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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 8 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +14
Contract jobs citing Python 430 152 187
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 15.72% 12.77% 10.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 52.44% 40.21% 38.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 102 120
10th Percentile £363 £325 £400
25th Percentile £424 £400 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £503
Median % change year-on-year - -0.50% -16.25%
75th Percentile £550 £555 £600
90th Percentile £600 £612 £645
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% -

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 820 378 488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 29.98% 31.76% 28.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 251 335
10th Percentile £363 £325 £300
25th Percentile £420 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £556 £553 £588
90th Percentile £638 £600 £638
England median daily rate £515 £520 £540
% change year-on-year -0.96% -3.70% -3.57%
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% +17.78%
75th Percentile £27.31 £66.51 £63.75
90th Percentile £36.50 £85.74 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% -

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +2 272 £500 - 27
West Yorkshire +6 151 £500 - 53
North Yorkshire - 6 £625 - 10
East Yorkshire -4 2 - - 6
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 (5.35%) Confluence
2 22 (5.12%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.56%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.70%) Apache
5 3 (0.70%) SAS
6 2 (0.47%) nginx
6 2 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
Applications
1 11 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.47%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.23%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 110 (25.58%) AWS
2 100 (23.26%) GitHub
3 98 (22.79%) GCP
4 85 (19.77%) Azure
5 57 (13.26%) OpenShift
6 47 (10.93%) GitHub Actions
7 28 (6.51%) Power Platform
8 27 (6.28%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 23 (5.35%) Serverless
10 14 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (3.26%) Entra ID
11 13 (3.02%) IaaS
12 12 (2.79%) Apigee
12 12 (2.79%) AWS Lambda
13 11 (2.56%) SaaS
14 10 (2.33%) OCI
15 9 (2.09%) Amazon S3
15 9 (2.09%) Cloud Run
15 9 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
16 7 (1.63%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 39 (9.07%) DNS
2 24 (5.58%) Firewall
3 23 (5.35%) BIG-IP
4 20 (4.65%) TCP/IP
5 12 (2.79%) DHCP
5 12 (2.79%) Network Security
5 12 (2.79%) SAN
5 12 (2.79%) WAN
6 11 (2.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 10 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (2.09%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 9 (2.09%) LAN
8 9 (2.09%) NAS
8 9 (2.09%) VPN
9 6 (1.40%) Unified Communications
10 5 (1.16%) VLAN
11 4 (0.93%) BGP
11 4 (0.93%) iSCSI
11 4 (0.93%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.70%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.44%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (5.12%) Power BI
3 17 (3.95%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.49%) MongoDB
4 15 (3.49%) NoSQL
5 14 (3.26%) BigQuery
5 14 (3.26%) Hadoop
6 12 (2.79%) Metadata
7 9 (2.09%) Big Data
7 9 (2.09%) Tableau
8 7 (1.63%) DynamoDB
9 6 (1.40%) Neo4j
10 5 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.16%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.16%) Delta Lake
11 4 (0.93%) Parquet
11 4 (0.93%) Power Query
12 3 (0.70%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 120 (27.91%) Jenkins
2 70 (16.28%) JIRA
3 26 (6.05%) GitLab
4 25 (5.81%) Git
5 14 (3.26%) Maven
6 13 (3.02%) Gatling
7 11 (2.56%) Postman
8 9 (2.09%) SonarQube
9 6 (1.40%) Artifactory
10 5 (1.16%) JMeter
11 4 (0.93%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.93%) NeoLoad
12 3 (0.70%) ERwin
12 3 (0.70%) Liquibase
12 3 (0.70%) Selenium
13 2 (0.47%) Robot Framework
13 2 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
13 2 (0.47%) Terragrunt
13 2 (0.47%) Zephyr
14 1 (0.23%) Spinnaker
General
1 91 (21.16%) Social Skills
2 74 (17.21%) Finance
3 59 (13.72%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (9.07%) Banking
5 27 (6.28%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.42%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.56%) Legal
8 7 (1.63%) Publishing
9 4 (0.93%) Advertising
10 3 (0.70%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.70%) Marketing
11 2 (0.47%) Games
11 2 (0.47%) Retail
11 2 (0.47%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.23%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.23%) Law
12 1 (0.23%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.23%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (19.07%) Developer
2 56 (13.02%) Python Developer
3 50 (11.63%) Senior
4 48 (11.16%) Lead
5 47 (10.93%) DevOps Engineer
6 38 (8.84%) Architect
7 26 (6.05%) Data Engineer
8 25 (5.81%) Platform Engineer
9 21 (4.88%) Analyst
10 20 (4.65%) GCP Engineer
11 18 (4.19%) Python Engineer
12 17 (3.95%) Senior Developer
13 16 (3.72%) GCP DevOps
14 14 (3.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 13 (3.02%) Network Engineer
16 12 (2.79%) AWS Engineer
16 12 (2.79%) Data Analyst
17 11 (2.56%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 11 (2.56%) GCP DevOps Engineer
