The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 81 85 65
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -20
Contract jobs citing Python 5 1 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.396% 0.072% 1.395%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.292% 0.240% 4.419%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £338 - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £318 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.78% +5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £36.50 £34.50
% change year-on-year
+9.58% +5.79%
All Programming Languages
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
387 416 430
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 30.67% 29.76% 31.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 212 154
Average daily rate £313 £275 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -15.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £413 £406
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 19 49
Average hourly rate £21.00 £17.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -46.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.80 £8.50 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £41.25 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
Python
England

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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
Northamptonshire +15 1 £338 -
Nottinghamshire - 1 - -
Leicestershire - 1 - -
Python
England

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 4 (80.00%) Perl
2 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) Bash shell
2 3 (60.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (40.00%) Software Deployment
3 2 (40.00%) Ruby
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (40.00%) Primavera
3 2 (40.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) RHCE
3 2 (40.00%) SAN
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle
3 2 (40.00%) WebLogic
4 1 (20.00%) CSS
4 1 (20.00%) UNIX
4 1 (20.00%) PHP
4 1 (20.00%) HTML
4 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (20.00%) REXX
4 1 (20.00%) MVS
4 1 (20.00%) OO
4 1 (20.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
4 1 (20.00%) SLA
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) jQuery
1 1 (20.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (20.00%) HTML5
1 1 (20.00%) CSS3
1 1 (20.00%) Backbone.js
1 1 (20.00%) Sass
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) SAN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (20.00%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Systems Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Web Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (20.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (20.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (20.00%) UNIX
2 1 (20.00%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (20.00%) OO
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) TDD
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Market Research
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Perl
2 3 (60.00%) Bash shell
3 2 (40.00%) Ruby
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
4 1 (20.00%) PHP
4 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (20.00%) REXX
4 1 (20.00%) JCL
4 1 (20.00%) ActionScript
4 1 (20.00%) CoffeeScript
4 1 (20.00%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Puppet
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Primavera
1 2 (40.00%) HP
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle