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 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 6 8
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +8
Contract jobs citing Python 247 61 51
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 25.13% 19.06% 13.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 64.66% 53.98% 42.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 43 24
10th Percentile £367 £353 £411
25th Percentile £425 £387 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.52% -29.64%
75th Percentile £535 £588 £628
90th Percentile £601 £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 382 113 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 38.86% 35.31% 31.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 80 78
10th Percentile £366 £359 £397
25th Percentile £420 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% +11.11% -25.00%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £569
90th Percentile £625 £650 £629
South Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £519 £445
% change year-on-year -7.45% +16.54% -25.83%

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 2 May 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 (6.07%) Apache Spark
2 14 (5.67%) Confluence
3 4 (1.62%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.21%) SAS
5 1 (0.40%) Apache
5 1 (0.40%) nginx
Applications
1 15 (6.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.81%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 62 (25.10%) OpenShift
2 48 (19.43%) GCP
3 40 (16.19%) AWS
4 39 (15.79%) Azure
4 39 (15.79%) GitHub
5 15 (6.07%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 8 (3.24%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (2.43%) CloudBees
9 6 (2.43%) Entra ID
10 5 (2.02%) OCI
10 5 (2.02%) SaaS
11 4 (1.62%) Azure Storage
11 4 (1.62%) Serverless
12 3 (1.21%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.21%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.21%) Cloud Run
12 3 (1.21%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.31%) DNS
2 14 (5.67%) TCP/IP
3 9 (3.64%) SAN
4 7 (2.83%) BIG-IP
4 7 (2.83%) Firewall
5 6 (2.43%) DHCP
5 6 (2.43%) NAS
6 5 (2.02%) Network Security
7 4 (1.62%) iSCSI
8 3 (1.21%) VPN
9 2 (0.81%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.81%) DWDM
9 2 (0.81%) LAN
9 2 (0.81%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.81%) WAN
10 1 (0.40%) BGP
10 1 (0.40%) HTTP
10 1 (0.40%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.40%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.10%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (6.07%) Power BI
3 13 (5.26%) Hadoop
3 13 (5.26%) MongoDB
4 11 (4.45%) NoSQL
5 9 (3.64%) Metadata
6 8 (3.24%) Tableau
7 7 (2.83%) MySQL
7 7 (2.83%) SQL Server
8 5 (2.02%) Power Query
8 5 (2.02%) PowerPivot
9 4 (1.62%) Big Data
9 4 (1.62%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.81%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.81%) Parquet
11 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.40%) Data Hub
11 1 (0.40%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 76 (30.77%) Jenkins
2 48 (19.43%) JIRA
3 26 (10.53%) GitLab
4 18 (7.29%) Postman
5 13 (5.26%) Git
6 9 (3.64%) Selenium
7 6 (2.43%) Cucumber
7 6 (2.43%) Maven
7 6 (2.43%) REST Assured
7 6 (2.43%) SonarQube
7 6 (2.43%) TestRail
8 5 (2.02%) JMeter
9 4 (1.62%) Gatling
9 4 (1.62%) Liquibase
9 4 (1.62%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.62%) NeoLoad
10 3 (1.21%) CircleCI
10 3 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.81%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.40%) Travis CI
General
1 75 (30.36%) Social Skills
2 57 (23.08%) Finance
3 54 (21.86%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (14.17%) Banking
5 15 (6.07%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.83%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.02%) Publishing
8 4 (1.62%) Advertising
9 3 (1.21%) Legal
9 3 (1.21%) Marketing
10 2 (0.81%) Law
11 1 (0.40%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.40%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.40%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (17.81%) Lead
2 40 (16.19%) Developer
3 33 (13.36%) Python Developer
4 28 (11.34%) DevOps Engineer
5 26 (10.53%) Architect
6 20 (8.10%) Analyst
7 18 (7.29%) Data Engineer
8 11 (4.45%) Data Analyst
8 11 (4.45%) Python Engineer
9 10 (4.05%) Senior
10 9 (3.64%) Automation Engineer
10 9 (3.64%) Automation Test Lead
10 9 (3.64%) GCP Engineer
11 8 (3.24%) GCP DevOps
11 8 (3.24%) GCP DevOps Engineer
11 8 (3.24%) Test Automation Engineer
11 8 (3.24%) Test Engineer
12 6 (2.43%) Administrator
12 6 (2.43%) Kubernetes Engineer
12 6 (2.43%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (16.19%) OpenTelemetry
2 30 (12.15%) YAML
3 21 (8.50%) JSON
4 20 (8.10%) FastAPI
4 20 (8.10%) REST
5 14 (5.67%) Node.js
6 12 (4.86%) OpenID
7 11 (4.45%) Kafka
8 10 (4.05%) LDAP
