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

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 24 34
Rank change year-on-year -9 +10 -8
Contract jobs citing Python 142 224 191
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.39% 7.87% 5.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.20% 32.32% 24.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 163 130
10th Percentile £339 £358 £395
25th Percentile £450 £425 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £516
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +6.54% +14.72%
75th Percentile £600 £614 £600
90th Percentile £675 £705 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
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 £24.46 £21.00
% change year-on-year +165.74% +16.48% -54.35%

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 522 693 785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 19.81% 24.34% 22.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 512 573
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £423 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £585
90th Percentile £670 £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 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% +93.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £76.61 £80.93
90th Percentile £67.63 £79.41 £81.87
South East median hourly rate £60.07 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +9.22% +57.14% -17.65%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -16 96 £500 -9.09% 65
Buckinghamshire +23 37 £543 -1.36% 30
Oxfordshire -6 9 £575 +15.00% 85
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 (9.15%) Apache
1 13 (9.15%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (5.63%) SAS
3 2 (1.41%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.70%) Appian
4 1 (0.70%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (0.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (4.93%) SPSS
2 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.41%) Sketch
4 1 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 45 (31.69%) Azure
2 20 (14.08%) Azure Data Factory
2 20 (14.08%) Entra ID
3 19 (13.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 16 (11.27%) Azure Monitor
5 15 (10.56%) Serverless
6 12 (8.45%) Azure Functions
7 9 (6.34%) AWS
7 9 (6.34%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (6.34%) Power Platform
8 5 (3.52%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.82%) Azure AKS
9 4 (2.82%) PaaS
10 3 (2.11%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.11%) Azure API Management
10 3 (2.11%) Azure Event Grid
10 3 (2.11%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (2.11%) OpenShift
10 3 (2.11%) SaaS
10 3 (2.11%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 22 (15.49%) TCP/IP
2 16 (11.27%) VPN
3 15 (10.56%) SAN
4 11 (7.75%) BGP
4 11 (7.75%) Ethernet VPN
4 11 (7.75%) MPLS
4 11 (7.75%) Radio Access Network
5 4 (2.82%) Firewall
5 4 (2.82%) Network Security
5 4 (2.82%) Wireless
6 3 (2.11%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (2.11%) NX-OS
6 3 (2.11%) SNA
6 3 (2.11%) VSAN
7 1 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.70%) DHCP
7 1 (0.70%) DNS
7 1 (0.70%) InfiniBand
7 1 (0.70%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (19.72%) NoSQL
2 18 (12.68%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (9.86%) MongoDB
4 7 (4.93%) GIS
4 7 (4.93%) Qlik Sense
4 7 (4.93%) Tableau
5 6 (4.23%) Big Data
6 4 (2.82%) Data Mining
6 4 (2.82%) Power BI
6 4 (2.82%) Redis
7 3 (2.11%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.11%) PowerPivot
7 3 (2.11%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.41%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.41%) Impala
8 2 (1.41%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.70%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.70%) MySQL
9 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (19.72%) Git
2 19 (13.38%) JIRA
3 14 (9.86%) Robot Framework
4 13 (9.15%) GitLab
5 11 (7.75%) TestRail
6 8 (5.63%) Selenium
7 5 (3.52%) Visual Studio
8 4 (2.82%) Subversion
9 2 (1.41%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.70%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.70%) CMake
10 1 (0.70%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.70%) ERwin
10 1 (0.70%) JMeter
10 1 (0.70%) JUnit
10 1 (0.70%) Maven
10 1 (0.70%) MLflow
10 1 (0.70%) Mockito
10 1 (0.70%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 29 (20.42%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (10.56%) Social Skills
3 14 (9.86%) Telecoms
4 10 (7.04%) Finance
5 9 (6.34%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (2.82%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.82%) Local Government
6 4 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.11%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 64 (45.07%) Developer
2 40 (28.17%) Python Developer
3 23 (16.20%) Full Stack Developer
4 20 (14.08%) Analyst
5 16 (11.27%) Azure Developer
6 14 (9.86%) Network Engineer
7 11 (7.75%) Data Analyst
7 11 (7.75%) Senior
7 11 (7.75%) Test Engineer
8 9 (6.34%) Lead
9 7 (4.93%) Full Stack Python Developer
10 6 (4.23%) Data Engineer
10 6 (4.23%) Programmer
11 5 (3.52%) Analyst Developer
11 5 (3.52%) Developer Analyst
11 5 (3.52%) Python Programmer
11 5 (3.52%) Security Analyst
11 5 (3.52%) Software Engineer
12 4 (2.82%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 4 (2.82%) GIS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (16.20%) React
2 12 (8.45%) REST
3 11 (7.75%) NETCONF
3 11 (7.75%) RESTCONF
3 11 (7.75%) SOAP
3 11 (7.75%) YANG
4 8 (5.63%) Django
5 7 (4.93%) CSS
5 7 (4.93%) D3.js
5 7 (4.93%) HTML
6 6 (4.23%) Celery
7 5 (3.52%) OpenLayers
7 5 (3.52%) PySpark
8 4 (2.82%) .NET
8 4 (2.82%) GeoPandas
8 4 (2.82%) Node.js
8 4 (2.82%) PostGIS
8 4 (2.82%) Web Services
9 3 (2.11%) jQuery
9 3 (2.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.86%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.93%) Client/Server
3 5 (3.52%) Algorithms
3 5 (3.52%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.82%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.82%) Device Driver
4 4 (2.82%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.11%) Biopharmaceutical
5 3 (2.11%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.11%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.41%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.41%) NHS
7 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.70%) Grid Computing
7 1 (0.70%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 33 (23.24%) Linux
2 18 (12.68%) Debian
2 18 (12.68%) Ubuntu
3 12 (8.45%) Windows
4 9 (6.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (6.34%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.82%) Unix
6 2 (1.41%) Android
6 2 (1.41%) VMS
7 1 (0.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (40.85%) Agile
2 40 (28.17%) CI/CD
3 35 (24.65%) DevOps
4 30 (21.13%) Data Modelling
5 25 (17.61%) Full Stack Development
6 24 (16.90%) Microservices
7 22 (15.49%) Unit Testing
8 21 (14.79%) Test Automation
9 20 (14.08%) ITIL
9 20 (14.08%) SDLC
10 18 (12.68%) Data Engineering
11 17 (11.97%) Containerisation
11 17 (11.97%) Software Engineering
12 16 (11.27%) Scrum
13 14 (9.86%) Product Backlog
14 13 (9.15%) Configuration Management
14 13 (9.15%) Continuous Improvement
14 13 (9.15%) Security Testing
14 13 (9.15%) Workflow
15 12 (8.45%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 29 (20.42%) SQL
2 17 (11.97%) Java
3 16 (11.27%) PowerShell
4 9 (6.34%) JavaScript
4 9 (6.34%) R
5 8 (5.63%) C++
5 8 (5.63%) Shell Script
6 7 (4.93%) C
6 7 (4.93%) C#
6 7 (4.93%) VBScript
7 5 (3.52%) Bash
8 4 (2.82%) Assembly Language
8 4 (2.82%) MATLAB
9 3 (2.11%) PHP
9 3 (2.11%) Ruby
9 3 (2.11%) Scala
10 2 (1.41%) Perl
11 1 (0.70%) Go
11 1 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.70%) Rust
Qualifications
1 40 (28.17%) Security Cleared
2 31 (21.83%) SC Cleared
3 18 (12.68%) DV Cleared
4 14 (9.86%) Degree
5 7 (4.93%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.82%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.82%) PhD
7 3 (2.11%) CCNP
7 3 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.70%) CCIE
8 1 (0.70%) CEH
8 1 (0.70%) CISSP
8 1 (0.70%) HP ASE
8 1 (0.70%) JNCIE
8 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.52%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.82%) JTAG
2 4 (2.82%) QA
3 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.70%) CDISC
System Software
1 21 (14.79%) Active Directory
2 18 (12.68%) Docker
3 14 (9.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.52%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.82%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (2.82%) Firmware
5 4 (2.82%) Hyper-V
6 3 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (2.11%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.41%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (1.41%) vSphere
8 1 (0.70%) HDFS
8 1 (0.70%) NFS
Systems Management
1 13 (9.15%) Ansible
2 12 (8.45%) Kubernetes
3 9 (6.34%) Terraform
4 5 (3.52%) vRealize
5 3 (2.11%) Netcool
5 3 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.11%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.41%) Packer
6 2 (1.41%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.70%) CFEngine
7 1 (0.70%) Kibana
7 1 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.70%) Puppet
Vendors
1 38 (26.76%) VMware
2 22 (15.49%) Red Hat
3 20 (14.08%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.52%) Databricks
4 5 (3.52%) Dynatrace
5 4 (2.82%) Cisco
5 4 (2.82%) IBM
5 4 (2.82%) Nokia
5 4 (2.82%) Oracle
6 3 (2.11%) CheckPoint
6 3 (2.11%) Infoblox
6 3 (2.11%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.41%) Cloudera
7 2 (1.41%) Informatica
7 2 (1.41%) Remedy
7 2 (1.41%) Splunk
8 1 (0.70%) Checkmarx
8 1 (0.70%) Citrix
8 1 (0.70%) Mapinfo
8 1 (0.70%) MuleSoft