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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 6 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +12
Contract jobs citing Python 265 79 85
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 24.67% 20.36% 21.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 60.50% 54.48% 57.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 52 43
10th Percentile £380 £350 £425
25th Percentile £425 £385 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £491 £507
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% -3.08% -27.57%
75th Percentile £538 £581 £587
90th Percentile £610 £648 £638
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £507
% change year-on-year - -1.38% -27.57%

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 438 145 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 40.78% 37.37% 37.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 96 88
10th Percentile £370 £351 £400
25th Percentile £425 £397 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year - -1.38% -15.50%
75th Percentile £550 £599 £578
90th Percentile £616 £650 £638
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £510 £507
% change year-on-year -1.96% +0.59% -15.50%

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 16 June 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 19 (7.17%) Apache Spark
2 14 (5.28%) Confluence
3 3 (1.13%) SAS
4 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.38%) Apache
5 1 (0.38%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.38%) Zemax
Cloud Services
1 52 (19.62%) OpenShift
2 51 (19.25%) GCP
3 40 (15.09%) Azure
4 37 (13.96%) GitHub
5 32 (12.08%) AWS
6 16 (6.04%) Power Platform
7 10 (3.77%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 9 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.64%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (2.64%) OCI
10 6 (2.26%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (2.26%) CloudBees
10 6 (2.26%) Entra ID
10 6 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.26%) Slack
11 5 (1.89%) Azure Storage
12 4 (1.51%) Serverless
13 3 (1.13%) Azure Functions
13 3 (1.13%) Datadog
13 3 (1.13%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.06%) DNS
2 14 (5.28%) TCP/IP
3 10 (3.77%) BIG-IP
3 10 (3.77%) SAN
4 9 (3.40%) DHCP
5 7 (2.64%) Firewall
5 7 (2.64%) NAS
6 5 (1.89%) Network Security
7 4 (1.51%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.75%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.75%) DWDM
8 2 (0.75%) HTTP
8 2 (0.75%) LAN
8 2 (0.75%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.75%) VPN
8 2 (0.75%) VSAN
8 2 (0.75%) WAN
9 1 (0.38%) BGP
9 1 (0.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 1 (0.38%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.55%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (6.04%) Power BI
3 14 (5.28%) Hadoop
4 12 (4.53%) MongoDB
5 11 (4.15%) Metadata
5 11 (4.15%) NoSQL
6 8 (3.02%) Big Data
7 7 (2.64%) Tableau
8 6 (2.26%) Neo4j
9 4 (1.51%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.13%) Spark SQL
11 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.75%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.75%) Parquet
11 2 (0.75%) Power Query
11 2 (0.75%) PowerPivot
11 2 (0.75%) SQL Server
12 1 (0.38%) Delta Lake
12 1 (0.38%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 73 (27.55%) Jenkins
2 51 (19.25%) JIRA
3 14 (5.28%) GitLab
4 12 (4.53%) Git
5 11 (4.15%) Postman
6 8 (3.02%) Maven
6 8 (3.02%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.89%) JMeter
8 4 (1.51%) Gatling
8 4 (1.51%) LoadRunner
8 4 (1.51%) NeoLoad
9 3 (1.13%) Liquibase
9 3 (1.13%) Selenium
10 2 (0.75%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.75%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.38%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.38%) Jaeger
11 1 (0.38%) Subversion
General
1 74 (27.92%) Social Skills
2 65 (24.53%) Finance
3 54 (20.38%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (12.83%) Banking
5 17 (6.42%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.64%) Publishing
7 4 (1.51%) Advertising
7 4 (1.51%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.13%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.13%) Legal
8 3 (1.13%) Marketing
9 2 (0.75%) Law
10 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.38%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 42 (15.85%) Lead
2 40 (15.09%) Developer
3 34 (12.83%) Python Developer
4 30 (11.32%) DevOps Engineer
5 29 (10.94%) Architect
6 20 (7.55%) Data Engineer
7 17 (6.42%) Analyst
8 14 (5.28%) Python Engineer
9 13 (4.91%) Senior
10 12 (4.53%) Data Analyst
11 8 (3.02%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 8 (3.02%) Automation Engineer
11 8 (3.02%) GCP Engineer
12 7 (2.64%) Consultant
12 7 (2.64%) GCP DevOps
12 7 (2.64%) GCP DevOps Engineer
12 7 (2.64%) Platform Engineer
13 6 (2.26%) Automation Test Lead
13 6 (2.26%) Cloud Engineer
13 6 (2.26%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (14.72%) OpenTelemetry
2 33 (12.45%) YAML
3 26 (9.81%) Node.js
4 24 (9.06%) JSON
4 24 (9.06%) REST
5 20 (7.55%) FastAPI
