Python Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Python
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 17 29
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 -13
Contract jobs citing Python 85 67 25
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 10.25% 10.77% 5.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 57.82% 31.16% 25.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 58 21
10th Percentile £380 £312 £400
25th Percentile £447 £358 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £478
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -11.09% -18.43%
75th Percentile £621 £515 £534
90th Percentile £649 £640 £606
North West median daily rate £525 £475 £503
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.47% -11.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £66.50 -
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £66.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -24.81% +44.00% -

All Programming Languages
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 147 215 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 17.73% 34.57% 19.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 183 83
10th Percentile £363 £311 £320
25th Percentile £416 £353 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £402 £445
Median % change year-on-year +30.60% -9.66% -19.09%
75th Percentile £600 £488 £530
90th Percentile £631 £575 £606
North West median daily rate £500 £437 £459
% change year-on-year +14.35% -4.69% -8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £78.58 £37.15 -
25th Percentile £79.81 £47.88 -
Median hourly rate £83.25 £66.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.19% - -
75th Percentile £85.31 £67.25 -
90th Percentile £85.73 - -
North West median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -7.14% +27.27% +19.10%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Python relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Python job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Python.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Cheshire over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Cheshire

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Python.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Python

Python
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 20 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
Knutsford +8 48 £564 +50.33% 9
Chester +7 24 £550 -13.39% 6
Warrington -14 2 £438 +15.89% 4
Crewe - 1 - -
Alderley Edge - 1 - -
Python
North West

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 8 (9.41%) Confluence
2 4 (4.71%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.53%) SAS
4 2 (2.35%) Camunda
Applications
1 8 (9.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.71%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 56 (65.88%) AWS
2 51 (60.00%) Azure
3 23 (27.06%) GCP
4 11 (12.94%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 10 (11.76%) AWS CloudFormation
6 9 (10.59%) Azure Sentinel
7 8 (9.41%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (7.06%) Amazon EKS
8 6 (7.06%) GitHub
8 6 (7.06%) Power Platform
9 5 (5.88%) AWS KMS
9 5 (5.88%) OpenShift
9 5 (5.88%) Serverless
9 5 (5.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (4.71%) Akamai
10 4 (4.71%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (4.71%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (4.71%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (3.53%) SaaS
11 3 (3.53%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 23 (27.06%) Firewall
2 13 (15.29%) Network Security
3 9 (10.59%) DNS
4 7 (8.24%) TCP/IP
4 7 (8.24%) WAN
5 6 (7.06%) VPN
5 6 (7.06%) Wireless
6 5 (5.88%) BGP
6 5 (5.88%) OSPF
7 4 (4.71%) HTTP
7 4 (4.71%) SD-WAN
7 4 (4.71%) SSH
7 4 (4.71%) SSL
8 3 (3.53%) DMZ
8 3 (3.53%) IPsec
8 3 (3.53%) Multicast
9 2 (2.35%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (2.35%) tcpdump
9 2 (2.35%) VLAN
9 2 (2.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.06%) NoSQL
1 6 (7.06%) Power BI
2 5 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.88%) Sybase ASE
3 4 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.53%) Metadata
4 3 (3.53%) MongoDB
4 3 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (3.53%) RDBMS
4 3 (3.53%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.35%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (1.18%) Data Vault
6 1 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.18%) Star Schema
6 1 (1.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (12.94%) JIRA
2 9 (10.59%) GitLab
3 8 (9.41%) Jenkins
4 6 (7.06%) Git
5 2 (2.35%) Claude Code
6 1 (1.18%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.18%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.18%) Postman
6 1 (1.18%) Robot Framework
6 1 (1.18%) Selenium
6 1 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (1.18%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 40 (47.06%) Finance
2 19 (22.35%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (22.35%) Banking
3 17 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (3.53%) Marketing
5 1 (1.18%) Automotive
5 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.18%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.18%) German Language
5 1 (1.18%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 31 (36.47%) Security Engineer
2 16 (18.82%) Senior
3 12 (14.12%) Cloud Engineer
4 9 (10.59%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 9 (10.59%) Network Engineer
5 6 (7.06%) Lead
6 5 (5.88%) Architect
6 5 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) DBA
6 5 (5.88%) Developer
6 5 (5.88%) Integration Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) Senior Security Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) Sybase DBA
7 4 (4.71%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Python Developer
8 3 (3.53%) Analyst
8 3 (3.53%) Data Analyst
8 3 (3.53%) Insight Analyst
8 3 (3.53%) Senior Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (29.41%) Terraform
2 9 (10.59%) LangChain
3 6 (7.06%) PyTorch
3 6 (7.06%) scikit-learn
4 5 (5.88%) REST
5 3 (3.53%) ARM Templates
5 3 (3.53%) Azure Blueprints
5 3 (3.53%) JSON
6 2 (2.35%) 802.1X
6 2 (2.35%) Django
6 2 (2.35%) LangGraph
6 2 (2.35%) Middleware
6 2 (2.35%) React
6 2 (2.35%) XML
7 1 (1.18%) .NET
7 1 (1.18%) FastAPI
7 1 (1.18%) Kafka
7 1 (1.18%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (1.18%) PySpark
7 1 (1.18%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 20 (23.53%) Cloud Native
2 17 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 13 (15.29%) Security Posture
4 8 (9.41%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (7.06%) PKI
6 5 (5.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 5 (5.88%) Enterprise Cloud
6 5 (5.88%) Replication
7 3 (3.53%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (3.53%) Credit Risk
7 3 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (3.53%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (3.53%) Tandem
8 2 (2.35%) AI Agents
8 2 (2.35%) Data Structures
8 2 (2.35%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (2.35%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.18%) Algorithms
9 1 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (31.76%) Linux
2 21 (24.71%) Windows
3 11 (12.94%) Unix
4 9 (10.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (3.53%) Apple iOS
5 3 (3.53%) Mac OS
5 3 (3.53%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.18%) CentOS
6 1 (1.18%) Solaris
6 1 (1.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (44.71%) CI/CD
2 28 (32.94%) DevOps
3 24 (28.24%) Infrastructure as Code
3 24 (28.24%) SIEM
4 22 (25.88%) AI
4 22 (25.88%) Analytics
4 22 (25.88%) Cloud Security
5 20 (23.53%) Change Management
6 19 (22.35%) Agile
7 17 (20.00%) Scrum
8 16 (18.82%) DevSecOps
8 16 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (17.65%) Incident Response
9 15 (17.65%) Infrastructure Automation
9 15 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (16.47%) Containerisation
10 14 (16.47%) Generative AI
10 14 (16.47%) Threat Modelling
11 13 (15.29%) OWASP
11 13 (15.29%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 39 (45.88%) PowerShell
2 24 (28.24%) Bash
3 20 (23.53%) SQL
4 12 (14.12%) Java
5 11 (12.94%) Bicep
6 5 (5.88%) Shell Script
7 4 (4.71%) Search Processing Language
8 3 (3.53%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (3.53%) Perl
9 2 (2.35%) JavaScript
10 1 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (1.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (30.59%) Degree
2 22 (25.88%) CISSP
3 18 (21.18%) AWS Certification
4 13 (15.29%) Azure Certification
5 7 (8.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (7.06%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (5.88%) GCIH
8 4 (4.71%) CCNP
8 4 (4.71%) Security Cleared
9 3 (3.53%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (3.53%) CCIE
9 3 (3.53%) GCFA
10 2 (2.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (2.35%) CCNA
10 2 (2.35%) CISM
10 2 (2.35%) GCIA
10 2 (2.35%) GIAC
10 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (2.35%) SC Cleared
11 1 (1.18%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.06%) GDPR
2 5 (5.88%) NIST
3 4 (4.71%) PCI DSS
4 3 (3.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (3.53%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.53%) HIPAA
4 3 (3.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.35%) QA
6 1 (1.18%) ISO 20022
6 1 (1.18%) PSD2
6 1 (1.18%) SEPA
6 1 (1.18%) SLA
6 1 (1.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 17 (20.00%) Docker
2 4 (4.71%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.35%) VMware NSX
4 2 (2.35%) vSphere
5 1 (1.18%) Firmware
5 1 (1.18%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.18%) Snort
5 1 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (30.59%) Kubernetes
2 23 (27.06%) Ansible
3 11 (12.94%) Progress Chef
4 5 (5.88%) Argo
4 5 (5.88%) Grafana
5 4 (4.71%) Prometheus
6 3 (3.53%) CASB
7 2 (2.35%) Istio
7 2 (2.35%) linkerd
8 1 (1.18%) Oracle ZFS
8 1 (1.18%) QRadar
8 1 (1.18%) Suricata
8 1 (1.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 21 (24.71%) Microsoft
2 20 (23.53%) Splunk
3 13 (15.29%) Google
4 10 (11.76%) Cisco
5 9 (10.59%) Red Hat
6 7 (8.24%) BeyondTrust
7 6 (7.06%) IBM
7 6 (7.06%) ServiceNow
8 5 (5.88%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (5.88%) CyberArk
8 5 (5.88%) Sybase
8 5 (5.88%) Thales
9 4 (4.71%) Gemalto
9 4 (4.71%) Remedy
10 3 (3.53%) Cribl.io
10 3 (3.53%) Fortinet
10 3 (3.53%) McAfee
10 3 (3.53%) Oracle
10 3 (3.53%) Teradata
10 3 (3.53%) VMware