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 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 16 26
Rank change year-on-year -14 +10 +10
Contract jobs citing Python 22 24 18
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 4.04% 8.48% 4.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.51% 33.80% 16.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 12
10th Percentile £265 £282 £179
25th Percentile £400 £405 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £556 £578 £563
90th Percentile £710 £618 £574
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £551
% change year-on-year -5.45% -0.09% -8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile £38.00 £20.98 £15.38
25th Percentile - £22.28 £15.66
Median hourly rate £50.00 £34.00 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% +87.43% -3.59%
75th Percentile - £45.00 £21.29
90th Percentile £72.50 - £22.77
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £39.32 £60.00
% change year-on-year +39.88% -34.47% -6.80%

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 83 71 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 15.26% 25.09% 29.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 46 84
10th Percentile £289 £216 £333
25th Percentile £368 £337 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -7.69%
75th Percentile £502 £497 £550
90th Percentile £575 £588 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 5
10th Percentile £40.00 £21.56 £15.45
25th Percentile - £24.56 £15.81
Median hourly rate £50.00 £37.13 £20.47
Median % change year-on-year +34.68% +81.36% +8.80%
75th Percentile £76.25 £45.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £86.25 £49.38 £41.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +0.81% +2.27%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -16 15 £463 -11.90% 44
West Wales -3 4 £450 -5.26% 7
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 2 (9.09%) Apache
1 2 (9.09%) Confluence
2 1 (4.55%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) Azure
2 5 (22.73%) GCP
2 5 (22.73%) GitHub
3 4 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (13.64%) AWS
5 2 (9.09%) Cloud Functions
5 2 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (4.55%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (4.55%) Amazon EventBridge
6 1 (4.55%) Amazon S3
6 1 (4.55%) AWS Fargate
6 1 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (4.55%) AWS Step Functions
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (4.55%) Cloud Run
6 1 (4.55%) dbt
6 1 (4.55%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (4.55%) Serverless
6 1 (4.55%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (4.55%) LAN
2 1 (4.55%) VSAN
2 1 (4.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (9.09%) Big Data
2 2 (9.09%) BigQuery
2 2 (9.09%) RDBMS
2 2 (9.09%) Relational Database
2 2 (9.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (4.55%) MariaDB
3 1 (4.55%) MongoDB
3 1 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) JIRA
2 3 (13.64%) JMeter
2 3 (13.64%) MSTest
2 3 (13.64%) Selenium
2 3 (13.64%) Visual Studio
3 1 (4.55%) Git
General
1 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.09%) Military
5 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.55%) Marketing
5 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Data Engineer
2 7 (31.82%) Senior
3 3 (13.64%) Azure Data Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Python Data Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Python Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Automation Tester
4 2 (9.09%) Research Scientist
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Automation Tester
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Tester
4 2 (9.09%) Tester
5 1 (4.55%) Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Java Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Python Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Research Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) Web Services
2 3 (13.64%) PySpark
3 2 (9.09%) Apache Beam
3 2 (9.09%) Jinja
3 2 (9.09%) RESTful
4 1 (4.55%) ADO
4 1 (4.55%) Flask
4 1 (4.55%) Kafka
4 1 (4.55%) LDAP
4 1 (4.55%) Regular Expression
4 1 (4.55%) Spring
4 1 (4.55%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Algorithms
2 2 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (4.55%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Linux
1 1 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (4.55%) VMS
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
1 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Agile
2 5 (22.73%) AI
2 5 (22.73%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (22.73%) ETL
2 5 (22.73%) Machine Learning
3 4 (18.18%) CI/CD
3 4 (18.18%) Data Modelling
3 4 (18.18%) DevOps
4 3 (13.64%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (13.64%) Architectural Design
4 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (13.64%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (13.64%) Continuous Deployment
4 3 (13.64%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (13.64%) Data Science
4 3 (13.64%) Design Patterns
4 3 (13.64%) Knowledge Transfer
4 3 (13.64%) Performance Optimisation
4 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
4 3 (13.64%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 14 (63.64%) SQL
2 4 (18.18%) Java
3 3 (13.64%) C#
3 3 (13.64%) JavaScript
4 2 (9.09%) Bash
4 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
5 1 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 7 (31.82%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) Degree
3 3 (13.64%) ISTQB
3 3 (13.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (9.09%) AWS Certification
4 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
4 2 (9.09%) PhD
5 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.55%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (13.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 2 (9.09%) Data Quality
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 5 (22.73%) Docker
2 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Terraform
2 1 (4.55%) Check_MK
2 1 (4.55%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.55%) Nessus
2 1 (4.55%) vCenter Server
2 1 (4.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Databricks
2 3 (13.64%) Google
3 2 (9.09%) Guidewire
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.55%) Cisco
4 1 (4.55%) Confluent
4 1 (4.55%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.55%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.55%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.55%) Splunk
4 1 (4.55%) Tenable
4 1 (4.55%) VMware