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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 5 11
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 +5
Contract jobs citing Python 247 48 44
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 26.91% 18.82% 12.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 67.12% 50.53% 36.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 37 19
10th Percentile £370 £356 £410
25th Percentile £436 £463 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £550 £445
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +23.60% -31.54%
75th Percentile £537 £650 £525
90th Percentile £616 - £638
South Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £575 £430
% change year-on-year -16.17% +33.72% -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 95 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 40.09% 37.25% 33.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 71 71
10th Percentile £366 £400 £400
25th Percentile £432 £459 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £538 £618 £550
90th Percentile £635 £650 £588
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £433
% change year-on-year -4.76% +21.39% -25.59%

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 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 (6.88%) Confluence
2 9 (3.64%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.62%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.21%) SAS
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Pig
5 1 (0.40%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.62%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.81%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 58 (23.48%) GCP
2 55 (22.27%) OpenShift
3 49 (19.84%) AWS
4 43 (17.41%) GitHub
5 31 (12.55%) Azure
6 20 (8.10%) Serverless
7 11 (4.45%) Power Platform
8 10 (4.05%) AWS KMS
9 9 (3.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 7 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.83%) CloudBees
11 6 (2.43%) Entra ID
12 5 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (2.02%) SaaS
13 4 (1.62%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.62%) Cohesity
14 3 (1.21%) Azure Functions
14 3 (1.21%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (1.21%) Azure Storage
14 3 (1.21%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.88%) DNS
2 9 (3.64%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.43%) Firewall
3 6 (2.43%) SAN
4 4 (1.62%) NAS
4 4 (1.62%) Network Security
5 3 (1.21%) BIG-IP
5 3 (1.21%) Internet
5 3 (1.21%) iSCSI
5 3 (1.21%) VPN
6 2 (0.81%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.81%) DHCP
6 2 (0.81%) DWDM
6 2 (0.81%) LAN
6 2 (0.81%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (0.81%) WAN
7 1 (0.40%) BGP
7 1 (0.40%) HTTP
7 1 (0.40%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (19.43%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (12.96%) NoSQL
3 15 (6.07%) MySQL
4 11 (4.45%) Hadoop
4 11 (4.45%) Power BI
5 10 (4.05%) MongoDB
6 8 (3.24%) Metadata
6 8 (3.24%) Power Query
6 8 (3.24%) PowerPivot
7 7 (2.83%) SQL Server
8 5 (2.02%) RDBMS
8 5 (2.02%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.62%) Neo4j
9 4 (1.62%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.81%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.40%) Apache Hive
11 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.40%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 91 (36.84%) Jenkins
2 55 (22.27%) JIRA
3 47 (19.03%) GitLab
4 17 (6.88%) Postman
5 16 (6.48%) Liquibase
6 12 (4.86%) Git
7 8 (3.24%) Selenium
8 6 (2.43%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.43%) REST Assured
8 6 (2.43%) TestRail
9 5 (2.02%) JMeter
9 5 (2.02%) PyCharm
10 4 (1.62%) Gatling
10 4 (1.62%) LoadRunner
10 4 (1.62%) Maven
10 4 (1.62%) NeoLoad
10 4 (1.62%) SonarQube
11 3 (1.21%) CircleCI
11 3 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.40%) Travis CI
General
1 81 (32.79%) Social Skills
2 71 (28.74%) Finance
3 54 (21.86%) Banking
4 48 (19.43%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.67%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (4.86%) Financial Institution
7 10 (4.05%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.21%) Advertising
8 3 (1.21%) Legal
8 3 (1.21%) Marketing
8 3 (1.21%) Publishing
9 2 (0.81%) Law
9 2 (0.81%) Wholesale Banking
10 1 (0.40%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (16.19%) Developer
2 36 (14.57%) Lead
3 29 (11.74%) Python Developer
4 25 (10.12%) DevOps Engineer
5 20 (8.10%) GCP Engineer
6 19 (7.69%) Architect
7 18 (7.29%) Data Engineer
8 16 (6.48%) Cloud Engineer
8 16 (6.48%) Senior
9 15 (6.07%) Analyst
10 12 (4.86%) Automation Engineer
11 11 (4.45%) Software Engineer
12 9 (3.64%) Automation Test Lead
12 9 (3.64%) GCP DevOps
