Python Programmer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Python Programmer
UK > Work from Home

The median Python Programmer daily rate in Work from Home is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 338 - 618
Rank change year-on-year - - -123
Contract jobs requiring a Python Programmer 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% - 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.57%
UK median daily rate £511 - £450
% change year-on-year - - +28.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,766 23,608 42,537
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 95.27% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,304 16,691 30,789
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 559 541 595
10th Percentile £14.23 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.71 £19.45
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +50.00% +45.83%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.19 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Python Programmer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Python Programmer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Python Programmer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Python Programmer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Python Programmer.

Python Programmer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Python Programmer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Python Programmer 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Python Programmer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) NoSQL
2 2 (66.67%) REST
2 2 (66.67%) WebSockets
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Data Encryption
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) RESTful
2 2 (66.67%) OpenAI
2 2 (66.67%) FastAPI
2 2 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (66.67%) LLM
2 2 (66.67%) API Development
3 1 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (33.33%) Amazon S3
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Git
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow Management
3 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree

Python Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Amazon S3
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (33.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) FastAPI
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) RESTful
1 2 (66.67%) WebSockets
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) API Development
1 2 (66.67%) Data Encryption
1 2 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
1 2 (66.67%) LLM
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Data Munging
2 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Observability
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Storage Management
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Argo
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) OpenAI