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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 20 21
Rank change year-on-year +9 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Python 598 257 327
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 12.16% 7.63% 6.83%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.90% 29.47% 26.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 175 186
10th Percentile £350 £363 £400
25th Percentile £402 £425 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% -1.96% -7.27%
75th Percentile £538 £594 £614
90th Percentile £600 £720 £681
England median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 26
10th Percentile £36.00 - £29.16
25th Percentile - £46.18 £45.88
Median hourly rate £41.94 £60.59 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -30.78% +31.20% -2.78%
75th Percentile £74.26 £80.00 -
90th Percentile - £84.50 £54.97
England median hourly rate £51.21 £52.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -2.46% -12.50% -7.69%

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 1,462 872 1,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 29.73% 25.89% 26.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,028 569 904
10th Percentile £331 £350 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £575
90th Percentile £625 £638 £638
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 19 65
10th Percentile £41.94 £38.45 £37.58
25th Percentile £52.50 £46.18 £45.88
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +40.75% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70.00 £86.00 £51.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £97.71 £71.75
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +3.31% -6.92%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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 21 January 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 +8 303 £500 -6.98% 211
North West +6 251 £450 -5.26% 248
North East +4 48 £500 -8.26% 96
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 33 (5.52%) Confluence
2 25 (4.18%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (3.01%) SharePoint
4 17 (2.84%) Apache
5 16 (2.68%) Apache Spark
6 11 (1.84%) SAS
7 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (1.00%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.84%) Apache Pig
10 2 (0.33%) IIS
11 1 (0.17%) CMS
11 1 (0.17%) Documentum
11 1 (0.17%) nginx
11 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.51%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.17%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 248 (41.47%) AWS
2 162 (27.09%) Azure
3 152 (25.42%) GCP
4 81 (13.55%) Serverless
5 76 (12.71%) GitHub
6 48 (8.03%) AWS Lambda
7 46 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
8 42 (7.02%) AWS CloudFormation
9 40 (6.69%) Power Platform
10 36 (6.02%) Amazon ECS
10 36 (6.02%) Amazon S3
11 35 (5.85%) Amazon EC2
12 33 (5.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 31 (5.18%) OpenShift
14 28 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
15 17 (2.84%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 16 (2.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 15 (2.51%) Datadog
18 14 (2.34%) Entra ID
18 14 (2.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 55 (9.20%) Firewall
2 38 (6.35%) TCP/IP
3 30 (5.02%) DNS
4 19 (3.18%) SSL
5 16 (2.68%) HTTP
6 15 (2.51%) Wireshark
7 14 (2.34%) BIG-IP
7 14 (2.34%) Network Security
7 14 (2.34%) VPN
8 9 (1.51%) BGP
8 9 (1.51%) SSH
9 7 (1.17%) WAN
10 6 (1.00%) DMZ
10 6 (1.00%) VLAN
10 6 (1.00%) WebEx
11 5 (0.84%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (0.84%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 5 (0.84%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 5 (0.84%) SNMP
