Python Contracts in Berkshire

Python
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Python skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Python over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 19 34
Rank change year-on-year -12 +15 -8
Contract jobs citing Python 112 157 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 5.83% 8.90% 5.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.68% 37.03% 24.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 111 75
10th Percentile £317 £375 £396
25th Percentile £375 £425 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.32% +20.59%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £750 £725
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile - £15.60 -
25th Percentile - £19.49 -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £41.03 -
Median % change year-on-year +64.53% - -
75th Percentile £72.50 £64.41 -
90th Percentile £75.50 £71.21 -
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £22.73 £21.00
% change year-on-year +185.97% +8.24% -56.92%

All Programming Languages
Berkshire

Python is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 365 424 503
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 19.01% 24.02% 21.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 308 365
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £531 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% +6.25% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £621 £575
90th Percentile £688 £696 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 4
10th Percentile £56.33 £22.55 £61.28
25th Percentile £56.65 £56.88 £62.06
Median hourly rate £61.60 £70.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -3.45% +87.10%
75th Percentile £67.50 £79.19 £80.93
90th Percentile £68.50 £80.93 £81.87
South East median hourly rate £61.60 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.00% +57.14% -17.65%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Python in Berkshire

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Python in Berkshire

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Berkshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Berkshire

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Python in Berkshire

Python
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
Reading -3 89 £550 -7.76% 50
Newbury +5 7 £350 +16.67% 6
Maidenhead 0 7 £255 -43.33% 1
Wokingham -8 6 £475 -9.52%
Slough +5 2 £375 -6.25% 6
Bracknell -11 2 £500 +16.62%
Python
South East

