The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Python over the 3 months to 21 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 Gloucestershire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank - 58 -
Contract jobs citing Python 0 11 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire - 1.644% -
As % of the Programming Languages category - 2.828% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 0
Average daily rate - £425 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £318 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.94% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £36.50 £34.50
% change year-on-year
+9.58% +5.79%
All Programming Languages
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
150 389 200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 54.74% 58.15% 46.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 219 84
Average daily rate £400 £425 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +41.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 27 40
Average hourly rate £39.00 £34.25 £34.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.86% -1.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £25.00 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £50.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Python
South West

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Python Hourly Rate Trend

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 16 (88.89%) Linux
2 14 (77.78%) MySQL
2 14 (77.78%) DV Cleared
2 14 (77.78%) Security Cleared
3 12 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (66.67%) C
4 9 (50.00%) C++
4 9 (50.00%) Perl
4 9 (50.00%) PHP
5 7 (38.89%) Scrum
5 7 (38.89%) Java
5 7 (38.89%) Web Services
5 7 (38.89%) Apache
5 7 (38.89%) Oracle
5 7 (38.89%) Bash shell
5 7 (38.89%) Regular Expression
6 5 (27.78%) User Stories
6 5 (27.78%) Software Engineering
6 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (22.22%) OO
8 3 (16.67%) Analytics
9 2 (11.11%) Systems Analysis
9 2 (11.11%) Ruby
9 2 (11.11%) Ubuntu
9 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
9 2 (11.11%) Marketing
9 2 (11.11%) QA
9 2 (11.11%) Spring
9 2 (11.11%) Integration Testing
9 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 7 (38.89%) Web Services
1 7 (38.89%) Regular Expression
2 2 (11.11%) Spring
2 2 (11.11%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 7 (38.89%) Apache
2 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (11.11%) IIS
2 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (77.78%) MySQL
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (11.11%) Marketing
2 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.556%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Developer
2 7 (38.89%) C++ Developer
2 7 (38.89%) Software Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Implementation Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 2 (11.11%) Linux Administrator
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (11.11%) Administrator
4 2 (11.11%) C# Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 16 (88.89%) Linux
2 2 (11.11%) Ubuntu
2 2 (11.11%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (38.89%) Scrum
3 5 (27.78%) User Stories
3 5 (27.78%) Software Engineering
3 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (22.22%) OO
5 3 (16.67%) Analytics
6 2 (11.11%) Systems Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Integration Testing
6 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (11.11%) OOD
6 2 (11.11%) SOA
6 2 (11.11%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (66.67%) C
2 9 (50.00%) C++
2 9 (50.00%) Perl
2 9 (50.00%) PHP
3 7 (38.89%) Java
3 7 (38.89%) Bash shell
4 2 (11.11%) Ruby
4 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
4 2 (11.11%) Delphi
4 2 (11.11%) C#
4 2 (11.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (77.78%) DV Cleared
1 14 (77.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (11.11%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Oracle
2 2 (11.11%) VMware
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft