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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 14 22
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 -1
Contract jobs citing Python 763 412 285
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 10.33% 10.36% 6.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.89% 37.18% 28.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 522 289 192
10th Percentile £363 £339 £375
25th Percentile £413 £400 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £505
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -3.96% -12.17%
75th Percentile £587 £544 £594
90th Percentile £638 £613 £650
England median daily rate £538 £540 £575
% change year-on-year -0.46% -6.09% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 5
10th Percentile £28.50 - -
25th Percentile £28.88 - -
Median hourly rate £47.75 £36.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +32.64% -22.04% -
75th Percentile £68.00 - -
90th Percentile £88.50 - £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 1,866 1,108 1,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.27% 27.87% 24.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,188 795 713
10th Percentile £350 £315 £350
25th Percentile £413 £375 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £460 £485
Median % change year-on-year +7.73% -5.26% -4.90%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £600 £638
England median daily rate £523 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.46% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 11 31
10th Percentile £28.79 £30.00 £37.50
25th Percentile £47.15 £33.88 £41.86
Median hourly rate £69.00 £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% +27.27% +19.10%
75th Percentile £70.75 £86.63 £71.69
90th Percentile £77.00 £95.00 £83.00
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 12 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 12 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 12 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 0 391 £500 - 216
North West +1 289 £525 +10.53% 445
North East -2 94 £425 -18.27% 144
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 66 (8.65%) Apache Spark
2 42 (5.50%) Apache
3 38 (4.98%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (3.80%) Jupyter
5 28 (3.67%) Confluence
6 13 (1.70%) SharePoint
7 8 (1.05%) SAS
8 2 (0.26%) Camunda
8 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.26%) nginx
8 2 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.13%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 6 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
1 6 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) FIS Private Capital Suite
2 1 (0.13%) Odoo
2 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 334 (43.77%) AWS
2 266 (34.86%) Azure
3 161 (21.10%) GCP
4 135 (17.69%) GitHub
5 74 (9.70%) GitHub Actions
6 55 (7.21%) Power Platform
7 52 (6.82%) Serverless
8 48 (6.29%) OpenShift
9 45 (5.90%) Azure DevOps
10 43 (5.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 38 (4.98%) OCI
12 33 (4.33%) AWS Lambda
13 30 (3.93%) Amazon S3
14 28 (3.67%) SaaS
15 24 (3.15%) AWS CloudFormation
16 22 (2.88%) dbt
17 20 (2.62%) Azure Data Factory
18 18 (2.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 18 (2.36%) Vertex AI
19 16 (2.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 88 (11.53%) Firewall
2 49 (6.42%) DNS
3 38 (4.98%) BIG-IP
4 34 (4.46%) WAN
5 33 (4.33%) BGP
6 32 (4.19%) Network Security
7 30 (3.93%) OSPF
8 29 (3.80%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 28 (3.67%) TCP/IP
10 26 (3.41%) SD-WAN
11 21 (2.75%) Ethernet VPN
11 21 (2.75%) VXLAN
12 18 (2.36%) VPN
13 17 (2.23%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (1.70%) SAN
14 13 (1.70%) WLAN
15 11 (1.44%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 10 (1.31%) DHCP
16 10 (1.31%) HTTP
16 10 (1.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (6.42%) Power BI
