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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 26 32
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 -7
Contract jobs citing Python 144 210 188
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.53% 7.49% 5.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.96% 31.30% 24.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 151 124
10th Percentile £345 £325 £398
25th Percentile £431 £425 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +13.45%
75th Percentile £624 £617 £602
90th Percentile £675 £706 £713
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 0
10th Percentile £59.38 £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 £70.50 £71.21 -
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £22.73 £21.00
% change year-on-year +185.97% +8.24% -56.92%

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 515 671 776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 19.78% 23.95% 22.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 496 568
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £422 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £581
90th Percentile £667 £675 £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 4
10th Percentile £33.94 £25.64 £26.10
25th Percentile £46.25 £32.30 £49.50
Median hourly rate £58.30 £56.88 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.51% -21.55% +110.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £76.61 £80.93
90th Percentile £67.63 £79.41 £81.87
South East median hourly rate £60.87 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +10.67% +57.14% -14.11%

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 17 May 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 17 May 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 17 May 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 -15 102 £500 -9.09% 74
Buckinghamshire +28 32 £525 +1.20% 33
Oxfordshire -3 10 £575 +15.00% 56
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 11 (7.64%) Apache
1 11 (7.64%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (6.25%) SAS
3 2 (1.39%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.69%) Appian
4 1 (0.69%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (0.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (4.86%) SPSS
2 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.39%) Sketch
4 1 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 52 (36.11%) Azure
2 25 (17.36%) Azure Data Factory
3 24 (16.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 24 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 20 (13.89%) Azure Monitor
4 20 (13.89%) Serverless
5 17 (11.81%) Azure Functions
6 11 (7.64%) AWS
7 9 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (6.25%) Power Platform
8 6 (4.17%) PaaS
9 5 (3.47%) OpenShift
9 5 (3.47%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.78%) Azure AKS
10 4 (2.78%) GCP
11 3 (2.08%) Amazon S3
11 3 (2.08%) Azure Event Grid
11 3 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (2.08%) IaaS
11 3 (2.08%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.81%) TCP/IP
2 14 (9.72%) VPN
3 10 (6.94%) SAN
4 9 (6.25%) BGP
4 9 (6.25%) Ethernet VPN
4 9 (6.25%) MPLS
4 9 (6.25%) Radio Access Network
5 4 (2.78%) Firewall
5 4 (2.78%) Network Security
5 4 (2.78%) Wireless
6 3 (2.08%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (2.08%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.69%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.69%) DNS
7 1 (0.69%) InfiniBand
7 1 (0.69%) Internet
7 1 (0.69%) Junos
7 1 (0.69%) RNC
7 1 (0.69%) SGSN
7 1 (0.69%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (20.83%) NoSQL
2 18 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (9.03%) MongoDB
4 8 (5.56%) Tableau
5 7 (4.86%) Big Data
5 7 (4.86%) GIS
5 7 (4.86%) Qlik Sense
6 4 (2.78%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.78%) Data Mining
6 4 (2.78%) Power BI
6 4 (2.78%) Redis
6 4 (2.78%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.08%) MySQL
7 3 (2.08%) PowerPivot
7 3 (2.08%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.39%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.39%) Impala
8 2 (1.39%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.39%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 31 (21.53%) Git
2 17 (11.81%) JIRA
3 12 (8.33%) Robot Framework
3 12 (8.33%) Selenium
4 11 (7.64%) GitLab
5 9 (6.25%) TestRail
6 5 (3.47%) Visual Studio
7 4 (2.78%) Jenkins
7 4 (2.78%) Subversion
8 2 (1.39%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.69%) CMake
9 1 (0.69%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.69%) JMeter
9 1 (0.69%) JUnit
9 1 (0.69%) Maven
9 1 (0.69%) MLflow
9 1 (0.69%) Mockito
9 1 (0.69%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 33 (22.92%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 15 (10.42%) Social Skills
4 10 (6.94%) Finance
5 9 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (2.78%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.78%) Local Government
6 4 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.78%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.69%) Advertising
8 1 (0.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 66 (45.83%) Developer
2 38 (26.39%) Python Developer
3 26 (18.06%) Full Stack Developer
4 21 (14.58%) Analyst
5 19 (13.19%) Azure Developer
6 12 (8.33%) Data Analyst
6 12 (8.33%) Network Engineer
7 11 (7.64%) Senior
8 9 (6.25%) Full Stack Python Developer
8 9 (6.25%) Test Engineer
9 6 (4.17%) Data Engineer
9 6 (4.17%) Lead
9 6 (4.17%) Programmer
10 5 (3.47%) Analyst Developer
10 5 (3.47%) Developer Analyst
10 5 (3.47%) Python Programmer
10 5 (3.47%) Security Analyst
10 5 (3.47%) Software Engineer
11 4 (2.78%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 4 (2.78%) GIS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (19.44%) React
2 11 (7.64%) REST
3 10 (6.94%) Django
3 10 (6.94%) YANG
4 9 (6.25%) NETCONF
4 9 (6.25%) RESTCONF
4 9 (6.25%) SOAP
5 7 (4.86%) D3.js
5 7 (4.86%) HTML
6 6 (4.17%) Celery
6 6 (4.17%) CSS
7 5 (3.47%) Node.js
7 5 (3.47%) OpenLayers
7 5 (3.47%) PySpark
7 5 (3.47%) XML
8 4 (2.78%) GeoPandas
8 4 (2.78%) PostGIS
8 4 (2.78%) Web Services
9 3 (2.08%) .NET
9 3 (2.08%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.86%) Client/Server
3 6 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.47%) Algorithms
4 5 (3.47%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.78%) Device Driver
6 3 (2.08%) Biopharmaceutical
6 3 (2.08%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.08%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.39%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.39%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.39%) NHS
8 1 (0.69%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.69%) Grid Computing
8 1 (0.69%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 32 (22.22%) Linux
2 14 (9.72%) Windows
3 13 (9.03%) Debian
4 12 (8.33%) Ubuntu
5 9 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (6.25%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.78%) Unix
7 2 (1.39%) VMS
8 1 (0.69%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (39.58%) Agile
2 43 (29.86%) DevOps
3 42 (29.17%) CI/CD
4 28 (19.44%) Full Stack Development
4 28 (19.44%) Microservices
5 26 (18.06%) Data Modelling
6 23 (15.97%) SDLC
7 22 (15.28%) Test Automation
8 21 (14.58%) Unit Testing
9 17 (11.81%) Scrum
9 17 (11.81%) Software Engineering
10 16 (11.11%) Containerisation
10 16 (11.11%) Product Backlog
11 15 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (10.42%) Data Engineering
11 15 (10.42%) ITIL
12 13 (9.03%) Analytics
12 13 (9.03%) Change Management
12 13 (9.03%) Computer Science
13 12 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 30 (20.83%) SQL
2 24 (16.67%) Java
3 15 (10.42%) PowerShell
4 10 (6.94%) JavaScript
4 10 (6.94%) R
5 8 (5.56%) C
5 8 (5.56%) C++
5 8 (5.56%) Shell Script
6 7 (4.86%) Bash
6 7 (4.86%) C#
6 7 (4.86%) VBScript
7 4 (2.78%) Assembly Language
7 4 (2.78%) MATLAB
8 3 (2.08%) PHP
8 3 (2.08%) Ruby
8 3 (2.08%) Scala
9 2 (1.39%) Perl
10 1 (0.69%) Go
10 1 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.69%) Rust
Qualifications
1 35 (24.31%) Security Cleared
2 24 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 17 (11.81%) DV Cleared
4 16 (11.11%) Degree
5 7 (4.86%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.78%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.78%) PhD
7 3 (2.08%) CCNP
7 3 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.69%) CCIE
8 1 (0.69%) CEH
8 1 (0.69%) CISSP
8 1 (0.69%) HP ASE
8 1 (0.69%) JNCIE
8 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.47%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.78%) JTAG
3 3 (2.08%) QA
4 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.69%) CDISC
System Software
1 25 (17.36%) Active Directory
2 18 (12.50%) Docker
3 13 (9.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.78%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (2.78%) Firmware
5 4 (2.78%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.39%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (1.39%) vSphere
7 1 (0.69%) HDFS
7 1 (0.69%) NFS
Systems Management
1 14 (9.72%) Kubernetes
2 12 (8.33%) Ansible
3 8 (5.56%) Terraform
4 3 (2.08%) Netcool
4 3 (2.08%) Prometheus
4 3 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.39%) Argo
5 2 (1.39%) Grafana
5 2 (1.39%) Kustomize
5 2 (1.39%) Packer
5 2 (1.39%) Rundeck
5 2 (1.39%) vRealize
6 1 (0.69%) CFEngine
6 1 (0.69%) Kibana
6 1 (0.69%) Puppet
Vendors
1 30 (20.83%) VMware
2 17 (11.81%) Red Hat
3 15 (10.42%) Microsoft
4 6 (4.17%) Oracle
5 5 (3.47%) Databricks
5 5 (3.47%) Dynatrace
6 4 (2.78%) Cisco
6 4 (2.78%) IBM
6 4 (2.78%) Nokia
7 3 (2.08%) CheckPoint
7 3 (2.08%) Google
7 3 (2.08%) Infoblox
7 3 (2.08%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.39%) Cloudera
8 2 (1.39%) Informatica
8 2 (1.39%) SAP
8 2 (1.39%) Splunk
9 1 (0.69%) Checkmarx
9 1 (0.69%) Ericsson
9 1 (0.69%) MuleSoft