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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 7 6
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +13
Contract jobs citing Python 184 125 75
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 18.27% 21.66% 18.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.41% 55.07% 51.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 85 51
10th Percentile £367 £356 £425
25th Percentile £425 £400 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -11.63% -10.42%
75th Percentile £569 £537 £611
90th Percentile £669 £600 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £538
% change year-on-year +5.26% -11.63% -10.42%

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 365 227 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 36.25% 39.34% 35.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 154 98
10th Percentile £362 £322 £386
25th Percentile £424 £384 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -11.99%
75th Percentile £566 £525 £593
90th Percentile £638 £604 £645
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -10.63%

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 August 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 12 (6.52%) Apache Spark
2 8 (4.35%) Confluence
3 4 (2.17%) Apache
4 3 (1.63%) SAS
4 3 (1.63%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.09%) nginx
6 1 (0.54%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 7 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.54%) Zemax
Cloud Services
1 56 (30.43%) GCP
2 46 (25.00%) Azure
3 32 (17.39%) AWS
4 26 (14.13%) GitHub
5 16 (8.70%) OpenShift
5 16 (8.70%) Power Platform
6 13 (7.07%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (3.80%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (3.80%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 7 (3.80%) OCI
9 6 (3.26%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (3.26%) Slack
10 5 (2.72%) Datadog
11 4 (2.17%) Serverless
12 3 (1.63%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.63%) Azure Storage
12 3 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (1.63%) Cloud Run
12 3 (1.63%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.24%) DNS
2 10 (5.43%) Network Security
3 8 (4.35%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.80%) BIG-IP
4 7 (3.80%) DHCP
5 5 (2.72%) Firewall
5 5 (2.72%) SAN
6 3 (1.63%) HTTP
6 3 (1.63%) NAS
7 2 (1.09%) Internet
7 2 (1.09%) iSCSI
7 2 (1.09%) VPN
7 2 (1.09%) VSAN
7 2 (1.09%) WAN
8 1 (0.54%) Calico
8 1 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.54%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.54%) Modbus
8 1 (0.54%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.70%) Power BI
2 12 (6.52%) Metadata
3 10 (5.43%) Big Data
4 9 (4.89%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (3.80%) MongoDB
5 7 (3.80%) Neo4j
5 7 (3.80%) Tableau
6 6 (3.26%) SQL Server
7 5 (2.72%) BigQuery
7 5 (2.72%) Data Lake
7 5 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.72%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.17%) Hadoop
9 3 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.63%) Spark SQL
10 2 (1.09%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.09%) Parquet
11 1 (0.54%) InfluxDB
11 1 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
11 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 43 (23.37%) Jenkins
2 36 (19.57%) JIRA
3 16 (8.70%) Git
4 8 (4.35%) GitLab
4 8 (4.35%) Maven
4 8 (4.35%) SonarQube
5 7 (3.80%) Zephyr
6 6 (3.26%) Gatling
6 6 (3.26%) JMeter
6 6 (3.26%) NeoLoad
6 6 (3.26%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (2.17%) LoadRunner
7 4 (2.17%) MSBuild
7 4 (2.17%) Postman
7 4 (2.17%) Visual Studio
8 3 (1.63%) Selenium
9 2 (1.09%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.54%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.54%) Subversion
General
1 55 (29.89%) Finance
2 44 (23.91%) Social Skills
3 37 (20.11%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (14.67%) Banking
5 7 (3.80%) Publishing
6 6 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.17%) Law
8 3 (1.63%) Corporate Banking
8 3 (1.63%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.09%) Advertising
9 2 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.09%) Marketing
9 2 (1.09%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.54%) Legal
10 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.54%) Retail
10 1 (0.54%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (14.67%) Lead
2 24 (13.04%) Developer
3 23 (12.50%) Python Developer
4 22 (11.96%) DevOps Engineer
5 16 (8.70%) Analyst
6 14 (7.61%) Python Engineer
7 12 (6.52%) Data Analyst
8 11 (5.98%) Architect
9 10 (5.43%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 9 (4.89%) Senior
11 7 (3.80%) Data Engineer
11 7 (3.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 7 (3.80%) Platform Engineer
11 7 (3.80%) Security Engineer
12 6 (3.26%) Automation Engineer
12 6 (3.26%) Cloud Engineer
12 6 (3.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 6 (3.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (3.26%) Test Leader
13 5 (2.72%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (27.17%) Terraform
2 22 (11.96%) REST
3 21 (11.41%) Node.js
4 16 (8.70%) JSON
5 13 (7.07%) OpenTelemetry
6 10 (5.43%) FastAPI
6 10 (5.43%) YAML
7 9 (4.89%) Kafka
7 9 (4.89%) pytest
8 7 (3.80%) React
8 7 (3.80%) SLSA
9 6 (3.26%) LDAP
9 6 (3.26%) PySpark
9 6 (3.26%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (2.72%) OpenID
11 4 (2.17%) .NET
12 3 (1.63%) Jakarta EE
12 3 (1.63%) LangChain
12 3 (1.63%) LangGraph
12 3 (1.63%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 37 (20.11%) Cloud Native
2 19 (10.33%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (5.43%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (5.43%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (3.26%) AI Agents
4 6 (3.26%) Blog
5 5 (2.72%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.72%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.72%) PKI
5 5 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.17%) EMC VMAX
6 4 (2.17%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (2.17%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.17%) Replication
7 3 (1.63%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.63%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (1.63%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.63%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 32 (17.39%) Linux
2 12 (6.52%) Windows
3 5 (2.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (2.72%) Unix
3 5 (2.72%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.17%) VMS
5 3 (1.63%) zOS
6 2 (1.09%) CoreOS
6 2 (1.09%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.54%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (48.37%) CI/CD
2 84 (45.65%) DevOps
3 53 (28.80%) Observability
4 45 (24.46%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (22.28%) Agile
6 35 (19.02%) AI
7 33 (17.93%) Infrastructure as Code
8 30 (16.30%) Analytics
8 30 (16.30%) Containerisation
9 26 (14.13%) DevSecOps
9 26 (14.13%) Platform Engineering
10 25 (13.59%) Cybersecurity
10 25 (13.59%) Stakeholder Management
11 24 (13.04%) Data Engineering
11 24 (13.04%) Identity Access Management
12 23 (12.50%) Software Engineering
12 23 (12.50%) Test Automation
13 21 (11.41%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (11.41%) Data Protection
13 21 (11.41%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 38 (20.65%) Java
2 36 (19.57%) Bash
3 35 (19.02%) SQL
4 25 (13.59%) PowerShell
5 22 (11.96%) Go
6 9 (4.89%) JavaScript
7 8 (4.35%) Groovy
7 8 (4.35%) R
8 7 (3.80%) Rust
9 6 (3.26%) C#
9 6 (3.26%) VBA
10 4 (2.17%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (2.17%) Scala
11 3 (1.63%) Cypher
11 3 (1.63%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.09%) Bicep
12 2 (1.09%) JCL
12 2 (1.09%) Perl
12 2 (1.09%) REXX
12 2 (1.09%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (2.72%) Degree
2 4 (2.17%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.63%) Azure Certification
3 3 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (1.63%) CISSP
4 2 (1.09%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.09%) GIAC
4 2 (1.09%) NCDA
4 2 (1.09%) NCIE
4 2 (1.09%) OCP
4 2 (1.09%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (1.09%) RHCA
4 2 (1.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.54%) CISM
5 1 (0.54%) CSSLP
5 1 (0.54%) GSEC
5 1 (0.54%) JNCIA
5 1 (0.54%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.80%) NIST
2 6 (3.26%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.26%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.63%) QA
4 2 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.54%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.54%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.54%) SLA
5 1 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (13.04%) Docker
2 12 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.80%) vSphere
4 5 (2.72%) Active Directory
5 4 (2.17%) NFS
5 4 (2.17%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.09%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (1.09%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.09%) SRDF
6 2 (1.09%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.54%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.54%) Ceph
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 62 (33.70%) Kubernetes
2 53 (28.80%) Ansible
3 28 (15.22%) Grafana
4 23 (12.50%) Prometheus
5 12 (6.52%) Argo
6 8 (4.35%) Control-M
7 7 (3.80%) IBM Guardium
7 7 (3.80%) Nessus
7 7 (3.80%) vCenter Server
8 4 (2.17%) Kustomize
8 4 (2.17%) NetBackup
9 3 (1.63%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (1.09%) EMC VPLEX
10 2 (1.09%) Progress Chef
10 2 (1.09%) Puppet
10 2 (1.09%) SnapMirror
10 2 (1.09%) SnapVault
10 2 (1.09%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (0.54%) TrustSec
11 1 (0.54%) vRealize
Vendors
1 24 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 22 (11.96%) Google
3 16 (8.70%) Splunk
4 13 (7.07%) Databricks
4 13 (7.07%) Red Hat
5 12 (6.52%) VMware
6 8 (4.35%) Cisco
6 8 (4.35%) Pure Storage
6 8 (4.35%) ServiceNow
7 7 (3.80%) F5
7 7 (3.80%) Infoblox
7 7 (3.80%) Sonatype
7 7 (3.80%) Tenable
8 6 (3.26%) Dell
8 6 (3.26%) Oracle
9 5 (2.72%) AppDynamics
9 5 (2.72%) Brocade
10 4 (2.17%) Broadcom
10 4 (2.17%) EMC
11 3 (1.63%) IBM