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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 6 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +16
Contract jobs citing Python 185 133 70
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 18.28% 22.97% 17.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.55% 56.12% 51.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 90 48
10th Percentile £369 £359 £450
25th Percentile £425 £414 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -8.30% -10.42%
75th Percentile £574 £538 £622
90th Percentile £669 £609 £665
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £493 £538
% change year-on-year +1.44% -8.30% -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 366 237 137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 36.17% 40.93% 33.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 162 94
10th Percentile £363 £319 £383
25th Percentile £425 £388 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £476 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.15% -9.43% -11.24%
75th Percentile £569 £538 £598
90th Percentile £653 £612 £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 12 September 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 14 (7.57%) Apache Spark
2 9 (4.86%) Confluence
3 4 (2.16%) Apache
3 4 (2.16%) SAS
4 3 (1.62%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.08%) nginx
6 1 (0.54%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 7 (3.78%) 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 65 (35.14%) GCP
2 49 (26.49%) Azure
3 35 (18.92%) AWS
4 22 (11.89%) GitHub
5 15 (8.11%) Power Platform
6 13 (7.03%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (5.95%) OpenShift
8 10 (5.41%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 8 (4.32%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (4.32%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (3.78%) Datadog
11 6 (3.24%) OCI
11 6 (3.24%) Slack
12 5 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (2.70%) Entra ID
12 5 (2.70%) Serverless
13 4 (2.16%) Azure Databricks
13 4 (2.16%) Azure Storage
14 3 (1.62%) Cloud Run
14 3 (1.62%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.19%) DNS
2 11 (5.95%) Network Security
3 8 (4.32%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.78%) BIG-IP
4 7 (3.78%) DHCP
4 7 (3.78%) Firewall
5 4 (2.16%) SAN
6 3 (1.62%) HTTP
6 3 (1.62%) NAS
7 2 (1.08%) Internet
7 2 (1.08%) VPN
7 2 (1.08%) VSAN
7 2 (1.08%) WAN
8 1 (0.54%) Calico
8 1 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.54%) DMZ
8 1 (0.54%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.54%) Modbus
8 1 (0.54%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.19%) Metadata
2 15 (8.11%) Power BI
3 12 (6.49%) Big Data
4 9 (4.86%) BigQuery
4 9 (4.86%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (3.78%) Neo4j
5 7 (3.78%) Tableau
6 6 (3.24%) Data Lake
6 6 (3.24%) NoSQL
6 6 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (2.70%) SQL Server
8 4 (2.16%) Hadoop
8 4 (2.16%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (1.08%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.08%) Spark SQL
11 1 (0.54%) InfluxDB
11 1 (0.54%) Parquet
11 1 (0.54%) Redis
11 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 41 (22.16%) Jenkins
2 35 (18.92%) JIRA
3 16 (8.65%) Git
4 9 (4.86%) Maven
4 9 (4.86%) SonarQube
5 8 (4.32%) Sonatype Nexus
6 7 (3.78%) GitLab
6 7 (3.78%) Zephyr
7 6 (3.24%) Gatling
7 6 (3.24%) JMeter
7 6 (3.24%) NeoLoad
8 4 (2.16%) LoadRunner
8 4 (2.16%) MSBuild
8 4 (2.16%) Postman
8 4 (2.16%) Visual Studio
9 2 (1.08%) Selenium
10 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.54%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.54%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.54%) TruffleHog
General
1 58 (31.35%) Finance
2 48 (25.95%) Social Skills
3 37 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (15.14%) Banking
5 9 (4.86%) Publishing
6 5 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.16%) Law
8 3 (1.62%) Corporate Banking
8 3 (1.62%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.62%) Marketing
9 2 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.54%) Advertising
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 (14.59%) Lead
2 24 (12.97%) DevOps Engineer
3 20 (10.81%) Developer
4 19 (10.27%) Python Developer
5 17 (9.19%) Analyst
6 14 (7.57%) Python Engineer
7 13 (7.03%) Data Analyst
8 10 (5.41%) Architect
8 10 (5.41%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 10 (5.41%) Data Engineer
8 10 (5.41%) Senior
9 8 (4.32%) Platform Engineer
10 7 (3.78%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (3.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 7 (3.78%) GCP Engineer
10 7 (3.78%) Security Engineer
11 6 (3.24%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 6 (3.24%) Test Leader
12 5 (2.70%) Automation Engineer
12 5 (2.70%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (28.11%) Terraform
