Python Contracts in Oxfordshire

Python
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Python skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Python over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 19 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -11 +9
Contract jobs citing Python 6 8 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 5.66% 3.52% 10.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.29% 21.62% 36.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 17
10th Percentile £353 - £430
25th Percentile £358 £550 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -31.74% +15.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £472 £600 £540
90th Percentile £534 - £575
South East median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
South East median hourly rate £56.25 £65.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year -13.46% +49.43% +19.18%

All Programming Languages
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 17 37 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 16.04% 16.30% 29.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 23 35
10th Percentile £318 £328 £279
25th Percentile £360 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £550
90th Percentile £515 £588 £588
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 5
10th Percentile - £53.75 £28.57
25th Percentile £20.85 - -
Median hourly rate £21.90 £65.00 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year -66.31% +101.24% -
75th Percentile £22.95 - £53.75
90th Percentile - - £54.50
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £60.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -5.42% +9.09% +26.03%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Python in Oxfordshire

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in Oxfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Python in Oxfordshire

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Oxfordshire

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python in Oxfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Python in Oxfordshire

Python
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 within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 -3 3 £360 -37.39% 77
Python
South East

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) CATIA
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) GCP
2 2 (33.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 1 (16.67%) Big Data
2 1 (16.67%) Metadata
2 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
2 1 (16.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (16.67%) VectorCAST
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Data Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Snowflake Data Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Snowflake Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) CAD Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Data Quality Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Python Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Python Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Quality Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Django
1 1 (16.67%) FastAPI
1 1 (16.67%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Data Fabric
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Data Management
2 3 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Deployment
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Data Security
3 2 (33.33%) ETL
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (33.33%) Product Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) RBAC
3 2 (33.33%) Requirements Management
4 1 (16.67%) Data Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Data Privacy
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Bash
3 1 (16.67%) C
3 1 (16.67%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) MATLAB
3 1 (16.67%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) GDPR
2 2 (33.33%) HIPAA
3 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
3 1 (16.67%) DO-178B
3 1 (16.67%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Talend