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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 22 32
Rank change year-on-year +8 +10 +9
Contract jobs citing Python 214 183 163
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 11.42% 8.50% 6.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 47.24% 33.95% 28.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 114 124
10th Percentile £385 £375 £333
25th Percentile £423 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -1.36% -
75th Percentile £565 £638 £638
90th Percentile £600 £651 £735
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £28.50 -
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £29.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year +3.45% -57.04% +3.85%

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 453 539 571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 24.17% 25.05% 21.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 350 434
10th Percentile £338 £381 £325
25th Percentile £406 £416 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.19% - -
75th Percentile £560 £638 £615
90th Percentile £610 £663 £688
South East median daily rate £486 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -4.66% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 10
10th Percentile £24.38 £34.80 £32.32
25th Percentile £32.81 £55.87 £36.34
Median hourly rate £47.25 £57.62 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -17.99% +19.04% -21.30%
75th Percentile £61.31 £66.89 £53.35
90th Percentile £69.53 £76.13 £59.48
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £64.76 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.07% +17.75% -13.67%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Python relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Python job vacancy trend 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 7 November 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 7 November 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 +9 164 £500 -9.09% 939
Buckinghamshire +13 40 £521 -5.27% 46
Oxfordshire -12 10 £475 -5.00% 151
Python
South East

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (7.94%) OpenStack
2 5 (2.34%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.40%) Apache
5 2 (0.93%) Appian
5 2 (0.93%) Confluence
5 2 (0.93%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.93%) nginx
6 1 (0.47%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.93%) CPLEX
2 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.47%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 87 (40.65%) AWS
2 82 (38.32%) Azure
3 44 (20.56%) GCP
4 20 (9.35%) OpenShift
5 19 (8.88%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (7.94%) GitHub
7 16 (7.48%) Serverless
8 15 (7.01%) Power Platform
9 13 (6.07%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (4.67%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (4.67%) IaaS
11 8 (3.74%) Amazon S3
12 7 (3.27%) Amazon SageMaker
12 7 (3.27%) AWS Step Functions
12 7 (3.27%) Azure AKS
12 7 (3.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (3.27%) dbt
13 6 (2.80%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (2.80%) Azure Machine Learning
14 5 (2.34%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.54%) BGP
2 13 (6.07%) MPLS
3 12 (5.61%) LAN
3 12 (5.61%) WAN
4 11 (5.14%) Network Security
5 9 (4.21%) DNS
6 8 (3.74%) Firewall
7 7 (3.27%) OSPF
7 7 (3.27%) Wireshark
8 6 (2.80%) SNMP
8 6 (2.80%) TACACS
8 6 (2.80%) TCP/IP
8 6 (2.80%) Wireless
9 5 (2.34%) SAN
10 3 (1.40%) 2G
10 3 (1.40%) 5G
10 3 (1.40%) HTTP
10 3 (1.40%) SSL
10 3 (1.40%) VoIP
10 3 (1.40%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.94%) NoSQL
2 15 (7.01%) Power BI
2 15 (7.01%) Relational Database
3 11 (5.14%) Big Data
3 11 (5.14%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (5.14%) Tableau
4 9 (4.21%) Data Lake
5 7 (3.27%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (3.27%) MongoDB
6 6 (2.80%) Amazon Athena
6 6 (2.80%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (2.34%) Couchbase
7 5 (2.34%) Hadoop
7 5 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.87%) MySQL
8 4 (1.87%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.93%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.93%) Redis
Development Applications
1 18 (8.41%) Git
2 16 (7.48%) Jenkins
3 15 (7.01%) JIRA
4 8 (3.74%) GitLab
5 7 (3.27%) Burp Suite
5 7 (3.27%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.93%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.93%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.93%) MLflow
6 2 (0.93%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.93%) Selenium
6 2 (0.93%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.47%) Mocha
General
1 96 (44.86%) Social Skills
2 47 (21.96%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (10.75%) Public Sector
4 19 (8.88%) Telecoms
5 15 (7.01%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (4.67%) Finance
7 8 (3.74%) Legal
8 3 (1.40%) Retail
9 2 (0.93%) Billing
10 1 (0.47%) Banking
10 1 (0.47%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (0.47%) Local Government
10 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.47%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 29 (13.55%) Developer
2 26 (12.15%) Senior
3 19 (8.88%) Architect
4 18 (8.41%) Analyst
