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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 17 21
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 -4
Contract jobs citing Python 784 353 318
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 10.86% 9.28% 6.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.03% 34.61% 27.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 546 249 218
10th Percentile £363 £348 £381
25th Percentile £413 £400 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £592
90th Percentile £624 £614 £650
England median daily rate £530 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -3.64% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 3
10th Percentile £28.50 - £25.85
25th Percentile £29.63 - £33.48
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 £50.72 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.37% -21.97% -0.76%

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 1,911 1,020 1,148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 26.47% 26.83% 24.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,223 741 814
10th Percentile £350 £320 £319
25th Percentile £413 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.86% -2.63% -8.65%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £569
90th Percentile £650 £610 £626
England median daily rate £520 £518 £540
% change year-on-year +0.48% -4.17% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 11 41
10th Percentile £29.96 £30.00 £37.50
25th Percentile £48.75 £31.62 £41.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year - +42.86% +6.11%
75th Percentile £76.00 £86.63 £71.50
90th Percentile £86.00 £95.00 £79.17
England median hourly rate £65.00 £59.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +9.24% -8.46% +3.59%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +2 420 £500 +2.04% 93
North West +2 289 £525 +10.53% 168
North East +4 88 £425 -2.86% 64
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 (8.80%) Apache Spark
2 41 (5.23%) Apache
3 37 (4.72%) Apache Airflow
4 35 (4.46%) Confluence
5 26 (3.32%) Jupyter
6 17 (2.17%) SharePoint
7 10 (1.28%) SAS
8 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.51%) nginx
10 2 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.13%) Camunda
Applications
1 15 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.38%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
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%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.13%) Odoo
2 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 306 (39.03%) AWS
2 248 (31.63%) Azure
3 155 (19.77%) GCP
4 131 (16.71%) GitHub
5 72 (9.18%) OpenShift
6 63 (8.04%) GitHub Actions
7 58 (7.40%) Power Platform
8 44 (5.61%) Serverless
9 41 (5.23%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 40 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
11 36 (4.59%) OCI
12 29 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
13 27 (3.44%) Amazon S3
13 27 (3.44%) SaaS
14 22 (2.81%) dbt
15 21 (2.68%) Azure Data Factory
16 18 (2.30%) AWS CloudFormation
17 16 (2.04%) Vertex AI
18 15 (1.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 15 (1.91%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 84 (10.71%) Firewall
2 56 (7.14%) DNS
3 44 (5.61%) BIG-IP
4 36 (4.59%) WAN
5 33 (4.21%) TCP/IP
6 32 (4.08%) BGP
7 28 (3.57%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 28 (3.57%) OSPF
8 25 (3.19%) Network Security
9 23 (2.93%) SD-WAN
10 21 (2.68%) Wi-Fi
11 20 (2.55%) Ethernet VPN
11 20 (2.55%) VXLAN
12 19 (2.42%) VPN
13 16 (2.04%) SAN
14 13 (1.66%) NAS
14 13 (1.66%) WLAN
15 12 (1.53%) DHCP
15 12 (1.53%) HTTP
15 12 (1.53%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (6.63%) PostgreSQL
2 47 (5.99%) Power BI
3 33 (4.21%) SQL Server
4 25 (3.19%) Metadata
4 25 (3.19%) NoSQL
5 24 (3.06%) Hadoop
6 23 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
7 22 (2.81%) BigQuery
7 22 (2.81%) Tableau
8 21 (2.68%) MongoDB
9 20 (2.55%) Big Data
10 15 (1.91%) Data Lake
10 15 (1.91%) DynamoDB
11 14 (1.79%) Delta Lake
12 12 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (1.40%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
14 9 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 8 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
16 7 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 143 (18.24%) Jenkins
2 93 (11.86%) JIRA
3 80 (10.20%) GitLab
4 67 (8.55%) Git
5 14 (1.79%) Gatling
5 14 (1.79%) Maven
6 11 (1.40%) Selenium
6 11 (1.40%) SonarQube
7 10 (1.28%) Postman
8 9 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
9 8 (1.02%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.77%) Artifactory
10 6 (0.77%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.64%) Liquibase
11 5 (0.64%) Zephyr
12 4 (0.51%) JMeter
12 4 (0.51%) MSBuild
12 4 (0.51%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.38%) ERwin
13 3 (0.38%) Fiddler
General
1 160 (20.41%) Social Skills
2 136 (17.35%) Finance
3 108 (13.78%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (10.97%) Public Sector
5 57 (7.27%) Banking
6 15 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (1.79%) Legal
8 11 (1.40%) Retail
9 9 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (1.15%) Publishing
10 7 (0.89%) Military
11 6 (0.77%) Games
11 6 (0.77%) Marketing
12 4 (0.51%) Advertising
12 4 (0.51%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.51%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.38%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.26%) Law
14 2 (0.26%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 119 (15.18%) Developer
2 115 (14.67%) Senior
3 94 (11.99%) DevOps Engineer
4 76 (9.69%) Python Developer
5 73 (9.31%) Data Engineer
6 54 (6.89%) Lead