2 21 (11.35%) Node.js
2 21 (11.35%) REST
3 15 (8.11%) JSON
4 11 (5.95%) OpenTelemetry
5 10 (5.41%) Kafka
6 9 (4.86%) FastAPI
6 9 (4.86%) YAML
7 8 (4.32%) pytest
7 8 (4.32%) React
8 7 (3.78%) OpenID
9 6 (3.24%) LDAP
9 6 (3.24%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (3.24%) SLSA
10 5 (2.70%) .NET
10 5 (2.70%) PySpark
11 4 (2.16%) OAuth
11 4 (2.16%) OAuth2
12 3 (1.62%) Jakarta EE
12 3 (1.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 39 (21.08%) Cloud Native
2 19 (10.27%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (5.41%) Linux Command Line
4 9 (4.86%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.78%) AI Agents
5 7 (3.78%) PKI
6 6 (3.24%) Blog
6 6 (3.24%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (3.24%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.70%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.16%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.16%) Replication
9 3 (1.62%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.62%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.62%) Data Fabric
9 3 (1.62%) EMC VMAX
9 3 (1.62%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 32 (17.30%) Linux
2 10 (5.41%) Windows
3 8 (4.32%) Unix
4 6 (3.24%) VMS
5 5 (2.70%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.62%) zOS
8 2 (1.08%) CoreOS
8 2 (1.08%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.54%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (51.35%) CI/CD
2 78 (42.16%) DevOps
3 55 (29.73%) Observability
4 44 (23.78%) Agile
5 43 (23.24%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (19.46%) AI
6 36 (19.46%) Infrastructure as Code
7 33 (17.84%) Analytics
8 31 (16.76%) Software Engineering
8 31 (16.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 29 (15.68%) Cybersecurity
9 29 (15.68%) Data Engineering
9 29 (15.68%) DevSecOps
10 28 (15.14%) Platform Engineering
11 27 (14.59%) Containerisation
12 26 (14.05%) Identity Access Management
13 22 (11.89%) Continuous Improvement
13 22 (11.89%) Data Pipeline
13 22 (11.89%) LLM
13 22 (11.89%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 43 (23.24%) Java
2 40 (21.62%) SQL
3 36 (19.46%) Bash
4 27 (14.59%) PowerShell
5 22 (11.89%) Go
6 8 (4.32%) Groovy
6 8 (4.32%) JavaScript
6 8 (4.32%) R
7 7 (3.78%) C#
7 7 (3.78%) Rust
8 6 (3.24%) VBA
9 5 (2.70%) Shell Script
10 4 (2.16%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (2.16%) Scala
11 3 (1.62%) Bicep
11 3 (1.62%) Cypher
11 3 (1.62%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.08%) JCL
12 2 (1.08%) Perl
12 2 (1.08%) REXX
Qualifications
1 5 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (2.70%) Degree
2 4 (2.16%) CISSP
3 3 (1.62%) Azure Certification
3 3 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (1.62%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (1.08%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.08%) CCSP
4 2 (1.08%) CISM
4 2 (1.08%) GIAC
4 2 (1.08%) NCDA
4 2 (1.08%) NCIE
4 2 (1.08%) OCP
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (1.08%) RHCA
4 2 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.54%) CCNP
5 1 (0.54%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.86%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.78%) NIST
3 6 (3.24%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.08%) QA
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 23 (12.43%) Docker
2 9 (4.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.78%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.70%) vSphere
5 4 (2.16%) NFS
6 3 (1.62%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.08%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (1.08%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.08%) SRDF
7 2 (1.08%) Time Sharing Option
7 2 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.54%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.54%) Ceph
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 61 (32.97%) Kubernetes
2 48 (25.95%) Ansible
3 27 (14.59%) Grafana
4 21 (11.35%) Prometheus
5 11 (5.95%) Argo
6 7 (3.78%) Control-M
7 6 (3.24%) IBM Guardium
7 6 (3.24%) Nessus
8 5 (2.70%) Kustomize
8 5 (2.70%) vCenter Server
9 3 (1.62%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (1.62%) NetBackup
9 3 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (1.08%) EMC VPLEX
10 2 (1.08%) Progress Chef
10 2 (1.08%) SnapMirror
10 2 (1.08%) SnapVault
10 2 (1.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (0.54%) Puppet
11 1 (0.54%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 29 (15.68%) Google
2 27 (14.59%) Microsoft
3 15 (8.11%) Splunk
4 13 (7.03%) Databricks
5 10 (5.41%) Red Hat
6 9 (4.86%) VMware
7 8 (4.32%) ServiceNow
8 7 (3.78%) AppDynamics
8 7 (3.78%) Cisco
8 7 (3.78%) F5
8 7 (3.78%) Infoblox
9 6 (3.24%) Oracle
9 6 (3.24%) Pure Storage
9 6 (3.24%) Sonatype
9 6 (3.24%) Tenable
10 5 (2.70%) Brocade
10 5 (2.70%) Dell
11 4 (2.16%) EMC
11 4 (2.16%) OpenAI
12 3 (1.62%) Checkmarx