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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 20 19
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Python 789 314 387
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 11.32% 8.79% 8.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.42% 31.46% 31.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 552 227 228
10th Percentile £363 £350 £381
25th Percentile £413 £400 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -4.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £564 £550 £594
90th Percentile £617 £616 £647
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 5
10th Percentile £28.50 - -
25th Percentile £30.12 - £20.77
Median hourly rate £44.25 - £46.18
75th Percentile £68.00 - -
90th Percentile £86.50 - £59.72
England median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% -

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 1,905 998 1,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 27.33% 27.92% 25.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,228 735 837
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £413 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.89% -2.63% -9.52%
75th Percentile £570 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £611 £625
England median daily rate £518 £520 £543
% change year-on-year -0.48% -4.15% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 10 51
10th Percentile £29.96 £31.32 £37.55
25th Percentile £46.25 £36.82 £43.57
Median hourly rate £69.00 £70.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% +47.37% -2.06%
75th Percentile £76.00 £87.69 £68.75
90th Percentile £84.20 £95.36 £79.17
England median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £64.50
% change year-on-year +14.54% -12.02% +3.20%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 30 June 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 +2 432 £500 - 100
North West +4 279 £491 +3.37% 177
North East +9 90 £450 +5.88% 63
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 (8.75%) Apache Spark
2 41 (5.20%) Apache
3 37 (4.69%) Apache Airflow
4 35 (4.44%) Confluence
5 26 (3.30%) Jupyter
6 18 (2.28%) SharePoint
7 7 (0.89%) SAS
8 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.51%) nginx
10 2 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.13%) Camunda
Applications
1 16 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.51%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.13%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 6 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
1 6 (0.76%) 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
1 296 (37.52%) AWS
2 255 (32.32%) Azure
3 165 (20.91%) GCP
4 126 (15.97%) GitHub
5 72 (9.13%) OpenShift
6 61 (7.73%) GitHub Actions
7 60 (7.60%) Power Platform
8 46 (5.83%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 43 (5.45%) Serverless
10 38 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
11 34 (4.31%) OCI
12 26 (3.30%) AWS Lambda
13 25 (3.17%) SaaS
14 24 (3.04%) Amazon S3
15 21 (2.66%) Azure Data Factory
16 20 (2.53%) dbt
17 18 (2.28%) Entra ID
18 17 (2.15%) Vertex AI
19 15 (1.90%) IaaS
19 15 (1.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 82 (10.39%) Firewall
2 57 (7.22%) DNS
3 46 (5.83%) BIG-IP
4 35 (4.44%) TCP/IP
5 34 (4.31%) WAN
6 30 (3.80%) BGP
7 28 (3.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 26 (3.30%) OSPF
9 22 (2.79%) Network Security
9 22 (2.79%) SD-WAN
10 21 (2.66%) Wi-Fi
11 20 (2.53%) Ethernet VPN
11 20 (2.53%) VXLAN
12 18 (2.28%) VPN
13 16 (2.03%) SAN
14 13 (1.65%) HTTP
14 13 (1.65%) NAS
14 13 (1.65%) SSL
15 12 (1.52%) DHCP
15 12 (1.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.46%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (6.08%) Power BI
3 32 (4.06%) SQL Server
4 25 (3.17%) Hadoop
5 24 (3.04%) NoSQL
6 21 (2.66%) Big Data
6 21 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (2.66%) Metadata
6 21 (2.66%) Tableau
7 20 (2.53%) BigQuery
8 19 (2.41%) MongoDB
9 15 (1.90%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.90%) Delta Lake
10 14 (1.77%) DynamoDB
11 11 (1.39%) Amazon Athena
11 11 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (1.14%) Neo4j
13 8 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
13 8 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 150 (19.01%) Jenkins
2 92 (11.66%) JIRA
3 82 (10.39%) GitLab
4 63 (7.98%) Git
5 19 (2.41%) Postman
6 17 (2.15%) Gatling
7 14 (1.77%) Maven
8 11 (1.39%) SonarQube
9 9 (1.14%) Selenium
9 9 (1.14%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.89%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.89%) JMeter
11 6 (0.76%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.76%) LoadRunner
12 5 (0.63%) Fiddler
12 5 (0.63%) Liquibase
12 5 (0.63%) NeoLoad
13 4 (0.51%) REST Assured
13 4 (0.51%) Zephyr
14 3 (0.38%) MSBuild
General
1 163 (20.66%) Social Skills
2 129 (16.35%) Finance
3 104 (13.18%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (10.52%) Public Sector
5 59 (7.48%) Banking
6 18 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (1.77%) Legal
8 9 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.14%) Publishing
8 9 (1.14%) Retail
9 5 (0.63%) Manufacturing
9 5 (0.63%) Marketing
9 5 (0.63%) Military
10 4 (0.51%) Advertising
10 4 (0.51%) Financial Institution
10 4 (0.51%) Games
10 4 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.38%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.25%) Law
12 2 (0.25%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 124 (15.72%) Developer
2 110 (13.94%) Senior
3 85 (10.77%) DevOps Engineer
4 75 (9.51%) Python Developer
5 72 (9.13%) Data Engineer
6 58 (7.35%) Lead
7 52 (6.59%) Architect
8 45 (5.70%) Security Engineer
9 41 (5.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 35 (4.44%) Analyst
11 31 (3.93%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 29 (3.68%) Network Engineer
12 29 (3.68%) Platform Engineer
13 27 (3.42%) GCP Engineer
13 27 (3.42%) Python Engineer
14 26 (3.30%) Software Engineer
15 25 (3.17%) AWS Engineer
16 24 (3.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 21 (2.66%) Data Analyst
18 20 (2.53%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (6.21%) Node.js
2 48 (6.08%) REST
3 44 (5.58%) OpenTelemetry
3 44 (5.58%) PySpark
4 40 (5.07%) JSON
5 38 (4.82%) React
6 36 (4.56%) Kafka
7 30 (3.80%) Playwright
8 25 (3.17%) YAML
9 22 (2.79%) FastAPI
10 20 (2.53%) PyTorch
10 20 (2.53%) Spring
11 19 (2.41%) LangChain
12 17 (2.15%) Spring Boot
13 15 (1.90%) RESTful
14 12 (1.52%) .NET
14 12 (1.52%) LDAP
14 12 (1.52%) Pandas
15 11 (1.39%) OpenID
15 11 (1.39%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 127 (16.10%) Cloud Native
2 59 (7.48%) Data Centre
3 41 (5.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 37 (4.69%) Data Protection Act
5 30 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
6 29 (3.68%) Product Ownership
7 26 (3.30%) Security Posture
8 25 (3.17%) Management Information System
9 20 (2.53%) Replication
10 18 (2.28%) Public Cloud
11 16 (2.03%) Linux Command Line
12 15 (1.90%) Onboarding
12 15 (1.90%) PKI
13 14 (1.77%) AI Agents
13 14 (1.77%) NHS
14 13 (1.65%) Data Structures
15 12 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
17 7 (0.89%) Distributed Computing
17 7 (0.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 119 (15.08%) Linux
2 73 (9.25%) Windows
3 38 (4.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 32 (4.06%) Unix
5 19 (2.41%) Windows Server
6 13 (1.65%) Solaris
7 11 (1.39%) Ubuntu
8 9 (1.14%) VMS
9 5 (0.63%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.63%) CentOS
9 5 (0.63%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.38%) AIX