18 10 (2.33%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (9.77%) OpenTelemetry
2 36 (8.37%) JSON
2 36 (8.37%) Node.js
3 34 (7.91%) REST
4 33 (7.67%) YAML
5 25 (5.81%) React
6 23 (5.35%) Playwright
7 21 (4.88%) FastAPI
8 16 (3.72%) PySpark
9 14 (3.26%) Kafka
9 14 (3.26%) RESTful
10 9 (2.09%) Apache Avro
10 9 (2.09%) LDAP
10 9 (2.09%) OpenID
10 9 (2.09%) Protocol Buffers
11 8 (1.86%) SLSA
12 7 (1.63%) Flask
12 7 (1.63%) OAuth
12 7 (1.63%) pytest
12 7 (1.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 70 (16.28%) Cloud Native
2 32 (7.44%) Data Centre
3 28 (6.51%) Data Protection Act
4 21 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (3.49%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (3.26%) NHS
7 12 (2.79%) Product Ownership
7 12 (2.79%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.86%) Replication
9 7 (1.63%) AI Agents
9 7 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (1.63%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.63%) PKI
10 6 (1.40%) EMC VMAX
11 5 (1.16%) Blog
11 5 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.16%) Mainframe
11 5 (1.16%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.93%) Enterprise Storage
13 3 (0.70%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 65 (15.12%) Linux
2 35 (8.14%) Windows
3 25 (5.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (2.09%) Ubuntu
5 8 (1.86%) CentOS
6 7 (1.63%) Windows Server
7 6 (1.40%) Unix
8 4 (0.93%) VMS
9 3 (0.70%) zOS
10 2 (0.47%) AIX
10 2 (0.47%) CoreOS
10 2 (0.47%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.23%) Check Point GAiA
11 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (55.35%) CI/CD
2 185 (43.02%) DevOps
3 110 (25.58%) Agile
4 101 (23.49%) Infrastructure as Code
5 88 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
6 82 (19.07%) Observability
7 81 (18.84%) Containerisation
8 58 (13.49%) RBAC
9 55 (12.79%) Test Automation
10 51 (11.86%) Analytics
11 48 (11.16%) Migration
12 47 (10.93%) AI
13 45 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
13 45 (10.47%) Platform Engineering
14 43 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
15 39 (9.07%) Data Engineering
16 37 (8.60%) API Development
16 37 (8.60%) Data Protection
17 36 (8.37%) Software Engineering
18 35 (8.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 79 (18.37%) Bash
2 66 (15.35%) Java
3 57 (13.26%) SQL
4 49 (11.40%) PowerShell
5 30 (6.98%) JavaScript
6 27 (6.28%) Go
7 24 (5.58%) TypeScript
8 21 (4.88%) Scala
9 13 (3.02%) Groovy
10 11 (2.56%) VBA
11 10 (2.33%) Perl
12 9 (2.09%) ActionScript
12 9 (2.09%) R
12 9 (2.09%) Ruby
13 8 (1.86%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.63%) C#
15 6 (1.40%) Rust
16 5 (1.16%) Bicep
17 4 (0.93%) Cypher
18 2 (0.47%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 37 (8.60%) Security Cleared
2 26 (6.05%) SC Cleared
3 13 (3.02%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (3.02%) Degree
4 9 (2.09%) RHCE
5 7 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.16%) CISSP
7 4 (0.93%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (0.70%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.70%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.70%) CISM
8 3 (0.70%) OCP
8 3 (0.70%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.47%) GIAC
9 2 (0.47%) JNCIA
9 2 (0.47%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.47%) NCDA
9 2 (0.47%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.63%) Accessibility
1 7 (1.63%) QA
2 6 (1.40%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.40%) HIPAA
2 6 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.40%) WCAG
3 5 (1.16%) NIST
3 5 (1.16%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.70%) HL7
4 3 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (0.70%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.47%) PMO
6 1 (0.23%) GDPR
6 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 71 (16.51%) Docker
2 28 (6.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (5.35%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (4.88%) vSphere
5 13 (3.02%) VMware NSX
6 10 (2.33%) Hyper-V
7 9 (2.09%) Firmware
7 9 (2.09%) KVM
8 6 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (1.16%) Active Directory
9 5 (1.16%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 5 (1.16%) NFS
10 4 (0.93%) SRDF
11 2 (0.47%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.47%) Time Sharing Option
12 1 (0.23%) Ceph
12 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 140 (32.56%) Terraform
2 124 (28.84%) Kubernetes
3 113 (26.28%) Ansible
4 46 (10.70%) Grafana
4 46 (10.70%) Prometheus
5 19 (4.42%) Argo
5 19 (4.42%) vCenter Server
6 16 (3.72%) Puppet
7 15 (3.49%) Control-M
8 14 (3.26%) IBM Guardium
8 14 (3.26%) Nessus
9 9 (2.09%) HAProxy
9 9 (2.09%) Istio
10 8 (1.86%) NetBackup
11 6 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (0.93%) PowerCLI
12 4 (0.93%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 3 (0.70%) EMC NetWorker
13 3 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (0.47%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 47 (10.93%) Google
1 47 (10.93%) Red Hat
2 43 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 41 (9.53%) Splunk
4 34 (7.91%) VMware
5 27 (6.28%) Databricks
6 25 (5.81%) F5
7 19 (4.42%) Pure Storage
8 17 (3.95%) ServiceNow
9 14 (3.26%) Cisco
9 14 (3.26%) Tenable
10 11 (2.56%) Infoblox
11 10 (2.33%) Dell
12 9 (2.09%) IBM
13 8 (1.86%) Brocade
13 8 (1.86%) Dynatrace
13 8 (1.86%) Sonatype
14 6 (1.40%) Broadcom
14 6 (1.40%) Commvault
14 6 (1.40%) Veritas