Python Developer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Python Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Python Developer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 181 166
Rank change year-on-year +46 -15 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Python Developer 189 171 396
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.91% 1.11% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.03% 1.19% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 148 314
10th Percentile £387 £425 £425
25th Percentile £472 £511 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £875 £763 £750
90th Percentile £881 £875 £851
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £52.50
25th Percentile £25.25 - £56.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 - £65.00
75th Percentile £25.75 - £76.25
90th Percentile - - £81.50
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £67.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -61.94% +3.08% +28.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Python Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Python Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Python Developer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Python Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Python Developer.

Python Developer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Python Developer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Python Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Python Developer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Python Developer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Python Developer.

Python Developer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Python Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Python Developer in the job title.

1 189 (100.00%) Python
2 83 (43.92%) AWS
3 78 (41.27%) Agile
4 63 (33.33%) React
5 59 (31.22%) Docker
6 56 (29.63%) Banking
7 55 (29.10%) Django
8 52 (27.51%) Investment Banking
9 51 (26.98%) TypeScript
9 51 (26.98%) Kubernetes
10 49 (25.93%) FastAPI
11 45 (23.81%) SDLC
11 45 (23.81%) SQL
12 44 (23.28%) CI/CD
13 43 (22.75%) Finance
13 43 (22.75%) GCP
14 42 (22.22%) JavaScript
14 42 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
15 38 (20.11%) Software Engineering
16 37 (19.58%) AngularJS
17 34 (17.99%) DevOps
18 32 (16.93%) Front Office
19 30 (15.87%) Node.js
19 30 (15.87%) Machine Learning
19 30 (15.87%) C#
20 29 (15.34%) Java
20 29 (15.34%) .NET
20 29 (15.34%) PostgreSQL
20 29 (15.34%) Jenkins
20 29 (15.34%) Generative AI

Python Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 28 (14.81%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (9.52%) Apache
3 3 (1.59%) Jupyter
4 2 (1.06%) CMS
5 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.53%) Mattermost
Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.53%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 83 (43.92%) AWS
2 43 (22.75%) GCP
3 28 (14.81%) Azure
4 25 (13.23%) dbt
5 15 (7.94%) GitHub
6 10 (5.29%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (2.65%) npm
7 5 (2.65%) Serverless
8 4 (2.12%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.12%) Sentry
8 4 (2.12%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (1.59%) Vertex AI
10 2 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.06%) AWS CodeBuild
10 2 (1.06%) AWS Step Functions
10 2 (1.06%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (1.06%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.12%) HTTP
2 1 (0.53%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (15.34%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (13.76%) Amazon Athena
3 25 (13.23%) Apache Arrow
3 25 (13.23%) Apache Iceberg
3 25 (13.23%) Dremio
4 11 (5.82%) Apache Ignite
4 11 (5.82%) KDB
4 11 (5.82%) Kdb+
5 9 (4.76%) MySQL
6 8 (4.23%) MongoDB
7 5 (2.65%) GIS
8 4 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.12%) DynamoDB
8 4 (2.12%) Redis
8 4 (2.12%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.59%) BigQuery
9 3 (1.59%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (1.59%) SQL Server
10 2 (1.06%) CockroachDB
10 2 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 29 (15.34%) Jenkins
2 18 (9.52%) Git
3 7 (3.70%) JIRA
4 5 (2.65%) GitLab
4 5 (2.65%) webpack
5 4 (2.12%) Bitbucket
5 4 (2.12%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.53%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.53%) Robot Framework
General
1 56 (29.63%) Banking
2 52 (27.51%) Investment Banking
3 43 (22.75%) Finance
4 32 (16.93%) Front Office
5 28 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (14.81%) Social Skills
6 18 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (2.65%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.12%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.59%) Advertising
10 3 (1.59%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.06%) Electronics
11 2 (1.06%) Health Technology
11 2 (1.06%) Marketing
11 2 (1.06%) Tech for Good
11 2 (1.06%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.53%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (33.33%) React
2 55 (29.10%) Django
3 49 (25.93%) FastAPI
4 37 (19.58%) AngularJS
5 30 (15.87%) Node.js
6 29 (15.34%) .NET
7 27 (14.29%) NumPy
7 27 (14.29%) Pandas
8 24 (12.70%) Vue
9 21 (11.11%) SciPy
10 17 (8.99%) Flask
10 17 (8.99%) REST
11 15 (7.94%) CSS
12 12 (6.35%) gRPC
12 12 (6.35%) HTML
13 11 (5.82%) Protocol Buffers
13 11 (5.82%) Redux
14 9 (4.76%) PySpark
14 9 (4.76%) RESTful
15 4 (2.12%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 28 (14.81%) Fixed Income
2 14 (7.41%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (5.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (4.76%) Equities
5 7 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (3.17%) Algorithms
6 6 (3.17%) Hedge funds
7 4 (2.12%) Derivative
7 4 (2.12%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (2.12%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.59%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.59%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.59%) Market Risk
9 2 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.06%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.53%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.53%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.53%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (11.11%) Linux
2 16 (8.47%) Windows
3 1 (0.53%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (41.27%) Agile
2 45 (23.81%) SDLC
3 44 (23.28%) CI/CD
4 42 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
5 38 (20.11%) Software Engineering
6 34 (17.99%) DevOps
7 30 (15.87%) Machine Learning
8 29 (15.34%) Generative AI
9 26 (13.76%) Asset Management
9 26 (13.76%) LLM
10 24 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (12.70%) Full-Stack Development
10 24 (12.70%) Use Case
11 22 (11.64%) Fintech
11 22 (11.64%) Investment Management
11 22 (11.64%) Technical Analysis
12 21 (11.11%) Containerisation
12 21 (11.11%) Performance Attribution
13 20 (10.58%) Data Science
14 17 (8.99%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 189 (100.00%) Python
2 51 (26.98%) TypeScript
3 45 (23.81%) SQL
4 42 (22.22%) JavaScript
5 30 (15.87%) C#
6 29 (15.34%) Java
7 13 (6.88%) C++
8 3 (1.59%) Jython
8 3 (1.59%) Perl
8 3 (1.59%) R
9 2 (1.06%) Bash
9 2 (1.06%) Rust
10 1 (0.53%) C
Qualifications
1 16 (8.47%) Security Cleared
2 14 (7.41%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.65%) Degree
4 4 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.53%) BC Cleared
5 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.53%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.12%) QA
2 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
System Software
1 59 (31.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 51 (26.98%) Kubernetes
2 26 (13.76%) Ansible
3 7 (3.70%) Terraform
4 5 (2.65%) Grafana
Vendors
1 10 (5.29%) Google
2 3 (1.59%) Databricks
2 3 (1.59%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.59%) Oracle
3 2 (1.06%) ESRI
3 2 (1.06%) SAP
4 1 (0.53%) Okta