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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 15
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 +12
Contract jobs citing Python 391 222 144
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 13.64% 14.76% 9.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 47.45% 46.06% 33.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 149 102
10th Percentile £363 £344 £401
25th Percentile £417 £406 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year - -1.38% -11.83%
75th Percentile £569 £538 £600
90th Percentile £638 £600 £650
England median daily rate £538 £540 £575
% change year-on-year -0.46% -6.09% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
England median hourly rate £60.37 £51.44 £65.00
% change year-on-year +17.36% -20.86% -

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 824 482 436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 28.74% 32.05% 28.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 517 318 311
10th Percentile £353 £320 £325
25th Percentile £413 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £501
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.60% -2.34%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £588
90th Percentile £638 £600 £650
England median daily rate £523 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.46% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 6
10th Percentile £18.79 £37.07 £34.38
25th Percentile £21.24 £45.03 £37.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £62.40 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -61.54% +34.92% +37.79%
75th Percentile £26.63 £82.53 £61.88
90th Percentile £34.80 £92.15 £63.75
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +4.00%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 +3 212 £500 +2.56% 55
West Yorkshire +3 169 £500 - 126
North Yorkshire -3 5 £625 +47.06% 14
East Yorkshire -2 4 - - 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 21 (5.37%) Apache Spark
2 16 (4.09%) Confluence
3 5 (1.28%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.02%) Apache
5 3 (0.77%) SAS
6 2 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.51%) nginx
6 2 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.26%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.26%) Zemax
Cloud Services
1 124 (31.71%) AWS
2 103 (26.34%) GitHub
3 98 (25.06%) GCP
4 88 (22.51%) Azure
5 57 (14.58%) GitHub Actions
6 32 (8.18%) OpenShift
7 29 (7.42%) Serverless
8 28 (7.16%) Power Platform
9 21 (5.37%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 17 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (3.58%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (3.32%) Apigee
13 12 (3.07%) IaaS
14 11 (2.81%) Amazon S3
14 11 (2.81%) OCI
14 11 (2.81%) Vertex AI
15 8 (2.05%) AWS CloudFormation
15 8 (2.05%) Datadog
16 7 (1.79%) Cloud Run
16 7 (1.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (7.93%) DNS
2 20 (5.12%) Firewall
3 19 (4.86%) BIG-IP
4 15 (3.84%) Network Security
4 15 (3.84%) TCP/IP
5 11 (2.81%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 9 (2.30%) DHCP
6 9 (2.30%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 9 (2.30%) SAN
7 8 (2.05%) WAN
8 6 (1.53%) VLAN
8 6 (1.53%) VPN
8 6 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.28%) NAS
9 5 (1.28%) SD-WAN
10 4 (1.02%) BGP
10 4 (1.02%) iSCSI
10 4 (1.02%) LAN
11 3 (0.77%) HTTP
11 3 (0.77%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.14%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (5.88%) Power BI
3 22 (5.63%) SQL Server
4 21 (5.37%) BigQuery
5 18 (4.60%) NoSQL
6 15 (3.84%) Metadata
7 13 (3.32%) MongoDB
8 12 (3.07%) Big Data
8 12 (3.07%) Hadoop
9 11 (2.81%) Tableau
10 9 (2.30%) DynamoDB
11 7 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (1.79%) Neo4j
12 5 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (1.02%) Data Lake
13 4 (1.02%) Delta Lake
13 4 (1.02%) Parquet
14 3 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
14 3 (0.77%) MySQL
14 3 (0.77%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 102 (26.09%) Jenkins
2 55 (14.07%) JIRA
3 29 (7.42%) Git
4 20 (5.12%) GitLab
5 16 (4.09%) Gatling
6 14 (3.58%) Maven
7 11 (2.81%) JMeter
8 9 (2.30%) LoadRunner
8 9 (2.30%) SonarQube
9 7 (1.79%) Postman
10 6 (1.53%) Artifactory
10 6 (1.53%) NeoLoad
10 6 (1.53%) Zephyr
11 5 (1.28%) Selenium
11 5 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (1.02%) MSBuild
12 4 (1.02%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.77%) ERwin
13 3 (0.77%) SoapUI
14 2 (0.51%) Cucumber
General
1 74 (18.93%) Social Skills
2 70 (17.90%) Finance
3 55 (14.07%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (10.23%) Banking
5 33 (8.44%) Public Sector
6 11 (2.81%) Legal
7 9 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.05%) Publishing
9 6 (1.53%) Games
9 6 (1.53%) Retail
10 3 (0.77%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.77%) Law
10 3 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.51%) Advertising
11 2 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.51%) Marketing
12 1 (0.26%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.26%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.26%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 84 (21.48%) Developer
2 63 (16.11%) Python Developer
3 52 (13.30%) Lead
4 47 (12.02%) Senior
5 39 (9.97%) DevOps Engineer
6 29 (7.42%) Python Engineer
7 23 (5.88%) Platform Engineer
8 22 (5.63%) Data Engineer
9 19 (4.86%) Analyst
10 18 (4.60%) Architect
11 17 (4.35%) Senior Developer
12 16 (4.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (3.84%) Cloud Engineer
