The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Python over the 3 months to 19 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 Oxford 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank - 26 23
Contract jobs citing Python 0 10 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford - 3.226% 1.705%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 8.403% 4.286%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £275 £168
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +64.17%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £338
% change year-on-year
+1.56% -5.18%
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
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
54 119 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 25.23% 38.39% 39.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 72 46
Average daily rate £323 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.85% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £543 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 4
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £21.86
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +37.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Python
Oxfordshire

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Python Hourly Rate Trend

Python
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) XSL
1 2 (100.00%) N-Tier
1 2 (100.00%) IBM
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ajax
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) XSL
1 2 (100.00%) Ajax
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 2 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Agile .NET Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Agile C# Developer
1 2 (100.00%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow Management
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IBM