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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 21 21
Rank change year-on-year +9 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Python 622 258 343
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 12.18% 7.74% 6.85%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.55% 29.35% 26.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 175 203
10th Percentile £322 £368 £400
25th Percentile £400 £431 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +2.80% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £600
90th Percentile £596 £725 £675
England median daily rate £523 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -9.13% +2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 19
10th Percentile £36.05 £51.44 £20.77
25th Percentile £40.58 £59.34 £43.09
Median hourly rate £42.47 £75.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -43.37% +62.41% -2.78%
75th Percentile £74.26 £82.50 -
90th Percentile - £85.50 £49.69
England median hourly rate £51.21 £52.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -2.46% -12.50% -8.05%

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 1,534 879 1,305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 30.03% 26.37% 26.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,062 577 939
10th Percentile £330 £341 £319
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile £538 £564 £563
90th Percentile £625 £638 £625
England median daily rate £511 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -4.53% -2.73% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 19 63
10th Percentile £41.94 £30.43 £37.63
25th Percentile £52.50 £46.18 £43.57
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +40.75% -2.78%
75th Percentile £74.26 £86.00 £50.75
90th Percentile £81.10 £97.71 £71.75
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -7.69%

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 4 February 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 4 February 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 4 February 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 +7 321 £500 -6.98% 152
North West +8 257 £450 -10.00% 226
North East +5 49 £475 -12.84% 53
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 35 (5.63%) Confluence
2 26 (4.18%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (3.38%) SharePoint
4 19 (3.05%) Apache Spark
5 17 (2.73%) Apache
6 13 (2.09%) SAS
7 11 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.96%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.80%) Apache Pig
10 2 (0.32%) IIS
10 2 (0.32%) nginx
11 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.16%) CMS
11 1 (0.16%) Documentum
11 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.13%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.16%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.16%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 242 (38.91%) AWS
2 165 (26.53%) Azure
3 152 (24.44%) GCP
4 85 (13.67%) GitHub
5 78 (12.54%) Serverless
6 50 (8.04%) GitHub Actions
7 45 (7.23%) AWS Lambda
8 44 (7.07%) OpenShift
9 43 (6.91%) Power Platform
10 39 (6.27%) AWS CloudFormation
11 36 (5.79%) Amazon S3
12 35 (5.63%) Amazon ECS
13 34 (5.47%) Amazon EC2
14 33 (5.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 31 (4.98%) Azure DevOps
16 20 (3.22%) SaaS
17 19 (3.05%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 18 (2.89%) Entra ID
19 16 (2.57%) Datadog
19 16 (2.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 56 (9.00%) Firewall
2 43 (6.91%) TCP/IP
3 39 (6.27%) DNS
4 21 (3.38%) SSL
5 20 (3.22%) BIG-IP
6 18 (2.89%) VPN
6 18 (2.89%) Wireshark
7 17 (2.73%) HTTP
8 16 (2.57%) Network Security
9 12 (1.93%) WAN
10 10 (1.61%) LAN
11 9 (1.45%) SSH
12 8 (1.29%) BGP
13 6 (0.96%) DMZ
13 6 (0.96%) VLAN
