Python Contracts in the South West

Python
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 27 15 25
Rank change year-on-year -12 +10 -16
Contract jobs citing Python 192 298 250
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.90% 8.76% 6.81%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.44% 31.87% 23.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 188 163
10th Percentile £415 £400 £372
25th Percentile £514 £463 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £587 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% +11.81% +5.38%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £634
90th Percentile £701 £739 £726
England median daily rate £565 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -5.83% - +14.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 52 27
10th Percentile £61.00 £51.25 £43.93
25th Percentile - £60.86 £49.51
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.61 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.70% +0.93% +58.54%
75th Percentile £75.00 £75.50 -
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.00 £65.30
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% +45.70%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 West with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 675 935 1,073
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 20.74% 27.48% 29.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 657 754
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +8.40%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £649
England median daily rate £543 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% +2.36% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 86 66
10th Percentile £51.00 £51.25 £46.87
25th Percentile £61.25 £60.18 £54.05
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% +9.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £65.75
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in the South West

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Python in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Python in the South West

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Python in the South West

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Python in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol -9 66 £525 -4.55% 78
Gloucestershire -4 53 £625 +4.17% 61
Wiltshire -6 40 £700 +25.56% 13
Devon -16 12 £600 -5.81% 19
Dorset +10 8 £225 - 17
Somerset -19 5 £475 +2.98% 17
Python
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 35 (18.23%) Confluence
2 6 (3.13%) Apache
3 3 (1.56%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.52%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.52%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (6.25%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Simulink
2 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 66 (34.38%) AWS
2 38 (19.79%) Azure
3 19 (9.90%) GitHub
3 19 (9.90%) OpenShift
4 10 (5.21%) Power Platform
4 10 (5.21%) Serverless
5 9 (4.69%) GCP
6 8 (4.17%) Amazon S3
6 8 (4.17%) PaaS
7 7 (3.65%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (3.65%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.08%) Pulumi
10 3 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.04%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.04%) IaaS
11 2 (1.04%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.21%) VPN
2 7 (3.65%) Network Security
3 6 (3.13%) AMQP
4 5 (2.60%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.56%) IPv4
5 3 (1.56%) OSPF
5 3 (1.56%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (1.56%) VLAN
6 2 (1.04%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.52%) 5G
7 1 (0.52%) DHCP
7 1 (0.52%) DNS
7 1 (0.52%) LTE
7 1 (0.52%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.21%) Power BI
2 9 (4.69%) Relational Database
3 8 (4.17%) InfluxDB
4 7 (3.65%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (3.65%) Big Data
5 4 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (2.08%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.08%) Tableau
6 3 (1.56%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.56%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.04%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.04%) Flink
7 2 (1.04%) MySQL
7 2 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.52%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.52%) CockroachDB
8 1 (0.52%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.52%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 64 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 52 (27.08%) JIRA
3 35 (18.23%) Bitbucket
4 23 (11.98%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 12 (6.25%) GoogleTest
6 10 (5.21%) Git
7 9 (4.69%) GitLab
8 5 (2.60%) Cypress.io
8 5 (2.60%) Selenium
9 3 (1.56%) Artifactory
9 3 (1.56%) Burp Suite
10 2 (1.04%) JUnit
10 2 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (1.04%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.52%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.52%) JMeter
11 1 (0.52%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (21.35%) Social Skills
2 34 (17.71%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (10.42%) Aerospace
4 10 (5.21%) Telecoms
5 9 (4.69%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.56%) Finance
6 3 (1.56%) Legal
