Python Contracts in the South East

Python
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Python skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Python over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 21 30
Rank change year-on-year -3 +9 +1
Contract jobs citing Python 348 461 484
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 6.16% 8.13% 6.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.38% 30.65% 23.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 338 294
10th Percentile £363 £392 £358
25th Percentile £425 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £527
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.46% +10.84%
75th Percentile £624 £620 £638
90th Percentile £675 £716 £713
England median daily rate £565 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -5.83% - +14.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 21 2
10th Percentile £47.38 £19.00 £22.28
25th Percentile £63.13 £20.47 £27.94
Median hourly rate £65.00 £23.30 £38.25
Median % change year-on-year +178.97% -39.08% -19.47%
75th Percentile £70.00 £50.00 £48.94
90th Percentile £77.50 £57.50 £54.83
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% +45.70%

All Programming Languages
South East

Python is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,271 1,504 2,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.51% 26.53% 26.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 872 1,047 1,318
10th Percentile £325 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £613 £600
90th Percentile £675 £690 £650
England median daily rate £543 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% +2.36% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 87 78
10th Percentile £35.00 £19.88 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £33.28 £19.64
Median hourly rate £61.60 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +57.14% -17.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £75.00 £63.78
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.75
% change year-on-year - +20.77% +17.61%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Python in the South East

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Python in the South East

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Python in the South East

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Python in the South East

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Python in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Python in the South East

Python
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Thames Valley +1 156 £525 -4.55% 182
Hampshire +4 119 £500 -9.09% 65
Berkshire -8 111 £500 -9.09% 66
Surrey -9 44 £525 -8.70% 47
Buckinghamshire +34 33 £525 - 49
West Sussex +13 14 £469 -16.67% 5
Oxfordshire -4 12 £563 +12.50% 68
Middlesex -6 9 £625 -37.50% 1
Kent +5 2 £625 - 18
East Sussex -3 2 £503 +0.50% 14
Sussex -3 2 - -
Python
England

