Python Engineer
UK
The median Python Engineer daily rate in the UK is £650 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 | |
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| Rank | 298 | 396 | 360 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +98 | -36 | -23 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Python Engineer | 308 | 319 | 667 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.72% | 0.56% | 0.76% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.78% | 0.59% | 0.79% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 255 | 257 | 583 |
| 10th Percentile | £446 | £450 | £476 |
| 25th Percentile | £538 | £500 | £538 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | £625 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +4.17% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £788 | £750 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £850 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £500 | £528 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -5.21% | +14.05% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £62.81 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £63.28 | £56.25 | £18.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.63 | £57.50 | £19.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.13% | +202.63% | -30.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £69.53 | £58.75 | £19.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.94 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £57.50 | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 39,468 | 54,175 | 84,246 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.79% | 94.61% | 95.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,716 | 37,826 | 59,224 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £543 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.23% | +3.33% | +8.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,674 | 1,504 | 2,051 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.83 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.82 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +4.19% |
Python Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Python Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Python Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python Engineer.
Python Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python Engineer over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.
Python Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python Engineer.
Python Engineer
Top 13 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 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 |
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| England | +111 | 263 | £675 | +8.00% | 120 |
| London | +114 | 225 | £700 | +3.70% | 92 |
| Work from Home | +76 | 141 | £680 | +8.80% | 69 |
| UK excluding London | +64 | 64 | £550 | +10.00% | 52 |
| Scotland | +60 | 33 | £563 | +25.00% | |
| South East | +27 | 8 | £600 | +9.09% | 28 |
| North of England | +27 | 8 | £500 | - | 4 |
| East of England | +7 | 8 | £425 | -15.00% | 9 |
| North West | +17 | 6 | £500 | -4.76% | 3 |
| South West | +5 | 5 | £550 | +2.33% | 4 |
| West Midlands | +19 | 2 | £550 | -3.51% | 4 |
| Midlands | +16 | 2 | £550 | -3.51% | 7 |
| Yorkshire | +15 | 2 | £475 | -5.00% | 1 |
Python Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Python Engineer 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 job ads featuring Python Engineer in the job title.
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Python Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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