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 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 7 17
Rank change year-on-year +4 +10 -2
Contract jobs citing Python 241 34 38
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 27.29% 14.78% 10.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 67.32% 43.04% 32.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 26 16
10th Percentile £374 £405 £366
25th Percentile £438 £466 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £540 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.25% +13.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £537 £623 £591
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
South Yorkshire median daily rate £489 £575 £430
% change year-on-year -15.00% +33.72% -33.85%

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 358 79 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 40.54% 34.35% 31.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 60 72
10th Percentile £368 £400 £401
25th Percentile £438 £461 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £473
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +9.52% -20.42%
75th Percentile £538 £611 £587
90th Percentile £663 £650 £588
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -20.00%

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 24 February 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 15 (6.22%) Confluence
2 7 (2.90%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.66%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.24%) Apache Pig
5 2 (0.83%) SAS
6 1 (0.41%) Apache
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.41%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (4.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.66%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.83%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 62 (25.73%) GCP
2 53 (21.99%) AWS
3 49 (20.33%) OpenShift
4 37 (15.35%) GitHub
5 31 (12.86%) Azure
6 26 (10.79%) Serverless
7 13 (5.39%) Power Platform
8 10 (4.15%) AWS KMS
9 9 (3.73%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 8 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.49%) CloudBees
11 6 (2.49%) Entra ID
12 5 (2.07%) SaaS
13 4 (1.66%) Azure AKS
13 4 (1.66%) Cohesity
13 4 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
14 3 (1.24%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (1.24%) Azure Storage
14 3 (1.24%) Cloud Run
14 3 (1.24%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.64%) DNS
2 9 (3.73%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.49%) Firewall
4 5 (2.07%) SAN
5 4 (1.66%) NAS
5 4 (1.66%) Network Security
6 3 (1.24%) BIG-IP
6 3 (1.24%) Internet
6 3 (1.24%) VPN
7 2 (0.83%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.83%) DHCP
7 2 (0.83%) DWDM
7 2 (0.83%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.83%) LAN
7 2 (0.83%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.83%) WAN
8 1 (0.41%) BGP
8 1 (0.41%) HTTP
8 1 (0.41%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (19.50%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (14.52%) NoSQL
3 15 (6.22%) MySQL
4 13 (5.39%) Power BI
5 11 (4.56%) Hadoop
6 8 (3.32%) MongoDB
6 8 (3.32%) Power Query
6 8 (3.32%) PowerPivot
7 7 (2.90%) Metadata
8 6 (2.49%) SQL Server
9 5 (2.07%) RDBMS
9 5 (2.07%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.66%) Apache Hive
10 4 (1.66%) Neo4j
10 4 (1.66%) Oracle Database
11 3 (1.24%) Data Lake
11 3 (1.24%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.41%) Data Hub
12 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.41%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 92 (38.17%) Jenkins
2 53 (21.99%) GitLab
2 53 (21.99%) JIRA
3 24 (9.96%) Liquibase
4 17 (7.05%) Postman
5 10 (4.15%) Git
6 7 (2.90%) Selenium
7 6 (2.49%) Cucumber
7 6 (2.49%) REST Assured
7 6 (2.49%) TestRail
8 5 (2.07%) JMeter
8 5 (2.07%) PyCharm
9 4 (1.66%) Gatling
9 4 (1.66%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.66%) NeoLoad
10 3 (1.24%) CircleCI
10 3 (1.24%) Maven
10 3 (1.24%) SonarQube
10 3 (1.24%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
General
1 86 (35.68%) Social Skills
2 78 (32.37%) Finance
3 59 (24.48%) Banking
4 44 (18.26%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (7.47%) Financial Institution
6 14 (5.81%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.32%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.24%) Legal
8 3 (1.24%) Wholesale Banking
9 2 (0.83%) Advertising
9 2 (0.83%) Law
9 2 (0.83%) Marketing
9 2 (0.83%) Publishing
10 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (15.35%) Developer
2 29 (12.03%) Lead
3 26 (10.79%) DevOps Engineer
4 24 (9.96%) Python Developer
5 21 (8.71%) GCP Engineer
6 20 (8.30%) Senior
7 19 (7.88%) Architect
7 19 (7.88%) Cloud Engineer
7 19 (7.88%) Data Engineer
8 17 (7.05%) Software Engineer
9 16 (6.64%) Analyst
10 13 (5.39%) Senior Software Engineer
11 12 (4.98%) Automation Engineer
12 10 (4.15%) AWS Engineer
13 9 (3.73%) Automation Test Lead
