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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 14 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 +9
Contract jobs citing Python 748 450 300
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 9.83% 11.26% 7.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.66% 38.86% 29.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 311 198
10th Percentile £363 £335 £356
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £476 £514
Median % change year-on-year +5.04% -7.35% -6.59%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £600
90th Percentile £650 £600 £675
England median daily rate £550 £536 £593
% change year-on-year +2.61% -9.54% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 4
10th Percentile - £38.98 -
25th Percentile £28.50 £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 £75.00 £64.13 -
England median hourly rate £63.48 £50.00 £69.38
% change year-on-year +26.96% -27.93% +6.73%

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 1,886 1,158 1,026
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 24.77% 28.97% 24.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,216 819 699
10th Percentile £350 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £612 £638
England median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 11 27
10th Percentile £28.50 £30.00 £35.85
25th Percentile £47.33 £44.00 £37.55
Median hourly rate £69.75 £66.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% +44.00% -
75th Percentile £72.75 £86.63 £63.75
90th Percentile £77.00 £95.00 £76.37
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +17.12% -14.62% +0.78%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -2 391 £500 - 325
North West -3 281 £525 +10.53% 532
North East -4 88 £425 -2.86% 135
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 (7.35%) Apache Spark
2 44 (5.88%) Apache
3 40 (5.35%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (3.88%) Jupyter
5 20 (2.67%) Confluence
6 13 (1.74%) SharePoint
7 12 (1.60%) SAS
8 6 (0.80%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.53%) nginx
10 3 (0.40%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.27%) Camunda
11 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.13%) FactoryTalk
12 1 (0.13%) Traefik
Applications
1 14 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
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
1 331 (44.25%) AWS
2 257 (34.36%) Azure
3 163 (21.79%) GCP
4 121 (16.18%) GitHub
5 67 (8.96%) GitHub Actions
6 59 (7.89%) Serverless
7 55 (7.35%) Power Platform
8 40 (5.35%) AWS Lambda
9 39 (5.21%) Azure DevOps
10 38 (5.08%) Amazon S3
11 37 (4.95%) OCI
12 34 (4.55%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 29 (3.88%) AWS CloudFormation
13 29 (3.88%) SaaS
14 25 (3.34%) OpenShift
15 24 (3.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 20 (2.67%) Entra ID
17 19 (2.54%) dbt
18 18 (2.41%) Azure Monitor
18 18 (2.41%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 89 (11.90%) Firewall
2 46 (6.15%) Network Security
3 45 (6.02%) DNS
4 43 (5.75%) BIG-IP
5 42 (5.61%) WAN
6 34 (4.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 34 (4.55%) SD-WAN
7 33 (4.41%) BGP
8 30 (4.01%) OSPF
9 25 (3.34%) TCP/IP
10 22 (2.94%) Ethernet VPN
11 21 (2.81%) VXLAN
12 17 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
12 17 (2.27%) Wireless
13 16 (2.14%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 15 (2.01%) VPN
15 13 (1.74%) WLAN
16 10 (1.34%) SSL
17 9 (1.20%) DHCP
17 9 (1.20%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (6.68%) Power BI
2 38 (5.08%) Metadata
3 34 (4.55%) BigQuery
4 29 (3.88%) SQL Server
5 26 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
6 25 (3.34%) PostgreSQL
7 23 (3.07%) Big Data
8 21 (2.81%) DynamoDB
9 17 (2.27%) Tableau
10 15 (2.01%) Amazon Athena
10 15 (2.01%) Data Lake