13 6 (0.96%) WebEx
14 5 (0.80%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 5 (0.80%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 5 (0.80%) SNMP
14 5 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (10.45%) PostgreSQL
2 46 (7.40%) NoSQL
3 37 (5.95%) Power BI
4 25 (4.02%) Amazon RDS
4 25 (4.02%) Relational Database
5 24 (3.86%) MySQL
6 21 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (2.89%) DynamoDB
8 16 (2.57%) Hadoop
9 15 (2.41%) Data Lake
9 15 (2.41%) SQL Server
10 14 (2.25%) Tableau
11 12 (1.93%) Big Data
11 12 (1.93%) BigQuery
11 12 (1.93%) Redis
12 11 (1.77%) Delta Lake
12 11 (1.77%) RDBMS
13 9 (1.45%) Apache Hive
13 9 (1.45%) Metadata
14 8 (1.29%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 163 (26.21%) Jenkins
2 105 (16.88%) GitLab
3 77 (12.38%) JIRA
4 58 (9.32%) Git
5 23 (3.70%) Postman
6 22 (3.54%) Liquibase
7 15 (2.41%) Fiddler
8 14 (2.25%) Selenium
9 12 (1.93%) CircleCI
9 12 (1.93%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.29%) Gradle
10 8 (1.29%) Maven
10 8 (1.29%) SonarQube
10 8 (1.29%) Sonatype Nexus
10 8 (1.29%) TestRail
11 6 (0.96%) MLflow
11 6 (0.96%) PyCharm
11 6 (0.96%) REST Assured
12 5 (0.80%) JMeter
12 5 (0.80%) SonarLint
General
1 142 (22.83%) Social Skills
2 107 (17.20%) Finance
3 92 (14.79%) Banking
4 85 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (11.58%) Public Sector
6 18 (2.89%) Financial Institution
7 17 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (1.77%) Legal
9 5 (0.80%) Investment Banking
9 5 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (0.64%) Games
10 4 (0.64%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.64%) Marketing
10 4 (0.64%) Wholesale Banking
11 3 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.48%) Law
11 3 (0.48%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.32%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 92 (14.79%) Developer
2 74 (11.90%) Senior
3 60 (9.65%) DevOps Engineer
4 58 (9.32%) Data Engineer
5 44 (7.07%) Architect
5 44 (7.07%) AWS Engineer
5 44 (7.07%) Lead
6 42 (6.75%) Analyst
7 41 (6.59%) Python Developer
8 35 (5.63%) Network Engineer
9 32 (5.14%) Platform Engineer
10 31 (4.98%) GCP Engineer
11 27 (4.34%) Cloud Engineer
12 26 (4.18%) Software Engineer
13 24 (3.86%) Automation Engineer
13 24 (3.86%) Python Engineer
14 18 (2.89%) AWS DevOps
14 18 (2.89%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 18 (2.89%) Data Scientist
15 16 (2.57%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (9.32%) REST
2 48 (7.72%) RESTful
3 43 (6.91%) Node.js
4 41 (6.59%) Elastic Stack
5 27 (4.34%) OpenTelemetry
5 27 (4.34%) React
6 26 (4.18%) YAML
7 22 (3.54%) FastAPI
8 21 (3.38%) PySpark
9 19 (3.05%) Kafka
10 17 (2.73%) Flask
10 17 (2.73%) Spring Boot
10 17 (2.73%) TensorFlow
11 16 (2.57%) JWT
12 14 (2.25%) JSON
13 13 (2.09%) .NET
13 13 (2.09%) Playwright
13 13 (2.09%) PyTorch
14 12 (1.93%) HTML
14 12 (1.93%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 68 (10.93%) Cloud Native
2 40 (6.43%) Distributed Systems
2 40 (6.43%) Product Ownership
3 31 (4.98%) Public Cloud
4 24 (3.86%) Data Centre
5 21 (3.38%) Algorithms
5 21 (3.38%) Data Protection Act
6 20 (3.22%) NHS
7 19 (3.05%) Onboarding
8 13 (2.09%) Credit Risk
9 12 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.45%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.13%) Distributed Computing
12 6 (0.96%) Clustering
12 6 (0.96%) N-Tier
12 6 (0.96%) Security Posture
12 6 (0.96%) Tandem
13 5 (0.80%) Data Structures
13 5 (0.80%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (0.80%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 139 (22.35%) Linux
2 53 (8.52%) Windows
3 30 (4.82%) Unix
4 22 (3.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (2.73%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.45%) CentOS
6 9 (1.45%) Ubuntu
7 8 (1.29%) Solaris
8 4 (0.64%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.64%) VMS
9 3 (0.48%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.48%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (45.50%) CI/CD
2 245 (39.39%) DevOps
3 165 (26.53%) Containerisation
3 165 (26.53%) Infrastructure as Code
4 160 (25.72%) Agile
5 110 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
6 78 (12.54%) Test Automation
7 76 (12.22%) Analytics
7 76 (12.22%) Observability
8 72 (11.58%) AI
9 71 (11.41%) Machine Learning
10 64 (10.29%) ETL
11 60 (9.65%) Software Engineering
12 59 (9.49%) Microservices
12 59 (9.49%) Migration
12 59 (9.49%) Stakeholder Management
13 58 (9.32%) Computer Science
14 57 (9.16%) High Availability
15 54 (8.68%) Cybersecurity
15 54 (8.68%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 131 (21.06%) Bash
2 109 (17.52%) SQL
3 100 (16.08%) Java
4 64 (10.29%) PowerShell
5 54 (8.68%) Go
6 51 (8.20%) JavaScript
7 40 (6.43%) TypeScript
8 32 (5.14%) Perl
9 25 (4.02%) Scala
10 21 (3.38%) Ruby
10 21 (3.38%) Shell Script
11 18 (2.89%) C#
12 15 (2.41%) PHP
13 12 (1.93%) R
14 11 (1.77%) VBA
15 8 (1.29%) C++
15 8 (1.29%) Groovy
16 7 (1.13%) Bicep
17 5 (0.80%) C
17 5 (0.80%) Rust
Qualifications
1 115 (18.49%) Security Cleared
2 89 (14.31%) SC Cleared
3 63 (10.13%) Degree
4 43 (6.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (4.98%) Master's Degree
6 20 (3.22%) AWS Certification
7 15 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (2.25%) CCNP
8 14 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (1.61%) CCDP
9 10 (1.61%) CCNA
10 8 (1.29%) RHCE
11 7 (1.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 7 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (1.13%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.13%) CISM
11 7 (1.13%) CISSP
12 5 (0.80%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.54%) Data Quality
2 17 (2.73%) QA
3 14 (2.25%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.96%) HIPAA
4 6 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.80%) SOC 2
6 4 (0.64%) GDPR
6 4 (0.64%) PMO
6 4 (0.64%) SLA
6 4 (0.64%) WCAG
7 3 (0.48%) NIST
8 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.16%) NCSC
9 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.16%) PSD2
System Software
1 168 (27.01%) Docker
2 29 (4.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.41%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (2.25%) VMware NSX
5 13 (2.09%) vSphere
6 6 (0.96%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.96%) KVM
7 4 (0.64%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 4 (0.64%) Firmware
8 3 (0.48%) HDFS
9 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.16%) Ceph
10 1 (0.16%) NFS
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.16%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 219 (35.21%) Terraform
2 201 (32.32%) Kubernetes
3 156 (25.08%) Ansible
4 92 (14.79%) Grafana
5 76 (12.22%) Prometheus
6 19 (3.05%) Puppet
7 18 (2.89%) NetBackup
8 16 (2.57%) Control-M
9 14 (2.25%) IBM Guardium
9 14 (2.25%) Istio
9 14 (2.25%) Nessus
10 9 (1.45%) Argo
11 6 (0.96%) Oracle RMAN
12 5 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.80%) Packer
13 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (0.64%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.48%) Hadoop YARN
14 3 (0.48%) Progress Chef
15 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 62 (9.97%) Splunk
2 60 (9.65%) Microsoft
3 53 (8.52%) Google
4 51 (8.20%) Red Hat
4 51 (8.20%) VMware
5 39 (6.27%) Oracle
6 36 (5.79%) F5
7 29 (4.66%) Databricks
8 27 (4.34%) Cisco
9 20 (3.22%) ServiceNow
10 19 (3.05%) Palo Alto
11 16 (2.57%) Blue Coat
11 16 (2.57%) McAfee
12 14 (2.25%) Tenable
12 14 (2.25%) Veritas
13 12 (1.93%) Commvault
14 11 (1.77%) Pega
15 9 (1.45%) Citrix
15 9 (1.45%) Dynatrace
15 9 (1.45%) IBM