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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 9 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 +10
Contract jobs citing Python 357 105 133
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 16.78% 11.60% 7.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 54.59% 36.71% 28.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 73 86
10th Percentile £363 £365 £406
25th Percentile £428 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £538 £490
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% +9.69% -18.33%
75th Percentile £537 £623 £615
90th Percentile £600 £715 £650
England median daily rate £520 £575 £554
% change year-on-year -9.57% +3.84% -7.71%

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 654 286 460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 30.75% 31.60% 25.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 199 329
10th Percentile £358 £354 £300
25th Percentile £425 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £538 £579 £550
90th Percentile £638 £650 £625
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.95% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - £26.25 £21.64
25th Percentile £49.25 £27.56 £24.95
Median hourly rate £49.50 £61.61 £44.39
Median % change year-on-year -19.66% +38.80% -28.98%
75th Percentile £49.75 £100.66 £62.44
90th Percentile - £102.00 £63.23
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.59% +4.58% -7.69%

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 March 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 March 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 +3 251 £500 -13.04% 86
West Yorkshire 0 102 £488 -1.27% 100
North Yorkshire - 5 £375 - 30
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 25 (7.00%) Confluence
2 14 (3.92%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.24%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.84%) Apache
5 3 (0.84%) Apache Pig
5 3 (0.84%) SAS
6 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.28%) nginx
7 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.40%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 110 (30.81%) AWS
2 94 (26.33%) GCP
3 77 (21.57%) GitHub
4 73 (20.45%) Azure
5 52 (14.57%) OpenShift
6 44 (12.32%) Serverless
7 30 (8.40%) GitHub Actions
8 24 (6.72%) Amazon S3
9 21 (5.88%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 19 (5.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 19 (5.32%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (4.76%) Amazon EC2
11 17 (4.76%) Power Platform
12 16 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (3.64%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (3.36%) Entra ID
14 12 (3.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 11 (3.08%) Amazon ECS
15 11 (3.08%) AWS KMS
15 11 (3.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.68%) DNS
2 27 (7.56%) Firewall
3 16 (4.48%) TCP/IP
4 15 (4.20%) VPN
5 10 (2.80%) Network Security
6 7 (1.96%) WAN
7 6 (1.68%) LAN
7 6 (1.68%) SAN
8 5 (1.40%) NAS
8 5 (1.40%) SSL
9 4 (1.12%) BIG-IP
9 4 (1.12%) Internet
9 4 (1.12%) Unified Communications
9 4 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.84%) DHCP
11 2 (0.56%) BGP
11 2 (0.56%) DWDM
11 2 (0.56%) HTTP
11 2 (0.56%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.56%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (15.13%) PostgreSQL
2 41 (11.48%) NoSQL
3 17 (4.76%) MySQL
4 16 (4.48%) Power BI
5 14 (3.92%) Hadoop
6 11 (3.08%) MongoDB
7 10 (2.80%) SQL Server
8 9 (2.52%) Metadata
8 9 (2.52%) Relational Database
9 8 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (2.24%) Power Query
9 8 (2.24%) PowerPivot
10 6 (1.68%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.68%) DynamoDB
10 6 (1.68%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.12%) Neo4j
11 4 (1.12%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.84%) Apache Hive
12 3 (0.84%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 135 (37.82%) Jenkins
2 67 (18.77%) JIRA
3 59 (16.53%) GitLab
4 30 (8.40%) Git
5 20 (5.60%) Liquibase
6 19 (5.32%) Postman
7 9 (2.52%) Selenium
8 8 (2.24%) Cucumber
8 8 (2.24%) TestRail
9 7 (1.96%) CircleCI
10 6 (1.68%) PyCharm
10 6 (1.68%) REST Assured
11 5 (1.40%) JMeter
12 4 (1.12%) Gatling
12 4 (1.12%) LoadRunner
12 4 (1.12%) Maven
12 4 (1.12%) NeoLoad
12 4 (1.12%) SonarQube
12 4 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
13 2 (0.56%) Zephyr
General
1 99 (27.73%) Social Skills
2 79 (22.13%) Finance
3 64 (17.93%) Banking
4 54 (15.13%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (7.28%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.48%) Financial Institution
7 15 (4.20%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.12%) Legal
9 3 (0.84%) Law
9 3 (0.84%) Marketing
9 3 (0.84%) Wholesale Banking
10 2 (0.56%) Advertising
10 2 (0.56%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.56%) Publishing
10 2 (0.56%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.28%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.28%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.28%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 55 (15.41%) Developer
2 47 (13.17%) DevOps Engineer
3 45 (12.61%) Senior
4 39 (10.92%) Lead
5 36 (10.08%) Python Developer
6 32 (8.96%) GCP Engineer
7 29 (8.12%) Data Engineer
8 27 (7.56%) AWS Engineer
9 23 (6.44%) Architect
10 22 (6.16%) Cloud Engineer
11 18 (5.04%) Analyst
11 18 (5.04%) Software Engineer
