Python Contracts with Work from Home Options

Python
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Python skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Python over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 12 11
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Python 1,590 2,752 4,594
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.78% 11.53% 10.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.30% 31.65% 27.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,141 2,073 3,354
10th Percentile £375 £425 £425
25th Percentile £475 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £763 £713 £675
90th Percentile £850 £825 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 42 19
10th Percentile £20.77 £19.00 £19.30
25th Percentile £42.25 £23.06 £22.23
Median hourly rate £66.25 £50.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% +11.11% +45.16%
75th Percentile £78.75 £59.69 £57.50
90th Percentile £83.50 £71.38 £59.15
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £64.69 £50.81
% change year-on-year -4.15% +27.31% +35.49%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,080 8,696 16,767
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.43% 36.42% 38.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,656 6,423 12,512
10th Percentile £356 £381 £381
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £672 £638
90th Percentile £800 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 187 184
10th Percentile £29.38 £26.96 £20.25
25th Percentile £44.88 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £62.69
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.25
% change year-on-year - +19.62% +16.76%

Python
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Python trend for jobs with a WFH option

Python
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Python.

Python daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Python
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Python over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Python daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Python
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Python.

Python hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Python over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Python hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 215 (13.52%) Apache Airflow
2 176 (11.07%) Apache
3 49 (3.08%) Apache Spark
4 46 (2.89%) Confluence
5 20 (1.26%) SAS
6 12 (0.75%) SharePoint
7 8 (0.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 7 (0.44%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.38%) Drupal
9 6 (0.38%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.31%) Cloud Foundry
10 5 (0.31%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.25%) JBoss
11 4 (0.25%) Luigi
11 4 (0.25%) WordPress
12 3 (0.19%) nginx
13 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.13%) CMS
13 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 122 (7.67%) Chatbot
2 36 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.25%) SPSS
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.13%) Sketch
6 1 (0.063%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.063%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 6 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.38%) Maximo
2 4 (0.25%) Distributed Ledger
3 3 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
3 3 (0.19%) FastStats
3 3 (0.19%) Orchestrade
3 3 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.19%) Shopify
3 3 (0.19%) Unica
4 2 (0.13%) Endur
5 1 (0.063%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.063%) BASE24
5 1 (0.063%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.063%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.063%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.063%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 607 (38.18%) AWS
2 357 (22.45%) Azure
3 229 (14.40%) GCP
4 186 (11.70%) dbt
5 168 (10.57%) Snowflake
6 111 (6.98%) Serverless
7 90 (5.66%) GitHub
8 84 (5.28%) Power Platform
9 79 (4.97%) Amazon S3
10 69 (4.34%) AWS Lambda
11 66 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
12 51 (3.21%) Amazon EC2
13 48 (3.02%) Azure Data Factory
14 40 (2.52%) Amazon EKS
14 40 (2.52%) AWS CloudFormation
15 38 (2.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 33 (2.08%) Amazon ECS
