Python Contracts in Northern Ireland

Python
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 22 12
Rank change year-on-year +5 -10 +4
Contract jobs citing Python 11 8 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 6.51% 4.47% 11.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.50% 20.00% 27.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 14
10th Percentile £353 - £445
25th Percentile £375 £400 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +1.52% +15.20%
75th Percentile £436 £650 £550
90th Percentile £533 - £698
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.63 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.25 - £19.00
75th Percentile £37.19 - £21.00
90th Percentile £40.38 - -
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £64.69 £50.85
% change year-on-year -5.70% +27.21% +35.60%

All Programming Languages
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 40 40 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 23.67% 22.35% 41.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 23 46
10th Percentile £336 - £373
25th Percentile £418 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% +12.17%
75th Percentile £644 £508 £550
90th Percentile £675 £640 £580
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.63 £13.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.25 £13.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +131.48% -28.95% -
75th Percentile £37.19 £13.75 £21.00
90th Percentile £40.38 - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.38
% change year-on-year - +21.65% +14.80%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Python in Northern Ireland

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Python in Northern Ireland

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Northern Ireland

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for Python in Northern Ireland

Python
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 9 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
County Antrim +4 10 £425 -15.00% 33
County Down - 1 - -
Python
UK

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 2 (18.18%) Apache Spark
2 1 (9.09%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (9.09%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Tableau
2 2 (18.18%) Relational Database
3 1 (9.09%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (9.09%) Apache Hive
3 1 (9.09%) Big Data
3 1 (9.09%) Data Mining
3 1 (9.09%) Hadoop
3 1 (9.09%) Impala
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Electronics
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Business Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Banking Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Data Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Hardware Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Banking Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Dashboard Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Data Scientist
3 1 (9.09%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Excel Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Project Leader
3 1 (9.09%) Tableau Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) FPGA
1 2 (18.18%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (45.45%) Risk Management
3 3 (27.27%) Analytics
3 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (27.27%) Data Visualisation
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Visualisation
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Experience
4 2 (18.18%) Data Integration
4 2 (18.18%) ETL
4 2 (18.18%) Mechatronics
4 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Schematic Capture
4 2 (18.18%) Thought Leadership
4 2 (18.18%) User Experience
4 2 (18.18%) UX Design
5 1 (9.09%) Generative AI
5 1 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) C#
2 1 (9.09%) C++
2 1 (9.09%) Java
2 1 (9.09%) R
2 1 (9.09%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) HND
2 2 (18.18%) Tableau Certification
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) EMC
2 1 (9.09%) Autodesk
2 1 (9.09%) Databricks
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) OpenAI