12 15 (4.20%) GCP DevOps
12 15 (4.20%) Platform Engineer
12 15 (4.20%) Senior DevOps
12 15 (4.20%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 14 (3.92%) GCP DevOps Engineer
14 13 (3.64%) Automation Engineer
14 13 (3.64%) Python Engineer
15 12 (3.36%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (13.73%) REST
2 42 (11.76%) OpenTelemetry
3 30 (8.40%) Elastic Stack
4 29 (8.12%) RESTful
5 28 (7.84%) FastAPI
6 26 (7.28%) YAML
7 19 (5.32%) Node.js
8 17 (4.76%) JSON
9 12 (3.36%) OpenID
10 11 (3.08%) Kafka
10 11 (3.08%) Playwright
10 11 (3.08%) TensorFlow
11 10 (2.80%) LDAP
11 10 (2.80%) React
12 9 (2.52%) Flask
12 9 (2.52%) JWT
12 9 (2.52%) OAuth
12 9 (2.52%) SailPoint
13 8 (2.24%) Apache Avro
13 8 (2.24%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 53 (14.85%) Cloud Native
2 33 (9.24%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (7.84%) Public Cloud
4 22 (6.16%) Hybrid Cloud
5 18 (5.04%) Data Centre
6 17 (4.76%) NHS
7 15 (4.20%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (3.08%) Algorithms
9 10 (2.80%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.96%) Credit Risk
11 6 (1.68%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (1.40%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.40%) Security Posture
13 4 (1.12%) Clustering
13 4 (1.12%) Online Banking
13 4 (1.12%) PKI
13 4 (1.12%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.84%) Management Information System
14 3 (0.84%) Replication
14 3 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 79 (22.13%) Linux
2 24 (6.72%) Windows
3 15 (4.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (2.80%) Ubuntu
4 10 (2.80%) Unix
5 9 (2.52%) CentOS
6 3 (0.84%) Amazon Linux
6 3 (0.84%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.56%) VMS
8 1 (0.28%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (59.38%) CI/CD
2 184 (51.54%) DevOps
3 112 (31.37%) Infrastructure as Code
4 110 (30.81%) Agile
5 101 (28.29%) Containerisation
6 86 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
7 65 (18.21%) Observability
8 58 (16.25%) Test Automation
9 47 (13.17%) Root Cause Analysis
10 45 (12.61%) RBAC
11 42 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
12 41 (11.48%) Analytics
12 41 (11.48%) High Availability
13 40 (11.20%) Migration
14 38 (10.64%) Infrastructure Automation
15 37 (10.36%) Continuous Improvement
16 36 (10.08%) Microservices
17 35 (9.80%) Software Engineering
18 33 (9.24%) Continuous Integration
18 33 (9.24%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (23.53%) Bash
2 59 (16.53%) SQL
3 46 (12.89%) Java
4 39 (10.92%) Go
5 35 (9.80%) PowerShell
6 26 (7.28%) JavaScript
7 18 (5.04%) TypeScript
8 14 (3.92%) Scala
8 14 (3.92%) Shell Script
9 11 (3.08%) Perl
9 11 (3.08%) VBA
10 9 (2.52%) Groovy
10 9 (2.52%) Ruby
11 6 (1.68%) PHP
12 5 (1.40%) Bicep
12 5 (1.40%) C#
13 4 (1.12%) Cypher
14 3 (0.84%) Search Processing Language
15 2 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.56%) XPath
Qualifications
1 37 (10.36%) Degree
2 31 (8.68%) Security Cleared
3 27 (7.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (6.44%) Master's Degree
5 20 (5.60%) SC Cleared
6 8 (2.24%) RHCE
7 7 (1.96%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.40%) CISM
8 5 (1.40%) CISSP
9 4 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.84%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.84%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (0.84%) CCNP
10 3 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.56%) CCNA
11 2 (0.56%) JNCIA
11 2 (0.56%) JNCIS
11 2 (0.56%) OCP
11 2 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.08%) QA
2 8 (2.24%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.12%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.12%) PMO
3 4 (1.12%) SLA
3 4 (1.12%) WCAG
4 3 (0.84%) HIPAA
4 3 (0.84%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 90 (25.21%) Docker
2 20 (5.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (4.48%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (4.48%) vSphere
4 11 (3.08%) KVM
5 10 (2.80%) Hyper-V
5 10 (2.80%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.40%) Firmware
6 5 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.12%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 2 (0.56%) Active Directory
8 2 (0.56%) SRDF
9 1 (0.28%) Ceph
9 1 (0.28%) NFS
9 1 (0.28%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 146 (40.90%) Terraform
2 144 (40.34%) Kubernetes
3 126 (35.29%) Ansible
4 76 (21.29%) Grafana
5 68 (19.05%) Prometheus
6 21 (5.88%) Puppet
7 19 (5.32%) Control-M
7 19 (5.32%) IBM Guardium
7 19 (5.32%) Nessus
8 13 (3.64%) NetBackup
8 13 (3.64%) vCenter Server
9 11 (3.08%) Argo
9 11 (3.08%) Istio
10 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (1.12%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.84%) Packer
11 3 (0.84%) PowerCLI
12 2 (0.56%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.28%) WSUS
Vendors
1 73 (20.45%) Splunk
2 43 (12.04%) Google
2 43 (12.04%) Red Hat
3 31 (8.68%) Microsoft
4 28 (7.84%) VMware
5 19 (5.32%) Tenable
6 18 (5.04%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.36%) F5
7 12 (3.36%) Pure Storage
8 10 (2.80%) Commvault
9 9 (2.52%) Databricks
9 9 (2.52%) Oracle
9 9 (2.52%) Veritas
10 8 (2.24%) Cisco
11 7 (1.96%) CheckPoint
11 7 (1.96%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.40%) Dynatrace
13 4 (1.12%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (1.12%) Infoblox
13 4 (1.12%) Okta