Python Contracts in Cambridge
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Python over the 3 months to 24 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 Cambridge 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 5 34 26
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -8
Contract jobs citing Python 42 14 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 12.77% 3.302% 3.125%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.14% 5.224% 5.405%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 3
Average daily rate £310 £57 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+448.67% -74.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £318 £300
% change year-on-year
-1.57% +5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 3
Average hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% +61.53%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £36.50 £34.50
% change year-on-year
+9.58% +5.79%
Search 74 Python jobs in Cambridge
All Programming Languages
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 174 268 148
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 52.89% 63.21% 57.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 139 73
Average daily rate £300 £305 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.63% +1.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £201 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 30 26
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +10.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.50 £34.25 £15.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £60.00 £38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Python
Cambridgeshire

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Python Daily Rate Trend

Python
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Python across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridge Python Daily Rate Histogram

Python
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Python Hourly Rate Trend

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Python across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridge Python Hourly Rate Histogram

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 40 (57.14%) Linux
2 33 (47.14%) C
3 21 (30.00%) HTML
4 19 (27.14%) Windows
5 18 (25.71%) Embedded C
6 17 (24.29%) C#
6 17 (24.29%) C++
7 16 (22.86%) Software Testing
8 12 (17.14%) Telecoms
9 11 (15.71%) Java
9 11 (15.71%) UNIX
9 11 (15.71%) OpenCL
10 10 (14.29%) Test Automation
10 10 (14.29%) Shell Script
11 7 (10.00%) SNMP
11 7 (10.00%) Perl
11 7 (10.00%) TDD
11 7 (10.00%) Computer Science
11 7 (10.00%) Android
12 6 (8.571%) Augmented Reality
12 6 (8.571%) Game Development
12 6 (8.571%) Degree
12 6 (8.571%) Games
12 6 (8.571%) SQL
12 6 (8.571%) Internet
13 5 (7.143%) 802.15
13 5 (7.143%) Benchmarking
13 5 (7.143%) Apache
13 5 (7.143%) HTTP
13 5 (7.143%) Scrum

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 21 (30.00%) HTML
2 11 (15.71%) OpenCL
3 4 (5.714%) RESTful
3 4 (5.714%) JSON
3 4 (5.714%) Spring
3 4 (5.714%) Ruby on Rails
3 4 (5.714%) Hibernate
3 4 (5.714%) Swing
3 4 (5.714%) J2EE
3 4 (5.714%) Web Services
4 3 (4.286%) XML
4 3 (4.286%) Flash
4 3 (4.286%) Silverlight
4 3 (4.286%) HTML5
5 2 (2.857%) GTK+
5 2 (2.857%) Qt
6 1 (1.429%) POSIX
6 1 (1.429%) XSLT
6 1 (1.429%) LAMP
6 1 (1.429%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 5 (7.143%) Apache
2 4 (5.714%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (5.714%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.429%) CMS
3 1 (1.429%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.00%) SNMP
2 6 (8.571%) Internet
3 5 (7.143%) 802.15
3 5 (7.143%) HTTP
3 5 (7.143%) ZigBee
4 4 (5.714%) VLAN
5 3 (4.286%) TCP/IP
5 3 (4.286%) DNS
5 3 (4.286%) Broadband
5 3 (4.286%) Ethernet
5 3 (4.286%) xDSL
6 2 (2.857%) Wireless
7 1 (1.429%) SAN
7 1 (1.429%) WAN
7 1 (1.429%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.714%) Oracle 8/8i
1 4 (5.714%) MySQL
2 1 (1.429%) GIS
2 1 (1.429%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (7.143%) Subversion
1 5 (7.143%) Git (software)
2 4 (5.714%) Maven
3 2 (2.857%) JIRA
4 1 (1.429%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.429%) NUnit
4 1 (1.429%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (1.429%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (17.14%) Telecoms
2 6 (8.571%) Games
3 1 (1.429%) Banking
3 1 (1.429%) Electronics
3 1 (1.429%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 28 (40.00%) Developer
2 24 (34.29%) Test Engineer
3 11 (15.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (8.571%) C Developer
5 5 (7.143%) Web Developer
6 4 (5.714%) Python Developer
6 4 (5.714%) Embedded C Developer
6 4 (5.714%) Java Developer
6 4 (5.714%) Software Engineer
6 4 (5.714%) Architect
6 4 (5.714%) Tester
7 3 (4.286%) Analyst
7 3 (4.286%) Test Analyst
7 3 (4.286%) Software Test Engineer
8 2 (2.857%) Performance Test Engineer
8 2 (2.857%) Automated Tester
8 2 (2.857%) Test and Integration Engineer
8 2 (2.857%) Integration Consultant
8 2 (2.857%) Software Integration Engineer
8 2 (2.857%) Web Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (8.571%) Augmented Reality
3 5 (7.143%) Cryptography
4 4 (5.714%) Informatics
4 4 (5.714%) Streaming Media
4 4 (5.714%) Device Driver
5 2 (2.857%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.857%) Biology
5 2 (2.857%) Client/Server
5 2 (2.857%) LIMS
6 1 (1.429%) N-Tier
6 1 (1.429%) E-Learning
6 1 (1.429%) Animation
6 1 (1.429%) iPhone
6 1 (1.429%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.429%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 40 (57.14%) Linux
2 19 (27.14%) Windows
3 11 (15.71%) UNIX
4 7 (10.00%) Android
5 3 (4.286%) Mac OS X
5 3 (4.286%) Windows CE
5 3 (4.286%) Windows XP
5 3 (4.286%) Windows Mobile
5 3 (4.286%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.857%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.857%) VMS
7 1 (1.429%) Debian
7 1 (1.429%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (22.86%) Software Testing
2 10 (14.29%) Test Automation
3 7 (10.00%) TDD
4 6 (8.571%) Game Development
5 5 (7.143%) Benchmarking
5 5 (7.143%) Scrum
6 4 (5.714%) Embedded Software Development
6 4 (5.714%) Unit Testing
6 4 (5.714%) Information Management
6 4 (5.714%) Automated Testing
6 4 (5.714%) Validation
6 4 (5.714%) MVC
6 4 (5.714%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (4.286%) Regression Testing
7 3 (4.286%) System Testing
8 1 (1.429%) Project Management
8 1 (1.429%) Data Modelling
8 1 (1.429%) OO
8 1 (1.429%) Content Management
8 1 (1.429%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 33 (47.14%) C
2 18 (25.71%) Embedded C
3 17 (24.29%) C#
3 17 (24.29%) C++
4 11 (15.71%) Java
5 10 (14.29%) Shell Script
6 7 (10.00%) Perl
7 6 (8.571%) SQL
8 4 (5.714%) Ruby
8 4 (5.714%) Lisp
9 3 (4.286%) Objective-C
9 3 (4.286%) Bash shell
10 1 (1.429%) Assembly Language
10 1 (1.429%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (8.571%) Degree
2 4 (5.714%) PhD
3 3 (4.286%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.429%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.143%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.714%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.429%) Postfix
2 1 (1.429%) Sendmail
2 1 (1.429%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.429%) Nagios
1 1 (1.429%) Red Hat Satellite
1 1 (1.429%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (5.714%) VMware
1 4 (5.714%) Oracle
2 3 (4.286%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.286%) Adobe
3 2 (2.857%) Perforce
4 1 (1.429%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.429%) Atlassian
Contract Embedded C Developer - Urgent!
Cambridge, East Anglia
Job role: Embedded C Developer / Software EngineerLocation: Cambridge, CambridgeshireRate: £400 p/dayTerm: 3 months initiallyStart Date: Immediate / ASAPContract Embedded C Developer / Software Engineer (C++ Linux Python). Pioneering clean-...
Client Server
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Find IT Jobs| About us| Contact us| Copyright| Disclaimer| Privacy Policy & Cookies
Last Updated Friday 24 May 2013
IT Jobs Watch, Tracking the IT Job Market
Copyright © 2004-2013 Paradigm Software (UK) Limited. All rights reserved.