Python Engineer
UK
The median Python Engineer daily rate in the UK is £638 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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 3 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 329 | 399 | 353 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +70 | -46 | -13 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Python Engineer | 281 | 334 | 673 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.65% | 0.56% | 0.76% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.70% | 0.60% | 0.79% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 225 | 271 | 589 |
| 10th Percentile | £446 | £450 | £475 |
| 25th Percentile | £538 | £500 | £538 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £638 | £623 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.41% | +3.75% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £788 | £744 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £850 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -4.76% | +16.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £62.85 | - | £19.21 |
| 25th Percentile | £63.38 | £56.25 | £20.28 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.50 | £57.50 | £22.64 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.91% | +154.03% | -17.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £69.31 | £58.75 | £25.05 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.85 | - | £26.16 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.50 | £57.50 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +13.91% | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 40,241 | 56,070 | 84,738 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.76% | 94.64% | 95.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,194 | 39,189 | 59,507 |
| 10th Percentile | £277 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,676 | 1,567 | 2,091 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.28 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.16 | £15.52 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +91.49% | +4.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.26 | £65.75 | £48.76 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £39.55 | £42.37 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.64% | +117.03% | +2.74% |
Python Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Python Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Python Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python Engineer.
Python Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python Engineer over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.
Python Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python Engineer.
Python Engineer
Top 13 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 |
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| England | +86 | 235 | £650 | +4.00% | 91 |
| London | +78 | 198 | £700 | +3.70% | 59 |
| Work from Home | +69 | 128 | £655 | +4.80% | 58 |
| UK excluding London | +60 | 63 | £550 | +10.00% | 30 |
| Scotland | +55 | 33 | £563 | +25.00% | |
| East of England | +10 | 9 | £475 | - | 6 |
| South East | +22 | 8 | £600 | +9.09% | 12 |
| North of England | +24 | 6 | £500 | -1.96% | 3 |
| North West | +16 | 5 | £513 | -10.87% | 1 |
| South West | +14 | 5 | £550 | - | 3 |
| Midlands | +27 | 2 | £550 | -3.51% | 6 |
| West Midlands | +23 | 2 | £550 | -3.51% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +17 | 1 | £490 | -2.97% | 2 |
Python Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Python Engineer 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 featuring Python Engineer in the job title.
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Python Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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