12 9 (3.64%) GCP DevOps Engineer
13 8 (3.24%) AWS Engineer
13 8 (3.24%) Senior Software Engineer
13 8 (3.24%) Strategy Analyst
13 8 (3.24%) Test Automation Engineer
13 8 (3.24%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (17.41%) OpenTelemetry
2 38 (15.38%) REST
3 27 (10.93%) YAML
4 25 (10.12%) Elastic Stack
5 24 (9.72%) FastAPI
6 22 (8.91%) RESTful
7 14 (5.67%) JSON
8 12 (4.86%) OpenID
9 11 (4.45%) Node.js
10 10 (4.05%) LDAP
11 9 (3.64%) Kafka
11 9 (3.64%) Playwright
11 9 (3.64%) SailPoint
12 8 (3.24%) Apache Avro
12 8 (3.24%) Protocol Buffers
13 7 (2.83%) TensorFlow
14 6 (2.43%) .NET
15 5 (2.02%) NumPy
15 5 (2.02%) Pandas
16 4 (1.62%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 36 (14.57%) Cloud Native
2 28 (11.34%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (8.50%) Public Cloud
4 18 (7.29%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (4.05%) Data Centre
7 9 (3.64%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.83%) Algorithms
9 6 (2.43%) Credit Risk
10 5 (2.02%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (1.21%) Clustering
11 3 (1.21%) EMC VMAX
11 3 (1.21%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.21%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.21%) Online Banking
11 3 (1.21%) PKI
12 2 (0.81%) Enterprise Storage
12 2 (0.81%) Replication
12 2 (0.81%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 55 (22.27%) Linux
2 14 (5.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 14 (5.67%) Windows
3 8 (3.24%) CentOS
3 8 (3.24%) Ubuntu
4 7 (2.83%) Unix
5 2 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (61.54%) CI/CD
2 130 (52.63%) DevOps
3 83 (33.60%) Containerisation
4 78 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
5 69 (27.94%) Agile
6 58 (23.48%) Infrastructure as Code
7 49 (19.84%) Test Automation
8 45 (18.22%) Observability
9 43 (17.41%) RBAC
10 36 (14.57%) Migration
11 35 (14.17%) Root Cause Analysis
12 31 (12.55%) Analytics
13 29 (11.74%) Cybersecurity
13 29 (11.74%) High Availability
13 29 (11.74%) Stakeholder Management
14 28 (11.34%) API Development
15 26 (10.53%) Change Management
15 26 (10.53%) Computer Science
15 26 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
16 25 (10.12%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 48 (19.43%) Bash
2 38 (15.38%) SQL
3 35 (14.17%) Java
4 32 (12.96%) Go
5 12 (4.86%) PowerShell
5 12 (4.86%) Scala
5 12 (4.86%) Shell Script
6 11 (4.45%) VBA
7 10 (4.05%) JavaScript
7 10 (4.05%) Perl
7 10 (4.05%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.64%) Ruby
9 8 (3.24%) Groovy
10 6 (2.43%) PHP
11 4 (1.62%) Cypher
12 3 (1.21%) Bicep
13 1 (0.40%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.40%) C
13 1 (0.40%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 28 (11.34%) Degree
2 22 (8.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (7.29%) Master's Degree
4 10 (4.05%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.24%) RHCE
6 5 (2.02%) CISM
6 5 (2.02%) CISSP
7 3 (1.21%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.81%) CCNA
8 2 (0.81%) CCNP
8 2 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.81%) JNCIA
8 2 (0.81%) JNCIS
8 2 (0.81%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.40%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.45%) QA
2 4 (1.62%) PMO
3 3 (1.21%) SLA
4 2 (0.81%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.81%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (21.46%) Docker
2 16 (6.48%) vSphere
3 15 (6.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (4.45%) VMware NSX
5 10 (4.05%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.43%) KVM
7 4 (1.62%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 4 (1.62%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.62%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.81%) SRDF
9 1 (0.40%) NFS
Systems Management
1 109 (44.13%) Ansible
2 102 (41.30%) Kubernetes
3 77 (31.17%) Terraform
4 65 (26.32%) Grafana
5 61 (24.70%) Prometheus
6 21 (8.50%) Puppet
7 20 (8.10%) Control-M
7 20 (8.10%) IBM Guardium
7 20 (8.10%) Nessus
8 15 (6.07%) vCenter Server
9 12 (4.86%) Argo
10 11 (4.45%) NetBackup
11 4 (1.62%) PowerCLI
12 3 (1.21%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.81%) Istio
14 1 (0.40%) Docker Swarm
14 1 (0.40%) Kibana
14 1 (0.40%) logstash
14 1 (0.40%) vRealize
14 1 (0.40%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 52 (21.05%) Splunk
2 45 (18.22%) Red Hat
3 21 (8.50%) Google
3 21 (8.50%) Microsoft
3 21 (8.50%) VMware
4 20 (8.10%) Tenable
5 15 (6.07%) ServiceNow
6 14 (5.67%) Pure Storage
7 10 (4.05%) Commvault
8 7 (2.83%) Veritas
9 6 (2.43%) Cisco
9 6 (2.43%) Oracle
10 5 (2.02%) F5
11 4 (1.62%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (1.62%) Okta
11 4 (1.62%) Sonatype
12 3 (1.21%) Alibaba
12 3 (1.21%) Broadcom
12 3 (1.21%) Dell
12 3 (1.21%) HP