Python Contract Job Trends in West Wales

Python
Wales > West Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Wales requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 7 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing Python 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Wales 6.35% 6.25% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.67% 12.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £400 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £538 £488 -
90th Percentile £560 - -
Wales median daily rate £483 £455 £550
% change year-on-year +6.04% -17.27% +15.79%

All Programming Languages
West 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 West Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 15 8 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Wales 23.81% 50.00% 31.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 5
10th Percentile £385 £344 £433
25th Percentile £406 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £481 £488 £525
90th Percentile £533 - £574
Wales median daily rate £450 £425 £489
% change year-on-year +5.88% -13.04% +0.26%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in West Wales

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

Python job vacancy trend in West Wales

Python
Daily Rate Trend in West Wales

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

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

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in West Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in West Wales over the 6 months to 3 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Python in West Wales

Python
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West Wales region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Swansea -2 4 £450 -5.26% 5
Python
Wales

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Data Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Data Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (50.00%) Python Data Engineer
3 2 (50.00%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Databricks