2 38 (4.98%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (4.59%) SQL Server
4 29 (3.80%) BigQuery
5 27 (3.54%) Metadata
6 24 (3.15%) NoSQL
7 22 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
8 21 (2.75%) Big Data
9 19 (2.49%) Hadoop
10 18 (2.36%) MongoDB
10 18 (2.36%) Tableau
11 16 (2.10%) DynamoDB
12 12 (1.57%) Data Lake
13 11 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
13 11 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (1.44%) Delta Lake
13 11 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 8 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 130 (17.04%) Jenkins
2 85 (11.14%) GitLab
3 76 (9.96%) JIRA
4 70 (9.17%) Git
5 19 (2.49%) Gatling
6 14 (1.83%) Maven
7 13 (1.70%) Postman
7 13 (1.70%) Selenium
8 12 (1.57%) JMeter
9 11 (1.44%) Cucumber
9 11 (1.44%) LoadRunner
9 11 (1.44%) SonarQube
9 11 (1.44%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.92%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.79%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.79%) Claude Code
11 6 (0.79%) NeoLoad
11 6 (0.79%) Zephyr
12 4 (0.52%) MSBuild
12 4 (0.52%) Robot Framework
General
1 150 (19.66%) Social Skills
2 144 (18.87%) Finance
3 108 (14.15%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (12.58%) Public Sector
5 63 (8.26%) Banking
6 14 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (1.83%) Retail
7 13 (1.70%) Legal
8 10 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (1.31%) Publishing
9 9 (1.18%) Games
10 7 (0.92%) Military
11 4 (0.52%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.52%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.52%) Marketing
12 3 (0.39%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.39%) Law
12 3 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.26%) Advertising
13 2 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 120 (15.73%) Senior
2 113 (14.81%) Developer
3 87 (11.40%) DevOps Engineer
4 76 (9.96%) Python Developer
5 69 (9.04%) Data Engineer
5 69 (9.04%) Lead
6 55 (7.21%) Security Engineer
7 42 (5.50%) Python Engineer
8 41 (5.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 33 (4.33%) Architect
9 33 (4.33%) Cloud Engineer
10 30 (3.93%) Network Engineer
11 28 (3.67%) Analyst
11 28 (3.67%) Software Engineer
12 27 (3.54%) AWS Engineer
12 27 (3.54%) Platform Engineer
13 26 (3.41%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 23 (3.01%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 21 (2.75%) Test Engineer
16 18 (2.36%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (6.03%) REST
2 43 (5.64%) Node.js
3 42 (5.50%) Kafka
4 41 (5.37%) PySpark
5 36 (4.72%) React
6 33 (4.33%) JSON
7 23 (3.01%) OpenTelemetry
8 22 (2.88%) Playwright
9 18 (2.36%) Spring
10 17 (2.23%) HTML
10 17 (2.23%) LangChain
11 16 (2.10%) CSS
11 16 (2.10%) FastAPI
11 16 (2.10%) PyTorch
12 15 (1.97%) .NET
12 15 (1.97%) YAML
13 14 (1.83%) Spring Boot
14 13 (1.70%) Vue
15 12 (1.57%) Pandas
16 11 (1.44%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 138 (18.09%) Cloud Native
2 47 (6.16%) Data Centre
3 34 (4.46%) Hybrid Cloud
3 34 (4.46%) Security Posture
4 33 (4.33%) Data Protection Act
5 32 (4.19%) Distributed Systems
6 24 (3.15%) Product Ownership
7 23 (3.01%) Management Information System
8 19 (2.49%) Linux Command Line
8 19 (2.49%) Replication
9 18 (2.36%) AI Agents
9 18 (2.36%) Onboarding
10 17 (2.23%) NHS
11 15 (1.97%) Data Structures
11 15 (1.97%) PKI
11 15 (1.97%) Public Cloud
12 13 (1.70%) Cloud Security Posture
12 13 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.31%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 114 (14.94%) Linux
2 65 (8.52%) Windows
3 36 (4.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 36 (4.72%) Unix
4 15 (1.97%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.70%) Solaris
6 7 (0.92%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.92%) VMS
7 5 (0.66%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.66%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.39%) AIX
