Python Contracts with Work from Home Options

Python
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Python skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Python over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 13 12
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Python 1,576 2,785 4,582
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.75% 11.35% 10.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.58% 30.92% 27.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,123 2,086 3,341
10th Percentile £381 £425 £415
25th Percentile £475 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.42% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £750 £710 £675
90th Percentile £850 £810 £775
UK median daily rate £560 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 41 17
10th Percentile £20.77 £19.00 £19.35
25th Percentile £37.75 £22.16 £24.23
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £50.85
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -1.67% +64.03%
75th Percentile £78.13 £58.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £82.00 £71.50 £61.56
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £64.69 £51.38
% change year-on-year -7.25% +25.91% +28.44%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

Python is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,990 9,007 16,794
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.04% 36.70% 38.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,630 6,629 12,516
10th Percentile £351 £388 £375
25th Percentile £430 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £638
90th Percentile £788 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 191 179
10th Percentile £27.75 £35.00 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £63.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +26.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £62.20
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.77
% change year-on-year - +23.10% +16.71%

Python
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Python trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Python.

Python daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Python
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Python over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Python daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Python.

Python hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Python over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Python hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Python
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
1 180 (11.42%) Apache Airflow
2 139 (8.82%) Apache
3 49 (3.11%) Confluence
4 44 (2.79%) Apache Spark
5 19 (1.21%) SAS
6 12 (0.76%) SharePoint
7 8 (0.51%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 8 (0.51%) OpenStack
8 7 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
9 5 (0.32%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.32%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.25%) Drupal
10 4 (0.25%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.25%) Luigi
10 4 (0.25%) nginx
10 4 (0.25%) WordPress
11 3 (0.19%) JBoss
12 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.13%) CMS
12 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 122 (7.74%) Chatbot
2 33 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.13%) Sketch
5 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.13%) SPSS
6 1 (0.063%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.063%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 6 (0.38%) Distributed Ledger
1 6 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.38%) Maximo
2 3 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
2 3 (0.19%) FastStats
2 3 (0.19%) Orchestrade
2 3 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.19%) Shopify
2 3 (0.19%) Unica
3 2 (0.13%) Endur
4 1 (0.063%) BASE24
4 1 (0.063%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.063%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.063%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.063%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 572 (36.29%) AWS
2 362 (22.97%) Azure
3 210 (13.32%) GCP
4 147 (9.33%) dbt
5 134 (8.50%) Snowflake
6 112 (7.11%) Serverless
7 94 (5.96%) Power Platform
8 92 (5.84%) GitHub
9 75 (4.76%) Amazon S3
10 72 (4.57%) AWS Lambda
11 66 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
12 55 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
