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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 17 22
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 +20
Contract jobs citing Python 27 22 21
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 4.85% 7.48% 5.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.68% 32.35% 20.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 12
10th Percentile £289 £405 £383
25th Percentile £406 £422 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £549 £559 £563
90th Percentile £632 £599 £574
UK median daily rate £525 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile - £27.40 £15.51
25th Percentile - £34.00 £16.89
Median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £20.24
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +122.39% +7.55%
75th Percentile - - £20.44
90th Percentile - - £22.11
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £40.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year +31.25% -35.48% -4.15%

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 88 68 104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 15.80% 23.13% 25.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 44 74
10th Percentile £305 £280 £356
25th Percentile £370 £349 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £463
Median % change year-on-year - -8.11% -7.50%
75th Percentile £525 £491 £548
90th Percentile £608 £576 £571
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 7
10th Percentile - £24.88 £15.57
25th Percentile - £27.69 £17.96
Median hourly rate £50.00 £37.13 £20.24
Median % change year-on-year +34.68% +83.47% +7.55%
75th Percentile - £45.00 £22.11
90th Percentile - - £35.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% -

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 20 £463 -11.90% 38
West Wales -3 4 £450 -5.26% 10
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 (7.41%) Apache
1 2 (7.41%) Confluence
2 1 (3.70%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 15 (55.56%) Azure
2 6 (22.22%) GCP
2 6 (22.22%) GitHub
3 4 (14.81%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (11.11%) AWS
4 3 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (11.11%) Power Platform
5 2 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (7.41%) Cloud Functions
5 2 (7.41%) Cloud Run
5 2 (7.41%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (3.70%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (3.70%) Amazon EventBridge
6 1 (3.70%) Amazon S3
6 1 (3.70%) AWS Fargate
6 1 (3.70%) AWS Step Functions
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (3.70%) dbt
6 1 (3.70%) Serverless
6 1 (3.70%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (11.11%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 2 (7.41%) Big Data
3 2 (7.41%) BigQuery
3 2 (7.41%) Data Mining
3 2 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (7.41%) Power BI
3 2 (7.41%) RDBMS
3 2 (7.41%) Relational Database
3 2 (7.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (3.70%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) JIRA
2 3 (11.11%) Git
2 3 (11.11%) JMeter
2 3 (11.11%) MSTest
2 3 (11.11%) Selenium
2 3 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
4 3 (11.11%) Finance
4 3 (11.11%) Military
5 1 (3.70%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.70%) Marketing
5 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Data Engineer
2 8 (29.63%) Senior
3 3 (11.11%) Azure Data Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Data Scientist
3 3 (11.11%) Python Data Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Python Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Automation Tester
4 2 (7.41%) GCP Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Java Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Java Software Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Research Scientist
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Automation Tester
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Tester
4 2 (7.41%) Software Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Tester
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Platform Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) GCP Software Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Data Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Snowflake Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) Web Services
2 3 (11.11%) Jinja
2 3 (11.11%) PySpark
2 3 (11.11%) RESTful
3 2 (7.41%) Apache Beam
3 2 (7.41%) Flask
3 2 (7.41%) Spring
3 2 (7.41%) Spring Boot
4 1 (3.70%) ADO
4 1 (3.70%) Kafka
4 1 (3.70%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Algorithms
2 3 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 3 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) Credit Risk
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) NHS
3 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Machine Learning
2 7 (25.93%) Analytics
2 7 (25.93%) CI/CD
3 6 (22.22%) Agile
3 6 (22.22%) Data Modelling
3 6 (22.22%) Data Pipeline
3 6 (22.22%) Data Science
3 6 (22.22%) ETL
3 6 (22.22%) Migration
4 5 (18.52%) AI
4 5 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (18.52%) User Experience
5 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (14.81%) Data Engineering
5 4 (14.81%) DevOps
5 4 (14.81%) Statistics
6 3 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 3 (11.11%) Mathematics
6 3 (11.11%) Statistical Modelling
6 3 (11.11%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (62.96%) SQL
2 5 (18.52%) Java
3 3 (11.11%) C#
3 3 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.70%) Bash
4 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.70%) R
4 1 (3.70%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) Security Cleared
2 8 (29.63%) SC Cleared
3 7 (25.93%) Degree
4 3 (11.11%) ISTQB
4 3 (11.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (7.41%) AWS Certification
5 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification
5 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (7.41%) Master's Degree
5 2 (7.41%) PhD
6 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (3.70%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) Data Quality
2 3 (11.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (7.41%) QA
System Software
1 6 (22.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Terraform
2 2 (7.41%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.70%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Databricks
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.11%) Google
4 2 (7.41%) Guidewire
5 1 (3.70%) Confluent