Python Contracts in Southampton

Python
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 20 19
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 -10
Contract jobs citing Python 1 6 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 0.92% 3.55% 3.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.57% 18.75% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £610 £418
25th Percentile £563 £625 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +44.44% -
75th Percentile £588 £738 £525
90th Percentile - £790 £540
Hampshire median daily rate £563 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +12.50% -9.09% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £47.62 £20.47
% change year-on-year +15.50% +132.62% -2.52%

All Programming Languages
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 28 32 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 25.69% 18.93% 26.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 20 27
10th Percentile £374 £300 £254
25th Percentile £419 £319 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -5.03%
75th Percentile £506 £559 £494
90th Percentile £568 £605 £550
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £520
% change year-on-year - +5.77% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +64.29%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Southampton

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Daily rate trend for Python in Southampton

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Hourly rate trend for Python in Southampton

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Angular 2
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google