Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Python over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Oxfordshire region.

 Python
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank-3045
Matching contract IT job ads058
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire-1.712 %1.375 %
As % of the Programming Languages category-5.263 %2.817 %
Daily rates quoted010
Average daily rate-£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£270£300£275
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %+9.090 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.50£34.50£38.00
% change year-on-year
--9.210 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
14995284
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire47.00 %32.53 %48.80 %
Daily rates quoted422143
Average daily rate£300£300£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£188£228£246
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£388£375£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted161321
Average hourly rate£26.88£26.00£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.360 %-5.450 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.95£15.75£18.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£36.50£38.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.780 %-13.57 %
Python South EastPython
South East

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.

Python
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Python Daily Rate Trend

Python
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Python across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Python Hourly Rate Trend

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

13 (75.00 %)Linux
22 (50.00 %)Apache
22 (50.00 %)IIS
22 (50.00 %)Java
22 (50.00 %)JavaScript
22 (50.00 %)Perl
22 (50.00 %)PHP
22 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
22 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (50.00 %)Firewall
22 (50.00 %)Squid
22 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
22 (50.00 %)Windows
31 (25.00 %)Data Management
31 (25.00 %)Subversion
31 (25.00 %)Spring
31 (25.00 %)Degree
31 (25.00 %)Mathematics
31 (25.00 %)Django
31 (25.00 %)jQuery
31 (25.00 %)Semantic Web
31 (25.00 %)Git (software)
31 (25.00 %)PostgreSQL
31 (25.00 %)RDF
31 (25.00 %)SQL
31 (25.00 %)J2EE
31 (25.00 %)JUnit
31 (25.00 %)JSP
31 (25.00 %)Struts
31 (25.00 %)Eclipse

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)Spring
11 (25.00 %)Django
11 (25.00 %)jQuery
11 (25.00 %)J2EE
11 (25.00 %)JSP
11 (25.00 %)Struts
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)Apache
12 (50.00 %)IIS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
12 (50.00 %)Firewall
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)PostgreSQL
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)Subversion
11 (25.00 %)Git (software)
11 (25.00 %)JUnit
11 (25.00 %)Eclipse
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Systems Administrator
12 (50.00 %)Administrator
12 (50.00 %)Web Administrator
21 (25.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
21 (25.00 %)Java Developer
21 (25.00 %)J2EE Developer
21 (25.00 %)Developer
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Mathematics
11 (25.00 %)Semantic Web
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Linux
22 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (50.00 %)Windows
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (25.00 %)Data Management
21 (25.00 %)RDF
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)Java
12 (50.00 %)JavaScript
12 (50.00 %)Perl
12 (50.00 %)PHP
21 (25.00 %)SQL
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (25.00 %)Degree
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (50.00 %)Squid