14 13 (3.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 13 (3.32%) AWS Engineer
14 13 (3.32%) Full-Stack Developer
14 13 (3.32%) GCP Engineer
15 12 (3.07%) Data Analyst
15 12 (3.07%) Network Engineer
16 11 (2.81%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (8.70%) REST
2 29 (7.42%) Node.js
3 28 (7.16%) JSON
4 25 (6.39%) React
5 23 (5.88%) Kafka
6 21 (5.37%) OpenTelemetry
7 16 (4.09%) Playwright
8 15 (3.84%) FastAPI
9 14 (3.58%) CSS
9 14 (3.58%) HTML
10 13 (3.32%) PySpark
10 13 (3.32%) Vue
11 11 (2.81%) pytest
11 11 (2.81%) YAML
12 10 (2.56%) Flask
12 10 (2.56%) RabbitMQ
13 9 (2.30%) .NET
13 9 (2.30%) RESTful
14 8 (2.05%) LDAP
14 8 (2.05%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 76 (19.44%) Cloud Native
2 24 (6.14%) Data Protection Act
3 20 (5.12%) Data Centre
4 17 (4.35%) NHS
5 14 (3.58%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (3.07%) Public Cloud
7 11 (2.81%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (2.81%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (2.30%) AI Agents
10 8 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.79%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.53%) Blog
12 6 (1.53%) EMC VMAX
12 6 (1.53%) Mainframe
12 6 (1.53%) PKI
12 6 (1.53%) Replication
13 5 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
13 5 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
14 4 (1.02%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 46 (11.76%) Linux
2 22 (5.63%) Windows
3 16 (4.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.79%) Unix
5 5 (1.28%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.02%) VMS
7 3 (0.77%) zOS
8 2 (0.51%) AIX
8 2 (0.51%) CoreOS
8 2 (0.51%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.26%) Check Point GAiA
9 1 (0.26%) Solaris
9 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (54.99%) CI/CD
2 165 (42.20%) DevOps
3 109 (27.88%) Infrastructure as Code
4 106 (27.11%) Agile
5 88 (22.51%) Observability
6 70 (17.90%) Problem-Solving
7 63 (16.11%) Containerisation
8 59 (15.09%) Test Automation
9 53 (13.55%) AI
10 49 (12.53%) Platform Engineering
11 46 (11.76%) Analytics
12 43 (11.00%) Data Engineering
13 42 (10.74%) Software Engineering
14 40 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
15 38 (9.72%) Full-Stack Development
16 37 (9.46%) Data Pipeline
17 36 (9.21%) Business Intelligence
18 35 (8.95%) Data Protection
18 35 (8.95%) Stakeholder Management
19 34 (8.70%) API Development
Programming Languages
1 73 (18.67%) Bash
2 72 (18.41%) SQL
3 66 (16.88%) Java
4 44 (11.25%) PowerShell
5 37 (9.46%) JavaScript
6 24 (6.14%) Go
7 17 (4.35%) Scala
7 17 (4.35%) TypeScript
8 13 (3.32%) Groovy
9 10 (2.56%) C#
10 9 (2.30%) R
11 8 (2.05%) ActionScript
12 7 (1.79%) Rust
13 6 (1.53%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.53%) VBA
14 4 (1.02%) Bicep
15 3 (0.77%) C
15 3 (0.77%) Cypher
15 3 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.51%) Perl
Qualifications
1 54 (13.81%) Security Cleared
2 45 (11.51%) SC Cleared
3 11 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (2.05%) Degree
5 5 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.28%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.77%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.77%) OCP
6 3 (0.77%) Oracle Certification
6 3 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (0.51%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.51%) CISSP
7 2 (0.51%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.51%) GIAC
7 2 (0.51%) NCDA
7 2 (0.51%) NCIE
7 2 (0.51%) RHCA
8 1 (0.26%) CSSLP
8 1 (0.26%) GSEC
8 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.07%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.79%) NIST
3 5 (1.28%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.28%) HL7
3 5 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.28%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.02%) HIPAA
4 4 (1.02%) QA
4 4 (1.02%) WCAG
5 3 (0.77%) GDPR
5 3 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.26%) SLA
7 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 76 (19.44%) Docker
2 19 (4.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.32%) vSphere
4 10 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.05%) Active Directory
5 8 (2.05%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.28%) Firmware
7 4 (1.02%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.02%) NFS
7 4 (1.02%) SRDF
7 4 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.77%) KVM
9 2 (0.51%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.51%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.26%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.26%) Ceph
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 140 (35.81%) Terraform
2 109 (27.88%) Kubernetes
3 76 (19.44%) Ansible
4 42 (10.74%) Grafana
5 32 (8.18%) Prometheus
6 18 (4.60%) Argo
7 12 (3.07%) vCenter Server
8 10 (2.56%) Control-M
9 9 (2.30%) HAProxy
9 9 (2.30%) IBM Guardium
9 9 (2.30%) Nessus
10 8 (2.05%) NetBackup
10 8 (2.05%) Puppet
11 4 (1.02%) Kustomize
11 4 (1.02%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 3 (0.77%) EMC NetWorker
12 3 (0.77%) Istio
13 2 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.51%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 44 (11.25%) Google
2 41 (10.49%) Microsoft
3 30 (7.67%) Splunk
4 29 (7.42%) Databricks
5 23 (5.88%) VMware
6 21 (5.37%) F5
7 19 (4.86%) Red Hat
8 16 (4.09%) IBM
9 15 (3.84%) Dynatrace
10 13 (3.32%) Cisco
11 12 (3.07%) Pure Storage
11 12 (3.07%) ServiceNow
12 10 (2.56%) Dell
13 9 (2.30%) Tenable
14 8 (2.05%) Sonatype
15 7 (1.79%) Brocade
15 7 (1.79%) Infoblox
16 6 (1.53%) Broadcom
16 6 (1.53%) Commvault
16 6 (1.53%) New Relic