Python Developer Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Python Developer
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Python Developer daily rate in Northern Ireland is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 31 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Python Developer 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.40% 0.52% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £625 £575 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% +4.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 202 178 146
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.12% 92.71% 91.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 86 82
10th Percentile £238 £151 £164
25th Percentile £325 £184 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +18.75% -19.15%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £525
90th Percentile £619 £639 £623
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 26 8
10th Percentile £12.31 - £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 £15.48 £11.09
Median hourly rate £15.50 £23.37 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -33.68% +73.63% +25.36%
75th Percentile £16.75 £24.18 £16.50
90th Percentile £25.15 £41.38 £18.23
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.39 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.74% -16.91% +57.89%

Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Python Developer job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Python Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Developer job vacancies in Northern Ireland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Developer job vacancies in Northern Ireland

Python Developer
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 Developer within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 3 November 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 -3 1 £600 +9.09% 1
Python Developer
UK

Python Developer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, Python Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northern Ireland region featuring Python Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Impala
1 1 (100.00%) KDB
1 1 (100.00%) Kdb+
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation

Python Developer Skill Set
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Impala
1 1 (100.00%) KDB
1 1 (100.00%) Kdb+
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality