The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT contracts advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Python over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Belfast region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 29 28 25
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -3
Contract jobs citing Python 3 1 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 1.538% 0.610% 6.042%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.419% 1.887% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £318 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.78% +5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £36.50 £34.50
% change year-on-year
+9.58% +5.79%
All Programming Languages
Belfast
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
124 53 147
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 63.59% 32.32% 44.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 18 39
Average daily rate £350 £280 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -16.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £256 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £12.42 £36.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-65.97% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Python
County Antrim

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Python across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Belfast Python Jobs Demand Trend

Python
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Python across the Belfast region.

Belfast Python Daily Rate Trend

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing Python also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Python.

1 3 (75.00%) HTML
1 3 (75.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) CSS
2 2 (50.00%) Web Services
2 2 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (50.00%) Web Design
2 2 (50.00%) Ruby
2 2 (50.00%) Groovy
2 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (50.00%) HTML5
3 1 (25.00%) GStreamer
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (25.00%) MDX
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) WPF
3 1 (25.00%) Django
3 1 (25.00%) jQuery
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Linux

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing Python also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Python. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (75.00%) HTML
2 2 (50.00%) CSS
2 2 (50.00%) Web Services
2 2 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (50.00%) HTML5
3 1 (25.00%) GStreamer
3 1 (25.00%) MDX
3 1 (25.00%) WPF
3 1 (25.00%) Django
3 1 (25.00%) jQuery
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Development Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Developer
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Development Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Developer
3 1 (25.00%) C Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Linux Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Web Design
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (25.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Ruby
2 2 (50.00%) Groovy
3 1 (25.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft