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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 12 22
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 +6
Contract jobs citing Python 747 493 297
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 9.80% 11.91% 7.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.13% 40.08% 28.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 494 340 189
10th Percentile £366 £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 £667 £601 £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 £69.38
% change year-on-year +29.98% -27.93% +6.73%

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 1,909 1,230 1,044
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.04% 29.72% 25.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,212 862 679
10th Percentile £350 £315 £325
25th Percentile £413 £376 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £453 £488
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -7.08% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £571
90th Percentile £650 £625 £638
England median daily rate £525 £515 £543
% change year-on-year +1.94% -5.07% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 13 30
10th Percentile £28.50 £31.20 £35.20
25th Percentile £55.00 £41.94 £37.55
Median hourly rate £70.00 £66.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +44.00% -
75th Percentile £75.00 £84.50 £64.69
90th Percentile £77.00 £93.20 £80.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £56.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +16.07% -13.85% -

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -2 377 £500 - 278
North West -1 292 £525 +19.66% 540
North East -4 87 £425 -8.11% 135
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
1 317 (42.44%) AWS
2 256 (34.27%) Azure
3 175 (23.43%) 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%) AWS CloudFormation
12 27 (3.61%) Entra ID
12 27 (3.61%) SaaS
13 25 (3.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 24 (3.21%) dbt
15 20 (2.68%) IaaS
15 20 (2.68%) OpenShift
16 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
1 110 (14.73%) 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%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 167 (22.36%) Social Skills
2 165 (22.09%) Finance
3 111 (14.86%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (12.45%) Public Sector
5 69 (9.24%) Banking
6 13 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (1.61%) Legal
8 11 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (1.47%) Retail
9 10 (1.34%) Publishing
10 8 (1.07%) Games
10 8 (1.07%) Military
11 6 (0.80%) Law
12 5 (0.67%) Marketing
13 4 (0.54%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.40%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.40%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 127 (17.00%) Senior
2 102 (13.65%) Developer
3 88 (11.78%) DevOps Engineer
4 81 (10.84%) Data Engineer
5 67 (8.97%) 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 38 (5.09%) Cloud Engineer
11 37 (4.95%) Artificial Intelligence 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
1 269 (36.01%) Terraform
2 57 (7.63%) REST
3 44 (5.89%) PySpark
4 39 (5.22%) Node.js
5 38 (5.09%) Kafka
6 30 (4.02%) React
7 28 (3.75%) JSON
8 20 (2.68%) LangChain
8 20 (2.68%) OpenID
9 19 (2.54%) OAuth
9 19 (2.54%) pytest
10 17 (2.28%) Flask
11 16 (2.14%) Django
11 16 (2.14%) HTML
11 16 (2.14%) OAuth2
11 16 (2.14%) YAML
12 15 (2.01%) Playwright
13 14 (1.87%) CSS
13 14 (1.87%) SAML
14 13 (1.74%) .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 32 (4.28%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (3.75%) Data Protection Act
6 28 (3.75%) Security Posture
7 26 (3.48%) Hybrid Cloud
8 24 (3.21%) Management Information System
9 23 (3.08%) AI Agents
9 23 (3.08%) PKI
10 21 (2.81%) Product Ownership
11 17 (2.28%) Data Structures
11 17 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (2.14%) Linux Command Line
13 13 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.74%) NHS
14 12 (1.61%) Enterprise Cloud
14 12 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (1.47%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 109 (14.59%) Linux
2 56 (7.50%) 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%) Mac OS
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
1 398 (53.28%) CI/CD
2 275 (36.81%) DevOps
3 252 (33.73%) Infrastructure as Code
4 194 (25.97%) Agile
5 156 (20.88%) Observability
6 155 (20.75%) AI
7 130 (17.40%) Analytics
8 121 (16.20%) Data Engineering
9 118 (15.80%) Containerisation
10 115 (15.39%) Problem-Solving
11 114 (15.26%) Data Pipeline
12 97 (12.99%) Test Automation
13 96 (12.85%) Software Engineering
14 92 (12.32%) Continuous Improvement
15 86 (11.51%) Validation
16 83 (11.11%) Cloud Security
17 80 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
18 79 (10.58%) Machine Learning
19 76 (10.17%) Data Modelling
19 76 (10.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 189 (25.30%) SQL
2 131 (17.54%) PowerShell
3 130 (17.40%) Java
4 129 (17.27%) Bash
5 44 (5.89%) JavaScript
6 37 (4.95%) Go
7 28 (3.75%) TypeScript
8 26 (3.48%) Bicep
9 19 (2.54%) C#
10 17 (2.28%) ActionScript
11 16 (2.14%) Scala
12 14 (1.87%) Shell Script
13 12 (1.61%) 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%) C++
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%) CCSP
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 14 (1.87%) PCI DSS
5 13 (1.74%) NIST
6 12 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.94%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.80%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.67%) HL7
10 5 (0.67%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.54%) NCSC
12 3 (0.40%) SLA
13 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.13%) GRC
13 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 142 (19.01%) Docker
2 22 (2.95%) 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 43 (5.76%) 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%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.40%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 105 (14.06%) Microsoft
2 85 (11.38%) Google
3 62 (8.30%) 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%) Dynatrace
9 26 (3.48%) IBM
10 24 (3.21%) Aruba
10 24 (3.21%) Oracle
11 22 (2.95%) Red Hat
12 14 (1.87%) SAP
12 14 (1.87%) VMware
13 13 (1.74%) Trend Micro
14 12 (1.61%) Fortinet
15 11 (1.47%) OpenAI
16 9 (1.20%) Okta