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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 7 13
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 +14
Contract jobs citing Python 368 121 137
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 16.23% 12.87% 7.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 53.88% 39.16% 30.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 86 86
10th Percentile £363 £350 £406
25th Percentile £416 £391 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% +4.17% -20.00%
75th Percentile £530 £605 £615
90th Percentile £588 £663 £650
England median daily rate £520 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -7.96% +2.73% -8.33%

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 683 309 443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 30.13% 32.87% 25.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 212 310
10th Percentile £360 £326 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £625 £650 £626
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 3
10th Percentile - £29.38 £27.80
25th Percentile - £31.62 £40.35
Median hourly rate - £90.42 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year - +45.83% -0.80%
75th Percentile - £100.28 £62.88
90th Percentile - £102.00 £63.40
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 30 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 30 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 +2 256 £475 -12.84% 40
West Yorkshire -2 105 £500 +5.26% 91
North Yorkshire - 9 £506 - 15
East Yorkshire -18 1 - - 12
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 28 (7.61%) Confluence
2 15 (4.08%) Apache Spark
3 10 (2.72%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.82%) SAS
6 2 (0.54%) Apache
6 2 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.27%) nginx
7 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
Applications
1 12 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.36%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.54%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 112 (30.43%) AWS
2 92 (25.00%) GitHub
3 88 (23.91%) GCP
4 69 (18.75%) Azure
5 61 (16.58%) OpenShift
6 42 (11.41%) Serverless
7 34 (9.24%) GitHub Actions
8 22 (5.98%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 21 (5.71%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (5.16%) Power Platform
11 18 (4.89%) Amazon S3
12 15 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (3.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 13 (3.53%) Entra ID
15 12 (3.26%) Amazon EC2
15 12 (3.26%) AWS CloudFormation
15 12 (3.26%) SaaS
16 11 (2.99%) Amazon ECS
16 11 (2.99%) AWS KMS
17 10 (2.72%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 34 (9.24%) DNS
2 21 (5.71%) Firewall
3 13 (3.53%) TCP/IP
4 11 (2.99%) VPN
5 9 (2.45%) Network Security
6 8 (2.17%) SAN
6 8 (2.17%) WAN
7 7 (1.90%) LAN
8 5 (1.36%) DHCP
8 5 (1.36%) NAS
8 5 (1.36%) Unified Communications
8 5 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.09%) BIG-IP
9 4 (1.09%) Internet
9 4 (1.09%) iSCSI
10 3 (0.82%) SNMP
11 2 (0.54%) DWDM
11 2 (0.54%) HTTP
11 2 (0.54%) PSTN
11 2 (0.54%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (13.32%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (9.78%) NoSQL
3 17 (4.62%) MongoDB
3 17 (4.62%) MySQL
4 16 (4.35%) Power BI
5 14 (3.80%) SQL Server
6 11 (2.99%) Hadoop
7 10 (2.72%) Metadata
8 9 (2.45%) Relational Database
9 8 (2.17%) DynamoDB
9 8 (2.17%) Power Query
9 8 (2.17%) PowerPivot
10 7 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.63%) RDBMS
12 5 (1.36%) Oracle Database
13 4 (1.09%) Data Lake
13 4 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (1.09%) Neo4j
14 3 (0.82%) Delta Lake
14 3 (0.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 137 (37.23%) Jenkins
2 61 (16.58%) JIRA
3 53 (14.40%) GitLab
4 28 (7.61%) Git
5 19 (5.16%) Postman
6 14 (3.80%) Liquibase
7 10 (2.72%) Selenium
8 9 (2.45%) Maven
9 8 (2.17%) Cucumber
9 8 (2.17%) Gatling
9 8 (2.17%) TestRail
10 6 (1.63%) PyCharm
10 6 (1.63%) REST Assured
10 6 (1.63%) SonarQube
11 5 (1.36%) JMeter
12 4 (1.09%) Artifactory
12 4 (1.09%) CircleCI
12 4 (1.09%) LoadRunner
12 4 (1.09%) NeoLoad
13 3 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 93 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 68 (18.48%) Finance
3 52 (14.13%) Banking
4 49 (13.32%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (7.61%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.99%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.36%) Publishing
9 4 (1.09%) Legal
10 3 (0.82%) Advertising
10 3 (0.82%) Law
10 3 (0.82%) Marketing
11 2 (0.54%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.54%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.27%) Games
12 1 (0.27%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.27%) Retail
12 1 (0.27%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.27%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 60 (16.30%) Developer
2 44 (11.96%) Lead
3 41 (11.14%) DevOps Engineer
4 40 (10.87%) Senior
5 38 (10.33%) Python Developer
6 32 (8.70%) GCP Engineer
7 29 (7.88%) Architect
8 26 (7.07%) Data Engineer
9 24 (6.52%) AWS Engineer
10 22 (5.98%) Platform Engineer
11 20 (5.43%) Cloud Engineer
12 17 (4.62%) Analyst
13 16 (4.35%) Python Engineer
14 15 (4.08%) Software Engineer
15 14 (3.80%) GCP DevOps
16 13 (3.53%) Automation Engineer
16 13 (3.53%) GCP DevOps Engineer
17 12 (3.26%) Cloud Platform Engineer
18 10 (2.72%) Automation Test Lead
18 10 (2.72%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (12.50%) REST
2 41 (11.14%) OpenTelemetry
3 29 (7.88%) YAML
4 27 (7.34%) JSON
5 25 (6.79%) RESTful
6 24 (6.52%) Elastic Stack
7 22 (5.98%) Node.js
8 21 (5.71%) FastAPI
9 17 (4.62%) Playwright
10 14 (3.80%) React
11 13 (3.53%) Kafka
12 12 (3.26%) OpenID
13 10 (2.72%) JWT
13 10 (2.72%) LDAP
13 10 (2.72%) OAuth
14 9 (2.45%) Flask
14 9 (2.45%) SailPoint
15 8 (2.17%) Apache Avro
15 8 (2.17%) Pandas
15 8 (2.17%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 51 (13.86%) Cloud Native
2 30 (8.15%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (7.07%) Hybrid Cloud
4 24 (6.52%) Public Cloud
5 19 (5.16%) Data Protection Act
6 18 (4.89%) Data Centre
7 17 (4.62%) NHS
8 10 (2.72%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.90%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.63%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.36%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.36%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.09%) Clustering
12 4 (1.09%) Credit Risk
12 4 (1.09%) EMC VMAX
12 4 (1.09%) Online Banking
12 4 (1.09%) PKI
13 3 (0.82%) Enterprise Storage
13 3 (0.82%) Management Information System
13 3 (0.82%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 75 (20.38%) Linux
2 28 (7.61%) Windows
3 18 (4.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (2.72%) Ubuntu
5 9 (2.45%) CentOS
5 9 (2.45%) Unix
6 3 (0.82%) Amazon Linux
6 3 (0.82%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.54%) VMS
8 1 (0.27%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (58.97%) CI/CD
2 194 (52.72%) DevOps
3 108 (29.35%) Infrastructure as Code
4 99 (26.90%) Agile
5 92 (25.00%) Containerisation
6 86 (23.37%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (18.21%) Test Automation
8 56 (15.22%) Observability
9 48 (13.04%) Migration
10 47 (12.77%) RBAC
11 43 (11.68%) Analytics
12 40 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
13 38 (10.33%) High Availability
13 38 (10.33%) Platform Engineering
13 38 (10.33%) Root Cause Analysis
14 36 (9.78%) Cybersecurity
14 36 (9.78%) Microservices
14 36 (9.78%) Stakeholder Management
15 34 (9.24%) Data Modelling
15 34 (9.24%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 83 (22.55%) Bash
2 57 (15.49%) SQL
3 48 (13.04%) Java
4 34 (9.24%) PowerShell
5 32 (8.70%) Go
5 32 (8.70%) JavaScript
6 24 (6.52%) TypeScript
7 15 (4.08%) Scala
8 13 (3.53%) Groovy
9 12 (3.26%) Shell Script
10 11 (2.99%) VBA
11 9 (2.45%) Ruby
12 8 (2.17%) Perl
13 6 (1.63%) PHP
14 5 (1.36%) C#
15 4 (1.09%) Bicep
15 4 (1.09%) Cypher
16 3 (0.82%) R
17 2 (0.54%) C
17 2 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 42 (11.41%) Security Cleared
2 31 (8.42%) SC Cleared
3 29 (7.88%) Degree
4 20 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (4.62%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.17%) RHCE
7 6 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.36%) CISM
8 5 (1.36%) CISSP
9 3 (0.82%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.82%) CCNP
9 3 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.82%) OCP
9 3 (0.82%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.54%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.54%) CCNA
10 2 (0.54%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.54%) JNCIA
10 2 (0.54%) JNCIS
10 2 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.26%) QA
2 8 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.36%) WCAG
4 4 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.09%) PMO
4 4 (1.09%) SLA
5 3 (0.82%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.54%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.54%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.27%) NIST
System Software
1 77 (20.92%) Docker
2 25 (6.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.71%) vSphere
4 16 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (3.80%) VMware NSX
6 11 (2.99%) KVM
7 10 (2.72%) Hyper-V
8 7 (1.90%) Firmware
9 5 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (1.09%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 2 (0.54%) Active Directory
11 2 (0.54%) SRDF
12 1 (0.27%) Ceph
12 1 (0.27%) NFS
12 1 (0.27%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 148 (40.22%) Terraform
2 138 (37.50%) Kubernetes
3 130 (35.33%) Ansible
4 66 (17.93%) Grafana
5 56 (15.22%) Prometheus
6 22 (5.98%) Puppet
7 18 (4.89%) vCenter Server
8 15 (4.08%) Argo
9 12 (3.26%) Control-M
9 12 (3.26%) IBM Guardium
9 12 (3.26%) Nessus
9 12 (3.26%) NetBackup
10 10 (2.72%) Istio
11 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (1.09%) HAProxy
12 4 (1.09%) PowerCLI
13 3 (0.82%) Packer
13 3 (0.82%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.54%) EMC NetWorker
14 2 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 67 (18.21%) Splunk
2 50 (13.59%) Red Hat
3 35 (9.51%) Google
4 33 (8.97%) Microsoft
4 33 (8.97%) VMware
5 18 (4.89%) Pure Storage
6 17 (4.62%) ServiceNow
7 14 (3.80%) Databricks
8 12 (3.26%) Tenable
9 11 (2.99%) Commvault
10 10 (2.72%) Cisco
11 8 (2.17%) F5
11 8 (2.17%) Oracle
11 8 (2.17%) Veritas
12 6 (1.63%) Dell
12 6 (1.63%) Sonatype
13 5 (1.36%) Dynatrace
14 4 (1.09%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (1.09%) HP
14 4 (1.09%) Okta