Python Contract Job Trends in Worcester

Python
Worcestershire > Worcester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcester requiring Python skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - 8
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Python 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcester 14.71% - 3.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 83.33% - 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £578 - -
25th Percentile £581 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £575
75th Percentile £625 - £588
90th Percentile £648 - -
Worcestershire median daily rate £600 £550 £581
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.38% +16.25%

All Programming Languages
Worcester

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 Worcester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6 9 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcester 17.65% 19.15% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 8
10th Percentile £578 - £300
25th Percentile £583 £400 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £619 £475 £600
90th Percentile £644 £500 -
Worcestershire median daily rate £575 £450 £575
% change year-on-year +27.78% -21.74% +21.05%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcester

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Worcester.

Job vacancy trend for Python in Worcester

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Worcester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcester citing Python

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (20.00%) GitHub
3 1 (20.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) GitLab
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Application Integration Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Applications Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Integration Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Security Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) SIEM Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) SOC Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) SIEM
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Application Packaging
3 2 (40.00%) Case Management
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (40.00%) Reverse Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Bash
1 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (40.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kibana
1 2 (40.00%) logstash
2 1 (20.00%) Ansible
2 1 (20.00%) Grafana
2 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (20.00%) Prometheus
2 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) ArcSight
3 1 (20.00%) Splunk