Python Contracts in Cambridge

Python
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 0
Contract jobs citing Python 34 70 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 15.89% 26.52% 23.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.04% 64.22% 50.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 51 58
10th Percentile £363 - £408
25th Percentile £405 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £505
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.94% +22.42%
75th Percentile £575 £536 £620
90th Percentile £638 £600 £700
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £495 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +4.21% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £51.25 - -
25th Percentile £53.13 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% - -
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 -
90th Percentile £68.75 - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £62.50 £50.00 -
% change year-on-year +25.00% - -

All Programming Languages
Cambridge

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 79 109 161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 36.92% 41.29% 46.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 73 102
10th Percentile £384 - £408
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -2.56% +14.71%
75th Percentile £559 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £575 £673
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £495 £460 £475
% change year-on-year +7.61% -3.16% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 9
10th Percentile £51.25 £49.75 -
25th Percentile £51.88 £51.25 £56.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £52.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -8.70% +17.35%
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £68.25 £57.25 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £57.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% -12.28% +69.13%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Cambridge

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Python in Cambridge

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in Cambridge over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Python in Cambridge

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Python in Cambridge

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 6 (17.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.94%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.65%) Collibra
1 6 (17.65%) Power Platform
2 4 (11.76%) Azure
2 4 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) RS-485
2 1 (2.94%) MQTT
2 1 (2.94%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) Metadata
1 6 (17.65%) Power BI
2 2 (5.88%) Looker
2 2 (5.88%) Tableau
3 1 (2.94%) MS Access
3 1 (2.94%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (35.29%) Git
2 9 (26.47%) JIRA
3 6 (17.65%) Eclipse
3 6 (17.65%) PyCharm
4 4 (11.76%) Mercurial
5 3 (8.82%) Subversion
6 2 (5.88%) Visual Studio
7 1 (2.94%) Gerrit
7 1 (2.94%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (23.53%) Electronics
1 8 (23.53%) Manufacturing
2 7 (20.59%) Pharmaceutical
3 5 (14.71%) Multimedia
3 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
4 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 4 (11.76%) Wearables
5 3 (8.82%) Finance
5 3 (8.82%) Marketing
5 3 (8.82%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Software Engineer
2 6 (17.65%) Analyst
2 6 (17.65%) Business Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Data Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Data Business Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Data Product Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Product Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Product Business Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Product Owner
3 4 (11.76%) Senior
3 4 (11.76%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Data Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Development Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Senior Development Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Senior Software Development Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Software Development Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.65%) NumPy
2 5 (14.71%) Pandas
2 5 (14.71%) React
2 5 (14.71%) SciPy
3 3 (8.82%) JSON
3 3 (8.82%) YAML
4 2 (5.88%) .NET
4 2 (5.88%) MFC
4 2 (5.88%) WinForms
4 2 (5.88%) WPF
5 1 (2.94%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) FPGA
2 5 (14.71%) ASIC
2 5 (14.71%) Product Ownership
2 5 (14.71%) Verilog
3 4 (11.76%) Data Structures
3 4 (11.76%) Social Media
4 3 (8.82%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (8.82%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (5.88%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (5.88%) Smartphone
5 2 (5.88%) Virtual Reality
6 1 (2.94%) CRISPR
6 1 (2.94%) Robotics
6 1 (2.94%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 9 (26.47%) Linux
2 6 (17.65%) Windows
3 3 (8.82%) Unix
4 2 (5.88%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.94%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Software Engineering
2 9 (26.47%) Workflow
3 8 (23.53%) Computer Science
3 8 (23.53%) Machine Learning
4 7 (20.59%) Artificial Intelligence
4 7 (20.59%) Test Automation
5 6 (17.65%) Agile
5 6 (17.65%) Data Governance
5 6 (17.65%) Data Pipeline
5 6 (17.65%) Lean Six Sigma
5 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (17.65%) Six Sigma
6 5 (14.71%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (14.71%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (14.71%) Validation
7 4 (11.76%) CI/CD
7 4 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (11.76%) Project Management
7 4 (11.76%) Signal Processing
7 4 (11.76%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (38.24%) C#
2 11 (32.35%) C++
3 10 (29.41%) JavaScript
4 8 (23.53%) Java
5 6 (17.65%) Bash
5 6 (17.65%) C
5 6 (17.65%) Groovy
6 5 (14.71%) SystemVerilog
6 5 (14.71%) Tcl
7 3 (8.82%) Assembly Language
7 3 (8.82%) R
7 3 (8.82%) Rust
7 3 (8.82%) Shell Script
8 2 (5.88%) C++/CLI
8 2 (5.88%) SQL
8 2 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (29.41%) Degree
2 5 (14.71%) PhD
3 4 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (11.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.65%) GDPR
1 6 (17.65%) Good Clinical Practice
1 6 (17.65%) GxP
2 1 (2.94%) JTAG
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (5.88%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) Cadence
2 3 (8.82%) SAP
2 3 (8.82%) Synopsys
2 3 (8.82%) Xilinx
3 1 (2.94%) Mentor Graphics
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.94%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.94%) Siemens