Python Developer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Python Developer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Python Developer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 127 151
Rank change year-on-year +38 +24 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Python Developer 41 18 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.55% 0.63% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.68% 0.67% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 16 14
10th Percentile £463 £338 £393
25th Percentile £506 £409 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £458 £513
Median % change year-on-year +20.22% -10.73% +13.89%
75th Percentile £619 £540 £571
90th Percentile £658 £691 £600
South East median daily rate £543 £567 £550
% change year-on-year -4.32% +3.09% +22.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,443 2,704 3,416
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 94.48% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,369 1,840 2,338
10th Percentile £213 £300 £205
25th Percentile £375 £404 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 81 100
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.00 £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +180.00% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £57.86
South East median hourly rate £48.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +150.00% -20.00%

Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Python Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Python Developer in the Thames Valley

Python Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python Developer in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Python Developer in the Thames Valley

Python Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python Developer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Python Developer in the Thames Valley

Python Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python Developer in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Python Developer in the Thames Valley

Python Developer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python Developer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 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
Buckinghamshire +49 20 £525 +16.67% 2
Berkshire 0 19 £638 +41.67% 1
Oxfordshire +3 2 £575 +19.17% 5
Python Developer
South East

Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Python Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Python Developer in the job title.

1 41 (100.00%) Python
2 17 (41.46%) Security Cleared
2 17 (41.46%) SC Cleared
3 16 (39.02%) Azure
3 16 (39.02%) Agile
3 16 (39.02%) TCP/IP
3 16 (39.02%) VMware
4 13 (31.71%) Entra ID
4 13 (31.71%) Azure Functions
4 13 (31.71%) Serverless
4 13 (31.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 12 (29.27%) Full Stack Development
5 12 (29.27%) Azure Data Factory
5 12 (29.27%) Debian
5 12 (29.27%) Linux
5 12 (29.27%) Red Hat
5 12 (29.27%) Ubuntu
6 11 (26.83%) DevOps
6 11 (26.83%) React
6 11 (26.83%) CI/CD
7 10 (24.39%) Microservices
7 10 (24.39%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (24.39%) NoSQL
7 10 (24.39%) Git
7 10 (24.39%) Active Directory
7 10 (24.39%) SAN
7 10 (24.39%) Data Modelling
8 9 (21.95%) Microsoft
8 9 (21.95%) ITIL
8 9 (21.95%) Configuration Management

Python Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (39.02%) Azure
2 13 (31.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 13 (31.71%) Azure Functions
2 13 (31.71%) Entra ID
2 13 (31.71%) Serverless
3 12 (29.27%) Azure Data Factory
4 10 (24.39%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (4.88%) AWS
5 2 (4.88%) Azure AKS
5 2 (4.88%) Power Automate
5 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (2.44%) Cloudinary
6 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (39.02%) TCP/IP
2 10 (24.39%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (24.39%) NoSQL
2 2 (4.88%) GIS
2 2 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (4.88%) Redis
3 1 (2.44%) Metadata
3 1 (2.44%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (24.39%) Git
2 4 (9.76%) Selenium
General
1 7 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (4.88%) Local Government
2 2 (4.88%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (26.83%) React
2 6 (14.63%) Django
3 4 (9.76%) Celery
4 3 (7.32%) Flask
5 2 (4.88%) GeoPandas
5 2 (4.88%) Node.js
5 2 (4.88%) OpenLayers
5 2 (4.88%) PostGIS
5 2 (4.88%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (2.44%) AngularJS
6 1 (2.44%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.07%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 12 (29.27%) Debian
1 12 (29.27%) Linux
1 12 (29.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (39.02%) Agile
2 12 (29.27%) Full Stack Development
3 11 (26.83%) CI/CD
3 11 (26.83%) DevOps
4 10 (24.39%) Data Modelling
4 10 (24.39%) Microservices
5 9 (21.95%) Configuration Management
5 9 (21.95%) Data Engineering
5 9 (21.95%) ITIL
5 9 (21.95%) Prototyping
5 9 (21.95%) Software Engineering
5 9 (21.95%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 7 (17.07%) Change Management
6 7 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (17.07%) Product Backlog
6 7 (17.07%) SDLC
6 7 (17.07%) Unit Testing
7 6 (14.63%) Customer Service
7 6 (14.63%) Matrix Organization
8 4 (9.76%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 41 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (9.76%) Java
3 3 (7.32%) C
4 1 (2.44%) Bash
4 1 (2.44%) C#
4 1 (2.44%) C++
Qualifications
1 17 (41.46%) SC Cleared
1 17 (41.46%) Security Cleared
2 6 (14.63%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 10 (24.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (39.02%) VMware
2 12 (29.27%) Red Hat
3 9 (21.95%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.44%) Remedy