Python Contract Job Trends in Wales

Python
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 6 32
Rank change year-on-year -16 +26 -4
Contract jobs citing Python 27 58 16
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 6.15% 15.80% 3.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.62% 52.73% 13.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 29 12
10th Percentile £400 £202 £350
25th Percentile £407 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £633 £550 £581
90th Percentile £729 £590 £683
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -5.45% -2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 1
10th Percentile - £15.20 -
25th Percentile £30.00 £20.12 -
Median hourly rate £31.25 £22.00 £25.36
Median % change year-on-year +42.05% -13.25% +27.37%
75th Percentile £47.19 £25.89 -
90th Percentile £71.38 £45.00 -
UK median hourly rate £51.86 £45.59 £60.00
% change year-on-year +13.74% -24.02% -7.69%

All Programming Languages
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 78 110 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 17.77% 29.97% 27.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 72 88
10th Percentile £335 £197 £202
25th Percentile £400 £348 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £395
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +26.58% -21.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £538
90th Percentile £664 £588 £605
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -4.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 6
10th Percentile £30.00 £16.19 £36.43
25th Percentile £30.06 £20.12 £48.44
Median hourly rate £31.50 £22.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.18% -58.49% +166.20%
75th Percentile £72.19 £26.50 £55.25
90th Percentile £86.25 £45.00 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Python job vacancy trend in Wales

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Python.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Wales over the 6 months to 26 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Wales

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Python.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Python

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Python in Wales over the 6 months to 26 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Python in Wales

Python
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Wales region over the 6 months to 26 January 2026. 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 Wales -9 22 £600 +54.34% 128
Dyfed 0 2 £575 +43.75% 1
West Wales -8 2 £400 -24.17% 9
Python
UK

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (3.70%) Confluence
1 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (66.67%) Azure
2 12 (44.44%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (29.63%) GitHub
3 8 (29.63%) Power Platform
4 6 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (18.52%) GCP
6 4 (14.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (7.41%) Azure Pipelines
7 2 (7.41%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (3.70%) AWS
8 1 (3.70%) Azure App Service
8 1 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (3.70%) Cloud Functions
8 1 (3.70%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (3.70%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) LAN
1 1 (3.70%) VSAN
1 1 (3.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (14.81%) Data Lake
3 3 (11.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (11.11%) Power BI
3 3 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (7.41%) BigQuery
4 2 (7.41%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (7.41%) Metadata
4 2 (7.41%) RDBMS
4 2 (7.41%) Relational Database
4 2 (7.41%) Spotfire
4 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
4 2 (7.41%) Tableau
5 1 (3.70%) Data Hub
5 1 (3.70%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 7 (25.93%) JMeter
2 5 (18.52%) MSTest
2 5 (18.52%) Selenium
3 4 (14.81%) JIRA
3 4 (14.81%) Visual Studio
4 3 (11.11%) GitLab
4 3 (11.11%) Jenkins
5 2 (7.41%) Cucumber
5 2 (7.41%) Zephyr
6 1 (3.70%) Git
General
1 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
3 3 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Data Engineer
2 8 (29.63%) Senior
3 5 (18.52%) Automation Tester
3 5 (18.52%) Senior Automation Tester
3 5 (18.52%) Senior Tester
3 5 (18.52%) Tester
4 2 (7.41%) Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Data Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) Developer
4 2 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Quality Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Security Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) SIEM Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) SOC Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) DevOps Automation Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Power BI Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (22.22%) PySpark
2 5 (18.52%) Web Services
3 3 (11.11%) ADO
4 2 (7.41%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (3.70%) .NET
5 1 (3.70%) LDAP
5 1 (3.70%) Node.js
5 1 (3.70%) NumPy
5 1 (3.70%) Pandas
5 1 (3.70%) React
5 1 (3.70%) scikit-learn
5 1 (3.70%) Statsmodels
5 1 (3.70%) XGBoost
5 1 (3.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) NHS
2 2 (7.41%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (3.70%) VMS
2 1 (3.70%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Agile
1 12 (44.44%) DevOps
2 9 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 8 (29.63%) CI/CD
4 7 (25.93%) Analytics
4 7 (25.93%) Data Modelling
4 7 (25.93%) Non-Functional Testing
5 6 (22.22%) ETL
5 6 (22.22%) Machine Learning
5 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (14.81%) AI
6 4 (14.81%) Architectural Design
6 4 (14.81%) Data Science
6 4 (14.81%) Design Patterns
6 4 (14.81%) Migration
6 4 (14.81%) Test Strategy
6 4 (14.81%) Unit Testing
7 3 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (11.11%) Predictive Analytics
7 3 (11.11%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (70.37%) SQL
2 6 (22.22%) Bash
2 6 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 5 (18.52%) C#
4 4 (14.81%) R
4 4 (14.81%) T-SQL
5 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
6 2 (7.41%) Java
7 1 (3.70%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 12 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 9 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 6 (22.22%) Degree
4 5 (18.52%) ISTQB
4 5 (18.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 3 (11.11%) DV Cleared
6 2 (7.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) Data Quality
1 5 (18.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (14.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 7 (25.93%) Docker
2 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) Terraform
2 2 (7.41%) Kibana
2 2 (7.41%) logstash
3 1 (3.70%) Ansible
3 1 (3.70%) Argo
3 1 (3.70%) Check_MK
3 1 (3.70%) Grafana
3 1 (3.70%) Nessus
3 1 (3.70%) Podman
3 1 (3.70%) Prometheus
3 1 (3.70%) vCenter Server
3 1 (3.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Databricks
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Google
3 2 (7.41%) Oracle
3 2 (7.41%) Splunk
3 2 (7.41%) TIBCO
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco
4 1 (3.70%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.70%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.70%) Tenable
4 1 (3.70%) VMware