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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 17 21
Rank change year-on-year +6 +4 -3
Contract jobs citing Python 785 346 331
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 10.93% 9.11% 7.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.95% 33.72% 28.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 546 247 218
10th Percentile £363 £347 £381
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.29% -4.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £572 £550 £587
90th Percentile £622 £612 £650
England median daily rate £526 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.45% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 0 4
10th Percentile £28.50 - £28.39
25th Percentile £30.00 - £39.83
Median hourly rate £45.50 - £46.18
75th Percentile £70.00 - £51.82
90th Percentile £87.00 - £61.98
England median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% -0.76%

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 1,917 1,026 1,174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 26.70% 27.02% 25.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,228 749 822
10th Percentile £352 £320 £319
25th Percentile £413 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.32% -2.63% -8.65%
75th Percentile £572 £538 £569
90th Percentile £644 £607 £625
England median daily rate £520 £520 £540
% change year-on-year - -3.70% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 11 47
10th Percentile £29.96 £30.00 £37.50
25th Percentile £46.80 £31.62 £41.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +47.37% +2.86%
75th Percentile £76.00 £86.63 £66.25
90th Percentile £85.80 £95.00 £76.37
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +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 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 +1 424 £500 +1.46% 192
North West +6 285 £525 +10.53% 319
North East +5 89 £425 -2.86% 101
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 (8.79%) Apache Spark
2 41 (5.22%) Apache
3 38 (4.84%) Apache Airflow
4 35 (4.46%) Confluence
5 26 (3.31%) Jupyter
6 17 (2.17%) SharePoint
7 10 (1.27%) 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 14 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.02%) 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
1 304 (38.73%) AWS
2 247 (31.46%) Azure
3 159 (20.25%) GCP
4 133 (16.94%) GitHub
5 71 (9.04%) OpenShift
6 65 (8.28%) GitHub Actions
7 58 (7.39%) Power Platform
8 44 (5.61%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 44 (5.61%) Serverless
9 39 (4.97%) Azure DevOps
10 34 (4.33%) OCI
11 29 (3.69%) AWS Lambda
12 27 (3.44%) Amazon S3
12 27 (3.44%) SaaS
13 22 (2.80%) Azure Data Factory
13 22 (2.80%) dbt
14 16 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (1.91%) Apigee
15 15 (1.91%) IaaS
15 15 (1.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 85 (10.83%) Firewall
2 57 (7.26%) DNS
3 44 (5.61%) BIG-IP
4 37 (4.71%) WAN
5 34 (4.33%) TCP/IP
6 32 (4.08%) BGP
7 28 (3.57%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 28 (3.57%) OSPF
8 27 (3.44%) Network Security
9 23 (2.93%) SD-WAN
10 21 (2.68%) Wi-Fi
11 20 (2.55%) Ethernet VPN
11 20 (2.55%) VPN
11 20 (2.55%) VXLAN
12 16 (2.04%) SAN
13 13 (1.66%) LAN
13 13 (1.66%) NAS
13 13 (1.66%) WLAN
14 12 (1.53%) DHCP
14 12 (1.53%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (6.62%) PostgreSQL
2 46 (5.86%) Power BI
3 33 (4.20%) SQL Server
4 24 (3.06%) Hadoop
4 24 (3.06%) Metadata
4 24 (3.06%) NoSQL
5 23 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (2.80%) BigQuery
7 21 (2.68%) Big Data
7 21 (2.68%) Tableau
8 20 (2.55%) MongoDB
9 15 (1.91%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.91%) Delta Lake
10 14 (1.78%) DynamoDB
11 12 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (1.40%) Amazon Athena
13 10 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
14 9 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 8 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
16 7 (0.89%) Ataccama
Development Applications
1 149 (18.98%) Jenkins
2 93 (11.85%) JIRA
3 79 (10.06%) GitLab
4 65 (8.28%) Git
5 14 (1.78%) Gatling
5 14 (1.78%) Maven
6 13 (1.66%) Postman
7 11 (1.40%) Selenium
7 11 (1.40%) SonarQube
8 10 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
9 8 (1.02%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.76%) Artifactory
10 6 (0.76%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.64%) Liquibase
11 5 (0.64%) Zephyr
12 4 (0.51%) JMeter
12 4 (0.51%) MSBuild
12 4 (0.51%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.38%) ERwin
13 3 (0.38%) Fiddler
General
1 160 (20.38%) Social Skills
2 135 (17.20%) Finance
3 106 (13.50%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (11.08%) Public Sector
5 58 (7.39%) Banking
6 15 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (1.66%) Legal
8 10 (1.27%) Retail
9 9 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (1.15%) Publishing
10 7 (0.89%) Military
11 6 (0.76%) Marketing
12 5 (0.64%) Games
12 5 (0.64%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.51%) Advertising
13 4 (0.51%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.38%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.25%) Law
15 2 (0.25%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 120 (15.29%) Developer
2 117 (14.90%) Senior
3 93 (11.85%) DevOps Engineer
4 76 (9.68%) Python Developer
5 73 (9.30%) Data Engineer
6 56 (7.13%) Lead
7 47 (5.99%) Security Engineer
8 46 (5.86%) Architect
9 41 (5.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 34 (4.33%) Analyst
11 33 (4.20%) Python Engineer
12 31 (3.95%) Platform Engineer
13 29 (3.69%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 29 (3.69%) Network Engineer
14 28 (3.57%) AWS Engineer
15 27 (3.44%) Software Engineer
16 26 (3.31%) GCP Engineer
17 23 (2.93%) Cloud Engineer
17 23 (2.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 22 (2.80%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (6.11%) Node.js
2 46 (5.86%) OpenTelemetry
3 45 (5.73%) REST
4 44 (5.61%) PySpark
5 40 (5.10%) JSON
5 40 (5.10%) Kafka
6 35 (4.46%) React
7 25 (3.18%) Playwright
8 23 (2.93%) FastAPI
9 19 (2.42%) Spring
10 18 (2.29%) PyTorch
11 17 (2.17%) LangChain
12 16 (2.04%) YAML
13 15 (1.91%) Spring Boot
14 13 (1.66%) .NET
14 13 (1.66%) RESTful
15 12 (1.53%) Pandas
16 11 (1.40%) scikit-learn
17 10 (1.27%) Protocol Buffers
17 10 (1.27%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 128 (16.31%) Cloud Native
2 56 (7.13%) Data Centre
3 41 (5.22%) Hybrid Cloud
4 38 (4.84%) Data Protection Act
5 29 (3.69%) Distributed Systems
6 27 (3.44%) Product Ownership
6 27 (3.44%) Security Posture
7 22 (2.80%) Management Information System
8 21 (2.68%) Replication
9 17 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
9 17 (2.17%) NHS
9 17 (2.17%) Onboarding
9 17 (2.17%) Public Cloud
10 15 (1.91%) PKI
11 14 (1.78%) AI Agents
12 13 (1.66%) Data Structures
12 13 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 7 (0.89%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 117 (14.90%) Linux
2 70 (8.92%) Windows
3 36 (4.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 29 (3.69%) Unix
5 16 (2.04%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.40%) Solaris
7 10 (1.27%) VMS
8 7 (0.89%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.64%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.64%) 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%) CentOS
12 1 (0.13%) Check Point GAiA
12 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 394 (50.19%) CI/CD
2 306 (38.98%) DevOps
3 212 (27.01%) Infrastructure as Code
4 200 (25.48%) Agile
5 139 (17.71%) Containerisation
6 131 (16.69%) Analytics
7 129 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
8 126 (16.05%) Observability
9 113 (14.39%) AI
10 103 (13.12%) Data Engineering
11 100 (12.74%) Data Pipeline
12 93 (11.85%) Test Automation
13 87 (11.08%) Migration
14 81 (10.32%) Machine Learning
15 78 (9.94%) Continuous Improvement
16 75 (9.55%) Software Engineering
17 72 (9.17%) High Availability
18 68 (8.66%) Data Modelling
19 67 (8.54%) Platform Engineering
20 66 (8.41%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 166 (21.15%) SQL
2 140 (17.83%) Bash
3 131 (16.69%) Java
4 111 (14.14%) PowerShell
5 51 (6.50%) JavaScript
6 39 (4.97%) TypeScript
7 34 (4.33%) Go
8 22 (2.80%) Scala
9 20 (2.55%) Groovy
10 18 (2.29%) Bicep
11 16 (2.04%) C#
12 15 (1.91%) Shell Script
13 14 (1.78%) Rust
14 12 (1.53%) R
15 11 (1.40%) ActionScript
16 9 (1.15%) VBA
17 7 (0.89%) Perl
18 6 (0.76%) C++
19 3 (0.38%) Kotlin
19 3 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 145 (18.47%) Security Cleared
2 117 (14.90%) SC Cleared
3 54 (6.88%) Degree
4 35 (4.46%) AWS Certification
5 26 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
5 26 (3.31%) CISSP
6 24 (3.06%) Azure Certification
7 17 (2.17%) DV Cleared
8 16 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.02%) CCNP
11 7 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.76%) CCNA
12 6 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (0.64%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.51%) 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 56 (7.13%) Data Quality
2 17 (2.17%) GDPR
3 15 (1.91%) QA
4 12 (1.53%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.40%) HIPAA
6 9 (1.15%) NIST
7 7 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.89%) WCAG
8 6 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.64%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.51%) HL7
11 2 (0.25%) SLA
11 2 (0.25%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.13%) GRC
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.13%) PSD2
12 1 (0.13%) SEPA
12 1 (0.13%) Solvency II
System Software
1 152 (19.36%) Docker
2 33 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (3.82%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (3.18%) vSphere
5 20 (2.55%) VMware NSX
6 13 (1.66%) Active Directory
7 10 (1.27%) Firmware
7 10 (1.27%) Hyper-V
8 9 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.02%) KVM
10 5 (0.64%) NFS
11 4 (0.51%) SRDF
12 3 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
14 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
14 1 (0.13%) Ceph
14 1 (0.13%) Snort
Systems Management
1 274 (34.90%) Terraform
2 206 (26.24%) Kubernetes
3 162 (20.64%) Ansible
4 67 (8.54%) Grafana
5 63 (8.03%) Prometheus
6 28 (3.57%) Argo
7 22 (2.80%) vCenter Server
8 16 (2.04%) Control-M
9 15 (1.91%) IBM Guardium
9 15 (1.91%) Nessus
10 13 (1.66%) Istio
10 13 (1.66%) Progress Chef
11 9 (1.15%) HAProxy
11 9 (1.15%) Puppet
12 8 (1.02%) NetBackup
13 7 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
14 6 (0.76%) PowerCLI
15 5 (0.64%) Tivoli Storage Manager
16 4 (0.51%) Kustomize
16 4 (0.51%) vRealize
Vendors
1 86 (10.96%) Microsoft
2 74 (9.43%) Google
3 65 (8.28%) Databricks
4 61 (7.77%) Splunk
5 48 (6.11%) Red Hat
6 47 (5.99%) F5
7 45 (5.73%) VMware
8 32 (4.08%) Palo Alto
9 27 (3.44%) Cisco
9 27 (3.44%) ServiceNow
10 25 (3.18%) Arista
11 23 (2.93%) Aruba
12 22 (2.80%) IBM
13 20 (2.55%) Dynatrace
13 20 (2.55%) Pure Storage
14 18 (2.29%) Oracle
15 15 (1.91%) Tenable
16 12 (1.53%) Infoblox
16 12 (1.53%) Trend Micro
17 11 (1.40%) SAP