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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 8 10
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +16
Contract jobs citing Python 404 120 174
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 15.60% 11.41% 10.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 53.94% 37.27% 36.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 86 117
10th Percentile £363 £350 £412
25th Percentile £424 £406 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% -1.38% -16.37%
75th Percentile £538 £556 £600
90th Percentile £600 £619 £641
England median daily rate £525 £550 £573
% change year-on-year -4.55% -3.93% -4.58%

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 749 322 474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 28.93% 30.61% 28.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 505 225 338
10th Percentile £356 £325 £313
25th Percentile £413 £405 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +3.09% -7.62%
75th Percentile £550 £556 £588
90th Percentile £615 £600 £632
England median daily rate £513 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.37% -2.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile - £31.53 -
25th Percentile £23.00 £31.62 £61.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £33.11 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.51% -47.02% -
75th Percentile £25.00 £66.51 £63.75
90th Percentile - £85.74 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £61.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.20% -

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 May 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 May 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 +2 269 £478 -4.40% 47
West Yorkshire +5 128 £500 - 92
North Yorkshire - 6 £625 - 19
East Yorkshire -8 2 - - 7
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 (5.20%) Confluence
2 19 (4.70%) Apache Spark
3 10 (2.48%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.74%) SAS
6 2 (0.50%) Apache
6 2 (0.50%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.25%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (2.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.50%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.25%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 110 (27.23%) AWS
2 93 (23.02%) GCP
3 89 (22.03%) GitHub
4 83 (20.54%) Azure
5 66 (16.34%) OpenShift
6 41 (10.15%) GitHub Actions
7 26 (6.44%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 22 (5.45%) Power Platform
9 18 (4.46%) Serverless
10 15 (3.71%) SaaS
11 12 (2.97%) Apigee
11 12 (2.97%) Entra ID
12 11 (2.72%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (1.98%) Amazon S3
14 8 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
15 7 (1.73%) OCI
15 7 (1.73%) Vertex AI
16 6 (1.49%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 35 (8.66%) DNS
2 18 (4.46%) Firewall
3 16 (3.96%) TCP/IP
4 13 (3.22%) BIG-IP
5 11 (2.72%) SAN
6 10 (2.48%) DHCP
6 10 (2.48%) WAN
7 9 (2.23%) Network Security
7 9 (2.23%) VPN
8 8 (1.98%) LAN
8 8 (1.98%) NAS
8 8 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.49%) Unified Communications
10 4 (0.99%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 4 (0.99%) iSCSI
11 3 (0.74%) BGP
11 3 (0.74%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 3 (0.74%) HTTP
11 3 (0.74%) PSTN
12 2 (0.50%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.67%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (5.20%) SQL Server
3 18 (4.46%) MongoDB
4 17 (4.21%) Power BI
5 14 (3.47%) BigQuery
5 14 (3.47%) NoSQL
6 13 (3.22%) Hadoop
7 10 (2.48%) Metadata
8 9 (2.23%) Tableau
9 7 (1.73%) Big Data
9 7 (1.73%) MySQL
10 5 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.24%) Delta Lake
10 5 (1.24%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.99%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.99%) Neo4j
11 4 (0.99%) Parquet
11 4 (0.99%) Power Query
12 3 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 115 (28.47%) Jenkins
2 64 (15.84%) JIRA
3 35 (8.66%) GitLab
4 24 (5.94%) Git
5 17 (4.21%) Postman
6 13 (3.22%) Gatling
7 12 (2.97%) Maven
8 9 (2.23%) Selenium
9 6 (1.49%) Artifactory
9 6 (1.49%) Cucumber
9 6 (1.49%) REST Assured
9 6 (1.49%) SonarQube
9 6 (1.49%) TestRail
10 5 (1.24%) JMeter
11 4 (0.99%) CircleCI
11 4 (0.99%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.99%) NeoLoad
12 3 (0.74%) ERwin
12 3 (0.74%) Liquibase
13 2 (0.50%) Robot Framework
General
1 87 (21.53%) Social Skills
2 68 (16.83%) Finance
3 58 (14.36%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (8.91%) Banking
5 24 (5.94%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.70%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (1.73%) Legal
8 5 (1.24%) Publishing
9 4 (0.99%) Advertising
9 4 (0.99%) Law
10 3 (0.74%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.74%) Marketing
11 2 (0.50%) Games
11 2 (0.50%) Retail
11 2 (0.50%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.25%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.25%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.25%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 77 (19.06%) Developer
2 51 (12.62%) Lead
3 49 (12.13%) Python Developer
4 44 (10.89%) DevOps Engineer
4 44 (10.89%) Senior
5 36 (8.91%) Architect
6 23 (5.69%) Data Engineer
7 22 (5.45%) Platform Engineer
8 21 (5.20%) GCP Engineer
9 19 (4.70%) Analyst
10 16 (3.96%) GCP DevOps
11 15 (3.71%) Python Engineer
11 15 (3.71%) Senior Developer
12 13 (3.22%) Automation Engineer
13 12 (2.97%) GCP DevOps Engineer
14 11 (2.72%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 11 (2.72%) Data Analyst
15 9 (2.23%) Automation Test Lead
15 9 (2.23%) AWS Engineer
16 8 (1.98%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (10.64%) OpenTelemetry
2 34 (8.42%) Node.js
3 33 (8.17%) JSON
3 33 (8.17%) REST
4 31 (7.67%) YAML
5 23 (5.69%) Playwright
5 23 (5.69%) React
6 22 (5.45%) FastAPI
7 17 (4.21%) Kafka
8 13 (3.22%) LDAP
8 13 (3.22%) OpenID
9 12 (2.97%) PySpark
10 11 (2.72%) .NET
11 10 (2.48%) RESTful
12 9 (2.23%) Apache Avro
12 9 (2.23%) Protocol Buffers
12 9 (2.23%) SailPoint
13 8 (1.98%) Elastic Stack
13 8 (1.98%) Vue
14 7 (1.73%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 51 (12.62%) Cloud Native
2 27 (6.68%) Data Protection Act
3 22 (5.45%) Data Centre
4 21 (5.20%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (3.71%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.72%) NHS
6 11 (2.72%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.98%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.73%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.49%) PKI
9 6 (1.49%) Replication
10 5 (1.24%) EMC VMAX
10 5 (1.24%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.99%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.99%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.74%) Credit Risk
12 3 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
12 3 (0.74%) Enterprise Storage
12 3 (0.74%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 66 (16.34%) Linux
2 36 (8.91%) Windows
3 22 (5.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (2.23%) Ubuntu
5 8 (1.98%) CentOS
6 6 (1.49%) Unix
7 5 (1.24%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.74%) VMS
9 2 (0.50%) AIX
9 2 (0.50%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.50%) zOS
10 1 (0.25%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (55.45%) CI/CD
2 175 (43.32%) DevOps
3 97 (24.01%) Infrastructure as Code
4 95 (23.51%) Agile
5 94 (23.27%) Problem-Solving
6 85 (21.04%) Containerisation
7 75 (18.56%) Observability
8 61 (15.10%) Test Automation
9 56 (13.86%) RBAC
10 50 (12.38%) Migration
11 45 (11.14%) Analytics
12 44 (10.89%) AI
13 43 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (8.91%) Data Protection
14 36 (8.91%) Platform Engineering
14 36 (8.91%) Stakeholder Management
15 35 (8.66%) Technical Leadership
16 34 (8.42%) Data Engineering
17 33 (8.17%) API Development
17 33 (8.17%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 84 (20.79%) Bash
2 74 (18.32%) Java
3 60 (14.85%) SQL
4 43 (10.64%) PowerShell
5 35 (8.66%) JavaScript
6 25 (6.19%) Go
7 23 (5.69%) TypeScript
8 21 (5.20%) Scala
9 13 (3.22%) Groovy
10 10 (2.48%) Shell Script
11 9 (2.23%) Perl
11 9 (2.23%) R
11 9 (2.23%) Ruby
11 9 (2.23%) VBA
12 6 (1.49%) PHP
13 5 (1.24%) Bicep
14 4 (0.99%) C#
14 4 (0.99%) Cypher
14 4 (0.99%) Rust
15 3 (0.74%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 30 (7.43%) Security Cleared
2 20 (4.95%) SC Cleared
3 11 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
3 11 (2.72%) Degree
4 9 (2.23%) RHCE
5 5 (1.24%) CISM
5 5 (1.24%) CISSP
5 5 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.74%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.74%) OCP
6 3 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
6 3 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (0.50%) CCNA
7 2 (0.50%) CCNP
7 2 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.50%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.50%) JNCIA
7 2 (0.50%) JNCIS
7 2 (0.50%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.50%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.22%) QA
2 9 (2.23%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.73%) WCAG
4 6 (1.49%) HIPAA
4 6 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.24%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.24%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.99%) NIST
6 4 (0.99%) SLA
7 3 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.74%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.50%) PMO
9 1 (0.25%) HL7
System Software
1 74 (18.32%) Docker
2 28 (6.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.20%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (4.95%) vSphere
5 13 (3.22%) VMware NSX
6 10 (2.48%) Hyper-V
7 9 (2.23%) KVM
8 8 (1.98%) Firmware
9 5 (1.24%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.99%) Active Directory
10 4 (0.99%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 3 (0.74%) NFS
11 3 (0.74%) SRDF
12 1 (0.25%) Ceph
12 1 (0.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 138 (34.16%) Terraform
2 135 (33.42%) Kubernetes
3 118 (29.21%) Ansible
4 52 (12.87%) Grafana
5 48 (11.88%) Prometheus
6 18 (4.46%) Puppet
6 18 (4.46%) vCenter Server
7 16 (3.96%) Argo
8 15 (3.71%) Control-M
9 14 (3.47%) IBM Guardium
9 14 (3.47%) Nessus
10 9 (2.23%) HAProxy
10 9 (2.23%) Istio
11 7 (1.73%) NetBackup
12 6 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (0.99%) PowerCLI
14 3 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.74%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.74%) Tivoli Storage Manager
15 2 (0.50%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 46 (11.39%) Red Hat
2 44 (10.89%) Microsoft
3 42 (10.40%) Splunk
4 41 (10.15%) Google
5 35 (8.66%) VMware
6 25 (6.19%) Databricks
7 24 (5.94%) ServiceNow
8 18 (4.46%) Pure Storage
9 15 (3.71%) F5
10 14 (3.47%) Tenable
11 11 (2.72%) Cisco
12 9 (2.23%) Infoblox
13 8 (1.98%) Dell
14 6 (1.49%) Brocade
14 6 (1.49%) Commvault
14 6 (1.49%) Dynatrace
14 6 (1.49%) IBM
14 6 (1.49%) Sonatype
14 6 (1.49%) Veritas
15 5 (1.24%) Oracle