Python Developer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Python Developer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Python Developer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £530 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 131 147
Rank change year-on-year +33 +16 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Python Developer 41 21 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.52% 0.71% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.63% 0.76% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 17 18
10th Percentile £496 £440 £397
25th Percentile £506 £453 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £560 £540 £551
90th Percentile £654 £550 £600
South East median daily rate £525 £569 £525
% change year-on-year -7.65% +8.29% +23.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,517 2,768 3,336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 94.21% 96.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 1,916 2,273
10th Percentile £207 £313 £188
25th Percentile £370 £406 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 77 101
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £45.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +157.14% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.90 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.40 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -13.40%

Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Python Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Python Developer in the Thames Valley

Python Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python Developer in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Python Developer in the Thames Valley

Python Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python Developer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Python Developer in the Thames Valley

Python Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python Developer in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Python Developer in the Thames Valley

Python Developer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python Developer within the Thames Valley 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
Buckinghamshire +51 26 £525 -4.55% 2
Berkshire -1 13 £625 +31.58%
Oxfordshire +2 2 £575 +15.00% 1
Python Developer
South East

Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Python Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Python Developer in the job title.

1 41 (100.00%) Python
2 23 (56.10%) VMware
2 23 (56.10%) TCP/IP
2 23 (56.10%) SC Cleared
2 23 (56.10%) Security Cleared
3 20 (48.78%) Agile
4 19 (46.34%) Ubuntu
4 19 (46.34%) Linux
5 18 (43.90%) Red Hat
5 18 (43.90%) Debian
6 16 (39.02%) Data Modelling
6 16 (39.02%) SAN
7 15 (36.59%) ITIL
7 15 (36.59%) Microsoft
8 13 (31.71%) Configuration Management
8 13 (31.71%) Data Engineering
8 13 (31.71%) Prototyping
8 13 (31.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 11 (26.83%) Customer Service
10 10 (24.39%) Matrix Organization
10 10 (24.39%) DV Cleared
10 10 (24.39%) Azure
11 9 (21.95%) Software Engineering
12 7 (17.07%) Git
12 7 (17.07%) DevOps
12 7 (17.07%) Entra ID
12 7 (17.07%) Azure Functions
12 7 (17.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 7 (17.07%) Full Stack Development
12 7 (17.07%) Azure Data Factory

Python Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 10 (24.39%) Azure
2 7 (17.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 7 (17.07%) Azure Data Factory
2 7 (17.07%) Azure Functions
2 7 (17.07%) Entra ID
2 7 (17.07%) Serverless
3 6 (14.63%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (4.88%) Azure AKS
4 2 (4.88%) Power Automate
4 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 23 (56.10%) TCP/IP
2 16 (39.02%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.63%) NoSQL
2 2 (4.88%) GIS
2 2 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (4.88%) Redis
3 1 (2.44%) Neo4j
3 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (17.07%) Git
2 1 (2.44%) Selenium
General
1 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (4.88%) Local Government
3 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.44%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.63%) Django
1 6 (14.63%) React
2 4 (9.76%) Celery
3 2 (4.88%) Flask
3 2 (4.88%) GeoPandas
3 2 (4.88%) OpenLayers
3 2 (4.88%) PostGIS
3 2 (4.88%) SQLAlchemy
4 1 (2.44%) .NET
4 1 (2.44%) CSS
4 1 (2.44%) HTML
4 1 (2.44%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.88%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 19 (46.34%) Linux
1 19 (46.34%) Ubuntu
2 18 (43.90%) Debian
3 1 (2.44%) Android
3 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (48.78%) Agile
2 16 (39.02%) Data Modelling
3 15 (36.59%) ITIL
4 13 (31.71%) Configuration Management
4 13 (31.71%) Data Engineering
4 13 (31.71%) Prototyping
4 13 (31.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 11 (26.83%) Customer Service
6 10 (24.39%) Matrix Organization
7 9 (21.95%) Software Engineering
8 7 (17.07%) CI/CD
8 7 (17.07%) DevOps
8 7 (17.07%) Full Stack Development
9 6 (14.63%) Microservices
9 6 (14.63%) Unit Testing
10 5 (12.20%) Change Management
10 5 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (12.20%) Product Backlog
10 5 (12.20%) SDLC
11 3 (7.32%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 41 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (4.88%) C
3 1 (2.44%) C#
3 1 (2.44%) C++
3 1 (2.44%) Java
3 1 (2.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 23 (56.10%) SC Cleared
1 23 (56.10%) Security Cleared
2 10 (24.39%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 23 (56.10%) VMware
2 18 (43.90%) Red Hat
3 15 (36.59%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.88%) Remedy
5 1 (2.44%) Oracle