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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 7 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 +17
Contract jobs citing Python 185 130 76
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 18.52% 22.49% 18.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.55% 56.52% 52.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 88 52
10th Percentile £369 £357 £425
25th Percentile £425 £405 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £536
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -8.08% -10.63%
75th Percentile £563 £550 £605
90th Percentile £669 £616 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £493 £538
% change year-on-year +1.44% -8.30% -10.42%

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 366 230 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 36.64% 39.79% 35.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 157 97
10th Percentile £363 £323 £396
25th Percentile £425 £384 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -8.57% -11.47%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £594
90th Percentile £615 £611 £645
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £480 £525
% change year-on-year +4.17% -8.57% -9.67%

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 25 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 14 (7.57%) Apache Spark
2 9 (4.86%) Confluence
3 3 (1.62%) Apache
3 3 (1.62%) SAS
4 1 (0.54%) FactoryTalk
4 1 (0.54%) nginx
4 1 (0.54%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (3.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.54%) Zemax
Cloud Services
1 55 (29.73%) GCP
2 44 (23.78%) Azure
3 30 (16.22%) AWS
4 25 (13.51%) GitHub
5 17 (9.19%) OpenShift
6 15 (8.11%) Power Platform
7 12 (6.49%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (4.32%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (3.78%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 7 (3.78%) OCI
10 6 (3.24%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (3.24%) Slack
11 5 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.70%) Datadog
12 3 (1.62%) Azure Storage
12 3 (1.62%) Cloud Run
12 3 (1.62%) CloudBees
12 3 (1.62%) Entra ID
13 2 (1.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (1.08%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.19%) DNS
2 9 (4.86%) Network Security
3 8 (4.32%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.78%) BIG-IP
4 7 (3.78%) DHCP
5 5 (2.70%) Firewall
5 5 (2.70%) SAN
6 3 (1.62%) HTTP
6 3 (1.62%) NAS
7 2 (1.08%) Internet
7 2 (1.08%) iSCSI
7 2 (1.08%) VPN
7 2 (1.08%) VSAN
7 2 (1.08%) WAN
8 1 (0.54%) Calico
8 1 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.54%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.54%) Modbus
8 1 (0.54%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.11%) Power BI
2 12 (6.49%) Metadata
3 10 (5.41%) Big Data
4 9 (4.86%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (4.32%) NoSQL
6 7 (3.78%) Hadoop
6 7 (3.78%) MongoDB
6 7 (3.78%) Neo4j
6 7 (3.78%) Tableau
7 6 (3.24%) SQL Server
8 5 (2.70%) BigQuery
9 4 (2.16%) Data Lake
9 4 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.62%) Spark SQL
11 2 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (1.08%) Oracle Database
11 2 (1.08%) Parquet
12 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
12 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 43 (23.24%) Jenkins
2 37 (20.00%) JIRA
3 15 (8.11%) Git
4 8 (4.32%) GitLab
4 8 (4.32%) SonarQube
5 7 (3.78%) Maven
5 7 (3.78%) Zephyr
6 6 (3.24%) Gatling
6 6 (3.24%) JMeter
6 6 (3.24%) NeoLoad
7 5 (2.70%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (2.16%) LoadRunner
8 4 (2.16%) MSBuild
8 4 (2.16%) Postman
8 4 (2.16%) Visual Studio
9 3 (1.62%) Selenium
10 2 (1.08%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.54%) Jaeger
11 1 (0.54%) Subversion
General
1 49 (26.49%) Finance
2 45 (24.32%) Social Skills
3 41 (22.16%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (13.51%) Banking
5 7 (3.78%) Publishing
6 6 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.16%) Law
8 3 (1.62%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.08%) Advertising
9 2 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.08%) Marketing
9 2 (1.08%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.54%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.54%) Legal
10 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.54%) Retail
10 1 (0.54%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (16.76%) Lead
2 25 (13.51%) Developer
3 24 (12.97%) Python Developer
4 22 (11.89%) DevOps Engineer
5 16 (8.65%) Analyst
6 14 (7.57%) Python Engineer
7 12 (6.49%) Data Analyst
8 11 (5.95%) Architect
9 9 (4.86%) Senior
10 8 (4.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 7 (3.78%) Data Engineer
11 7 (3.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 6 (3.24%) Automation Engineer
12 6 (3.24%) Cloud Engineer
12 6 (3.24%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 6 (3.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (3.24%) Lead DevOps
12 6 (3.24%) Platform Engineer
12 6 (3.24%) Security Engineer
12 6 (3.24%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (25.95%) Terraform
2 22 (11.89%) REST
