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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 10 20
Rank change year-on-year +7 +10 -6
Contract jobs citing Python 222 31 33
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 26.81% 12.92% 8.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 65.10% 37.35% 26.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 23 14
10th Percentile £371 £485 £349
25th Percentile £447 £509 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -0.91% -12.00%
75th Percentile £537 £636 £623
90th Percentile £640 £650 £638
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £575 £441
% change year-on-year -13.04% +30.31% -29.40%

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 341 83 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 41.18% 34.58% 32.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 62 78
10th Percentile £367 £400 £404
25th Percentile £444 £473 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £534 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.28% +6.70% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £587
90th Percentile £675 £650 £609
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £534 £475
% change year-on-year -6.37% +12.42% -13.64%

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 11 February 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 15 (6.76%) Confluence
2 5 (2.25%) Apache
2 5 (2.25%) Apache Pig
3 4 (1.80%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.80%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.90%) IIS
5 2 (0.90%) SAS
6 1 (0.45%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.80%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 61 (27.48%) GCP
2 52 (23.42%) AWS
3 37 (16.67%) OpenShift
4 31 (13.96%) Azure
4 31 (13.96%) GitHub
5 26 (11.71%) Serverless
6 15 (6.76%) Power Platform
7 10 (4.50%) AWS KMS
8 9 (4.05%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 8 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.70%) CloudBees
10 6 (2.70%) Entra ID
11 5 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.25%) SaaS
12 4 (1.80%) Azure AKS
12 4 (1.80%) Cohesity
13 3 (1.35%) Azure Functions
13 3 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.35%) Azure Storage
13 3 (1.35%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.86%) DNS
2 8 (3.60%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.70%) Firewall
4 4 (1.80%) NAS
4 4 (1.80%) Network Security
5 3 (1.35%) BIG-IP
5 3 (1.35%) Internet
5 3 (1.35%) SAN
5 3 (1.35%) VPN
6 2 (0.90%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.90%) DHCP
6 2 (0.90%) DWDM
6 2 (0.90%) LAN
6 2 (0.90%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (0.90%) WAN
7 1 (0.45%) HTTP
7 1 (0.45%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (19.82%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (13.96%) NoSQL
3 15 (6.76%) MySQL
3 15 (6.76%) Power BI
4 10 (4.50%) Hadoop
5 8 (3.60%) Apache Hive
5 8 (3.60%) Power Query
5 8 (3.60%) PowerPivot
6 7 (3.15%) Data Mining
6 7 (3.15%) Metadata
7 6 (2.70%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.70%) SQL Server
8 5 (2.25%) RDBMS
8 5 (2.25%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.80%) Neo4j
9 4 (1.80%) Oracle Database
10 3 (1.35%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.35%) HBase
11 2 (0.90%) OLTP
12 1 (0.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 85 (38.29%) Jenkins
2 56 (25.23%) GitLab
3 51 (22.97%) JIRA
4 23 (10.36%) Liquibase
5 17 (7.66%) Postman
6 10 (4.50%) Git
7 7 (3.15%) Selenium
8 6 (2.70%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.70%) REST Assured
8 6 (2.70%) TestRail
9 5 (2.25%) JMeter
9 5 (2.25%) PyCharm
10 4 (1.80%) Gatling
10 4 (1.80%) LoadRunner
10 4 (1.80%) NeoLoad
11 3 (1.35%) CircleCI
11 3 (1.35%) Maven
11 3 (1.35%) SonarQube
11 3 (1.35%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 81 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 70 (31.53%) Finance
3 54 (24.32%) Banking
4 38 (17.12%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (8.11%) Financial Institution
6 13 (5.86%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.15%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.35%) Legal
8 3 (1.35%) Wholesale Banking
9 2 (0.90%) Law
9 2 (0.90%) Marketing
9 2 (0.90%) Publishing
10 1 (0.45%) Advertising
10 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.45%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (13.51%) Developer
2 25 (11.26%) DevOps Engineer
3 22 (9.91%) Lead
4 20 (9.01%) GCP Engineer
5 18 (8.11%) Architect
5 18 (8.11%) Cloud Engineer
5 18 (8.11%) Senior
6 17 (7.66%) Data Engineer
7 16 (7.21%) Analyst
7 16 (7.21%) Python Developer
7 16 (7.21%) Software Engineer
8 15 (6.76%) Automation Engineer
9 12 (5.41%) Senior Software Engineer
10 10 (4.50%) AWS Engineer
11 9 (4.05%) Automation Test Lead
12 8 (3.60%) GCP DevOps