11 5 (0.84%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (10.03%) PostgreSQL
2 46 (7.69%) NoSQL
3 38 (6.35%) Power BI
4 26 (4.35%) Relational Database
5 25 (4.18%) Amazon RDS
6 24 (4.01%) MySQL
6 24 (4.01%) SQL Server
7 19 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (3.18%) DynamoDB
8 14 (2.34%) Hadoop
8 14 (2.34%) Oracle Database
9 13 (2.17%) Data Lake
10 12 (2.01%) BigQuery
10 12 (2.01%) Redis
11 11 (1.84%) Big Data
11 11 (1.84%) RDBMS
11 11 (1.84%) Tableau
12 10 (1.67%) Power Query
13 9 (1.51%) Apache Hive
13 9 (1.51%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 158 (26.42%) Jenkins
2 102 (17.06%) GitLab
3 70 (11.71%) Git
4 69 (11.54%) JIRA
5 25 (4.18%) Liquibase
6 23 (3.85%) Postman
7 13 (2.17%) CircleCI
7 13 (2.17%) Fiddler
7 13 (2.17%) Selenium
8 12 (2.01%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.34%) Gradle
9 8 (1.34%) TestRail
10 7 (1.17%) Maven
10 7 (1.17%) SonarQube
10 7 (1.17%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (1.00%) MLflow
11 6 (1.00%) PyCharm
11 6 (1.00%) REST Assured
12 5 (0.84%) SonarLint
13 4 (0.67%) NeoLoad
General
1 144 (24.08%) Social Skills
2 110 (18.39%) Finance
3 88 (14.72%) Banking
4 82 (13.71%) Public Sector
5 80 (13.38%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (3.34%) Financial Institution
7 17 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.17%) Legal
9 5 (0.84%) Investment Banking
9 5 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (0.67%) Games
10 4 (0.67%) Law
10 4 (0.67%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.67%) Marketing
10 4 (0.67%) Retail
10 4 (0.67%) Wholesale Banking
11 3 (0.50%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.33%) Police
Job Titles
1 88 (14.72%) Developer
2 71 (11.87%) Senior
3 60 (10.03%) DevOps Engineer
4 56 (9.36%) Data Engineer
5 45 (7.53%) AWS Engineer
5 45 (7.53%) Lead
6 43 (7.19%) Analyst
7 39 (6.52%) Architect
8 38 (6.35%) Python Developer
9 31 (5.18%) Network Engineer
10 30 (5.02%) Automation Engineer
11 29 (4.85%) Platform Engineer
12 27 (4.52%) Cloud Engineer
13 26 (4.35%) GCP Engineer
13 26 (4.35%) Software Engineer
14 23 (3.85%) Python Engineer
15 19 (3.18%) AWS DevOps
16 17 (2.84%) AWS DevOps Engineer
17 16 (2.68%) Data Analyst
17 16 (2.68%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (9.20%) REST
2 50 (8.36%) RESTful
3 43 (7.19%) Elastic Stack
4 38 (6.35%) Node.js
5 27 (4.52%) FastAPI
5 27 (4.52%) React
6 24 (4.01%) YAML
7 21 (3.51%) PySpark
8 17 (2.84%) OpenTelemetry
9 16 (2.68%) Flask
9 16 (2.68%) JWT
9 16 (2.68%) Kafka
9 16 (2.68%) Spring Boot
9 16 (2.68%) TensorFlow
10 14 (2.34%) .NET
10 14 (2.34%) HTML
11 13 (2.17%) OAuth
11 13 (2.17%) Playwright
12 12 (2.01%) OpenID
13 11 (1.84%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 68 (11.37%) Cloud Native
2 41 (6.86%) Product Ownership
3 37 (6.19%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (5.69%) Public Cloud
5 22 (3.68%) NHS
6 21 (3.51%) Algorithms
6 21 (3.51%) Data Centre
7 20 (3.34%) Data Protection Act
8 17 (2.84%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.84%) Credit Risk
10 9 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.51%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.17%) Distributed Computing
12 6 (1.00%) Clustering
12 6 (1.00%) N-Tier
12 6 (1.00%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.00%) Tandem
13 5 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.84%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 140 (23.41%) Linux
2 44 (7.36%) Windows
3 30 (5.02%) Unix
4 20 (3.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (2.68%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.51%) CentOS
6 9 (1.51%) Ubuntu
7 8 (1.34%) Solaris
