Python Contracts in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 24 29
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 0
Contract jobs citing Python 141 228 203
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.20% 7.75% 5.81%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.16% 31.89% 25.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 167 139
10th Percentile £360 £370 £394
25th Percentile £456 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £675 £703 £676
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +12.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 0
10th Percentile £61.25 £15.60 -
25th Percentile - £19.49 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £41.03 -
Median % change year-on-year +58.44% - -
75th Percentile £67.50 £64.41 -
90th Percentile £71.50 £71.21 -
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £45.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +44.44% +23.29% -20.65%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 539 715 800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 19.86% 24.30% 22.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 371 531 585
10th Percentile £350 £350 £341
25th Percentile £425 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £608 £613 £575
90th Percentile £668 £680 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 20 5
10th Percentile £33.94 £25.64 £31.30
25th Percentile £46.25 £32.30 £62.50
Median hourly rate £58.30 £56.88 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.51% -13.17% +63.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £76.61 £80.40
90th Percentile £67.63 £79.41 £84.66
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £44.86
% change year-on-year +9.09% +22.60% +10.77%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
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 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 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
Berkshire -19 93 £500 -9.09% 59
Buckinghamshire +22 40 £550 +4.76% 24
Oxfordshire -10 8 £575 +15.00% 50
Python
South East

Python
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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (9.22%) Apache
1 13 (9.22%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (5.67%) SAS
3 2 (1.42%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.71%) Appian
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (0.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (4.96%) SPSS
2 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.71%) Sketch
3 1 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 42 (29.79%) Azure
2 17 (12.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 17 (12.06%) Azure Data Factory
2 17 (12.06%) Entra ID
3 14 (9.93%) Azure Monitor
4 13 (9.22%) Serverless
5 10 (7.09%) Azure Functions
6 9 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (5.67%) AWS
7 8 (5.67%) Power Platform
8 5 (3.55%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.84%) Azure AKS
9 4 (2.84%) OpenShift
10 3 (2.13%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.13%) PaaS
10 3 (2.13%) Snowflake
11 2 (1.42%) Azure API Management
11 2 (1.42%) Azure Event Grid
11 2 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.42%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (16.31%) TCP/IP
2 16 (11.35%) SAN
3 15 (10.64%) VPN
4 12 (8.51%) BGP
4 12 (8.51%) MPLS
5 11 (7.80%) Ethernet VPN
5 11 (7.80%) Radio Access Network
6 5 (3.55%) Firewall
7 4 (2.84%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (2.84%) Wireless
8 3 (2.13%) Network Security
8 3 (2.13%) NX-OS
8 3 (2.13%) SNA
8 3 (2.13%) VSAN
9 1 (0.71%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.71%) DNS
9 1 (0.71%) Internet
9 1 (0.71%) Junos
9 1 (0.71%) RNC
9 1 (0.71%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (18.44%) NoSQL
2 18 (12.77%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (9.93%) MongoDB
4 7 (4.96%) GIS
4 7 (4.96%) Qlik Sense
4 7 (4.96%) Tableau
5 5 (3.55%) Big Data
6 4 (2.84%) Redis
7 3 (2.13%) Data Mining
7 3 (2.13%) Power BI
7 3 (2.13%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.42%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.42%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.42%) Impala
8 2 (1.42%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.42%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.71%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.71%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 28 (19.86%) Git
2 19 (13.48%) JIRA
3 14 (9.93%) Robot Framework
4 13 (9.22%) GitLab
5 11 (7.80%) TestRail
6 8 (5.67%) Selenium
7 4 (2.84%) Subversion
8 3 (2.13%) Visual Studio
9 2 (1.42%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.71%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.71%) CMake
10 1 (0.71%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.71%) ERwin
10 1 (0.71%) JMeter
10 1 (0.71%) JUnit
10 1 (0.71%) Maven
10 1 (0.71%) MLflow
10 1 (0.71%) Mockito
10 1 (0.71%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (11.35%) Social Skills
3 14 (9.93%) Telecoms
4 11 (7.80%) Finance
5 8 (5.67%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (2.84%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.84%) Local Government
6 4 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.13%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (43.97%) Developer
2 40 (28.37%) Python Developer
3 21 (14.89%) Full Stack Developer
4 19 (13.48%) Analyst
5 16 (11.35%) Network Engineer
6 14 (9.93%) Azure Developer
7 11 (7.80%) Senior
7 11 (7.80%) Test Engineer
8 10 (7.09%) Data Analyst
9 8 (5.67%) Lead
10 6 (4.26%) Data Engineer
10 6 (4.26%) Full Stack Python Developer
10 6 (4.26%) Programmer
11 5 (3.55%) Analyst Developer
11 5 (3.55%) Developer Analyst
11 5 (3.55%) Python Programmer
11 5 (3.55%) Security Analyst
11 5 (3.55%) Senior Developer
11 5 (3.55%) Software Engineer
12 4 (2.84%) Solutions Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (14.18%) React
2 12 (8.51%) NETCONF
2 12 (8.51%) REST
2 12 (8.51%) YANG
3 11 (7.80%) RESTCONF
3 11 (7.80%) SOAP
4 8 (5.67%) Django
5 7 (4.96%) D3.js
6 6 (4.26%) Celery
6 6 (4.26%) CSS
6 6 (4.26%) HTML
7 5 (3.55%) OpenLayers
8 4 (2.84%) GeoPandas
8 4 (2.84%) Node.js
8 4 (2.84%) PostGIS
8 4 (2.84%) YAML
9 3 (2.13%) AngularJS
9 3 (2.13%) Kafka
9 3 (2.13%) PySpark
9 3 (2.13%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.22%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.96%) Client/Server
3 5 (3.55%) Algorithms
3 5 (3.55%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.84%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.84%) Device Driver
4 4 (2.84%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.42%) Biopharmaceutical
5 2 (1.42%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.42%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.42%) NHS
5 2 (1.42%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.71%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.71%) Grid Computing
6 1 (0.71%) IoT
6 1 (0.71%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 35 (24.82%) Linux
2 19 (13.48%) Debian
2 19 (13.48%) Ubuntu
3 13 (9.22%) Windows
4 9 (6.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (6.38%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.84%) Unix
6 2 (1.42%) Android
6 2 (1.42%) VMS
7 1 (0.71%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (40.43%) Agile
2 39 (27.66%) CI/CD
3 33 (23.40%) DevOps
4 29 (20.57%) Data Modelling
5 23 (16.31%) Full Stack Development
6 21 (14.89%) Microservices
7 20 (14.18%) ITIL
7 20 (14.18%) Test Automation
7 20 (14.18%) Unit Testing
8 18 (12.77%) Data Engineering
8 18 (12.77%) SDLC
9 17 (12.06%) Containerisation
9 17 (12.06%) Software Engineering
10 16 (11.35%) Scrum
11 15 (10.64%) Configuration Management
12 13 (9.22%) Computer Science
12 13 (9.22%) Product Backlog
12 13 (9.22%) Prototyping
12 13 (9.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 13 (9.22%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 27 (19.15%) SQL
2 17 (12.06%) Java
3 16 (11.35%) PowerShell
4 9 (6.38%) C++
4 9 (6.38%) R
5 8 (5.67%) C
5 8 (5.67%) JavaScript
5 8 (5.67%) Shell Script
6 7 (4.96%) VBScript
7 5 (3.55%) Bash
7 5 (3.55%) C#
8 4 (2.84%) Assembly Language
8 4 (2.84%) MATLAB
9 3 (2.13%) Scala
10 2 (1.42%) Perl
10 2 (1.42%) PHP
10 2 (1.42%) Ruby
11 1 (0.71%) Go
11 1 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.71%) Rust
Qualifications
1 41 (29.08%) Security Cleared
2 32 (22.70%) SC Cleared
3 19 (13.48%) DV Cleared
4 16 (11.35%) Degree
5 7 (4.96%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.55%) PhD
7 4 (2.84%) CCNP
7 4 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.13%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.71%) CCIE
9 1 (0.71%) CEH
9 1 (0.71%) CISSP
9 1 (0.71%) HP ASE
9 1 (0.71%) JNCIE
9 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.55%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.84%) JTAG
3 3 (2.13%) QA
4 1 (0.71%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.71%) CDISC
System Software
1 18 (12.77%) Active Directory
2 17 (12.06%) Docker
3 13 (9.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.84%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (2.84%) Firmware
4 4 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.13%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.13%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.42%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (1.42%) vSphere
7 1 (0.71%) HDFS
7 1 (0.71%) NFS
Systems Management
1 15 (10.64%) Ansible
2 12 (8.51%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.09%) Terraform
4 5 (3.55%) vRealize
5 3 (2.13%) Netcool
5 3 (2.13%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.42%) Kibana
6 2 (1.42%) Packer
6 2 (1.42%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.42%) Rundeck
6 2 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.71%) CFEngine
7 1 (0.71%) logstash
7 1 (0.71%) Puppet
Vendors
1 38 (26.95%) VMware
2 23 (16.31%) Red Hat
3 20 (14.18%) Microsoft
4 6 (4.26%) Cisco
5 5 (3.55%) Dynatrace
5 5 (3.55%) Nokia
6 4 (2.84%) CheckPoint
6 4 (2.84%) IBM
6 4 (2.84%) Oracle
7 3 (2.13%) Databricks
7 3 (2.13%) Infoblox
8 2 (1.42%) Cloudera
8 2 (1.42%) Informatica
8 2 (1.42%) Remedy
8 2 (1.42%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.71%) Citrix
9 1 (0.71%) Ericsson
9 1 (0.71%) Juniper
9 1 (0.71%) Mapinfo
9 1 (0.71%) TIBCO