13 45 (2.86%) Amazon EC2
14 41 (2.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 39 (2.47%) AWS CloudFormation
16 33 (2.09%) OpenShift
17 32 (2.03%) Amazon EKS
18 30 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
19 26 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
20 25 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 67 (4.25%) Firewall
2 38 (2.41%) TCP/IP
3 30 (1.90%) DNS
4 21 (1.33%) Network Security
5 18 (1.14%) SAN
6 17 (1.08%) DHCP
7 16 (1.02%) HTTP
8 15 (0.95%) BGP
9 12 (0.76%) Wireless
10 10 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
10 10 (0.63%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (0.63%) Cisco ISE
10 10 (0.63%) OSPF
10 10 (0.63%) VPN
10 10 (0.63%) WAN
11 9 (0.57%) SSL
11 9 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (0.51%) Kerberos
12 8 (0.51%) LAN
12 8 (0.51%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (9.84%) Data Lake
2 139 (8.82%) Amazon Athena
3 125 (7.93%) Dremio
4 124 (7.87%) Apache Arrow
5 107 (6.79%) Apache Ignite
6 94 (5.96%) Data Warehouse
7 88 (5.58%) Big Data
8 87 (5.52%) Power BI
9 81 (5.14%) PostgreSQL
10 62 (3.93%) NoSQL
11 47 (2.98%) SQL Server
12 44 (2.79%) MongoDB
13 43 (2.73%) Tableau
14 37 (2.35%) Amazon RDS
15 36 (2.28%) Amazon Redshift
16 35 (2.22%) Relational Database
17 34 (2.16%) BigQuery
18 28 (1.78%) Hadoop
19 27 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
20 22 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 162 (10.28%) Git
2 154 (9.77%) Jenkins
3 87 (5.52%) JIRA
4 63 (4.00%) GitLab
5 28 (1.78%) Bitbucket
6 25 (1.59%) Selenium
7 20 (1.27%) Artifactory
8 19 (1.21%) TeamCity
9 16 (1.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 14 (0.89%) JMeter
11 12 (0.76%) JUnit
11 12 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
12 11 (0.70%) Maven
13 10 (0.63%) Cypress.io
14 9 (0.57%) Cucumber
14 9 (0.57%) Subversion
15 7 (0.44%) TestNG
15 7 (0.44%) Visual Studio
16 6 (0.38%) Gradle
16 6 (0.38%) Travis CI
General
1 460 (29.19%) Finance
2 259 (16.43%) Social Skills
3 249 (15.80%) Front Office
4 230 (14.59%) Banking
5 130 (8.25%) Investment Banking
6 129 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
7 96 (6.09%) Public Sector
8 38 (2.41%) Back Office
9 36 (2.28%) Marketing
10 35 (2.22%) Retail
11 24 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
12 23 (1.46%) Telecoms
13 18 (1.14%) Financial Institution
14 14 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (0.82%) Manufacturing
15 13 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.57%) Aerospace
16 9 (0.57%) Electronics
16 9 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 461 (29.25%) Developer
2 218 (13.83%) Senior
3 172 (10.91%) Software Developer
4 165 (10.47%) Data Engineer
5 156 (9.90%) Python Developer
6 143 (9.07%) Python Engineer
6 143 (9.07%) Software Engineer
7 133 (8.44%) AWS Engineer
8 129 (8.19%) Analyst
9 127 (8.06%) DevOps Engineer
10 113 (7.17%) Lead
11 100 (6.35%) Architect
12 68 (4.31%) Python Software Engineer
13 61 (3.87%) Azure Engineer
14 60 (3.81%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 56 (3.55%) Data Scientist
16 54 (3.43%) Data Analyst
17 47 (2.98%) Senior Software Engineer
18 46 (2.92%) Java Engineer
19 44 (2.79%) AWS Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (9.84%) HTML
2 136 (8.63%) gRPC
3 134 (8.50%) Protocol Buffers
4 128 (8.12%) Pandas
5 113 (7.17%) NumPy
6 104 (6.60%) SciPy
7 102 (6.47%) React
8 76 (4.82%) PySpark
9 68 (4.31%) Node.js
10 60 (3.81%) Kafka
11 54 (3.43%) RESTful
12 47 (2.98%) .NET
13 42 (2.66%) Django
14 41 (2.60%) REST
15 38 (2.41%) AngularJS
16 34 (2.16%) YAML
17 32 (2.03%) JSON
18 31 (1.97%) CSS
19 29 (1.84%) FastAPI
20 27 (1.71%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 199 (12.63%) Derivative
2 189 (11.99%) Hedge funds
3 165 (10.47%) Fixed Income
4 140 (8.88%) Equities
5 130 (8.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 71 (4.51%) Algorithms
7 52 (3.30%) Product Ownership
8 42 (2.66%) Distributed Systems
9 36 (2.28%) Data Structures
10 28 (1.78%) Clustering
11 27 (1.71%) Data Centre
12 24 (1.52%) Cloud Native
13 23 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
13 23 (1.46%) Management Information System
14 20 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
15 19 (1.21%) Public Cloud
16 18 (1.14%) Replication
17 15 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
18 14 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
19 12 (0.76%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 198 (12.56%) Linux
