Python Contract Job Trends in Peterborough

Python
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Peterborough requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Python 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Peterborough 4.00% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 75.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £425 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -15.00% -2.44% +7.89%

All Programming Languages
Peterborough

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 Peterborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4 13 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Peterborough 5.33% 11.21% 4.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £258 £311
25th Percentile £413 £325 £327
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £356
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +26.32% -16.18%
75th Percentile £438 £575 £389
90th Percentile - £643 £407
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £425 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -12.82% +2.63% +4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
10th Percentile - £25.87 -
25th Percentile - £29.83 £46.25
Median hourly rate - £37.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - -21.05% +54.47%
75th Percentile - £43.75 £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £30.82 £37.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -17.83% -31.82% +4.76%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

Python job vacancy trend in Peterborough

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Peterborough

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing Python.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing Python

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in Peterborough

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing Python.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing Python

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough 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 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (33.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) DBA
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Operations Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
1 1 (33.33%) SQL DBA
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Database Security
3 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Bash
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) VMware