Pandas Contract Job Trends in the South West

Pandas
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Pandas skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 133 145
Rank change year-on-year +17 +12 +18
Contract jobs citing Pandas 2 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.099% 0.040% 0.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.64% 0.23% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £463 - £341
25th Percentile £473 £263 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £275 £406
Median % change year-on-year +84.09% -32.31% -26.14%
75th Percentile £548 £288 £419
90th Percentile £564 - £597
England median daily rate £750 £800 £625
% change year-on-year -6.25% +28.00% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South West

Pandas falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 314 428 571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 15.59% 17.23% 17.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 228 421
10th Percentile £321 £360 £360
25th Percentile £413 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £681 £700 £725
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 45 52
10th Percentile £61.65 £65.00 £48.32
25th Percentile - £66.25 £48.72
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +9.80% -1.92%
75th Percentile £68.00 - £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.00 £78.00
England median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £56.95
% change year-on-year -16.92% +14.14% -12.38%

Pandas
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Pandas relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Pandas job vacancy trend in the South West

Pandas
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Pandas.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Pandas

Pandas
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Pandas.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Pandas

Pandas
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pandas within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
Bristol - 1 £550 - 1
Somerset - 1 £463 -
Pandas
England

Pandas
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (50.00%) Apache
1 1 (50.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (50.00%) GIS
1 1 (50.00%) Spatial Data
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) NumPy
2 1 (50.00%) PostGIS
2 1 (50.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Spatial Data Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP