Python Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Python
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Python skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 14 12
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +8
Contract jobs citing Python 149 56 88
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 12.21% 9.52% 8.85%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.31% 28.87% 30.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 40 66
10th Percentile £331 £324 £345
25th Percentile £413 £409 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +2.56% -18.75%
75th Percentile £569 £538 £615
90th Percentile £594 £578 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £505
% change year-on-year - -0.99% -16.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £28.00 - -

All Programming Languages
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 344 194 285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 28.20% 32.99% 28.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 128 211
10th Percentile £313 £325 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -2.06% -7.62%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £575 £638
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile £19.85 £31.53 -
25th Percentile £23.00 £31.62 -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £33.11 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.51% - -
75th Percentile £25.25 £66.51 -
90th Percentile £26.90 £85.74 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.00 £33.11 £62.50
% change year-on-year -27.51% -47.02% +15.74%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Python job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Python
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Python.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Python

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Python in West Yorkshire

Python
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Python.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Python

Python
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Leeds +5 131 £500 - 56
Halifax - 13 £463 - 2
Bradford - 3 £538 - 7
Python
Yorkshire

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 (5.37%) Confluence
2 6 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.03%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.01%) SAS
4 2 (1.34%) Apache
4 2 (1.34%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.34%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.67%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 73 (48.99%) AWS
2 57 (38.26%) GitHub
3 41 (27.52%) GCP
4 36 (24.16%) Azure
4 36 (24.16%) GitHub Actions
5 17 (11.41%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 17 (11.41%) Serverless
6 11 (7.38%) Apigee
6 11 (7.38%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (6.71%) SaaS
8 9 (6.04%) IaaS
9 8 (5.37%) Amazon S3
10 7 (4.70%) Power Platform
10 7 (4.70%) Vertex AI
11 6 (4.03%) Entra ID
11 6 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (4.03%) OneDrive
12 5 (3.36%) Cloud Run
13 4 (2.68%) Google Compute Engine
13 4 (2.68%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 18 (12.08%) Firewall
2 13 (8.72%) DNS
3 12 (8.05%) BIG-IP
4 10 (6.71%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 10 (6.71%) WAN
4 10 (6.71%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (4.70%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 7 (4.70%) LAN
5 7 (4.70%) Network Security
5 7 (4.70%) VPN
6 6 (4.03%) TCP/IP
6 6 (4.03%) Unified Communications
7 4 (2.68%) SD-WAN
7 4 (2.68%) VLAN
8 3 (2.01%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (2.01%) OSPF
8 3 (2.01%) PSTN
8 3 (2.01%) SSL
8 3 (2.01%) VXLAN
8 3 (2.01%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.40%) SQL Server
2 13 (8.72%) BigQuery
2 13 (8.72%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (4.03%) DynamoDB
3 6 (4.03%) NoSQL
4 5 (3.36%) MongoDB
5 4 (2.68%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (2.68%) Metadata
5 4 (2.68%) Power BI
6 3 (2.01%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.01%) Delta Lake
7 2 (1.34%) Parquet
7 2 (1.34%) Power Query
8 1 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.67%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.67%) DocumentDB
8 1 (0.67%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 43 (28.86%) Jenkins
2 19 (12.75%) JIRA
3 12 (8.05%) GitLab
4 11 (7.38%) Git
5 9 (6.04%) Gatling
6 6 (4.03%) Artifactory
6 6 (4.03%) Maven
7 3 (2.01%) ERwin
8 1 (0.67%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.67%) Flyway
8 1 (0.67%) Spinnaker
General
1 20 (13.42%) Public Sector
2 15 (10.07%) Social Skills
3 10 (6.71%) Finance
4 9 (6.04%) Banking
5 7 (4.70%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.36%) Legal
7 3 (2.01%) Marketing
