Python Contracts in Reading

Python
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 14 28 22
Rank change year-on-year +14 -6 +8
Contract jobs citing Python 58 70 89
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 9.72% 5.87% 8.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.15% 24.22% 32.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 49 71
10th Percentile £402 £372 £413
25th Percentile £475 £450 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile - £678 £763
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £75.25
Median hourly rate - £67.50 £75.50
Median % change year-on-year - -10.60% -
75th Percentile - - £75.75
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £67.50 £41.03
% change year-on-year - +64.53% -

All Programming Languages
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 165 289 275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 27.64% 24.24% 26.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 202 216
10th Percentile £406 £363 £369
25th Percentile £500 £425 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £670
90th Percentile £700 £688 £714
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 7
10th Percentile - £54.13 £63.00
25th Percentile - £56.65 £72.63
Median hourly rate £77.19 £59.22 £79.19
Median % change year-on-year +30.34% -25.22% -
75th Percentile - £66.03 -
90th Percentile - £67.63 £80.06
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.75 £61.60 £70.00
% change year-on-year +3.48% -12.00% -12.50%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Python in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

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

Daily rate histogram for Python in Reading

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Python in Reading

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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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.45%) Apache
1 2 (3.45%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 40 (68.97%) Azure
2 15 (25.86%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (22.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 13 (22.41%) Azure Data Factory
4 12 (20.69%) AWS
5 9 (15.52%) Serverless
6 8 (13.79%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (12.07%) Azure Functions
8 6 (10.34%) Azure API Management
8 6 (10.34%) Azure Service Bus
8 6 (10.34%) Entra ID
8 6 (10.34%) GCP
9 5 (8.62%) Azure Machine Learning
10 3 (5.17%) Azure AKS
11 2 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (3.45%) Power Automate
12 1 (1.72%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.24%) BGP
2 9 (15.52%) TCP/IP
2 9 (15.52%) VLAN
3 6 (10.34%) Firewall
3 6 (10.34%) MPLS
4 5 (8.62%) VPN
5 4 (6.90%) Network Security
5 4 (6.90%) OSPF
6 1 (1.72%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (1.72%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (1.72%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.72%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (1.72%) Junos
6 1 (1.72%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.07%) NoSQL
2 3 (5.17%) Big Data
3 2 (3.45%) Data Lake
3 2 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (3.45%) RDBMS
3 2 (3.45%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.72%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 20 (34.48%) Git
2 16 (27.59%) Selenium
3 5 (8.62%) Robot Framework
4 4 (6.90%) Jenkins
5 2 (3.45%) Burp Suite
5 2 (3.45%) GitLab
5 2 (3.45%) JIRA
5 2 (3.45%) JMeter
5 2 (3.45%) JUnit
5 2 (3.45%) Metasploit
5 2 (3.45%) Mockito
6 1 (1.72%) CMake
General
1 14 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
1 14 (24.14%) Telecoms
2 13 (22.41%) Social Skills
3 7 (12.07%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.62%) Electronics
4 5 (8.62%) Finance
4 5 (8.62%) Manufacturing
4 5 (8.62%) Marketing
5 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (39.66%) Developer
2 14 (24.14%) Azure Developer
3 12 (20.69%) Full-Stack Developer
4 8 (13.79%) Python Developer
5 7 (12.07%) Tester
6 5 (8.62%) Automation Tester
6 5 (8.62%) Azure Engineer
6 5 (8.62%) DevOps Engineer
6 5 (8.62%) Full-Stack Python Developer
6 5 (8.62%) React Developer
6 5 (8.62%) Telecoms Tester
7 4 (6.90%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
8 3 (5.17%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Azure Software Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) C# Developer
8 3 (5.17%) Hardware Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Python Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Python Software Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Senior
8 3 (5.17%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.79%) HTML
2 7 (12.07%) React
3 6 (10.34%) .NET
3 6 (10.34%) ADO
3 6 (10.34%) CSS
4 3 (5.17%) JSON
4 3 (5.17%) PyTorch
4 3 (5.17%) REST
4 3 (5.17%) TensorFlow
4 3 (5.17%) XML
5 2 (3.45%) ActiveMQ
5 2 (3.45%) Apache Camel
5 2 (3.45%) Hibernate
5 2 (3.45%) jQuery
5 2 (3.45%) scikit-learn
5 2 (3.45%) Spring
5 2 (3.45%) Spring Boot
5 2 (3.45%) Web Services
5 2 (3.45%) WireMock
6 1 (1.72%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.79%) Cloud Native
1 8 (13.79%) Product Ownership
2 6 (10.34%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (8.62%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.17%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (5.17%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.72%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.72%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.72%) IoT
5 1 (1.72%) NHS
5 1 (1.72%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (20.69%) Windows
2 5 (8.62%) Linux
3 1 (1.72%) Android
3 1 (1.72%) CentOS
3 1 (1.72%) Unix
3 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (43.10%) DevOps
2 22 (37.93%) CI/CD
3 19 (32.76%) Agile
4 18 (31.03%) Artificial Intelligence
5 17 (29.31%) Test Automation
6 14 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (22.41%) SDLC
8 12 (20.69%) Full-Stack Development
9 11 (18.97%) Unit Testing
10 9 (15.52%) Containerisation
10 9 (15.52%) LLM
10 9 (15.52%) Microservices
11 8 (13.79%) Continuous Integration
12 7 (12.07%) Integration Testing
12 7 (12.07%) Product Backlog
12 7 (12.07%) Root Cause Analysis
13 6 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
13 6 (10.34%) Machine Learning
13 6 (10.34%) Software Engineering
13 6 (10.34%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (24.14%) Java
2 11 (18.97%) PowerShell
2 11 (18.97%) SQL
3 9 (15.52%) Bash
3 9 (15.52%) C#
4 8 (13.79%) JavaScript
5 3 (5.17%) C++
6 2 (3.45%) C
6 2 (3.45%) R
6 2 (3.45%) Ruby
6 2 (3.45%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.72%) Bicep
7 1 (1.72%) Scala
7 1 (1.72%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (6.90%) CCNP
1 4 (6.90%) CCSA
1 4 (6.90%) CCSE
1 4 (6.90%) Check Point Certification
1 4 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (6.90%) Degree
2 3 (5.17%) Master's Degree
2 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.45%) GPEN
3 2 (3.45%) GWAPT
3 2 (3.45%) OSCE
3 2 (3.45%) OSCP
3 2 (3.45%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.72%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.72%) CFCE
4 1 (1.72%) CISSP
4 1 (1.72%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.72%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.17%) GDPR
2 2 (3.45%) HIPAA
2 2 (3.45%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.72%) QA
3 1 (1.72%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 11 (18.97%) Docker
2 8 (13.79%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (22.41%) Ansible
2 11 (18.97%) Kubernetes
3 3 (5.17%) Terraform
4 2 (3.45%) Kibana
4 2 (3.45%) Progress Chef
4 2 (3.45%) Puppet
5 1 (1.72%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 9 (15.52%) OpenAI
2 6 (10.34%) Cisco
2 6 (10.34%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.62%) Databricks
3 5 (8.62%) SAP
4 4 (6.90%) CheckPoint
4 4 (6.90%) Palo Alto
4 4 (6.90%) Virgin Media
5 3 (5.17%) Splunk
6 2 (3.45%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.72%) Citrix
7 1 (1.72%) F5
7 1 (1.72%) Juniper
7 1 (1.72%) VMware