520 £515 £545
% change year-on-year +0.97% -5.50% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 10 35
10th Percentile £29.96 £29.28 £37.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £36.82 £43.57
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% +13.69%
75th Percentile £76.00 £87.69 £71.69
90th Percentile £86.00 £95.36 £81.47
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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 +2 415 £496 +0.99% 122
North West +6 287 £525 +10.53% 230
North East 0 86 £425 -2.86% 91
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 69 (8.88%) Apache Spark
2 41 (5.28%) Apache
3 37 (4.76%) Apache Airflow
4 35 (4.50%) Confluence
5 26 (3.35%) Jupyter
6 17 (2.19%) SharePoint
7 8 (1.03%) SAS
8 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.51%) nginx
10 2 (0.26%) Camunda
10 2 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 15 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 6 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
1 6 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.13%) FIS Private Capital Suite
2 1 (0.13%) Odoo
2 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 318 (40.93%) AWS
2 251 (32.30%) Azure
3 158 (20.33%) GCP
4 133 (17.12%) GitHub
5 71 (9.14%) OpenShift
6 64 (8.24%) GitHub Actions
7 57 (7.34%) Power Platform
8 48 (6.18%) Serverless
9 40 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (5.15%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 38 (4.89%) OCI
11 30 (3.86%) AWS Lambda
12 28 (3.60%) SaaS
13 27 (3.47%) Amazon S3
14 22 (2.83%) dbt
15 21 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
16 20 (2.57%) Azure Data Factory
17 16 (2.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 16 (2.06%) Vertex AI
18 15 (1.93%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 86 (11.07%) Firewall
2 55 (7.08%) DNS
3 43 (5.53%) BIG-IP
4 35 (4.50%) WAN
5 34 (4.38%) BGP
6 32 (4.12%) TCP/IP
7 30 (3.86%) OSPF
8 28 (3.60%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 27 (3.47%) Network Security
10 24 (3.09%) SD-WAN
11 21 (2.70%) Ethernet VPN
11 21 (2.70%) VXLAN
11 21 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
12 19 (2.45%) VPN
13 16 (2.06%) SAN
14 13 (1.67%) DHCP
14 13 (1.67%) NAS
14 13 (1.67%) WLAN
15 11 (1.42%) HTTP
15 11 (1.42%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (6.31%) PostgreSQL
2 47 (6.05%) Power BI
3 33 (4.25%) SQL Server
4 26 (3.35%) Metadata
5 25 (3.22%) NoSQL
6 24 (3.09%) BigQuery
6 24 (3.09%) Hadoop
7 21 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (2.70%) MongoDB
8 20 (2.57%) Tableau
9 19 (2.45%) Big Data
10 15 (1.93%) DynamoDB
11 14 (1.80%) Data Lake
12 13 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.54%) Delta Lake
14 11 (1.42%) Amazon Athena
15 9 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
15 9 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 8 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
17 7 (0.90%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 142 (18.28%) Jenkins
2 92 (11.84%) JIRA
3 80 (10.30%) GitLab
4 65 (8.37%) Git
5 15 (1.93%) Maven
6 14 (1.80%) Gatling
7 12 (1.54%) SonarQube
8 11 (1.42%) Selenium
9 10 (1.29%) Postman
10 9 (1.16%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
11 7 (0.90%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.77%) Artifactory
13 5 (0.64%) Liquibase
13 5 (0.64%) Zephyr
14 4 (0.51%) JMeter
14 4 (0.51%) MSBuild
14 4 (0.51%) Visual Studio
15 3 (0.39%) Bugzilla
15 3 (0.39%) ERwin
General
1 156 (20.08%) Social Skills
2 141 (18.15%) Finance
3 107 (13.77%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (11.45%) Public Sector
5 59 (7.59%) Banking
6 14 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (1.67%) Legal
8 11 (1.42%) Retail
9 10 (1.29%) Publishing
10 9 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.03%) Games
12 7 (0.90%) Military
13 4 (0.51%) Advertising
13 4 (0.51%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.51%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.51%) Marketing
14 3 (0.39%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.26%) Law
15 2 (0.26%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 117 (15.06%) Senior
2 115 (14.80%) Developer
3 93 (11.97%) DevOps Engineer
4 76 (9.78%) Python Developer
5 72 (9.27%) Data Engineer
6 58 (7.46%) Lead
7 51 (6.56%) Security Engineer
8 41 (5.28%) Architect
9 40 (5.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 36 (4.63%) Python Engineer
11 32 (4.12%) Analyst
11 32 (4.12%) Platform Engineer
12 29 (3.73%) Network Engineer
13 28 (3.60%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 28 (3.60%) AWS Engineer
13 28 (3.60%) Software Engineer
14 26 (3.35%) Cloud Engineer
15 23 (2.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 22 (2.83%) GCP Engineer
17 21 (2.70%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (6.31%) REST
2 46 (5.92%) Node.js
3 43 (5.53%) JSON
3 43 (5.53%) OpenTelemetry
3 43 (5.53%) PySpark
4 42 (5.41%) Kafka
5 36 (4.63%) React
6 23 (2.96%) FastAPI
7 22 (2.83%) Playwright
8 19 (2.45%) Spring
9 18 (2.32%) PyTorch
10 17 (2.19%) LangChain
11 15 (1.93%) Spring Boot
12 14 (1.80%) Pandas
12 14 (1.80%) YAML
13 12 (1.54%) CSS
13 12 (1.54%) HTML
13 12 (1.54%) RESTful
13 12 (1.54%) scikit-learn
14 11 (1.42%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 131 (16.86%) Cloud Native
2 55 (7.08%) Data Centre
3 44 (5.66%) Hybrid Cloud
4 37 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
5 32 (4.12%) Distributed Systems
6 30 (3.86%) Security Posture
7 28 (3.60%) Product Ownership
8 23 (2.96%) Management Information System
9 21 (2.70%) Replication
10 18 (2.32%) NHS
10 18 (2.32%) Onboarding
11 17 (2.19%) Linux Command Line
12 15 (1.93%) PKI
13 14 (1.80%) AI Agents
13 14 (1.80%) Data Structures
14 13 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.67%) Public Cloud
15 11 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
16 8 (1.03%) Cloud Security Posture
17 7 (0.90%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 124 (15.96%) Linux
2 76 (9.78%) Windows
3 38 (4.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 31 (3.99%) Unix
5 18 (2.32%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.42%) Solaris
7 9 (1.16%) VMS
8 6 (0.77%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.64%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.64%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.39%) AIX
10 3 (0.39%) zOS
11 2 (0.26%) CoreOS
11 2 (0.26%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.13%) Check Point GAiA
12 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (49.81%) CI/CD
2 304 (39.12%) DevOps
3 218 (28.06%) Infrastructure as Code
4 202 (26.00%) Agile
5 138 (17.76%) Containerisation
6 134 (17.25%) Observability
6 134 (17.25%) Problem-Solving
7 129 (16.60%) Analytics
8 123 (15.83%) AI
9 103 (13.26%) Data Engineering
10 101 (13.00%) Data Pipeline
11 94 (12.10%) Test Automation
12 87 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
13 80 (10.30%) Migration
14 79 (10.17%) Machine Learning
15 77 (9.91%) Software Engineering
16 73 (9.40%) High Availability
17 69 (8.88%) Platform Engineering
18 68 (8.75%) Data Modelling
19 66 (8.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 166 (21.36%) SQL
2 147 (18.92%) Bash
3 132 (16.99%) Java
4 117 (15.06%) PowerShell
5 53 (6.82%) JavaScript
6 37 (4.76%) TypeScript
7 32 (4.12%) Go
8 22 (2.83%) Bicep
9 21 (2.70%) Groovy
10 18 (2.32%) Scala
11 15 (1.93%) Rust
11 15 (1.93%) Shell Script
12 13 (1.67%) C#
13 11 (1.42%) R
14 10 (1.29%) ActionScript
15 8 (1.03%) VBA
16 6 (0.77%) Perl
17 5 (0.64%) C++
18 3 (0.39%) Kotlin
18 3 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 146 (18.79%) Security Cleared
2 119 (15.32%) SC Cleared
3 52 (6.69%) Degree
4 39 (5.02%) AWS Certification
5 29 (3.73%) CISSP
6 27 (3.47%) Azure Certification
7 24 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (2.32%) DV Cleared
9 14 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 8 (1.03%) CCNP
12 7 (0.90%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (0.64%) CCNA
14 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.51%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 4 (0.51%) CISM
15 4 (0.51%) OCP
15 4 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (7.08%) Data Quality
2 19 (2.45%) QA
3 18 (2.32%) GDPR
4 11 (1.42%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.29%) HIPAA
6 9 (1.16%) NIST
7 7 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (0.77%) WCAG
9 5 (0.64%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.51%) HL7
10 4 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.26%) SLA
12 1 (0.13%) GRC
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.13%) PSD2
12 1 (0.13%) SEPA
12 1 (0.13%) Solvency II
System Software
1 157 (20.21%) Docker
2 34 (4.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (3.73%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (3.22%) vSphere
5 19 (2.45%) VMware NSX
6 15 (1.93%) Active Directory
7 10 (1.29%) Firmware
7 10 (1.29%) Hyper-V
8 9 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.03%) KVM
10 5 (0.64%) NFS
11 4 (0.51%) SRDF
12 3 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
14 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
14 1 (0.13%) Ceph
14 1 (0.13%) Snort
Systems Management
1 278 (35.78%) Terraform
2 210 (27.03%) Kubernetes
3 158 (20.33%) Ansible
4 66 (8.49%) Grafana
5 62 (7.98%) Prometheus
6 29 (3.73%) Argo
7 22 (2.83%) vCenter Server
8 16 (2.06%) Progress Chef
9 15 (1.93%) Control-M
10 14 (1.80%) IBM Guardium
10 14 (1.80%) Nessus
11 10 (1.29%) Istio
12 9 (1.16%) HAProxy
12 9 (1.16%) Puppet
13 8 (1.03%) NetBackup
14 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
15 6 (0.77%) PowerCLI
16 5 (0.64%) Tivoli Storage Manager
17 4 (0.51%) Kustomize
17 4 (0.51%) vRealize
Vendors
1 85 (10.94%) Microsoft
2 72 (9.27%) Google
3 62 (7.98%) Databricks
4 58 (7.46%) Splunk
5 47 (6.05%) Red Hat
6 46 (5.92%) F5
7 44 (5.66%) VMware
8 35 (4.50%) Palo Alto
9 27 (3.47%) Cisco
9 27 (3.47%) ServiceNow
10 24 (3.09%) Aruba
11 23 (2.96%) Arista
12 21 (2.70%) Dynatrace
12 21 (2.70%) IBM
13 20 (2.57%) Pure Storage
14 18 (2.32%) Oracle
15 14 (1.80%) Tenable
16 12 (1.54%) Infoblox
16 12 (1.54%) Trend Micro
17 11 (1.42%) SAP