Python Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Python
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 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 32 11 37
Rank change year-on-year -21 +26 -3
Contract jobs citing Python 39 40 34
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 4.63% 12.20% 4.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.08% 33.90% 18.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 29 22
10th Percentile £425 £437 £363
25th Percentile £492 £465 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £550 £430
Median % change year-on-year -7.82% +27.91% -36.39%
75th Percentile £550 £675 £634
90th Percentile £556 - £684
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 1
10th Percentile £42.08 £40.91 -
25th Percentile £51.00 £47.56 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £53.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.93% -10.42% -17.24%
75th Percentile £75.31 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.50 - -
East of England median hourly rate £55.50 £52.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +5.71% -16.00% +19.05%

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 185 118 188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 21.95% 35.98% 22.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 66 51
10th Percentile £325 £436 £333
25th Percentile £425 £484 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +29.41% -15.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £581
90th Percentile £650 £675 £650
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 34 109
10th Percentile £62.00 £40.91 £59.50
25th Percentile £65.00 £59.00 £61.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £69.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% +6.54% -
75th Percentile - £84.31 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.58 £85.00 £88.75
East of England median hourly rate £70.00 £65.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +6.46% +1.15% -

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Python job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Python
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 26 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Hertfordshire

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Python

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Python in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 26 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 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
Stevenage -12 12 £450 -5.26%
Hatfield - 11 £507 - 1
Watford -3 8 £550 - 12
Hemel Hempstead -10 3 £500 -9.09%
Royston - 3 - - 3
Python
East of England

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 3 (7.69%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.56%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 14 (35.90%) Azure
2 8 (20.51%) AWS
3 5 (12.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 5 (12.82%) Azure Monitor
3 5 (12.82%) Azure Service Bus
3 5 (12.82%) Serverless
4 4 (10.26%) Azure AKS
4 4 (10.26%) GitHub
4 4 (10.26%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (7.69%) Power Platform
6 2 (5.13%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (5.13%) Azure Functions
6 2 (5.13%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (2.56%) Datadog
7 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.56%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.38%) DNS
1 6 (15.38%) Network Security
2 5 (12.82%) FTP
2 5 (12.82%) HTTP
2 5 (12.82%) SMTP
2 5 (12.82%) SSL
3 4 (10.26%) SNMP
4 1 (2.56%) DHCP
4 1 (2.56%) Firewall
4 1 (2.56%) Internet
4 1 (2.56%) SpaceWire
4 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) InfluxDB
2 3 (7.69%) Power BI
3 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.56%) Metadata
3 1 (2.56%) MS Access
3 1 (2.56%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.56%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.56%) Star Schema
3 1 (2.56%) Tableau
3 1 (2.56%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Git
2 3 (7.69%) Newman
2 3 (7.69%) Postman
3 1 (2.56%) GitLab
General
1 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Aerospace
3 2 (5.13%) Electronics
3 2 (5.13%) Retail
4 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Finance
4 1 (2.56%) Law
4 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (23.08%) Python Engineer
2 7 (17.95%) Analyst
3 6 (15.38%) JavaScript Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) PowerShell Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) VMware Engineer
4 5 (12.82%) SOC Analyst
5 4 (10.26%) Data Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) Software Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) Architect
7 2 (5.13%) Data Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Enterprise Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) Lead
7 2 (5.13%) Lead Data Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Senior
7 2 (5.13%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Azure Data Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Digital Design Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Snowflake Architect
8 1 (2.56%) Supply Chain Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.38%) LDAP
2 4 (10.26%) eBPF
2 4 (10.26%) OpenTelemetry
2 4 (10.26%) REST
3 3 (7.69%) .NET
3 3 (7.69%) Pandas
3 3 (7.69%) pytest
3 3 (7.69%) XML
3 3 (7.69%) XML Schema
4 2 (5.13%) Great Expectations
4 2 (5.13%) XSD
5 1 (2.56%) Flash
5 1 (2.56%) JSON
5 1 (2.56%) Middleware
5 1 (2.56%) Node.js
5 1 (2.56%) OAuth
5 1 (2.56%) OAuth2
5 1 (2.56%) RESTful
5 1 (2.56%) SAML
5 1 (2.56%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (12.82%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (12.82%) CSOC
2 5 (12.82%) Cyberattack
2 5 (12.82%) Management Information System
2 5 (12.82%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (10.26%) Cloud Native
4 2 (5.13%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (5.13%) Life Science
5 1 (2.56%) Device Driver
5 1 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.56%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (2.56%) FPGA
5 1 (2.56%) IoT
5 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.56%) Low-Code
5 1 (2.56%) PKI
5 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.56%) VHDL
5 1 (2.56%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.95%) Linux
2 2 (5.13%) Windows
3 1 (2.56%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (2.56%) Unix
3 1 (2.56%) VMS
3 1 (2.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) CI/CD
2 10 (25.64%) Data Pipeline
3 9 (23.08%) Analytics
3 9 (23.08%) DevOps
3 9 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
3 9 (23.08%) SIEM
4 7 (17.95%) AI
5 6 (15.38%) Data Modelling
5 6 (15.38%) Machine Learning
5 6 (15.38%) Platform Engineering
6 5 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (12.82%) Event-Driven
6 5 (12.82%) Incident Response
6 5 (12.82%) Network Packet Capture
6 5 (12.82%) Performance Optimisation
6 5 (12.82%) Runbook
6 5 (12.82%) SOAR
6 5 (12.82%) Threat Modelling
6 5 (12.82%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 7 (17.95%) JavaScript
2 7 (17.95%) SQL
3 6 (15.38%) C
4 5 (12.82%) Bash
4 5 (12.82%) C++
5 4 (10.26%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (7.69%) C#
6 3 (7.69%) Embedded C
7 1 (2.56%) Java
7 1 (2.56%) PHP
7 1 (2.56%) R
7 1 (2.56%) Shell Script
7 1 (2.56%) VB
Qualifications
1 14 (35.90%) Security Cleared
2 12 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 8 (20.51%) DV Cleared
4 6 (15.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (5.13%) Degree
6 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) QA
2 3 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.56%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 4 (10.26%) Docker
2 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (15.38%) Terraform
1 6 (15.38%) vRealize
2 5 (12.82%) Ansible
3 4 (10.26%) Grafana
3 4 (10.26%) Kubernetes
3 4 (10.26%) Prometheus
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) VMware
2 4 (10.26%) Cribl.io
2 4 (10.26%) Dynatrace
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) Splunk
3 3 (7.69%) Databricks
4 1 (2.56%) Citrix
4 1 (2.56%) EMC
4 1 (2.56%) Google
4 1 (2.56%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.56%) New Relic
4 1 (2.56%) NVIDIA
4 1 (2.56%) Pega
4 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.56%) SAP
4 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.56%) Workday
4 1 (2.56%) Wyse