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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 14 34
Rank change year-on-year +9 +20 -15
Contract jobs citing Python 302 136 86
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 16.83% 9.84% 4.62%
As % of the Programming Languages category 48.17% 33.25% 20.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 93 63
10th Percentile £358 £401 £400
25th Percentile £420 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £625
90th Percentile £610 £690 £670
England median daily rate £525 £585 £600
% change year-on-year -10.26% -2.50% -

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 627 409 420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 34.95% 29.59% 22.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 282 301
10th Percentile £340 £357 £330
25th Percentile £400 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £650
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - £26.25 £17.38
25th Percentile £49.25 £27.50 £19.91
Median hourly rate £49.50 £36.25 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +36.55% +70.11% -57.38%
75th Percentile £49.75 £42.50 £25.58
90th Percentile - £49.38 £44.39
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -0.53%

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025. 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 -1 174 £500 -6.98% 42
West Yorkshire +8 120 £500 +1.52% 155
North Yorkshire - 4 £425 - 40
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 20 (6.62%) Confluence
2 11 (3.64%) Apache
2 11 (3.64%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (3.64%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.66%) Apache Pig
4 3 (0.99%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.66%) IIS
6 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.66%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.66%) Maple
Cloud Services
1 123 (40.73%) AWS
2 81 (26.82%) GCP
3 71 (23.51%) Azure
4 52 (17.22%) Serverless
5 40 (13.25%) GitHub
6 27 (8.94%) Power Platform
7 24 (7.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 22 (7.28%) AWS Lambda
8 22 (7.28%) GitHub Actions
9 21 (6.95%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (6.62%) Amazon S3
11 16 (5.30%) Amazon EC2
11 16 (5.30%) AWS CloudFormation
12 13 (4.30%) Amazon ECS
12 13 (4.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 11 (3.64%) AWS KMS
14 9 (2.98%) CloudBees
15 8 (2.65%) Azure AKS
16 7 (2.32%) dbt
17 6 (1.99%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 40 (13.25%) Firewall
2 23 (7.62%) TCP/IP
3 14 (4.64%) DNS
4 8 (2.65%) VPN
5 7 (2.32%) SSL
6 6 (1.99%) Network Security
7 5 (1.66%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.32%) Ethernet
8 4 (1.32%) Internet
9 3 (0.99%) NAS
9 3 (0.99%) SAN
9 3 (0.99%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.66%) HTTP
10 2 (0.66%) VXLAN
10 2 (0.66%) WAN
11 1 (0.33%) BGP
11 1 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.33%) Ethernet VPN
11 1 (0.33%) OSPF
11 1 (0.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (16.89%) PostgreSQL
2 47 (15.56%) NoSQL
3 27 (8.94%) Power BI
4 18 (5.96%) SQL Server
5 15 (4.97%) Oracle Database
6 12 (3.97%) MySQL
6 12 (3.97%) Relational Database
6 12 (3.97%) Tableau
7 11 (3.64%) MongoDB
8 10 (3.31%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (2.98%) Hadoop
9 9 (2.98%) Power Query
10 8 (2.65%) Apache Hive
10 8 (2.65%) BigQuery
10 8 (2.65%) RDBMS
11 7 (2.32%) Data Mining
11 7 (2.32%) DynamoDB
12 5 (1.66%) Data Lake
13 4 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 119 (39.40%) Jenkins
2 60 (19.87%) GitLab
3 53 (17.55%) Git
4 40 (13.25%) JIRA
5 30 (9.93%) Liquibase
6 18 (5.96%) Postman
7 6 (1.99%) PyCharm
8 5 (1.66%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.99%) Selenium
10 2 (0.66%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.66%) MSI
10 2 (0.66%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.66%) TestRail
10 2 (0.66%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.33%) Jaeger
11 1 (0.33%) Maven
11 1 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.33%) WebDriver
General
1 86 (28.48%) Social Skills
2 77 (25.50%) Finance
3 59 (19.54%) Banking
4 44 (14.57%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (11.59%) Public Sector
6 25 (8.28%) Financial Institution
7 3 (0.99%) Health Technology
7 3 (0.99%) Wholesale Banking
8 2 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.66%) Legal
8 2 (0.66%) Police
9 1 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.33%) Law
9 1 (0.33%) Local Government
9 1 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.33%) Private Banking
9 1 (0.33%) Retail
9 1 (0.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (17.55%) Senior
2 45 (14.90%) DevOps Engineer
3 43 (14.24%) Developer
4 33 (10.93%) AWS Engineer
5 25 (8.28%) Automation Engineer
5 25 (8.28%) Data Engineer
5 25 (8.28%) Software Engineer
6 21 (6.95%) Python Developer
7 19 (6.29%) Analyst
7 19 (6.29%) Cloud Engineer
8 16 (5.30%) GCP Engineer
8 16 (5.30%) Python Engineer
9 15 (4.97%) Architect
9 15 (4.97%) AWS DevOps
10 14 (4.64%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 14 (4.64%) Senior Software Engineer
11 13 (4.30%) Lead
11 13 (4.30%) Senior DevOps
12 12 (3.97%) Data Analyst
