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The table below looks at the demand for Python skills within the England 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPython
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank302347
Rank change on same period last yearUp+45
Matching contract IT job ads279319
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.396 %0.322 %
As % of the category below1.287 %0.924 %
Daily rates quoted9888
Average minimum daily rate£379£396
Average daily rate£400£421
% change on same period last year-4.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£421£447
UK excluding London average daily rate£367£316
% change on same period last year+16.08 %
Hourly rates quoted2720
Average minimum hourly rate£31.59£31.60
Average hourly rate£34.57£34.23
% change on same period last year+1.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.56£36.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.81£36.77
% change on same period last year-8.04 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
England
Matching contract IT job ads2168034523
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled30.81 %34.87 %
Daily rates quoted757610929
Average minimum daily rate£369£402
Average daily rate£395£429
% change on same period last year-7.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£421£455
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-3.07 %
Hourly rates quoted15672577
Average minimum hourly rate£30.08£30.56
Average hourly rate£32.16£32.72
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.23£34.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.32£32.74
% change on same period last year-1.29 %
Python UKPython
UK

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.

Python
Demand Trend

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

England Python Demand Trend

Python
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Python across the England region.

England Python Daily Rate Trend

Python
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Python across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England Python Daily Rate Histogram

Python
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Python Hourly Rate Trend

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Python across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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 England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+52146£413-9.43 %
South EastUp+5958£335+6.17 %
East of EnglandUp+4747£465+50.00 %
South WestDown-813£338+6.11 %
East MidlandsNew entry-5£300-
North WestUp+154£150-
West MidlandsNew entry-3£625-
YorkshireUp+82--
Python UKPython
UK

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1257 (51.40 %)Perl
2248 (49.60 %)Linux
3187 (37.40 %)UNIX
4145 (29.00 %)Java
5139 (27.80 %)SQL
6133 (26.60 %)C++
7115 (23.00 %)PHP
892 (18.40 %)XML
988 (17.60 %)MySQL
988 (17.60 %)Ruby
1086 (17.20 %)Finance
1180 (16.00 %)Shell Script
1275 (15.00 %)Oracle
1374 (14.80 %)Windows
1473 (14.60 %)C
1572 (14.40 %)OO
1670 (14.00 %)JavaScript
1766 (13.20 %)Subversion
1856 (11.20 %)Apache
1954 (10.80 %)Banking
2053 (10.60 %)TCP/IP
2151 (10.20 %)CSS
2249 (9.800 %)Solaris
2348 (9.600 %)HTML
2445 (9.000 %)XHTML
2543 (8.600 %)SQL Server
2642 (8.400 %)J2EE
2740 (8.000 %)PHP5
2838 (7.600 %)LAMP
2838 (7.600 %)Ant

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
192 (18.40 %)XML
251 (10.20 %)CSS
348 (9.600 %)HTML
445 (9.000 %)XHTML
542 (8.400 %)J2EE
638 (7.600 %)LAMP
733 (6.600 %).NET
830 (6.000 %)WebServices
926 (5.200 %)AJAX
1024 (4.800 %)XSLT
1120 (4.000 %)STL
1218 (3.600 %)Drupal
1316 (3.200 %)MVC
1414 (2.800 %).NET Framework
1513 (2.600 %)Swing
1513 (2.600 %)ASP
1612 (2.400 %)XSD
1612 (2.400 %)WebSphere
1711 (2.200 %)Hibernate
189 (1.800 %)Spring
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
156 (11.20 %)Apache
226 (5.200 %)Tomcat
226 (5.200 %)CMS
38 (1.600 %)Zope
38 (1.600 %)Plone
38 (1.600 %)IIS
46 (1.200 %)WPS
46 (1.200 %)Rendezvous
55 (1.000 %)ESB
55 (1.000 %)WebSphere Application Server
63 (0.600 %)SAS
72 (0.400 %)ColdFusion
72 (0.400 %)WebSphere MQ
72 (0.400 %)MS Exchange
72 (0.400 %)WebLogic
72 (0.400 %)Joomla!
81 (0.200 %)IBM HTTP Server
81 (0.200 %)Tuxedo
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
119 (3.800 %)MATLAB
26 (1.200 %)Simulink
35 (1.000 %)Maya
35 (1.000 %)3ds Max
44 (0.800 %)Photoshop
44 (0.800 %)Quicktime
53 (0.600 %)MS Office
61 (0.200 %)MS Visio
61 (0.200 %)Spreadsheet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
130 (6.000 %)FRONT ARENA
26 (1.200 %)Oracle EBS
34 (0.800 %)Teamcenter
43 (0.600 %)WebTrends
43 (0.600 %)Oracle Applications
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
153 (10.60 %)TCP/IP
218 (3.600 %)HTTP
218 (3.600 %)SMTP
317 (3.400 %)FTP
415 (3.000 %)Wireless
514 (2.800 %)DNS
613 (2.600 %)SAN
711 (2.200 %)Internet
87 (1.400 %)SSL
96 (1.200 %)SSH
105 (1.000 %)LDAP
114 (0.800 %)LAN
114 (0.800 %)WLAN
123 (0.600 %)ISDN
123 (0.600 %)SS7
123 (0.600 %)Q.931
123 (0.600 %)Wi-Fi
123 (0.600 %)ASN.1
132 (0.400 %)UWB
132 (0.400 %)Firewall
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
188 (17.60 %)MySQL
243 (8.600 %)SQL Server
314 (2.800 %)RDBMS
49 (1.800 %)Datawarehouse
58 (1.600 %)ETL
67 (1.400 %)OLAP
67 (1.400 %)Star Schema
67 (1.400 %)Oracle 10g
67 (1.400 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
76 (1.200 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
84 (0.800 %)DTS
93 (0.600 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
93 (0.600 %)KDB
93 (0.600 %)PostgreSQL
102 (0.400 %)Data Cleansing
102 (0.400 %)SQL Server 2005
102 (0.400 %)OLTP
111 (0.200 %)Oracle 9i
111 (0.200 %)Oracle 11g
111 (0.200 %)SQLite
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
166 (13.20 %)Subversion
238 (7.600 %)Ant
324 (4.800 %)ClearCase
415 (3.000 %)CruiseControl
511 (2.200 %)Eclipse
69 (1.800 %)VSS/SourceSafe
78 (1.600 %)JUnit
86 (1.200 %)ClearQuest
86 (1.200 %)InstallShield
86 (1.200 %)JIRA
94 (0.800 %)Visual Studio
94 (0.800 %)Flash
103 (0.600 %)Dreamweaver
112 (0.400 %)Rational Rose
112 (0.400 %)Bugzilla
121 (0.200 %)Log4j
121 (0.200 %)NUnit
121 (0.200 %)Selenium
121 (0.200 %)Rational Functional Tester
121 (0.200 %)PVCS
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
186 (17.20 %)Finance
254 (10.80 %)Banking
335 (7.000 %)Investment Banking
421 (4.200 %)Front Office
514 (2.800 %)Telecoms
610 (2.000 %)Automotive
79 (1.800 %)Manufacturing
79 (1.800 %)Games
88 (1.600 %)Multimedia
88 (1.600 %)Government
95 (1.000 %)3D Graphics
95 (1.000 %)Construction
95 (1.000 %)Electronics
104 (0.800 %)Video Editing
113 (0.600 %)Avionics
113 (0.600 %)Marketing
113 (0.600 %)Financial Institution
113 (0.600 %)Billing
122 (0.400 %)Insurance
122 (0.400 %)Pensions
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1235 (47.00 %)Developer
263 (12.60 %)Software Engineer
352 (10.40 %)Java Developer
441 (8.200 %)Analyst
535 (7.000 %)PHP Developer