10 3 (0.38%) zOS
11 2 (0.25%) CoreOS
11 2 (0.25%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.13%) Check Point GAiA
12 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (50.32%) CI/CD
2 304 (38.53%) DevOps
3 203 (25.73%) Infrastructure as Code
4 192 (24.33%) Agile
5 139 (17.62%) Containerisation
6 130 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
7 129 (16.35%) Analytics
8 118 (14.96%) AI
9 116 (14.70%) Observability
10 102 (12.93%) Data Engineering
11 98 (12.42%) Data Pipeline
12 97 (12.29%) Test Automation
13 92 (11.66%) Migration
14 82 (10.39%) Machine Learning
15 76 (9.63%) Continuous Improvement
16 75 (9.51%) Software Engineering
17 71 (9.00%) High Availability
18 68 (8.62%) ETL
19 67 (8.49%) Data Modelling
20 66 (8.37%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 161 (20.41%) SQL
2 139 (17.62%) Java
3 132 (16.73%) Bash
4 107 (13.56%) PowerShell
5 49 (6.21%) JavaScript
6 43 (5.45%) TypeScript
7 34 (4.31%) Go
8 26 (3.30%) Scala
9 20 (2.53%) Groovy
10 17 (2.15%) Bicep
11 16 (2.03%) C#
12 15 (1.90%) Shell Script
13 14 (1.77%) Rust
14 12 (1.52%) R
15 11 (1.39%) ActionScript
15 11 (1.39%) Perl
16 10 (1.27%) VBA
17 6 (0.76%) C++
17 6 (0.76%) Ruby
18 5 (0.63%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 144 (18.25%) Security Cleared
2 117 (14.83%) SC Cleared
3 50 (6.34%) Degree
4 34 (4.31%) AWS Certification
5 27 (3.42%) CISSP
6 24 (3.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 23 (2.92%) Azure Certification
8 17 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (2.03%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (0.89%) CCNP
12 6 (0.76%) RHCE
12 6 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (0.63%) CCNA
13 5 (0.63%) 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 52 (6.59%) Data Quality
2 16 (2.03%) GDPR
3 13 (1.65%) QA
4 12 (1.52%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.52%) HIPAA
5 9 (1.14%) NIST
6 7 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (0.89%) WCAG
7 6 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 6 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.63%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.38%) HL7
9 3 (0.38%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.25%) SLA
11 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.13%) PMO
11 1 (0.13%) PSD2
11 1 (0.13%) SEPA
11 1 (0.13%) Solvency II
System Software
1 151 (19.14%) Docker
2 34 (4.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (3.93%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (3.17%) vSphere
5 22 (2.79%) VMware NSX
6 13 (1.65%) Active Directory
7 11 (1.39%) Firmware
7 11 (1.39%) Hyper-V
8 9 (1.14%) KVM
8 9 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.63%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 5 (0.63%) NFS
10 4 (0.51%) SRDF
11 3 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
13 1 (0.13%) Ceph
13 1 (0.13%) Snort
Systems Management
1 264 (33.46%) Terraform
2 202 (25.60%) Kubernetes
3 169 (21.42%) Ansible
4 61 (7.73%) Grafana
5 59 (7.48%) Prometheus
6 24 (3.04%) Argo
7 22 (2.79%) vCenter Server
8 15 (1.90%) Control-M
8 15 (1.90%) Istio
9 14 (1.77%) IBM Guardium
9 14 (1.77%) Nessus
10 13 (1.65%) Puppet
11 12 (1.52%) Progress Chef
12 9 (1.14%) HAProxy
13 8 (1.01%) NetBackup
14 7 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
15 6 (0.76%) PowerCLI
16 5 (0.63%) Tivoli Storage Manager
17 4 (0.51%) vRealize
18 3 (0.38%) Rancher
Vendors
1 85 (10.77%) Microsoft
2 81 (10.27%) Google
3 64 (8.11%) Databricks
4 62 (7.86%) Splunk
5 56 (7.10%) Red Hat
6 49 (6.21%) F5
7 48 (6.08%) VMware
8 31 (3.93%) Palo Alto
8 31 (3.93%) ServiceNow
9 26 (3.30%) Cisco
10 25 (3.17%) Arista
11 22 (2.79%) Aruba
12 21 (2.66%) IBM
13 20 (2.53%) Dynatrace
13 20 (2.53%) Oracle
13 20 (2.53%) Pure Storage
14 14 (1.77%) Tenable
15 12 (1.52%) Infoblox
15 12 (1.52%) Trend Micro
16 11 (1.39%) SAP