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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 6 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +12
Contract jobs citing Python 261 72 81
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 24.58% 20.40% 20.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 60.70% 54.55% 52.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 48 43
10th Percentile £375 £346 £425
25th Percentile £425 £385 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £491 £507
Median % change year-on-year -2.12% -3.08% -27.57%
75th Percentile £537 £569 £594
90th Percentile £600 £650 £638
South Yorkshire median daily rate £481 £500 £505
% change year-on-year -3.80% -0.99% -27.86%

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 430 132 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 40.49% 37.39% 38.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 90 98
10th Percentile £367 £350 £400
25th Percentile £425 £392 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year - +3.09% -19.17%
75th Percentile £546 £594 £575
90th Percentile £615 £650 £623
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £510 £475
% change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% -20.83%

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 3 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 (7.28%) Apache Spark
2 15 (5.75%) Confluence
3 3 (1.15%) SAS
4 2 (0.77%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.38%) Apache
5 1 (0.38%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (4.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.77%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.38%) Zemax
Cloud Services
1 54 (20.69%) OpenShift
2 51 (19.54%) GCP
3 42 (16.09%) Azure
4 39 (14.94%) GitHub
5 37 (14.18%) AWS
6 14 (5.36%) Power Platform
7 9 (3.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 7 (2.68%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (2.30%) CloudBees
9 6 (2.30%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.30%) Slack
10 5 (1.92%) Azure Storage
10 5 (1.92%) OCI
10 5 (1.92%) SaaS
11 4 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.53%) Serverless
12 3 (1.15%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.15%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 26 (9.96%) DNS
2 16 (6.13%) TCP/IP
3 10 (3.83%) BIG-IP
3 10 (3.83%) SAN
4 9 (3.45%) DHCP
5 7 (2.68%) Firewall
5 7 (2.68%) NAS
6 5 (1.92%) Network Security
7 4 (1.53%) iSCSI
8 3 (1.15%) HTTP
8 3 (1.15%) VPN
9 2 (0.77%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.77%) DWDM
9 2 (0.77%) LAN
9 2 (0.77%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.77%) VSAN
9 2 (0.77%) WAN
10 1 (0.38%) BGP
10 1 (0.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 1 (0.38%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.66%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (5.36%) Power BI
3 13 (4.98%) Hadoop
3 13 (4.98%) MongoDB
4 11 (4.21%) NoSQL
5 9 (3.45%) Metadata
6 8 (3.07%) Big Data
7 7 (2.68%) MySQL
7 7 (2.68%) SQL Server
7 7 (2.68%) Tableau
8 5 (1.92%) Neo4j
9 4 (1.53%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.15%) Spark SQL
11 2 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.77%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.77%) Parquet
11 2 (0.77%) Power Query
11 2 (0.77%) PowerPivot
12 1 (0.38%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 77 (29.50%) Jenkins
2 57 (21.84%) JIRA
3 21 (8.05%) GitLab
4 17 (6.51%) Postman
5 13 (4.98%) Git
6 9 (3.45%) Selenium
7 6 (2.30%) Cucumber
7 6 (2.30%) Maven
7 6 (2.30%) REST Assured
7 6 (2.30%) SonarQube
7 6 (2.30%) TestRail
8 5 (1.92%) JMeter
9 4 (1.53%) Gatling
9 4 (1.53%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.53%) NeoLoad
10 3 (1.15%) CircleCI
10 3 (1.15%) Liquibase
11 2 (0.77%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.38%) Travis CI
General
1 76 (29.12%) Social Skills
2 62 (23.75%) Finance
3 55 (21.07%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (12.26%) Banking
5 17 (6.51%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (1.92%) Public Sector
6 5 (1.92%) Publishing
7 4 (1.53%) Advertising
8 3 (1.15%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.15%) Law
8 3 (1.15%) Legal
8 3 (1.15%) Marketing
9 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.38%) Private Banking
9 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (17.24%) Lead
2 39 (14.94%) Developer
3 33 (12.64%) Python Developer
4 29 (11.11%) Architect
5 28 (10.73%) DevOps Engineer
6 18 (6.90%) Data Engineer
7 17 (6.51%) Analyst
8 12 (4.60%) Data Analyst
8 12 (4.60%) Python Engineer
8 12 (4.60%) Senior
9 9 (3.45%) Automation Test Lead
9 9 (3.45%) GCP Engineer
9 9 (3.45%) Test Automation Engineer
9 9 (3.45%) Test Engineer
10 8 (3.07%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 8 (3.07%) Automation Engineer
10 8 (3.07%) GCP DevOps
10 8 (3.07%) GCP DevOps Engineer
11 7 (2.68%) Platform Engineer
11 7 (2.68%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (15.33%) OpenTelemetry
2 32 (12.26%) YAML
3 27 (10.34%) REST
4 24 (9.20%) Node.js
5 23 (8.81%) JSON
6 20 (7.66%) FastAPI
7 12 (4.60%) OpenID
8 11 (4.21%) Kafka
9 10 (3.83%) LDAP
10 9 (3.45%) Apache Avro
10 9 (3.45%) Playwright
10 9 (3.45%) Protocol Buffers
10 9 (3.45%) SailPoint
11 6 (2.30%) .NET
11 6 (2.30%) Elastic Stack
11 6 (2.30%) PySpark
11 6 (2.30%) SLSA
12 5 (1.92%) RESTful
13 4 (1.53%) React
14 3 (1.15%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 34 (13.03%) Cloud Native
2 24 (9.20%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (6.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (4.60%) Data Centre
5 11 (4.21%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.68%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.30%) EMC VMAX
8 5 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.92%) Replication
9 4 (1.53%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.53%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.53%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.15%) Credit Risk
10 3 (1.15%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.15%) PKI
10 3 (1.15%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.77%) CMDB
11 2 (0.77%) EMC VNX
11 2 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 48 (18.39%) Linux
2 22 (8.43%) Windows
3 17 (6.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (3.07%) CentOS
4 8 (3.07%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.92%) Unix
5 5 (1.92%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.15%) zOS
7 2 (0.77%) CoreOS
7 2 (0.77%) Data ONTAP
7 2 (0.77%) VMS
8 1 (0.38%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (54.02%) CI/CD
2 117 (44.83%) DevOps
3 84 (32.18%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (24.52%) Containerisation
5 56 (21.46%) Agile
6 55 (21.07%) RBAC
7 50 (19.16%) Observability
8 46 (17.62%) Test Automation
9 43 (16.48%) Migration
10 40 (15.33%) Analytics
11 36 (13.79%) Infrastructure as Code
12 31 (11.88%) AI
12 31 (11.88%) Data Protection
12 31 (11.88%) Technical Leadership
13 30 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
14 29 (11.11%) Validation
15 28 (10.73%) API Development
16 27 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 26 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
17 26 (9.96%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 48 (18.39%) Java
2 45 (17.24%) Bash
3 38 (14.56%) SQL
4 22 (8.43%) Go
5 20 (7.66%) PowerShell
6 18 (6.90%) JavaScript
7 11 (4.21%) VBA
8 10 (3.83%) Perl
8 10 (3.83%) Scala
9 9 (3.45%) Ruby
9 9 (3.45%) TypeScript
10 8 (3.07%) Groovy
10 8 (3.07%) R
10 8 (3.07%) Shell Script
11 6 (2.30%) PHP
12 4 (1.53%) Cypher
12 4 (1.53%) Rust
13 3 (1.15%) Bicep
14 2 (0.77%) JCL
14 2 (0.77%) REXX
Qualifications
1 9 (3.45%) RHCE
2 7 (2.68%) Degree
3 6 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.30%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (1.15%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.15%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.15%) CISM
6 3 (1.15%) CISSP
6 3 (1.15%) OCP
6 3 (1.15%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.77%) CCNA
7 2 (0.77%) CCNP
7 2 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.77%) JNCIA
7 2 (0.77%) JNCIS
7 2 (0.77%) NCDA
7 2 (0.77%) NCIE
7 2 (0.77%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.60%) QA
2 5 (1.92%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.53%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.53%) NIST
4 3 (1.15%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.15%) SLA
4 3 (1.15%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.77%) PMO
System Software
1 37 (14.18%) Docker
2 24 (9.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (7.66%) vSphere
4 13 (4.98%) VMware NSX
5 12 (4.60%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.30%) Hyper-V
6 6 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.92%) KVM
7 5 (1.92%) NFS
8 4 (1.53%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 4 (1.53%) SRDF
9 2 (0.77%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.77%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.38%) Active Directory
10 1 (0.38%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 103 (39.46%) Ansible
2 84 (32.18%) Kubernetes
3 59 (22.61%) Terraform
4 45 (17.24%) Grafana
5 39 (14.94%) Prometheus
6 19 (7.28%) vCenter Server
7 17 (6.51%) Argo
7 17 (6.51%) Puppet
8 15 (5.75%) Control-M
9 14 (5.36%) IBM Guardium
9 14 (5.36%) Nessus
10 8 (3.07%) NetBackup
11 4 (1.53%) PowerCLI
12 3 (1.15%) EMC NetWorker
12 3 (1.15%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.77%) EMC VPLEX
13 2 (0.77%) Istio
13 2 (0.77%) SnapMirror
13 2 (0.77%) SnapVault
13 2 (0.77%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 46 (17.62%) Red Hat
2 39 (14.94%) Splunk
3 29 (11.11%) VMware
4 25 (9.58%) Microsoft
5 19 (7.28%) Pure Storage
5 19 (7.28%) ServiceNow
6 18 (6.90%) Google
7 14 (5.36%) Tenable
8 12 (4.60%) F5
9 10 (3.83%) Cisco
9 10 (3.83%) Databricks
10 9 (3.45%) Infoblox
11 8 (3.07%) Dell
12 6 (2.30%) Broadcom
12 6 (2.30%) Brocade
12 6 (2.30%) Commvault
12 6 (2.30%) Sonatype
12 6 (2.30%) Veritas
13 5 (1.92%) EMC
13 5 (1.92%) NetApp