6 10 (3.77%) Kafka
7 9 (3.40%) Apache Avro
7 9 (3.40%) Playwright
7 9 (3.40%) Protocol Buffers
8 8 (3.02%) PySpark
8 8 (3.02%) SLSA
9 7 (2.64%) OpenID
10 5 (1.89%) LDAP
10 5 (1.89%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (1.89%) React
10 5 (1.89%) RESTful
11 4 (1.51%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (1.51%) pytest
11 4 (1.51%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 39 (14.72%) Cloud Native
2 25 (9.43%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (6.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (4.53%) Data Centre
5 11 (4.15%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.64%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.26%) EMC VMAX
7 6 (2.26%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (2.26%) Replication
8 5 (1.89%) Blog
8 5 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.89%) PKI
8 5 (1.89%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.51%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (1.13%) Credit Risk
10 3 (1.13%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.13%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.75%) Clustering
11 2 (0.75%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 48 (18.11%) Linux
2 22 (8.30%) Windows
3 17 (6.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (3.02%) CentOS
4 8 (3.02%) Ubuntu
5 7 (2.64%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.89%) Unix
7 4 (1.51%) VMS
8 3 (1.13%) zOS
9 2 (0.75%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.75%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.38%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (53.96%) CI/CD
2 117 (44.15%) DevOps
3 82 (30.94%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (23.02%) Containerisation
5 56 (21.13%) Agile
6 55 (20.75%) RBAC
7 51 (19.25%) Observability
8 42 (15.85%) Analytics
8 42 (15.85%) Migration
9 41 (15.47%) Test Automation
10 37 (13.96%) Infrastructure as Code
11 32 (12.08%) Data Protection
12 31 (11.70%) AI
12 31 (11.70%) Stakeholder Management
13 30 (11.32%) Technical Leadership
14 29 (10.94%) Validation
15 28 (10.57%) API Development
16 27 (10.19%) Data Engineering
17 26 (9.81%) Continuous Improvement
17 26 (9.81%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 43 (16.23%) Bash
1 43 (16.23%) Java
2 32 (12.08%) SQL
3 25 (9.43%) Go
4 21 (7.92%) PowerShell
5 12 (4.53%) JavaScript
6 11 (4.15%) VBA
7 10 (3.77%) Groovy
7 10 (3.77%) Perl
7 10 (3.77%) Scala
8 9 (3.40%) Ruby
8 9 (3.40%) TypeScript
9 8 (3.02%) R
10 7 (2.64%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.89%) Rust
12 4 (1.51%) Cypher
13 3 (1.13%) Bicep
13 3 (1.13%) C#
14 2 (0.75%) JCL
14 2 (0.75%) REXX
Qualifications
1 9 (3.40%) RHCE
2 7 (2.64%) Degree
3 6 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.26%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (1.13%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.13%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.13%) CISM
6 3 (1.13%) CISSP
6 3 (1.13%) OCP
6 3 (1.13%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.75%) CCNA
7 2 (0.75%) CCNP
7 2 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.75%) JNCIA
7 2 (0.75%) JNCIS
7 2 (0.75%) NCDA
7 2 (0.75%) NCIE
7 2 (0.75%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.26%) QA
2 5 (1.89%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.51%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.51%) NIST
4 3 (1.13%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.13%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.75%) PMO
5 2 (0.75%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (13.58%) Docker
2 24 (9.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (7.55%) vSphere
4 13 (4.91%) VMware NSX
5 12 (4.53%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.26%) Hyper-V
6 6 (2.26%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.89%) KVM
7 5 (1.89%) NFS
8 4 (1.51%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 4 (1.51%) SRDF
9 2 (0.75%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.75%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.38%) Active Directory
10 1 (0.38%) Ceph
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 103 (38.87%) Ansible
2 83 (31.32%) Kubernetes
3 61 (23.02%) Terraform
4 44 (16.60%) Grafana
5 40 (15.09%) Prometheus
6 19 (7.17%) Argo
6 19 (7.17%) vCenter Server
7 16 (6.04%) Puppet
8 15 (5.66%) Control-M
9 14 (5.28%) IBM Guardium
9 14 (5.28%) Nessus
10 8 (3.02%) NetBackup
11 4 (1.51%) PowerCLI
12 3 (1.13%) EMC NetWorker
13 2 (0.75%) EMC VPLEX
13 2 (0.75%) Istio
13 2 (0.75%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.75%) SnapMirror
13 2 (0.75%) SnapVault
13 2 (0.75%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 46 (17.36%) Red Hat
2 39 (14.72%) Splunk
3 28 (10.57%) VMware
4 25 (9.43%) Microsoft
5 20 (7.55%) Google
6 19 (7.17%) Pure Storage
7 14 (5.28%) Tenable
8 13 (4.91%) ServiceNow
9 12 (4.53%) F5
10 10 (3.77%) Cisco
10 10 (3.77%) Databricks
11 9 (3.40%) Infoblox
12 8 (3.02%) Dell
12 8 (3.02%) Sonatype
13 6 (2.26%) Broadcom
13 6 (2.26%) Brocade
13 6 (2.26%) Commvault
13 6 (2.26%) Veritas
14 5 (1.89%) EMC
14 5 (1.89%) NetApp