8 4 (0.67%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.50%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.50%) Android
10 2 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (44.15%) CI/CD
2 248 (41.47%) DevOps
3 160 (26.76%) Infrastructure as Code
4 159 (26.59%) Agile
5 157 (26.25%) Containerisation
6 112 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
7 80 (13.38%) Test Automation
8 75 (12.54%) Analytics
9 68 (11.37%) AI
10 65 (10.87%) Machine Learning
11 64 (10.70%) Observability
12 62 (10.37%) Microservices
13 60 (10.03%) ETL
14 58 (9.70%) Computer Science
15 56 (9.36%) High Availability
15 56 (9.36%) Stakeholder Management
16 55 (9.20%) Infrastructure Automation
17 54 (9.03%) Migration
17 54 (9.03%) Software Engineering
18 53 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 129 (21.57%) Bash
2 109 (18.23%) SQL
3 105 (17.56%) Java
4 57 (9.53%) Go
5 56 (9.36%) PowerShell
6 48 (8.03%) JavaScript
7 38 (6.35%) TypeScript
8 36 (6.02%) Perl
9 28 (4.68%) Shell Script
10 24 (4.01%) Scala
11 20 (3.34%) Ruby
12 16 (2.68%) C#
13 15 (2.51%) PHP
14 13 (2.17%) R
15 10 (1.67%) C++
16 9 (1.51%) VBA
17 7 (1.17%) Bicep
18 6 (1.00%) C
19 5 (0.84%) Groovy
20 4 (0.67%) Rust
Qualifications
1 113 (18.90%) Security Cleared
2 90 (15.05%) SC Cleared
3 60 (10.03%) Degree
4 44 (7.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (5.02%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.68%) AWS Certification
7 14 (2.34%) CCNP
7 14 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.84%) CCDP
10 9 (1.51%) CCNA
11 8 (1.34%) RHCE
12 6 (1.00%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 6 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.00%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.00%) CISM
12 6 (1.00%) CISSP
13 4 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.50%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.85%) Data Quality
2 17 (2.84%) QA
3 12 (2.01%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.00%) HIPAA
4 6 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.84%) GDPR
5 5 (0.84%) SOC 2
6 4 (0.67%) PMO
6 4 (0.67%) SLA
7 3 (0.50%) NIST
8 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.33%) WCAG
9 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.17%) NCSC
9 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.17%) PSD2
System Software
1 163 (27.26%) Docker
2 26 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.51%) Active Directory
4 10 (1.67%) Oracle RAC
5 9 (1.51%) VMware NSX
5 9 (1.51%) vSphere
6 7 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.67%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 3 (0.50%) HDFS
8 3 (0.50%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.50%) KVM
9 2 (0.33%) Firmware
9 2 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.17%) Ceph
10 1 (0.17%) QEMU
10 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 213 (35.62%) Terraform
2 189 (31.61%) Kubernetes
3 163 (27.26%) Ansible
4 87 (14.55%) Grafana
5 70 (11.71%) Prometheus
6 20 (3.34%) Puppet
7 19 (3.18%) NetBackup
8 13 (2.17%) Istio
9 12 (2.01%) Control-M
10 10 (1.67%) Data Guard
10 10 (1.67%) IBM Guardium
10 10 (1.67%) Nessus
10 10 (1.67%) yum
11 8 (1.34%) Argo
12 6 (1.00%) Oracle RMAN
13 5 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 5 (0.84%) Packer
14 3 (0.50%) Hadoop YARN
14 3 (0.50%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (9.87%) Splunk
2 58 (9.70%) Microsoft
3 53 (8.86%) Google
4 49 (8.19%) Red Hat
5 48 (8.03%) Oracle
6 46 (7.69%) VMware
7 31 (5.18%) F5
8 26 (4.35%) Databricks
9 25 (4.18%) Cisco
10 21 (3.51%) ServiceNow
11 20 (3.34%) Palo Alto
12 15 (2.51%) Veritas
13 14 (2.34%) Blue Coat
13 14 (2.34%) McAfee
14 13 (2.17%) Commvault
15 12 (2.01%) Pega
16 10 (1.67%) Tenable
17 9 (1.51%) Citrix
18 8 (1.34%) CheckPoint
18 8 (1.34%) IBM