Python Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Python
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield citing Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	6	5	6
Rank change year-on-year	-1	+1	+21
Contract jobs citing Python	195	165	69
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield	18.54%	26.36%	16.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category	49.74%	60.66%	50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted	136	116	47
10^th Percentile	£400	£361	£446
25^th Percentile	£449	£435	£489
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£514	£500	£538
Median % change year-on-year	+2.80%	-6.98%	-5.70%
75^th Percentile	£575	£538	£594
90^th Percentile	£672	£650	£700
South Yorkshire median daily rate	£514	£500	£538
% change year-on-year	+2.80%	-6.98%	-2.27%

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 citing coding skills in Sheffield.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing coding skills	392	272	138
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield	37.26%	43.45%	33.25%
Number of daily rates quoted	253	190	93
10^th Percentile	£400	£324	£400
25^th Percentile	£440	£400	£480
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£490	£533
Median % change year-on-year	+1.99%	-8.02%	-9.27%
75^th Percentile	£570	£538	£594
90^th Percentile	£638	£628	£650
South Yorkshire median daily rate	£500	£486	£534
% change year-on-year	+2.83%	-8.86%	-9.19%

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 Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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 24 October 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.

Python Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Python also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Sheffield region citing Python.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CI/CD	58.5%	114
2	DevOps	47.2%	92
3	GCP	41.0%	80
4	Terraform	32.3%	63
5	Observability	30.8%	60
6	Azure	30.3%	59
6	Kubernetes	30.3%	59
8	Infrastructure as Code	26.2%	51
9	Agile	25.6%	50
10	AWS	24.6%	48
11	AI	24.1%	47
11	Software Engineering	24.1%	47
13	Java	23.1%	45
14	Google	20.5%	40
14	Jenkins	20.5%	40
16	SQL	20.0%	39
17	Ansible	19.5%	38
18	Bash	18.5%	36
18	Cybersecurity	18.5%	36
18	PowerShell	18.5%	36
21	Platform Engineering	17.9%	35
22	Linux	17.4%	34
23	Analytics	16.9%	33
23	Stakeholder Management	16.9%	33
25	Identity Access Management	16.4%	32
26	DevSecOps	15.9%	31
27	Go	15.4%	30
27	Microsoft	15.4%	30
27	Problem-Solving	15.4%	30
30	Data Engineering	14.9%	29

Python Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Java	23.1%	45
2	SQL	20.0%	39
3	Bash	18.5%	36
3	PowerShell	18.5%	36
5	Go	15.4%	30
6	C#	7.7%	15
7	TypeScript	5.6%	11
8	Groovy	4.1%	8
9	JavaScript	3.6%	7
9	Rust	3.6%	7
11	Bicep	2.1%	4
11	Kusto Query Language	2.1%	4
11	Shell Script	2.1%	4
14	Cypher	1.5%	3
14	Scala	1.5%	3
14	VBA	1.5%	3
17	C++	1.0%	2
17	JCL	1.0%	2
17	Perl	1.0%	2
17	REXX	1.0%	2