Senior Python Developer Contract Job Trends in Reading

Senior Python Developer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Senior Python Developer daily rate in Reading is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 - 83
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 4 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.57% - 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% - 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £400
Berkshire median daily rate £600 - £400
% change year-on-year - - -20.00%

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 658 974 966
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 90.02% 92.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 558 642
10th Percentile £325 £327 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £574 £515
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% +11.52% -2.00%
75th Percentile £609 £650 £615
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 10 15
10th Percentile £14.75 £47.61 £59.21
25th Percentile £15.39 £50.20 £60.93
Median hourly rate £73.50 £58.98 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +24.62% -6.81% +15.07%
75th Percentile £95.00 £68.45 £65.63
90th Percentile £97.25 £76.13 £67.23
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £58.38 £61.65
% change year-on-year -30.73% -5.30% +29.78%

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Python Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Senior Python Developer job vacancy trend in Reading

Senior Python Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in Reading

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Senior Python Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) CQRS
1 4 (100.00%) Databricks
1 4 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) FastAPI
1 4 (100.00%) GCP
1 4 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) RESTful
1 4 (100.00%) Virgin Media

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) GCP
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) FastAPI
1 4 (100.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) CQRS
1 4 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Databricks
1 4 (100.00%) Virgin Media