8 2 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.34%) Games
8 2 (1.34%) Retail
9 1 (0.67%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.67%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.67%) Law
9 1 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 41 (27.52%) Developer
2 35 (23.49%) Senior
3 20 (13.42%) Python Developer
4 17 (11.41%) Senior Developer
5 16 (10.74%) Platform Engineer
6 12 (8.05%) GCP Engineer
7 11 (7.38%) DevOps Engineer
8 10 (6.71%) AWS Engineer
8 10 (6.71%) Network Engineer
9 9 (6.04%) GCP DevOps
9 9 (6.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (6.04%) Lead
10 7 (4.70%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 7 (4.70%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (4.70%) Senior Front-End Developer
11 6 (4.03%) Analyst
11 6 (4.03%) Architect
11 6 (4.03%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 6 (4.03%) Data Engineer
12 5 (3.36%) Principal Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (12.75%) React
2 14 (9.40%) Playwright
3 9 (6.04%) JSON
3 9 (6.04%) Node.js
3 9 (6.04%) REST
4 8 (5.37%) PySpark
4 8 (5.37%) Vue
5 7 (4.70%) Redux
5 7 (4.70%) Zustand
6 6 (4.03%) Flask
6 6 (4.03%) Kafka
6 6 (4.03%) Microsoft Graph
6 6 (4.03%) RESTful
7 5 (3.36%) CSS
7 5 (3.36%) HTML
7 5 (3.36%) OpenAPI
7 5 (3.36%) Quarkus
7 5 (3.36%) Swagger
8 4 (2.68%) .NET
8 4 (2.68%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 24 (16.11%) Cloud Native
2 16 (10.74%) Data Centre
3 13 (8.72%) NHS
4 5 (3.36%) AI Agents
4 5 (3.36%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.36%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.36%) Public Cloud
5 3 (2.01%) Credit Risk
5 3 (2.01%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.01%) IoT
5 3 (2.01%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.34%) Replication
6 2 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.34%) Sports Betting
7 1 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.67%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.07%) Linux
2 13 (8.72%) Windows
3 6 (4.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (2.01%) Unix
5 2 (1.34%) AIX
6 1 (0.67%) Check Point GAiA
6 1 (0.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (59.06%) CI/CD
2 59 (39.60%) DevOps
3 58 (38.93%) Infrastructure as Code
4 50 (33.56%) Agile
5 29 (19.46%) Observability
6 21 (14.09%) Platform Engineering
7 20 (13.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 19 (12.75%) Containerisation
9 18 (12.08%) Code Quality
10 17 (11.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (11.41%) Performance Optimisation
10 17 (11.41%) Software Engineering
11 15 (10.07%) Front End Development
11 15 (10.07%) Microservices
12 14 (9.40%) AI
12 14 (9.40%) Cloud Security
13 13 (8.72%) Full-Stack Development
13 13 (8.72%) Test Automation
14 12 (8.05%) High Availability
15 11 (7.38%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 27 (18.12%) Bash
2 26 (17.45%) SQL
3 25 (16.78%) Java
4 23 (15.44%) PowerShell
5 18 (12.08%) JavaScript
6 14 (9.40%) TypeScript
7 11 (7.38%) Scala
8 8 (5.37%) ActionScript
9 3 (2.01%) C#
9 3 (2.01%) Groovy
10 2 (1.34%) Go
10 2 (1.34%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.67%) Bicep
11 1 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.67%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (18.79%) Security Cleared
2 23 (15.44%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.68%) Degree
4 4 (2.68%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.04%) Accessibility
2 7 (4.70%) WCAG
3 3 (2.01%) HIPAA
3 3 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.34%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.67%) HL7
5 1 (0.67%) QA
5 1 (0.67%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (23.49%) Docker
2 7 (4.70%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.68%) Firmware
4 3 (2.01%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.67%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.67%) KVM
5 1 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 72 (48.32%) Terraform
2 41 (27.52%) Kubernetes
3 9 (6.04%) HAProxy
4 7 (4.70%) Ansible
4 7 (4.70%) Istio
5 6 (4.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (2.01%) Grafana
6 3 (2.01%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (2.01%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.34%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.67%) Packer
Vendors
1 24 (16.11%) Google
2 16 (10.74%) Microsoft
3 13 (8.72%) Databricks
4 12 (8.05%) F5
5 7 (4.70%) Dynatrace
6 5 (3.36%) IBM
7 4 (2.68%) Cisco
7 4 (2.68%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.68%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.01%) Arista
8 3 (2.01%) Aruba
8 3 (2.01%) CyberArk
8 3 (2.01%) Splunk
8 3 (2.01%) Teradata
8 3 (2.01%) VMware
9 2 (1.34%) Brocade
9 2 (1.34%) Foundry
9 2 (1.34%) New Relic
9 2 (1.34%) Oracle
9 2 (1.34%) Palantir