Python Contracts in the South East

Python
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Python skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Python over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 18 29
Rank change year-on-year -14 +11 +3
Contract jobs citing Python 302 513 500
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 5.44% 8.79% 6.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 25.15% 31.61% 23.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 374 309
10th Percentile £366 £400 £375
25th Percentile £425 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £763 £713
England median daily rate £563 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -6.25% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 31 5
10th Percentile £48.00 £19.00 -
25th Percentile - £21.06 £21.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £45.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% +23.29% -20.65%
75th Percentile £70.00 £59.06 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £69.50 £57.25
England median hourly rate £62.00 £65.00 £51.38
% change year-on-year -4.62% +26.52% +28.44%

All Programming Languages
South East

Python is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,201 1,623 2,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.64% 27.81% 27.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 830 1,153 1,366
10th Percentile £325 £333 £338
25th Percentile £413 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £650
England median daily rate £540 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -4.26% +2.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 93 89
10th Percentile £35.00 £19.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £32.30 £20.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £44.73
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +22.97% +8.42%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £74.75 £75.00 £65.51
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% +20.00% +14.94%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 -12 140 £525 - 146
Hampshire -8 101 £538 -2.27% 81
Berkshire -17 92 £500 -9.09% 61
Surrey -9 41 £568 -1.30% 51
Buckinghamshire +18 40 £550 +7.32% 29
West Sussex +12 14 £469 -25.00% 10
Oxfordshire -7 8 £575 +15.00% 56
East Sussex 0 3 £530 -7.83% 7
Sussex -2 2 - - 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 17 (5.63%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (4.97%) Apache
3 14 (4.64%) Confluence
4 12 (3.97%) SAS
5 2 (0.66%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.66%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.66%) IBM Domino
5 2 (0.66%) nginx
5 2 (0.66%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.33%) Appian
6 1 (0.33%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.33%) Site Server
Applications
1 7 (2.32%) SPSS
2 6 (1.99%) Simulink
3 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.33%) Sketch
4 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.32%) Adobe Campaign
1 4 (1.32%) FastStats
1 4 (1.32%) Unica
2 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 82 (27.15%) Azure
2 36 (11.92%) AWS
3 28 (9.27%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (8.28%) Azure Data Factory
5 23 (7.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 21 (6.95%) Serverless
7 20 (6.62%) Entra ID
7 20 (6.62%) Power Platform
8 15 (4.97%) Azure Monitor
9 12 (3.97%) Azure Functions
9 12 (3.97%) GitHub
9 12 (3.97%) IaaS
10 10 (3.31%) Amazon S3
11 8 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (2.32%) GCP
12 7 (2.32%) Snowflake
13 6 (1.99%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 5 (1.66%) Datadog
14 5 (1.66%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 28 (9.27%) TCP/IP
2 19 (6.29%) SAN
3 17 (5.63%) VPN
4 15 (4.97%) BGP
5 13 (4.30%) MPLS
6 11 (3.64%) Ethernet VPN
6 11 (3.64%) Radio Access Network
7 10 (3.31%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (2.98%) DNS
9 8 (2.65%) Firewall
10 6 (1.99%) VSAN
11 4 (1.32%) DHCP
11 4 (1.32%) IOS XR
11 4 (1.32%) Junos
