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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 13 22
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 +8
Contract jobs citing Python 747 496 297
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 9.79% 11.98% 7.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.17% 40.42% 28.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 495 342 189
10th Percentile £367 £316 £356
25th Percentile £413 £400 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £507
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -6.31% -7.82%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £588
90th Percentile £650 £600 £675
England median daily rate £550 £525 £588
% change year-on-year +4.76% -10.64% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 5
10th Percentile - £37.19 -
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.97 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £41.94 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +25.18% -9.18% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £54.60 -
90th Percentile £72.39 £62.19 £70.97
England median hourly rate £64.99 £50.00 £68.75
% change year-on-year +29.98% -27.27% +5.77%

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 1,907 1,227 1,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.00% 29.63% 24.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,210 860 677
10th Percentile £350 £316 £327
25th Percentile £413 £377 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £461 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.75% -3.96% -4.00%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £567
90th Percentile £650 £625 £638
England median daily rate £525 £513 £543
% change year-on-year +2.44% -5.53% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 14 30
10th Percentile £28.50 £31.80 £35.20
25th Percentile £55.00 £42.58 £37.55
Median hourly rate £70.00 £59.25 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +18.14% +28.30% -
75th Percentile £75.00 £80.88 £64.69
90th Percentile £77.00 £92.30 £80.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £56.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.04% -13.08% +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 October 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 October 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 October 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 -2 372 £500 - 253
North West -2 297 £525 +20.34% 488
North East -1 87 £425 -14.14% 139
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 (7.36%) Apache Spark
2 50 (6.69%) Apache
3 42 (5.62%) Apache Airflow
4 28 (3.75%) Jupyter
5 15 (2.01%) Confluence
6 12 (1.61%) SAS
7 10 (1.34%) SharePoint
8 6 (0.80%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.54%) nginx
10 3 (0.40%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.27%) Camunda
12 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
12 1 (0.13%) FactoryTalk
12 1 (0.13%) Traefik
Applications
1 14 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.13%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 8 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.13%) FIS Private Capital Suite
3 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 314 (42.03%) AWS
2 253 (33.87%) Azure
3 171 (22.89%) GCP
4 117 (15.66%) GitHub
5 61 (8.17%) GitHub Actions
6 54 (7.23%) Serverless
7 53 (7.10%) Power Platform
8 42 (5.62%) Azure DevOps
9 39 (5.22%) Amazon S3
9 39 (5.22%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 35 (4.69%) OCI
11 34 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
12 27 (3.61%) Entra ID
12 27 (3.61%) SaaS
13 26 (3.48%) AWS CloudFormation
14 25 (3.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 24 (3.21%) dbt
16 20 (2.68%) IaaS
16 20 (2.68%) OpenShift
17 19 (2.54%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 98 (13.12%) Firewall
2 58 (7.76%) Network Security
3 44 (5.89%) BIG-IP
3 44 (5.89%) DNS
4 42 (5.62%) WAN
5 37 (4.95%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 36 (4.82%) SD-WAN
