Python Contracts in the East of England
 
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 East of England 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 of England 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 58 100 109
Rank change year-on-year
+42 +9
Contract jobs citing Python 62 31 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 2.848% 1.040% 0.804%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.951% 2.470% 2.130%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 8 8
Average daily rate £325 £408 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.24% +16.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £227 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
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
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 892 1255 986
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 40.97% 42.10% 37.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 468 613 424
Average daily rate £315 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £221 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 108 126
Average hourly rate £35.50 £35.50 £33.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +5.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £26.28 £20.43
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £50.00 £42.50
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England 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
Cambridgeshire +35 58 £320 -21.47%
Hertfordshire +12 2 - -
Bedfordshire +3 2 £350 -
Python
England

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 59 (59.60%) Linux
2 35 (35.35%) C
3 32 (32.32%) Windows
4 28 (28.28%) Java
5 24 (24.24%) Perl
6 23 (23.23%) HTML
6 23 (23.23%) UNIX
7 22 (22.22%) C#
8 19 (19.19%) C++
8 19 (19.19%) Software Testing
9 18 (18.18%) Embedded C
10 15 (15.15%) Git (software)
11 14 (14.14%) Ruby
11 14 (14.14%) PhD
12 13 (13.13%) Degree
13 12 (12.12%) Telecoms
13 12 (12.12%) Shell Script
13 12 (12.12%) Biology
13 12 (12.12%) Test Automation
14 11 (11.11%) OpenCL
14 11 (11.11%) Subversion
15 10 (10.10%) Bioinformatics
15 10 (10.10%) Android
16 9 (9.091%) Computer Science
16 9 (9.091%) Bash shell
16 9 (9.091%) TDD
17 8 (8.081%) Games
17 8 (8.081%) Debian
17 8 (8.081%) SNMP
17 8 (8.081%) Internet

