Python Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Python
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 8 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +13
Contract jobs citing Python 434 156 188
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 15.56% 12.52% 10.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 51.30% 40.21% 38.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 104 118
10th Percentile £363 £322 £400
25th Percentile £423 £397 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile £550 £552 £600
90th Percentile £601 £611 £640
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% -0.38%

All Programming Languages
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 846 388 490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 30.33% 31.14% 28.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 544 257 331
10th Percentile £363 £333 £300
25th Percentile £424 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £561 £550 £588
90th Percentile £638 £600 £638
England median daily rate £518 £520 £543
% change year-on-year -0.48% -4.15% -2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 4
10th Percentile £20.38 £31.53 £52.50
25th Percentile £23.00 £31.62 £58.13
Median hourly rate £24.25 £33.11 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.76% -47.02% +27.25%
75th Percentile £27.31 £66.51 £63.75
90th Percentile £36.50 £85.74 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £64.50
% change year-on-year +14.54% -12.02% +3.20%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Python job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Yorkshire

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Python.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Python

Python
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
South Yorkshire +3 272 £500 - 29
West Yorkshire +6 156 £500 - 62
North Yorkshire - 6 £625 - 13
East Yorkshire -3 2 - - 8
Python
England

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 23 (5.30%) Confluence
2 22 (5.07%) Apache Spark
3 10 (2.30%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.69%) Apache
5 3 (0.69%) SAS
6 2 (0.46%) nginx
6 2 (0.46%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
Applications
1 10 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.46%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.23%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 113 (26.04%) AWS
2 107 (24.65%) GCP
3 105 (24.19%) GitHub
4 89 (20.51%) Azure
5 56 (12.90%) OpenShift
6 49 (11.29%) GitHub Actions
7 28 (6.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 27 (6.22%) Power Platform
9 23 (5.30%) Serverless
10 16 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (3.23%) Entra ID
12 13 (3.00%) IaaS
13 12 (2.76%) Apigee
13 12 (2.76%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (2.53%) SaaS
15 10 (2.30%) OCI
16 9 (2.07%) Amazon S3
16 9 (2.07%) Cloud Run
16 9 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
17 8 (1.84%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 40 (9.22%) DNS
2 25 (5.76%) Firewall
3 23 (5.30%) BIG-IP
4 20 (4.61%) TCP/IP
5 15 (3.46%) Network Security
6 12 (2.76%) DHCP
6 12 (2.76%) SAN
6 12 (2.76%) WAN
7 11 (2.53%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 10 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (2.07%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 9 (2.07%) LAN
9 9 (2.07%) NAS
9 9 (2.07%) VPN
10 6 (1.38%) Unified Communications
11 5 (1.15%) VLAN
12 4 (0.92%) BGP
12 4 (0.92%) iSCSI
12 4 (0.92%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.69%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (7.60%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (4.84%) Power BI
3 20 (4.61%) SQL Server
4 16 (3.69%) MongoDB
4 16 (3.69%) NoSQL
5 15 (3.46%) BigQuery
6 14 (3.23%) Hadoop
7 12 (2.76%) Metadata
8 9 (2.07%) Big Data
8 9 (2.07%) Tableau
9 8 (1.84%) Neo4j
10 7 (1.61%) DynamoDB
11 5 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.15%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.15%) Delta Lake
12 4 (0.92%) Parquet
13 3 (0.69%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.69%) Power Query
13 3 (0.69%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 127 (29.26%) Jenkins
2 74 (17.05%) JIRA
3 28 (6.45%) Git
4 27 (6.22%) GitLab
5 14 (3.23%) Gatling
5 14 (3.23%) Maven
6 12 (2.76%) Postman
7 9 (2.07%) SonarQube
8 6 (1.38%) Artifactory
8 6 (1.38%) JMeter
9 5 (1.15%) NeoLoad
9 5 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.92%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.92%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.69%) ERwin
11 3 (0.69%) Liquibase
11 3 (0.69%) MSBuild
11 3 (0.69%) Selenium
11 3 (0.69%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.46%) Robot Framework
General
1 88 (20.28%) Social Skills
2 74 (17.05%) Finance
3 60 (13.82%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (9.22%) Banking
5 27 (6.22%) Public Sector
6 17 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.53%) Legal
8 7 (1.61%) Publishing
9 4 (0.92%) Advertising
10 3 (0.69%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.69%) Games
10 3 (0.69%) Marketing
10 3 (0.69%) Retail
11 2 (0.46%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.23%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.23%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.23%) Law
12 1 (0.23%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (19.82%) Developer
2 60 (13.82%) Python Developer
3 51 (11.75%) Senior
4 50 (11.52%) DevOps Engineer
5 46 (10.60%) Lead
6 35 (8.06%) Architect
7 26 (5.99%) Data Engineer
7 26 (5.99%) Platform Engineer
8 21 (4.84%) GCP Engineer
9 20 (4.61%) Analyst
10 18 (4.15%) Python Engineer