7 35 (4.69%) BGP
8 32 (4.28%) OSPF
9 25 (3.35%) TCP/IP
10 22 (2.95%) Ethernet VPN
11 21 (2.81%) VXLAN
12 20 (2.68%) VPN
13 19 (2.54%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 18 (2.41%) Wireless
15 15 (2.01%) Wi-Fi
16 13 (1.74%) WLAN
17 10 (1.34%) SSL
17 10 (1.34%) VLAN
18 7 (0.94%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (6.69%) Power BI
2 38 (5.09%) Metadata
3 31 (4.15%) BigQuery
4 27 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (3.48%) SQL Server
6 23 (3.08%) Big Data
7 22 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (2.54%) Tableau
9 17 (2.28%) Data Lake
9 17 (2.28%) DynamoDB
10 16 (2.14%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.87%) Amazon Athena
11 14 (1.87%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (1.47%) Delta Lake
13 11 (1.47%) MongoDB
14 9 (1.20%) Neo4j
15 7 (0.94%) Looker
15 7 (0.94%) Semantic Layer
15 7 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 111 (14.86%) Jenkins
2 88 (11.78%) GitLab
3 82 (10.98%) Git
4 67 (8.97%) JIRA
5 16 (2.14%) Gatling
5 16 (2.14%) Postman
6 15 (2.01%) JMeter
7 14 (1.87%) Cucumber
7 14 (1.87%) Selenium
7 14 (1.87%) Sonatype Nexus
8 13 (1.74%) Claude Code
8 13 (1.74%) Maven
9 12 (1.61%) LoadRunner
10 11 (1.47%) SonarQube
11 9 (1.20%) REST Assured
12 7 (0.94%) Zephyr
13 6 (0.80%) NeoLoad
13 6 (0.80%) SoapUI
14 4 (0.54%) MSBuild
14 4 (0.54%) Pylint
General
1 168 (22.49%) Finance
2 165 (22.09%) Social Skills
3 110 (14.73%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (12.45%) Public Sector
5 70 (9.37%) Banking
6 12 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (1.61%) Legal
7 11 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (1.47%) Retail
8 10 (1.34%) Publishing
9 8 (1.07%) Games
9 8 (1.07%) Military
10 6 (0.80%) Law
11 5 (0.67%) Marketing
12 4 (0.54%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.40%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.40%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 126 (16.87%) Senior
2 102 (13.65%) Developer
3 86 (11.51%) DevOps Engineer
4 81 (10.84%) Data Engineer
5 68 (9.10%) Python Developer
6 61 (8.17%) Lead
7 43 (5.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 41 (5.49%) Security Engineer
9 40 (5.35%) Network Engineer
10 37 (4.95%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 36 (4.82%) Cloud Engineer
12 35 (4.69%) Python Engineer
13 28 (3.75%) Software Engineer
14 27 (3.61%) Analyst
15 26 (3.48%) AWS Engineer
16 23 (3.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 20 (2.68%) Architect
17 20 (2.68%) Data Analyst
18 19 (2.54%) Test Engineer
19 17 (2.28%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 268 (35.88%) Terraform
2 57 (7.63%) REST
3 44 (5.89%) PySpark
4 38 (5.09%) Kafka
4 38 (5.09%) Node.js
5 30 (4.02%) React
6 28 (3.75%) JSON
7 20 (2.68%) LangChain
7 20 (2.68%) OpenID
8 19 (2.54%) pytest
9 18 (2.41%) OAuth
10 17 (2.28%) Flask
11 16 (2.14%) Django
11 16 (2.14%) HTML
11 16 (2.14%) YAML
12 15 (2.01%) OAuth2
12 15 (2.01%) Playwright
13 14 (1.87%) CSS
13 14 (1.87%) SAML
14 12 (1.61%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 142 (19.01%) Cloud Native
2 55 (7.36%) Data Centre
3 34 (4.55%) Onboarding
4 33 (4.42%) Public Cloud
5 31 (4.15%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (3.75%) Data Protection Act
6 28 (3.75%) Security Posture
7 26 (3.48%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (3.35%) AI Agents
9 24 (3.21%) Management Information System
10 23 (3.08%) PKI
11 21 (2.81%) Product Ownership
12 17 (2.28%) Data Structures
12 17 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (2.14%) Linux Command Line
14 13 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.74%) NHS
15 12 (1.61%) Enterprise Cloud
15 12 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
16 11 (1.47%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 108 (14.46%) Linux
2 55 (7.36%) Windows
3 48 (6.43%) Unix
4 30 (4.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (2.14%) Solaris
5 16 (2.14%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.94%) VMS
