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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 7 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +21
Contract jobs citing Python 369 228 148
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 12.92% 14.92% 9.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 45.44% 45.88% 32.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 151 106
10th Percentile £366 £352 £406
25th Percentile £423 £408 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £578 £538 £600
90th Percentile £649 £600 £650
England median daily rate £549 £540 £580
% change year-on-year +1.67% -6.90% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
England median hourly rate £62.57 £50.00 £67.26
% change year-on-year +25.14% -25.66% +3.48%

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 812 497 460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 28.43% 32.53% 29.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 508 327 326
10th Percentile £360 £325 £325
25th Percentile £420 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £507
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -3.35% -2.97%
75th Percentile £564 £547 £588
90th Percentile £638 £600 £650
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -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% +117.03%
75th Percentile £26.63 £82.53 £61.88
90th Percentile £34.80 £92.15 £63.75
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.59%

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 26 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 26 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 +1 191 £500 +1.75% 16
West Yorkshire +2 168 £500 - 46
North Yorkshire -3 5 £625 +47.06% 7
East Yorkshire -1 4 - - 4
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 15 (4.07%) Apache Spark
2 13 (3.52%) Confluence
3 5 (1.36%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.08%) Apache
4 4 (1.08%) Palantir Foundry
5 3 (0.81%) SAS
5 3 (0.81%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.54%) nginx
7 1 (0.27%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
Applications
1 7 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.27%) Zemax
Cloud Services
1 131 (35.50%) AWS
2 94 (25.47%) GCP
3 93 (25.20%) Azure
4 92 (24.93%) GitHub
5 55 (14.91%) GitHub Actions
6 30 (8.13%) Power Platform
6 30 (8.13%) Serverless
7 21 (5.69%) OpenShift
8 17 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (4.07%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 14 (3.79%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (3.25%) IaaS
12 11 (2.98%) OCI
12 11 (2.98%) Vertex AI
13 10 (2.71%) Amazon S3
13 10 (2.71%) Apigee
13 10 (2.71%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (1.90%) Cloud Run
14 7 (1.90%) SaaS
15 6 (1.63%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (7.59%) DNS
2 19 (5.15%) BIG-IP
2 19 (5.15%) Firewall
3 15 (4.07%) Network Security
4 14 (3.79%) TCP/IP
5 11 (2.98%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 9 (2.44%) DHCP
6 9 (2.44%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 8 (2.17%) WAN
8 6 (1.63%) SAN
8 6 (1.63%) VLAN
8 6 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.36%) SD-WAN
10 4 (1.08%) BGP
10 4 (1.08%) LAN
10 4 (1.08%) NAS
10 4 (1.08%) VPN
11 3 (0.81%) HTTP
11 3 (0.81%) SSL
11 3 (0.81%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.78%) Power BI
2 23 (6.23%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (5.96%) SQL Server
4 21 (5.69%) BigQuery
5 16 (4.34%) Metadata
6 13 (3.52%) NoSQL
7 12 (3.25%) Big Data
8 11 (2.98%) MongoDB
8 11 (2.98%) Tableau
9 10 (2.71%) DynamoDB
10 8 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (1.90%) Neo4j
12 6 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.63%) Hadoop
13 5 (1.36%) Data Lake
14 4 (1.08%) Delta Lake
14 4 (1.08%) Parquet
15 3 (0.81%) Relational Database
15 3 (0.81%) Semantic Layer
15 3 (0.81%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 87 (23.58%) Jenkins
2 51 (13.82%) JIRA
3 29 (7.86%) Git
4 19 (5.15%) GitLab
5 16 (4.34%) Gatling
6 15 (4.07%) Maven
7 11 (2.98%) JMeter
8 9 (2.44%) LoadRunner
8 9 (2.44%) SonarQube
9 7 (1.90%) Postman
9 7 (1.90%) Zephyr
10 6 (1.63%) Artifactory
10 6 (1.63%) NeoLoad
10 6 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (1.36%) Selenium
12 4 (1.08%) MSBuild
12 4 (1.08%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.81%) ERwin
13 3 (0.81%) SoapUI
14 2 (0.54%) Cucumber
General
1 67 (18.16%) Finance
2 66 (17.89%) Social Skills
3 46 (12.47%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.03%) Banking
4 37 (10.03%) Public Sector
5 11 (2.98%) Legal
6 8 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.17%) Publishing
7 6 (1.63%) Games
7 6 (1.63%) Retail
8 4 (1.08%) Law
9 3 (0.81%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (0.81%) Financial Institution
9 3 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.54%) Advertising
10 2 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.54%) Marketing
11 1 (0.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.27%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 77 (20.87%) Developer
2 58 (15.72%) Python Developer
3 48 (13.01%) Senior
4 45 (12.20%) Lead
5 36 (9.76%) DevOps Engineer
6 28 (7.59%) Python Engineer
7 22 (5.96%) Platform Engineer
8 21 (5.69%) Data Engineer
9 19 (5.15%) Analyst
10 17 (4.61%) Architect
11 15 (4.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (4.07%) Senior Developer
12 14 (3.79%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 14 (3.79%) Cloud Engineer
13 13 (3.52%) AWS Engineer
13 13 (3.52%) Full-Stack Developer
14 12 (3.25%) Data Analyst
14 12 (3.25%) Network Engineer
15 11 (2.98%) Full-Stack Python Developer
16 10 (2.71%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (35.77%) Terraform
2 30 (8.13%) REST
3 28 (7.59%) Node.js
4 27 (7.32%) JSON
5 24 (6.50%) Kafka
5 24 (6.50%) React
6 16 (4.34%) OpenTelemetry
6 16 (4.34%) Playwright
7 15 (4.07%) CSS
7 15 (4.07%) HTML
7 15 (4.07%) PySpark
8 14 (3.79%) Vue
9 13 (3.52%) pytest
10 11 (2.98%) FastAPI
10 11 (2.98%) Flask
10 11 (2.98%) YAML
11 10 (2.71%) RabbitMQ
12 9 (2.44%) .NET
12 9 (2.44%) LDAP
13 8 (2.17%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 79 (21.41%) Cloud Native
2 24 (6.50%) Data Protection Act
3 19 (5.15%) Data Centre
4 18 (4.88%) NHS
5 16 (4.34%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (4.07%) Public Cloud
7 13 (3.52%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.71%) AI Agents
8 10 (2.71%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (2.17%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.63%) Blog
11 6 (1.63%) Mainframe
12 5 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.36%) PKI
12 5 (1.36%) Replication
12 5 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (1.08%) EMC VMAX
13 4 (1.08%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 44 (11.92%) Linux
2 20 (5.42%) Windows
3 13 (3.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.63%) Unix
5 5 (1.36%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.08%) VMS
7 3 (0.81%) zOS
8 2 (0.54%) CoreOS
8 2 (0.54%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.27%) AIX
9 1 (0.27%) Check Point GAiA
9 1 (0.27%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (52.30%) CI/CD
2 151 (40.92%) DevOps
3 103 (27.91%) Infrastructure as Code
4 97 (26.29%) Agile
5 91 (24.66%) Observability
6 56 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (14.91%) AI
7 55 (14.91%) Containerisation
8 51 (13.82%) Test Automation
9 50 (13.55%) Platform Engineering
10 43 (11.65%) Analytics
11 42 (11.38%) Data Engineering
11 42 (11.38%) Software Engineering
12 40 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
13 38 (10.30%) Full-Stack Development
14 36 (9.76%) Data Pipeline
15 35 (9.49%) Stakeholder Management
16 33 (8.94%) Business Intelligence
17 32 (8.67%) Data Protection
17 32 (8.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 71 (19.24%) SQL
2 69 (18.70%) Java
3 64 (17.34%) Bash
4 42 (11.38%) PowerShell
5 36 (9.76%) JavaScript
6 24 (6.50%) Go
7 18 (4.88%) Scala
7 18 (4.88%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.98%) Groovy
9 10 (2.71%) C#
10 9 (2.44%) R
11 8 (2.17%) ActionScript
12 7 (1.90%) Rust
13 6 (1.63%) VBA
14 4 (1.08%) Bicep
14 4 (1.08%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.81%) C
15 3 (0.81%) Cypher
15 3 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 55 (14.91%) Security Cleared
2 48 (13.01%) SC Cleared
3 11 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (2.17%) Degree
5 5 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.36%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.81%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.54%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.54%) CISSP
7 2 (0.54%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.54%) GIAC
7 2 (0.54%) NCDA
7 2 (0.54%) NCIE
7 2 (0.54%) OCP
7 2 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.54%) RHCA
7 2 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.27%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.61%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.17%) NIST
3 6 (1.63%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.36%) HL7
4 5 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.08%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.08%) GDPR
5 4 (1.08%) HIPAA
5 4 (1.08%) QA
6 3 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.81%) WCAG
7 2 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.27%) SLA
8 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 73 (19.78%) Docker
2 13 (3.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (2.17%) Active Directory
4 8 (2.17%) vSphere
5 4 (1.08%) Firmware
5 4 (1.08%) NFS
5 4 (1.08%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.81%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.54%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.54%) SRDF
7 2 (0.54%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.27%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.27%) Ceph
8 1 (0.27%) KVM
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 101 (27.37%) Kubernetes
2 64 (17.34%) Ansible
3 35 (9.49%) Grafana
4 29 (7.86%) Prometheus
5 14 (3.79%) Argo
6 9 (2.44%) HAProxy
7 8 (2.17%) Control-M
8 7 (1.90%) IBM Guardium
8 7 (1.90%) Nessus
8 7 (1.90%) vCenter Server
9 5 (1.36%) NetBackup
10 4 (1.08%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.81%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (0.81%) Puppet
11 3 (0.81%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 2 (0.54%) EMC VPLEX
12 2 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.54%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.54%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 43 (11.65%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.11%) Google
3 29 (7.86%) Databricks
4 22 (5.96%) Splunk
5 20 (5.42%) F5
6 15 (4.07%) IBM
7 14 (3.79%) Red Hat
7 14 (3.79%) VMware
8 13 (3.52%) Dynatrace
9 12 (3.25%) ServiceNow
10 11 (2.98%) Cisco
11 8 (2.17%) Dell
11 8 (2.17%) Pure Storage
11 8 (2.17%) Sonatype
12 7 (1.90%) Infoblox
12 7 (1.90%) Oracle
12 7 (1.90%) Tenable
13 6 (1.63%) Brocade
14 5 (1.36%) AppDynamics
14 5 (1.36%) Foundry