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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 20 17
Rank change year-on-year +10 -3 -1
Contract jobs citing Python 781 310 383
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 11.34% 8.78% 7.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.61% 31.22% 30.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 548 225 225
10th Percentile £363 £350 £381
25th Percentile £413 £400 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -4.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £566 £550 £600
90th Percentile £617 £613 £648
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 1,877 993 1,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 27.26% 28.13% 25.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,215 730 839
10th Percentile £350 £327 £313
25th Percentile £413 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.38% -2.58% -9.52%
75th Percentile £571 £538 £575
90th Percentile £639 £610 £630
England median daily rate £519 £520 £541
% change year-on-year -0.24% -3.93% -2.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 10 51
10th Percentile £29.96 £31.32 £37.55
25th Percentile £46.66 £36.82 £43.57
Median hourly rate £69.22 £70.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% +47.37% +2.86%
75th Percentile £76.00 £87.69 £68.75
90th Percentile £84.60 £95.36 £79.17
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +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 27 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 27 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 27 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 +2 429 £500 - 97
North West +3 274 £500 +5.26% 178
North East +9 90 £450 +5.88% 61
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 68 (8.71%) Apache Spark
2 41 (5.25%) Apache
3 37 (4.74%) Apache Airflow
4 34 (4.35%) Confluence
5 26 (3.33%) Jupyter
6 17 (2.18%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.77%) SAS
8 4 (0.51%) nginx
9 2 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.13%) Camunda
Applications
1 16 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.51%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.13%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 6 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
1 6 (0.77%) 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
1 292 (37.39%) AWS
2 251 (32.14%) Azure
3 162 (20.74%) GCP
4 125 (16.01%) GitHub
5 72 (9.22%) OpenShift
6 60 (7.68%) GitHub Actions
6 60 (7.68%) Power Platform
7 46 (5.89%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 43 (5.51%) Serverless
9 37 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
10 34 (4.35%) OCI
11 26 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
12 25 (3.20%) SaaS
13 23 (2.94%) Amazon S3
14 21 (2.69%) Azure Data Factory
14 21 (2.69%) dbt
15 18 (2.30%) Entra ID
16 16 (2.05%) Vertex AI
17 15 (1.92%) IaaS
17 15 (1.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 81 (10.37%) Firewall
2 57 (7.30%) DNS
3 46 (5.89%) BIG-IP
4 34 (4.35%) TCP/IP
5 33 (4.23%) WAN
6 29 (3.71%) BGP
7 28 (3.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 25 (3.20%) OSPF
9 21 (2.69%) SD-WAN
9 21 (2.69%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (2.56%) Ethernet VPN
10 20 (2.56%) Network Security
10 20 (2.56%) VXLAN
11 17 (2.18%) VPN
12 16 (2.05%) SAN
13 13 (1.66%) HTTP
13 13 (1.66%) NAS
14 12 (1.54%) DHCP
14 12 (1.54%) SSL
14 12 (1.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.53%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (6.15%) Power BI
3 31 (3.97%) SQL Server
4 25 (3.20%) Hadoop
5 23 (2.94%) NoSQL
6 21 (2.69%) Big Data
6 21 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (2.69%) Metadata
