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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 15 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 +11
Contract jobs citing Python 737 449 305
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 9.71% 11.24% 7.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.60% 38.25% 29.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 498 309 197
10th Percentile £363 £339 £356
25th Percentile £413 £401 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £513
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -6.34% -6.82%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £600
90th Percentile £650 £610 £675
England median daily rate £550 £530 £596
% change year-on-year +3.77% -11.04% -0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 5
10th Percentile - £37.19 -
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.97 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £41.94 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +19.22% -9.18% -
75th Percentile £71.33 £54.60 -
90th Percentile £75.00 £62.19 £70.97
England median hourly rate £63.48 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +26.96% -28.57% +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 1,861 1,174 1,033
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 24.53% 29.39% 24.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,191 827 696
10th Percentile £350 £315 £339
25th Percentile £413 £379 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £453 £488
Median % change year-on-year +8.66% -7.08% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £625 £638
England median daily rate £525 £514 £550
% change year-on-year +2.14% -6.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 12 28
10th Percentile £28.50 £30.60 £35.89
25th Percentile £47.15 £40.46 £37.55
Median hourly rate £70.00 £66.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +44.00% -
75th Percentile £72.83 £85.56 £64.06
90th Percentile £77.00 £94.38 £81.67
England median hourly rate £65.00 £56.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.56% -13.46% -

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 20 September 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 -2 378 £500 - 301
North West -2 282 £525 +10.53% 501
North East -2 87 £425 -5.56% 121
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 (7.46%) Apache Spark
2 44 (5.97%) Apache
3 40 (5.43%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (3.93%) Jupyter
5 18 (2.44%) Confluence
6 12 (1.63%) SAS
6 12 (1.63%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.81%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.54%) nginx
9 3 (0.41%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.27%) Camunda
11 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.14%) FactoryTalk
11 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.14%) Traefik
Applications
1 14 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.14%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 8 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.14%) FIS Private Capital Suite
3 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 326 (44.23%) AWS
2 254 (34.46%) Azure
3 165 (22.39%) GCP
4 114 (15.47%) GitHub
5 65 (8.82%) GitHub Actions
6 58 (7.87%) Serverless
7 55 (7.46%) Power Platform
8 40 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
9 39 (5.29%) AWS Lambda
10 38 (5.16%) Amazon S3
11 37 (5.02%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 37 (5.02%) OCI
12 29 (3.93%) AWS CloudFormation
13 28 (3.80%) SaaS
14 24 (3.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 22 (2.99%) Entra ID
16 20 (2.71%) OpenShift
17 19 (2.58%) dbt
18 18 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
19 17 (2.31%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 91 (12.35%) Firewall
2 49 (6.65%) Network Security
3 43 (5.83%) BIG-IP
4 42 (5.70%) WAN
5 41 (5.56%) DNS
6 35 (4.75%) SD-WAN
7 34 (4.61%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 33 (4.48%) BGP
9 30 (4.07%) OSPF
10 25 (3.39%) TCP/IP
11 22 (2.99%) Ethernet VPN
12 21 (2.85%) VXLAN