10 15 (2.01%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.87%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (1.60%) MongoDB
14 10 (1.34%) Delta Lake
15 9 (1.20%) Neo4j
16 8 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 7 (0.94%) Ataccama
17 7 (0.94%) Looker
Development Applications
1 114 (15.24%) Jenkins
2 86 (11.50%) GitLab
3 75 (10.03%) Git
4 70 (9.36%) JIRA
5 19 (2.54%) Gatling
6 16 (2.14%) Maven
7 14 (1.87%) Sonatype Nexus
8 13 (1.74%) SonarQube
9 12 (1.60%) JMeter
9 12 (1.60%) Postman
9 12 (1.60%) Selenium
10 11 (1.47%) LoadRunner
11 10 (1.34%) Cucumber
12 8 (1.07%) Claude Code
13 7 (0.94%) REST Assured
13 7 (0.94%) Zephyr
14 6 (0.80%) Artifactory
14 6 (0.80%) NeoLoad
15 4 (0.53%) MSBuild
15 4 (0.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 166 (22.19%) Social Skills
2 151 (20.19%) Finance
3 104 (13.90%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (13.24%) Public Sector
5 67 (8.96%) Banking
6 14 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (1.60%) Legal
7 12 (1.60%) Publishing
8 10 (1.34%) Retail
9 9 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.07%) Games
10 8 (1.07%) Military
11 5 (0.67%) Marketing
12 4 (0.53%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.53%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.53%) Law
12 4 (0.53%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.40%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 129 (17.25%) Senior
2 107 (14.30%) Developer
3 84 (11.23%) DevOps Engineer
4 72 (9.63%) Data Engineer
5 69 (9.22%) Python Developer
6 59 (7.89%) Lead
7 42 (5.61%) Security Engineer
8 40 (5.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 39 (5.21%) Python Engineer
10 35 (4.68%) Network Engineer
11 33 (4.41%) Cloud Engineer
12 29 (3.88%) Analyst
12 29 (3.88%) Architect
12 29 (3.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 29 (3.88%) Software Engineer
13 26 (3.48%) AWS Engineer
14 24 (3.21%) Platform Engineer
15 23 (3.07%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 20 (2.67%) Test Engineer
17 19 (2.54%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 273 (36.50%) Terraform
2 52 (6.95%) REST
3 44 (5.88%) PySpark
4 41 (5.48%) Node.js
5 38 (5.08%) Kafka
6 35 (4.68%) JSON
7 33 (4.41%) React
8 22 (2.94%) Playwright
9 17 (2.27%) pytest
10 16 (2.14%) .NET
11 15 (2.01%) CSS
11 15 (2.01%) Flask
11 15 (2.01%) HTML
11 15 (2.01%) YAML
12 14 (1.87%) Django
12 14 (1.87%) LangChain
12 14 (1.87%) OpenID
13 13 (1.74%) OAuth
13 13 (1.74%) OpenTelemetry
13 13 (1.74%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 139 (18.58%) Cloud Native
2 51 (6.82%) Data Centre
3 34 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
4 33 (4.41%) Data Protection Act
5 31 (4.14%) Hybrid Cloud
6 28 (3.74%) Public Cloud
7 25 (3.34%) Security Posture
8 24 (3.21%) Management Information System
8 24 (3.21%) Onboarding
9 23 (3.07%) AI Agents
10 22 (2.94%) Product Ownership
11 21 (2.81%) PKI
12 19 (2.54%) NHS
13 18 (2.41%) Data Structures
14 17 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
15 16 (2.14%) Replication
16 15 (2.01%) Linux Command Line
17 14 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
18 11 (1.47%) Enterprise Cloud
19 10 (1.34%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 114 (15.24%) Linux
2 63 (8.42%) Windows
3 41 (5.48%) Unix
4 34 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (2.27%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.60%) Solaris
7 9 (1.20%) VMS
8 7 (0.94%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.67%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.67%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.40%) zOS
11 2 (0.27%) AIX
11 2 (0.27%) CentOS
11 2 (0.27%) CoreOS
11 2 (0.27%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.13%) Check Point GAiA
12 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (51.60%) CI/CD