6 21 (2.69%) Tableau
7 19 (2.43%) BigQuery
7 19 (2.43%) MongoDB
8 16 (2.05%) Delta Lake
9 15 (1.92%) Data Lake
10 14 (1.79%) DynamoDB
11 11 (1.41%) Amazon Athena
11 11 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (1.15%) Neo4j
13 8 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 149 (19.08%) Jenkins
2 91 (11.65%) JIRA
3 82 (10.50%) GitLab
4 59 (7.55%) Git
5 19 (2.43%) Postman
6 17 (2.18%) Gatling
7 14 (1.79%) Maven
8 11 (1.41%) SonarQube
9 9 (1.15%) Selenium
10 8 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
11 7 (0.90%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.90%) JMeter
12 6 (0.77%) Artifactory
12 6 (0.77%) LoadRunner
13 5 (0.64%) Fiddler
13 5 (0.64%) Liquibase
13 5 (0.64%) NeoLoad
14 4 (0.51%) REST Assured
14 4 (0.51%) Zephyr
15 3 (0.38%) Flyway
General
1 161 (20.61%) Social Skills
2 129 (16.52%) Finance
3 104 (13.32%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (10.63%) Public Sector
5 59 (7.55%) Banking
6 18 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (1.79%) Legal
8 9 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.15%) Publishing
8 9 (1.15%) Retail
9 5 (0.64%) Manufacturing
9 5 (0.64%) Marketing
9 5 (0.64%) 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 (0.26%) Law
12 2 (0.26%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 121 (15.49%) Developer
2 111 (14.21%) Senior
3 84 (10.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 73 (9.35%) Python Developer
5 72 (9.22%) Data Engineer
6 58 (7.43%) Lead
7 52 (6.66%) Architect
8 45 (5.76%) Security Engineer
9 41 (5.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 35 (4.48%) Analyst
11 30 (3.84%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 29 (3.71%) Network Engineer
12 29 (3.71%) Platform Engineer
13 27 (3.46%) GCP Engineer
13 27 (3.46%) Python Engineer
14 26 (3.33%) Software Engineer
15 25 (3.20%) AWS Engineer
16 24 (3.07%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 21 (2.69%) Data Analyst
18 20 (2.56%) GCP DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (6.27%) Node.js
2 47 (6.02%) REST
3 44 (5.63%) OpenTelemetry
4 43 (5.51%) PySpark
5 39 (4.99%) JSON
6 38 (4.87%) React
7 35 (4.48%) Kafka
8 30 (3.84%) Playwright
9 25 (3.20%) YAML
10 21 (2.69%) FastAPI
11 20 (2.56%) Spring
12 19 (2.43%) LangChain
12 19 (2.43%) PyTorch
13 17 (2.18%) Spring Boot
14 15 (1.92%) RESTful
15 13 (1.66%) Pandas
16 12 (1.54%) LDAP
17 11 (1.41%) .NET
17 11 (1.41%) OpenID
17 11 (1.41%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 128 (16.39%) Cloud Native
2 59 (7.55%) Data Centre
3 41 (5.25%) Hybrid Cloud
4 37 (4.74%) Data Protection Act
5 29 (3.71%) Product Ownership
6 28 (3.59%) Distributed Systems
7 26 (3.33%) Security Posture
8 24 (3.07%) Management Information System
9 20 (2.56%) Replication
10 18 (2.30%) Public Cloud
11 16 (2.05%) Linux Command Line
12 15 (1.92%) Onboarding
13 14 (1.79%) AI Agents
13 14 (1.79%) NHS
14 13 (1.66%) Data Structures
14 13 (1.66%) PKI
15 12 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
16 8 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
17 7 (0.90%) Distributed Computing
17 7 (0.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 117 (14.98%) Linux
2 70 (8.96%) Windows
3 38 (4.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 30 (3.84%) Unix
5 18 (2.30%) Windows Server
6 13 (1.66%) Solaris
7 11 (1.41%) Ubuntu
8 9 (1.15%) VMS
9 5 (0.64%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.64%) CentOS
9 5 (0.64%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.38%) AIX
10 3 (0.38%) zOS
11 2 (0.26%) CoreOS
11 2 (0.26%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.13%) Check Point GAiA
12 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (50.19%) CI/CD
