Python Contracts in Central London

Python
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 8 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 -1
Contract jobs citing Python 281 535 478
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 11.63% 14.13% 10.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.10% 34.05% 24.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 300 324
10th Percentile £413 £450 £425
25th Percentile £489 £519 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £648 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.34% +7.92% +9.09%
75th Percentile £741 £738 £725
90th Percentile £838 £838 £813
London median daily rate £600 £625 £610
% change year-on-year -4.00% +2.46% +10.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 8
10th Percentile - £75.63 £38.35
25th Percentile £46.75 £76.56 £43.00
Median hourly rate £48.50 £81.25 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.31% +59.31% -18.40%
75th Percentile £50.25 £84.69 £61.75
90th Percentile - £84.88 £66.48
London median hourly rate £50.50 £80.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -36.88% +60.00% +26.10%

All Programming Languages
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 849 1,571 1,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 35.13% 41.48% 42.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,042 1,523
10th Percentile £400 £425 £413
25th Percentile £463 £507 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £713
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
London median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 12
10th Percentile - £28.18 £39.75
25th Percentile £46.75 £35.00 £45.75
Median hourly rate £48.50 £55.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% -3.51% +123.75%
75th Percentile £50.25 £65.00 £73.06
90th Percentile - £84.13 £77.45
London median hourly rate £50.50 £58.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year -14.04% +17.50% +11.11%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Central London

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Python in Central London

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Central London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Central London

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Python in Central London

Python
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Central London region over the 6 months to 20 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
City of London -3 265 £600 -7.69% 81
City of Westminster +4 8 £713 +5.56% 4
West End of London +5 4 £500 -35.48% 4
Southwark +7 2 £600 +31.56% 3
Camden - 1 £500 - 6
Python
London

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 12 (4.27%) Apache Spark
2 9 (3.20%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.49%) Apache
3 7 (2.49%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (2.14%) BizTalk Server
5 5 (1.78%) Site Server
6 3 (1.07%) Confluence
7 2 (0.71%) Gunicorn
7 2 (0.71%) IIS
7 2 (0.71%) Luigi
7 2 (0.71%) nginx
7 2 (0.71%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.36%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.36%) CMS
8 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.36%) MQSeries
Applications
1 8 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Primavera
2 1 (0.36%) Advent Geneva
2 1 (0.36%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.36%) Endur
2 1 (0.36%) Front Arena
2 1 (0.36%) R3 Corda
2 1 (0.36%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.36%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.36%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 99 (35.23%) AWS
2 82 (29.18%) Azure
3 36 (12.81%) Serverless
4 28 (9.96%) AWS Lambda
5 24 (8.54%) GitHub
6 22 (7.83%) Amazon S3
6 22 (7.83%) Power Platform
7 16 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (5.69%) GCP
8 14 (4.98%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (4.27%) Amazon EKS
9 12 (4.27%) Azure Functions
10 10 (3.56%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (3.20%) Azure AKS
11 9 (3.20%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (2.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 8 (2.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (2.49%) Amazon MSK
13 7 (2.49%) AWS Step Functions
13 7 (2.49%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.42%) Firewall
2 3 (1.07%) DNS
2 3 (1.07%) Internet
2 3 (1.07%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.71%) DHCP
3 2 (0.71%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.71%) Network Security
3 2 (0.71%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.71%) WAN
4 1 (0.36%) IPv4
4 1 (0.36%) MQTT
4 1 (0.36%) SAN
4 1 (0.36%) SSL
4 1 (0.36%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.54%) NoSQL
2 22 (7.83%) Power BI
3 21 (7.47%) SQL Server
4 20 (7.12%) MongoDB
5 19 (6.76%) Relational Database
6 15 (5.34%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (4.98%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (4.98%) Tableau
8 12 (4.27%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (4.27%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (4.27%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (4.27%) DynamoDB
9 11 (3.91%) Big Data
9 11 (3.91%) RDBMS
10 10 (3.56%) Parquet
11 9 (3.20%) Data Lake
12 6 (2.14%) Hadoop
12 6 (2.14%) MySQL
12 6 (2.14%) Sybase ASE
13 5 (1.78%) KDB
Development Applications
1 25 (8.90%) Jenkins
2 24 (8.54%) Git
3 15 (5.34%) GitLab
4 7 (2.49%) JIRA
4 7 (2.49%) JMeter
5 6 (2.14%) Cypress.io
5 6 (2.14%) Selenium
6 5 (1.78%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.78%) CircleCI
6 5 (1.78%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.42%) Mercurial
8 3 (1.07%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.07%) JUnit
8 3 (1.07%) REST Assured
8 3 (1.07%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.07%) TestNG
9 2 (0.71%) Appium
9 2 (0.71%) Deequ
9 2 (0.71%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.71%) Maven
General
1 77 (27.40%) Finance
2 64 (22.78%) Social Skills
3 30 (10.68%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (10.32%) Banking
5 19 (6.76%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.05%) Front Office
7 12 (4.27%) Investment Banking
8 7 (2.49%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.49%) Retail Banking
9 5 (1.78%) Marketing
9 5 (1.78%) Retail
10 4 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.07%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.71%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.36%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (27.76%) Developer
2 31 (11.03%) Analyst
2 31 (11.03%) Data Engineer
3 30 (10.68%) Python Developer
4 29 (10.32%) Senior
5 25 (8.90%) Architect
6 20 (7.12%) Data Analyst
7 18 (6.41%) Python Engineer
8 16 (5.69%) Platform Engineer
8 16 (5.69%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 15 (5.34%) Software Engineer
10 14 (4.98%) Quantitative Developer
11 13 (4.63%) DevOps Engineer
11 13 (4.63%) Site Engineer
12 12 (4.27%) Full Stack Developer
13 10 (3.56%) AWS Engineer
14 9 (3.20%) Lead
15 8 (2.85%) Data Scientist
15 8 (2.85%) Senior Analyst
15 8 (2.85%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (16.01%) Kafka
2 16 (5.69%) RESTful
3 15 (5.34%) HTML
4 13 (4.63%) React
5 12 (4.27%) .NET
6 11 (3.91%) JSON
6 11 (3.91%) Pandas
6 11 (3.91%) PySpark
6 11 (3.91%) RabbitMQ
6 11 (3.91%) REST
7 10 (3.56%) Apache Avro
8 9 (3.20%) CSS
9 8 (2.85%) Node.js
9 8 (2.85%) pytest
10 7 (2.49%) .NET Core
10 7 (2.49%) OpenID
10 7 (2.49%) SAML
11 6 (2.14%) Elastic Stack
11 6 (2.14%) NumPy
11 6 (2.14%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.12%) Distributed Systems
2 16 (5.69%) Algorithms
3 11 (3.91%) Cloud Native
3 11 (3.91%) Data Structures
4 10 (3.56%) Market Risk
5 9 (3.20%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.85%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (2.49%) Hedge funds
8 6 (2.14%) Derivative
8 6 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (2.14%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.78%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.78%) Replication
10 4 (1.42%) Equities
10 4 (1.42%) Fixed Income
10 4 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.42%) Machine to Machine
11 2 (0.71%) Social Media
11 2 (0.71%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 49 (17.44%) Linux
2 32 (11.39%) Windows
3 12 (4.27%) Unix
4 11 (3.91%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.71%) Android
5 2 (0.71%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.71%) CentOS
5 2 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (29.18%) DevOps
2 75 (26.69%) CI/CD
3 50 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (16.73%) Agile
5 39 (13.88%) Software Engineering
6 34 (12.10%) Data Pipeline
7 33 (11.74%) Microservices
8 32 (11.39%) ETL
9 27 (9.61%) Analytics
9 27 (9.61%) Infrastructure as Code
10 26 (9.25%) Business Intelligence
11 25 (8.90%) Visualisation
12 23 (8.19%) Data Modelling
12 23 (8.19%) Test Automation
13 22 (7.83%) SDLC
14 21 (7.47%) Computer Science
15 19 (6.76%) Data Analysis
15 19 (6.76%) Full Stack Development
15 19 (6.76%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 19 (6.76%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 110 (39.15%) SQL
2 66 (23.49%) Java
3 36 (12.81%) PowerShell
4 30 (10.68%) C#
5 27 (9.61%) C++
5 27 (9.61%) JavaScript
6 20 (7.12%) Go
7 19 (6.76%) Shell Script
8 18 (6.41%) Bash
9 16 (5.69%) T-SQL
10 11 (3.91%) Perl
10 11 (3.91%) R
11 9 (3.20%) Scala
12 7 (2.49%) PL/SQL
12 7 (2.49%) Rust
13 5 (1.78%) C
13 5 (1.78%) Korn
14 4 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (1.42%) TypeScript
14 4 (1.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (10.32%) Security Cleared
2 26 (9.25%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.76%) Degree
4 9 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.49%) AWS Certification
5 7 (2.49%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.78%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.42%) PhD
8 3 (1.07%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 3 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.71%) CCNA
9 2 (0.71%) CCNP
9 2 (0.71%) CIMA
9 2 (0.71%) CISA
9 2 (0.71%) CRISC
9 2 (0.71%) ISEB
9 2 (0.71%) SANS
10 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.98%) QA
2 10 (3.56%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.71%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.71%) PMO
4 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.36%) MiFID
4 1 (0.36%) NIST
4 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (13.88%) Docker
2 11 (3.91%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 7 (2.49%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.78%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 4 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.71%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.36%) Ceph
7 1 (0.36%) HDFS
7 1 (0.36%) iptables
7 1 (0.36%) NFS
Systems Management
1 67 (23.84%) Kubernetes
2 48 (17.08%) Terraform
3 26 (9.25%) Ansible
4 20 (7.12%) Grafana
5 19 (6.76%) Prometheus
6 13 (4.63%) Consul
7 9 (3.20%) Puppet
8 6 (2.14%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.78%) Argo
9 5 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.42%) CSIRT
11 3 (1.07%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (1.07%) Nagios
12 2 (0.71%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.71%) Graylog
12 2 (0.71%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.71%) Kibana
12 2 (0.71%) logstash
12 2 (0.71%) Packer
Vendors
1 32 (11.39%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.19%) Oracle
3 15 (5.34%) Databricks
4 13 (4.63%) IBM
5 11 (3.91%) SaltStack
5 11 (3.91%) SAP
6 8 (2.85%) Splunk
7 7 (2.49%) Sybase
8 6 (2.14%) Alteryx
8 6 (2.14%) Google
8 6 (2.14%) MuleSoft
8 6 (2.14%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.14%) Sun
9 5 (1.78%) ESRI
9 5 (1.78%) Okta
9 5 (1.78%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.78%) Veritas
10 4 (1.42%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.07%) Adobe
11 3 (1.07%) Murex