16 33 (2.08%) OpenShift
17 30 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
18 29 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 70 (4.40%) Firewall
2 36 (2.26%) TCP/IP
3 29 (1.82%) DNS
4 23 (1.45%) Network Security
5 16 (1.01%) DHCP
5 16 (1.01%) HTTP
5 16 (1.01%) SAN
6 15 (0.94%) BGP
7 12 (0.75%) Wireless
8 11 (0.69%) SSL
8 11 (0.69%) VPN
9 10 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
9 10 (0.63%) OSPF
9 10 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.57%) Cisco Firepower
10 9 (0.57%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (0.57%) WAN
11 8 (0.50%) Kerberos
11 8 (0.50%) LAN
12 7 (0.44%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 192 (12.08%) Data Lake
2 171 (10.75%) Amazon Athena
3 161 (10.13%) Dremio
4 157 (9.87%) Apache Arrow
5 138 (8.68%) Apache Ignite
6 97 (6.10%) Data Warehouse
7 85 (5.35%) Big Data
8 82 (5.16%) PostgreSQL
9 77 (4.84%) Power BI
10 62 (3.90%) NoSQL
11 50 (3.14%) Tableau
12 46 (2.89%) SQL Server
13 43 (2.70%) MongoDB
14 41 (2.58%) Amazon Redshift
15 38 (2.39%) Relational Database
16 36 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
17 34 (2.14%) BigQuery
18 29 (1.82%) Hadoop
19 27 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
20 24 (1.51%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 164 (10.31%) Git
2 147 (9.25%) Jenkins
3 79 (4.97%) JIRA
4 65 (4.09%) GitLab
5 27 (1.70%) Bitbucket
6 26 (1.64%) Selenium
7 20 (1.26%) Artifactory
8 18 (1.13%) TeamCity
9 14 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 13 (0.82%) JMeter
11 11 (0.69%) JUnit
11 11 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
12 9 (0.57%) Subversion
13 8 (0.50%) Cucumber
13 8 (0.50%) Maven
14 7 (0.44%) MLflow
15 6 (0.38%) TestNG
15 6 (0.38%) Travis CI
15 6 (0.38%) Visual Studio
16 5 (0.31%) Cypress.io
General
1 478 (30.06%) Finance
2 274 (17.23%) Front Office
3 258 (16.23%) Banking
4 248 (15.60%) Social Skills
5 159 (10.00%) Investment Banking
6 126 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
7 92 (5.79%) Public Sector
8 38 (2.39%) Retail
9 33 (2.08%) Marketing
10 28 (1.76%) Back Office
11 23 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
11 23 (1.45%) Telecoms
12 16 (1.01%) Financial Institution
13 13 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (0.75%) Manufacturing
15 9 (0.57%) Aerospace
16 8 (0.50%) Electronics
17 7 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (0.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 473 (29.75%) Developer
2 226 (14.21%) Senior
3 180 (11.32%) Software Developer
4 176 (11.07%) Python Developer
5 162 (10.19%) Software Engineer
6 161 (10.13%) Data Engineer
7 151 (9.50%) Python Engineer
8 147 (9.25%) AWS Engineer
9 131 (8.24%) Analyst
10 129 (8.11%) DevOps Engineer
11 123 (7.74%) Lead
12 105 (6.60%) Architect
13 80 (5.03%) Python Software Engineer
14 69 (4.34%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 60 (3.77%) Azure Engineer
16 58 (3.65%) Senior Software Engineer
17 57 (3.58%) AWS Software Engineer
18 56 (3.52%) Java Engineer
19 50 (3.14%) Data Analyst
20 49 (3.08%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (10.50%) gRPC
2 165 (10.38%) Protocol Buffers
3 162 (10.19%) Pandas
4 159 (10.00%) HTML
5 147 (9.25%) NumPy
6 137 (8.62%) SciPy
7 99 (6.23%) React
8 91 (5.72%) PySpark
9 67 (4.21%) Node.js
10 62 (3.90%) Kafka
11 56 (3.52%) RESTful
12 48 (3.02%) Django
13 41 (2.58%) .NET
13 41 (2.58%) REST
14 39 (2.45%) AngularJS
15 33 (2.08%) CSS
16 31 (1.95%) FastAPI
17 29 (1.82%) JSON
17 29 (1.82%) Redux
18 28 (1.76%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 223 (14.03%) Derivative
2 211 (13.27%) Hedge funds
3 200 (12.58%) Fixed Income
4 173 (10.88%) Equities
5 170 (10.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 70 (4.40%) Algorithms
7 54 (3.40%) Product Ownership
8 38 (2.39%) Data Structures
9 37 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
10 27 (1.70%) Clustering
11 23 (1.45%) Management Information System
12 22 (1.38%) Cloud Native
13 21 (1.32%) Data Centre
13 21 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
13 21 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
14 19 (1.19%) Public Cloud
15 17 (1.07%) Replication
16 16 (1.01%) Pricing Data
17 15 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
17 15 (0.94%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 186 (11.70%) Linux