5 17 (7.94%) Cloud Engineer
5 17 (7.94%) Data Engineer
5 17 (7.94%) DevOps Engineer
6 16 (7.48%) Python Developer
7 13 (6.07%) Data Scientist
8 12 (5.61%) Senior Developer
9 10 (4.67%) Site Engineer
9 10 (4.67%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 10 (4.67%) SOC Analyst
10 9 (4.21%) AWS Engineer
10 9 (4.21%) Consultant
10 9 (4.21%) Senior Python Developer
11 8 (3.74%) Azure Engineer
11 8 (3.74%) Data Analyst
12 7 (3.27%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (3.27%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.35%) scikit-learn
2 18 (8.41%) REST
3 16 (7.48%) PyTorch
4 14 (6.54%) Pandas
5 13 (6.07%) NumPy
6 11 (5.14%) TensorFlow
7 10 (4.67%) PySpark
8 9 (4.21%) FastAPI
8 9 (4.21%) NETCONF
9 8 (3.74%) Kafka
9 8 (3.74%) LDAP
9 8 (3.74%) Loki
9 8 (3.74%) YANG
10 7 (3.27%) RESTful
11 6 (2.80%) JSON
11 6 (2.80%) OAuth
11 6 (2.80%) OAuth2
12 5 (2.34%) GraphQL
12 5 (2.34%) OpenID
12 5 (2.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.35%) Cloud Native
2 19 (8.88%) Algorithms
3 13 (6.07%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (4.67%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (3.74%) Virtual Team
6 7 (3.27%) Cyber Security Posture
6 7 (3.27%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.27%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (2.80%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.80%) Replication
7 6 (2.80%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.34%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.87%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.40%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (1.40%) IoT
10 3 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.40%) PKI
11 2 (0.93%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 61 (28.50%) Linux
2 21 (9.81%) Windows
3 13 (6.07%) Unix
4 8 (3.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (3.27%) Kali Linux
5 7 (3.27%) Windows Server
6 5 (2.34%) Debian
6 5 (2.34%) Ubuntu
6 5 (2.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.47%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (43.46%) CI/CD
2 81 (37.85%) DevOps
3 64 (29.91%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (17.29%) Agile
5 35 (16.36%) SIEM
6 32 (14.95%) Cybersecurity
7 31 (14.49%) Machine Learning
8 30 (14.02%) Incident Response
8 30 (14.02%) Infrastructure as Code
9 28 (13.08%) Data Modelling
10 27 (12.62%) AI
11 26 (12.15%) Containerisation
12 25 (11.68%) Data Engineering
13 24 (11.21%) High Availability
14 23 (10.75%) Data Science
14 23 (10.75%) Test Automation
14 23 (10.75%) Validation
14 23 (10.75%) Visualisation
15 21 (9.81%) Computer Science
16 20 (9.35%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 61 (28.50%) SQL
2 51 (23.83%) PowerShell
3 42 (19.63%) Bash
4 22 (10.28%) Java
5 18 (8.41%) JavaScript
6 16 (7.48%) R
7 14 (6.54%) Shell Script
8 6 (2.80%) Go
9 4 (1.87%) C
9 4 (1.87%) C#
9 4 (1.87%) C++
9 4 (1.87%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (1.87%) Search Processing Language
10 3 (1.40%) PHP
11 2 (0.93%) Bicep
11 2 (0.93%) Korn
11 2 (0.93%) Perl
11 2 (0.93%) Ruby
12 1 (0.47%) Scala
12 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 69 (32.24%) Security Cleared
2 54 (25.23%) SC Cleared
3 26 (12.15%) CISSP
4 25 (11.68%) Degree
5 17 (7.94%) AWS Certification
5 17 (7.94%) CEH
6 15 (7.01%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (7.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (6.07%) CCIE
7 13 (6.07%) GIAC
8 12 (5.61%) GCFA
8 12 (5.61%) GCIA
8 12 (5.61%) GCIH
8 12 (5.61%) JNCIE
9 10 (4.67%) Master's Degree
10 9 (4.21%) CISM
11 8 (3.74%) CFCE
12 7 (3.27%) DV Cleared
12 7 (3.27%) GPEN
12 7 (3.27%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (13.08%) GDPR
2 24 (11.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (10.75%) NIST
4 16 (7.48%) Data Quality
5 11 (5.14%) HIPAA
5 11 (5.14%) QA
6 5 (2.34%) EU AI Act
7 4 (1.87%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.93%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.93%) GRC
9 1 (0.47%) HL7
9 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (13.08%) Docker
2 20 (9.35%) vSphere
3 19 (8.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (6.54%) Active Directory
5 13 (6.07%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.47%) NDS
7 1 (0.47%) NetIQ eDirectory
Systems Management
1 51 (23.83%) Kubernetes
2 39 (18.22%) Terraform
3 38 (17.76%) Ansible
4 15 (7.01%) Argo
5 11 (5.14%) Grafana
6 10 (4.67%) Prometheus
7 8 (3.74%) Kustomize
8 7 (3.27%) Nmap
9 6 (2.80%) vCenter Server
10 5 (2.34%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (1.87%) Kibana
11 4 (1.87%) QRadar
12 3 (1.40%) Podman
12 3 (1.40%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.93%) logstash
13 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.47%) Cisco CUCM
14 1 (0.47%) Cisco UCCE
14 1 (0.47%) Puppet
14 1 (0.47%) vRealize
Vendors
1 26 (12.15%) Microsoft
1 26 (12.15%) VMware
2 22 (10.28%) Splunk
3 20 (9.35%) Red Hat
4 17 (7.94%) Databricks
5 12 (5.61%) ArcSight
6 11 (5.14%) Cisco
7 10 (4.67%) Google
8 9 (4.21%) Virgin Media
9 8 (3.74%) BeyondTrust
9 8 (3.74%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (3.74%) CyberArk
10 7 (3.27%) IBM
10 7 (3.27%) LogRhythm
11 6 (2.80%) F5
11 6 (2.80%) Fortinet
11 6 (2.80%) Juniper
11 6 (2.80%) Pure Storage
12 5 (2.34%) Confluent
12 5 (2.34%) Oracle