Python Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Python
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 13 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 -1
Contract jobs citing Python 21 18 19
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 8.57% 9.68% 12.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.75% 38.30% 38.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 14
10th Percentile £326 - £313
25th Percentile £488 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.90% +31.25% -21.95%
75th Percentile £644 £538 £475
90th Percentile £842 £560 £517
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £42.50 £16.12
Median % change year-on-year - +163.65% -
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £50.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +6.93% -15.83% -7.69%

All Programming Languages
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 48 47 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 19.59% 25.27% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 15 32
10th Percentile £309 £293 £201
25th Percentile £400 £434 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -3.95% +18.75% -20.00%
75th Percentile £611 £522 £500
90th Percentile £690 £560 £536
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £42.50 £16.12
Median % change year-on-year - +163.65% -
UK median hourly rate £64.50 £62.50 £60.50
% change year-on-year +3.20% +3.31% -3.20%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Python relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Python job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Python.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Northern Ireland

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Python.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Python

Python
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. 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
County Antrim -4 21 £588 +11.90% 30
Python
UK

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 3 (14.29%) Apache Spark
2 1 (4.76%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) AWS
2 2 (9.52%) Azure AKS
3 1 (4.76%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (4.76%) Amazon S3
3 1 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Firewall
1 2 (9.52%) HTTP
1 2 (9.52%) Internet
1 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) KDB
1 6 (28.57%) Kdb+
2 5 (23.81%) Impala
2 5 (23.81%) Tableau
3 4 (19.05%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (14.29%) Relational Database
5 2 (9.52%) DB2
5 2 (9.52%) MySQL
5 2 (9.52%) SQL Server
6 1 (4.76%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (4.76%) Apache Hive
6 1 (4.76%) Big Data
6 1 (4.76%) Data Lake
6 1 (4.76%) GIS
6 1 (4.76%) Hadoop
6 1 (4.76%) NoSQL
6 1 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (4.76%) Power BI
6 1 (4.76%) Spark SQL
6 1 (4.76%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) GitLab
2 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 10 (47.62%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Banking
2 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Financial Institution
4 3 (14.29%) Front Office
5 2 (9.52%) Investment Banking
5 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Analyst
1 8 (38.10%) Data Analyst
2 7 (33.33%) Developer
3 5 (23.81%) Senior
4 4 (19.05%) KDB Developer
5 3 (14.29%) Senior Developer
5 3 (14.29%) Senior Software Developer
5 3 (14.29%) Software Developer
6 2 (9.52%) Account Manager
6 2 (9.52%) AWS DevOps
6 2 (9.52%) Python Developer
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Data Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) SQL Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) SQL Data Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Tableau Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Technical Account Manager
6 2 (9.52%) Technical Manager
7 1 (4.76%) AWS Data Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) Pandas
2 2 (9.52%) React
3 1 (4.76%) .NET
3 1 (4.76%) AngularJS
3 1 (4.76%) Node.js
3 1 (4.76%) Polars
3 1 (4.76%) PySpark
3 1 (4.76%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Equities
2 2 (9.52%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
2 2 (9.52%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.76%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Linux
1 2 (9.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (28.57%) Data Analysis
3 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (19.05%) Analytics
4 4 (19.05%) Data Cleansing
4 4 (19.05%) Data Modelling
4 4 (19.05%) Visualisation
5 3 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 3 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
5 3 (14.29%) DevOps
5 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (9.52%) Application Security
6 2 (9.52%) Business Strategy
6 2 (9.52%) Cloud Security
6 2 (9.52%) Data Architecture
6 2 (9.52%) Data Pipeline
6 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (9.52%) People Management
6 2 (9.52%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 12 (57.14%) SQL
2 2 (9.52%) Perl
2 2 (9.52%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.76%) C#
3 1 (4.76%) Java
3 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) AWS Certification
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
1 1 (4.76%) ISEB
1 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
1 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
1 1 (4.76%) PMP
1 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (47.62%) Data Quality
2 3 (14.29%) QA
3 1 (4.76%) EMIR
3 1 (4.76%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
1 1 (4.76%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
1 2 (9.52%) Terraform
2 1 (4.76%) Argo
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Oracle
2 1 (4.76%) Fujitsu