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

 6 months to
26 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 6 8
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +5
Contract jobs citing Python 241 65 51
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 24.57% 20.12% 13.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 64.61% 56.03% 41.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 47 24
10th Percentile £367 £354 £411
25th Percentile £421 £394 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.52% -29.64%
75th Percentile £529 £600 £628
90th Percentile £597 £650 £645
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £445
% change year-on-year -5.00% +12.36% -36.43%

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 373 116 122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 38.02% 35.91% 32.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 83 78
10th Percentile £366 £360 £397
25th Percentile £419 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -23.40%
75th Percentile £538 £603 £569
90th Percentile £619 £650 £629
South Yorkshire median daily rate £479 £520 £445
% change year-on-year -7.84% +16.80% -19.09%

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 26 April 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 14 (5.81%) Apache Spark
1 14 (5.81%) Confluence
2 4 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.24%) SAS
4 1 (0.41%) Apache
4 1 (0.41%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (6.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.83%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 62 (25.73%) OpenShift
2 45 (18.67%) GCP
3 39 (16.18%) GitHub
4 38 (15.77%) AWS
5 37 (15.35%) Azure
6 16 (6.64%) Power Platform
7 9 (3.73%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 7 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (2.49%) CloudBees
9 6 (2.49%) Entra ID
10 5 (2.07%) OCI
10 5 (2.07%) SaaS
11 4 (1.66%) Azure Storage
11 4 (1.66%) Serverless
12 3 (1.24%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.24%) Cloud Run
12 3 (1.24%) IaaS
12 3 (1.24%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 22 (9.13%) DNS
2 13 (5.39%) TCP/IP
3 9 (3.73%) SAN
4 7 (2.90%) Firewall
5 6 (2.49%) BIG-IP
5 6 (2.49%) NAS
6 5 (2.07%) DHCP
6 5 (2.07%) Network Security
7 4 (1.66%) iSCSI
8 3 (1.24%) VPN
9 2 (0.83%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.83%) DWDM
9 2 (0.83%) LAN
9 2 (0.83%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.83%) WAN
10 1 (0.41%) BGP
10 1 (0.41%) HTTP
10 1 (0.41%) Internet
10 1 (0.41%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.41%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.71%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (6.64%) Power BI
3 13 (5.39%) Hadoop
3 13 (5.39%) MongoDB
4 12 (4.98%) NoSQL
5 9 (3.73%) Metadata
6 8 (3.32%) MySQL
6 8 (3.32%) Tableau
7 7 (2.90%) SQL Server
8 6 (2.49%) Power Query
8 6 (2.49%) PowerPivot
9 4 (1.66%) Neo4j
10 3 (1.24%) Big Data
11 2 (0.83%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.83%) Parquet
12 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.41%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.41%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 75 (31.12%) Jenkins
2 47 (19.50%) JIRA
3 26 (10.79%) GitLab
4 18 (7.47%) Postman
5 13 (5.39%) Git
6 9 (3.73%) Selenium
7 6 (2.49%) Cucumber
7 6 (2.49%) Maven
7 6 (2.49%) REST Assured
7 6 (2.49%) SonarQube
7 6 (2.49%) TestRail
8 5 (2.07%) JMeter
9 4 (1.66%) Gatling
9 4 (1.66%) Liquibase
9 4 (1.66%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.66%) NeoLoad
10 3 (1.24%) CircleCI
10 3 (1.24%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.83%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
General
1 72 (29.88%) Social Skills
2 55 (22.82%) Finance
3 54 (22.41%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (14.94%) Banking
5 15 (6.22%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (3.32%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.07%) Publishing
8 4 (1.66%) Advertising
9 3 (1.24%) Legal
9 3 (1.24%) Marketing
10 2 (0.83%) Law
11 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.41%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.41%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (17.84%) Lead
2 39 (16.18%) Developer
3 32 (13.28%) Python Developer
4 27 (11.20%) DevOps Engineer
5 25 (10.37%) Architect
6 21 (8.71%) Analyst
7 18 (7.47%) Data Engineer
8 12 (4.98%) Data Analyst
9 10 (4.15%) Python Engineer
9 10 (4.15%) Senior
10 9 (3.73%) Automation Test Lead
10 9 (3.73%) GCP Engineer
11 8 (3.32%) Automation Engineer
11 8 (3.32%) GCP DevOps
11 8 (3.32%) GCP DevOps Engineer
11 8 (3.32%) Test Automation Engineer
11 8 (3.32%) Test Engineer
12 6 (2.49%) Administrator
12 6 (2.49%) Strategy Analyst
12 6 (2.49%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (16.60%) OpenTelemetry
2 29 (12.03%) YAML
3 20 (8.30%) FastAPI