2 302 (38.67%) DevOps
3 199 (25.48%) Infrastructure as Code
4 190 (24.33%) Agile
5 137 (17.54%) Containerisation
6 129 (16.52%) Analytics
6 129 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
7 117 (14.98%) AI
8 114 (14.60%) Observability
9 101 (12.93%) Data Engineering
10 96 (12.29%) Data Pipeline
10 96 (12.29%) Test Automation
11 92 (11.78%) Migration
12 80 (10.24%) Machine Learning
13 74 (9.48%) Software Engineering
14 73 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
15 71 (9.09%) High Availability
16 67 (8.58%) Data Modelling
16 67 (8.58%) ETL
17 65 (8.32%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 160 (20.49%) SQL
2 137 (17.54%) Java
3 132 (16.90%) Bash
4 106 (13.57%) PowerShell
5 49 (6.27%) JavaScript
6 43 (5.51%) TypeScript
7 34 (4.35%) Go
8 25 (3.20%) Scala
9 20 (2.56%) Groovy
10 16 (2.05%) Bicep
10 16 (2.05%) C#
11 15 (1.92%) Shell Script
12 14 (1.79%) Rust
13 12 (1.54%) R
14 11 (1.41%) ActionScript
14 11 (1.41%) Perl
15 10 (1.28%) VBA
16 6 (0.77%) C++
16 6 (0.77%) Ruby
17 5 (0.64%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 143 (18.31%) Security Cleared
2 116 (14.85%) SC Cleared
3 50 (6.40%) Degree
4 34 (4.35%) AWS Certification
5 27 (3.46%) CISSP
6 24 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
7 23 (2.94%) Azure Certification
8 17 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (2.05%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (0.77%) CCNP
11 6 (0.77%) RHCE
11 6 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (0.64%) CCNA
12 5 (0.64%) CISM
13 4 (0.51%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.51%) OCP
13 4 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.53%) Data Quality
2 16 (2.05%) GDPR
3 12 (1.54%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.54%) HIPAA
3 12 (1.54%) QA
4 8 (1.02%) NIST
5 7 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (0.90%) WCAG
6 6 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.64%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.38%) HL7
8 3 (0.38%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.26%) SLA
10 1 (0.13%) GRC
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.13%) PMO
10 1 (0.13%) PSD2
10 1 (0.13%) Solvency II
System Software
1 148 (18.95%) Docker
2 34 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (3.97%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (3.20%) vSphere
5 22 (2.82%) VMware NSX
6 13 (1.66%) Active Directory
7 11 (1.41%) Firmware
7 11 (1.41%) Hyper-V
8 9 (1.15%) KVM
8 9 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.64%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 5 (0.64%) NFS
10 4 (0.51%) SRDF
11 3 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
13 1 (0.13%) Ceph
13 1 (0.13%) Snort
Systems Management
1 259 (33.16%) Terraform
2 199 (25.48%) Kubernetes
3 165 (21.13%) Ansible
4 61 (7.81%) Grafana
5 58 (7.43%) Prometheus
6 24 (3.07%) Argo
7 22 (2.82%) vCenter Server
8 15 (1.92%) Control-M
8 15 (1.92%) Istio
9 14 (1.79%) IBM Guardium
9 14 (1.79%) Nessus
10 13 (1.66%) Puppet
11 12 (1.54%) Progress Chef
12 9 (1.15%) HAProxy
13 8 (1.02%) NetBackup
14 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
15 6 (0.77%) PowerCLI
16 5 (0.64%) Tivoli Storage Manager
17 4 (0.51%) vRealize
18 3 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 84 (10.76%) Microsoft
2 81 (10.37%) Google
3 63 (8.07%) Databricks
4 62 (7.94%) Splunk
5 56 (7.17%) Red Hat
6 49 (6.27%) F5
7 48 (6.15%) VMware
8 30 (3.84%) Palo Alto
8 30 (3.84%) ServiceNow
9 25 (3.20%) Cisco
10 24 (3.07%) Arista
11 21 (2.69%) Aruba
11 21 (2.69%) IBM
12 20 (2.56%) Oracle
12 20 (2.56%) Pure Storage
13 19 (2.43%) Dynatrace
14 14 (1.79%) Tenable
15 12 (1.54%) Infoblox
15 12 (1.54%) Trend Micro
16 11 (1.41%) SAP