Python Contracts in Somerset

Python
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset requiring Python skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Python over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 22 15
Rank change year-on-year +11 -7 -4
Contract jobs citing Python 13 5 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 9.35% 2.46% 9.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 52.00% 16.67% 32.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 16
10th Percentile £406 - £393
25th Percentile £408 £463 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +3.26% -12.38%
75th Percentile £466 £569 £512
90th Percentile £488 £618 £632
South West median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
South West median hourly rate £76.85 £74.44 £65.50
% change year-on-year +3.24% +13.65% +16.44%

All Programming Languages
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 25 30 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 17.99% 14.78% 29.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 49
10th Percentile £406 £409 £313
25th Percentile £413 £422 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £638 £538 £650
90th Percentile £727 £613 £726
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 7
10th Percentile - - £42.96
25th Percentile - - £50.00
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year - -28.89% +13.07%
75th Percentile - - £62.06
90th Percentile - - £66.87
South West median hourly rate £67.50 £67.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +0.37% +3.46% +6.12%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Job vacancy trend for Python in Somerset

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in Somerset.

Daily rate trend for Python in Somerset

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Somerset over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Somerset

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python in Somerset.

Hourly rate trend for Python in Somerset

Python
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bath -2 9 £425 -10.53% 53
Street -4 1 - - 9
Taunton - 1 £865 -
Python
South West

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) AWS
2 3 (23.08%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (15.38%) Prefect
3 2 (15.38%) Serverless
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) DHCP
1 1 (7.69%) DNS
1 1 (7.69%) SSH
1 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) GIS
2 3 (23.08%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (7.69%) Big Data
3 1 (7.69%) Data Mining
3 1 (7.69%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Selenium
General
1 2 (15.38%) Tech for Good
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Local Government
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Data Scientist
1 4 (30.77%) Developer
1 4 (30.77%) Python Developer
2 3 (23.08%) GIS Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Python Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Data Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Data Science Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Head of AI
4 1 (7.69%) Head of Data Science
4 1 (7.69%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Linux Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) QA Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Data Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Linux Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Software Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) NumPy
1 3 (23.08%) PostGIS
2 2 (15.38%) Django
2 2 (15.38%) Metaflow
3 1 (7.69%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Data Science
2 6 (46.15%) Analytics
3 4 (30.77%) ETL
4 3 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling
5 2 (15.38%) Case Management
5 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
5 2 (15.38%) Containerisation
5 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
5 2 (15.38%) Machine Learning
5 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) Statistical Analysis
6 1 (7.69%) Data Pipeline
6 1 (7.69%) DataOps
6 1 (7.69%) Deployment Automation
6 1 (7.69%) Generative AI
6 1 (7.69%) MLOps
6 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (7.69%) Spatial Data Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) R
3 1 (7.69%) Bash
3 1 (7.69%) C++
3 1 (7.69%) Perl
3 1 (7.69%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Ansible
1 1 (7.69%) Progress Chef
1 1 (7.69%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) ESRI
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) OpenAI
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) Red Hat