13 18 (2.44%) Wireless
14 17 (2.31%) VPN
15 16 (2.17%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
15 16 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
16 13 (1.76%) WLAN
17 10 (1.36%) SSL
18 9 (1.22%) DHCP
19 8 (1.09%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.92%) Power BI
2 38 (5.16%) Metadata
3 35 (4.75%) BigQuery
4 26 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (3.26%) SQL Server
6 23 (3.12%) Big Data
7 21 (2.85%) DynamoDB
8 20 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (2.31%) Tableau
10 16 (2.17%) Data Lake
11 15 (2.04%) Amazon Athena
11 15 (2.04%) NoSQL
12 14 (1.90%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (1.36%) Delta Lake
14 10 (1.36%) MongoDB
15 9 (1.22%) Neo4j
16 8 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 7 (0.95%) Looker
17 7 (0.95%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 104 (14.11%) Jenkins
2 88 (11.94%) GitLab
3 76 (10.31%) Git
4 70 (9.50%) JIRA
5 15 (2.04%) Gatling
6 14 (1.90%) Sonatype Nexus
7 13 (1.76%) JMeter
7 13 (1.76%) Maven
7 13 (1.76%) Postman
7 13 (1.76%) SonarQube
8 12 (1.63%) Selenium
9 11 (1.49%) Cucumber
9 11 (1.49%) LoadRunner
10 8 (1.09%) Claude Code
10 8 (1.09%) REST Assured
11 7 (0.95%) Zephyr
12 6 (0.81%) NeoLoad
13 4 (0.54%) MSBuild
13 4 (0.54%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.41%) Bugzilla
General
1 163 (22.12%) Social Skills
2 150 (20.35%) Finance
3 106 (14.38%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (13.57%) Public Sector
5 67 (9.09%) Banking
6 14 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (1.63%) Legal
7 12 (1.63%) Publishing
8 10 (1.36%) Retail
9 9 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.09%) Games
10 8 (1.09%) Military
11 5 (0.68%) Marketing
12 4 (0.54%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.54%) Law
12 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.41%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.41%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 128 (17.37%) Senior
2 110 (14.93%) Developer
3 84 (11.40%) DevOps Engineer
4 73 (9.91%) Data Engineer
5 71 (9.63%) Python Developer
6 56 (7.60%) Lead
7 44 (5.97%) Security Engineer
8 40 (5.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 37 (5.02%) Network Engineer
9 37 (5.02%) Python Engineer
10 34 (4.61%) Cloud Engineer
11 29 (3.93%) Analyst
11 29 (3.93%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 28 (3.80%) Software Engineer
13 25 (3.39%) Architect
13 25 (3.39%) AWS Engineer
14 23 (3.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 21 (2.85%) Platform Engineer
16 20 (2.71%) Test Engineer
17 19 (2.58%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 272 (36.91%) Terraform
2 53 (7.19%) REST
3 44 (5.97%) PySpark
4 42 (5.70%) Node.js
5 37 (5.02%) Kafka
6 34 (4.61%) JSON
7 33 (4.48%) React
8 19 (2.58%) Playwright
8 19 (2.58%) pytest
9 16 (2.17%) Flask
9 16 (2.17%) OAuth
9 16 (2.17%) OpenID
10 15 (2.04%) .NET
10 15 (2.04%) CSS
10 15 (2.04%) Django
10 15 (2.04%) HTML
10 15 (2.04%) LangChain
10 15 (2.04%) YAML
11 13 (1.76%) FastAPI
11 13 (1.76%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 139 (18.86%) Cloud Native
2 51 (6.92%) Data Centre
3 33 (4.48%) Distributed Systems
4 32 (4.34%) Data Protection Act
5 28 (3.80%) Public Cloud
5 28 (3.80%) Security Posture
6 27 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
7 25 (3.39%) Onboarding
8 24 (3.26%) AI Agents
8 24 (3.26%) Management Information System
9 21 (2.85%) PKI
10 20 (2.71%) Product Ownership
11 19 (2.58%) NHS
12 18 (2.44%) Data Structures
13 16 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (2.04%) Linux Command Line
15 14 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
16 13 (1.76%) Replication
17 11 (1.49%) Cloud Security Posture
18 10 (1.36%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 110 (14.93%) Linux
2 61 (8.28%) Windows
3 40 (5.43%) Unix
4 33 (4.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (2.31%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.63%) Solaris
7 9 (1.22%) VMS