13 9 (3.73%) GCP DevOps
13 9 (3.73%) GCP DevOps Engineer
14 8 (3.32%) Cloud Software Engineer
14 8 (3.32%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 8 (3.32%) Strategy Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (17.43%) REST
2 40 (16.60%) OpenTelemetry
3 31 (12.86%) Elastic Stack
4 28 (11.62%) RESTful
5 26 (10.79%) YAML
6 22 (9.13%) FastAPI
7 12 (4.98%) JSON
7 12 (4.98%) OpenID
8 11 (4.56%) Node.js
9 10 (4.15%) Kafka
9 10 (4.15%) LDAP
10 9 (3.73%) Playwright
10 9 (3.73%) SailPoint
10 9 (3.73%) TensorFlow
11 7 (2.90%) .NET
11 7 (2.90%) Apache Avro
11 7 (2.90%) Protocol Buffers
12 5 (2.07%) NumPy
12 5 (2.07%) Pandas
13 4 (1.66%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 42 (17.43%) Cloud Native
2 33 (13.69%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (11.20%) Public Cloud
4 16 (6.64%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (4.56%) Data Centre
5 11 (4.56%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (3.73%) Algorithms
7 8 (3.32%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.49%) Credit Risk
9 5 (2.07%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.66%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.24%) Clustering
11 3 (1.24%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.24%) Online Banking
11 3 (1.24%) PKI
12 2 (0.83%) EMC VMAX
12 2 (0.83%) Replication
12 2 (0.83%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.83%) Virtual Team
13 1 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 59 (24.48%) Linux
2 13 (5.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (4.56%) Windows
4 8 (3.32%) CentOS
4 8 (3.32%) Ubuntu
5 7 (2.90%) Unix
6 2 (0.83%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (62.66%) CI/CD
2 128 (53.11%) DevOps
3 84 (34.85%) Containerisation
4 75 (31.12%) Agile
5 72 (29.88%) Problem-Solving
6 62 (25.73%) Infrastructure as Code
7 44 (18.26%) Test Automation
8 43 (17.84%) Observability
8 43 (17.84%) Root Cause Analysis
9 42 (17.43%) RBAC
10 36 (14.94%) Cybersecurity
11 34 (14.11%) Computer Science
12 33 (13.69%) Change Management
12 33 (13.69%) High Availability
12 33 (13.69%) Migration
13 31 (12.86%) Microservices
14 30 (12.45%) Analytics
15 29 (12.03%) Data Security
15 29 (12.03%) Stakeholder Management
16 28 (11.62%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 42 (17.43%) Bash
2 40 (16.60%) Java
2 40 (16.60%) SQL
3 39 (16.18%) Go
4 14 (5.81%) Scala
4 14 (5.81%) Shell Script
5 11 (4.56%) Perl
5 11 (4.56%) VBA
6 10 (4.15%) PowerShell
6 10 (4.15%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.73%) JavaScript
7 9 (3.73%) Ruby
8 6 (2.49%) Groovy
8 6 (2.49%) PHP
9 4 (1.66%) Cypher
10 3 (1.24%) Bicep
11 1 (0.41%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.41%) C#
11 1 (0.41%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 37 (15.35%) Degree
2 30 (12.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (10.79%) Master's Degree
4 8 (3.32%) AWS Certification
4 8 (3.32%) RHCE
4 8 (3.32%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.07%) CISM
5 5 (2.07%) CISSP
6 4 (1.66%) AWS Certified Developer
6 4 (1.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 4 (1.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.83%) CCNA
7 2 (0.83%) CCNP
7 2 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.83%) JNCIA
7 2 (0.83%) JNCIS
7 2 (0.83%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.15%) QA
2 4 (1.66%) PMO
3 3 (1.24%) SLA
4 2 (0.83%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.83%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
System Software
1 56 (23.24%) Docker
2 13 (5.39%) vSphere
3 11 (4.56%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (4.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (4.15%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.07%) KVM
6 4 (1.66%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 3 (1.24%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.24%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.83%) SRDF
9 1 (0.41%) HDFS
9 1 (0.41%) NFS
Systems Management
1 107 (44.40%) Ansible
2 101 (41.91%) Kubernetes
3 80 (33.20%) Terraform
4 67 (27.80%) Grafana
5 65 (26.97%) Prometheus
6 20 (8.30%) Puppet
7 19 (7.88%) Control-M
7 19 (7.88%) IBM Guardium
7 19 (7.88%) Nessus
8 13 (5.39%) vCenter Server
9 11 (4.56%) Argo
10 10 (4.15%) NetBackup
11 3 (1.24%) PowerCLI
11 3 (1.24%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.41%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.41%) Hadoop YARN
12 1 (0.41%) Istio
12 1 (0.41%) Kibana
12 1 (0.41%) logstash
Vendors
1 57 (23.65%) Splunk
2 43 (17.84%) Red Hat
3 26 (10.79%) Google
4 22 (9.13%) Microsoft
5 19 (7.88%) Tenable
6 17 (7.05%) VMware
7 16 (6.64%) ServiceNow
8 12 (4.98%) Pure Storage
9 10 (4.15%) Commvault
10 6 (2.49%) Oracle
10 6 (2.49%) Veritas
11 5 (2.07%) Cisco
12 4 (1.66%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (1.66%) F5
12 4 (1.66%) Okta
13 3 (1.24%) Alibaba
13 3 (1.24%) OpenAI
13 3 (1.24%) Sonatype
14 2 (0.83%) Arista
14 2 (0.83%) Databricks