Python Software Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Python Software Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Python Software Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 323 388 460
Rank change year-on-year +65 +72 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 13 11 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.053% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.057% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 0
10th Percentile £395 - -
25th Percentile £417 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% - -
75th Percentile £588 £550 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £750 £725 £675
% change year-on-year +3.45% +7.41% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £65.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Python Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Python Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Python Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Python Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python Software Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Python Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Python Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Python Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python Software Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Python Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Python Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python Software Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East +49 4 £575 - 19
North of England +21 4 £475 - 22
North West +19 4 £475 - 19
Scotland - 4 £401 - 2
South West +45 1 £425 -22.73% 4
Python Software Engineer
UK

Python Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Python Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Python Software Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Python
1 13 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (61.54%) CI/CD
2 8 (61.54%) Containerisation
3 7 (53.85%) SQL
4 6 (46.15%) AWS
5 5 (38.46%) Docker
6 4 (30.77%) Azure
7 3 (23.08%) RESTful
7 3 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (23.08%) OO
7 3 (23.08%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (23.08%) Oracle
7 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
7 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
7 3 (23.08%) Virgin Media
7 3 (23.08%) Webhook
7 3 (23.08%) Databricks
7 3 (23.08%) CQRS
7 3 (23.08%) Kafka
7 3 (23.08%) Microservices
7 3 (23.08%) Design Patterns
7 3 (23.08%) Generative AI
7 3 (23.08%) TypeScript
8 2 (15.38%) Preventative Maintenance
8 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
8 2 (15.38%) Serverless
8 2 (15.38%) Unix
8 2 (15.38%) Linux
8 2 (15.38%) Problem Management

Python Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) AWS
2 4 (30.77%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) Serverless
4 1 (7.69%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (7.69%) Azure AKS
4 1 (7.69%) GCP
4 1 (7.69%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.69%) DB2
2 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Bitbucket
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) Kafka
1 3 (23.08%) RESTful
2 1 (7.69%) .NET
2 1 (7.69%) Django
2 1 (7.69%) FastAPI
2 1 (7.69%) Metaflow
2 1 (7.69%) NumPy
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
1 2 (15.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (61.54%) CI/CD
2 8 (61.54%) Containerisation
3 3 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (23.08%) CQRS
3 3 (23.08%) Design Patterns
3 3 (23.08%) Generative AI
3 3 (23.08%) Microservices
3 3 (23.08%) OO
3 3 (23.08%) Webhook
4 2 (15.38%) Preventative Maintenance
4 2 (15.38%) Problem Management
5 1 (7.69%) Data Science
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) Multithreading
5 1 (7.69%) Operational Stability
5 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) Python
2 7 (53.85%) SQL
3 3 (23.08%) TypeScript
4 1 (7.69%) C
4 1 (7.69%) C#
4 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) AWS Certification
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Docker
2 1 (7.69%) GPFS
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.69%) Terraform
2 1 (7.69%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Databricks
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle
1 3 (23.08%) Virgin Media
2 1 (7.69%) Brocade
2 1 (7.69%) EMC
2 1 (7.69%) IBM
2 1 (7.69%) NetApp
2 1 (7.69%) Sybase
2 1 (7.69%) Veritas