Python Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Python
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 7 6
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +16
Contract jobs citing Python 183 131 70
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 18.08% 22.35% 17.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.41% 55.74% 50.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 89 49
10th Percentile £367 £357 £453
25th Percentile £425 £400 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £476 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.04% -11.44% -10.42%
75th Percentile £575 £537 £622
90th Percentile £669 £600 £660
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £476 £538
% change year-on-year +5.04% -11.44% -10.42%

All Programming Languages
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 363 235 138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 35.87% 40.10% 34.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 161 95
10th Percentile £362 £319 £385
25th Percentile £425 £384 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -11.24%
75th Percentile £569 £525 £597
90th Percentile £663 £600 £645
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -10.63%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Python job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Sheffield over the 6 months to 6 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Sheffield

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Python

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (7.10%) Apache Spark
2 7 (3.83%) Confluence
3 4 (2.19%) Apache
3 4 (2.19%) SAS
4 3 (1.64%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.09%) nginx
6 1 (0.55%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 7 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.55%) Zemax
Cloud Services
1 60 (32.79%) GCP
2 48 (26.23%) Azure
3 33 (18.03%) AWS
4 24 (13.11%) GitHub
5 16 (8.74%) Power Platform
6 13 (7.10%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (7.10%) OpenShift
7 10 (5.46%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 8 (4.37%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (3.83%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (3.83%) Datadog
10 6 (3.28%) OCI
10 6 (3.28%) Slack
11 5 (2.73%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (2.19%) Azure Databricks
12 4 (2.19%) Entra ID
12 4 (2.19%) Serverless
13 3 (1.64%) Azure Storage
13 3 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 3 (1.64%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 18 (9.84%) DNS
2 11 (6.01%) Network Security
3 8 (4.37%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.83%) BIG-IP
4 7 (3.83%) DHCP
4 7 (3.83%) Firewall
5 4 (2.19%) SAN
6 3 (1.64%) HTTP
6 3 (1.64%) NAS
7 2 (1.09%) Internet
7 2 (1.09%) VPN
7 2 (1.09%) VSAN
7 2 (1.09%) WAN
8 1 (0.55%) Calico
8 1 (0.55%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.55%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.55%) DMZ
8 1 (0.55%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.55%) Modbus
8 1 (0.55%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.74%) Power BI
2 14 (7.65%) Metadata
3 11 (6.01%) Big Data
4 8 (4.37%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (3.83%) Neo4j
5 7 (3.83%) Tableau
6 6 (3.28%) BigQuery
6 6 (3.28%) Data Lake
6 6 (3.28%) NoSQL
6 6 (3.28%) SQL Server
7 5 (2.73%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.19%) Hadoop
9 3 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.64%) Spark SQL
10 2 (1.09%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.09%) Parquet
11 1 (0.55%) InfluxDB
11 1 (0.55%) Qlik Sense
11 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (22.95%) Jenkins
2 34 (18.58%) JIRA
3 17 (9.29%) Git
4 9 (4.92%) Maven
4 9 (4.92%) SonarQube
5 8 (4.37%) Sonatype Nexus
6 7 (3.83%) GitLab
6 7 (3.83%) Zephyr
7 6 (3.28%) Gatling
7 6 (3.28%) JMeter
7 6 (3.28%) NeoLoad
8 4 (2.19%) LoadRunner
8 4 (2.19%) MSBuild
8 4 (2.19%) Postman
8 4 (2.19%) Visual Studio
9 2 (1.09%) Selenium
10 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.55%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.55%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.55%) TruffleHog
General
1 55 (30.05%) Finance
2 45 (24.59%) Social Skills
3 37 (20.22%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (14.75%) Banking
5 6 (3.28%) Publishing
6 5 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.19%) Law
8 3 (1.64%) Corporate Banking
8 3 (1.64%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.64%) Marketing
9 2 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.55%) Advertising
10 1 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.55%) Legal
10 1 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.55%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.55%) Retail
10 1 (0.55%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (14.75%) Lead
2 23 (12.57%) DevOps Engineer
3 22 (12.02%) Developer
4 21 (11.48%) Python Developer
5 17 (9.29%) Analyst
6 14 (7.65%) Python Engineer
7 13 (7.10%) Data Analyst
8 11 (6.01%) Architect
9 10 (5.46%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 8 (4.37%) Data Engineer
10 8 (4.37%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (4.37%) Senior
11 7 (3.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 7 (3.83%) GCP Engineer
11 7 (3.83%) Security Engineer
12 6 (3.28%) Cloud Engineer
12 6 (3.28%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 6 (3.28%) Test Leader
13 5 (2.73%) Automation Engineer
13 5 (2.73%) DevSecOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (28.42%) Terraform
2 21 (11.48%) Node.js
2 21 (11.48%) REST
3 16 (8.74%) JSON
4 13 (7.10%) OpenTelemetry
5 10 (5.46%) FastAPI
5 10 (5.46%) Kafka
6 9 (4.92%) YAML
7 8 (4.37%) pytest
7 8 (4.37%) React
8 6 (3.28%) LDAP
8 6 (3.28%) OpenID
8 6 (3.28%) PySpark
8 6 (3.28%) RabbitMQ
8 6 (3.28%) SLSA
9 5 (2.73%) .NET
10 3 (1.64%) Jakarta EE
10 3 (1.64%) OAuth
10 3 (1.64%) OAuth2
10 3 (1.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 39 (21.31%) Cloud Native
2 19 (10.38%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (5.46%) Linux Command Line
4 9 (4.92%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.83%) AI Agents
5 7 (3.83%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.28%) Blog
6 6 (3.28%) PKI
6 6 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.73%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.73%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.73%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.19%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.19%) Replication
9 3 (1.64%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.64%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.64%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.64%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (1.64%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 32 (17.49%) Linux
2 10 (5.46%) Windows
3 8 (4.37%) Unix
4 6 (3.28%) VMS
5 5 (2.73%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.64%) zOS
8 2 (1.09%) CoreOS
8 2 (1.09%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.55%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (49.73%) CI/CD
2 81 (44.26%) DevOps
3 55 (30.05%) Observability
4 43 (23.50%) Agile
4 43 (23.50%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (19.13%) AI
5 35 (19.13%) Infrastructure as Code
6 31 (16.94%) Analytics
7 29 (15.85%) Containerisation
8 28 (15.30%) DevSecOps
9 27 (14.75%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (14.75%) Platform Engineering
9 27 (14.75%) Stakeholder Management
10 26 (14.21%) Data Engineering
10 26 (14.21%) Software Engineering
11 25 (13.66%) Identity Access Management
12 23 (12.57%) Validation
13 21 (11.48%) RBAC
14 20 (10.93%) Data Protection
14 20 (10.93%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 42 (22.95%) Java
2 37 (20.22%) SQL
3 36 (19.67%) Bash
4 25 (13.66%) PowerShell
5 22 (12.02%) Go
6 8 (4.37%) Groovy
6 8 (4.37%) JavaScript
6 8 (4.37%) R
7 7 (3.83%) C#
7 7 (3.83%) Rust
8 6 (3.28%) VBA
9 5 (2.73%) Shell Script
10 4 (2.19%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (2.19%) Scala
11 3 (1.64%) Cypher
11 3 (1.64%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.09%) Bicep
12 2 (1.09%) JCL
12 2 (1.09%) Perl
12 2 (1.09%) REXX
Qualifications
1 5 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (2.73%) Degree
2 4 (2.19%) CISSP
3 3 (1.64%) Azure Certification
3 3 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (1.64%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (1.09%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.09%) CCSP
4 2 (1.09%) CISM
4 2 (1.09%) GIAC
4 2 (1.09%) NCDA
4 2 (1.09%) NCIE
4 2 (1.09%) OCP
4 2 (1.09%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (1.09%) RHCA
4 2 (1.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.55%) CCNP
5 1 (0.55%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.83%) NIST
2 6 (3.28%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.28%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.09%) QA
4 1 (0.55%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.55%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.55%) SLA
4 1 (0.55%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (13.11%) Docker
2 10 (5.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.28%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.28%) vSphere
4 4 (2.19%) NFS
4 4 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.19%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.09%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (1.09%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.09%) SRDF
5 2 (1.09%) Time Sharing Option
5 2 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.55%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.55%) Ceph
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 63 (34.43%) Kubernetes
2 50 (27.32%) Ansible
3 29 (15.85%) Grafana
4 22 (12.02%) Prometheus
5 12 (6.56%) Argo
6 8 (4.37%) Control-M
7 7 (3.83%) IBM Guardium
7 7 (3.83%) Nessus
8 6 (3.28%) vCenter Server
9 5 (2.73%) Kustomize
10 3 (1.64%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (1.64%) NetBackup
11 2 (1.09%) EMC VPLEX
11 2 (1.09%) Progress Chef
11 2 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (1.09%) SnapMirror
11 2 (1.09%) SnapVault
11 2 (1.09%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 1 (0.55%) Puppet
12 1 (0.55%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 26 (14.21%) Google
1 26 (14.21%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.74%) Splunk
3 14 (7.65%) Databricks
4 11 (6.01%) Red Hat
5 10 (5.46%) VMware
6 8 (4.37%) ServiceNow
7 7 (3.83%) AppDynamics
7 7 (3.83%) Cisco
7 7 (3.83%) F5
7 7 (3.83%) Infoblox
7 7 (3.83%) Pure Storage
7 7 (3.83%) Tenable
8 6 (3.28%) Oracle
8 6 (3.28%) Sonatype
9 5 (2.73%) Brocade
9 5 (2.73%) Dell
10 4 (2.19%) EMC
11 3 (1.64%) IBM
11 3 (1.64%) NetApp