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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 15 21
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 +4
Contract jobs citing Python 724 423 299
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 9.62% 10.51% 7.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.35% 37.40% 28.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 293 203
10th Percentile £363 £336 £373
25th Percentile £413 £400 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £515
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -4.85% -6.36%
75th Percentile £584 £544 £600
90th Percentile £638 £612 £650
England median daily rate £545 £538 £580
% change year-on-year +1.40% -7.33% -3.33%
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 £58.74 £50.00 £67.26
% change year-on-year +17.47% -25.66% +3.48%

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 1,840 1,131 1,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 24.46% 28.09% 24.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,172 806 718
10th Percentile £350 £315 £336
25th Percentile £413 £376 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £465 £489
Median % change year-on-year +5.27% -4.91% -2.20%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £600 £639
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 13 30
10th Percentile £28.50 £30.35 £37.35
25th Percentile £46.66 £36.00 £39.71
Median hourly rate £68.25 £66.50 £51.88
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +28.19% +12.33%
75th Percentile £70.38 £84.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £93.75 £84.45
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +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 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 24 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 24 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 -1 368 £500 - 124
North West 0 273 £525 +10.53% 192
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 57 (7.87%) Apache Spark
2 43 (5.94%) Apache
3 38 (5.25%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (4.01%) Jupyter
5 21 (2.90%) Confluence
6 13 (1.80%) SharePoint
7 10 (1.38%) SAS
8 4 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.28%) Camunda
9 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.28%) nginx
10 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.14%) FactoryTalk
10 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.24%) 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 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
1 6 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.14%) FIS Private Capital Suite
2 1 (0.14%) Odoo
2 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 324 (44.75%) AWS
2 256 (35.36%) Azure
3 155 (21.41%) GCP
4 123 (16.99%) GitHub
5 71 (9.81%) GitHub Actions
6 57 (7.87%) Power Platform
7 52 (7.18%) Serverless
8 42 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
9 38 (5.25%) OCI
10 36 (4.97%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 35 (4.83%) AWS Lambda
12 30 (4.14%) Amazon S3
12 30 (4.14%) OpenShift
13 29 (4.01%) SaaS
14 25 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
15 19 (2.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 19 (2.62%) dbt
16 18 (2.49%) Azure Data Factory
17 16 (2.21%) Amazon EKS
18 15 (2.07%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 83 (11.46%) Firewall
2 48 (6.63%) DNS
3 38 (5.25%) BIG-IP
4 36 (4.97%) Network Security
5 34 (4.70%) WAN
6 33 (4.56%) BGP
7 30 (4.14%) OSPF
8 29 (4.01%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 27 (3.73%) TCP/IP
10 26 (3.59%) SD-WAN
11 21 (2.90%) Ethernet VPN
11 21 (2.90%) VXLAN
12 18 (2.49%) VPN
13 17 (2.35%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (1.80%) WLAN
15 11 (1.52%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 10 (1.38%) DHCP
16 10 (1.38%) HTTP
16 10 (1.38%) SAN
16 10 (1.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (7.18%) Power BI
