The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Python over the 3 months to 18 June 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 North West 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 121 119 115
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -4
Contract jobs citing Python 1 15 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.041% 0.493% 0.558%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.128% 1.375% 1.805%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 11 10
Average daily rate - £318 £356
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.87%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
All Programming Languages
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
781 1091 942
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 32.41% 35.83% 30.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 610 526
Average daily rate £315 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 57 49
Average hourly rate £37.50 £21.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+74.41% -28.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £15.00 £15.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £82.00 £40.00 £40.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Python
England

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Python Hourly Rate Trend

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 North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Merseyside +7 1 - -
Manchester - - - - 5
Cheshire - - - - 6
Lancashire - - - -
Python
England

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 7 (87.50%) Java
2 6 (75.00%) PHP
3 5 (62.50%) Unit Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Selenium
4 3 (37.50%) Django
4 3 (37.50%) SQL
4 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 3 (37.50%) Linux
4 3 (37.50%) OO
4 3 (37.50%) HTML
4 3 (37.50%) Ruby
5 2 (25.00%) Spring
5 2 (25.00%) SOAP
5 2 (25.00%) Web Services
5 2 (25.00%) XML
5 2 (25.00%) UNIX
5 2 (25.00%) LAMP
5 2 (25.00%) Hibernate
5 2 (25.00%) RAD
5 2 (25.00%) Apache
5 2 (25.00%) OOD
5 2 (25.00%) Eclipse
5 2 (25.00%) HTTP
5 2 (25.00%) Code Coverage
5 2 (25.00%) Perl
5 2 (25.00%) C
5 2 (25.00%) C#
5 2 (25.00%) C++
5 2 (25.00%) J2EE
5 2 (25.00%) MySQL

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 3 (37.50%) HTML
1 3 (37.50%) Django
2 2 (25.00%) J2EE
2 2 (25.00%) SOAP
2 2 (25.00%) Web Services
2 2 (25.00%) XML
2 2 (25.00%) LAMP
2 2 (25.00%) Hibernate
2 2 (25.00%) Spring
2 2 (25.00%) Memcached
2 2 (25.00%) soapUI
2 2 (25.00%) REST
3 1 (12.50%) Underscore.js
3 1 (12.50%) Ajax
3 1 (12.50%) CSS
3 1 (12.50%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) MySQL
1 2 (25.00%) Redis
2 1 (12.50%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Selenium
2 2 (25.00%) FitNesse
2 2 (25.00%) Eclipse
2 2 (25.00%) WATIR
3 1 (12.50%) WebDriver
3 1 (12.50%) Jasmine
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Support Technician
2 2 (25.00%) Java Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Test Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (25.00%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Unit Testing
2 3 (37.50%) OO
3 2 (25.00%) RAD
3 2 (25.00%) OOD
3 2 (25.00%) Code Coverage
3 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (25.00%) System Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Time Management
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) Java
2 6 (75.00%) PHP
3 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 3 (37.50%) Ruby
3 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 2 (25.00%) Perl
4 2 (25.00%) C
4 2 (25.00%) C#
4 2 (25.00%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
1 2 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Puppet
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