2 77 (4.89%) Windows
3 52 (3.30%) Unix
4 30 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 21 (1.33%) Windows Server
6 20 (1.27%) Ubuntu
7 14 (0.89%) Android
8 12 (0.76%) zOS
9 11 (0.70%) Apple iOS
9 11 (0.70%) Debian
10 9 (0.57%) Solaris
11 7 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (0.25%) CentOS
12 4 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
12 4 (0.25%) Windows 10
13 3 (0.19%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.13%) Alpine Linux
14 2 (0.13%) Kali Linux
14 2 (0.13%) VMS
15 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 430 (27.28%) Agile
2 381 (24.18%) Software Engineering
3 375 (23.79%) DevOps
4 292 (18.53%) CI/CD
5 223 (14.15%) Asset Management
6 216 (13.71%) Artificial Intelligence
7 208 (13.20%) Analytics
8 184 (11.68%) Investment Management
9 171 (10.85%) Problem-Solving
10 144 (9.14%) Code Quality
11 125 (7.93%) Data Modelling
12 124 (7.87%) Conversational UI
12 124 (7.87%) Infrastructure as Code
12 124 (7.87%) Test Automation
13 120 (7.61%) Computer Science
14 117 (7.42%) Machine Learning
15 112 (7.11%) Business Intelligence
15 112 (7.11%) Data Science
16 111 (7.04%) ETL
17 105 (6.66%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 526 (33.38%) SQL
2 410 (26.02%) JavaScript
3 325 (20.62%) Java
4 243 (15.42%) C#
5 164 (10.41%) TypeScript
6 134 (8.50%) Bash
7 114 (7.23%) PowerShell
8 94 (5.96%) C++
9 80 (5.08%) Go
10 72 (4.57%) Perl
10 72 (4.57%) R
11 49 (3.11%) Scala
12 42 (2.66%) Shell Script
13 32 (2.03%) C
14 29 (1.84%) Ruby
15 13 (0.82%) Groovy
16 12 (0.76%) JCL
16 12 (0.76%) REXX
16 12 (0.76%) VBA
17 11 (0.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 247 (15.67%) Degree
2 188 (11.93%) Security Cleared
3 156 (9.90%) SC Cleared
4 60 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (2.09%) Master's Degree
6 30 (1.90%) DV Cleared
7 22 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (1.33%) AWS Certification
9 19 (1.21%) CCNP
10 16 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
11 15 (0.95%) PhD
12 13 (0.82%) CCNA
13 10 (0.63%) Azure Certification
13 10 (0.63%) CCIE
14 9 (0.57%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 8 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.44%) ISTQB
17 6 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 5 (0.32%) CEH
19 4 (0.25%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (6.03%) Data Quality
2 36 (2.28%) QA
3 17 (1.08%) Accessibility
4 15 (0.95%) GDPR
5 7 (0.44%) NIST
5 7 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (0.38%) CDISC
7 4 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.25%) JTAG
7 4 (0.25%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.13%) GxP
9 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.13%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.063%) COPPA
10 1 (0.063%) GLBA
10 1 (0.063%) ISAE 3402
10 1 (0.063%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.063%) SLA
System Software
1 178 (11.29%) Docker
2 41 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.95%) Firmware
6 12 (0.76%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 12 (0.76%) NFS
6 12 (0.76%) Time Sharing Option
6 12 (0.76%) VMware NSX
7 11 (0.70%) vSphere
8 9 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.25%) vCloud
10 3 (0.19%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.13%) HDFS
12 1 (0.063%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.063%) iptables
12 1 (0.063%) OpenIDM
12 1 (0.063%) Postfix
12 1 (0.063%) PowerDNS
Systems Management
1 239 (15.16%) Terraform
2 233 (14.78%) Kubernetes
3 168 (10.66%) Ansible
4 79 (5.01%) Prometheus
5 76 (4.82%) Grafana
6 40 (2.54%) Puppet
7 29 (1.84%) Progress Chef
8 20 (1.27%) Kibana
9 17 (1.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 14 (0.89%) Consul
11 8 (0.51%) logstash
12 7 (0.44%) ITRS Geneos
12 7 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.38%) Dell DRAC
13 6 (0.38%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (0.38%) Nagios
13 6 (0.38%) Netcool
13 6 (0.38%) Tivoli
14 5 (0.32%) Argo
14 5 (0.32%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 121 (7.68%) PayPal
2 107 (6.79%) Microsoft
3 86 (5.46%) Databricks
4 59 (3.74%) Google
5 55 (3.49%) Splunk
6 46 (2.92%) Oracle
6 46 (2.92%) VMware
7 42 (2.66%) Cisco
8 28 (1.78%) SAP
9 27 (1.71%) Red Hat
10 26 (1.65%) IBM
11 24 (1.52%) Dell
12 22 (1.40%) Palo Alto
13 20 (1.27%) OpenAI
14 15 (0.95%) CA
14 15 (0.95%) F5
14 15 (0.95%) SolarWinds
15 14 (0.89%) Atlassian
15 14 (0.89%) Salesforce
16 13 (0.82%) Bloomberg