Python Contracts in the South East

Python
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 28 19
Rank change year-on-year +10 -9 +12
Contract jobs citing Python 252 314 488
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 8.39% 5.70% 8.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.38% 25.95% 30.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 238 357
10th Percentile £352 £363 £400
25th Percentile £450 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +3.97%
75th Percentile £600 £624 £638
90th Percentile £638 £675 £738
England median daily rate £550 £567 £600
% change year-on-year -3.04% -5.46% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 25
10th Percentile £43.75 £47.13 £19.00
25th Percentile £46.88 £62.50 £20.47
Median hourly rate £56.25 £65.00 £24.46
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +165.74% +16.48%
75th Percentile £63.44 £70.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £68.13 £77.50 £59.38
England median hourly rate £39.66 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -36.54% -3.85% +26.21%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 803 1,210 1,583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 26.73% 21.98% 27.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 538 843 1,122
10th Percentile £350 £325 £325
25th Percentile £438 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £617
90th Percentile £663 £686 £694
England median daily rate £525 £550 £564
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.54% +2.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 75 89
10th Percentile £42.50 £35.00 £18.85
25th Percentile £48.99 £46.25 £26.08
Median hourly rate £56.75 £60.14 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.64% +9.35% +57.14%
75th Percentile £64.13 £66.01 £67.50
90th Percentile £65.62 £76.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year - - +24.13%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Python in the South East

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Python in the South East

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python in the South East

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Python in the South East

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Python in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Python in the South East

Python
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Thames Valley +15 138 £500 -4.76% 242
Berkshire +20 123 £500 - 98
Hampshire -1 59 £550 +10.00% 136
Surrey +4 27 £495 -17.58% 60
Buckinghamshire -7 11 £355 -34.56% 62
West Sussex +5 8 £510 +8.80% 24
Oxfordshire 0 6 £393 -31.74% 103
East Sussex -1 6 £475 -10.38% 37
Sussex +1 1 - - 26
Home Counties - 1 - -
Python
England

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (5.16%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.98%) Confluence
3 4 (1.59%) Apache
4 2 (0.79%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (0.79%) JBoss
5 1 (0.40%) Gunicorn
5 1 (0.40%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.40%) Smallworld
Applications
1 6 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.79%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.40%) CATIA
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.40%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.40%) Maximo
2 1 (0.40%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 109 (43.25%) Azure
2 80 (31.75%) AWS
3 38 (15.08%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (10.71%) GCP
5 23 (9.13%) GitHub
6 19 (7.54%) Power Platform
7 16 (6.35%) Serverless
8 14 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (3.57%) Azure AKS
9 9 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (3.57%) IaaS
9 9 (3.57%) PaaS
10 8 (3.17%) Azure API Management
10 8 (3.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 8 (3.17%) Entra ID
10 8 (3.17%) Snowflake
11 7 (2.78%) Azure Service Bus
11 7 (2.78%) SaaS
12 6 (2.38%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.56%) Firewall
2 13 (5.16%) BGP
3 12 (4.76%) TCP/IP
4 11 (4.37%) VPN
5 10 (3.97%) VLAN
6 9 (3.57%) Cisco ISE
6 9 (3.57%) MPLS
6 9 (3.57%) Network Security
7 8 (3.17%) OSPF
8 7 (2.78%) LAN
9 6 (2.38%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (2.38%) Cisco IOS
9 6 (2.38%) Junos
9 6 (2.38%) LTE
9 6 (2.38%) Software-Defined Radio
10 5 (1.98%) DNS
10 5 (1.98%) WAN
11 3 (1.19%) HTTP
11 3 (1.19%) SNMP
11 3 (1.19%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.54%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (7.14%) Big Data
2 18 (7.14%) Relational Database
3 17 (6.75%) Power BI
4 14 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (4.76%) MongoDB
6 10 (3.97%) Data Lake
6 10 (3.97%) MySQL
6 10 (3.97%) NoSQL
7 8 (3.17%) Azure SQL Database
7 8 (3.17%) SQL Server
8 6 (2.38%) Hadoop
8 6 (2.38%) Tableau
9 5 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.98%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.59%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.59%) Spark SQL
11 3 (1.19%) Metadata
12 2 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.79%) NewSQL
Development Applications
1 47 (18.65%) Git
2 20 (7.94%) Jenkins
3 19 (7.54%) Selenium
4 18 (7.14%) JIRA
5 9 (3.57%) Bitbucket
5 9 (3.57%) GitLab
6 7 (2.78%) Robot Framework
7 3 (1.19%) GoogleTest
7 3 (1.19%) SonarQube
7 3 (1.19%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.79%) Bitbucket Server
8 2 (0.79%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.79%) CA Release Automation
8 2 (0.79%) JMeter
8 2 (0.79%) JUnit
8 2 (0.79%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.79%) Mockito
8 2 (0.79%) Subversion
8 2 (0.79%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.40%) Maven
General
1 66 (26.19%) Social Skills
2 32 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 23 (9.13%) Telecoms
5 19 (7.54%) Finance
6 7 (2.78%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.78%) Marketing
7 6 (2.38%) Electronics
8 4 (1.59%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.59%) Retail
9 2 (0.79%) Billing
9 2 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.40%) Automotive
10 1 (0.40%) Games
10 1 (0.40%) Local Government
10 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Publishing
10 1 (0.40%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 48 (19.05%) Developer
2 18 (7.14%) Senior
3 17 (6.75%) Architect
3 17 (6.75%) Data Engineer
3 17 (6.75%) DevOps Engineer
4 16 (6.35%) Analyst
4 16 (6.35%) Cloud Engineer
4 16 (6.35%) Python Developer
5 15 (5.95%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (5.56%) AWS Engineer
6 14 (5.56%) Network Engineer
7 13 (5.16%) FPGA Engineer
8 11 (4.37%) Azure Developer
8 11 (4.37%) Full-Stack Developer
8 11 (4.37%) Software Engineer
9 9 (3.57%) Data Scientist
10 7 (2.78%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 7 (2.78%) Data Architect
10 7 (2.78%) Python Engineer
10 7 (2.78%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.75%) .NET
2 14 (5.56%) HTML
3 13 (5.16%) PySpark
4 12 (4.76%) CSS
5 11 (4.37%) JSON
5 11 (4.37%) Node.js
5 11 (4.37%) React
6 9 (3.57%) ADO
7 8 (3.17%) FastAPI
7 8 (3.17%) REST
8 7 (2.78%) OAuth
8 7 (2.78%) XML
9 6 (2.38%) Django
9 6 (2.38%) Flask
9 6 (2.38%) RESTful
10 5 (1.98%) .NET Core
10 5 (1.98%) Kafka
10 5 (1.98%) Spring Boot
10 5 (1.98%) Web Services
10 5 (1.98%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.94%) Cloud Native
2 16 (6.35%) Algorithms
2 16 (6.35%) Verilog
3 13 (5.16%) FPGA
4 8 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.17%) Public Cloud
4 8 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.78%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.38%) Replication
6 6 (2.38%) VHDL
7 5 (1.98%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.98%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.98%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.98%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.59%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 43 (17.06%) Linux
2 32 (12.70%) Windows
3 18 (7.14%) Unix
4 13 (5.16%) Windows Server
5 12 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.98%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.79%) Solaris
7 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.40%) Android
8 1 (0.40%) CentOS
8 1 (0.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (28.57%) DevOps
2 66 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (24.60%) CI/CD
4 60 (23.81%) Agile
5 45 (17.86%) Test Automation
6 33 (13.10%) Software Engineering
7 31 (12.30%) Artificial Intelligence
8 27 (10.71%) Migration
9 24 (9.52%) Data Modelling
10 23 (9.13%) Business Intelligence
11 21 (8.33%) Continuous Integration
11 21 (8.33%) Data Collection
11 21 (8.33%) Validation
12 20 (7.94%) Analytics
12 20 (7.94%) Containerisation
12 20 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (7.94%) Data Pipeline
12 20 (7.94%) High Availability
12 20 (7.94%) Infrastructure as Code
13 19 (7.54%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 76 (30.16%) SQL
2 50 (19.84%) PowerShell
3 43 (17.06%) Java
4 33 (13.10%) Bash
5 30 (11.90%) JavaScript
6 28 (11.11%) C#
7 13 (5.16%) SystemVerilog
7 13 (5.16%) Tcl
8 12 (4.76%) Shell Script
8 12 (4.76%) TypeScript
9 10 (3.97%) Bicep
9 10 (3.97%) Perl
10 9 (3.57%) C++
11 7 (2.78%) R
12 6 (2.38%) T-SQL
12 6 (2.38%) VB
13 5 (1.98%) Ruby
13 5 (1.98%) VBScript
14 4 (1.59%) ABAP
15 3 (1.19%) C
Qualifications
1 57 (22.62%) Security Cleared
2 34 (13.49%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.14%) Degree
3 18 (7.14%) DV Cleared
4 13 (5.16%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (3.57%) CCNP
6 8 (3.17%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.38%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.38%) CCIE
7 6 (2.38%) CCSA
7 6 (2.38%) CCSE
7 6 (2.38%) Check Point Certification
7 6 (2.38%) CISSP
8 5 (1.98%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.79%) CISM
10 2 (0.79%) GCIH
10 2 (0.79%) JNCIP
10 2 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.52%) QA
2 16 (6.35%) GDPR
3 10 (3.97%) HIPAA
4 7 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.38%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.38%) SLA
6 3 (1.19%) NIST
7 2 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.79%) GMP
7 2 (0.79%) NCSC
7 2 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.40%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.40%) HL7
8 1 (0.40%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.40%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 32 (12.70%) Docker
2 17 (6.75%) Active Directory
3 11 (4.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.17%) Firmware
5 6 (2.38%) vSphere
6 3 (1.19%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 48 (19.05%) Ansible
2 31 (12.30%) Kubernetes
3 29 (11.51%) Terraform
4 6 (2.38%) FortiGate
4 6 (2.38%) Puppet
5 5 (1.98%) Grafana
5 5 (1.98%) Progress Chef
5 5 (1.98%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.59%) Kibana
6 4 (1.59%) SCCM
7 2 (0.79%) Foglight
7 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.79%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.79%) SELinux
7 2 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.79%) vRealize
7 2 (0.79%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 2 (0.79%) WSUS
8 1 (0.40%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.40%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 35 (13.89%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.13%) Cisco
3 21 (8.33%) Databricks
4 15 (5.95%) F5
5 13 (5.16%) Xilinx
6 11 (4.37%) SAP
6 11 (4.37%) VMware
7 10 (3.97%) CheckPoint
7 10 (3.97%) Citrix
7 10 (3.97%) Google
8 9 (3.57%) OpenAI
9 8 (3.17%) Splunk
10 7 (2.78%) Red Hat
11 6 (2.38%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.98%) Fortinet
12 5 (1.98%) Foundry
12 5 (1.98%) Oracle
12 5 (1.98%) Palantir
12 5 (1.98%) Virgin Media
13 4 (1.59%) SolarWinds