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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 5 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 +4
Contract jobs citing Python 245 54 44
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 26.57% 19.93% 12.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 66.58% 53.47% 36.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 42 19
10th Percentile £369 £355 £410
25th Percentile £435 £422 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £517 £445
Median % change year-on-year -6.77% +16.18% -31.54%
75th Percentile £537 £623 £525
90th Percentile £614 £650 £638
South Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £548 £430
% change year-on-year -11.96% +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 368 101 120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 39.91% 37.27% 33.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 76 72
10th Percentile £366 £380 £401
25th Percentile £431 £450 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £448
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +15.64% -24.63%
75th Percentile £538 £611 £550
90th Percentile £625 £650 £588
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £439
% change year-on-year -4.76% +19.66% -24.52%

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 14 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 (6.94%) Confluence
2 9 (3.67%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.63%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.22%) SAS
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Pig
5 1 (0.41%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.63%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.82%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 57 (23.27%) GCP
2 55 (22.45%) OpenShift
3 48 (19.59%) AWS
4 43 (17.55%) GitHub
5 31 (12.65%) Azure
6 20 (8.16%) Serverless
7 11 (4.49%) Power Platform
8 10 (4.08%) AWS KMS
9 9 (3.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 7 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.86%) CloudBees
11 6 (2.45%) Entra ID
12 5 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (2.04%) SaaS
13 4 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.63%) Cohesity
14 3 (1.22%) Azure Functions
14 3 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (1.22%) Azure Storage
14 3 (1.22%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.94%) DNS
2 9 (3.67%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.45%) Firewall
3 6 (2.45%) SAN
4 4 (1.63%) NAS
4 4 (1.63%) Network Security
5 3 (1.22%) BIG-IP
5 3 (1.22%) Internet
5 3 (1.22%) iSCSI
5 3 (1.22%) VPN
6 2 (0.82%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.82%) DHCP
6 2 (0.82%) DWDM
6 2 (0.82%) LAN
6 2 (0.82%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (0.82%) WAN
7 1 (0.41%) BGP
7 1 (0.41%) HTTP
7 1 (0.41%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (13.06%) NoSQL
3 15 (6.12%) MySQL
4 11 (4.49%) Hadoop
4 11 (4.49%) MongoDB
4 11 (4.49%) Power BI
5 8 (3.27%) Metadata
5 8 (3.27%) Power Query
5 8 (3.27%) PowerPivot
6 7 (2.86%) SQL Server
7 5 (2.04%) RDBMS
7 5 (2.04%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.63%) Neo4j
8 4 (1.63%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.82%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.41%) Apache Hive
10 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.41%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 90 (36.73%) Jenkins
2 56 (22.86%) JIRA
3 46 (18.78%) GitLab
4 17 (6.94%) Postman
5 15 (6.12%) Liquibase
6 12 (4.90%) Git
7 8 (3.27%) Selenium
8 6 (2.45%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.45%) REST Assured
8 6 (2.45%) TestRail
9 5 (2.04%) JMeter
9 5 (2.04%) PyCharm
10 4 (1.63%) Gatling
10 4 (1.63%) LoadRunner
10 4 (1.63%) Maven
10 4 (1.63%) NeoLoad
10 4 (1.63%) SonarQube
11 3 (1.22%) CircleCI
11 3 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.41%) Travis CI
General
1 80 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 70 (28.57%) Finance
3 51 (20.82%) Banking
4 49 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (4.90%) Financial Institution
7 10 (4.08%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.22%) Advertising
8 3 (1.22%) Legal
8 3 (1.22%) Marketing
8 3 (1.22%) Publishing
9 2 (0.82%) Law
9 2 (0.82%) Wholesale Banking
10 1 (0.41%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (16.33%) Developer
2 36 (14.69%) Lead
3 30 (12.24%) Python Developer
4 25 (10.20%) DevOps Engineer
5 20 (8.16%) GCP Engineer
6 19 (7.76%) Architect
7 18 (7.35%) Data Engineer
8 16 (6.53%) Cloud Engineer
9 15 (6.12%) Senior
10 14 (5.71%) Analyst
11 12 (4.90%) Automation Engineer
12 10 (4.08%) Software Engineer
13 9 (3.67%) Automation Test Lead
13 9 (3.67%) GCP DevOps
13 9 (3.67%) GCP DevOps Engineer
14 8 (3.27%) AWS Engineer
14 8 (3.27%) Strategy Analyst
14 8 (3.27%) Test Automation Engineer
14 8 (3.27%) Test Engineer
15 7 (2.86%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (17.96%) OpenTelemetry
2 37 (15.10%) REST
3 27 (11.02%) YAML
4 25 (10.20%) Elastic Stack
4 25 (10.20%) FastAPI
5 22 (8.98%) RESTful
6 14 (5.71%) JSON
7 12 (4.90%) OpenID
8 11 (4.49%) Node.js
9 10 (4.08%) LDAP
10 9 (3.67%) Kafka
10 9 (3.67%) Playwright
10 9 (3.67%) SailPoint
11 8 (3.27%) Apache Avro
11 8 (3.27%) Protocol Buffers
12 7 (2.86%) TensorFlow
13 6 (2.45%) .NET
14 5 (2.04%) NumPy
14 5 (2.04%) Pandas
15 4 (1.63%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 35 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 27 (11.02%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (8.57%) Public Cloud
4 18 (7.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (5.31%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (4.08%) Data Centre
7 9 (3.67%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.86%) Algorithms
9 5 (2.04%) Credit Risk
9 5 (2.04%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.22%) Clustering
10 3 (1.22%) EMC VMAX
10 3 (1.22%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.22%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.22%) Online Banking
10 3 (1.22%) PKI
11 2 (0.82%) Replication
11 2 (0.82%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 55 (22.45%) Linux
2 14 (5.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 14 (5.71%) Windows
3 8 (3.27%) CentOS
3 8 (3.27%) Ubuntu
4 7 (2.86%) Unix
5 2 (0.82%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (62.04%) CI/CD
2 130 (53.06%) DevOps
3 83 (33.88%) Containerisation
4 79 (32.24%) Problem-Solving
5 70 (28.57%) Agile
6 57 (23.27%) Infrastructure as Code
7 49 (20.00%) Test Automation
8 46 (18.78%) Observability
9 43 (17.55%) RBAC
10 36 (14.69%) Migration
11 34 (13.88%) Root Cause Analysis
12 30 (12.24%) Analytics
13 29 (11.84%) API Development
13 29 (11.84%) High Availability
13 29 (11.84%) Stakeholder Management
14 28 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
15 26 (10.61%) Technical Leadership
16 25 (10.20%) Change Management
16 25 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
16 25 (10.20%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 48 (19.59%) Bash
2 38 (15.51%) SQL
3 34 (13.88%) Java
4 31 (12.65%) Go
5 12 (4.90%) PowerShell
5 12 (4.90%) Shell Script
6 11 (4.49%) Scala
6 11 (4.49%) VBA
7 10 (4.08%) JavaScript
7 10 (4.08%) Perl
7 10 (4.08%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.67%) Ruby
9 8 (3.27%) Groovy
10 6 (2.45%) PHP
11 4 (1.63%) Cypher
12 3 (1.22%) Bicep
13 1 (0.41%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.41%) C
13 1 (0.41%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 27 (11.02%) Degree
2 21 (8.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (6.94%) Master's Degree
4 10 (4.08%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.27%) RHCE
6 5 (2.04%) CISM
6 5 (2.04%) CISSP
7 3 (1.22%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.82%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.82%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 2 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.82%) CCNA
8 2 (0.82%) CCNP
8 2 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.82%) JNCIA
8 2 (0.82%) JNCIS
8 2 (0.82%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.41%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.49%) QA
2 4 (1.63%) PMO
3 3 (1.22%) SLA
4 2 (0.82%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.82%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (21.63%) Docker
2 16 (6.53%) vSphere
3 15 (6.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (4.49%) VMware NSX
5 10 (4.08%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.45%) KVM
7 4 (1.63%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 4 (1.63%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.63%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.82%) SRDF
9 1 (0.41%) NFS
Systems Management
1 109 (44.49%) Ansible
2 103 (42.04%) Kubernetes
3 76 (31.02%) Terraform
4 66 (26.94%) Grafana
5 62 (25.31%) Prometheus
6 21 (8.57%) Control-M
6 21 (8.57%) IBM Guardium
6 21 (8.57%) Nessus
6 21 (8.57%) Puppet
7 15 (6.12%) vCenter Server
8 12 (4.90%) Argo
9 11 (4.49%) NetBackup
10 4 (1.63%) PowerCLI
11 3 (1.22%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.82%) Istio
13 1 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
13 1 (0.41%) Kibana
13 1 (0.41%) logstash
13 1 (0.41%) vRealize
13 1 (0.41%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 52 (21.22%) Splunk
2 45 (18.37%) Red Hat
3 21 (8.57%) Google
3 21 (8.57%) Microsoft
3 21 (8.57%) Tenable
3 21 (8.57%) VMware
4 15 (6.12%) ServiceNow
5 14 (5.71%) Pure Storage
6 10 (4.08%) Commvault
7 7 (2.86%) Veritas
8 6 (2.45%) Cisco
8 6 (2.45%) Oracle
9 5 (2.04%) F5
10 4 (1.63%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.63%) Okta
10 4 (1.63%) Sonatype
11 3 (1.22%) Alibaba
11 3 (1.22%) Broadcom
11 3 (1.22%) Dell
11 3 (1.22%) HP