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 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 23 22 31
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 -2
Contract jobs citing Python 363 457 503
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 6.37% 8.08% 6.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.18% 30.86% 24.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 337 309
10th Percentile £363 £391 £363
25th Percentile £425 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £638
90th Percentile £675 £706 £713
England median daily rate £565 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -5.83% - +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 21 1
10th Percentile £47.38 £19.00 -
25th Percentile £63.13 £20.47 £18.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £24.46 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +165.74% +28.74% -58.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £50.00 £19.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £60.63 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +46.67%

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 1,288 1,481 2,054
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.62% 26.19% 26.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 881 1,030 1,338
10th Percentile £325 £325 £349
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 £606 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £540 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -4.00% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 87 79
10th Percentile £35.00 £20.47 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £42.95 £19.52
Median hourly rate £61.80 £56.24 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.90% +60.67% -17.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.38 £55.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £75.00 £65.11
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +19.32%

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 9 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 9 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 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
Thames Valley 0 163 £525 -4.55% 169
Hampshire +6 122 £500 -9.09% 63
Berkshire -8 114 £500 -9.09% 66
Surrey -6 46 £530 -7.83% 42
Buckinghamshire +29 34 £530 -3.64% 37
Oxfordshire -3 15 £500 - 66
West Sussex +13 14 £469 -16.67% 4
Middlesex -4 11 £625 -37.50% 2
Kent +7 4 £625 - 12
Sussex -3 2 - -
East Sussex -3 1 £475 -5.00% 13
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 18 (4.96%) SAS
2 12 (3.31%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (2.75%) Apache
4 9 (2.48%) Confluence
5 3 (0.83%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.55%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.55%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.28%) Appian
7 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (1.93%) SPSS
2 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.38%) Simulink
4 4 (1.10%) Sketch
5 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.28%) Stata
Business Applications
1 4 (1.10%) Adobe Campaign
1 4 (1.10%) FastStats
1 4 (1.10%) Unica
2 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 96 (26.45%) Azure
2 54 (14.88%) AWS
3 34 (9.37%) Serverless
4 27 (7.44%) Azure Data Factory
4 27 (7.44%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (7.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 26 (7.16%) Entra ID
6 22 (6.06%) Azure Functions
7 20 (5.51%) Azure Monitor
8 17 (4.68%) Power Platform
9 14 (3.86%) IaaS
10 12 (3.31%) GCP
11 11 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (2.75%) GitHub
13 8 (2.20%) Azure AKS
14 7 (1.93%) Snowflake
15 6 (1.65%) Amazon EKS
15 6 (1.65%) Amazon S3
15 6 (1.65%) OpenShift
15 6 (1.65%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.79%) TCP/IP
2 13 (3.58%) SAN
2 13 (3.58%) VPN
3 11 (3.03%) Firewall
4 9 (2.48%) BGP
4 9 (2.48%) Cisco IOS
5 7 (1.93%) DNS
5 7 (1.93%) MPLS
5 7 (1.93%) Software-Defined Networking
6 6 (1.65%) Ethernet VPN
6 6 (1.65%) Radio Access Network
