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This section looks at the demand for Python skills within the London 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPython
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank278288
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads127200
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.168 %0.199 %
As % of the category below1.025 %1.032 %
Daily rates quoted7380
Average minimum daily rate£402£406
Average daily rate£421£428
% change on same period last year-1.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£441£451
UK excluding London average daily rate£321£297
% change on same period last year+7.93 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£23.50
Average hourly rate-£25.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.31£34.36
% change on same period last year+5.67 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
London
Matching contract IT job ads1239419380
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled16.36 %19.30 %
Daily rates quoted57147671
Average minimum daily rate£402£439
Average daily rate£432£471
% change on same period last year-8.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£463£502
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£335
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
Hourly rates quoted422692
Average minimum hourly rate£29.35£32.50
Average hourly rate£31.42£34.70
% change on same period last year-9.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.49£36.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.47£33.03
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
Python EnglandPython
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.

Python
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

London 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 London region.

London Python Hourly Rate Trend

Python
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
City of LondonDown-2517£498+1.14 %
Docklands, LondonUp+2612£439-2.52 %
Canary WharfUp+138£464+16.07 %
WimbledonNew entry-4£228-
Python EnglandPython
England

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1152 (55.88 %)Perl
2124 (45.59 %)UNIX
3122 (44.85 %)Linux
4105 (38.60 %)Java
5102 (37.50 %)SQL
684 (30.88 %)C++
775 (27.57 %)Finance
870 (25.74 %)Ruby
968 (25.00 %)OO
1067 (24.63 %)PHP
1159 (21.69 %)XML
1251 (18.75 %)Oracle
1251 (18.75 %)Banking
1349 (18.01 %)Shell Script
1446 (16.91 %)MySQL
1541 (15.07 %)Investment Banking
1636 (13.24 %)Solaris
1735 (12.87 %)Windows
1735 (12.87 %)JavaScript
1834 (12.50 %)Apache
1931 (11.40 %)Ant
2030 (11.03 %)WebServices
2129 (10.66 %)Front Office
2228 (10.29 %)Subversion
2228 (10.29 %)HTML
2326 (9.559 %)SQL Server
2326 (9.559 %)CSS
2425 (9.191 %)J2EE
2524 (8.824 %)AJAX
2623 (8.456 %)PHP5

