The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hounslow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Python over the 3 months to 24 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 Hounslow 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 8 14 14
Rank change year-on-year
+6 0
Contract jobs citing Python 10 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 16.67% 1.299% 1.429%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.03% 4.348% 6.250%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
Average daily rate £350 - £330
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £318 £300
% change year-on-year
-1.57% +5.83%
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
Hounslow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
37 23 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 61.67% 29.87% 22.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 11 12
Average daily rate £450 £350 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% +6.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £330 £118
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £463 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Python
London

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hounslow 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 Hounslow region.

Hounslow 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 Hounslow region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hounslow Python Daily Rate Histogram

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 (50.00%) Linux
2 6 (37.50%) ISEB
3 5 (31.25%) UNIX
3 5 (31.25%) Java
3 5 (31.25%) Perl
3 5 (31.25%) STB
3 5 (31.25%) ISTQB
4 4 (25.00%) JIRA
4 4 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 4 (25.00%) TDD
4 4 (25.00%) Ruby
4 4 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 4 (25.00%) Scrum
4 4 (25.00%) SQL
4 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (25.00%) HTML
5 3 (18.75%) Shell Script
5 3 (18.75%) Oracle
5 3 (18.75%) C++
5 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (18.75%) Wireshark
5 3 (18.75%) Manual Testing
5 3 (18.75%) BDD
6 2 (12.50%) Android
6 2 (12.50%) Video on Demand
6 2 (12.50%) Bash shell
6 2 (12.50%) Network Security
6 2 (12.50%) Reverse Engineering
6 2 (12.50%) QA
6 2 (12.50%) Degree

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 4 (25.00%) HTML
2 2 (12.50%) JSON
2 2 (12.50%) Cocoa Touch
2 2 (12.50%) Cocoa
2 2 (12.50%) CSS
3 1 (6.250%) Middleware
3 1 (6.250%) Web Services
3 1 (6.250%) XML
3 1 (6.250%) Hibernate
3 1 (6.250%) Spring
3 1 (6.250%) CSS3
3 1 (6.250%) Grails
3 1 (6.250%) Django
3 1 (6.250%) Qt
3 1 (6.250%) RESTful
3 1 (6.250%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Wireshark
2 2 (12.50%) Network Security
2 2 (12.50%) HTTP
3 1 (6.250%) TCP/IP
3 1 (6.250%) DNS
3 1 (6.250%) HTTPS
3 1 (6.250%) DHCP
3 1 (6.250%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) RDBMS
2 1 (6.250%) MySQL
2 1 (6.250%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) JIRA
2 2 (12.50%) Selenium
2 2 (12.50%) GDB
2 2 (12.50%) Cucumber
3 1 (6.250%) Subversion
3 1 (6.250%) Trac
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (6.250%) Mockito
3 1 (6.250%) Git (software)
General
1 2 (12.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Tester
2 6 (37.50%) Developer
2 6 (37.50%) Senior Tester
3 2 (12.50%) C++ Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Penetration Tester
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Software Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (6.250%) DBA
4 1 (6.250%) Manual Tester
4 1 (6.250%) Test Team Leader
4 1 (6.250%) Administrator
4 1 (6.250%) Team Leader
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (6.250%) QA Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Django Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 1 (6.250%) Agile Tester
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Agile Tester
4 1 (6.250%) Security Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) STB
2 2 (12.50%) Video on Demand
2 2 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 2 (12.50%) IPTV
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.250%) MPEG
3 1 (6.250%) DTV
3 1 (6.250%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Linux
2 5 (31.25%) UNIX
3 2 (12.50%) Android
3 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 2 (12.50%) Debian
3 2 (12.50%) Windows
4 1 (6.250%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Test Scripting
1 4 (25.00%) TDD
1 4 (25.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (25.00%) Scrum
2 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (18.75%) Manual Testing
2 3 (18.75%) BDD
3 2 (12.50%) Reverse Engineering
3 2 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (12.50%) Multithreading
3 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (12.50%) Functional Testing
3 2 (12.50%) User Stories
3 2 (12.50%) Automation Testing
3 2 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (12.50%) Regression Testing
3 2 (12.50%) DRM
4 1 (6.250%) OO
4 1 (6.250%) ETL
4 1 (6.250%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) Java
1 5 (31.25%) Perl
2 4 (25.00%) Ruby
2 4 (25.00%) SQL
2 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (18.75%) Shell Script
3 3 (18.75%) C++
4 2 (12.50%) Bash shell
4 2 (12.50%) Objective-C
4 2 (12.50%) C
5 1 (6.250%) VB
5 1 (6.250%) PHP
5 1 (6.250%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) ISEB
2 5 (31.25%) ISTQB
3 2 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle
2 2 (12.50%) Sybase
3 1 (6.250%) Red Hat
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