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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 14 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 +7
Contract jobs citing Python 733 434 301
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 9.69% 11.04% 7.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.54% 38.41% 29.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 501 301 199
10th Percentile £363 £335 £356
25th Percentile £413 £400 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £476 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.04% -8.46% -5.45%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £600
90th Percentile £650 £600 £675
England median daily rate £550 £539 £593
% change year-on-year +2.09% -9.07% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 4
10th Percentile - £38.98 -
25th Percentile £28.50 £43.44 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £51.25 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +10.98% -
75th Percentile £71.33 £59.44 -
90th Percentile £75.00 £64.13 -
England median hourly rate £64.99 £50.00 £69.38
% change year-on-year +29.98% -27.93% +5.75%

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 1,854 1,130 1,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 24.52% 28.74% 24.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,193 802 701
10th Percentile £350 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £376 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £608 £638
England median daily rate £525 £514 £550
% change year-on-year +2.14% -6.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 10 26
10th Percentile £28.50 £29.28 £35.82
25th Percentile £47.15 £40.00 £37.55
Median hourly rate £69.50 £66.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +4.51% +44.00% -
75th Percentile £71.33 £80.88 £62.19
90th Percentile £77.00 £89.38 £76.84
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.17%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -1 378 £500 - 329
North West -4 278 £525 +10.53% 567
North East -2 89 £425 -2.86% 125
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 (7.50%) Apache Spark
2 43 (5.87%) Apache
3 40 (5.46%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (3.96%) Jupyter
5 20 (2.73%) Confluence
6 13 (1.77%) SharePoint
7 12 (1.64%) SAS
8 4 (0.55%) nginx
8 4 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.41%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.27%) Camunda
10 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.14%) FactoryTalk
11 1 (0.14%) Traefik
Applications
1 14 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.14%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 8 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.14%) FIS Private Capital Suite
3 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 324 (44.20%) AWS
2 248 (33.83%) Azure
3 160 (21.83%) GCP
4 115 (15.69%) GitHub
5 66 (9.00%) GitHub Actions
6 56 (7.64%) Serverless
7 55 (7.50%) Power Platform
8 38 (5.18%) AWS Lambda
8 38 (5.18%) Azure DevOps
9 37 (5.05%) OCI
10 35 (4.77%) Amazon S3
11 34 (4.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 29 (3.96%) SaaS
13 28 (3.82%) AWS CloudFormation
14 24 (3.27%) OpenShift
15 22 (3.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 18 (2.46%) dbt
17 17 (2.32%) Azure Data Factory
18 16 (2.18%) Amazon EMR
19 15 (2.05%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 87 (11.87%) Firewall
2 43 (5.87%) WAN
3 42 (5.73%) DNS
3 42 (5.73%) Network Security
4 40 (5.46%) BIG-IP
5 35 (4.77%) SD-WAN
6 34 (4.64%) BGP
7 31 (4.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 31 (4.23%) OSPF
8 25 (3.41%) TCP/IP
9 22 (3.00%) Ethernet VPN
10 21 (2.86%) VXLAN
11 18 (2.46%) Wireless
12 17 (2.32%) Wi-Fi
13 14 (1.91%) VPN
14 13 (1.77%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 13 (1.77%) WLAN
15 10 (1.36%) SSL
15 10 (1.36%) VLAN
16 9 (1.23%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (6.82%) Power BI
2 38 (5.18%) Metadata
3 34 (4.64%) BigQuery
4 28 (3.82%) SQL Server
5 26 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
6 25 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (2.86%) Big Data
8 20 (2.73%) DynamoDB
9 17 (2.32%) Tableau
10 15 (2.05%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.91%) Amazon Athena
12 13 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (1.77%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (1.77%) Data Lake
13 12 (1.64%) MongoDB
14 9 (1.23%) Neo4j
15 8 (1.09%) Delta Lake
15 8 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 7 (0.95%) Ataccama
16 7 (0.95%) Looker
Development Applications
1 110 (15.01%) Jenkins
2 86 (11.73%) GitLab
3 71 (9.69%) Git
4 68 (9.28%) JIRA
5 19 (2.59%) Gatling
6 16 (2.18%) Maven
7 14 (1.91%) Sonatype Nexus
8 13 (1.77%) SonarQube
9 12 (1.64%) JMeter
9 12 (1.64%) Postman
9 12 (1.64%) Selenium
10 11 (1.50%) LoadRunner
11 10 (1.36%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.95%) REST Assured
12 7 (0.95%) Zephyr
13 6 (0.82%) Artifactory
13 6 (0.82%) Claude Code
13 6 (0.82%) NeoLoad
14 4 (0.55%) MSBuild
14 4 (0.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 159 (21.69%) Social Skills
2 146 (19.92%) Finance
3 100 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (13.51%) Public Sector
5 68 (9.28%) Banking
6 14 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (1.64%) Legal
7 12 (1.64%) Publishing
8 10 (1.36%) Retail
9 9 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.09%) Games
10 8 (1.09%) Military
11 5 (0.68%) Marketing
12 4 (0.55%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.55%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.55%) Law
12 4 (0.55%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.41%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 124 (16.92%) Senior
2 105 (14.32%) Developer
3 85 (11.60%) DevOps Engineer
4 69 (9.41%) Data Engineer
4 69 (9.41%) Python Developer
5 59 (8.05%) Lead
6 41 (5.59%) Security Engineer
7 39 (5.32%) Python Engineer
8 38 (5.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 34 (4.64%) Network Engineer
10 33 (4.50%) Cloud Engineer
11 29 (3.96%) Analyst
11 29 (3.96%) Architect
12 27 (3.68%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 27 (3.68%) Software Engineer
13 26 (3.55%) AWS Engineer
14 25 (3.41%) Platform Engineer
15 23 (3.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 20 (2.73%) Test Engineer
17 19 (2.59%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 269 (36.70%) Terraform
2 51 (6.96%) REST
3 42 (5.73%) PySpark
4 40 (5.46%) Node.js
5 38 (5.18%) Kafka
6 35 (4.77%) JSON
7 32 (4.37%) React
8 22 (3.00%) Playwright
9 15 (2.05%) .NET
9 15 (2.05%) CSS
9 15 (2.05%) HTML
9 15 (2.05%) pytest
9 15 (2.05%) YAML
10 14 (1.91%) Django
10 14 (1.91%) Flask
10 14 (1.91%) OpenTelemetry
11 13 (1.77%) LangChain
11 13 (1.77%) Vue
12 12 (1.64%) OpenID
13 11 (1.50%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 136 (18.55%) Cloud Native
2 49 (6.68%) Data Centre
3 33 (4.50%) Distributed Systems
4 31 (4.23%) Data Protection Act
4 31 (4.23%) Hybrid Cloud
5 26 (3.55%) Public Cloud
6 24 (3.27%) Security Posture
7 23 (3.14%) Management Information System
8 22 (3.00%) Onboarding
8 22 (3.00%) Product Ownership
9 21 (2.86%) AI Agents
10 20 (2.73%) PKI
11 19 (2.59%) NHS
12 17 (2.32%) Data Structures
13 16 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (2.18%) Replication
14 15 (2.05%) Linux Command Line
15 14 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (1.36%) Cloud Security Posture
16 10 (1.36%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 115 (15.69%) Linux
2 62 (8.46%) Windows
3 41 (5.59%) Unix
4 34 (4.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (2.18%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.64%) Solaris
7 9 (1.23%) 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
1 372 (50.75%) CI/CD
2 266 (36.29%) DevOps
3 234 (31.92%) Infrastructure as Code
4 183 (24.97%) Agile
5 138 (18.83%) Observability
6 137 (18.69%) AI
7 127 (17.33%) Analytics
8 114 (15.55%) Containerisation
9 106 (14.46%) Data Engineering
9 106 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
10 100 (13.64%) Data Pipeline
11 87 (11.87%) Test Automation
12 86 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
13 82 (11.19%) Software Engineering
14 75 (10.23%) Stakeholder Management
15 74 (10.10%) Platform Engineering
16 71 (9.69%) Data Modelling
17 70 (9.55%) Machine Learning
17 70 (9.55%) Migration
18 67 (9.14%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 176 (24.01%) SQL
2 140 (19.10%) Java
3 135 (18.42%) Bash
4 123 (16.78%) PowerShell
5 46 (6.28%) JavaScript
6 32 (4.37%) Go
7 27 (3.68%) TypeScript
8 23 (3.14%) Bicep
9 20 (2.73%) Scala
10 16 (2.18%) Shell Script
11 15 (2.05%) Groovy
12 14 (1.91%) C#
13 11 (1.50%) ActionScript
13 11 (1.50%) Search Processing Language
14 10 (1.36%) Rust
15 9 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
16 8 (1.09%) R
17 6 (0.82%) VBA
18 5 (0.68%) Perl
18 5 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 164 (22.37%) Security Cleared
2 150 (20.46%) SC Cleared
3 55 (7.50%) Degree
4 35 (4.77%) AWS Certification
5 34 (4.64%) CISSP
6 27 (3.68%) Azure Certification
7 22 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (2.18%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.50%) CCNP
10 11 (1.50%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.95%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.95%) GCIH
13 5 (0.68%) CCIE
13 5 (0.68%) CCNA
13 5 (0.68%) GCFA
14 4 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (0.55%) GIAC
14 4 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (9.82%) Data Quality
2 20 (2.73%) QA
3 17 (2.32%) GDPR
4 12 (1.64%) PCI DSS
5 11 (1.50%) NIST
6 9 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.95%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.68%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.68%) HL7
9 4 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.55%) SLA
10 3 (0.41%) WCAG
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.14%) PSD2
11 1 (0.14%) SEPA
11 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 145 (19.78%) Docker
2 20 (2.73%) Active Directory
3 17 (2.32%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.36%) vSphere
5 8 (1.09%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.68%) Firmware
6 5 (0.68%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.55%) NFS
8 2 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
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%) Snort
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 176 (24.01%) Kubernetes
2 134 (18.28%) Ansible
3 50 (6.82%) Grafana
4 41 (5.59%) Prometheus
5 28 (3.82%) Progress Chef
6 15 (2.05%) Argo
7 10 (1.36%) HAProxy
7 10 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.09%) vCenter Server
9 7 (0.95%) Control-M
10 6 (0.82%) IBM Guardium
10 6 (0.82%) Nessus
11 5 (0.68%) CASB
11 5 (0.68%) Kustomize
11 5 (0.68%) Packer
12 4 (0.55%) Istio
12 4 (0.55%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 4 (0.55%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.41%) EMC NetWorker
13 3 (0.41%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 96 (13.10%) Microsoft
2 75 (10.23%) Google
3 62 (8.46%) Databricks
4 50 (6.82%) Splunk
5 41 (5.59%) F5
6 36 (4.91%) Palo Alto
7 31 (4.23%) Red Hat
8 28 (3.82%) Cisco
9 27 (3.68%) ServiceNow
10 26 (3.55%) Arista
11 24 (3.27%) Aruba
11 24 (3.27%) Dynatrace
12 23 (3.14%) IBM
13 21 (2.86%) Oracle
13 21 (2.86%) VMware
14 13 (1.77%) SAP
14 13 (1.77%) Trend Micro
15 10 (1.36%) Fortinet
15 10 (1.36%) OpenAI
16 9 (1.23%) BeyondTrust