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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 13 20
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 +11
Contract jobs citing Python 751 457 301
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 9.82% 11.27% 7.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.42% 38.50% 28.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 317 191
10th Percentile £364 £324 £356
25th Percentile £413 £400 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £505
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.94% -8.18%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £586
90th Percentile £653 £612 £675
England median daily rate £550 £527 £588
% change year-on-year +4.41% -10.34% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 5
10th Percentile - £37.19 -
25th Percentile £28.50 £38.97 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £41.94 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +31.14% -9.18% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £54.60 -
90th Percentile £74.53 £62.19 £70.97
England median hourly rate £63.48 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +26.96% -28.57% +7.69%

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 1,187 1,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 24.91% 29.27% 25.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,211 842 686
10th Percentile £350 £315 £330
25th Percentile £413 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £453 £488
Median % change year-on-year +8.17% -7.08% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £573
90th Percentile £650 £634 £628
England median daily rate £525 £515 £543
% change year-on-year +1.94% -5.16% -1.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 13 29
10th Percentile £28.50 £31.20 £35.93
25th Percentile £51.25 £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 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £93.20 £80.84
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -2 379 £500 - 392
North West +1 293 £525 +18.64% 654
North East -2 88 £425 -10.53% 225
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 54 (7.19%) Apache Spark
2 47 (6.26%) Apache
3 42 (5.59%) Apache Airflow
4 28 (3.73%) Jupyter
5 17 (2.26%) Confluence
6 12 (1.60%) SAS
7 11 (1.46%) SharePoint
8 6 (0.80%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.53%) 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%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.13%) Traefik
Applications
1 14 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.33%) 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 5 (0.67%) 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
1 321 (42.74%) AWS
2 263 (35.02%) Azure
3 175 (23.30%) GCP
4 116 (15.45%) GitHub
5 63 (8.39%) GitHub Actions
6 55 (7.32%) Power Platform
6 55 (7.32%) Serverless
7 42 (5.59%) Azure DevOps
8 39 (5.19%) Amazon S3
8 39 (5.19%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 35 (4.66%) AWS Lambda
9 35 (4.66%) OCI
10 28 (3.73%) AWS CloudFormation
10 28 (3.73%) SaaS
11 26 (3.46%) Entra ID
12 25 (3.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 22 (2.93%) dbt
14 20 (2.66%) OpenShift
15 19 (2.53%) IaaS
16 18 (2.40%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 95 (12.65%) Firewall
2 55 (7.32%) Network Security
3 43 (5.73%) BIG-IP
4 42 (5.59%) WAN
5 40 (5.33%) DNS
6 36 (4.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 35 (4.66%) SD-WAN
8 33 (4.39%) BGP
9 30 (3.99%) OSPF
10 23 (3.06%) TCP/IP
11 22 (2.93%) Ethernet VPN
12 21 (2.80%) VXLAN
13 18 (2.40%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 18 (2.40%) VPN
13 18 (2.40%) Wireless
14 16 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
15 13 (1.73%) WLAN
16 10 (1.33%) SSL
17 8 (1.07%) VLAN
18 6 (0.80%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.79%) Power BI
2 39 (5.19%) Metadata
3 33 (4.39%) BigQuery
4 28 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (3.60%) SQL Server
6 23 (3.06%) Big Data
6 23 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (2.53%) Tableau
8 18 (2.40%) Data Lake
8 18 (2.40%) DynamoDB
9 16 (2.13%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.86%) Amazon Athena
10 14 (1.86%) Amazon Redshift
11 12 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (1.46%) MongoDB
13 10 (1.33%) Delta Lake
14 9 (1.20%) Neo4j
15 8 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 7 (0.93%) Looker
16 7 (0.93%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 108 (14.38%) Jenkins
2 87 (11.58%) GitLab
3 77 (10.25%) Git
4 69 (9.19%) JIRA
5 16 (2.13%) Gatling
5 16 (2.13%) Postman
6 15 (2.00%) JMeter
7 14 (1.86%) Cucumber
7 14 (1.86%) Selenium
7 14 (1.86%) Sonatype Nexus
8 13 (1.73%) Maven
9 12 (1.60%) Claude Code
9 12 (1.60%) LoadRunner
10 11 (1.46%) SonarQube
11 9 (1.20%) REST Assured
12 7 (0.93%) Zephyr
13 6 (0.80%) NeoLoad
13 6 (0.80%) SoapUI
14 4 (0.53%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 169 (22.50%) Social Skills
2 160 (21.30%) Finance
3 113 (15.05%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (12.52%) Public Sector
5 66 (8.79%) Banking
6 13 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (1.60%) Legal
8 10 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (1.33%) Publishing
8 10 (1.33%) Retail
9 8 (1.07%) Games
9 8 (1.07%) Military
10 6 (0.80%) Law
11 5 (0.67%) Marketing
12 4 (0.53%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.53%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.40%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.40%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 131 (17.44%) Senior
2 105 (13.98%) Developer
3 88 (11.72%) DevOps Engineer
4 80 (10.65%) Data Engineer
5 69 (9.19%) Python Developer
6 59 (7.86%) Lead
7 42 (5.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 42 (5.59%) Security Engineer