8 3 (0.39%) zOS
9 2 (0.26%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.26%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.13%) Check Point GAiA
10 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 395 (51.77%) CI/CD
2 302 (39.58%) DevOps
3 233 (30.54%) Infrastructure as Code
4 197 (25.82%) Agile
5 137 (17.96%) Observability
6 133 (17.43%) Containerisation
7 130 (17.04%) AI
8 129 (16.91%) Analytics
9 121 (15.86%) Problem-Solving
10 104 (13.63%) Data Engineering
10 104 (13.63%) Test Automation
11 103 (13.50%) Data Pipeline
12 92 (12.06%) Continuous Improvement
13 77 (10.09%) Software Engineering
14 75 (9.83%) Migration
15 74 (9.70%) Machine Learning
16 72 (9.44%) High Availability
17 71 (9.31%) Cloud Security
17 71 (9.31%) Platform Engineering
18 66 (8.65%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 176 (23.07%) SQL
2 150 (19.66%) Bash
3 140 (18.35%) Java
4 120 (15.73%) PowerShell
5 54 (7.08%) JavaScript
6 35 (4.59%) TypeScript
7 31 (4.06%) Go
8 26 (3.41%) Bicep
9 21 (2.75%) Scala
10 19 (2.49%) Groovy
11 13 (1.70%) C#
11 13 (1.70%) Rust
12 12 (1.57%) Shell Script
13 9 (1.18%) ActionScript
13 9 (1.18%) R
14 8 (1.05%) Search Processing Language
15 7 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
16 6 (0.79%) VBA
17 5 (0.66%) C++
17 5 (0.66%) Perl
Qualifications
1 165 (21.63%) Security Cleared
2 144 (18.87%) SC Cleared
3 55 (7.21%) Degree
4 38 (4.98%) AWS Certification
5 31 (4.06%) Azure Certification
5 31 (4.06%) CISSP
6 22 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (2.10%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.18%) DBS Check
11 8 (1.05%) CCNP
12 6 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.66%) CCNA
13 5 (0.66%) GCIH
13 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.52%) GCFA
14 4 (0.52%) OCP
14 4 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (7.86%) Data Quality
2 23 (3.01%) GDPR
3 20 (2.62%) QA
4 11 (1.44%) NIST
4 11 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (1.31%) HIPAA
6 9 (1.18%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.18%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.66%) HL7
8 5 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.66%) WCAG
9 4 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.39%) SLA
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.13%) PSD2
11 1 (0.13%) SEPA
11 1 (0.13%) Solvency II
System Software
1 161 (21.10%) Docker
2 27 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.36%) vSphere
4 17 (2.23%) Active Directory
4 17 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (1.70%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.92%) Firmware
6 7 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.79%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.52%) NFS
8 4 (0.52%) SRDF
9 3 (0.39%) KVM
9 3 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.13%) Ceph
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.13%) Snort
11 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 279 (36.57%) Terraform
2 197 (25.82%) Kubernetes
3 144 (18.87%) Ansible
4 61 (7.99%) Grafana
5 49 (6.42%) Prometheus
6 24 (3.15%) Argo
7 23 (3.01%) Progress Chef
8 15 (1.97%) vCenter Server
9 10 (1.31%) Control-M
10 9 (1.18%) HAProxy
10 9 (1.18%) IBM Guardium
10 9 (1.18%) Nessus
10 9 (1.18%) Puppet
11 8 (1.05%) Istio
11 8 (1.05%) NetBackup
12 5 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.66%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 4 (0.52%) CASB
13 4 (0.52%) PowerCLI
13 4 (0.52%) vRealize
Vendors
1 92 (12.06%) Microsoft
2 76 (9.96%) Google
3 63 (8.26%) Databricks
4 55 (7.21%) Splunk
5 41 (5.37%) F5
6 40 (5.24%) Red Hat
7 35 (4.59%) Palo Alto
8 33 (4.33%) VMware
9 29 (3.80%) Cisco
10 28 (3.67%) IBM
10 28 (3.67%) ServiceNow
11 25 (3.28%) Dynatrace
12 24 (3.15%) Arista
12 24 (3.15%) Aruba
13 21 (2.75%) Oracle
14 13 (1.70%) Pure Storage
14 13 (1.70%) Trend Micro
15 11 (1.44%) SAP
16 10 (1.31%) Dell
17 9 (1.18%) Fortinet