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (4.60%) SAS
2 13 (3.74%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (3.16%) Apache
4 8 (2.30%) Confluence
5 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.57%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.57%) IBM Domino
6 1 (0.29%) Appian
6 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.29%) nginx
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.01%) SPSS
2 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.72%) Simulink
3 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.86%) Sketch
4 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.29%) Stata
Business Applications
1 4 (1.15%) Adobe Campaign
1 4 (1.15%) FastStats
1 4 (1.15%) Unica
2 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 95 (27.30%) Azure
2 50 (14.37%) AWS
3 33 (9.48%) Serverless
4 27 (7.76%) Azure Data Factory
5 26 (7.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 26 (7.47%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (7.47%) Entra ID
6 22 (6.32%) Azure Functions
7 20 (5.75%) Azure Monitor
8 18 (5.17%) Power Platform
9 14 (4.02%) IaaS
10 10 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (2.87%) GCP
10 10 (2.87%) GitHub
11 7 (2.01%) Amazon S3
11 7 (2.01%) Azure AKS
12 6 (1.72%) OpenShift
12 6 (1.72%) PaaS
12 6 (1.72%) Power Automate
12 6 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.03%) TCP/IP
2 14 (4.02%) VPN
3 13 (3.74%) SAN
4 11 (3.16%) Firewall
5 10 (2.87%) BGP
6 9 (2.59%) Cisco IOS
7 8 (2.30%) DNS
7 8 (2.30%) MPLS
8 7 (2.01%) Ethernet VPN
8 7 (2.01%) Radio Access Network
9 6 (1.72%) Software-Defined Networking
10 5 (1.44%) Network Security
11 4 (1.15%) DHCP
11 4 (1.15%) Junos
11 4 (1.15%) Wireless
12 3 (0.86%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.86%) IOS XR
12 3 (0.86%) NX-OS
12 3 (0.86%) VSAN
13 2 (0.57%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.33%) NoSQL
2 24 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (5.46%) MongoDB
4 15 (4.31%) Relational Database
5 14 (4.02%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (3.74%) Big Data
7 12 (3.45%) Power BI
8 11 (3.16%) Data Lake
8 11 (3.16%) Tableau
9 9 (2.59%) GIS
9 9 (2.59%) MySQL
10 8 (2.30%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (2.30%) Qlik Sense
10 8 (2.30%) RDBMS
11 7 (2.01%) Metadata
12 6 (1.72%) Data Mining
13 5 (1.44%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (1.44%) SQL Server
14 4 (1.15%) BigQuery
14 4 (1.15%) Redis
Development Applications
1 54 (15.52%) Git
2 28 (8.05%) Robot Framework
3 23 (6.61%) JIRA
4 21 (6.03%) Selenium
5 19 (5.46%) GitLab
6 18 (5.17%) Jenkins
7 16 (4.60%) Sonatype Nexus
8 7 (2.01%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.01%) TestRail
9 6 (1.72%) Subversion
10 5 (1.44%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.44%) Visual Studio
11 4 (1.15%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.15%) JMeter
11 4 (1.15%) Maven
12 3 (0.86%) Hudson
13 2 (0.57%) kappa
13 2 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
14 1 (0.29%) MLflow
14 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 58 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 41 (11.78%) Social Skills
3 27 (7.76%) Finance
4 20 (5.75%) Telecoms
5 16 (4.60%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.74%) Marketing
7 9 (2.59%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (1.72%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.44%) Banking
9 5 (1.44%) Electronics
9 5 (1.44%) Military
9 5 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.15%) Front Office
10 4 (1.15%) Local Government
10 4 (1.15%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.86%) Aviation
11 3 (0.86%) Music Industry
12 2 (0.57%) Advertising
12 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (25.29%) Developer
2 46 (13.22%) Python Developer
3 36 (10.34%) Analyst
4 34 (9.77%) Full Stack Developer
5 29 (8.33%) Senior
6 27 (7.76%) Security Engineer
7 24 (6.90%) Architect
7 24 (6.90%) Azure Developer
8 19 (5.46%) Linux Engineer
9 18 (5.17%) Software Engineer
10 16 (4.60%) DevOps Engineer
10 16 (4.60%) Network Engineer
10 16 (4.60%) Security Architect
11 15 (4.31%) Data Analyst
12 12 (3.45%) Data Engineer
12 12 (3.45%) Full Stack Python Developer
12 12 (3.45%) Lead
13 9 (2.59%) Platform Engineer
13 9 (2.59%) Systems Engineer
14 8 (2.30%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (9.77%) React
2 18 (5.17%) REST
3 14 (4.02%) Django
4 12 (3.45%) Node.js
5 11 (3.16%) SOAP
5 11 (3.16%) YANG
6 10 (2.87%) Spring Boot
6 10 (2.87%) XML
7 9 (2.59%) J2EE
8 8 (2.30%) HTML
8 8 (2.30%) PySpark
9 7 (2.01%) .NET
9 7 (2.01%) AngularJS
9 7 (2.01%) CSS
9 7 (2.01%) D3.js
9 7 (2.01%) NETCONF
9 7 (2.01%) OpenLayers
9 7 (2.01%) RESTCONF
9 7 (2.01%) RESTful
10 6 (1.72%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 41 (11.78%) PKI
