Python Contracts in Hertfordshire

Python
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Python skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Python over the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 32 38
Rank change year-on-year +16 +6 -11
Contract jobs citing Python 29 44 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 8.03% 5.67% 4.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.59% 22.92% 15.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 26 20
10th Percentile £446 £363 £385
25th Percentile £464 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £430 £550
Median % change year-on-year +27.91% -21.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £475 £673
90th Percentile - £644 £681
East of England median daily rate £501 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.39% -10.00% -5.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 9
10th Percentile £52.00 - £61.00
25th Percentile £53.13 £55.00 £66.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £65.00 £74.50
90th Percentile - - £74.80
East of England median hourly rate £53.75 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -14.00% +19.05% -6.25%

All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 98 192 254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 27.15% 24.74% 30.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 51 103
10th Percentile £349 £363 £359
25th Percentile £430 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £425 £538
Median % change year-on-year +16.47% -20.93% +16.85%
75th Percentile £642 £497 £641
90th Percentile £675 £650 £720
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 105 90
10th Percentile £53.80 £60.00 £53.75
25th Percentile £61.50 - £54.06
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - +16.07%
75th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £93.00 £90.00 £77.00
East of England median hourly rate £66.75 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +2.69% - +18.18%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Hertfordshire

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Python in Hertfordshire

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Hertfordshire

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Python in Hertfordshire

Python
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 April 2025. 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
Stevenage +17 5 £500 +33.33% 31
Hemel Hempstead +14 2 £575 -6.12% 10
Python
East of England

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (34.48%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.45%) Apache
2 1 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 11 (37.93%) AWS
1 11 (37.93%) Azure
2 1 (3.45%) dbt
2 1 (3.45%) GitHub
2 1 (3.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (44.83%) Wireless
2 3 (10.34%) 5G
2 3 (10.34%) SpaceWire
3 1 (3.45%) FTP
3 1 (3.45%) HTTP
3 1 (3.45%) Internet
3 1 (3.45%) LAN
3 1 (3.45%) SMTP
3 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (37.93%) Big Data
2 10 (34.48%) Hadoop
2 10 (34.48%) Tableau
3 3 (10.34%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (6.90%) InfluxDB
5 1 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (3.45%) Flink
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Git
General
1 12 (41.38%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Telecoms
3 2 (6.90%) Aerospace
3 2 (6.90%) Legal
3 2 (6.90%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Aviation
4 1 (3.45%) Avionics
4 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (55.17%) Developer
2 10 (34.48%) Data Science Developer
2 10 (34.48%) Senior
2 10 (34.48%) Senior Developer
3 4 (13.79%) Backend Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Data Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Electrical Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Python Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Test Automation Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Applications Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
6 1 (3.45%) C# Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Cloud Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Linux Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Linux Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Product Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Programmer
6 1 (3.45%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Telecoms Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (34.48%) Matplotlib
1 10 (34.48%) NumPy
1 10 (34.48%) Pandas
1 10 (34.48%) PyTorch
1 10 (34.48%) scikit-learn
1 10 (34.48%) Seaborn
1 10 (34.48%) TensorFlow
2 6 (20.69%) REST
3 1 (3.45%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (3.45%) Kafka
3 1 (3.45%) Keycloak
3 1 (3.45%) LDAP
3 1 (3.45%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (37.93%) Algorithms
2 3 (10.34%) ASIC
2 3 (10.34%) FPGA
2 3 (10.34%) VHDL
3 1 (3.45%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (27.59%) Linux
2 3 (10.34%) Unix
3 2 (6.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Analytics
2 11 (37.93%) Artificial Intelligence
2 11 (37.93%) Computer Science
2 11 (37.93%) Data Analytics
2 11 (37.93%) Data Science
2 11 (37.93%) Machine Learning
3 10 (34.48%) Data Analysis
3 10 (34.48%) Data Munging
3 10 (34.48%) Decision-Making
3 10 (34.48%) Feature Engineering
3 10 (34.48%) Generative AI
3 10 (34.48%) LLM
3 10 (34.48%) Predictive Analytics
3 10 (34.48%) Reinforcement Learning
3 10 (34.48%) Statistical Modelling
3 10 (34.48%) Time Series Forecasting
3 10 (34.48%) Visualisation
4 6 (20.69%) Containerisation
5 5 (17.24%) OO
5 5 (17.24%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 11 (37.93%) R
2 8 (27.59%) Java
3 6 (20.69%) Tcl
4 5 (17.24%) Bash
5 4 (13.79%) C#
6 3 (10.34%) C
6 3 (10.34%) C++
6 3 (10.34%) SQL
7 2 (6.90%) VBA
8 1 (3.45%) Perl
8 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (44.83%) Degree
2 11 (37.93%) Master's Degree
3 10 (34.48%) PhD
4 6 (20.69%) Security Cleared
5 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
6 2 (6.90%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.45%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (34.48%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (20.69%) Docker
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.45%) Ansible
2 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (6.90%) EMC
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) NetApp
2 1 (3.45%) OpenAI
2 1 (3.45%) Red Hat
2 1 (3.45%) Splunk
2 1 (3.45%) Twitter
2 1 (3.45%) VMware