3 21 (11.35%) Node.js
4 16 (8.65%) JSON
5 14 (7.57%) OpenTelemetry
6 11 (5.95%) FastAPI
7 10 (5.41%) YAML
8 9 (4.86%) pytest
9 8 (4.32%) Kafka
10 7 (3.78%) React
10 7 (3.78%) SLSA
11 6 (3.24%) LDAP
11 6 (3.24%) PySpark
11 6 (3.24%) RabbitMQ
12 5 (2.70%) OpenID
13 4 (2.16%) .NET
14 2 (1.08%) Apache Avro
14 2 (1.08%) LangChain
14 2 (1.08%) LangGraph
14 2 (1.08%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 35 (18.92%) Cloud Native
2 20 (10.81%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (4.86%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (4.86%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (3.24%) Blog
4 6 (3.24%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (3.24%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.70%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.70%) PKI
5 5 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.16%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.16%) EMC VMAX
6 4 (2.16%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (2.16%) Replication
7 3 (1.62%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.62%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (1.62%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.62%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 30 (16.22%) Linux
2 13 (7.03%) Windows
3 5 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (2.70%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.16%) VMS
5 3 (1.62%) Unix
5 3 (1.62%) zOS
6 2 (1.08%) CoreOS
6 2 (1.08%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.54%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (49.19%) CI/CD
2 84 (45.41%) DevOps
3 50 (27.03%) Observability
4 48 (25.95%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (23.78%) Agile
6 32 (17.30%) Analytics
6 32 (17.30%) Containerisation
6 32 (17.30%) Infrastructure as Code
7 31 (16.76%) AI
8 26 (14.05%) Data Engineering
8 26 (14.05%) Test Automation
9 24 (12.97%) Cybersecurity
9 24 (12.97%) DevSecOps
9 24 (12.97%) Platform Engineering
10 23 (12.43%) Data Protection
10 23 (12.43%) Identity Access Management
11 22 (11.89%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (11.35%) Validation
13 20 (10.81%) RBAC
14 19 (10.27%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 36 (19.46%) Bash
2 35 (18.92%) SQL
3 34 (18.38%) Java
4 23 (12.43%) Go
4 23 (12.43%) PowerShell
5 9 (4.86%) JavaScript
6 8 (4.32%) Groovy
6 8 (4.32%) R
7 7 (3.78%) Rust
8 6 (3.24%) C#
8 6 (3.24%) VBA
9 4 (2.16%) Scala
10 3 (1.62%) Cypher
10 3 (1.62%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (1.08%) Bicep
11 2 (1.08%) JCL
11 2 (1.08%) Perl
11 2 (1.08%) REXX
11 2 (1.08%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.08%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (2.70%) Degree
2 4 (2.16%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.62%) Azure Certification
3 3 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.08%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.08%) CISSP
4 2 (1.08%) GIAC
4 2 (1.08%) NCDA
4 2 (1.08%) NCIE
4 2 (1.08%) OCP
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (1.08%) RHCA
4 2 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.54%) CCNA
5 1 (0.54%) CCNP
5 1 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.54%) JNCIA
5 1 (0.54%) RHCE
5 1 (0.54%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.24%) Data Quality
1 6 (3.24%) NIST
2 5 (2.70%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.62%) QA
4 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.54%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.54%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.54%) SLA
5 1 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (13.51%) Docker
2 13 (7.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.32%) vSphere
4 5 (2.70%) Active Directory
5 4 (2.16%) NFS
5 4 (2.16%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.62%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.62%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.08%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (1.08%) SRDF
7 2 (1.08%) Time Sharing Option
7 2 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.54%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.54%) Ceph
8 1 (0.54%) KVM
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 59 (31.89%) Kubernetes
2 53 (28.65%) Ansible
3 28 (15.14%) Grafana
4 22 (11.89%) Prometheus
5 12 (6.49%) Argo
6 8 (4.32%) Control-M
7 7 (3.78%) IBM Guardium
7 7 (3.78%) Nessus
7 7 (3.78%) vCenter Server
8 5 (2.70%) NetBackup
9 4 (2.16%) Kustomize
10 3 (1.62%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (1.62%) Puppet
11 2 (1.08%) EMC VPLEX
11 2 (1.08%) SnapMirror
11 2 (1.08%) SnapVault
11 2 (1.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 1 (0.54%) Istio
12 1 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.54%) vRealize
Vendors
1 23 (12.43%) Microsoft
2 22 (11.89%) Google
3 16 (8.65%) Splunk
4 13 (7.03%) Red Hat
4 13 (7.03%) VMware
5 12 (6.49%) Databricks
6 8 (4.32%) Cisco
6 8 (4.32%) F5
6 8 (4.32%) Pure Storage
7 7 (3.78%) Infoblox
7 7 (3.78%) ServiceNow
7 7 (3.78%) Sonatype
7 7 (3.78%) Tenable
8 6 (3.24%) Dell
9 5 (2.70%) Brocade
10 4 (2.16%) Broadcom
10 4 (2.16%) EMC
10 4 (2.16%) Oracle
11 3 (1.62%) AppDynamics
11 3 (1.62%) IBM