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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 7 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +15
Contract jobs citing Python 192 132 79
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 18.84% 22.92% 19.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 51.34% 56.41% 55.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 89 55
10th Percentile £374 £357 £425
25th Percentile £425 £406 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -6.10% -11.99%
75th Percentile £560 £550 £594
90th Percentile £669 £615 £648
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £493 £530
% change year-on-year +1.42% -6.98% -11.15%

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 374 234 143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 36.70% 40.63% 34.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 159 96
10th Percentile £362 £324 £400
25th Percentile £422 £384 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £591
90th Percentile £615 £611 £645
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £480 £525
% change year-on-year +4.17% -8.57% -8.70%

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 21 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 16 (8.33%) Apache Spark
2 10 (5.21%) Confluence
3 4 (2.08%) SAS
4 3 (1.56%) Apache
5 1 (0.52%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.52%) nginx
5 1 (0.52%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.52%) Zemax
Cloud Services
1 55 (28.65%) GCP
2 44 (22.92%) Azure
3 30 (15.63%) AWS
4 26 (13.54%) GitHub
5 18 (9.38%) OpenShift
6 15 (7.81%) Power Platform
7 12 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (3.65%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 7 (3.65%) OCI
10 6 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (3.13%) Slack
11 5 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.60%) Datadog
12 4 (2.08%) CloudBees
13 3 (1.56%) Azure Storage
13 3 (1.56%) Cloud Run
13 3 (1.56%) Entra ID
14 2 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 2 (1.04%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.85%) DNS
2 9 (4.69%) Network Security
3 8 (4.17%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.65%) BIG-IP
4 7 (3.65%) DHCP
4 7 (3.65%) SAN
5 5 (2.60%) Firewall
6 4 (2.08%) iSCSI
7 3 (1.56%) HTTP
7 3 (1.56%) NAS
8 2 (1.04%) Internet
8 2 (1.04%) VPN
8 2 (1.04%) VSAN
8 2 (1.04%) WAN
9 1 (0.52%) Calico
9 1 (0.52%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.52%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.52%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 1 (0.52%) Modbus
9 1 (0.52%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.81%) Power BI
2 13 (6.77%) Metadata
3 10 (5.21%) Big Data
3 10 (5.21%) NoSQL
3 10 (5.21%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (4.69%) Hadoop
5 8 (4.17%) MongoDB
6 7 (3.65%) Neo4j
6 7 (3.65%) Tableau
7 6 (3.13%) SQL Server
8 5 (2.60%) BigQuery
8 5 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (2.08%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.56%) Spark SQL
11 2 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (1.04%) Oracle Database
11 2 (1.04%) Parquet
12 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.52%) Qlik Sense
12 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 46 (23.96%) Jenkins
2 39 (20.31%) JIRA
3 15 (7.81%) Git
4 8 (4.17%) GitLab
4 8 (4.17%) SonarQube
5 7 (3.65%) Maven
5 7 (3.65%) Zephyr
6 6 (3.13%) Gatling
6 6 (3.13%) JMeter
6 6 (3.13%) NeoLoad
7 5 (2.60%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (2.08%) LoadRunner
8 4 (2.08%) MSBuild
8 4 (2.08%) Postman
8 4 (2.08%) Visual Studio
9 3 (1.56%) Selenium
10 2 (1.04%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.52%) Jaeger
11 1 (0.52%) Subversion
General
1 51 (26.56%) Finance
2 46 (23.96%) Social Skills
3 44 (22.92%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (15.10%) Banking
5 7 (3.65%) Publishing
6 6 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.08%) Law
8 3 (1.56%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.56%) Marketing
9 2 (1.04%) Advertising
9 2 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.04%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.52%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.52%) Legal
10 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Retail
10 1 (0.52%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (17.71%) Lead
2 26 (13.54%) Developer
3 25 (13.02%) Python Developer
4 22 (11.46%) DevOps Engineer
5 17 (8.85%) Analyst
6 14 (7.29%) Python Engineer
7 13 (6.77%) Data Analyst
8 11 (5.73%) Architect
9 9 (4.69%) Senior
10 8 (4.17%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 8 (4.17%) Data Engineer
10 8 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.65%) Consultant
11 7 (3.65%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 6 (3.13%) Automation Engineer
12 6 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 6 (3.13%) Lead DevOps
12 6 (3.13%) Platform Engineer
12 6 (3.13%) Security Engineer
12 6 (3.13%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (25.00%) Terraform
2 22 (11.46%) REST
3 21 (10.94%) Node.js
4 16 (8.33%) JSON
5 15 (7.81%) OpenTelemetry
6 12 (6.25%) FastAPI
7 10 (5.21%) YAML
8 9 (4.69%) pytest
9 8 (4.17%) Kafka
10 7 (3.65%) React
10 7 (3.65%) SLSA
11 6 (3.13%) LDAP
11 6 (3.13%) PySpark
11 6 (3.13%) RabbitMQ
12 5 (2.60%) OpenID
13 4 (2.08%) .NET
14 2 (1.04%) Apache Avro
14 2 (1.04%) LangChain
14 2 (1.04%) LangGraph
14 2 (1.04%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 35 (18.23%) Cloud Native
2 20 (10.42%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (4.69%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (4.69%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (3.13%) Blog
4 6 (3.13%) EMC VMAX
4 6 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (3.13%) Product Ownership
4 6 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.60%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.60%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.60%) PKI
6 4 (2.08%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.08%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (2.08%) Replication
7 3 (1.56%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.56%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.56%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 32 (16.67%) Linux
2 15 (7.81%) Windows
3 7 (3.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (2.60%) Unix
4 5 (2.60%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.08%) VMS
6 3 (1.56%) zOS
7 2 (1.04%) CoreOS
7 2 (1.04%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.52%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 87 (45.31%) DevOps
3 51 (26.56%) Observability
4 50 (26.04%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (23.96%) Agile
6 34 (17.71%) Analytics
6 34 (17.71%) Infrastructure as Code
7 33 (17.19%) Containerisation
8 31 (16.15%) AI
9 30 (15.63%) Test Automation
10 28 (14.58%) Data Engineering
11 25 (13.02%) Cybersecurity
12 24 (12.50%) Data Protection
12 24 (12.50%) DevSecOps
12 24 (12.50%) Platform Engineering
12 24 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (11.98%) Identity Access Management
14 22 (11.46%) Validation
15 21 (10.94%) Software Engineering
16 20 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 37 (19.27%) Bash
1 37 (19.27%) SQL
2 34 (17.71%) Java
3 23 (11.98%) Go
3 23 (11.98%) PowerShell
4 9 (4.69%) JavaScript
5 8 (4.17%) Groovy
5 8 (4.17%) R
6 7 (3.65%) Rust
7 6 (3.13%) C#
7 6 (3.13%) VBA
8 4 (2.08%) Scala
8 4 (2.08%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.56%) Cypher
9 3 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.04%) Bicep
10 2 (1.04%) JCL
10 2 (1.04%) Perl
10 2 (1.04%) REXX
10 2 (1.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (2.60%) Degree
2 4 (2.08%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.56%) Azure Certification
3 3 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.04%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.04%) CISSP
4 2 (1.04%) GIAC
4 2 (1.04%) NCDA
4 2 (1.04%) NCIE
4 2 (1.04%) OCP
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (1.04%) RHCA
4 2 (1.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.52%) CCNA
5 1 (0.52%) CCNP
5 1 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.52%) JNCIA
5 1 (0.52%) RHCE
5 1 (0.52%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.13%) Data Quality
1 6 (3.13%) NIST
2 5 (2.60%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.56%) QA
4 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.52%) SLA
5 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 26 (13.54%) Docker
2 15 (7.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.17%) vSphere
4 5 (2.60%) Active Directory
5 4 (2.08%) NFS
5 4 (2.08%) SRDF
5 4 (2.08%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.56%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.04%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (1.04%) Time Sharing Option
7 2 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.52%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.52%) Ceph
8 1 (0.52%) KVM
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 60 (31.25%) Kubernetes
2 56 (29.17%) Ansible
3 29 (15.10%) Grafana
4 23 (11.98%) Prometheus
5 12 (6.25%) Argo
6 9 (4.69%) Control-M
7 8 (4.17%) IBM Guardium
7 8 (4.17%) Nessus
8 7 (3.65%) vCenter Server
9 6 (3.13%) NetBackup
9 6 (3.13%) Puppet
10 4 (2.08%) Kustomize
11 3 (1.56%) EMC NetWorker
12 2 (1.04%) EMC VPLEX
12 2 (1.04%) Progress Chef
12 2 (1.04%) SnapMirror
12 2 (1.04%) SnapVault
12 2 (1.04%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 1 (0.52%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.52%) vRealize
Vendors
1 23 (11.98%) Microsoft
2 22 (11.46%) Google
3 18 (9.38%) Splunk
4 15 (7.81%) VMware
5 14 (7.29%) Red Hat
6 12 (6.25%) Databricks
7 10 (5.21%) Cisco
8 8 (4.17%) Dell
8 8 (4.17%) F5
8 8 (4.17%) Pure Storage
8 8 (4.17%) Tenable
9 7 (3.65%) Infoblox
9 7 (3.65%) ServiceNow
9 7 (3.65%) Sonatype
10 6 (3.13%) Broadcom
11 5 (2.60%) Brocade
12 4 (2.08%) Commvault
12 4 (2.08%) EMC
12 4 (2.08%) HP
12 4 (2.08%) Oracle