8 38 (5.06%) Network Engineer
9 36 (4.79%) Cloud Engineer
10 35 (4.66%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 34 (4.53%) Python Engineer
12 28 (3.73%) Software Engineer
13 26 (3.46%) Analyst
13 26 (3.46%) AWS Engineer
14 23 (3.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 22 (2.93%) Architect
16 19 (2.53%) Data Analyst
16 19 (2.53%) Test Engineer
17 17 (2.26%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 266 (35.42%) Terraform
2 56 (7.46%) REST
3 43 (5.73%) PySpark
4 40 (5.33%) Node.js
5 39 (5.19%) Kafka
6 32 (4.26%) React
7 27 (3.60%) JSON
8 19 (2.53%) LangChain
8 19 (2.53%) OpenID
8 19 (2.53%) pytest
9 18 (2.40%) OAuth
10 17 (2.26%) Flask
11 16 (2.13%) Django
11 16 (2.13%) HTML
12 15 (2.00%) CSS
12 15 (2.00%) OAuth2
12 15 (2.00%) Playwright
12 15 (2.00%) YAML
13 13 (1.73%) FastAPI
14 12 (1.60%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 142 (18.91%) Cloud Native
2 54 (7.19%) Data Centre
3 35 (4.66%) Distributed Systems
4 31 (4.13%) Data Protection Act
4 31 (4.13%) Public Cloud
5 29 (3.86%) Onboarding
6 28 (3.73%) Security Posture
7 25 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
8 24 (3.20%) AI Agents
9 23 (3.06%) Management Information System
10 22 (2.93%) PKI
11 20 (2.66%) Product Ownership
12 19 (2.53%) Data Structures
13 17 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (2.00%) Linux Command Line
14 15 (2.00%) NHS
15 14 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
16 11 (1.46%) Cloud Security Posture
16 11 (1.46%) Replication
16 11 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 112 (14.91%) Linux
2 60 (7.99%) Windows
3 47 (6.26%) Unix
4 31 (4.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (2.13%) Solaris
5 16 (2.13%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.93%) VMS
7 5 (0.67%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.53%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.53%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.40%) CentOS
9 3 (0.40%) zOS
10 2 (0.27%) AIX
10 2 (0.27%) CoreOS
10 2 (0.27%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.13%) Check Point GAiA
11 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (52.86%) CI/CD
2 274 (36.48%) DevOps
3 248 (33.02%) Infrastructure as Code
4 194 (25.83%) Agile
5 155 (20.64%) AI
5 155 (20.64%) Observability
6 135 (17.98%) Analytics
7 119 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
8 118 (15.71%) Containerisation
8 118 (15.71%) Data Engineering
9 115 (15.31%) Data Pipeline
10 93 (12.38%) Software Engineering
10 93 (12.38%) Test Automation
11 91 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
12 82 (10.92%) Cloud Security
13 80 (10.65%) Machine Learning
13 80 (10.65%) Stakeholder Management
13 80 (10.65%) Validation
14 78 (10.39%) Data Modelling
15 75 (9.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 190 (25.30%) SQL
2 134 (17.84%) PowerShell
3 132 (17.58%) Java
4 130 (17.31%) Bash
5 45 (5.99%) JavaScript
6 39 (5.19%) Go
7 29 (3.86%) TypeScript
8 25 (3.33%) Bicep
9 18 (2.40%) C#
10 17 (2.26%) Scala
11 16 (2.13%) ActionScript
12 14 (1.86%) Shell Script
13 12 (1.60%) Groovy
14 11 (1.46%) Search Processing Language
15 10 (1.33%) Rust
16 9 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
17 8 (1.07%) R
18 5 (0.67%) Perl
18 5 (0.67%) T-SQL
18 5 (0.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 163 (21.70%) Security Cleared
2 149 (19.84%) SC Cleared
3 60 (7.99%) Degree
4 37 (4.93%) AWS Certification
5 34 (4.53%) CISSP
6 31 (4.13%) Azure Certification
7 25 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.46%) CCNP
10 11 (1.46%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.93%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.80%) CCIE
13 6 (0.80%) GCIH
14 5 (0.67%) GCFA
15 4 (0.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 4 (0.53%) GIAC
16 3 (0.40%) CCSP
16 3 (0.40%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (10.92%) Data Quality
2 24 (3.20%) QA
3 16 (2.13%) GDPR
4 15 (2.00%) PCI DSS
5 14 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.86%) NIST
6 10 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (1.20%) HIPAA
8 7 (0.93%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.67%) HL7
9 5 (0.67%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.53%) SLA
11 3 (0.40%) NCSC
12 2 (0.27%) WCAG
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
System Software
1 143 (19.04%) Docker
2 23 (3.06%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.67%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.53%) NFS
6 4 (0.53%) vSphere
7 3 (0.40%) Firmware
7 3 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.27%) SRDF
8 2 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
8 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.13%) Ceph
9 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 176 (23.44%) Kubernetes
2 124 (16.51%) Ansible
3 50 (6.66%) Grafana
4 43 (5.73%) Prometheus
5 31 (4.13%) Progress Chef
6 11 (1.46%) Argo
6 11 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.07%) Control-M
8 7 (0.93%) IBM Guardium
8 7 (0.93%) Nessus
9 6 (0.80%) HAProxy
10 5 (0.67%) CASB
10 5 (0.67%) Kustomize
10 5 (0.67%) Packer
11 4 (0.53%) Istio
11 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.53%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 4 (0.53%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.40%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.40%) Kibana
Vendors
1 105 (13.98%) Microsoft
2 83 (11.05%) Google
3 64 (8.52%) Databricks
4 48 (6.39%) Splunk
5 44 (5.86%) F5
6 35 (4.66%) Palo Alto
7 31 (4.13%) ServiceNow
8 26 (3.46%) Arista
9 25 (3.33%) Cisco
9 25 (3.33%) Dynatrace
9 25 (3.33%) IBM
10 24 (3.20%) Aruba
10 24 (3.20%) Oracle
11 23 (3.06%) Red Hat
12 16 (2.13%) VMware
13 14 (1.86%) SAP
14 13 (1.73%) Trend Micro
15 11 (1.46%) OpenAI
16 10 (1.33%) Fortinet
17 9 (1.20%) Okta