12 8 (3.60%) GCP DevOps Engineer
12 8 (3.60%) Strategy Analyst
12 8 (3.60%) Test Automation Engineer
12 8 (3.60%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (18.02%) REST
2 35 (15.77%) OpenTelemetry
3 30 (13.51%) Elastic Stack
4 28 (12.61%) RESTful
5 26 (11.71%) YAML
6 18 (8.11%) FastAPI
7 12 (5.41%) OpenID
8 11 (4.95%) Node.js
9 10 (4.50%) JSON
9 10 (4.50%) LDAP
10 9 (4.05%) Playwright
10 9 (4.05%) SailPoint
10 9 (4.05%) TensorFlow
11 7 (3.15%) .NET
11 7 (3.15%) Kafka
12 5 (2.25%) NumPy
12 5 (2.25%) Pandas
13 4 (1.80%) Anaconda
13 4 (1.80%) Regular Expression
13 4 (1.80%) SpaCy
Miscellaneous
1 38 (17.12%) Cloud Native
2 33 (14.86%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (11.71%) Public Cloud
4 13 (5.86%) Algorithms
4 13 (5.86%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (5.41%) Data Centre
6 11 (4.95%) Product Ownership
7 10 (4.50%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (2.70%) Credit Risk
9 5 (2.25%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.80%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.35%) Clustering
11 3 (1.35%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.35%) Online Banking
12 2 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.90%) PKI
12 2 (0.90%) Replication
12 2 (0.90%) Security Posture
13 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
13 1 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 57 (25.68%) Linux
2 11 (4.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 9 (4.05%) Windows
4 8 (3.60%) CentOS
4 8 (3.60%) Ubuntu
5 5 (2.25%) Unix
6 2 (0.90%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (62.16%) CI/CD
2 121 (54.50%) DevOps
3 78 (35.14%) Containerisation
4 69 (31.08%) Agile
5 60 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (26.13%) Infrastructure as Code
7 44 (19.82%) Root Cause Analysis
8 40 (18.02%) Observability
9 39 (17.57%) RBAC
10 38 (17.12%) Test Automation
11 34 (15.32%) Computer Science
11 34 (15.32%) Cybersecurity
12 31 (13.96%) Change Management
12 31 (13.96%) Microservices
13 30 (13.51%) Data Security
14 29 (13.06%) High Availability
15 27 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
16 26 (11.71%) Analytics
17 25 (11.26%) Migration
18 24 (10.81%) Cryptography
Programming Languages
1 44 (19.82%) Java
2 39 (17.57%) Go
3 38 (17.12%) Bash
4 37 (16.67%) SQL
5 18 (8.11%) Scala
6 15 (6.76%) Shell Script
7 12 (5.41%) Perl
8 11 (4.95%) VBA
9 10 (4.50%) TypeScript
10 9 (4.05%) JavaScript
10 9 (4.05%) PowerShell
10 9 (4.05%) Ruby
11 6 (2.70%) Groovy
11 6 (2.70%) PHP
12 4 (1.80%) Cypher
13 3 (1.35%) Bicep
14 1 (0.45%) ActionScript
14 1 (0.45%) C#
14 1 (0.45%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 37 (16.67%) Degree
2 30 (13.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (11.71%) Master's Degree
4 8 (3.60%) AWS Certification
4 8 (3.60%) RHCE
5 7 (3.15%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.25%) CISM
6 5 (2.25%) CISSP
7 4 (1.80%) AWS Certified Developer
7 4 (1.80%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 4 (1.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.90%) CCNA
8 2 (0.90%) CCNP
8 2 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.90%) JNCIA
8 2 (0.90%) JNCIS
8 2 (0.90%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.45%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.50%) QA
2 4 (1.80%) PMO
3 3 (1.35%) SLA
4 2 (0.90%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.90%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
System Software
1 53 (23.87%) Docker
2 12 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (3.60%) vSphere
4 6 (2.70%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (1.80%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 3 (1.35%) HDFS
7 3 (1.35%) KVM
8 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.45%) NFS
Systems Management
1 98 (44.14%) Ansible
2 90 (40.54%) Kubernetes
3 74 (33.33%) Terraform
4 62 (27.93%) Grafana
5 59 (26.58%) Prometheus
6 17 (7.66%) Control-M
6 17 (7.66%) IBM Guardium
6 17 (7.66%) Nessus
6 17 (7.66%) Puppet
7 10 (4.50%) NetBackup
8 8 (3.60%) vCenter Server
9 7 (3.15%) Argo
10 3 (1.35%) Hadoop YARN
11 2 (0.90%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.45%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.45%) Istio
12 1 (0.45%) Kibana
12 1 (0.45%) logstash
12 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 49 (22.07%) Splunk
2 41 (18.47%) Red Hat
3 25 (11.26%) Google
4 22 (9.91%) Microsoft
5 17 (7.66%) ServiceNow
5 17 (7.66%) Tenable
6 10 (4.50%) Commvault
6 10 (4.50%) VMware
7 8 (3.60%) Pure Storage
8 6 (2.70%) Oracle
8 6 (2.70%) Veritas
9 4 (1.80%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (1.80%) Okta
10 3 (1.35%) Alibaba
10 3 (1.35%) Cisco
10 3 (1.35%) F5
10 3 (1.35%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.35%) Sonatype
11 2 (0.90%) EMC
11 2 (0.90%) NetApp