The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Python over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Buckinghamshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank - 69 80
Contract jobs citing Python 0 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire - 0.314% 0.183%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 1.095% 0.645%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £338
% change year-on-year
+1.56% -5.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
All Programming Languages
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
287 274 310
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 31.43% 28.66% 28.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 132 133
Average daily rate £335 £313 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.20% -9.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £218 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 15
Average hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £27.76
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +26.08%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £35.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.20 £42.00 £37.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Python
South East

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Python Daily Rate Trend

Python
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Python across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Python Hourly Rate Trend

Python
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Amersham - - - - 1
Aylesbury - - - -
High Wycombe - - - - 1
Marlow - - - -
Milton Keynes - - - - 1
Python
South East
High Wycombe, Thames Valley
The Vital skills they need for this contractor are: Kernel Development: VxWorks (relatively recent, at least version 6) Linux Windows KMDF (optional but an advantage) Cygwin (Optional but...
Computer Futures
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 19 June 2013