7 5 (1.38%) Network Security
7 5 (1.38%) Wireless
8 4 (1.10%) DHCP
8 4 (1.10%) Junos
9 3 (0.83%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (0.83%) IOS XR
9 3 (0.83%) NX-OS
9 3 (0.83%) VSAN
10 2 (0.55%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.71%) NoSQL
2 25 (6.89%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (4.96%) MongoDB
4 14 (3.86%) Relational Database
5 13 (3.58%) Big Data
5 13 (3.58%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.03%) Power BI
6 11 (3.03%) Tableau
7 10 (2.75%) Data Lake
8 9 (2.48%) GIS
8 9 (2.48%) MySQL
9 8 (2.20%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (2.20%) Qlik Sense
9 8 (2.20%) RDBMS
10 7 (1.93%) Metadata
10 7 (1.93%) SQL Server
11 6 (1.65%) BigQuery
11 6 (1.65%) Data Mining
12 5 (1.38%) Snowflake Schema
13 4 (1.10%) Redis
Development Applications
1 54 (14.88%) Git
2 28 (7.71%) Robot Framework
3 24 (6.61%) JIRA
4 21 (5.79%) Selenium
5 18 (4.96%) GitLab
5 18 (4.96%) Jenkins
6 17 (4.68%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (1.65%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.65%) Subversion
7 6 (1.65%) TestRail
8 5 (1.38%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.38%) Visual Studio
9 4 (1.10%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.10%) JMeter
9 4 (1.10%) Maven
10 3 (0.83%) Hudson
11 2 (0.55%) kappa
11 2 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
12 1 (0.28%) MLflow
12 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 64 (17.63%) Analytical Skills
2 46 (12.67%) Social Skills
3 31 (8.54%) Finance
4 22 (6.06%) Telecoms
5 18 (4.96%) Public Sector
6 14 (3.86%) Marketing
7 10 (2.75%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (1.93%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.65%) Banking
9 6 (1.65%) Electronics
10 5 (1.38%) Front Office
10 5 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.10%) Aviation
11 4 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.10%) Local Government
11 4 (1.10%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.10%) Military
12 3 (0.83%) Music Industry
12 3 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.55%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 95 (26.17%) Developer
2 50 (13.77%) Python Developer
3 37 (10.19%) Analyst
4 35 (9.64%) Full Stack Developer
5 30 (8.26%) Senior
6 28 (7.71%) Security Engineer
7 27 (7.44%) Architect
8 24 (6.61%) Azure Developer
9 18 (4.96%) Linux Engineer
9 18 (4.96%) Security Architect
9 18 (4.96%) Software Engineer
10 15 (4.13%) Data Analyst
10 15 (4.13%) DevOps Engineer
10 15 (4.13%) Network Engineer
11 14 (3.86%) Data Engineer
12 13 (3.58%) Full Stack Python Developer
12 13 (3.58%) Lead
13 10 (2.75%) Platform Engineer
14 8 (2.20%) Python Engineer
14 8 (2.20%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (9.92%) React
2 17 (4.68%) REST
3 13 (3.58%) Django
3 13 (3.58%) Node.js
4 12 (3.31%) Spring Boot
5 11 (3.03%) J2EE
6 10 (2.75%) SOAP
6 10 (2.75%) XML
6 10 (2.75%) YANG
7 9 (2.48%) HTML
7 9 (2.48%) PySpark
8 8 (2.20%) AngularJS
8 8 (2.20%) CSS
9 7 (1.93%) .NET
9 7 (1.93%) D3.js
9 7 (1.93%) OpenLayers
9 7 (1.93%) PyTorch
9 7 (1.93%) RESTful
9 7 (1.93%) TensorFlow
10 6 (1.65%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.85%) PKI
2 20 (5.51%) Client/Server
3 19 (5.23%) Data Centre
4 16 (4.41%) Product Ownership
5 13 (3.58%) Algorithms
6 11 (3.03%) Public Cloud
7 10 (2.75%) Linux Command Line
8 8 (2.20%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.38%) Biopharmaceutical
9 5 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.38%) Derivative
9 5 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.10%) Credit Risk
10 4 (1.10%) Device Driver
10 4 (1.10%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.10%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.83%) NHS
11 3 (0.83%) Photography
11 3 (0.83%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 87 (23.97%) Linux
2 58 (15.98%) Windows
3 44 (12.12%) Windows Server
4 33 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (5.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (3.86%) Ubuntu
7 13 (3.58%) Debian
8 12 (3.31%) Unix
9 8 (2.20%) VMS
10 7 (1.93%) Embedded Linux
11 6 (1.65%) Android
12 4 (1.10%) Solaris
13 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.28%) CentOS
14 1 (0.28%) VxWorks
14 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (36.91%) Agile
2 90 (24.79%) DevOps
3 68 (18.73%) Test Automation
4 60 (16.53%) CI/CD
5 52 (14.33%) Scrum
6 42 (11.57%) Data Modelling
7 41 (11.29%) Full Stack Development
8 40 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
9 35 (9.64%) Computer Science
10 34 (9.37%) SDLC
11 33 (9.09%) Software Engineering
12 31 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
13 29 (7.99%) Microservices
14 28 (7.71%) Analytics
15 27 (7.44%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 25 (6.89%) Data Engineering
17 23 (6.34%) Containerisation
17 23 (6.34%) Unit Testing
18 21 (5.79%) Data Science
19 20 (5.51%) Application Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 93 (25.62%) PowerShell
2 73 (20.11%) Java
3 64 (17.63%) SQL
4 50 (13.77%) C++
5 41 (11.29%) Bash
6 38 (10.47%) C
7 29 (7.99%) JavaScript
8 24 (6.61%) VBScript
9 19 (5.23%) R
10 16 (4.41%) C#
11 11 (3.03%) Perl
11 11 (3.03%) Shell Script
12 9 (2.48%) MATLAB
13 7 (1.93%) Go
14 6 (1.65%) Ruby
15 5 (1.38%) Assembly Language
16 4 (1.10%) PHP
16 4 (1.10%) Scala
16 4 (1.10%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.83%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 131 (36.09%) Security Cleared
2 70 (19.28%) DV Cleared
3 49 (13.50%) SC Cleared
4 44 (12.12%) Degree
5 17 (4.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (3.86%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.93%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.93%) PhD
8 6 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.38%) CCNP
9 5 (1.38%) VCAP
9 5 (1.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.10%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.55%) CCIE
12 2 (0.55%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.28%) CEH
13 1 (0.28%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.48%) QA
2 8 (2.20%) GDPR
3 7 (1.93%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.93%) RMADS
4 4 (1.10%) JTAG
5 3 (0.83%) NIST
6 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.28%) CDISC
7 1 (0.28%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.28%) MISRA
7 1 (0.28%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 57 (15.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 47 (12.95%) Active Directory
3 23 (6.34%) Docker
4 19 (5.23%) vSphere
5 11 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (2.75%) VMware NSX
7 8 (2.20%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.10%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (1.10%) Firmware
8 4 (1.10%) VirtualBox
9 3 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.55%) KVM
10 2 (0.55%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.28%) HDFS
11 1 (0.28%) NFS
Systems Management
1 80 (22.04%) Ansible
1 80 (22.04%) Terraform
2 42 (11.57%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.86%) vRealize
4 8 (2.20%) Packer
5 7 (1.93%) Puppet
6 6 (1.65%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.65%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 4 (1.10%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (0.83%) Nagios
8 3 (0.83%) Netcool
8 3 (0.83%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.83%) SCCM
8 3 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.83%) WSUS
9 2 (0.55%) Argo
9 2 (0.55%) Grafana
9 2 (0.55%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.55%) Rundeck
9 2 (0.55%) VxRail
Vendors
1 84 (23.14%) VMware
2 26 (7.16%) Microsoft
3 22 (6.06%) Red Hat
4 15 (4.13%) Oracle
5 13 (3.58%) Cisco
6 11 (3.03%) Google
7 9 (2.48%) SAP
8 7 (1.93%) Veritas
9 6 (1.65%) Adobe
9 6 (1.65%) Databricks
9 6 (1.65%) Dynatrace
9 6 (1.65%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.65%) SolarWinds
9 6 (1.65%) Splunk
10 5 (1.38%) Arqiva
11 4 (1.10%) ArcSight
11 4 (1.10%) Facebook
11 4 (1.10%) IBM
11 4 (1.10%) Juniper
11 4 (1.10%) Snapchat