2 271 (36.23%) DevOps
3 239 (31.95%) Infrastructure as Code
4 189 (25.27%) Agile
5 145 (19.39%) AI
6 140 (18.72%) Observability
7 132 (17.65%) Analytics
8 115 (15.37%) Containerisation
9 113 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
10 110 (14.71%) Data Engineering
11 105 (14.04%) Data Pipeline
12 91 (12.17%) Continuous Improvement
12 91 (12.17%) Test Automation
13 87 (11.63%) Software Engineering
14 75 (10.03%) Stakeholder Management
15 74 (9.89%) Migration
16 72 (9.63%) Cloud Security
16 72 (9.63%) Data Modelling
16 72 (9.63%) Platform Engineering
17 71 (9.49%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 181 (24.20%) SQL
2 142 (18.98%) Java
3 134 (17.91%) Bash
4 130 (17.38%) PowerShell
5 47 (6.28%) JavaScript
6 32 (4.28%) Go
7 28 (3.74%) TypeScript
8 25 (3.34%) Bicep
9 20 (2.67%) Scala
10 16 (2.14%) Shell Script
11 15 (2.01%) C#
11 15 (2.01%) Groovy
12 14 (1.87%) ActionScript
13 11 (1.47%) Search Processing Language
14 10 (1.34%) Rust
15 9 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
16 8 (1.07%) R
17 6 (0.80%) VBA
18 5 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 5 (0.67%) Perl
Qualifications
1 166 (22.19%) Security Cleared
2 152 (20.32%) SC Cleared
3 56 (7.49%) Degree
4 35 (4.68%) AWS Certification
5 34 (4.55%) CISSP
6 29 (3.88%) Azure Certification
7 23 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.47%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.34%) CCNP
12 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.94%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.80%) GCIH
15 5 (0.67%) CCIE
15 5 (0.67%) GCFA
16 4 (0.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 4 (0.53%) GIAC
16 4 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 3 (0.40%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (9.89%) Data Quality
2 23 (3.07%) QA
3 17 (2.27%) GDPR
4 12 (1.60%) PCI DSS
5 11 (1.47%) NIST
6 9 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.80%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.80%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.67%) HL7
10 4 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.53%) SLA
11 3 (0.40%) WCAG
12 2 (0.27%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.13%) GRC
13 1 (0.13%) NCSC
13 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.13%) PSD2
13 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 145 (19.39%) Docker
2 21 (2.81%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.34%) vSphere
6 8 (1.07%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.67%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.53%) Firmware
8 4 (0.53%) NFS
9 2 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.27%) SRDF
9 2 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.13%) Ceph
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 176 (23.53%) Kubernetes
2 134 (17.91%) Ansible
3 49 (6.55%) Grafana
4 39 (5.21%) Prometheus
5 29 (3.88%) Progress Chef
6 15 (2.01%) Argo
7 10 (1.34%) HAProxy
7 10 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (1.20%) vCenter Server
9 7 (0.94%) Control-M
10 6 (0.80%) IBM Guardium
10 6 (0.80%) Nessus
11 5 (0.67%) CASB
11 5 (0.67%) Kustomize
11 5 (0.67%) Packer
12 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (0.53%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 4 (0.53%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.40%) EMC NetWorker
13 3 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 101 (13.50%) Microsoft
2 76 (10.16%) Google
3 64 (8.56%) Databricks
4 50 (6.68%) Splunk
5 44 (5.88%) F5
6 35 (4.68%) Palo Alto
7 30 (4.01%) Red Hat
8 28 (3.74%) ServiceNow
9 26 (3.48%) Arista
9 26 (3.48%) Cisco
10 23 (3.07%) Aruba
10 23 (3.07%) Dynatrace
10 23 (3.07%) IBM
11 22 (2.94%) VMware
12 21 (2.81%) Oracle
13 13 (1.74%) SAP
13 13 (1.74%) Trend Micro
14 11 (1.47%) OpenAI
15 10 (1.34%) Fortinet
16 9 (1.20%) BeyondTrust