Python Software Engineer Contracts in Reading

Python Software Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Python Software Engineer daily rate in Reading is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.51% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £575 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 559 1,110 984
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 93.28% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 632 658
10th Percentile £319 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £654
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 51 23
10th Percentile - £35.00 £45.50
25th Percentile - £52.90 £53.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.23% +150.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £74.66 £74.40
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.46 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.00 £56.89
% change year-on-year +7.41% +3.72% +170.88%

Python Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Python Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Python Software Engineer in Reading

Python Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python Software Engineer in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Python Software Engineer in Reading

Python Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Python Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Python Software Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) CQRS
1 3 (100.00%) Virgin Media
1 3 (100.00%) Databricks
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 3 (100.00%) Generative AI

Python Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) CQRS
1 3 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 3 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Databricks
1 3 (100.00%) Virgin Media