2 76 (4.78%) Windows
3 64 (4.03%) Unix
4 26 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (1.13%) Ubuntu
5 18 (1.13%) Windows Server
6 14 (0.88%) Android
7 11 (0.69%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.63%) Debian
9 9 (0.57%) Solaris
10 8 (0.50%) zOS
11 6 (0.38%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
12 4 (0.25%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.25%) Windows 10
13 2 (0.13%) Alpine Linux
13 2 (0.13%) CentOS
14 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (28.81%) Agile
2 416 (26.16%) Software Engineering
3 386 (24.28%) DevOps
4 284 (17.86%) CI/CD
5 250 (15.72%) Asset Management
6 225 (14.15%) Artificial Intelligence
7 212 (13.33%) Analytics
8 195 (12.26%) Investment Management
9 178 (11.19%) Problem-Solving
10 145 (9.12%) Code Quality
11 127 (7.99%) Infrastructure as Code
11 127 (7.99%) Test Automation
12 123 (7.74%) Conversational UI
12 123 (7.74%) Machine Learning
13 118 (7.42%) Computer Science
13 118 (7.42%) Data Modelling
14 113 (7.11%) ETL
15 110 (6.92%) Data Pipeline
15 110 (6.92%) Data Science
16 106 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 540 (33.96%) SQL
2 438 (27.55%) JavaScript
3 351 (22.08%) Java
4 226 (14.21%) C#
5 191 (12.01%) TypeScript
6 129 (8.11%) Bash
7 112 (7.04%) PowerShell
8 91 (5.72%) C++
9 86 (5.41%) Go
10 66 (4.15%) R
11 64 (4.03%) Perl
12 48 (3.02%) Scala
13 44 (2.77%) Shell Script
14 35 (2.20%) Ruby
15 31 (1.95%) C
16 14 (0.88%) Groovy
17 12 (0.75%) VBA
18 11 (0.69%) Bicep
18 11 (0.69%) T-SQL
19 10 (0.63%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 249 (15.66%) Degree
2 172 (10.82%) Security Cleared
3 145 (9.12%) SC Cleared
4 62 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (1.95%) Master's Degree
6 26 (1.64%) DV Cleared
7 24 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (1.32%) AWS Certification
8 21 (1.32%) CCNP
9 20 (1.26%) Numerate Degree
10 14 (0.88%) PhD
11 13 (0.82%) CCIE
12 12 (0.75%) CCNA
13 9 (0.57%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 9 (0.57%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.44%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.38%) CEH
16 5 (0.31%) CISM
16 5 (0.31%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (7.04%) Data Quality
2 37 (2.33%) QA
3 15 (0.94%) GDPR
4 14 (0.88%) Accessibility
5 11 (0.69%) NIST
6 7 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.38%) CDISC
7 6 (0.38%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.25%) JTAG
9 3 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.13%) GxP
10 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.13%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.13%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.063%) COPPA
11 1 (0.063%) GLBA
11 1 (0.063%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.063%) SLA
System Software
1 185 (11.64%) Docker
2 39 (2.45%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (0.88%) Firmware
6 12 (0.75%) vSphere
7 11 (0.69%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 11 (0.69%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (0.50%) NFS
9 8 (0.50%) Time Sharing Option
10 4 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.25%) vCloud
11 3 (0.19%) HDFS
11 3 (0.19%) VirtualBox
12 2 (0.13%) Snort
13 1 (0.063%) iptables
13 1 (0.063%) PowerDNS
13 1 (0.063%) ProxySG
13 1 (0.063%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 245 (15.41%) Terraform
2 234 (14.72%) Kubernetes
3 162 (10.19%) Ansible
4 76 (4.78%) Prometheus
5 74 (4.65%) Grafana
6 42 (2.64%) Puppet
7 31 (1.95%) Progress Chef
8 18 (1.13%) Kibana
9 13 (0.82%) Consul
10 12 (0.75%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 9 (0.57%) logstash
12 7 (0.44%) ITRS Geneos
12 7 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.38%) Dell DRAC
13 6 (0.38%) Packer
14 5 (0.31%) Argo
14 5 (0.31%) Docker Swarm
14 5 (0.31%) Nagios
14 5 (0.31%) Netcool
14 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 121 (7.61%) PayPal
2 96 (6.04%) Microsoft
3 91 (5.72%) Databricks
4 61 (3.84%) Google
5 60 (3.77%) Splunk
6 45 (2.83%) Oracle
7 43 (2.70%) Cisco
8 42 (2.64%) VMware
9 27 (1.70%) Red Hat
10 22 (1.38%) Palo Alto
10 22 (1.38%) SAP
11 21 (1.32%) IBM
12 20 (1.26%) OpenAI
13 19 (1.19%) F5
14 18 (1.13%) Bloomberg
15 17 (1.07%) Dell
15 17 (1.07%) SolarWinds
16 15 (0.94%) Salesforce
17 14 (0.88%) CheckPoint
18 12 (0.75%) Citrix