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
159 (21.69 %)XML
230 (11.03 %)WebServices
328 (10.29 %)HTML
426 (9.559 %)CSS
525 (9.191 %)J2EE
624 (8.824 %)AJAX
721 (7.721 %)XHTML
818 (6.618 %)XSLT
917 (6.250 %).NET
1016 (5.882 %)STL
1016 (5.882 %)Django
1115 (5.515 %)MVC
1115 (5.515 %)Hibernate
1213 (4.779 %)LAMP
1311 (4.044 %)Spring
1311 (4.044 %)XSD
1410 (3.676 %)Ruby on Rails
159 (3.309 %).NET Framework
168 (2.941 %)Swing
177 (2.574 %)J2SE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
134 (12.50 %)Apache
28 (2.941 %)Tomcat
36 (2.206 %)IIS
36 (2.206 %)CMS
45 (1.838 %)ESB
45 (1.838 %)Plone
54 (1.471 %)Oracle Application Server
63 (1.103 %)Zope
63 (1.103 %)Rendezvous
72 (0.735 %)ColdFusion
72 (0.735 %)Tuxedo
72 (0.735 %)Joomla!
81 (0.368 %)WebLogic
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (1.838 %)Photoshop
23 (1.103 %)MATLAB
31 (0.368 %)Spreadsheet
31 (0.368 %)Simulink
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
122 (8.088 %)FRONT ARENA
23 (1.103 %)WebTrends
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (5.515 %)TCP/IP
211 (4.044 %)Internet
35 (1.838 %)Ethernet
44 (1.471 %)SAN
53 (1.103 %)SSH
53 (1.103 %)DNS
62 (0.735 %)SSL
62 (0.735 %)LDAP
71 (0.368 %)Cisco PIX
71 (0.368 %)Firewall
71 (0.368 %)Wireless
71 (0.368 %)ASN.1
71 (0.368 %)Intranet
71 (0.368 %)Q.931
71 (0.368 %)SS7
71 (0.368 %)ISDN
71 (0.368 %)SMS
71 (0.368 %)VoIP
71 (0.368 %)HTTP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
146 (16.91 %)MySQL
226 (9.559 %)SQL Server
311 (4.044 %)PostgreSQL
410 (3.676 %)RDBMS
57 (2.574 %)Datawarehouse
57 (2.574 %)ETL
66 (2.206 %)Star Schema
66 (2.206 %)Oracle 10g
66 (2.206 %)OLAP
66 (2.206 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
75 (1.838 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
84 (1.471 %)DTS
93 (1.103 %)KDB
93 (1.103 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
102 (0.735 %)OLTP
102 (0.735 %)SQL Server 2005
102 (0.735 %)Data Cleansing
111 (0.368 %)Oracle 8/8i
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
131 (11.40 %)Ant
228 (10.29 %)Subversion
320 (7.353 %)ClearCase
415 (5.515 %)CruiseControl
510 (3.676 %)Eclipse
66 (2.206 %)ClearQuest
74 (1.471 %)JUnit
74 (1.471 %)JIRA
83 (1.103 %)Flash
83 (1.103 %)Dreamweaver
91 (0.368 %)Log4j
91 (0.368 %)Oracle Forms
91 (0.368 %)MSI
91 (0.368 %)InstallShield
91 (0.368 %)WebSpeed
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
175 (27.57 %)Finance
251 (18.75 %)Banking
341 (15.07 %)Investment Banking
429 (10.66 %)Front Office
510 (3.676 %)Games
65 (1.838 %)Health
65 (1.838 %)Construction
65 (1.838 %)Telecoms
74 (1.471 %)Financial Institution
83 (1.103 %)Education
92 (0.735 %)Animation
101 (0.368 %)Marketing
101 (0.368 %)Multimedia
101 (0.368 %)Back Office
101 (0.368 %)Government
101 (0.368 %)Publishing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1166 (61.03 %)Developer
232 (11.76 %)Java Developer
327 (9.926 %)Python Developer
424 (8.824 %)Web Developer
519 (6.985 %)C++ Developer
519 (6.985 %)Analyst
519 (6.985 %)Senior Developer
617 (6.250 %)PHP Developer
712 (4.412 %)FRONT ARENA Developer
89 (3.309 %)Support Engineer
89 (3.309 %)Administrator
89 (3.309 %)Programmer
89 (3.309 %)Systems Developer
89 (3.309 %)Project Manager
89 (3.309 %)Tester
98 (2.941 %)Release Engineer
98 (2.941 %)Senior Java Developer
107 (2.574 %)Support Analyst
107 (2.574 %)Systems Administrator
107 (2.574 %)Software Engineer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
123 (8.456 %)Fixed Income
220 (7.353 %)Derivative
319 (6.985 %)Web 2.0
319 (6.985 %)Grid Computing
49 (3.309 %)Credit Derivative
58 (2.941 %)Equities
58 (2.941 %)Statistics
67 (2.574 %)Computer Science
76 (2.206 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
76 (2.206 %)Credit Risk
85 (1.838 %)Interest Rate Derivative
94 (1.471 %)W3C
94 (1.471 %)Social Network
94 (1.471 %)Multithreading
102 (0.735 %)N-Tier
102 (0.735 %)Replication
102 (0.735 %)Mathematics
111 (0.368 %)Blog
111 (0.368 %)French Language
111 (0.368 %)IPTV
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1124 (45.59 %)UNIX
2122 (44.85 %)Linux
336 (13.24 %)Solaris
435 (12.87 %)Windows
58 (2.941 %)Debian
63 (1.103 %)Red Hat Linux
63 (1.103 %)Ubuntu
71 (0.368 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
71 (0.368 %)OpenBSD
71 (0.368 %)FreeBSD
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
168 (25.00 %)OO
219 (6.985 %)Web Development
318 (6.618 %)Software Engineering
415 (5.515 %)UML
513 (4.779 %)Business Intelligence
611 (4.044 %)Release Management
611 (4.044 %)Agile Software Development
710 (3.676 %)Risk Management
710 (3.676 %)Algorithmic Trading
88 (2.941 %)Content Management
88 (2.941 %)Automated Testing
88 (2.941 %)Scrum
88 (2.941 %)Migration
97 (2.574 %)Electronic Trading
106 (2.206 %)Data Modelling
106 (2.206 %)OOD
106 (2.206 %)Configuration Management
106 (2.206 %)Project Management
106 (2.206 %)Asset Management
106 (2.206 %)Test Scripting
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1152 (55.88 %)Perl
2105 (38.60 %)Java
3102 (37.50 %)SQL
484 (30.88 %)C++
570 (25.74 %)Ruby
667 (24.63 %)PHP
749 (18.01 %)Shell Script
835 (12.87 %)JavaScript
923 (8.456 %)PHP5
923 (8.456 %)C
1020 (7.353 %)C#
1116 (5.882 %)Korn
1212 (4.412 %)PHP4
1310 (3.676 %)PL/SQL
149 (3.309 %)Jython
149 (3.309 %)VBScript
158 (2.941 %)VB
166 (2.206 %)Transact-SQL
166 (2.206 %)VBA
175 (1.838 %)RPG
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (4.779 %)Degree
21 (0.368 %)PhD
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (5.147 %)QA
23 (1.103 %)Basel II
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.368 %)Oracle RAC
11 (0.368 %)Squid
11 (0.368 %)Active Directory
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.368 %)AutoSys
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
151 (18.75 %)Oracle
220 (7.353 %)Calypso
315 (5.515 %)Sybase
414 (5.147 %)TIBCO
55 (1.838 %)Adobe
64 (1.471 %)Citrix
73 (1.103 %)Macromedia
73 (1.103 %)Cisco
82 (0.735 %)Fidessa
82 (0.735 %)Juniper
82 (0.735 %)OpenLink
82 (0.735 %)Red Hat
82 (0.735 %)SeeBeyond
82 (0.735 %)DataSynapse
91 (0.368 %)Perforce
91 (0.368 %)Reuters
91 (0.368 %)Bloomberg
91 (0.368 %)Lotus
91 (0.368 %)SunGard
91 (0.368 %)Microsoft