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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 16 20
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +2
Contract jobs citing Python 101 54 72
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 10.20% 10.59% 6.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.94% 29.51% 27.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 38 53
10th Percentile £359 £329 £415
25th Percentile £422 £383 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £625
90th Percentile £588 £738 £675
Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £500 £490
% change year-on-year -3.60% +2.04% -18.33%

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 281 183 261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 28.38% 35.88% 24.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 118 193
10th Percentile £320 £321 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £588
90th Percentile £625 £725 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
10th Percentile - £29.38 £23.70
25th Percentile - £31.62 £30.08
Median hourly rate - £90.42 £41.35
Median % change year-on-year - +118.64% -40.93%
75th Percentile - £100.28 £51.99
90th Percentile - £102.00 £58.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £49.50 £90.42 £62.00
% change year-on-year -45.25% +45.83% -0.80%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 -1 94 £500 +5.26% 71
Halifax - 8 £400 -
Bradford - 1 £413 - 8
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 10 (9.90%) Confluence
2 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.95%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.96%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.97%) Apache
4 3 (2.97%) SAS
5 2 (1.98%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 52 (51.49%) AWS
2 39 (38.61%) GitHub
3 31 (30.69%) Azure
4 25 (24.75%) GitHub Actions
5 24 (23.76%) GCP
6 20 (19.80%) Serverless
7 18 (17.82%) Amazon S3
7 18 (17.82%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (12.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 13 (12.87%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 12 (11.88%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (10.89%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (7.92%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (7.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 7 (6.93%) Entra ID
13 6 (5.94%) Apigee
13 6 (5.94%) Azure Storage
13 6 (5.94%) SaaS
14 5 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
14 5 (4.95%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (12.87%) Firewall
2 11 (10.89%) DNS
3 8 (7.92%) VPN
4 5 (4.95%) LAN
4 5 (4.95%) Network Security
4 5 (4.95%) Unified Communications
4 5 (4.95%) WAN
4 5 (4.95%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.97%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.98%) PSTN
6 2 (1.98%) SSL
7 1 (0.99%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.99%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.99%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.99%) FTP
7 1 (0.99%) SAN
7 1 (0.99%) SNMP
7 1 (0.99%) SSH
7 1 (0.99%) TACACS
7 1 (0.99%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.91%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (6.93%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (6.93%) NoSQL
3 6 (5.94%) SQL Server
4 5 (4.95%) DynamoDB
4 5 (4.95%) MongoDB
5 4 (3.96%) Metadata
6 3 (2.97%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.97%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.98%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.99%) Big Data
8 1 (0.99%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.99%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.99%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.99%) Parquet
8 1 (0.99%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 38 (37.62%) Jenkins
2 12 (11.88%) JIRA
3 10 (9.90%) Git
4 6 (5.94%) GitLab
5 4 (3.96%) Gatling
6 3 (2.97%) Artifactory
6 3 (2.97%) Maven
7 2 (1.98%) CircleCI
7 2 (1.98%) ERwin
7 2 (1.98%) MSI
8 1 (0.99%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.99%) Spinnaker
General
1 17 (16.83%) Public Sector
2 9 (8.91%) Social Skills
3 8 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.94%) Banking
5 5 (4.95%) Finance
6 3 (2.97%) Marketing
7 2 (1.98%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.99%) Games
8 1 (0.99%) Law
8 1 (0.99%) Retail
8 1 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (23.76%) Senior
2 21 (20.79%) Developer
3 16 (15.84%) AWS Engineer
4 14 (13.86%) DevOps Engineer
4 14 (13.86%) Platform Engineer
5 12 (11.88%) GCP Engineer
6 11 (10.89%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 11 (10.89%) Python Developer
7 8 (7.92%) Data Engineer
7 8 (7.92%) Senior Developer
8 7 (6.93%) AWS Platform Engineer
9 6 (5.94%) GCP DevOps
9 6 (5.94%) Lead
9 6 (5.94%) Python Engineer
10 5 (4.95%) AWS DevOps
10 5 (4.95%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 5 (4.95%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 5 (4.95%) GCP DevOps Engineer
10 5 (4.95%) Network Engineer
10 5 (4.95%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.89%) React
2 8 (7.92%) Flask
2 8 (7.92%) Node.js
3 7 (6.93%) REST
4 6 (5.94%) JWT
4 6 (5.94%) OAuth
5 5 (4.95%) Django
5 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Graph
5 5 (4.95%) Redux
5 5 (4.95%) SAML
5 5 (4.95%) Zustand
6 4 (3.96%) FastAPI
6 4 (3.96%) JSON
6 4 (3.96%) OpenAPI
6 4 (3.96%) Playwright
6 4 (3.96%) Swagger
6 4 (3.96%) Vue
7 3 (2.97%) Lambda Expressions
8 2 (1.98%) PySpark
8 2 (1.98%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.84%) NHS
2 12 (11.88%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.96%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.97%) Credit Risk
4 3 (2.97%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.98%) IoT
5 2 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.98%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.99%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.99%) Life Science
6 1 (0.99%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.99%) Sports Betting
6 1 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.88%) Linux
2 10 (9.90%) Windows
3 3 (2.97%) Amazon Linux
4 2 (1.98%) Unix
5 1 (0.99%) AIX
5 1 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.99%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.99%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (56.44%) CI/CD
2 48 (47.52%) DevOps
3 47 (46.53%) Infrastructure as Code
4 33 (32.67%) Agile
5 20 (19.80%) Platform Engineering
6 18 (17.82%) Observability
7 14 (13.86%) Software Engineering
8 13 (12.87%) Cloud Security
8 13 (12.87%) Containerisation
9 11 (10.89%) Analytics
9 11 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (10.89%) Infrastructure Automation
9 11 (10.89%) Test Automation
9 11 (10.89%) Test Strategy
10 10 (9.90%) Front End Development
11 9 (8.91%) Code Quality
11 9 (8.91%) Data Pipeline
11 9 (8.91%) Performance Optimisation
11 9 (8.91%) Validation
12 8 (7.92%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 22 (21.78%) Bash
2 19 (18.81%) JavaScript
3 18 (17.82%) PowerShell
3 18 (17.82%) SQL
4 11 (10.89%) TypeScript
5 9 (8.91%) Java
6 6 (5.94%) Scala
7 3 (2.97%) Groovy
8 2 (1.98%) C#
8 2 (1.98%) Go
8 2 (1.98%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.99%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.99%) Bicep
9 1 (0.99%) C
9 1 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.99%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.99%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.99%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.99%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (26.73%) Security Cleared
2 24 (23.76%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.98%) Degree
3 2 (1.98%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.99%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (0.99%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.92%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.95%) WCAG
3 3 (2.97%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.99%) NIST
5 1 (0.99%) QA
5 1 (0.99%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (30.69%) Docker
2 2 (1.98%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.98%) Firmware
2 2 (1.98%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.98%) vSphere
3 1 (0.99%) KVM
3 1 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 59 (58.42%) Terraform
2 40 (39.60%) Kubernetes
3 9 (8.91%) Ansible
3 9 (8.91%) Istio
4 7 (6.93%) Grafana
5 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (3.96%) HAProxy
7 3 (2.97%) Packer
8 2 (1.98%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.98%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.99%) SCCM
9 1 (0.99%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.99%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (13.86%) Google
1 14 (13.86%) Splunk
2 11 (10.89%) Microsoft
3 7 (6.93%) Databricks
4 5 (4.95%) Dynatrace
5 4 (3.96%) VMware
6 3 (2.97%) Cribl.io
6 3 (2.97%) F5
6 3 (2.97%) Teradata
7 2 (1.98%) Brio
7 2 (1.98%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.98%) Cisco
7 2 (1.98%) CloudEndure
7 2 (1.98%) LogicMonitor
7 2 (1.98%) New Relic
7 2 (1.98%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.98%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.99%) Brocade
8 1 (0.99%) IBM
8 1 (0.99%) Oracle