2 20 (5.75%) Client/Server
3 19 (5.46%) Data Centre
4 16 (4.60%) Product Ownership
5 11 (3.16%) Algorithms
5 11 (3.16%) Public Cloud
6 10 (2.87%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (2.01%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.15%) Biopharmaceutical
9 4 (1.15%) Derivative
9 4 (1.15%) Device Driver
9 4 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.15%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.15%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.86%) Photography
10 3 (0.86%) Smart Meter
11 2 (0.57%) Animation
11 2 (0.57%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 86 (24.71%) Linux
2 57 (16.38%) Windows
3 43 (12.36%) Windows Server
4 34 (9.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (5.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (4.02%) Debian
6 14 (4.02%) Ubuntu
7 12 (3.45%) Unix
8 8 (2.30%) VMS
9 7 (2.01%) Embedded Linux
10 6 (1.72%) Android
11 4 (1.15%) Solaris
12 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.29%) CentOS
13 1 (0.29%) VxWorks
13 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (36.78%) Agile
2 87 (25.00%) DevOps
3 66 (18.97%) Test Automation
4 57 (16.38%) CI/CD
5 51 (14.66%) Scrum
6 41 (11.78%) Data Modelling
7 40 (11.49%) Full Stack Development
8 35 (10.06%) Computer Science
8 35 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (9.48%) SDLC
10 32 (9.20%) Software Engineering
11 30 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 27 (7.76%) Microservices
13 25 (7.18%) Analytics
13 25 (7.18%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 24 (6.90%) Unit Testing
15 23 (6.61%) Data Engineering
16 22 (6.32%) Containerisation
17 20 (5.75%) Application Virtualisation
17 20 (5.75%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 88 (25.29%) PowerShell
2 68 (19.54%) Java
3 63 (18.10%) SQL
4 45 (12.93%) C++
5 40 (11.49%) Bash
6 35 (10.06%) C
7 25 (7.18%) JavaScript
8 24 (6.90%) VBScript
9 15 (4.31%) C#
9 15 (4.31%) R
10 11 (3.16%) Perl
10 11 (3.16%) Shell Script
11 10 (2.87%) MATLAB
12 6 (1.72%) Ruby
13 5 (1.44%) Assembly Language
13 5 (1.44%) Go
14 4 (1.15%) PHP
14 4 (1.15%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.57%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 129 (37.07%) Security Cleared
2 70 (20.11%) DV Cleared
3 50 (14.37%) SC Cleared
4 43 (12.36%) Degree
5 17 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (4.02%) Master's Degree
7 7 (2.01%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.01%) PhD
8 6 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.44%) CCNP
10 4 (1.15%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.15%) VCAP
10 4 (1.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.57%) CCIE
13 1 (0.29%) CEH
13 1 (0.29%) CISSP
13 1 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.59%) QA
2 7 (2.01%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.01%) GDPR
2 7 (2.01%) RMADS
3 4 (1.15%) JTAG
4 2 (0.57%) NIST
5 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.29%) CDISC
5 1 (0.29%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.29%) MISRA
5 1 (0.29%) MISRA C
5 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 55 (15.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 46 (13.22%) Active Directory
3 24 (6.90%) Docker
4 18 (5.17%) vSphere
5 11 (3.16%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (2.59%) VMware NSX
7 8 (2.30%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.15%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (1.15%) Firmware
8 4 (1.15%) VirtualBox
9 3 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.57%) KVM
10 2 (0.57%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.29%) HDFS
11 1 (0.29%) NFS
11 1 (0.29%) Varnish
11 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 79 (22.70%) Ansible
2 75 (21.55%) Terraform
3 38 (10.92%) Kubernetes
4 13 (3.74%) vRealize
5 8 (2.30%) Packer
6 7 (2.01%) Puppet
7 6 (1.72%) Progress Chef
8 5 (1.44%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 4 (1.15%) Red Hat Satellite
10 3 (0.86%) Nagios
10 3 (0.86%) Netcool
10 3 (0.86%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.86%) SCCM
10 3 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.86%) WSUS
11 2 (0.57%) Argo
11 2 (0.57%) Grafana
11 2 (0.57%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.57%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.57%) SELinux
Vendors
1 82 (23.56%) VMware
2 26 (7.47%) Microsoft
3 23 (6.61%) Red Hat
4 15 (4.31%) Oracle
5 14 (4.02%) Cisco
6 9 (2.59%) Google
7 8 (2.30%) SAP
8 7 (2.01%) Databricks
8 7 (2.01%) Veritas
9 6 (1.72%) Adobe
9 6 (1.72%) Dynatrace
9 6 (1.72%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.72%) SolarWinds
9 6 (1.72%) Splunk
10 5 (1.44%) Arqiva
11 4 (1.15%) ArcSight
11 4 (1.15%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.15%) Facebook
11 4 (1.15%) Nokia
11 4 (1.15%) Snapchat