Python Contracts in Cambridgeshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Python over the 3 months to 22 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 Cambridgeshire 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 9 44 37
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -7
Contract jobs citing Python 58 21 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 10.58% 3.000% 2.124%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.83% 5.512% 4.120%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 6 4
Average daily rate £320 £408 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.47% +63.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £178 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £425 £293
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £318 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.78% +5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 3
Average hourly rate £50.00 £47.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% +46.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £36.50 £34.50
% change year-on-year
+9.58% +5.79%
All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 254 381 267
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 46.35% 54.43% 51.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 197 121
Average daily rate £303 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.20% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 38 38
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.35 £32.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £60.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
Python
East of England

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire Python Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
(Click each for more statistics)		 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
Cambridge +30 42 £310 +448.67%
Python
East of England

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 58 (63.74%) Linux
2 35 (38.46%) C
3 29 (31.87%) Windows
4 24 (26.37%) Perl
5 23 (25.27%) Java
5 23 (25.27%) UNIX
6 22 (24.18%) HTML
7 20 (21.98%) C#
8 19 (20.88%) C++
9 18 (19.78%) Embedded C
9 18 (19.78%) Software Testing
10 14 (15.38%) PhD
11 13 (14.29%) Degree
12 12 (13.19%) Test Automation
12 12 (13.19%) Shell Script
12 12 (13.19%) Biology
12 12 (13.19%) Telecoms
13 11 (12.09%) Subversion
13 11 (12.09%) OpenCL
14 10 (10.99%) Git (software)
14 10 (10.99%) Bioinformatics
14 10 (10.99%) Ruby
15 9 (9.890%) Computer Science
15 9 (9.890%) Android
16 8 (8.791%) Bash shell
16 8 (8.791%) Games
17 7 (7.692%) TDD
17 7 (7.692%) QA
17 7 (7.692%) Nagios
17 7 (7.692%) SNMP

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 22 (24.18%) HTML
2 11 (12.09%) OpenCL
3 6 (6.593%) LAMP
4 5 (5.495%) JSON
5 4 (4.396%) Web Services
5 4 (4.396%) XML
5 4 (4.396%) J2EE
5 4 (4.396%) Swing
5 4 (4.396%) Ruby on Rails
5 4 (4.396%) Spring
5 4 (4.396%) Hibernate
5 4 (4.396%) RESTful
6 3 (3.297%) iOS SDK
6 3 (3.297%) HTML5
6 3 (3.297%) Silverlight
6 3 (3.297%) Flash
7 2 (2.198%) GTK+
7 2 (2.198%) Qt
8 1 (1.099%) Django
8 1 (1.099%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 5 (5.495%) Apache
2 4 (4.396%) Tomcat
2 4 (4.396%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (1.099%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (1.099%) Confluence
3 1 (1.099%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.692%) SNMP
1 7 (7.692%) Internet
2 6 (6.593%) WAN
2 6 (6.593%) Kerberos
3 5 (5.495%) ZigBee
3 5 (5.495%) 802.15
3 5 (5.495%) HTTP
4 4 (4.396%) VLAN
5 3 (3.297%) xDSL
5 3 (3.297%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.297%) DNS
5 3 (3.297%) Ethernet
5 3 (3.297%) Broadband
6 2 (2.198%) Wireless
7 1 (1.099%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.495%) MySQL
2 4 (4.396%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.099%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.099%) GIS
Development Applications
1 11 (12.09%) Subversion
2 10 (10.99%) Git (software)
3 4 (4.396%) Maven
4 2 (2.198%) JIRA
5 1 (1.099%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (1.099%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.099%) NUnit
5 1 (1.099%) Eclipse
General
1 12 (13.19%) Telecoms
2 8 (8.791%) Games
3 1 (1.099%) Electronics
3 1 (1.099%) Aerospace
3 1 (1.099%) Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (31.87%) Developer
2 26 (28.57%) Test Engineer
3 11 (12.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (6.593%) Tester
4 6 (6.593%) Linux Engineer
4 6 (6.593%) C Developer
5 5 (5.495%) Senior Programmer
5 5 (5.495%) Python Developer
5 5 (5.495%) Web Developer
5 5 (5.495%) Programmer
6 4 (4.396%) Architect
6 4 (4.396%) Embedded C Developer
6 4 (4.396%) Software Engineer
6 4 (4.396%) Java Developer
7 3 (3.297%) Software Test Engineer
7 3 (3.297%) Test Consultant
7 3 (3.297%) QA Engineer
7 3 (3.297%) Integration Consultant
7 3 (3.297%) Consultant
7 3 (3.297%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.19%) Biology
2 9 (9.890%) Computer Science
3 6 (6.593%) Cryptography
3 6 (6.593%) Augmented Reality
4 4 (4.396%) Streaming Media
4 4 (4.396%) Device Driver
4 4 (4.396%) Informatics
5 2 (2.198%) Client/Server
5 2 (2.198%) LIMS
5 2 (2.198%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.099%) Animation
6 1 (1.099%) iPhone
6 1 (1.099%) iPad
6 1 (1.099%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.099%) E-Learning
6 1 (1.099%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 58 (63.74%) Linux
2 29 (31.87%) Windows
3 23 (25.27%) UNIX
4 9 (9.890%) Android
5 6 (6.593%) Debian
5 6 (6.593%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (5.495%) Windows 7
6 5 (5.495%) Windows Mobile
6 5 (5.495%) Mac OS X
6 5 (5.495%) Windows XP
7 4 (4.396%) Apple iOS
8 3 (3.297%) Windows CE
8 3 (3.297%) VMS
9 1 (1.099%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (19.78%) Software Testing
2 12 (13.19%) Test Automation
3 10 (10.99%) Bioinformatics
4 7 (7.692%) TDD
5 6 (6.593%) Game Development
6 5 (5.495%) Embedded Software Development
6 5 (5.495%) Validation
6 5 (5.495%) Scrum
6 5 (5.495%) Benchmarking
6 5 (5.495%) Regression Testing
7 4 (4.396%) Automated Testing
7 4 (4.396%) Information Management
7 4 (4.396%) MVC
7 4 (4.396%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (4.396%) Unit Testing
8 3 (3.297%) System Testing
9 1 (1.099%) Reverse Engineering
9 1 (1.099%) Test Management
9 1 (1.099%) Manual Testing
9 1 (1.099%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 35 (38.46%) C
2 24 (26.37%) Perl
3 23 (25.27%) Java
4 20 (21.98%) C#
5 19 (20.88%) C++
6 18 (19.78%) Embedded C
7 12 (13.19%) Shell Script
8 10 (10.99%) Ruby
9 8 (8.791%) Bash shell
10 7 (7.692%) SQL
11 5 (5.495%) Objective-C
12 4 (4.396%) Lisp
13 2 (2.198%) PHP
14 1 (1.099%) Assembly Language
14 1 (1.099%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (15.38%) PhD
2 13 (14.29%) Degree
3 6 (6.593%) RHCE
4 4 (4.396%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.297%) RHCT
6 1 (1.099%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.692%) QA
2 1 (1.099%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (6.593%) Postfix
1 6 (6.593%) Sendmail
1 6 (6.593%) Hyper-V
2 4 (4.396%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (7.692%) Nagios
2 6 (6.593%) Puppet
2 6 (6.593%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 6 (6.593%) Red Hat
2 4 (4.396%) Oracle
2 4 (4.396%) VMware
3 3 (3.297%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.297%) Adobe
4 2 (2.198%) Perforce
5 1 (1.099%) Atlassian
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