7 4 (0.54%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.40%) AIX
8 3 (0.40%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.40%) CentOS
8 3 (0.40%) macOS
8 3 (0.40%) zOS
9 2 (0.27%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.13%) Check Point GAiA
10 1 (0.13%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (53.15%) CI/CD
2 274 (36.68%) DevOps
3 251 (33.60%) Infrastructure as Code
4 194 (25.97%) Agile
5 157 (21.02%) AI
6 154 (20.62%) Observability
7 132 (17.67%) Analytics
8 121 (16.20%) Data Engineering
9 114 (15.26%) Containerisation
9 114 (15.26%) Problem-Solving
10 112 (14.99%) Data Pipeline
11 97 (12.99%) Software Engineering
11 97 (12.99%) Test Automation
12 92 (12.32%) Continuous Improvement
13 86 (11.51%) Validation
14 83 (11.11%) Cloud Security
15 81 (10.84%) Machine Learning
16 80 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
17 76 (10.17%) Data Modelling
17 76 (10.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 189 (25.30%) SQL
2 130 (17.40%) PowerShell
3 129 (17.27%) Bash
4 128 (17.14%) Java
5 44 (5.89%) JavaScript
6 37 (4.95%) Go
7 28 (3.75%) TypeScript
8 25 (3.35%) Bicep
9 19 (2.54%) C#
10 17 (2.28%) ActionScript
11 16 (2.14%) Scala
12 14 (1.87%) Shell Script
13 13 (1.74%) Groovy
14 11 (1.47%) Search Processing Language
15 10 (1.34%) Rust
16 9 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
17 8 (1.07%) R
18 5 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 5 (0.67%) Perl
18 5 (0.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 161 (21.55%) Security Cleared
2 148 (19.81%) SC Cleared
3 59 (7.90%) Degree
4 37 (4.95%) AWS Certification
5 33 (4.42%) CISSP
6 30 (4.02%) Azure Certification
7 26 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.47%) CCNP
10 11 (1.47%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.94%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.80%) CCIE
12 6 (0.80%) GCIH
13 5 (0.67%) GCFA
14 4 (0.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (0.54%) GIAC
15 3 (0.40%) CCNA
15 3 (0.40%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (10.44%) Data Quality
2 25 (3.35%) QA
3 15 (2.01%) GDPR
4 13 (1.74%) PCI DSS
5 12 (1.61%) NIST
6 11 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.80%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.80%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.67%) HL7
9 5 (0.67%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.54%) NCSC
11 3 (0.40%) SLA
12 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.13%) GRC
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 142 (19.01%) Docker
2 21 (2.81%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.54%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.40%) Firmware
6 3 (0.40%) NFS
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
7 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.27%) vSphere
8 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.13%) Ceph
8 1 (0.13%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.13%) SRDF
8 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 173 (23.16%) Kubernetes
2 126 (16.87%) Ansible
3 50 (6.69%) Grafana
4 41 (5.49%) Prometheus
5 31 (4.15%) Progress Chef
6 13 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.47%) Argo
8 8 (1.07%) Control-M
9 7 (0.94%) IBM Guardium
9 7 (0.94%) Nessus
10 6 (0.80%) HAProxy
11 5 (0.67%) CASB
11 5 (0.67%) Kustomize
11 5 (0.67%) Packer
12 4 (0.54%) Istio
12 4 (0.54%) Kubeflow
12 4 (0.54%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 4 (0.54%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.40%) Kibana
13 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 105 (14.06%) Microsoft
2 86 (11.51%) Google
3 61 (8.17%) Databricks
4 49 (6.56%) Splunk
5 47 (6.29%) F5
6 37 (4.95%) Palo Alto
7 33 (4.42%) ServiceNow
8 28 (3.75%) Arista
9 26 (3.48%) Cisco
9 26 (3.48%) IBM
10 25 (3.35%) Dynatrace
11 24 (3.21%) Aruba
11 24 (3.21%) Oracle
12 22 (2.95%) Red Hat
13 14 (1.87%) SAP
13 14 (1.87%) VMware
14 13 (1.74%) Trend Micro
15 12 (1.61%) Fortinet
16 11 (1.47%) OpenAI
17 9 (1.20%) Okta