The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Python over the 3 months to 17 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 Chester 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Python 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £319 £300
% change year-on-year
-2.89% +6.41%
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
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
33 15 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 24.09% 13.04% 30.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 22
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £296
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £375 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
Average hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +81.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £50.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £50.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Python
Cheshire

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester Python Jobs Demand 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 Chester region.

Chester Python Hourly Rate Trend

Python
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) ESRI
1 1 (100.00%) ArcGIS
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSDE
1 1 (100.00%) LLPG
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Data Conversion

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) ArcGIS
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSDE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) LLPG
1 1 (100.00%) Data Conversion
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ESRI