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 23 (23.23%) HTML
2 11 (11.11%) OpenCL
3 6 (6.061%) Ruby on Rails
3 6 (6.061%) LAMP
4 5 (5.051%) JSON
4 5 (5.051%) .NET
5 4 (4.040%) Spring
5 4 (4.040%) Hibernate
5 4 (4.040%) Web Services
5 4 (4.040%) XML
5 4 (4.040%) J2EE
5 4 (4.040%) Swing
5 4 (4.040%) Django
5 4 (4.040%) RESTful
5 4 (4.040%) HTML5
6 3 (3.030%) iOS SDK
6 3 (3.030%) Silverlight
6 3 (3.030%) Flash
6 3 (3.030%) ASP.NET
7 2 (2.020%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 7 (7.071%) Apache
2 4 (4.040%) Tomcat
2 4 (4.040%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (2.020%) nginx
4 1 (1.010%) Confluence
4 1 (1.010%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.010%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.010%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.081%) SNMP
1 8 (8.081%) Internet
2 6 (6.061%) WAN
2 6 (6.061%) Kerberos
3 5 (5.051%) ZigBee
3 5 (5.051%) 802.15
3 5 (5.051%) HTTP
4 4 (4.040%) VLAN
5 3 (3.030%) xDSL
5 3 (3.030%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.030%) DNS
5 3 (3.030%) Ethernet
5 3 (3.030%) Broadband
6 2 (2.020%) Wireless
6 2 (2.020%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.051%) MySQL
2 4 (4.040%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.010%) GIS
3 1 (1.010%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (15.15%) Git (software)
2 11 (11.11%) Subversion
3 4 (4.040%) Maven
4 2 (2.020%) JIRA
4 2 (2.020%) WATIR
4 2 (2.020%) Selenium
4 2 (2.020%) WebDriver
4 2 (2.020%) SpecFlow
4 2 (2.020%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.010%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.010%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (1.010%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.010%) NUnit
General
1 12 (12.12%) Telecoms
2 8 (8.081%) Games
3 1 (1.010%) Electronics
3 1 (1.010%) Aerospace
3 1 (1.010%) Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (33.33%) Developer
2 26 (26.26%) Test Engineer
3 11 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (7.071%) Python Developer
5 6 (6.061%) C Developer
5 6 (6.061%) Linux Engineer
5 6 (6.061%) Tester
6 5 (5.051%) Web Developer
6 5 (5.051%) Consultant
6 5 (5.051%) Programmer
6 5 (5.051%) Senior Programmer
7 4 (4.040%) Embedded C Developer
7 4 (4.040%) Software Engineer
7 4 (4.040%) Java Developer
7 4 (4.040%) Architect
8 3 (3.030%) Django Developer
8 3 (3.030%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (3.030%) Analyst
8 3 (3.030%) Test Analyst
8 3 (3.030%) Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.12%) Biology
2 9 (9.091%) Computer Science
3 6 (6.061%) Cryptography
3 6 (6.061%) Augmented Reality
4 4 (4.040%) Streaming Media
4 4 (4.040%) Device Driver
4 4 (4.040%) Informatics
5 2 (2.020%) Client/Server
5 2 (2.020%) LIMS
5 2 (2.020%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.020%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.010%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.010%) iPad
6 1 (1.010%) iPhone
6 1 (1.010%) N-Tier
6 1 (1.010%) E-Learning
6 1 (1.010%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 59 (59.60%) Linux
2 32 (32.32%) Windows
3 23 (23.23%) UNIX
4 10 (10.10%) Android
5 8 (8.081%) Debian
6 6 (6.061%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (5.051%) Apple iOS
7 5 (5.051%) Windows 7
7 5 (5.051%) Mac OS X
7 5 (5.051%) Windows XP
7 5 (5.051%) Windows Mobile
8 3 (3.030%) Windows CE
8 3 (3.030%) VMS
9 1 (1.010%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (19.19%) Software Testing
2 12 (12.12%) Test Automation
3 10 (10.10%) Bioinformatics
4 9 (9.091%) TDD
5 7 (7.071%) MVC
5 7 (7.071%) Scrum
6 6 (6.061%) Game Development
7 5 (5.051%) Embedded Software Development
7 5 (5.051%) Unit Testing
7 5 (5.051%) Benchmarking
7 5 (5.051%) Validation
7 5 (5.051%) Regression Testing
7 5 (5.051%) Automated Testing
8 4 (4.040%) Information Management
8 4 (4.040%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (3.030%) Waterfall
9 3 (3.030%) System Testing
10 2 (2.020%) Web Development
10 2 (2.020%) E-Commerce
10 2 (2.020%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (35.35%) C
2 28 (28.28%) Java
3 24 (24.24%) Perl
4 22 (22.22%) C#
5 19 (19.19%) C++
6 18 (18.18%) Embedded C
7 14 (14.14%) Ruby
8 12 (12.12%) Shell Script
9 9 (9.091%) Bash shell
10 7 (7.071%) SQL
11 5 (5.051%) PHP
11 5 (5.051%) Objective-C
12 4 (4.040%) Lisp
13 2 (2.020%) JavaScript
14 1 (1.010%) Assembly Language
14 1 (1.010%) PowerHouse
Qualifications
1 14 (14.14%) PhD
2 13 (13.13%) Degree
3 6 (6.061%) RHCE
4 4 (4.040%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.030%) RHCT
6 1 (1.010%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.081%) QA
2 1 (1.010%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (6.061%) Postfix
1 6 (6.061%) Sendmail
1 6 (6.061%) Hyper-V
2 4 (4.040%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (7.071%) Nagios
2 6 (6.061%) Puppet
2 6 (6.061%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 6 (6.061%) Red Hat
2 4 (4.040%) VMware
2 4 (4.040%) Oracle
3 3 (3.030%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.030%) Adobe
4 2 (2.020%) Perforce
5 1 (1.010%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.010%) Google
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