7 48 (6.12%) Security Engineer
8 43 (5.48%) Architect
9 41 (5.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 35 (4.46%) Analyst
11 34 (4.34%) Python Engineer
12 31 (3.95%) Platform Engineer
13 30 (3.83%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 30 (3.83%) Network Engineer
14 28 (3.57%) AWS Engineer
15 27 (3.44%) Software Engineer
16 23 (2.93%) Data Analyst
16 23 (2.93%) GCP Engineer
16 23 (2.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 22 (2.81%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.99%) Node.js
2 46 (5.87%) OpenTelemetry
3 45 (5.74%) REST
4 44 (5.61%) PySpark
5 41 (5.23%) JSON
5 41 (5.23%) Kafka
6 36 (4.59%) React
7 24 (3.06%) FastAPI
8 22 (2.81%) Playwright
9 19 (2.42%) PyTorch
9 19 (2.42%) Spring
10 17 (2.17%) LangChain
11 16 (2.04%) YAML
12 15 (1.91%) Spring Boot
13 13 (1.66%) .NET
13 13 (1.66%) RESTful
14 12 (1.53%) Pandas
15 11 (1.40%) scikit-learn
16 10 (1.28%) Protocol Buffers
16 10 (1.28%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 126 (16.07%) Cloud Native
2 56 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 43 (5.48%) Hybrid Cloud
4 38 (4.85%) Data Protection Act
5 29 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (3.57%) Security Posture
7 27 (3.44%) Product Ownership
8 22 (2.81%) Management Information System
9 21 (2.68%) Replication
10 17 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
10 17 (2.17%) Onboarding
11 16 (2.04%) NHS
12 15 (1.91%) PKI
13 14 (1.79%) AI Agents
13 14 (1.79%) Data Structures
14 13 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.66%) Public Cloud
15 8 (1.02%) Distributed Computing
15 8 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
16 7 (0.89%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 120 (15.31%) Linux
2 72 (9.18%) Windows
3 37 (4.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 30 (3.83%) Unix
5 16 (2.04%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.40%) Solaris
7 10 (1.28%) VMS
8 7 (0.89%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.64%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.64%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.38%) AIX
10 3 (0.38%) zOS
11 2 (0.26%) CoreOS
11 2 (0.26%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.13%) CentOS
12 1 (0.13%) Check Point GAiA
12 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 394 (50.26%) CI/CD
2 305 (38.90%) DevOps
3 212 (27.04%) Infrastructure as Code
4 203 (25.89%) Agile
5 140 (17.86%) Containerisation
6 131 (16.71%) Observability
7 130 (16.58%) Analytics
7 130 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
8 115 (14.67%) AI
9 103 (13.14%) Data Engineering
10 102 (13.01%) Data Pipeline
11 91 (11.61%) Test Automation
12 83 (10.59%) Migration
13 82 (10.46%) Machine Learning
14 81 (10.33%) Continuous Improvement
15 74 (9.44%) Software Engineering
16 72 (9.18%) High Availability
17 68 (8.67%) Data Modelling
18 67 (8.55%) Platform Engineering
19 66 (8.42%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 168 (21.43%) SQL
2 144 (18.37%) Bash
3 128 (16.33%) Java
4 113 (14.41%) PowerShell
5 51 (6.51%) JavaScript
6 36 (4.59%) TypeScript
7 33 (4.21%) Go
8 20 (2.55%) Groovy
9 19 (2.42%) Bicep
9 19 (2.42%) Scala
10 16 (2.04%) C#
11 15 (1.91%) Shell Script
12 14 (1.79%) Rust
13 12 (1.53%) R
14 11 (1.40%) ActionScript
15 9 (1.15%) VBA
16 7 (0.89%) Perl
17 6 (0.77%) C++
18 3 (0.38%) Kotlin
18 3 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 145 (18.49%) Security Cleared
2 117 (14.92%) SC Cleared
3 54 (6.89%) Degree
4 36 (4.59%) AWS Certification
5 27 (3.44%) CISSP
6 25 (3.19%) Azure Certification
7 24 (3.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (2.17%) DV Cleared
9 15 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (0.89%) CCNP
11 7 (0.89%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (0.64%) CCNA
14 4 (0.51%) CISM
14 4 (0.51%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.51%) OCP
14 4 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (7.02%) Data Quality
2 17 (2.17%) GDPR
3 16 (2.04%) QA
4 12 (1.53%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.40%) HIPAA
6 9 (1.15%) NIST
7 7 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.89%) WCAG
8 6 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.64%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.51%) HL7
11 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.26%) SLA
11 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
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
System Software
1 154 (19.64%) Docker
2 33 (4.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (3.83%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (3.19%) vSphere
5 20 (2.55%) VMware NSX
6 13 (1.66%) Active Directory
7 10 (1.28%) Firmware
7 10 (1.28%) Hyper-V
8 9 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.02%) KVM
10 5 (0.64%) NFS
11 4 (0.51%) SRDF
12 3 (0.38%) 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
1 273 (34.82%) Terraform
2 205 (26.15%) Kubernetes
3 164 (20.92%) Ansible
4 68 (8.67%) Grafana
5 65 (8.29%) Prometheus
6 29 (3.70%) Argo
7 22 (2.81%) vCenter Server
8 16 (2.04%) Control-M
9 15 (1.91%) IBM Guardium
9 15 (1.91%) Nessus
10 14 (1.79%) Progress Chef
11 10 (1.28%) Istio
12 9 (1.15%) HAProxy
12 9 (1.15%) Puppet
13 8 (1.02%) NetBackup
14 7 (0.89%) 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 (10.84%) Microsoft
2 70 (8.93%) Google
3 65 (8.29%) Databricks
4 61 (7.78%) Splunk
5 49 (6.25%) Red Hat
6 47 (5.99%) F5
7 45 (5.74%) VMware
8 33 (4.21%) Palo Alto
9 28 (3.57%) Cisco
9 28 (3.57%) ServiceNow
10 24 (3.06%) Arista
11 23 (2.93%) Aruba
12 22 (2.81%) IBM
13 21 (2.68%) Dynatrace
14 20 (2.55%) Pure Storage
15 18 (2.30%) Oracle
16 15 (1.91%) Tenable
17 12 (1.53%) Infoblox
17 12 (1.53%) Trend Micro
18 11 (1.40%) SAP