10 18 (4.15%) Senior Developer
11 17 (3.92%) GCP DevOps
12 14 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (3.00%) Network Engineer
14 12 (2.76%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 12 (2.76%) AWS Engineer
14 12 (2.76%) Data Analyst
14 12 (2.76%) GCP DevOps Engineer
15 11 (2.53%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (10.14%) OpenTelemetry
2 37 (8.53%) Node.js
3 36 (8.29%) JSON
4 35 (8.06%) REST
5 26 (5.99%) React
6 25 (5.76%) YAML
7 24 (5.53%) Playwright
8 23 (5.30%) FastAPI
9 16 (3.69%) PySpark
10 15 (3.46%) Kafka
11 14 (3.23%) RESTful
12 10 (2.30%) LDAP
12 10 (2.30%) OpenID
13 9 (2.07%) Apache Avro
13 9 (2.07%) Protocol Buffers
13 9 (2.07%) pytest
14 8 (1.84%) .NET
14 8 (1.84%) RabbitMQ
14 8 (1.84%) SLSA
15 7 (1.61%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 72 (16.59%) Cloud Native
2 30 (6.91%) Data Centre
3 28 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
4 21 (4.84%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (3.69%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (3.23%) NHS
7 13 (3.00%) Public Cloud
8 12 (2.76%) Product Ownership
9 8 (1.84%) Replication
10 7 (1.61%) AI Agents
10 7 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.61%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.61%) PKI
11 6 (1.38%) Blog
11 6 (1.38%) EMC VMAX
12 5 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.15%) Mainframe
12 5 (1.15%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 61 (14.06%) Linux
2 34 (7.83%) Windows
3 22 (5.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.61%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.38%) Ubuntu
5 6 (1.38%) Unix
6 5 (1.15%) CentOS
6 5 (1.15%) VMS
7 3 (0.69%) zOS
8 2 (0.46%) AIX
8 2 (0.46%) CoreOS
8 2 (0.46%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.23%) Check Point GAiA
9 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (55.53%) CI/CD
2 188 (43.32%) DevOps
3 114 (26.27%) Agile
4 106 (24.42%) Infrastructure as Code
5 89 (20.51%) Observability
6 87 (20.05%) Problem-Solving
7 83 (19.12%) Containerisation
8 60 (13.82%) Test Automation
9 52 (11.98%) RBAC
10 50 (11.52%) Analytics
10 50 (11.52%) Platform Engineering
11 47 (10.83%) AI
12 45 (10.37%) Continuous Improvement
13 44 (10.14%) Migration
14 41 (9.45%) API Development
15 39 (8.99%) Data Engineering
15 39 (8.99%) Stakeholder Management
16 37 (8.53%) Data Protection
16 37 (8.53%) Performance Optimisation
16 37 (8.53%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 80 (18.43%) Bash
2 67 (15.44%) Java
3 59 (13.59%) SQL
4 53 (12.21%) PowerShell
5 30 (6.91%) JavaScript
6 29 (6.68%) Go
7 26 (5.99%) TypeScript
8 22 (5.07%) Scala
9 15 (3.46%) Groovy
10 10 (2.30%) VBA
11 9 (2.07%) ActionScript
11 9 (2.07%) R
12 8 (1.84%) Shell Script
13 7 (1.61%) Bicep
13 7 (1.61%) C#
13 7 (1.61%) Perl
13 7 (1.61%) Rust
14 6 (1.38%) Ruby
15 5 (1.15%) Cypher
16 2 (0.46%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 37 (8.53%) Security Cleared
2 26 (5.99%) SC Cleared
3 13 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (3.00%) Degree
4 7 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.38%) RHCE
6 5 (1.15%) CISSP
7 4 (0.92%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (0.69%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.69%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.69%) CISM
8 3 (0.69%) OCP
8 3 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.46%) CCNA
9 2 (0.46%) CCNP
9 2 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.46%) JNCIA
9 2 (0.46%) JNCIS
9 2 (0.46%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.61%) Accessibility
1 7 (1.61%) QA
2 6 (1.38%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.38%) HIPAA
2 6 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.38%) WCAG
3 5 (1.15%) NIST
3 5 (1.15%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.69%) HL7
4 3 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (0.69%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.23%) GDPR
5 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (0.23%) PMO
5 1 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 76 (17.51%) Docker
2 27 (6.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.07%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (4.84%) vSphere
5 13 (3.00%) VMware NSX
6 9 (2.07%) Hyper-V
7 8 (1.84%) Firmware
7 8 (1.84%) KVM
8 6 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (1.15%) Active Directory
9 5 (1.15%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 5 (1.15%) NFS
10 4 (0.92%) SRDF
11 2 (0.46%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.46%) Time Sharing Option
12 1 (0.23%) Ceph
12 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 146 (33.64%) Terraform
2 131 (30.18%) Kubernetes
3 108 (24.88%) Ansible
4 50 (11.52%) Grafana
5 49 (11.29%) Prometheus
6 20 (4.61%) Argo
7 19 (4.38%) vCenter Server
8 16 (3.69%) Control-M
9 15 (3.46%) IBM Guardium
9 15 (3.46%) Nessus
10 13 (3.00%) Puppet
11 9 (2.07%) HAProxy
11 9 (2.07%) Istio
12 8 (1.84%) NetBackup
13 6 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
14 4 (0.92%) PowerCLI
14 4 (0.92%) Tivoli Storage Manager
15 3 (0.69%) EMC NetWorker
15 3 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
15 3 (0.69%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 51 (11.75%) Google
2 44 (10.14%) Microsoft
3 41 (9.45%) Splunk
4 39 (8.99%) Red Hat
5 33 (7.60%) VMware
6 27 (6.22%) Databricks
7 25 (5.76%) F5
8 19 (4.38%) Pure Storage
9 17 (3.92%) ServiceNow
10 15 (3.46%) Tenable
11 14 (3.23%) Cisco
12 11 (2.53%) Dynatrace
12 11 (2.53%) Infoblox
13 10 (2.30%) Dell
14 9 (2.07%) IBM
15 8 (1.84%) Brocade
15 8 (1.84%) Sonatype
16 6 (1.38%) Broadcom
16 6 (1.38%) Commvault
16 6 (1.38%) Veritas