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 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 5 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 +6
Contract jobs citing Python 246 60 45
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 26.09% 20.00% 12.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 67.21% 56.07% 39.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 43 20
10th Percentile £367 £353 £411
25th Percentile £424 £394 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £448
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.73% -31.15%
75th Percentile £530 £623 £535
90th Percentile £571 £650 £638
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £545 £430
% change year-on-year -12.84% +26.74% -33.85%

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 366 107 114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 38.81% 35.67% 32.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 77 68
10th Percentile £366 £359 £404
25th Percentile £425 £414 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £510 £445
Median % change year-on-year -3.92% +14.60% -25.05%
75th Percentile £538 £610 £539
90th Percentile £613 £650 £588
South Yorkshire median daily rate £498 £525 £433
% change year-on-year -5.24% +21.39% -24.78%

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 28 March 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 18 (7.32%) Confluence
2 11 (4.47%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.63%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.22%) SAS
5 1 (0.41%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.63%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.81%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 59 (23.98%) OpenShift
2 58 (23.58%) GCP
3 49 (19.92%) AWS
4 47 (19.11%) GitHub
5 29 (11.79%) Azure
6 19 (7.72%) Serverless
7 12 (4.88%) Power Platform
8 10 (4.07%) AWS KMS
9 9 (3.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 8 (3.25%) CloudBees
11 6 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.44%) Entra ID
12 5 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (2.03%) OCI
12 5 (2.03%) SaaS
13 4 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.63%) Cohesity
14 3 (1.22%) Azure Functions
14 3 (1.22%) Cloud Run
14 3 (1.22%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.13%) DNS
2 9 (3.66%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.85%) SAN
4 6 (2.44%) Firewall
5 4 (1.63%) iSCSI
5 4 (1.63%) NAS
5 4 (1.63%) Network Security
6 3 (1.22%) BIG-IP
6 3 (1.22%) Internet
6 3 (1.22%) VPN
7 2 (0.81%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.81%) DHCP
7 2 (0.81%) DWDM
7 2 (0.81%) LAN
7 2 (0.81%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.81%) WAN
8 1 (0.41%) BGP
8 1 (0.41%) HTTP
8 1 (0.41%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (15.85%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (12.60%) NoSQL
3 16 (6.50%) MySQL
4 12 (4.88%) Power BI
5 11 (4.47%) Hadoop
5 11 (4.47%) MongoDB
6 9 (3.66%) Metadata
7 8 (3.25%) Power Query
7 8 (3.25%) PowerPivot
8 7 (2.85%) SQL Server
9 5 (2.03%) Oracle Database
9 5 (2.03%) RDBMS
9 5 (2.03%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.63%) Neo4j
11 2 (0.81%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.81%) Tableau
12 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.41%) Big Data
12 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 95 (38.62%) Jenkins
2 47 (19.11%) JIRA
3 45 (18.29%) GitLab
4 17 (6.91%) Postman
5 14 (5.69%) Liquibase
6 12 (4.88%) Git
7 8 (3.25%) Selenium
8 6 (2.44%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.44%) Maven
8 6 (2.44%) REST Assured
8 6 (2.44%) SonarQube
8 6 (2.44%) TestRail
9 5 (2.03%) JMeter
9 5 (2.03%) PyCharm
10 4 (1.63%) Gatling
10 4 (1.63%) LoadRunner
10 4 (1.63%) NeoLoad
11 3 (1.22%) CircleCI
11 3 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.41%) Travis CI
General
1 81 (32.93%) Social Skills
2 64 (26.02%) Finance
3 48 (19.51%) Banking
4 44 (17.89%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.69%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (4.47%) Financial Institution
7 10 (4.07%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.03%) Publishing
9 3 (1.22%) Advertising
9 3 (1.22%) Legal
9 3 (1.22%) Marketing
10 2 (0.81%) Law
11 1 (0.41%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.41%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 40 (16.26%) Lead
2 36 (14.63%) Developer
3 28 (11.38%) DevOps Engineer
4 27 (10.98%) Python Developer
5 20 (8.13%) Architect
5 20 (8.13%) GCP Engineer
6 19 (7.72%) Data Engineer
7 16 (6.50%) Analyst
7 16 (6.50%) Cloud Engineer
8 15 (6.10%) Senior
9 12 (4.88%) Automation Engineer
10 10 (4.07%) Python Engineer
11 9 (3.66%) Automation Test Lead
11 9 (3.66%) GCP DevOps
11 9 (3.66%) GCP DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.66%) Software Engineer
12 8 (3.25%) AWS Engineer
12 8 (3.25%) Data Analyst