630 (6.000 %)Web Developer
630 (6.000 %)Python Developer
726 (5.200 %)Test Engineer
823 (4.600 %)C++ Developer
922 (4.400 %)Programmer
1021 (4.200 %)Senior Developer
1119 (3.800 %)Tester
1218 (3.600 %)FRONT ARENA Developer
1312 (2.400 %)Test Analyst
1312 (2.400 %)Support Engineer
1312 (2.400 %)Administrator
1411 (2.200 %)Support Analyst
1411 (2.200 %)Project Manager
1510 (2.000 %)Senior Java Developer
169 (1.800 %)PHP Web Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (4.200 %)Grid Computing
121 (4.200 %)Computer Science
215 (3.000 %)Derivative
310 (2.000 %)Web 2.0
310 (2.000 %)Fixed Income
310 (2.000 %)W3C
48 (1.600 %)Credit Risk
57 (1.400 %)Equities
57 (1.400 %)Credit Derivative
57 (1.400 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
66 (1.200 %)Multithreading
66 (1.200 %)Interest Rate Derivative
75 (1.000 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
75 (1.000 %)ASIC
75 (1.000 %)SCORM
75 (1.000 %)Social Network
84 (0.800 %)Management Information System
84 (0.800 %)N-Tier
84 (0.800 %)MPEG
84 (0.800 %)Mathematics
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1248 (49.60 %)Linux
2187 (37.40 %)UNIX
374 (14.80 %)Windows
449 (9.800 %)Solaris
532 (6.400 %)Red Hat Linux
614 (2.800 %)FreeBSD
712 (2.400 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
85 (1.000 %)CentOS
85 (1.000 %)AIX
85 (1.000 %)HPUX
94 (0.800 %)Windows 2000
94 (0.800 %)Mac OS X
103 (0.600 %)Windows Server 2003
103 (0.600 %)Debian
112 (0.400 %)Symbian OS
112 (0.400 %)SUSE
112 (0.400 %)Windows XP
112 (0.400 %)Fedora
112 (0.400 %)Ubuntu
121 (0.200 %)Windows Vista
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
172 (14.40 %)OO
225 (5.000 %)Software Engineering
323 (4.600 %)Migration
420 (4.000 %)UML
519 (3.800 %)Content Management
617 (3.400 %)Risk Management
617 (3.400 %)Configuration Management
716 (3.200 %)Test Scripting
815 (3.000 %)Automated Testing
913 (2.600 %)OOD
1010 (2.000 %)Web Development
119 (1.800 %)Scrum
128 (1.600 %)Agile Software Development
128 (1.600 %)TDD
128 (1.600 %)Data Modelling
128 (1.600 %)Algorithmic Trading
128 (1.600 %)Security Cleared
137 (1.400 %)Unit Testing
137 (1.400 %)Business Intelligence
137 (1.400 %)Project Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1257 (51.40 %)Perl
2145 (29.00 %)Java
3139 (27.80 %)SQL
4133 (26.60 %)C++
5115 (23.00 %)PHP
688 (17.60 %)Ruby
780 (16.00 %)Shell Script
873 (14.60 %)C
970 (14.00 %)JavaScript
1040 (8.000 %)PHP5
1132 (6.400 %)C#
1217 (3.400 %)PHP4
1217 (3.400 %)Jython
1315 (3.000 %)Korn
1412 (2.400 %)VB
1412 (2.400 %)ActionScript
1511 (2.200 %)Embedded C
1610 (2.000 %)Groovy
179 (1.800 %)Lingo
188 (1.600 %)VC++
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
128 (5.600 %)Degree
24 (0.800 %)ISEB
31 (0.200 %)PhD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.000 %)QA
23 (0.600 %)Basel II
32 (0.400 %)ISO9001
32 (0.400 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
114 (2.800 %)NFS
212 (2.400 %)Samba
37 (1.400 %)Oracle RAC
45 (1.000 %)VMware Infrastructure
53 (0.600 %)Active Directory
62 (0.400 %)Squid
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.400 %)Tivoli
21 (0.200 %)AutoSys
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
175 (15.00 %)Oracle
231 (6.200 %)Red Hat
323 (4.600 %)Sybase
421 (4.200 %)NetApp
516 (3.200 %)TIBCO
613 (2.600 %)Calypso
712 (2.400 %)Perforce
810 (2.000 %)Microsoft
99 (1.800 %)HP
99 (1.800 %)Citrix
107 (1.400 %)Cisco
115 (1.000 %)VMware
115 (1.000 %)DataSynapse
124 (0.800 %)Sun
124 (0.800 %)QAD
124 (0.800 %)IBM
133 (0.600 %)Symbian
133 (0.600 %)Adobe
133 (0.600 %)Macromedia
133 (0.600 %)Remedy