Full-Stack Python Developer Contracts

Full-Stack Python Developer
UK

The median Full-Stack Python Developer daily rate in the UK is £544, 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 483 538 691
Rank change year-on-year +55 +153 +67
Contract jobs requiring a Full-Stack Python Developer 37 44 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.10% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.11% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 40 20
10th Percentile £331 £546 £485
25th Percentile £409 £650 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £700 £525
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% +33.33% -12.50%
75th Percentile £650 £788 £627
90th Percentile £669 - £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £675 £550
% change year-on-year -18.52% +22.73% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £67.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Full-Stack Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Full-Stack Python Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Full-Stack Python Developer in the UK

Full-Stack Python Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Full-Stack Python Developer.

Daily rate trend for Full-Stack Python Developer in the UK

Full-Stack Python Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Python Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Full-Stack Python Developer in the UK

Full-Stack Python Developer
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Full-Stack Python Developer within the UK 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
England +41 27 £625 -10.71% 13
Work from Home +56 19 £425 -37.04% 10
London +14 12 £638 -12.07% 9
UK excluding London +66 10 £550 -18.52% 5
South East +47 8 £625 -7.41% 2
East of England - 2 £388 - 1

Full-Stack Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Full-Stack Python Developer 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 featuring Full-Stack Python Developer in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) Python
1 37 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 26 (70.27%) React
3 14 (37.84%) AngularJS
4 13 (35.14%) AWS
4 13 (35.14%) Git
5 11 (29.73%) Agile
5 11 (29.73%) Azure
6 10 (27.03%) DevOps
6 10 (27.03%) FastAPI
6 10 (27.03%) CI/CD
7 9 (24.32%) Java
7 9 (24.32%) JavaScript
8 8 (21.62%) HTML
8 8 (21.62%) Django
8 8 (21.62%) TypeScript
8 8 (21.62%) MongoDB
8 8 (21.62%) Kubernetes
8 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (18.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 7 (18.92%) NoSQL
9 7 (18.92%) Node.js
9 7 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (18.92%) SQL
9 7 (18.92%) CSS
10 6 (16.22%) MySQL
10 6 (16.22%) Web Development
10 6 (16.22%) Artificial Intelligence
10 6 (16.22%) Microservices
10 6 (16.22%) REST

Full-Stack Python Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (8.11%) Apache
2 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (35.14%) AWS
2 11 (29.73%) Azure
3 7 (18.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 6 (16.22%) Azure Functions
4 6 (16.22%) Azure Monitor
4 6 (16.22%) Serverless
5 5 (13.51%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (8.11%) Entra ID
7 2 (5.41%) Amazon Cognito
7 2 (5.41%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (5.41%) GCP
8 1 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (2.70%) Azure API Management
8 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.70%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (2.70%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (2.70%) GitHub
8 1 (2.70%) npm
8 1 (2.70%) SaaS
8 1 (2.70%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.62%) MongoDB
2 7 (18.92%) NoSQL
3 6 (16.22%) MySQL
4 4 (10.81%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (8.11%) DynamoDB
6 2 (5.41%) Relational Database
7 1 (2.70%) Redis
7 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (35.14%) Git
2 3 (8.11%) Selenium
3 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.70%) JIRA
3 1 (2.70%) webpack
General
1 7 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.41%) Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Finance
6 1 (2.70%) Health Technology
6 1 (2.70%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.70%) Retail
6 1 (2.70%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (70.27%) React
2 14 (37.84%) AngularJS
3 10 (27.03%) FastAPI
4 8 (21.62%) Django
4 8 (21.62%) HTML
5 7 (18.92%) CSS
5 7 (18.92%) Node.js
6 6 (16.22%) REST
7 5 (13.51%) Vue
8 4 (10.81%) Flask
9 3 (8.11%) Ajax
9 3 (8.11%) GraphQL
9 3 (8.11%) jQuery
9 3 (8.11%) RESTful
9 3 (8.11%) XML
10 2 (5.41%) .NET
10 2 (5.41%) JSON
10 2 (5.41%) OAuth
10 2 (5.41%) SOAP
10 2 (5.41%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.41%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.70%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.70%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 11 (29.73%) Agile
3 10 (27.03%) CI/CD
3 10 (27.03%) DevOps
4 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (16.22%) API Development
5 6 (16.22%) Artificial Intelligence
5 6 (16.22%) Front End Development
5 6 (16.22%) Microservices
5 6 (16.22%) SDLC
5 6 (16.22%) Web Development
6 5 (13.51%) Product Backlog
6 5 (13.51%) Web Application Development
7 4 (10.81%) OO
7 4 (10.81%) OOP
7 4 (10.81%) Unit Testing
7 4 (10.81%) User Experience
8 3 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (8.11%) Release Management
8 3 (8.11%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 37 (100.00%) Python
2 9 (24.32%) Java
2 9 (24.32%) JavaScript
3 8 (21.62%) TypeScript
4 7 (18.92%) SQL
5 1 (2.70%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
1 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.70%) QA
1 1 (2.70%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (13.51%) Active Directory
1 5 (13.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (21.62%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.70%) Grafana
2 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) Google
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle
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