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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 5 11
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 +4
Contract jobs citing Python 239 54 44
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 26.06% 19.85% 12.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 66.02% 53.47% 37.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 42 19
10th Percentile £369 £355 £410
25th Percentile £432 £422 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £517 £445
Median % change year-on-year -6.77% +16.18% -31.54%
75th Percentile £530 £623 £525
90th Percentile £613 £650 £638
South Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £548 £430
% change year-on-year -12.33% +27.33% -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 362 101 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 39.48% 37.13% 32.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 76 70
10th Percentile £366 £380 £400
25th Percentile £431 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £518 £445
Median % change year-on-year -4.59% +16.29% -25.83%
75th Percentile £538 £611 £548
90th Percentile £625 £650 £588
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £431
% change year-on-year -4.76% +21.74% -25.81%

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 16 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 17 (7.11%) Confluence
2 9 (3.77%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.67%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.26%) SAS
5 1 (0.42%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.67%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.84%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 56 (23.43%) GCP
2 55 (23.01%) OpenShift
3 47 (19.67%) AWS
4 43 (17.99%) GitHub
5 29 (12.13%) Azure
6 19 (7.95%) Serverless
7 10 (4.18%) AWS KMS
7 10 (4.18%) Power Platform
8 9 (3.77%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 7 (2.93%) CloudBees
10 6 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.51%) Entra ID
11 5 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.09%) SaaS
12 4 (1.67%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.67%) Cohesity
13 3 (1.26%) Azure Functions
13 3 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.26%) Azure Storage
13 3 (1.26%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.11%) DNS
2 9 (3.77%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.51%) Firewall
3 6 (2.51%) SAN
4 4 (1.67%) NAS
4 4 (1.67%) Network Security
5 3 (1.26%) BIG-IP
5 3 (1.26%) Internet
5 3 (1.26%) iSCSI
5 3 (1.26%) VPN
6 2 (0.84%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.84%) DHCP
6 2 (0.84%) DWDM
6 2 (0.84%) LAN
6 2 (0.84%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (0.84%) WAN
7 1 (0.42%) BGP
7 1 (0.42%) HTTP
7 1 (0.42%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (20.08%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (12.97%) NoSQL
3 15 (6.28%) MySQL
4 11 (4.60%) MongoDB
5 10 (4.18%) Hadoop
5 10 (4.18%) Power BI
6 8 (3.35%) Power Query
6 8 (3.35%) PowerPivot
7 7 (2.93%) Metadata
7 7 (2.93%) SQL Server
8 5 (2.09%) RDBMS
8 5 (2.09%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.67%) Neo4j
9 4 (1.67%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.84%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.42%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 89 (37.24%) Jenkins
2 56 (23.43%) JIRA
3 45 (18.83%) GitLab
4 17 (7.11%) Postman
5 14 (5.86%) Liquibase
6 12 (5.02%) Git
7 8 (3.35%) Selenium
8 6 (2.51%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.51%) REST Assured
8 6 (2.51%) TestRail
9 5 (2.09%) JMeter
9 5 (2.09%) PyCharm
10 4 (1.67%) Gatling
10 4 (1.67%) LoadRunner
10 4 (1.67%) Maven
10 4 (1.67%) NeoLoad
10 4 (1.67%) SonarQube
11 3 (1.26%) CircleCI
11 3 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.42%) Travis CI
General
1 76 (31.80%) Social Skills
2 67 (28.03%) Finance
3 50 (20.92%) Banking
4 47 (19.67%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.86%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (4.60%) Financial Institution
7 10 (4.18%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.26%) Advertising
8 3 (1.26%) Legal
8 3 (1.26%) Marketing
8 3 (1.26%) Publishing
9 2 (0.84%) Law
9 2 (0.84%) Wholesale Banking
10 1 (0.42%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (16.32%) Developer
2 36 (15.06%) Lead
3 30 (12.55%) Python Developer
4 25 (10.46%) DevOps Engineer
5 20 (8.37%) GCP Engineer
6 19 (7.95%) Architect
7 18 (7.53%) Data Engineer
8 16 (6.69%) Cloud Engineer
9 14 (5.86%) Analyst
9 14 (5.86%) Senior
10 12 (5.02%) Automation Engineer
11 9 (3.77%) Automation Test Lead
11 9 (3.77%) GCP DevOps
11 9 (3.77%) GCP DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.77%) Software Engineer
12 8 (3.35%) AWS Engineer
12 8 (3.35%) Strategy Analyst
12 8 (3.35%) Test Automation Engineer
12 8 (3.35%) Test Engineer
13 7 (2.93%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (18.41%) OpenTelemetry
2 36 (15.06%) REST
3 27 (11.30%) YAML
4 25 (10.46%) FastAPI
5 24 (10.04%) Elastic Stack
6 21 (8.79%) RESTful
7 14 (5.86%) JSON
8 12 (5.02%) OpenID
9 11 (4.60%) Node.js
10 10 (4.18%) LDAP
11 9 (3.77%) Kafka
11 9 (3.77%) Playwright
11 9 (3.77%) SailPoint
12 8 (3.35%) Apache Avro
12 8 (3.35%) Protocol Buffers
13 6 (2.51%) .NET
13 6 (2.51%) TensorFlow
14 5 (2.09%) NumPy
14 5 (2.09%) Pandas
15 4 (1.67%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 34 (14.23%) Cloud Native
2 26 (10.88%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (8.37%) Public Cloud
4 18 (7.53%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (5.44%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (4.18%) Data Centre
7 9 (3.77%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.09%) Algorithms
8 5 (2.09%) Credit Risk
8 5 (2.09%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.26%) Clustering
9 3 (1.26%) EMC VMAX
9 3 (1.26%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.26%) Online Banking
9 3 (1.26%) PKI
10 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Storage
10 2 (0.84%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.84%) Replication
10 2 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 54 (22.59%) Linux
2 14 (5.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 14 (5.86%) Windows
3 8 (3.35%) CentOS
3 8 (3.35%) Ubuntu
4 7 (2.93%) Unix
5 2 (0.84%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.42%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (63.18%) CI/CD
2 128 (53.56%) DevOps
3 82 (34.31%) Containerisation
4 77 (32.22%) Problem-Solving
5 68 (28.45%) Agile
6 56 (23.43%) Infrastructure as Code
7 49 (20.50%) Test Automation
8 44 (18.41%) Observability
9 43 (17.99%) RBAC
10 36 (15.06%) Migration
11 31 (12.97%) Root Cause Analysis
12 30 (12.55%) Analytics
13 29 (12.13%) API Development
13 29 (12.13%) Stakeholder Management
14 28 (11.72%) High Availability
15 27 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
16 26 (10.88%) Technical Leadership
17 25 (10.46%) Continuous Improvement
17 25 (10.46%) Data Protection
18 24 (10.04%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 48 (20.08%) Bash
2 37 (15.48%) SQL
3 32 (13.39%) Java
4 30 (12.55%) Go
5 12 (5.02%) PowerShell
6 11 (4.60%) VBA
7 10 (4.18%) JavaScript
7 10 (4.18%) Scala
7 10 (4.18%) Shell Script
7 10 (4.18%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.77%) Ruby
9 8 (3.35%) Groovy
9 8 (3.35%) Perl
10 6 (2.51%) PHP
11 4 (1.67%) Cypher
12 3 (1.26%) Bicep
13 1 (0.42%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.42%) C
13 1 (0.42%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 26 (10.88%) Degree
2 20 (8.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (6.69%) Master's Degree
4 10 (4.18%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.35%) RHCE
6 5 (2.09%) CISM
6 5 (2.09%) CISSP
7 2 (0.84%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.84%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (0.84%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 2 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.84%) CCNA
7 2 (0.84%) CCNP
7 2 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.84%) JNCIA
7 2 (0.84%) JNCIS
7 2 (0.84%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.42%) OCP
8 1 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.60%) QA
2 4 (1.67%) PMO
3 3 (1.26%) SLA
4 2 (0.84%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.84%) SOC 2
System Software
1 52 (21.76%) Docker
2 16 (6.69%) vSphere
3 15 (6.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (4.60%) VMware NSX
5 10 (4.18%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.51%) KVM
7 4 (1.67%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 4 (1.67%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.67%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.84%) SRDF
9 1 (0.42%) NFS
Systems Management
1 108 (45.19%) Ansible
2 101 (42.26%) Kubernetes
3 75 (31.38%) Terraform
4 65 (27.20%) Grafana
5 61 (25.52%) Prometheus
6 21 (8.79%) Control-M
6 21 (8.79%) IBM Guardium
6 21 (8.79%) Nessus
6 21 (8.79%) Puppet
7 15 (6.28%) vCenter Server
8 12 (5.02%) Argo
9 11 (4.60%) NetBackup
10 4 (1.67%) PowerCLI
11 3 (1.26%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.84%) Istio
13 1 (0.42%) Docker Swarm
13 1 (0.42%) Kibana
13 1 (0.42%) logstash
13 1 (0.42%) vRealize
13 1 (0.42%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 48 (20.08%) Splunk
2 45 (18.83%) Red Hat
3 21 (8.79%) Tenable
3 21 (8.79%) VMware
4 20 (8.37%) Google
4 20 (8.37%) Microsoft
5 14 (5.86%) Pure Storage
6 13 (5.44%) ServiceNow
7 10 (4.18%) Commvault
8 7 (2.93%) Veritas
9 6 (2.51%) Cisco
9 6 (2.51%) Oracle
10 5 (2.09%) F5
11 4 (1.67%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (1.67%) Okta
11 4 (1.67%) Sonatype
12 3 (1.26%) Alibaba
12 3 (1.26%) Broadcom
12 3 (1.26%) Dell
12 3 (1.26%) HP