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 6 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 16 15
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +4
Contract jobs citing Python 145 51 83
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 11.89% 8.96% 8.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.15% 27.87% 29.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 40 63
10th Percentile £330 £324 £350
25th Percentile £413 £409 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% -18.33%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £615
90th Percentile £595 £558 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £489 £500 £505
% change year-on-year -2.25% -0.99% -16.70%

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 336 183 277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 27.54% 32.16% 28.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 126 206
10th Percentile £313 £325 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £483
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -1.55% -8.10%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £626 £575 £641
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile - £31.53 -
25th Percentile £23.00 £31.62 -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £33.11 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.51% - -
75th Percentile £25.13 £66.51 -
90th Percentile £25.20 £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 6 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 6 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 +3 128 £500 - 58
Halifax - 13 £463 - 1
Bradford - 2 £538 - 6
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 7 (4.83%) Confluence
2 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.14%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.07%) SAS
4 2 (1.38%) Apache
4 2 (1.38%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.38%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.69%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 73 (50.34%) AWS
2 56 (38.62%) GitHub
3 40 (27.59%) GCP
4 36 (24.83%) Azure
4 36 (24.83%) GitHub Actions
5 17 (11.72%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 16 (11.03%) Serverless
7 11 (7.59%) Apigee
7 11 (7.59%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (6.90%) SaaS
9 8 (5.52%) Amazon S3
9 8 (5.52%) IaaS
10 7 (4.83%) Power Platform
10 7 (4.83%) Vertex AI
11 6 (4.14%) Entra ID
11 6 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (4.14%) OneDrive
12 4 (2.76%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (2.76%) Google Compute Engine
12 4 (2.76%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.34%) Firewall
2 12 (8.28%) DNS
3 10 (6.90%) BIG-IP
4 9 (6.21%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 9 (6.21%) WAN
4 9 (6.21%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (4.14%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 6 (4.14%) LAN
5 6 (4.14%) Network Security
5 6 (4.14%) Unified Communications
5 6 (4.14%) VPN
6 4 (2.76%) TCP/IP
7 3 (2.07%) BGP
7 3 (2.07%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (2.07%) OSPF
7 3 (2.07%) PSTN
7 3 (2.07%) SD-WAN
7 3 (2.07%) SSL
7 3 (2.07%) VLAN
7 3 (2.07%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.66%) SQL Server
2 13 (8.97%) BigQuery
3 12 (8.28%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (4.14%) DynamoDB
4 6 (4.14%) NoSQL
5 5 (3.45%) MongoDB
6 4 (2.76%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (2.76%) Metadata
6 4 (2.76%) Power BI
7 3 (2.07%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.07%) Delta Lake
8 2 (1.38%) Parquet
8 2 (1.38%) Power Query
9 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.69%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.69%) DocumentDB
9 1 (0.69%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 42 (28.97%) Jenkins
2 17 (11.72%) JIRA
3 12 (8.28%) GitLab
4 10 (6.90%) Git
5 9 (6.21%) Gatling
6 6 (4.14%) Artifactory
6 6 (4.14%) Maven
7 3 (2.07%) ERwin
8 1 (0.69%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.69%) Flyway
8 1 (0.69%) Spinnaker
General
1 20 (13.79%) Public Sector
2 14 (9.66%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.21%) Banking
3 9 (6.21%) Finance
4 7 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.45%) Legal
6 3 (2.07%) Marketing
7 2 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.38%) Games
7 2 (1.38%) Retail
8 1 (0.69%) Digital Health
8 1 (0.69%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.69%) Law
8 1 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 40 (27.59%) Developer
2 34 (23.45%) Senior
3 19 (13.10%) Python Developer
4 16 (11.03%) Platform Engineer
4 16 (11.03%) Senior Developer
5 12 (8.28%) GCP Engineer
6 11 (7.59%) DevOps Engineer
7 10 (6.90%) AWS Engineer
8 9 (6.21%) GCP DevOps
8 9 (6.21%) Lead
9 8 (5.52%) Network Engineer
10 7 (4.83%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 7 (4.83%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (4.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.83%) Senior Front-End Developer
11 6 (4.14%) Architect
11 6 (4.14%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 6 (4.14%) Data Engineer
12 5 (3.45%) Analyst
12 5 (3.45%) Principal Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (13.10%) React
2 14 (9.66%) Playwright
3 9 (6.21%) JSON
3 9 (6.21%) Node.js
4 8 (5.52%) PySpark
4 8 (5.52%) REST
4 8 (5.52%) Vue
5 7 (4.83%) Redux
5 7 (4.83%) Zustand
6 6 (4.14%) Flask
6 6 (4.14%) Kafka
6 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Graph
7 5 (3.45%) CSS
7 5 (3.45%) HTML
7 5 (3.45%) OpenAPI
7 5 (3.45%) Quarkus
7 5 (3.45%) RESTful
7 5 (3.45%) Swagger
8 4 (2.76%) .NET
8 4 (2.76%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.86%) Cloud Native
2 15 (10.34%) Data Centre
3 13 (8.97%) NHS
4 5 (3.45%) AI Agents
4 5 (3.45%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.45%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.76%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.07%) Credit Risk
6 3 (2.07%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.07%) IoT
6 3 (2.07%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.38%) Replication
7 2 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.38%) Sports Betting
8 1 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.69%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.66%) Linux
2 13 (8.97%) Windows
3 6 (4.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.38%) AIX
4 2 (1.38%) Unix
5 1 (0.69%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (59.31%) CI/CD
2 58 (40.00%) DevOps
2 58 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 48 (33.10%) Agile
4 28 (19.31%) Observability
5 21 (14.48%) Platform Engineering
6 18 (12.41%) Containerisation
6 18 (12.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 17 (11.72%) Code Quality
7 17 (11.72%) Performance Optimisation
7 17 (11.72%) Software Engineering
8 16 (11.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (10.34%) Front End Development
10 14 (9.66%) AI
10 14 (9.66%) Cloud Security
10 14 (9.66%) Microservices
11 13 (8.97%) Full-Stack Development
11 13 (8.97%) Test Automation
12 11 (7.59%) Data Engineering
12 11 (7.59%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 26 (17.93%) Bash
2 25 (17.24%) Java
2 25 (17.24%) SQL
3 22 (15.17%) PowerShell
4 18 (12.41%) JavaScript
5 14 (9.66%) TypeScript
6 11 (7.59%) Scala
7 7 (4.83%) ActionScript
8 3 (2.07%) C#
8 3 (2.07%) Groovy
9 2 (1.38%) Go
9 2 (1.38%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.69%) Bicep
10 1 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.69%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (19.31%) Security Cleared
2 23 (15.86%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.83%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.76%) Degree
4 4 (2.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.21%) Accessibility
2 7 (4.83%) WCAG
3 3 (2.07%) HIPAA
3 3 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.38%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.69%) HL7
5 1 (0.69%) QA
5 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (23.45%) Docker
2 7 (4.83%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.07%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.07%) Firmware
4 1 (0.69%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.69%) KVM
4 1 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 72 (49.66%) Terraform
2 40 (27.59%) Kubernetes
3 9 (6.21%) HAProxy
4 7 (4.83%) Ansible
4 7 (4.83%) Istio
5 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (2.07%) Grafana
6 3 (2.07%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (2.07%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.38%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.69%) Packer
Vendors
1 24 (16.55%) Google
2 16 (11.03%) Microsoft
3 13 (8.97%) Databricks
4 10 (6.90%) F5
5 7 (4.83%) Dynatrace
6 5 (3.45%) IBM
7 3 (2.07%) Arista
7 3 (2.07%) Aruba
7 3 (2.07%) CyberArk
7 3 (2.07%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.07%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.07%) Splunk
7 3 (2.07%) Teradata
7 3 (2.07%) VMware
8 2 (1.38%) Brocade
8 2 (1.38%) Cisco
8 2 (1.38%) Foundry
8 2 (1.38%) LogicMonitor
8 2 (1.38%) New Relic
8 2 (1.38%) Palantir