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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 6 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +12
Contract jobs citing Python 265 80 86
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 24.49% 20.15% 21.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 60.78% 53.69% 56.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 53 43
10th Percentile £380 £350 £425
25th Percentile £425 £385 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £507
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -3.35% -27.57%
75th Percentile £542 £575 £587
90th Percentile £610 £645 £638
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £507
% change year-on-year - -1.38% -27.57%

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 436 149 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 40.30% 37.53% 37.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 99 89
10th Percentile £367 £352 £400
25th Percentile £425 £400 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year - -1.38% -15.50%
75th Percentile £551 £587 £588
90th Percentile £616 £650 £638
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £505 £507
% change year-on-year -0.99% -0.39% -15.50%

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 19 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 (7.17%) Apache Spark
2 15 (5.66%) Confluence
3 3 (1.13%) SAS
4 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.38%) Apache
5 1 (0.38%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.38%) Zemax
Cloud Services
1 52 (19.62%) GCP
1 52 (19.62%) OpenShift
2 40 (15.09%) Azure
3 37 (13.96%) GitHub
4 32 (12.08%) AWS
5 16 (6.04%) Power Platform
6 10 (3.77%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 9 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.64%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (2.64%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.64%) OCI
9 6 (2.26%) CloudBees
9 6 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (2.26%) Slack
10 5 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (1.89%) Azure Storage
11 4 (1.51%) Serverless
12 3 (1.13%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.13%) Cloud Run
12 3 (1.13%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.68%) DNS
2 13 (4.91%) TCP/IP
3 10 (3.77%) BIG-IP
3 10 (3.77%) SAN
4 9 (3.40%) DHCP
5 7 (2.64%) NAS
6 6 (2.26%) Firewall
7 5 (1.89%) Network Security
8 4 (1.51%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.75%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.75%) DWDM
9 2 (0.75%) HTTP
9 2 (0.75%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.75%) LAN
9 2 (0.75%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.75%) VPN
9 2 (0.75%) VSAN
9 2 (0.75%) WAN
10 1 (0.38%) BGP
10 1 (0.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.17%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (6.04%) Power BI
3 14 (5.28%) Hadoop
4 11 (4.15%) Metadata
4 11 (4.15%) MongoDB
4 11 (4.15%) NoSQL
5 8 (3.02%) Big Data
6 7 (2.64%) Tableau
7 6 (2.26%) Neo4j
8 4 (1.51%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.13%) Spark SQL
10 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.75%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.75%) Parquet
10 2 (0.75%) Power Query
10 2 (0.75%) PowerPivot
10 2 (0.75%) SQL Server
11 1 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.38%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.38%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 73 (27.55%) Jenkins
2 51 (19.25%) JIRA
3 14 (5.28%) GitLab
4 11 (4.15%) Git
4 11 (4.15%) Postman
5 9 (3.40%) SonarQube
6 8 (3.02%) Maven
7 5 (1.89%) JMeter
8 4 (1.51%) Gatling
8 4 (1.51%) LoadRunner
8 4 (1.51%) NeoLoad
9 3 (1.13%) Liquibase
9 3 (1.13%) Selenium
10 2 (0.75%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.75%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.38%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.38%) Jaeger
11 1 (0.38%) TruffleHog
General
1 74 (27.92%) Social Skills
2 65 (24.53%) Finance
3 54 (20.38%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (12.45%) Banking
5 17 (6.42%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.64%) Publishing
7 4 (1.51%) Advertising
7 4 (1.51%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.13%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.13%) Legal
8 3 (1.13%) Marketing
9 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.38%) Law
9 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 42 (15.85%) Lead
2 41 (15.47%) Developer
3 35 (13.21%) Python Developer
4 30 (11.32%) DevOps Engineer
5 29 (10.94%) Architect
6 20 (7.55%) Data Engineer
7 17 (6.42%) Analyst
8 14 (5.28%) Python Engineer
9 13 (4.91%) Senior
10 12 (4.53%) Data Analyst
11 8 (3.02%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 8 (3.02%) Automation Engineer
11 8 (3.02%) GCP Engineer
12 7 (2.64%) Consultant
12 7 (2.64%) GCP DevOps
12 7 (2.64%) GCP DevOps Engineer
12 7 (2.64%) Platform Engineer
13 6 (2.26%) Automation Test Lead
13 6 (2.26%) DevOps Developer
13 6 (2.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (14.72%) OpenTelemetry
2 33 (12.45%) YAML
3 27 (10.19%) Node.js
4 24 (9.06%) JSON
4 24 (9.06%) REST
5 20 (7.55%) FastAPI
6 9 (3.40%) Apache Avro
6 9 (3.40%) Kafka
6 9 (3.40%) Playwright
6 9 (3.40%) Protocol Buffers
7 8 (3.02%) OpenID
7 8 (3.02%) PySpark
7 8 (3.02%) SLSA
8 6 (2.26%) LDAP
8 6 (2.26%) React
9 5 (1.89%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (1.89%) RESTful
10 4 (1.51%) OAuth
10 4 (1.51%) SailPoint
10 4 (1.51%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (15.09%) Cloud Native
2 25 (9.43%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (6.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (4.53%) Data Centre
5 11 (4.15%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.64%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.26%) EMC VMAX
7 6 (2.26%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (2.26%) PKI
7 6 (2.26%) Replication
8 5 (1.89%) Blog
8 5 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.89%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.51%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (1.13%) Credit Risk
10 3 (1.13%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.13%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.75%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.75%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 46 (17.36%) Linux
2 20 (7.55%) Windows
3 17 (6.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (3.02%) CentOS
4 8 (3.02%) Ubuntu
5 7 (2.64%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.51%) Unix
6 4 (1.51%) VMS
7 3 (1.13%) zOS
8 2 (0.75%) CoreOS
8 2 (0.75%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.38%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (53.96%) CI/CD
2 117 (44.15%) DevOps
3 81 (30.57%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (22.64%) Containerisation
5 56 (21.13%) Agile
6 55 (20.75%) RBAC
7 50 (18.87%) Observability
8 42 (15.85%) Analytics
8 42 (15.85%) Migration
9 41 (15.47%) Test Automation
10 36 (13.58%) Infrastructure as Code
11 32 (12.08%) AI
12 31 (11.70%) Data Protection
12 31 (11.70%) Stakeholder Management
13 29 (10.94%) API Development
13 29 (10.94%) Technical Leadership
13 29 (10.94%) Validation
14 28 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
15 27 (10.19%) Data Engineering
16 26 (9.81%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 43 (16.23%) Bash
2 41 (15.47%) Java
3 31 (11.70%) SQL
4 25 (9.43%) Go
5 21 (7.92%) PowerShell
6 12 (4.53%) JavaScript
7 11 (4.15%) VBA
8 10 (3.77%) Groovy
8 10 (3.77%) Perl
8 10 (3.77%) Scala
9 9 (3.40%) Ruby
9 9 (3.40%) TypeScript
10 8 (3.02%) R
11 6 (2.26%) Rust
11 6 (2.26%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.51%) Cypher
13 3 (1.13%) Bicep
13 3 (1.13%) C#
14 2 (0.75%) JCL
14 2 (0.75%) REXX
Qualifications
1 9 (3.40%) RHCE
2 8 (3.02%) Degree
3 7 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.26%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.89%) CISSP
6 4 (1.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (1.13%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.13%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.13%) CISM
7 3 (1.13%) OCP
7 3 (1.13%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.75%) CCNP
8 2 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.75%) GIAC
8 2 (0.75%) JNCIA
8 2 (0.75%) JNCIS
8 2 (0.75%) NCDA
8 2 (0.75%) NCIE
8 2 (0.75%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.26%) QA
2 5 (1.89%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.51%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.51%) NIST
4 3 (1.13%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.13%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.75%) PMO
6 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (13.21%) Docker
2 24 (9.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (7.55%) vSphere
4 13 (4.91%) VMware NSX
5 12 (4.53%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.26%) Hyper-V
6 6 (2.26%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.89%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 5 (1.89%) KVM
7 5 (1.89%) NFS
8 4 (1.51%) SRDF
9 2 (0.75%) Active Directory
9 2 (0.75%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.75%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.38%) Ceph
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 102 (38.49%) Ansible
2 82 (30.94%) Kubernetes
3 60 (22.64%) Terraform
4 43 (16.23%) Grafana
5 40 (15.09%) Prometheus
6 19 (7.17%) Argo
6 19 (7.17%) vCenter Server
7 16 (6.04%) Puppet
8 15 (5.66%) Control-M
9 14 (5.28%) IBM Guardium
9 14 (5.28%) Nessus
10 8 (3.02%) NetBackup
11 4 (1.51%) PowerCLI
12 3 (1.13%) EMC NetWorker
13 2 (0.75%) EMC VPLEX
13 2 (0.75%) Kustomize
13 2 (0.75%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.75%) SnapMirror
13 2 (0.75%) SnapVault
13 2 (0.75%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 46 (17.36%) Red Hat
2 38 (14.34%) Splunk
3 28 (10.57%) VMware
4 26 (9.81%) Microsoft
5 21 (7.92%) Google
6 19 (7.17%) Pure Storage
7 14 (5.28%) Tenable
8 12 (4.53%) F5
8 12 (4.53%) ServiceNow
9 10 (3.77%) Cisco
9 10 (3.77%) Databricks
10 9 (3.40%) Infoblox
11 8 (3.02%) Dell
11 8 (3.02%) Sonatype
12 6 (2.26%) Broadcom
12 6 (2.26%) Brocade
12 6 (2.26%) Commvault
12 6 (2.26%) Veritas
13 5 (1.89%) EMC
13 5 (1.89%) NetApp