9 9 (3.64%) Apache Avro
9 9 (3.64%) Playwright
9 9 (3.64%) Protocol Buffers
9 9 (3.64%) SailPoint
10 8 (3.24%) Elastic Stack
11 6 (2.43%) .NET
11 6 (2.43%) SLSA
12 5 (2.02%) RESTful
13 4 (1.62%) PySpark
14 3 (1.21%) JWT
14 3 (1.21%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.15%) Cloud Native
2 21 (8.50%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (7.29%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (4.86%) Data Centre
5 10 (4.05%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.02%) EMC VMAX
6 5 (2.02%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.62%) Credit Risk
7 4 (1.62%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.62%) Replication
8 3 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.21%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (1.21%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.21%) PKI
8 3 (1.21%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.81%) CMDB
9 2 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.81%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.81%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 45 (18.22%) Linux
2 18 (7.29%) Windows
3 17 (6.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (3.24%) CentOS
4 8 (3.24%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.62%) Unix
6 3 (1.21%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.81%) CoreOS
7 2 (0.81%) VMS
7 2 (0.81%) zOS
8 1 (0.40%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (57.89%) CI/CD
2 115 (46.56%) DevOps
3 88 (35.63%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (26.72%) Containerisation
5 48 (19.43%) RBAC
6 46 (18.62%) Agile
6 46 (18.62%) Observability
7 43 (17.41%) Infrastructure as Code
7 43 (17.41%) Migration
7 43 (17.41%) Test Automation
8 37 (14.98%) Analytics
9 30 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (11.34%) Data Protection
10 28 (11.34%) Technical Leadership
10 28 (11.34%) Validation
11 25 (10.12%) API Development
11 25 (10.12%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (9.72%) ETL
12 24 (9.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 23 (9.31%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 50 (20.24%) Bash
2 40 (16.19%) Java
3 38 (15.38%) SQL
4 18 (7.29%) Go
5 15 (6.07%) JavaScript
5 15 (6.07%) PowerShell
6 12 (4.86%) VBA
7 11 (4.45%) Scala
8 10 (4.05%) Groovy
8 10 (4.05%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.64%) Ruby
10 8 (3.24%) Perl
10 8 (3.24%) R
11 7 (2.83%) Shell Script
12 6 (2.43%) PHP
13 4 (1.62%) Cypher
14 3 (1.21%) Bicep
15 1 (0.40%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.40%) REXX
15 1 (0.40%) Rust
Qualifications
1 9 (3.64%) RHCE
2 8 (3.24%) Security Cleared
3 6 (2.43%) Degree
4 5 (2.02%) CISM
4 5 (2.02%) CISSP
5 4 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.21%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.21%) OCP
6 3 (1.21%) Oracle Certification
6 3 (1.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (0.81%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.81%) CCNA
7 2 (0.81%) CCNP
7 2 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.81%) JNCIA
7 2 (0.81%) JNCIS
7 2 (0.81%) RHCA
7 2 (0.81%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.86%) QA
2 5 (2.02%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.62%) NIST
3 4 (1.62%) PMO
4 3 (1.21%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.21%) SLA
4 3 (1.21%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
System Software
1 38 (15.38%) Docker
2 23 (9.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (7.69%) vSphere
4 13 (5.26%) VMware NSX
5 12 (4.86%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (2.02%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.02%) KVM
6 5 (2.02%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.62%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 3 (1.21%) NFS
8 3 (1.21%) SRDF
9 1 (0.40%) Ceph
9 1 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.40%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 105 (42.51%) Ansible
2 91 (36.84%) Kubernetes
3 70 (28.34%) Terraform
4 48 (19.43%) Grafana
5 42 (17.00%) Prometheus
6 18 (7.29%) Puppet
6 18 (7.29%) vCenter Server
7 16 (6.48%) Argo
8 15 (6.07%) Control-M
9 14 (5.67%) IBM Guardium
9 14 (5.67%) Nessus
10 7 (2.83%) NetBackup
11 4 (1.62%) PowerCLI
12 3 (1.21%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.81%) EMC NetWorker
13 2 (0.81%) Istio
14 1 (0.40%) Docker Swarm
14 1 (0.40%) Kibana
14 1 (0.40%) logstash
14 1 (0.40%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 45 (18.22%) Red Hat
2 39 (15.79%) Splunk
3 28 (11.34%) VMware
4 23 (9.31%) Microsoft
5 18 (7.29%) Pure Storage
6 14 (5.67%) Google
6 14 (5.67%) Tenable
7 13 (5.26%) ServiceNow
8 9 (3.64%) Cisco
8 9 (3.64%) F5
9 6 (2.43%) Commvault
9 6 (2.43%) Databricks
9 6 (2.43%) Dell
9 6 (2.43%) Infoblox
9 6 (2.43%) Sonatype
9 6 (2.43%) Veritas
10 5 (2.02%) Broadcom
11 4 (1.62%) Brocade
11 4 (1.62%) EMC
11 4 (1.62%) NetApp