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (8.93%) Apache
2 8 (7.14%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (7.14%) SAS
3 1 (0.89%) Appian
3 1 (0.89%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.89%) Oracle Spatial
3 1 (0.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (6.25%) SPSS
2 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.79%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 55 (49.11%) Azure
2 27 (24.11%) Azure Data Factory
3 25 (22.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 25 (22.32%) Entra ID
4 21 (18.75%) Azure Monitor
5 20 (17.86%) Serverless
6 18 (16.07%) Azure Functions
7 10 (8.93%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (8.93%) Power Platform
8 7 (6.25%) AWS
9 5 (4.46%) Power Automate
10 4 (3.57%) Azure AKS
10 4 (3.57%) GCP
10 4 (3.57%) PaaS
11 3 (2.68%) Azure API Management
11 3 (2.68%) Azure Event Grid
11 3 (2.68%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (2.68%) IaaS
11 3 (2.68%) OpenShift
11 3 (2.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.82%) VPN
2 8 (7.14%) BGP
2 8 (7.14%) Ethernet VPN
2 8 (7.14%) MPLS
2 8 (7.14%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (3.57%) Network Security
4 1 (0.89%) Firewall
4 1 (0.89%) HTTP
4 1 (0.89%) Internet
4 1 (0.89%) Junos
4 1 (0.89%) RNC
4 1 (0.89%) SGSN
4 1 (0.89%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (26.79%) NoSQL
2 18 (16.07%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (11.61%) MongoDB
4 8 (7.14%) Tableau
5 7 (6.25%) GIS
5 7 (6.25%) Qlik Sense
6 5 (4.46%) Power BI
7 4 (3.57%) Big Data
7 4 (3.57%) Data Mining
7 4 (3.57%) MySQL
7 4 (3.57%) Redis
8 3 (2.68%) PowerPivot
8 3 (2.68%) RDBMS
8 3 (2.68%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.79%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.79%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.89%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.89%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 27 (24.11%) Git
2 15 (13.39%) Selenium
3 12 (10.71%) JIRA
4 11 (9.82%) Robot Framework
5 10 (8.93%) GitLab
6 8 (7.14%) TestRail
7 5 (4.46%) Visual Studio
8 4 (3.57%) Cucumber
8 4 (3.57%) JMeter
8 4 (3.57%) Maven
9 2 (1.79%) Bitbucket
9 2 (1.79%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.89%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.89%) CMake
10 1 (0.89%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.89%) JUnit
10 1 (0.89%) Mockito
10 1 (0.89%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.89%) SpecFlow
General
1 32 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (13.39%) Social Skills
3 13 (11.61%) Telecoms
4 9 (8.04%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (4.46%) Finance
6 4 (3.57%) Local Government
6 4 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.68%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (40.18%) Developer
2 28 (25.00%) Full Stack Developer
3 20 (17.86%) Azure Developer
4 18 (16.07%) Python Developer
5 17 (15.18%) Analyst
6 12 (10.71%) Data Analyst
7 11 (9.82%) Full Stack Python Developer
8 9 (8.04%) Senior
9 8 (7.14%) Network Engineer
9 8 (7.14%) Test Engineer
10 6 (5.36%) Lead
11 4 (3.57%) Applications Developer
11 4 (3.57%) Data Engineer
11 4 (3.57%) GIS Developer
11 4 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (3.57%) Power Apps Developer
11 4 (3.57%) Solutions Analyst
11 4 (3.57%) SQL Analyst
11 4 (3.57%) SQL Data Analyst
12 3 (2.68%) Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (26.79%) React
2 10 (8.93%) REST
3 9 (8.04%) YANG
4 8 (7.14%) Django
4 8 (7.14%) NETCONF
4 8 (7.14%) RESTCONF
4 8 (7.14%) SOAP
5 7 (6.25%) D3.js
5 7 (6.25%) HTML
5 7 (6.25%) Node.js
6 6 (5.36%) CSS
7 5 (4.46%) AngularJS
7 5 (4.46%) OpenLayers
7 5 (4.46%) XML
8 4 (3.57%) Celery
8 4 (3.57%) GeoPandas
8 4 (3.57%) PostGIS
8 4 (3.57%) PySpark
8 4 (3.57%) Web Services
9 3 (2.68%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 8 (7.14%) Client/Server
3 5 (4.46%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.68%) Biopharmaceutical
4 3 (2.68%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.68%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.79%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.79%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.79%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.79%) NHS
6 1 (0.89%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.89%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.89%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.89%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (15.18%) Linux
2 12 (10.71%) Windows
3 10 (8.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (8.04%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.68%) Unix
6 2 (1.79%) VMS
7 1 (0.89%) Android
7 1 (0.89%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (44.64%) Agile
2 44 (39.29%) DevOps
3 39 (34.82%) CI/CD
4 31 (27.68%) Full Stack Development
5 29 (25.89%) Microservices
6 25 (22.32%) Test Automation
7 23 (20.54%) SDLC
8 21 (18.75%) Unit Testing
9 17 (15.18%) Scrum
10 16 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (14.29%) Product Backlog
11 14 (12.50%) Change Management
12 12 (10.71%) Containerisation
12 12 (10.71%) Workflow
13 11 (9.82%) Data Modelling
14 10 (8.93%) Performance Testing
14 10 (8.93%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 10 (8.93%) Security Testing
15 9 (8.04%) Data Protection
15 9 (8.04%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 27 (24.11%) SQL
2 24 (21.43%) Java
3 14 (12.50%) PowerShell
4 12 (10.71%) JavaScript
5 9 (8.04%) R
6 8 (7.14%) VBScript
7 6 (5.36%) C#
8 5 (4.46%) Bash
8 5 (4.46%) C
8 5 (4.46%) C++
9 4 (3.57%) Shell Script
10 3 (2.68%) PHP
10 3 (2.68%) Ruby
11 1 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.89%) Perl
11 1 (0.89%) Scala
Qualifications
1 14 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 9 (8.04%) DV Cleared
3 6 (5.36%) Degree
4 5 (4.46%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.68%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.79%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.89%) CEH
7 1 (0.89%) CISSP
7 1 (0.89%) HP ASE
7 1 (0.89%) JNCIE
7 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.89%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.57%) QA
2 3 (2.68%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.89%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.89%) CDISC
3 1 (0.89%) GDPR
3 1 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.89%) NIST
System Software
1 25 (22.32%) Active Directory
2 14 (12.50%) Docker
2 14 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.46%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (3.57%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.79%) vSphere
6 1 (0.89%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 12 (10.71%) Kubernetes
2 6 (5.36%) Ansible
3 3 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.79%) Packer
4 2 (1.79%) Terraform
4 2 (1.79%) vRealize
5 1 (0.89%) Kibana
5 1 (0.89%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 14 (12.50%) VMware
2 6 (5.36%) Databricks
2 6 (5.36%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.36%) Oracle
3 5 (4.46%) Red Hat
3 5 (4.46%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.68%) Google
5 2 (1.79%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.79%) SAP
5 2 (1.79%) Splunk
6 1 (0.89%) ArcSight
6 1 (0.89%) Checkmarx
6 1 (0.89%) Cisco
6 1 (0.89%) Ericsson
6 1 (0.89%) IBM
6 1 (0.89%) Juniper
6 1 (0.89%) Mapinfo
6 1 (0.89%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.89%) Nokia
6 1 (0.89%) TIBCO