East Midlands Python Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Python skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Python over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheadle City of London Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Glasgow Gosport Hampshire Havant High Wycombe London Maidenhead Manchester Milton Keynes Norfolk North West Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Scotland Somerset South East South West Surrey Swindon UK West Midlands Wiltshire Wimbledon Woking	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	96
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.161 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£303
% change on same period last year	+9.93 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.88	£34.57
% change on same period last year	+9.55 %
Programming Languages East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	579	620
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.772 %	0.619 %
Daily rates quoted	132	76
Average minimum daily rate	£291	£285
Average daily rate	£311	£299
% change on same period last year	+3.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£330	£313
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£336
% change on same period last year	-1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	48	80
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.16	£25.92
Average hourly rate	£33.33	£27.93
% change on same period last year	+19.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.49	£29.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.25	£32.93
% change on same period last year	+0.99 %
Python England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Python across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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 8 (100.00 %) PHP 2 6 (75.00 %) Linux 3 5 (62.50 %) C++ 3 5 (62.50 %) Java 3 5 (62.50 %) Government 3 5 (62.50 %) SC Cleared 3 5 (62.50 %) Security Cleared 4 4 (50.00 %) TCP/IP 4 4 (50.00 %) Perl 5 3 (37.50 %) OO 5 3 (37.50 %) MySQL 5 3 (37.50 %) C# 5 3 (37.50 %) WebServices 5 3 (37.50 %) AJAX 5 3 (37.50 %) CMS

5 3 (37.50 %) LAMP 6 2 (25.00 %) SQL 7 1 (12.50 %) SQL Server 7 1 (12.50 %) MS Excel 7 1 (12.50 %) Software Engineering

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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 3 (37.50 %) WebServices 1 3 (37.50 %) AJAX 1 3 (37.50 %) LAMP	Application Platforms 1 3 (37.50 %) CMS
Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 4 (50.00 %) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (37.50 %) MySQL 2 1 (12.50 %) SQL Server	General 1 5 (62.50 %) Government
Job Titles 1 5 (62.50 %) Software Engineer 2 4 (50.00 %) Java Software Engineer 3 1 (12.50 %) Developer 3 1 (12.50 %) Programmer 3 1 (12.50 %) PHP Developer 3 1 (12.50 %) Java Programmer	Operating Systems 1 6 (75.00 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (62.50 %) SC Cleared 1 5 (62.50 %) Security Cleared 2 3 (37.50 %) OO 3 1 (12.50 %) Software Engineering	Programming Languages 1 8 (100.00 %) PHP 2 5 (62.50 %) C++ 2 5 (62.50 %) Java 3 4 (50.00 %) Perl 4 3 (37.50 %) C# 5 2 (25.00 %) SQL