6 3 (1.56%) Marketing
6 3 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.04%) Banking
7 2 (1.04%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.52%) Automotive
8 1 (0.52%) Aviation
8 1 (0.52%) Electronics
8 1 (0.52%) Games
8 1 (0.52%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 65 (33.85%) Developer
2 27 (14.06%) DevOps Engineer
3 26 (13.54%) Software Engineer
4 20 (10.42%) Software Developer
5 15 (7.81%) Data Engineer
6 14 (7.29%) Full Stack Developer
6 14 (7.29%) Java Engineer
6 14 (7.29%) Senior
7 12 (6.25%) Java Software Engineer
8 11 (5.73%) Azure Engineer
9 10 (5.21%) Architect
9 10 (5.21%) Python Developer
9 10 (5.21%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 7 (3.65%) C++ Software Engineer
10 7 (3.65%) Test Engineer
11 6 (3.13%) Senior Test Engineer
11 6 (3.13%) Site Engineer
11 6 (3.13%) Software Architect
12 5 (2.60%) Python Engineer
12 5 (2.60%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (15.10%) .NET
2 25 (13.02%) .NET Core
3 24 (12.50%) React
4 19 (9.90%) HTML
5 15 (7.81%) AngularJS
6 14 (7.29%) Qt
7 13 (6.77%) Spring
8 12 (6.25%) REST
9 10 (5.21%) Flask
10 6 (3.13%) Apache NiFi
10 6 (3.13%) CSS
10 6 (3.13%) ModSecurity
10 6 (3.13%) PySpark
10 6 (3.13%) RabbitMQ
10 6 (3.13%) RESTful
10 6 (3.13%) XML
11 5 (2.60%) .NET Framework
11 5 (2.60%) Django
11 5 (2.60%) Elastic Stack
11 5 (2.60%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.94%) Linux Command Line
2 14 (7.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 11 (5.73%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.65%) Security Posture
5 6 (3.13%) Public Cloud
5 6 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.60%) Algorithms
6 5 (2.60%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (2.60%) Verilog
6 5 (2.60%) VHDL
7 4 (2.08%) PKI
8 3 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.04%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.52%) IoT
10 1 (0.52%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.52%) Robotics
10 1 (0.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 75 (39.06%) Linux
2 17 (8.85%) Windows
3 3 (1.56%) Kali Linux
4 2 (1.04%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.52%) CentOS
5 1 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (38.54%) CI/CD
2 71 (36.98%) DevOps
3 62 (32.29%) Agile
4 47 (24.48%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (23.96%) Software Engineering
6 36 (18.75%) Configuration Management
6 36 (18.75%) OO
6 36 (18.75%) OOP
7 34 (17.71%) Task Automation
8 29 (15.10%) Infrastructure Automation
9 26 (13.54%) Continuous Integration
10 23 (11.98%) Deployment Automation
11 22 (11.46%) Infrastructure as Code
12 21 (10.94%) Software Architecture
13 20 (10.42%) Full Stack Development
14 19 (9.90%) Artificial Intelligence
14 19 (9.90%) Project Management
15 18 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
16 14 (7.29%) Containerisation
17 13 (6.77%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 62 (32.29%) Java
2 55 (28.65%) PowerShell
3 41 (21.35%) JavaScript
4 37 (19.27%) SQL
5 34 (17.71%) C
6 30 (15.63%) C++
7 19 (9.90%) C#
8 18 (9.38%) Bash
9 16 (8.33%) Go
10 8 (4.17%) Shell Script
11 6 (3.13%) Perl
12 4 (2.08%) Bicep
12 4 (2.08%) R
12 4 (2.08%) TypeScript
13 3 (1.56%) Ruby
14 2 (1.04%) Kotlin
14 2 (1.04%) PL/SQL
14 2 (1.04%) Scala
15 1 (0.52%) Julia
Qualifications
1 111 (57.81%) Security Cleared
2 60 (31.25%) DV Cleared
3 52 (27.08%) SC Cleared
4 22 (11.46%) Degree
5 5 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.60%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.08%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.08%) OSCP
7 2 (1.04%) CCIE
7 2 (1.04%) CCNA
7 2 (1.04%) CCNP
7 2 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.04%) IBM Certification
7 2 (1.04%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.04%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.52%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.52%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.33%) QA
2 14 (7.29%) MISRA
3 4 (2.08%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.08%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.04%) JTAG
5 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.52%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.52%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 48 (25.00%) Docker
2 11 (5.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (5.73%) VMware NSX
3 6 (3.13%) vSphere
4 4 (2.08%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.08%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 61 (31.77%) Ansible
2 51 (26.56%) Terraform
3 41 (21.35%) Kubernetes
4 27 (14.06%) PowerCLI
5 18 (9.38%) Grafana
5 18 (9.38%) Prometheus
6 8 (4.17%) Progress Chef
7 7 (3.65%) Docker Swarm
8 6 (3.13%) OPNET
9 5 (2.60%) Puppet
10 3 (1.56%) Kibana
11 2 (1.04%) Argo
11 2 (1.04%) Kustomize
11 2 (1.04%) logstash
11 2 (1.04%) Rancher
12 1 (0.52%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 36 (18.75%) Atlassian
2 22 (11.46%) Dell
2 22 (11.46%) Google
2 22 (11.46%) HP
3 12 (6.25%) PayPal
3 12 (6.25%) VMware
4 10 (5.21%) Databricks
5 9 (4.69%) Microsoft
6 6 (3.13%) Cisco
6 6 (3.13%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.04%) Citrix
7 2 (1.04%) IBM
7 2 (1.04%) Informatica
7 2 (1.04%) Oracle
8 1 (0.52%) Cloudera
8 1 (0.52%) SAP
8 1 (0.52%) Splunk