12 12 (3.97%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (13.91%) RESTful
2 37 (12.25%) REST
3 36 (11.92%) Elastic Stack
4 27 (8.94%) FastAPI
5 16 (5.30%) TensorFlow
6 15 (4.97%) React
7 14 (4.64%) OpenTelemetry
8 9 (2.98%) Django
8 9 (2.98%) PyTorch
9 7 (2.32%) Flask
9 7 (2.32%) Hugging Face
9 7 (2.32%) Kafka
9 7 (2.32%) OpenCV
9 7 (2.32%) Pandas
9 7 (2.32%) PySpark
9 7 (2.32%) Regular Expression
9 7 (2.32%) SpaCy
10 6 (1.99%) .NET
10 6 (1.99%) Node.js
10 6 (1.99%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 42 (13.91%) Cloud Native
2 32 (10.60%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (10.26%) Public Cloud
4 19 (6.29%) NHS
5 18 (5.96%) Product Ownership
6 15 (4.97%) Algorithms
7 9 (2.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (2.98%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.66%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.32%) Clustering
11 4 (1.32%) Credit Risk
11 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.32%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.32%) Online Banking
12 2 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.66%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 85 (28.15%) Linux
2 17 (5.63%) Windows
3 13 (4.30%) Unix
4 7 (2.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.66%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.32%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.99%) AIX
7 3 (0.99%) Amazon Linux
7 3 (0.99%) Solaris
7 3 (0.99%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.66%) CentOS
8 2 (0.66%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.66%) VMS
9 1 (0.33%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.33%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (53.64%) DevOps
2 129 (42.72%) CI/CD
3 124 (41.06%) Agile
4 82 (27.15%) Infrastructure as Code
5 78 (25.83%) Containerisation
6 60 (19.87%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (15.23%) Microservices
7 46 (15.23%) Software Engineering
8 45 (14.90%) Infrastructure Automation
9 44 (14.57%) Cybersecurity
10 39 (12.91%) Computer Science
11 38 (12.58%) Test Automation
12 37 (12.25%) Configuration Management
12 37 (12.25%) Root Cause Analysis
13 34 (11.26%) Data Security
14 31 (10.26%) High Availability
15 30 (9.93%) Continuous Integration
16 29 (9.60%) Continuous Delivery
16 29 (9.60%) Data Protection
16 29 (9.60%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 65 (21.52%) Bash
2 52 (17.22%) SQL
3 41 (13.58%) Go
4 36 (11.92%) Java
5 33 (10.93%) Shell Script
6 24 (7.95%) PowerShell
7 15 (4.97%) JavaScript
8 13 (4.30%) TypeScript
9 10 (3.31%) Scala
10 7 (2.32%) C#
10 7 (2.32%) VBA
11 5 (1.66%) Perl
12 4 (1.32%) C++
13 3 (0.99%) ANSI SQL
13 3 (0.99%) C
13 3 (0.99%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.66%) R
14 2 (0.66%) XPath
15 1 (0.33%) Groovy
15 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (14.24%) Degree
2 36 (11.92%) Security Cleared
3 35 (11.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 31 (10.26%) Master's Degree
5 25 (8.28%) SC Cleared
6 17 (5.63%) AWS Certification
7 12 (3.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.99%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.99%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.66%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.33%) CCIE
12 1 (0.33%) CCNA
12 1 (0.33%) CCNP
12 1 (0.33%) CISSP
12 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.33%) OCP
12 1 (0.33%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.98%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.99%) SOC 2
3 5 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.66%) QA
4 4 (1.32%) GDPR
4 4 (1.32%) NIST
5 3 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.99%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.33%) PMO
6 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 81 (26.82%) Docker
2 27 (8.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.31%) Oracle RAC
4 9 (2.98%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.99%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 5 (1.66%) Active Directory
6 5 (1.66%) vSphere
7 4 (1.32%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.99%) HDFS
9 2 (0.66%) KVM
10 1 (0.33%) Ceph
10 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.33%) QEMU
10 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 121 (40.07%) Ansible
2 117 (38.74%) Terraform
3 96 (31.79%) Kubernetes
4 54 (17.88%) Grafana
5 52 (17.22%) Prometheus
6 26 (8.61%) Puppet
7 20 (6.62%) NetBackup
8 12 (3.97%) Control-M
9 10 (3.31%) Data Guard
9 10 (3.31%) IBM Guardium
9 10 (3.31%) Microsoft Clustering
9 10 (3.31%) Nessus
9 10 (3.31%) yum
10 8 (2.65%) SCCM
11 7 (2.32%) Oracle RMAN
12 4 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (1.32%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.99%) Hadoop YARN
13 3 (0.99%) vRealize
Vendors
1 58 (19.21%) Splunk
2 48 (15.89%) Microsoft
3 37 (12.25%) Google
4 34 (11.26%) VMware
5 23 (7.62%) Oracle
6 19 (6.29%) Red Hat
7 17 (5.63%) MuleSoft
8 16 (5.30%) Veritas
9 14 (4.64%) Commvault
10 11 (3.64%) Databricks
11 10 (3.31%) Tenable
12 9 (2.98%) F5
13 7 (2.32%) CyberArk
13 7 (2.32%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.99%) CheckPoint
15 5 (1.66%) Cisco
15 5 (1.66%) ServiceNow
16 4 (1.32%) Apple
16 4 (1.32%) Juniper
16 4 (1.32%) Nokia