3 20 (8.30%) JSON
3 20 (8.30%) REST
4 13 (5.39%) Node.js
5 12 (4.98%) OpenID
6 11 (4.56%) Kafka
7 10 (4.15%) LDAP
8 9 (3.73%) Apache Avro
8 9 (3.73%) Playwright
8 9 (3.73%) Protocol Buffers
8 9 (3.73%) SailPoint
9 8 (3.32%) Elastic Stack
10 6 (2.49%) .NET
10 6 (2.49%) SLSA
11 5 (2.07%) RESTful
12 4 (1.66%) PySpark
13 3 (1.24%) OAuth
13 3 (1.24%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.03%) Cloud Native
2 19 (7.88%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (7.47%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (4.56%) Data Centre
5 10 (4.15%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.07%) EMC VMAX
6 5 (2.07%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.66%) Credit Risk
7 4 (1.66%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.66%) Replication
8 3 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (1.24%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.24%) PKI
8 3 (1.24%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.83%) CMDB
9 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.83%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.83%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 44 (18.26%) Linux
2 18 (7.47%) Windows
3 17 (7.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (3.32%) CentOS
4 8 (3.32%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.66%) Unix
6 3 (1.24%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.83%) CoreOS
7 2 (0.83%) VMS
8 1 (0.41%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (58.09%) CI/CD
2 114 (47.30%) DevOps
3 89 (36.93%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (26.97%) Containerisation
5 48 (19.92%) RBAC
6 45 (18.67%) Observability
7 44 (18.26%) Agile
8 43 (17.84%) Infrastructure as Code
8 43 (17.84%) Migration
9 42 (17.43%) Test Automation
10 36 (14.94%) Analytics
11 29 (12.03%) Stakeholder Management
12 28 (11.62%) Validation
13 27 (11.20%) Technical Leadership
14 26 (10.79%) Data Protection
15 25 (10.37%) Continuous Improvement
16 24 (9.96%) API Development
16 24 (9.96%) Business Intelligence
16 24 (9.96%) ETL
17 22 (9.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 49 (20.33%) Bash
2 39 (16.18%) Java
2 39 (16.18%) SQL
3 16 (6.64%) Go
4 15 (6.22%) PowerShell
5 14 (5.81%) JavaScript
6 12 (4.98%) VBA
7 11 (4.56%) Scala
8 10 (4.15%) Groovy
8 10 (4.15%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.73%) Ruby
10 8 (3.32%) Perl
10 8 (3.32%) R
11 7 (2.90%) Shell Script
12 6 (2.49%) PHP
13 4 (1.66%) Cypher
14 3 (1.24%) Bicep
15 1 (0.41%) ActionScript
15 1 (0.41%) C
15 1 (0.41%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 9 (3.73%) RHCE
1 9 (3.73%) Security Cleared
2 7 (2.90%) Degree
3 5 (2.07%) CISM
3 5 (2.07%) CISSP
4 4 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.24%) OCP
5 3 (1.24%) Oracle Certification
5 3 (1.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (0.83%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.83%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.83%) CCNA
6 2 (0.83%) CCNP
6 2 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.83%) JNCIA
6 2 (0.83%) JNCIS
6 2 (0.83%) RHCA
6 2 (0.83%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.98%) QA
2 4 (1.66%) PCI DSS
2 4 (1.66%) PMO
3 3 (1.24%) HIPAA
3 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.24%) NIST
3 3 (1.24%) SLA
3 3 (1.24%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
System Software
1 38 (15.77%) Docker
2 23 (9.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (7.88%) vSphere
4 13 (5.39%) VMware NSX
5 12 (4.98%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (2.07%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.07%) KVM
6 5 (2.07%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.66%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 3 (1.24%) SRDF
9 2 (0.83%) NFS
10 1 (0.41%) Ceph
10 1 (0.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 102 (42.32%) Ansible
2 90 (37.34%) Kubernetes
3 69 (28.63%) Terraform
4 48 (19.92%) Grafana
5 42 (17.43%) Prometheus
6 18 (7.47%) Puppet
6 18 (7.47%) vCenter Server
7 16 (6.64%) Argo
8 15 (6.22%) Control-M
9 14 (5.81%) IBM Guardium
9 14 (5.81%) Nessus
10 7 (2.90%) NetBackup
11 4 (1.66%) PowerCLI
12 3 (1.24%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.83%) EMC NetWorker
13 2 (0.83%) Istio
14 1 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
14 1 (0.41%) Kibana
14 1 (0.41%) logstash
14 1 (0.41%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 45 (18.67%) Red Hat
2 39 (16.18%) Splunk
3 28 (11.62%) VMware
4 23 (9.54%) Microsoft
5 18 (7.47%) Pure Storage
6 14 (5.81%) Tenable
7 13 (5.39%) Google
7 13 (5.39%) ServiceNow
8 9 (3.73%) Cisco
9 8 (3.32%) F5
10 6 (2.49%) Commvault
10 6 (2.49%) Sonatype
10 6 (2.49%) Veritas
11 5 (2.07%) Databricks
11 5 (2.07%) Dell
11 5 (2.07%) Infoblox
12 4 (1.66%) Broadcom
12 4 (1.66%) EMC
12 4 (1.66%) HP
12 4 (1.66%) NetApp
21 Python jobs in Sheffield