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 Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Python over the 3 months to 15 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 Scotland region.

 Python
Location
3 months to
15 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank8479-
Rank change year-on-year
Down-5New entry-
Matching contract IT job ads230
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland0.103 %0.200 %-
As % of the Programming Languages category0.295 %0.693 %-
Daily rates quoted200
Average daily rate£173--
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£36.50£37.50
% change year-on-year
-5.470 %-2.660 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
677433839
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland34.79 %28.92 %29.44 %
Daily rates quoted271104195
Average daily rate£320£275£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.36 %-21.42 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£189£175£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£388£450£402
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted253221
Average hourly rate£15.00£22.50£23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33 %-4.250 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£15.00£18.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.30£40.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£31.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-9.520 %-10.00 %
Python UKPython
UK

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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Python Daily 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EdinburghDown-132£173-
Python UKPython
UK

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

112 (80.00 %)SQL
211 (73.33 %)Oracle
211 (73.33 %)CSS
211 (73.33 %)Web Services
211 (73.33 %)XML
211 (73.33 %)Oracle 9i
211 (73.33 %)Oracle 10g
211 (73.33 %)Internet
211 (73.33 %)GIS
211 (73.33 %)ESRI
211 (73.33 %)Oracle Spatial
310 (66.67 %)ArcSDE
310 (66.67 %)ArcIMS
310 (66.67 %)C#
310 (66.67 %)HTML
310 (66.67 %)JavaScript
48 (53.33 %)Java
48 (53.33 %).NET
48 (53.33 %)J2EE
48 (53.33 %).NET Framework
57 (46.67 %)ArcObjects
57 (46.67 %)OO
57 (46.67 %)E-business
66 (40.00 %)Government
73 (20.00 %)VMware
73 (20.00 %)Windows
82 (13.33 %)Windows XP
82 (13.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
82 (13.33 %)Windows Vista
91 (6.667 %)Automated Testing

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
111 (73.33 %)CSS
111 (73.33 %)Web Services
111 (73.33 %)XML
210 (66.67 %)HTML
38 (53.33 %).NET
38 (53.33 %)J2EE
38 (53.33 %).NET Framework
47 (46.67 %)ArcObjects
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (73.33 %)Oracle Spatial
210 (66.67 %)ArcIMS
210 (66.67 %)ArcSDE
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
111 (73.33 %)Internet
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (73.33 %)Oracle 9i
111 (73.33 %)Oracle 10g
111 (73.33 %)GIS
21 (6.667 %)MySQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (40.00 %)Government
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
114 (93.33 %)Developer
211 (73.33 %)GIS Developer
32 (13.33 %)Systems Test Analyst
32 (13.33 %)Analyst
32 (13.33 %)Test Analyst
32 (13.33 %)Systems Analyst
41 (6.667 %).NET Developer
41 (6.667 %)Junior Developer
41 (6.667 %)Developer Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Python Developer
41 (6.667 %)Junior
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (20.00 %)Windows
22 (13.33 %)Windows XP
22 (13.33 %)Windows Vista
31 (6.667 %)Linux
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (46.67 %)OO
17 (46.67 %)E-business
21 (6.667 %)Automated Testing
21 (6.667 %)System Testing
21 (6.667 %)RAD
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
112 (80.00 %)SQL
210 (66.67 %)C#
210 (66.67 %)JavaScript
38 (53.33 %)Java
41 (6.667 %)C
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (13.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
111 (73.33 %)Oracle
111 (73.33 %)ESRI
23 (20.00 %)VMware