Python Contracts in Stevenage

Python
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 45 34
Rank change year-on-year +20 -11 -15
Contract jobs citing Python 9 11 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 6.72% 2.24% 5.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.29% 8.33% 10.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile £455 £270 -
25th Percentile £463 £300 £672
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £375 £676
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -44.53% +20.18%
75th Percentile £488 £388 -
90th Percentile £495 £395 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £430 £676
% change year-on-year +27.91% -36.39% +12.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile £40.91 - £67.75
25th Percentile £47.56 - £70.00
Median hourly rate £53.75 - £72.50
75th Percentile £55.00 - £73.75
90th Percentile - - £74.20
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £53.75 £60.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year -10.42% -17.24% +29.46%

All Programming Languages
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 63 132 146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 47.01% 26.88% 51.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 11 31
10th Percentile £505 £250 £350
25th Percentile £525 £316 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £345 £425
Median % change year-on-year +59.42% -18.82% -19.05%
75th Percentile £575 £388 £538
90th Percentile - £400 £672
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% -4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 104 76
10th Percentile £36.00 £60.00 -
25th Percentile £61.31 £61.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate £72.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% - +16.07%
75th Percentile £84.31 £70.00 £70.94
90th Percentile £85.25 £85.00 £88.75
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £66.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.54% - +16.07%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Stevenage

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Daily rate trend for Python in Stevenage

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate trend for Python in Stevenage

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Python in Stevenage over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Python in Stevenage

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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 2 (22.22%) Apache Spark
1 2 (22.22%) IBM Domino
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) SpaceWire
2 1 (11.11%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Big Data
2 2 (22.22%) Hadoop
2 2 (22.22%) Tableau
General
1 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Aviation
2 1 (11.11%) Avionics
2 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Legal
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Data Science Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Electrical Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Lead
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Matplotlib
1 2 (22.22%) NumPy
1 2 (22.22%) Pandas
1 2 (22.22%) PyTorch
1 2 (22.22%) scikit-learn
1 2 (22.22%) Seaborn
1 2 (22.22%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Algorithms
2 1 (11.11%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Linux
2 4 (44.44%) Unix
3 3 (33.33%) Windows
4 2 (22.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Analytics
1 3 (33.33%) Containerisation
1 3 (33.33%) Data Acquisition
1 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 3 (33.33%) Data Science
1 3 (33.33%) System Testing
1 3 (33.33%) TestOps
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 2 (22.22%) Data Munging
2 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 2 (22.22%) Feature Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) Generative AI
2 2 (22.22%) LLM
2 2 (22.22%) Predictive Analytics
2 2 (22.22%) Reinforcement Learning
2 2 (22.22%) Task Automation
2 2 (22.22%) Time Series Forecasting
2 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Bash
2 4 (44.44%) C
2 4 (44.44%) Java
2 4 (44.44%) R
2 4 (44.44%) Tcl
3 3 (33.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
3 2 (22.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Docker
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (11.11%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Databricks
1 2 (22.22%) EMC
2 1 (11.11%) NetApp
2 1 (11.11%) Red Hat
2 1 (11.11%) Twitter
2 1 (11.11%) VMware