Python Developer Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Python Developer
South East > Oxfordshire

As of 27 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Python Developer daily rate in Oxfordshire.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 16 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Python Developer 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.54% 0.99% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 1.10% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 -
South East median daily rate £550 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -1.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 163 91 171
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.11% 90.10% 92.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 48 126
10th Percentile £191 £246 £150
25th Percentile £263 £406 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.75% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £547 £638 £575
90th Percentile £600 £654 £655
South East median daily rate £500 £504 £500
% change year-on-year -0.79% +0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 6 11
10th Percentile £18.87 £17.58 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.37 £23.50 £25.13
Median hourly rate £25.08 £25.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.65% -1.94% +52.94%
75th Percentile £27.31 £42.25 £29.16
90th Percentile £87.64 £57.50 £32.32
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £54.78
% change year-on-year -40.82% -22.42% +46.80%

Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Python Developer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Python Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Python Developer job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Python Developer
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Oxford -5 1 - - 3
Python Developer
South East

Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 27 December 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Python Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon ECR
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon ELB
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon OpenSearch
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) Argo
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Django
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) FastAPI
1 1 (100.00%) Flask
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) NIST

Python Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon ECR
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon ELB
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon OpenSearch
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Django
1 1 (100.00%) FastAPI
1 1 (100.00%) Flask
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAPI
1 1 (100.00%) OpenID
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Swagger
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Argo
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform