Python Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Python skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 25 24
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 +19
Contract jobs citing Python 162 148 199
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.85% 6.62% 7.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.76% 30.08% 31.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 104 151
10th Percentile £370 £363 £350
25th Percentile £438 £400 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% -5.68% -
75th Percentile £563 £638 £675
90th Percentile £600 £651 £750
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £550
% change year-on-year -0.99% -8.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £51.75 -
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £29.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +98.28% -49.57% +162.62%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 418 492 633
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.43% 22.00% 22.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 334 450
10th Percentile £340 £363 £325
25th Percentile £400 £419 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -
75th Percentile £550 £619 £625
90th Percentile £600 £658 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 13
10th Percentile - £35.58 £32.30
25th Percentile £18.75 £55.87 £32.32
Median hourly rate £19.50 £58.49 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -66.66% +20.85% -28.15%
75th Percentile £20.25 £76.18 £54.56
90th Percentile - £87.50 £62.81
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -8.33%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python

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 19 September 2025. 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 +11 127 £500 -4.76% 187
Buckinghamshire +14 28 £457 -17.00% 42
Oxfordshire -10 7 £450 -10.00% 60
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 17 (10.49%) OpenStack
2 4 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.85%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.23%) nginx
5 1 (0.62%) Apache
5 1 (0.62%) Appian
5 1 (0.62%) CMS
5 1 (0.62%) Confluence
5 1 (0.62%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Chatbot
1 2 (1.23%) CPLEX
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (0.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.62%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 70 (43.21%) AWS
2 61 (37.65%) Azure
3 33 (20.37%) GCP
4 15 (9.26%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (9.26%) Serverless
5 13 (8.02%) AWS Lambda
6 12 (7.41%) GitHub
6 12 (7.41%) Power Platform
7 9 (5.56%) Azure AKS
8 7 (4.32%) Amazon S3
8 7 (4.32%) AWS Step Functions
8 7 (4.32%) Azure Machine Learning
8 7 (4.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (3.70%) Amazon SageMaker
9 6 (3.70%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (3.70%) OpenShift
10 5 (3.09%) Amazon Bedrock
10 5 (3.09%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (3.09%) ChatGPT
10 5 (3.09%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 19 (11.73%) BGP
2 13 (8.02%) Firewall
2 13 (8.02%) MPLS
3 12 (7.41%) LAN
3 12 (7.41%) OSPF
3 12 (7.41%) WAN
4 11 (6.79%) Network Security
4 11 (6.79%) TCP/IP
5 8 (4.94%) VPN
6 6 (3.70%) SNMP
6 6 (3.70%) TACACS
6 6 (3.70%) VLAN
6 6 (3.70%) Wireless
7 5 (3.09%) SAN
8 3 (1.85%) HTTP
9 1 (0.62%) 2G
9 1 (0.62%) 3G
9 1 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.62%) SMS
9 1 (0.62%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.88%) NoSQL
2 12 (7.41%) Power BI
2 12 (7.41%) Relational Database
3 9 (5.56%) Data Lake
3 9 (5.56%) MongoDB
3 9 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (5.56%) Tableau
4 8 (4.94%) Big Data
4 8 (4.94%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (4.32%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (3.70%) Amazon Athena
6 6 (3.70%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (3.70%) MySQL
7 5 (3.09%) Couchbase
8 4 (2.47%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (2.47%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.85%) SQL Server
10 2 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (1.23%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.23%) Redis
Development Applications
1 16 (9.88%) Git
2 14 (8.64%) JIRA
3 10 (6.17%) GitLab
4 9 (5.56%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.23%) JMeter
5 2 (1.23%) JUnit
5 2 (1.23%) MLflow
5 2 (1.23%) Mockito
6 1 (0.62%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.62%) CMake
6 1 (0.62%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.62%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.62%) Mocha
6 1 (0.62%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.62%) Selenium
6 1 (0.62%) SonarQube
General
1 58 (35.80%) Social Skills
2 28 (17.28%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (9.88%) Public Sector
3 16 (9.88%) Telecoms
4 8 (4.94%) Finance
5 7 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.70%) Legal
7 2 (1.23%) Retail
8 1 (0.62%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (0.62%) Local Government
8 1 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.62%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 26 (16.05%) Developer
2 18 (11.11%) Senior
3 16 (9.88%) DevOps Engineer
3 16 (9.88%) Python Developer
4 15 (9.26%) Architect
5 14 (8.64%) Analyst
