The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT contracts advertised for the County Antrim 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 County Antrim 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 22 27 21
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -6
Contract jobs citing Python 3 1 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 1.875% 0.633% 6.397%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.448% 1.887% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
County Antrim
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
87 53 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 54.38% 33.54% 45.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 24 33
Average daily rate £375 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
Average hourly rate £12.42 - £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Python
Northern Ireland

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim Python Daily 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 County Antrim 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
(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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Belfast +2 3 - - 2
Python
Northern Ireland

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 (60.00%) HTML
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) C#
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (40.00%) Groovy
2 2 (40.00%) HTML5
2 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Ruby
2 2 (40.00%) Web Design
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) CSS
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) ClearCase
3 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) Perl
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (20.00%) Ant
3 1 (20.00%) TDD
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (20.00%) Maven
3 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (20.00%) MDX

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 (60.00%) HTML
2 2 (40.00%) HTML5
2 2 (40.00%) CSS
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) MDX
3 1 (20.00%) WPF
3 1 (20.00%) Django
3 1 (20.00%) jQuery
3 1 (20.00%) GStreamer
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (20.00%) Ant
1 1 (20.00%) Maven
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Developer
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Development Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Release Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Developer
3 1 (20.00%) C Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Development Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) UNIX
2 1 (20.00%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Web Design
3 1 (20.00%) TDD
3 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Build Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) Groovy
2 2 (40.00%) Ruby
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) Perl
3 1 (20.00%) Bash shell
3 1 (20.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft