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 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 16 15
Rank change year-on-year -10 -1 +11
Contract jobs citing Python 28 27 40
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 4.25% 7.30% 9.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.56% 31.40% 41.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 20 19
10th Percentile £306 £256 £236
25th Percentile £425 £292 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £428 £500
Median % change year-on-year +23.98% -14.50% -1.23%
75th Percentile £575 £527 £550
90th Percentile £616 £714 £555
UK median daily rate £538 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +2.38% -8.70% -3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 8
10th Percentile - £24.27 £18.64
25th Percentile - £26.42 £20.12
Median hourly rate £22.00 £30.00 £20.24
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +48.26% +11.55%
75th Percentile - £31.88 £20.35
90th Percentile - £33.00 £20.85
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £50.00 £67.02
% change year-on-year +26.27% -25.40% +3.11%

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 86 86 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 13.05% 23.24% 22.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 67 60
10th Percentile £306 £256 £210
25th Percentile £425 £313 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £583 £500 £550
90th Percentile £663 £638 £553
UK median daily rate £525 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +3.65% -3.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 10
10th Percentile £21.55 £24.27 £19.63
25th Percentile £21.63 £26.42 £20.12
Median hourly rate £22.50 £30.00 £20.24
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +48.26% -46.75%
75th Percentile £23.88 £31.88 £21.59
90th Percentile £24.25 £33.00 £26.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.17%

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 30 September 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
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 30 September 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 -12 22 £463 +8.19% 72
West Wales - 4 £550 - 12
North Wales -6 1 - - 6
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 (7.14%) Apache
1 2 (7.14%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (50.00%) Azure
2 7 (25.00%) GCP
2 7 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 5 (17.86%) GitHub
4 4 (14.29%) Cloud Run
4 4 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
4 4 (14.29%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 3 (10.71%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (7.14%) AWS
6 2 (7.14%) Cloud Functions
6 2 (7.14%) dbt
7 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (3.57%) Cloud Composer
7 1 (3.57%) Dagster
7 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (3.57%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (21.43%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (21.43%) SQL Server
3 4 (14.29%) Data Mining
3 4 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (14.29%) Power BI
3 4 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (10.71%) BigQuery
4 3 (10.71%) Impala
4 3 (10.71%) Oracle Discoverer
5 2 (7.14%) Big Data
5 2 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (7.14%) RDBMS
5 2 (7.14%) Relational Database
6 1 (3.57%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Git
2 3 (10.71%) JIRA
3 1 (3.57%) GitLab
General
1 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 6 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Military
4 5 (17.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Data Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Python Engineer
3 6 (21.43%) Data Scientist
4 5 (17.86%) Python Data Engineer
4 5 (17.86%) Senior
4 5 (17.86%) Software Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Azure Data Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Java Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Java Software Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Databricks Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) GCP Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) GCP Software Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Python Software Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Lead Software Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Security Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Systems Support
8 1 (3.57%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.29%) Flask
1 4 (14.29%) Jinja
1 4 (14.29%) RESTful
1 4 (14.29%) Spring
1 4 (14.29%) Spring Boot
1 4 (14.29%) Web Services
2 2 (7.14%) Apache Beam
2 2 (7.14%) Terraform
3 1 (3.57%) Django
3 1 (3.57%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Cloud Native
2 4 (14.29%) NHS
3 3 (10.71%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.57%) Credit Risk
5 1 (3.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (3.57%) Life Science
5 1 (3.57%) Low-Code
5 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) Migration
2 10 (35.71%) CI/CD
3 9 (32.14%) Analytics
4 8 (28.57%) Statistics
5 7 (25.00%) Containerisation
5 7 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
6 6 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (21.43%) Data Ingestion
6 6 (21.43%) Data Science
6 6 (21.43%) ETL
6 6 (21.43%) Lakehouse
7 5 (17.86%) Machine Learning
7 5 (17.86%) Software Engineering
7 5 (17.86%) Statistical Modelling
7 5 (17.86%) User Experience
7 5 (17.86%) Validation
8 4 (14.29%) Agile
8 4 (14.29%) Data Analysis
8 4 (14.29%) Data Validation
8 4 (14.29%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 18 (64.29%) SQL
2 6 (21.43%) Java
3 3 (10.71%) Bash
3 3 (10.71%) R
3 3 (10.71%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (39.29%) Security Cleared
2 10 (35.71%) SC Cleared
3 8 (28.57%) Degree
4 4 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (10.71%) Azure Certification
6 1 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (3.57%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) Data Quality
1 4 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 7 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.57%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 12 (42.86%) Databricks
2 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.71%) Oracle
4 2 (7.14%) Google
4 2 (7.14%) Guidewire
5 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow