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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 5 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +11
Contract jobs citing Python 263 79 84
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 24.56% 20.47% 20.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 60.46% 54.48% 52.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 52 42
10th Percentile £380 £350 £425
25th Percentile £425 £385 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £491 £507
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% -3.08% -27.57%
75th Percentile £538 £581 £594
90th Percentile £601 £648 £638
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £507
% change year-on-year - -1.38% -27.57%

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 435 145 161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 40.62% 37.56% 38.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 96 97
10th Percentile £367 £351 £407
25th Percentile £425 £397 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year - -1.38% -15.50%
75th Percentile £550 £599 £588
90th Percentile £616 £650 £630
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £510 £507
% change year-on-year -1.96% +0.59% -15.50%

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 13 June 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 19 (7.22%) Apache Spark
2 14 (5.32%) Confluence
3 3 (1.14%) SAS
4 2 (0.76%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.38%) Apache
5 1 (0.38%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.76%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.38%) Zemax
Cloud Services
1 52 (19.77%) OpenShift
2 50 (19.01%) GCP
3 38 (14.45%) Azure
3 38 (14.45%) GitHub
4 33 (12.55%) AWS
5 15 (5.70%) Power Platform
6 10 (3.80%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 8 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.66%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (2.66%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (2.66%) OCI
9 6 (2.28%) CloudBees
9 6 (2.28%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.28%) Slack
10 5 (1.90%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (1.90%) Azure Storage
11 4 (1.52%) Serverless
12 3 (1.14%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.14%) Datadog
12 3 (1.14%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (9.51%) DNS
2 15 (5.70%) TCP/IP
3 10 (3.80%) BIG-IP
3 10 (3.80%) SAN
4 9 (3.42%) DHCP
5 8 (3.04%) Firewall
6 7 (2.66%) NAS
7 5 (1.90%) Network Security
8 4 (1.52%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.76%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.76%) DWDM
9 2 (0.76%) HTTP
9 2 (0.76%) LAN
9 2 (0.76%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.76%) VPN
9 2 (0.76%) VSAN
9 2 (0.76%) WAN
10 1 (0.38%) BGP
10 1 (0.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 1 (0.38%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.98%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (5.70%) Power BI
3 14 (5.32%) Hadoop
4 13 (4.94%) MongoDB
5 11 (4.18%) Metadata
5 11 (4.18%) NoSQL
6 8 (3.04%) Big Data
7 7 (2.66%) Tableau
8 6 (2.28%) Neo4j
9 4 (1.52%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.14%) Spark SQL
11 2 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.76%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.76%) Parquet
11 2 (0.76%) Power Query
11 2 (0.76%) PowerPivot
11 2 (0.76%) SQL Server
12 1 (0.38%) Delta Lake
12 1 (0.38%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 72 (27.38%) Jenkins
2 52 (19.77%) JIRA
3 15 (5.70%) GitLab
4 11 (4.18%) Git
4 11 (4.18%) Postman
5 8 (3.04%) Maven
5 8 (3.04%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.90%) JMeter
7 4 (1.52%) Gatling
7 4 (1.52%) LoadRunner
7 4 (1.52%) NeoLoad
8 3 (1.14%) Liquibase
8 3 (1.14%) Selenium
9 2 (0.76%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.76%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.76%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.38%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.38%) Subversion
General
1 74 (28.14%) Social Skills
2 66 (25.10%) Finance
3 54 (20.53%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (12.93%) Banking
5 17 (6.46%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.66%) Publishing
7 5 (1.90%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.52%) Advertising
9 3 (1.14%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.14%) Law
9 3 (1.14%) Legal
9 3 (1.14%) Marketing
10 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.38%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (16.35%) Lead
2 40 (15.21%) Developer
3 34 (12.93%) Python Developer
4 29 (11.03%) Architect
4 29 (11.03%) DevOps Engineer
5 20 (7.60%) Data Engineer
6 17 (6.46%) Analyst
7 14 (5.32%) Python Engineer
8 13 (4.94%) Senior
9 12 (4.56%) Data Analyst
10 8 (3.04%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 8 (3.04%) GCP Engineer
11 7 (2.66%) Automation Engineer
11 7 (2.66%) Consultant
11 7 (2.66%) GCP DevOps
11 7 (2.66%) GCP DevOps Engineer
11 7 (2.66%) Platform Engineer
12 6 (2.28%) Automation Test Lead
12 6 (2.28%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 6 (2.28%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (14.83%) OpenTelemetry
2 33 (12.55%) YAML
3 26 (9.89%) Node.js
4 24 (9.13%) JSON
5 23 (8.75%) REST
6 20 (7.60%) FastAPI
7 11 (4.18%) Kafka
8 9 (3.42%) Apache Avro
8 9 (3.42%) Playwright
8 9 (3.42%) Protocol Buffers
9 8 (3.04%) PySpark
9 8 (3.04%) SLSA
10 7 (2.66%) OpenID
11 5 (1.90%) LDAP
11 5 (1.90%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (1.90%) React
11 5 (1.90%) RESTful
12 4 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
12 4 (1.52%) pytest
12 4 (1.52%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 37 (14.07%) Cloud Native
2 24 (9.13%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (6.84%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (4.56%) Data Centre
5 11 (4.18%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.66%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.28%) EMC VMAX
7 6 (2.28%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (2.28%) Replication
8 5 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.90%) PKI
9 4 (1.52%) Blog
9 4 (1.52%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.52%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.14%) Credit Risk
10 3 (1.14%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.14%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.76%) Clustering
11 2 (0.76%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 48 (18.25%) Linux
2 23 (8.75%) Windows
3 17 (6.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (3.04%) CentOS
4 8 (3.04%) Ubuntu
5 7 (2.66%) Windows Server
6 6 (2.28%) Unix
7 4 (1.52%) VMS
8 3 (1.14%) zOS
9 2 (0.76%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.76%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.38%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (53.23%) CI/CD
2 115 (43.73%) DevOps
3 82 (31.18%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (23.57%) Containerisation
5 55 (20.91%) Agile
5 55 (20.91%) RBAC
6 51 (19.39%) Observability
7 42 (15.97%) Migration
8 41 (15.59%) Analytics
9 40 (15.21%) Test Automation
10 36 (13.69%) Infrastructure as Code
11 31 (11.79%) AI
11 31 (11.79%) Data Protection
11 31 (11.79%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (11.41%) Technical Leadership
13 29 (11.03%) Validation
14 28 (10.65%) API Development
15 26 (9.89%) Continuous Improvement
15 26 (9.89%) Cybersecurity
15 26 (9.89%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 44 (16.73%) Java
2 42 (15.97%) Bash
3 33 (12.55%) SQL
4 25 (9.51%) Go
5 21 (7.98%) PowerShell
6 12 (4.56%) JavaScript
7 11 (4.18%) VBA
8 10 (3.80%) Groovy
8 10 (3.80%) Perl
8 10 (3.80%) Scala
9 9 (3.42%) Ruby
9 9 (3.42%) TypeScript
10 8 (3.04%) R
10 8 (3.04%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.90%) Rust
12 4 (1.52%) Cypher
13 3 (1.14%) Bicep
14 2 (0.76%) C#
14 2 (0.76%) JCL
14 2 (0.76%) REXX
Qualifications
1 9 (3.42%) RHCE
2 7 (2.66%) Degree
2 7 (2.66%) Security Cleared
3 6 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (1.14%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.14%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.14%) CISM
6 3 (1.14%) CISSP
6 3 (1.14%) OCP
6 3 (1.14%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.76%) CCNA
7 2 (0.76%) CCNP
7 2 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.76%) JNCIA
7 2 (0.76%) JNCIS
7 2 (0.76%) NCDA
7 2 (0.76%) NCIE
7 2 (0.76%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.28%) QA
2 5 (1.90%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.52%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.52%) NIST
4 3 (1.14%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.14%) SLA
4 3 (1.14%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.76%) PMO
System Software
1 37 (14.07%) Docker
2 24 (9.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (7.60%) vSphere
4 13 (4.94%) VMware NSX
5 12 (4.56%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.28%) Hyper-V
6 6 (2.28%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.90%) KVM
7 5 (1.90%) NFS
8 4 (1.52%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 4 (1.52%) SRDF
9 2 (0.76%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.76%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.38%) Active Directory
10 1 (0.38%) Ceph
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 103 (39.16%) Ansible
2 84 (31.94%) Kubernetes
3 60 (22.81%) Terraform
4 44 (16.73%) Grafana
5 39 (14.83%) Prometheus
6 19 (7.22%) Argo
6 19 (7.22%) vCenter Server
7 16 (6.08%) Puppet
8 15 (5.70%) Control-M
9 14 (5.32%) IBM Guardium
9 14 (5.32%) Nessus
10 8 (3.04%) NetBackup
11 4 (1.52%) PowerCLI
12 3 (1.14%) EMC NetWorker
13 2 (0.76%) EMC VPLEX
13 2 (0.76%) Istio
13 2 (0.76%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.76%) SnapMirror
13 2 (0.76%) SnapVault
13 2 (0.76%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 46 (17.49%) Red Hat
2 39 (14.83%) Splunk
3 28 (10.65%) VMware
4 25 (9.51%) Microsoft
5 19 (7.22%) Google
5 19 (7.22%) Pure Storage
6 14 (5.32%) ServiceNow
6 14 (5.32%) Tenable
7 12 (4.56%) F5
8 10 (3.80%) Cisco
8 10 (3.80%) Databricks
9 9 (3.42%) Infoblox
10 8 (3.04%) Dell
10 8 (3.04%) Sonatype
11 6 (2.28%) Broadcom
11 6 (2.28%) Brocade
11 6 (2.28%) Commvault
11 6 (2.28%) Veritas
12 5 (1.90%) EMC
12 5 (1.90%) NetApp