5 14 (8.64%) Cloud Engineer
5 14 (8.64%) Data Engineer
6 11 (6.79%) Data Scientist
6 11 (6.79%) Senior Developer
7 8 (4.94%) AWS Engineer
7 8 (4.94%) Consultant
7 8 (4.94%) Security Architect
8 7 (4.32%) Data Analyst
8 7 (4.32%) Senior Python Developer
8 7 (4.32%) Site Engineer
8 7 (4.32%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 7 (4.32%) SOC Analyst
9 6 (3.70%) IP Architect
9 6 (3.70%) IP Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (11.11%) scikit-learn
2 17 (10.49%) PyTorch
3 15 (9.26%) REST
4 12 (7.41%) TensorFlow
5 11 (6.79%) FastAPI
5 11 (6.79%) Pandas
6 10 (6.17%) NumPy
7 9 (5.56%) RESTful
8 8 (4.94%) Kafka
8 8 (4.94%) NETCONF
8 8 (4.94%) YANG
9 7 (4.32%) JSON
10 6 (3.70%) HTML
10 6 (3.70%) Hugging Face
10 6 (3.70%) PySpark
10 6 (3.70%) XML
11 4 (2.47%) Google JAX
11 4 (2.47%) JAX
11 4 (2.47%) React
11 4 (2.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.64%) Algorithms
2 12 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
2 12 (7.41%) Onboarding
3 10 (6.17%) Cloud Native
3 10 (6.17%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (4.32%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.70%) Replication
6 5 (3.09%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.47%) Cyber Security Posture
7 4 (2.47%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.47%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.47%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.23%) CMDB
8 2 (1.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.23%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.23%) Smart Meter
9 1 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.62%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 33 (20.37%) Linux
2 20 (12.35%) Windows
3 12 (7.41%) Unix
4 9 (5.56%) Windows Server
5 7 (4.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (3.09%) Debian
6 5 (3.09%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.62%) Android
7 1 (0.62%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (37.04%) CI/CD
2 55 (33.95%) DevOps
3 46 (28.40%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (16.05%) Machine Learning
4 26 (16.05%) SIEM
5 24 (14.81%) Agile
5 24 (14.81%) Data Engineering
5 24 (14.81%) Incident Response
6 22 (13.58%) High Availability
7 20 (12.35%) Data Modelling
7 20 (12.35%) Data Science
7 20 (12.35%) Validation
8 18 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (11.11%) Security Operations
9 17 (10.49%) Artificial Intelligence
10 16 (9.88%) Containerisation
10 16 (9.88%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (9.88%) Microservices
11 15 (9.26%) Data Pipeline
11 15 (9.26%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 51 (31.48%) SQL
2 27 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 22 (13.58%) Java
4 19 (11.73%) Bash
5 13 (8.02%) JavaScript
5 13 (8.02%) R
6 12 (7.41%) Shell Script
7 6 (3.70%) C#
7 6 (3.70%) Go
8 5 (3.09%) C++
9 4 (2.47%) Bicep
9 4 (2.47%) Search Processing Language
10 3 (1.85%) C
10 3 (1.85%) Ruby
11 2 (1.23%) Korn
11 2 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (1.23%) Scala
12 1 (0.62%) Perl
12 1 (0.62%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (19.75%) Security Cleared
2 24 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 19 (11.73%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (10.49%) Degree
5 16 (9.88%) AWS Certification
6 15 (9.26%) CISSP
7 12 (7.41%) CCIE
7 12 (7.41%) JNCIE
8 10 (6.17%) GCIH
9 9 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (5.56%) GCFA
9 9 (5.56%) Master's Degree
10 8 (4.94%) GCIA
10 8 (4.94%) GIAC
11 7 (4.32%) CCNP
11 7 (4.32%) CEH
12 6 (3.70%) CCSA
12 6 (3.70%) CCSE
12 6 (3.70%) CFCE
12 6 (3.70%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.11%) GDPR
2 15 (9.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (6.17%) NIST
4 9 (5.56%) HIPAA
4 9 (5.56%) QA
5 8 (4.94%) Data Quality
6 5 (3.09%) EU AI Act
7 4 (2.47%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.23%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.23%) GRC
9 1 (0.62%) HL7
9 1 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.62%) SLA
9 1 (0.62%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 19 (11.73%) Docker
2 7 (4.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (4.32%) VMware NSX
3 6 (3.70%) vSphere
4 5 (3.09%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.62%) NDS
5 1 (0.62%) NetIQ eDirectory
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (23.46%) Kubernetes
2 33 (20.37%) Ansible
3 30 (18.52%) Terraform
4 4 (2.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 4 (2.47%) Grafana
4 4 (2.47%) QRadar
4 4 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.85%) Kibana
5 3 (1.85%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.23%) logstash
7 1 (0.62%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.62%) Puppet
7 1 (0.62%) vRealize
7 1 (0.62%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 22 (13.58%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.35%) Splunk
3 14 (8.64%) Cisco
3 14 (8.64%) Databricks
4 12 (7.41%) VMware
5 9 (5.56%) ArcSight
5 9 (5.56%) Virgin Media
6 8 (4.94%) Google
7 7 (4.32%) IBM
8 6 (3.70%) CheckPoint
8 6 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (3.70%) F5
8 6 (3.70%) Fortinet
8 6 (3.70%) Juniper
8 6 (3.70%) Palo Alto
8 6 (3.70%) Red Hat
9 5 (3.09%) Confluent
9 5 (3.09%) LogRhythm
10 4 (2.47%) Oracle
11 3 (1.85%) Sage