8 7 (0.95%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.68%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.68%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.41%) zOS
11 2 (0.27%) AIX
11 2 (0.27%) CentOS
11 2 (0.27%) CoreOS
11 2 (0.27%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.14%) Check Point GAiA
12 1 (0.14%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (51.83%) CI/CD
2 262 (35.55%) DevOps
3 247 (33.51%) Infrastructure as Code
4 190 (25.78%) Agile
5 148 (20.08%) Observability
6 144 (19.54%) AI
7 131 (17.77%) Analytics
8 115 (15.60%) Containerisation
9 113 (15.33%) Data Engineering
10 108 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
11 107 (14.52%) Data Pipeline
12 91 (12.35%) Test Automation
13 90 (12.21%) Continuous Improvement
14 87 (11.80%) Software Engineering
15 77 (10.45%) Cloud Security
16 75 (10.18%) Stakeholder Management
17 74 (10.04%) Machine Learning
18 71 (9.63%) Validation
19 70 (9.50%) Data Modelling
19 70 (9.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 179 (24.29%) SQL
2 135 (18.32%) Java
3 131 (17.77%) Bash
4 130 (17.64%) PowerShell
5 46 (6.24%) JavaScript
6 36 (4.88%) Go
7 28 (3.80%) TypeScript
8 25 (3.39%) Bicep
9 17 (2.31%) C#
10 16 (2.17%) Scala
11 15 (2.04%) Shell Script
12 14 (1.90%) ActionScript
12 14 (1.90%) Groovy
13 11 (1.49%) Search Processing Language
14 10 (1.36%) Rust
15 9 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
16 8 (1.09%) R
17 6 (0.81%) VBA
18 5 (0.68%) Perl
18 5 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 158 (21.44%) Security Cleared
2 144 (19.54%) SC Cleared
3 56 (7.60%) Degree
4 36 (4.88%) AWS Certification
5 34 (4.61%) CISSP
6 30 (4.07%) Azure Certification
7 24 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.49%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.36%) CCNP
12 8 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.95%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.81%) GCIH
15 5 (0.68%) CCIE
15 5 (0.68%) GCFA
16 4 (0.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 4 (0.54%) GIAC
16 4 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 3 (0.41%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (10.18%) Data Quality
2 23 (3.12%) QA
3 17 (2.31%) GDPR
4 13 (1.76%) PCI DSS
5 12 (1.63%) NIST
6 10 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.95%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.81%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.68%) HL7
11 4 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.54%) SLA
12 3 (0.41%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.27%) NCSC
13 2 (0.27%) WCAG
14 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 141 (19.13%) Docker
2 21 (2.85%) Active Directory
3 17 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.81%) vSphere
6 5 (0.68%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.54%) Firmware
7 4 (0.54%) NFS
7 4 (0.54%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.27%) SRDF
8 2 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.14%) Ceph
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.14%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 170 (23.07%) Kubernetes
2 125 (16.96%) Ansible
3 47 (6.38%) Grafana
4 41 (5.56%) Prometheus
5 30 (4.07%) Progress Chef
6 11 (1.49%) Argo
7 10 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.09%) Control-M
9 7 (0.95%) IBM Guardium
9 7 (0.95%) Nessus
10 6 (0.81%) HAProxy
11 5 (0.68%) CASB
11 5 (0.68%) Kustomize
11 5 (0.68%) Packer
11 5 (0.68%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.54%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 4 (0.54%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.41%) Consul
13 3 (0.41%) Istio
13 3 (0.41%) vRealize
Vendors
1 99 (13.43%) Microsoft
2 79 (10.72%) Google
3 64 (8.68%) Databricks
4 46 (6.24%) Splunk
5 44 (5.97%) F5
6 35 (4.75%) Palo Alto
7 28 (3.80%) ServiceNow
8 26 (3.53%) Arista
9 25 (3.39%) Cisco
9 25 (3.39%) Red Hat
10 23 (3.12%) Aruba
10 23 (3.12%) IBM
11 22 (2.99%) Dynatrace
12 18 (2.44%) Oracle
13 17 (2.31%) VMware
14 13 (1.76%) SAP
14 13 (1.76%) Trend Micro
15 11 (1.49%) OpenAI
16 10 (1.36%) Fortinet
17 9 (1.22%) BeyondTrust