2 35 (4.83%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (4.42%) SQL Server
4 29 (4.01%) BigQuery
4 29 (4.01%) Metadata
5 23 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (2.76%) Big Data
6 20 (2.76%) NoSQL
7 18 (2.49%) Tableau
8 16 (2.21%) DynamoDB
9 15 (2.07%) MongoDB
10 13 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (1.52%) Amazon Athena
11 11 (1.52%) Data Lake
12 10 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
13 9 (1.24%) Delta Lake
13 9 (1.24%) Hadoop
14 8 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (0.97%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 116 (16.02%) Jenkins
2 88 (12.15%) GitLab
3 70 (9.67%) Git
4 67 (9.25%) JIRA
5 19 (2.62%) Gatling
6 14 (1.93%) Maven
7 13 (1.80%) Postman
7 13 (1.80%) Selenium
8 12 (1.66%) JMeter
9 11 (1.52%) Cucumber
9 11 (1.52%) LoadRunner
9 11 (1.52%) SonarQube
9 11 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.97%) REST Assured
10 7 (0.97%) Zephyr
11 6 (0.83%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.83%) Claude Code
11 6 (0.83%) NeoLoad
12 4 (0.55%) MSBuild
12 4 (0.55%) Robot Framework
General
1 141 (19.48%) Social Skills
2 135 (18.65%) Finance
3 105 (14.50%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (13.67%) Public Sector
5 59 (8.15%) Banking
6 15 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (1.80%) Legal
8 12 (1.66%) Retail
9 10 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.38%) Publishing
10 9 (1.24%) Games
11 6 (0.83%) Military
12 5 (0.69%) Marketing
13 4 (0.55%) Law
13 4 (0.55%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.41%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.41%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.28%) Advertising
15 2 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 120 (16.57%) Senior
2 102 (14.09%) Developer
3 85 (11.74%) DevOps Engineer
4 71 (9.81%) Python Developer
5 63 (8.70%) Lead
6 62 (8.56%) Data Engineer
7 45 (6.22%) Security Engineer
8 40 (5.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 40 (5.52%) Python Engineer
9 33 (4.56%) Network Engineer
10 32 (4.42%) Architect
11 31 (4.28%) Cloud Engineer
12 29 (4.01%) Analyst
13 27 (3.73%) AWS Engineer
14 26 (3.59%) Software Engineer
15 24 (3.31%) Platform Engineer
16 23 (3.18%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 21 (2.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 21 (2.90%) Test Engineer
18 18 (2.49%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 270 (37.29%) Terraform
2 42 (5.80%) Node.js
2 42 (5.80%) REST
3 41 (5.66%) PySpark
4 37 (5.11%) Kafka
5 34 (4.70%) React
6 32 (4.42%) JSON
7 22 (3.04%) Playwright
8 18 (2.49%) OpenTelemetry
9 17 (2.35%) CSS
9 17 (2.35%) HTML
10 16 (2.21%) Spring
11 15 (2.07%) YAML
12 14 (1.93%) .NET
12 14 (1.93%) Vue
13 13 (1.80%) FastAPI
13 13 (1.80%) pytest
14 12 (1.66%) Spring Boot
15 11 (1.52%) Flask
15 11 (1.52%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 126 (17.40%) Cloud Native
2 46 (6.35%) Data Centre
3 32 (4.42%) Data Protection Act
3 32 (4.42%) Distributed Systems
4 31 (4.28%) Hybrid Cloud
5 25 (3.45%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.45%) Security Posture
6 21 (2.90%) Management Information System
7 19 (2.62%) Onboarding
8 18 (2.49%) NHS
8 18 (2.49%) Replication
9 17 (2.35%) AI Agents
9 17 (2.35%) Public Cloud
10 15 (2.07%) Data Structures
10 15 (2.07%) Linux Command Line
10 15 (2.07%) PKI
11 13 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
12 11 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (1.24%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 107 (14.78%) Linux
2 64 (8.84%) Windows
3 34 (4.70%) Unix
4 33 (4.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (2.21%) Windows Server
6 13 (1.80%) Solaris
7 7 (0.97%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.97%) VMS
8 5 (0.69%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.69%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.41%) zOS
10 2 (0.28%) AIX
10 2 (0.28%) CoreOS