11 4 (1.32%) Network Security
11 4 (1.32%) Wireless
12 3 (0.99%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.99%) NX-OS
12 3 (0.99%) SNA
12 3 (0.99%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.27%) NoSQL
2 26 (8.61%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (6.62%) MongoDB
4 14 (4.64%) Power BI
5 12 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (3.97%) Relational Database
6 10 (3.31%) GIS
7 9 (2.98%) Big Data
7 9 (2.98%) Tableau
8 8 (2.65%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (2.65%) Data Lake
8 8 (2.65%) Qlik Sense
9 6 (1.99%) Metadata
9 6 (1.99%) MySQL
9 6 (1.99%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.66%) Data Mining
11 4 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.32%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.32%) Redis
12 3 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 52 (17.22%) Git
2 34 (11.26%) JIRA
3 32 (10.60%) Robot Framework
4 23 (7.62%) GitLab
5 18 (5.96%) Jenkins
6 15 (4.97%) Sonatype Nexus
7 12 (3.97%) TestRail
8 11 (3.64%) Selenium
9 10 (3.31%) Bitbucket
10 6 (1.99%) Subversion
11 4 (1.32%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.32%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.99%) Hudson
12 3 (0.99%) Rational DOORS
13 2 (0.66%) Eclipse
13 2 (0.66%) GoogleTest
13 2 (0.66%) kappa
14 1 (0.33%) ClearQuest
14 1 (0.33%) ERwin
14 1 (0.33%) MLflow
General
1 41 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
2 36 (11.92%) Social Skills
3 18 (5.96%) Finance
4 15 (4.97%) Telecoms
5 12 (3.97%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.65%) Marketing
6 8 (2.65%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (1.99%) Aerospace
7 6 (1.99%) Military
7 6 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.32%) Local Government
9 3 (0.99%) Electronics
9 3 (0.99%) Music Industry
10 2 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.66%) Retail
11 1 (0.33%) Advertising
11 1 (0.33%) Banking
11 1 (0.33%) Legal
11 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 72 (23.84%) Developer
2 42 (13.91%) Python Developer
3 28 (9.27%) Full Stack Developer
4 25 (8.28%) Analyst
4 25 (8.28%) Senior
5 22 (7.28%) Network Engineer
6 21 (6.95%) Linux Engineer
7 18 (5.96%) Azure Developer
7 18 (5.96%) Security Engineer
7 18 (5.96%) Software Engineer
8 16 (5.30%) Architect
8 16 (5.30%) Data Engineer
8 16 (5.30%) DevOps Engineer
9 12 (3.97%) Security Architect
9 12 (3.97%) Test Engineer
10 11 (3.64%) Data Analyst
10 11 (3.64%) Lead
11 10 (3.31%) Platform Engineer
12 9 (2.98%) Systems Engineer
13 8 (2.65%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.95%) React
2 21 (6.95%) REST
3 15 (4.97%) SOAP
3 15 (4.97%) YANG
4 13 (4.30%) Django
5 12 (3.97%) NETCONF
6 11 (3.64%) RESTCONF
7 9 (2.98%) XML
8 8 (2.65%) CSS
8 8 (2.65%) HTML
8 8 (2.65%) Node.js
9 7 (2.32%) D3.js
9 7 (2.32%) JSON
9 7 (2.32%) OpenLayers
9 7 (2.32%) RESTful
10 6 (1.99%) Celery
10 6 (1.99%) Flask
10 6 (1.99%) PySpark
10 6 (1.99%) SQLAlchemy
10 6 (1.99%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.93%) PKI
2 18 (5.96%) Client/Server
3 15 (4.97%) Data Centre
4 14 (4.64%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.97%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (3.64%) Algorithms
7 10 (3.31%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.32%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.32%) Device Driver
9 4 (1.32%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.32%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.99%) Photography
10 3 (0.99%) Smart Meter
11 2 (0.66%) Animation
11 2 (0.66%) Augmented Reality
11 2 (0.66%) FPGA
11 2 (0.66%) NHS
11 2 (0.66%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 84 (27.81%) Linux
2 52 (17.22%) Windows
3 39 (12.91%) Windows Server
4 33 (10.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 22 (7.28%) Ubuntu
6 21 (6.95%) Debian
7 16 (5.30%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (3.97%) Unix
9 8 (2.65%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (2.65%) VMS
10 7 (2.32%) Android
11 4 (1.32%) Solaris
12 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.33%) CentOS
13 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.33%) VxWorks
13 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (40.07%) Agile
2 71 (23.51%) DevOps
3 55 (18.21%) CI/CD
3 55 (18.21%) Test Automation
4 52 (17.22%) Scrum
5 42 (13.91%) Data Modelling
6 32 (10.60%) Full Stack Development
6 32 (10.60%) Software Engineering
7 30 (9.93%) Computer Science
8 29 (9.60%) Data Engineering
9 28 (9.27%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 27 (8.94%) Problem-Solving
11 26 (8.61%) Containerisation
11 26 (8.61%) SDLC
11 26 (8.61%) Unit Testing
12 25 (8.28%) Analytics
13 24 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (7.62%) Microservices
15 21 (6.95%) ITIL
16 19 (6.29%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (24.50%) PowerShell
2 63 (20.86%) SQL
3 38 (12.58%) Bash
3 38 (12.58%) Java
4 34 (11.26%) C++
5 21 (6.95%) JavaScript
6 19 (6.29%) C
7 18 (5.96%) VBScript
8 14 (4.64%) C#
9 12 (3.97%) Shell Script
10 11 (3.64%) Perl
11 10 (3.31%) MATLAB
12 9 (2.98%) R
13 8 (2.65%) Scala
14 5 (1.66%) Assembly Language
14 5 (1.66%) Ruby
15 4 (1.32%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.99%) Go
17 2 (0.66%) Embedded C
17 2 (0.66%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 120 (39.74%) Security Cleared
2 58 (19.21%) DV Cleared
2 58 (19.21%) SC Cleared
3 37 (12.25%) Degree
4 18 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (4.97%) Master's Degree
6 7 (2.32%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.99%) CCNP
7 6 (1.99%) PhD
8 5 (1.66%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.32%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.66%) CCIE
11 2 (0.66%) VCAP
11 2 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.33%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.33%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.65%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.32%) RMADS
3 6 (1.99%) GDPR
4 4 (1.32%) JTAG
4 4 (1.32%) QA
5 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.33%) CDISC
5 1 (0.33%) GxP
5 1 (0.33%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.33%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.33%) MISRA
5 1 (0.33%) MISRA C
5 1 (0.33%) NCSC
5 1 (0.33%) NIST
5 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 48 (15.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 38 (12.58%) Active Directory
3 29 (9.60%) Docker
4 16 (5.30%) vSphere
5 10 (3.31%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (2.98%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.32%) Hyper-V
8 6 (1.99%) Firmware
8 6 (1.99%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (1.32%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (1.32%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.66%) KVM
10 2 (0.66%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.66%) Varnish
10 2 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.33%) HDFS
11 1 (0.33%) NFS
Systems Management
1 73 (24.17%) Ansible
2 60 (19.87%) Terraform
3 30 (9.93%) Kubernetes
4 13 (4.30%) vRealize
5 8 (2.65%) Packer
6 7 (2.32%) Puppet
7 6 (1.99%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.32%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (1.32%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.99%) Nagios
9 3 (0.99%) Netcool
9 3 (0.99%) SCCM
9 3 (0.99%) WSUS
10 2 (0.66%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.66%) Nessus
10 2 (0.66%) Rundeck
10 2 (0.66%) SELinux
10 2 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.66%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 2 (0.66%) VxRail
Vendors
1 85 (28.15%) VMware
2 31 (10.26%) Red Hat
3 28 (9.27%) Microsoft
4 17 (5.63%) Cisco
5 14 (4.64%) Oracle
6 10 (3.31%) Databricks
7 8 (2.65%) Google
8 7 (2.32%) Veritas
9 6 (1.99%) SolarWinds
10 5 (1.66%) Arqiva
10 5 (1.66%) CheckPoint
10 5 (1.66%) Nokia
11 4 (1.32%) Adobe
11 4 (1.32%) Dynatrace
11 4 (1.32%) Facebook
11 4 (1.32%) IBM
11 4 (1.32%) Juniper
11 4 (1.32%) Snapchat
11 4 (1.32%) Splunk
12 3 (0.99%) Salesforce