12 8 (3.25%) Strategy Analyst
12 8 (3.25%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (15.45%) OpenTelemetry
2 36 (14.63%) REST
3 29 (11.79%) YAML
4 24 (9.76%) Elastic Stack
5 21 (8.54%) RESTful
6 17 (6.91%) FastAPI
7 16 (6.50%) JSON
8 13 (5.28%) Node.js
9 12 (4.88%) OpenID
10 10 (4.07%) LDAP
11 9 (3.66%) Kafka
11 9 (3.66%) Playwright
11 9 (3.66%) SailPoint
12 8 (3.25%) Apache Avro
12 8 (3.25%) Protocol Buffers
13 6 (2.44%) .NET
13 6 (2.44%) SLSA
13 6 (2.44%) TensorFlow
14 5 (2.03%) NumPy
14 5 (2.03%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 37 (15.04%) Cloud Native
2 26 (10.57%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (8.54%) Hybrid Cloud
4 20 (8.13%) Public Cloud
5 17 (6.91%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (4.07%) Data Centre
7 9 (3.66%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.44%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.63%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.63%) Credit Risk
9 4 (1.63%) EMC VMAX
10 3 (1.22%) Clustering
10 3 (1.22%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (1.22%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.22%) Online Banking
10 3 (1.22%) PKI
10 3 (1.22%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.81%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.81%) Replication
11 2 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 58 (23.58%) Linux
2 15 (6.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 15 (6.10%) Windows
3 8 (3.25%) CentOS
3 8 (3.25%) Ubuntu
4 7 (2.85%) Unix
5 2 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (61.38%) CI/CD
2 137 (55.69%) DevOps
3 78 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (31.30%) Containerisation
5 58 (23.58%) Agile
6 57 (23.17%) Infrastructure as Code
7 50 (20.33%) Test Automation
8 46 (18.70%) RBAC
9 40 (16.26%) Migration
10 35 (14.23%) Observability
11 33 (13.41%) Analytics
12 32 (13.01%) Root Cause Analysis
13 31 (12.60%) High Availability
13 31 (12.60%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (12.20%) Data Protection
15 29 (11.79%) Cybersecurity
16 27 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
17 26 (10.57%) Technical Leadership
18 24 (9.76%) Continuous Integration
18 24 (9.76%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 52 (21.14%) Bash
2 39 (15.85%) SQL
3 34 (13.82%) Java
4 30 (12.20%) Go
5 12 (4.88%) PowerShell
6 11 (4.47%) VBA
7 10 (4.07%) Groovy
7 10 (4.07%) JavaScript
7 10 (4.07%) Scala
7 10 (4.07%) Shell Script
7 10 (4.07%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.66%) Ruby
9 8 (3.25%) Perl
10 6 (2.44%) PHP
11 4 (1.63%) Cypher
12 3 (1.22%) Bicep
13 2 (0.81%) R
14 1 (0.41%) ActionScript
14 1 (0.41%) C
14 1 (0.41%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 25 (10.16%) Degree
2 20 (8.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (6.50%) Master's Degree
4 10 (4.07%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.25%) RHCE
6 5 (2.03%) CISM
6 5 (2.03%) CISSP
7 4 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.22%) OCP
8 3 (1.22%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.81%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.81%) CCNA
9 2 (0.81%) CCNP
9 2 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.81%) JNCIA
9 2 (0.81%) JNCIS
9 2 (0.81%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.47%) QA
2 4 (1.63%) PMO
3 3 (1.22%) SLA
4 2 (0.81%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.81%) SOC 2
System Software
1 43 (17.48%) Docker
2 19 (7.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (7.72%) vSphere
3 14 (5.69%) VMware NSX
4 10 (4.07%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.44%) KVM
6 4 (1.63%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 4 (1.63%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.63%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.81%) SRDF
8 1 (0.41%) NFS
Systems Management
1 115 (46.75%) Ansible
2 96 (39.02%) Kubernetes
3 80 (32.52%) Terraform
4 59 (23.98%) Grafana
5 52 (21.14%) Prometheus
6 22 (8.94%) Puppet
7 18 (7.32%) vCenter Server
8 15 (6.10%) Argo
9 12 (4.88%) Control-M
9 12 (4.88%) IBM Guardium
9 12 (4.88%) Nessus
9 12 (4.88%) NetBackup
10 4 (1.63%) PowerCLI
11 3 (1.22%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.81%) EMC NetWorker
12 2 (0.81%) Istio
13 1 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
13 1 (0.41%) Kibana
13 1 (0.41%) vRealize
13 1 (0.41%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 53 (21.54%) Splunk
2 49 (19.92%) Red Hat
3 25 (10.16%) VMware
4 20 (8.13%) Google
4 20 (8.13%) Microsoft
5 18 (7.32%) Pure Storage
6 13 (5.28%) ServiceNow
7 12 (4.88%) Tenable
8 11 (4.47%) Commvault
9 8 (3.25%) Veritas
10 7 (2.85%) Cisco
10 7 (2.85%) Oracle
11 6 (2.44%) Sonatype
12 5 (2.03%) F5
13 4 (1.63%) Broadcom
13 4 (1.63%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (1.63%) Dell
13 4 (1.63%) HP
13 4 (1.63%) Okta
14 3 (1.22%) EMC