10 2 (0.28%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.14%) CentOS
11 1 (0.14%) Check Point GAiA
11 1 (0.14%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (50.41%) CI/CD
2 279 (38.54%) DevOps
3 232 (32.04%) Infrastructure as Code
4 185 (25.55%) Agile
5 130 (17.96%) Observability
6 124 (17.13%) Analytics
7 123 (16.99%) Containerisation
8 122 (16.85%) AI
9 110 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
10 100 (13.81%) Data Engineering
11 93 (12.85%) Test Automation
12 90 (12.43%) Data Pipeline
13 88 (12.15%) Continuous Improvement
14 73 (10.08%) Software Engineering
15 71 (9.81%) Migration
16 69 (9.53%) Platform Engineering
17 68 (9.39%) High Availability
18 66 (9.12%) Cloud Security
18 66 (9.12%) Machine Learning
19 65 (8.98%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 169 (23.34%) SQL
2 141 (19.48%) Bash
3 136 (18.78%) Java
4 119 (16.44%) PowerShell
5 51 (7.04%) JavaScript
6 34 (4.70%) TypeScript
7 31 (4.28%) Go
8 26 (3.59%) Bicep
9 22 (3.04%) Scala
10 17 (2.35%) Groovy
11 12 (1.66%) C#
12 11 (1.52%) Rust
13 10 (1.38%) Shell Script
14 9 (1.24%) ActionScript
14 9 (1.24%) R
15 8 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
16 7 (0.97%) Search Processing Language
17 6 (0.83%) VBA
18 5 (0.69%) Perl
19 4 (0.55%) C++
Qualifications
1 161 (22.24%) Security Cleared
2 144 (19.89%) SC Cleared
3 55 (7.60%) Degree
4 37 (5.11%) AWS Certification
5 31 (4.28%) Azure Certification
6 30 (4.14%) CISSP
7 23 (3.18%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (1.66%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.38%) CCNP
12 9 (1.24%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.97%) GCIH
14 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.69%) CCNA
15 5 (0.69%) GCFA
16 4 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 4 (0.55%) CCIE
16 4 (0.55%) GIAC
16 4 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (8.56%) Data Quality
2 20 (2.76%) QA
3 19 (2.62%) GDPR
4 12 (1.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (1.52%) PCI DSS
6 10 (1.38%) NIST
7 8 (1.10%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.69%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.69%) HL7
10 4 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.55%) SLA
10 4 (0.55%) WCAG
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.14%) PSD2
11 1 (0.14%) SEPA
11 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 154 (21.27%) Docker
2 21 (2.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.49%) Active Directory
4 15 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (1.80%) vSphere
6 9 (1.24%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.83%) Firmware
7 6 (0.83%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.55%) NFS
9 3 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.28%) SRDF
10 2 (0.28%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.14%) Ceph
11 1 (0.14%) KVM
11 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.14%) Snort
11 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 179 (24.72%) Kubernetes
2 137 (18.92%) Ansible
3 55 (7.60%) Grafana
4 47 (6.49%) Prometheus
5 25 (3.45%) Progress Chef
6 20 (2.76%) Argo
7 10 (1.38%) vCenter Server
8 9 (1.24%) HAProxy
9 8 (1.10%) Control-M
10 7 (0.97%) IBM Guardium
10 7 (0.97%) Nessus
11 6 (0.83%) Istio
11 6 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.69%) CASB
12 5 (0.69%) NetBackup
13 4 (0.55%) Kustomize
13 4 (0.55%) Puppet
13 4 (0.55%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 4 (0.55%) vRealize
14 3 (0.41%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 93 (12.85%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.67%) Google
3 61 (8.43%) Databricks
4 49 (6.77%) Splunk
5 40 (5.52%) F5
6 36 (4.97%) Palo Alto
7 34 (4.70%) Red Hat
8 28 (3.87%) Cisco
9 27 (3.73%) ServiceNow
10 25 (3.45%) Arista
10 25 (3.45%) VMware
11 24 (3.31%) Aruba
11 24 (3.31%) Dynatrace
12 23 (3.18%) IBM
13 20 (2.76%) Oracle
14 13 (1.80%) Trend Micro
15 12 (1.66%) SAP
16 10 (1.38%) Fortinet
17 9 (1.24%) BeyondTrust
17 9 (1.24%) Pure Storage