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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 23 20
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 +5
Contract jobs citing Python 50 88 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 9.16% 7.48% 8.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.45% 30.77% 34.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 65 70
10th Percentile £354 £331 £413
25th Percentile £450 £413 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £606
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -9.17% +15.33%
75th Percentile £594 £650 £675
90th Percentile £638 £675 £750
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
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 159 286 259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 29.12% 24.32% 24.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 203 200
10th Percentile £400 £330 £363
25th Percentile £475 £425 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £688 £716
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -9.05% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 6
10th Percentile - £54.13 £72.63
25th Percentile - £56.65 £76.24
Median hourly rate £77.19 £58.40 £79.19
Median % change year-on-year +32.19% -26.26% -
75th Percentile - £66.03 -
90th Percentile - £67.63 £80.28
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.75 £61.60 £70.00
% change year-on-year +3.48% -12.00% -3.45%

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 31 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 3 (6.00%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 24 (48.00%) Azure
2 14 (28.00%) AWS
3 10 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (14.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 7 (14.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (10.00%) Azure API Management
5 5 (10.00%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (8.00%) Serverless
7 3 (6.00%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (4.00%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (4.00%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (4.00%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (4.00%) Azure AKS
8 2 (4.00%) Azure Functions
8 2 (4.00%) Azure Machine Learning
8 2 (4.00%) Entra ID
8 2 (4.00%) GCP
8 2 (4.00%) WhatsApp
9 1 (2.00%) Power Automate
9 1 (2.00%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.00%) Firewall
2 7 (14.00%) BGP
2 7 (14.00%) TCP/IP
2 7 (14.00%) VLAN
3 6 (12.00%) Network Security
3 6 (12.00%) OSPF
3 6 (12.00%) VPN
4 1 (2.00%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (2.00%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (2.00%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (2.00%) Junos
4 1 (2.00%) LAN
4 1 (2.00%) MPLS
4 1 (2.00%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (4.00%) RDBMS
2 2 (4.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.00%) Big Data
3 1 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.00%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 12 (24.00%) Selenium
2 10 (20.00%) Git
3 4 (8.00%) JIRA
4 3 (6.00%) Jenkins
5 2 (4.00%) JMeter
5 2 (4.00%) JUnit
5 2 (4.00%) Mockito
6 1 (2.00%) Burp Suite
6 1 (2.00%) CMake
6 1 (2.00%) Metasploit
6 1 (2.00%) Robot Framework
General
1 14 (28.00%) Telecoms
2 12 (24.00%) Social Skills
3 10 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (14.00%) Public Sector
5 6 (12.00%) Finance
6 5 (10.00%) Electronics
6 5 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 5 (10.00%) Marketing
7 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (30.00%) Developer
2 8 (16.00%) Azure Developer
2 8 (16.00%) DevOps Engineer
3 7 (14.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 6 (12.00%) Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (8.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Python Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) AWS DevOps
6 3 (6.00%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) AWS Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Azure Software Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Gen AI Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Gen AI Software Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Python Developer
6 3 (6.00%) Python Software Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Senior
6 3 (6.00%) Software Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.00%) ADO
2 4 (8.00%) REST
3 3 (6.00%) HTML
4 2 (4.00%) ActiveMQ
4 2 (4.00%) Apache Camel
4 2 (4.00%) FastAPI
4 2 (4.00%) FHIR
4 2 (4.00%) Hibernate
4 2 (4.00%) jQuery
4 2 (4.00%) JSON
4 2 (4.00%) React
4 2 (4.00%) Spring
4 2 (4.00%) Spring Boot
4 2 (4.00%) Web Services
4 2 (4.00%) WireMock
4 2 (4.00%) XML
5 1 (2.00%) CNTK
5 1 (2.00%) Hugging Face
5 1 (2.00%) LangChain
5 1 (2.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (8.00%) Cloud Native
2 4 (8.00%) Product Ownership
3 3 (6.00%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (4.00%) CMDB
5 1 (2.00%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (2.00%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.00%) NHS
5 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.00%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (24.00%) Windows
2 7 (14.00%) Linux
3 1 (2.00%) Android
3 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (46.00%) DevOps
2 21 (42.00%) CI/CD
3 14 (28.00%) Test Automation
4 13 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (24.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 9 (18.00%) Agile
6 9 (18.00%) Security Operations
7 8 (16.00%) SIEM
8 6 (12.00%) Full-Stack Development
8 6 (12.00%) Proactive Monitoring
8 6 (12.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (12.00%) Security Monitoring
8 6 (12.00%) Software Engineering
9 5 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
9 5 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
9 5 (10.00%) High Availability
9 5 (10.00%) Programme Management
9 5 (10.00%) Scenario Testing
10 4 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 12 (24.00%) Java
2 11 (22.00%) Bash
3 10 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 7 (14.00%) SQL
5 6 (12.00%) JavaScript
6 2 (4.00%) Bicep
6 2 (4.00%) C#
6 2 (4.00%) C++
6 2 (4.00%) Shell Script
7 1 (2.00%) C
7 1 (2.00%) Ruby
7 1 (2.00%) Scala
7 1 (2.00%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (12.00%) CCNP
1 6 (12.00%) CCSA
1 6 (12.00%) CCSE
1 6 (12.00%) Check Point Certification
1 6 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (12.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.00%) AWS Certification
4 3 (6.00%) Degree
5 2 (4.00%) GCIH
5 2 (4.00%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.00%) CEH
6 1 (2.00%) CISSP
6 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.00%) ECSA
6 1 (2.00%) GCFA
6 1 (2.00%) GCIA
6 1 (2.00%) GPEN
6 1 (2.00%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.00%) QA
2 2 (4.00%) GDPR
3 1 (2.00%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.00%) HL7
3 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.00%) SLA
3 1 (2.00%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 5 (10.00%) Docker
2 3 (6.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.00%) vSphere
3 1 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (28.00%) Ansible
2 8 (16.00%) Kubernetes
3 4 (8.00%) Terraform
4 2 (4.00%) Kibana
4 2 (4.00%) Progress Chef
4 2 (4.00%) Puppet
5 1 (2.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (14.00%) Cisco
2 6 (12.00%) CheckPoint
2 6 (12.00%) Databricks
2 6 (12.00%) Palo Alto
3 5 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (10.00%) SAP
3 5 (10.00%) Virgin Media
4 4 (8.00%) Splunk
5 2 (4.00%) Dynatrace
5 2 (4.00%) OpenAI
5 2 (4.00%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.00%) Citrix
6 1 (2.00%) F5
6 1 (2.00%) IBM
6 1 (2.00%) Juniper
6 1 (2.00%) VMware