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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East region.

 Python
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank135125225
Rank change year-on-year
Down-10Up+100
Matching contract IT job ads576542
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East0.764 %0.869 %0.280 %
As % of the Programming Languages category2.512 %3.459 %0.874 %
Daily rates quoted19210
Average daily rate£293£320-
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.590 %-
UK excluding London average daily rate£270£300£275
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %+9.090 %
Hourly rates quoted986
Average hourly rate£37.50£37.00£38.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.350 %-3.890 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.50£34.50£38.00
% change year-on-year
--9.210 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
226918794805
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East30.42 %25.12 %31.99 %
Daily rates quoted8055431038
Average daily rate£315£313£327
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.800 %-4.430 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£210£225£235
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£430£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted228209561
Average hourly rate£34.00£33.00£37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.030 %-10.81 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.59£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.780 %-13.57 %
Python EnglandPython
England

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 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
HampshireUp+529£270-40.00 %
BerkshireDown-214£350+12.00 %
East SussexNew entry-12--
SurreyDown-174£145-
MiddlesexDown-52--
Python EnglandPython
England

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

157 (44.88 %)Linux
252 (40.94 %)PHP
350 (39.37 %)JavaScript
445 (35.43 %)UNIX
541 (32.28 %)C
639 (30.71 %)C++
639 (30.71 %)MySQL
639 (30.71 %)Security Cleared
733 (25.98 %)Open Source
831 (24.41 %)SC Cleared
926 (20.47 %)UML
926 (20.47 %)OO
1025 (19.69 %)XML
1124 (18.90 %)Subversion
1223 (18.11 %)HTML
1223 (18.11 %)LAMP
1322 (17.32 %)CSS
1421 (16.54 %)Unit Testing
1520 (15.75 %)Windows
1618 (14.17 %)Java
1618 (14.17 %)Drupal
1717 (13.39 %)SOAP
1717 (13.39 %)Apache
1816 (12.60 %)Web Services
1816 (12.60 %)CMS
1816 (12.60 %)Automated Testing
1915 (11.81 %)Software Testing
1915 (11.81 %)ClearCase
1915 (11.81 %)Ingres
1915 (11.81 %)Perl

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
125 (19.69 %)XML
223 (18.11 %)HTML
223 (18.11 %)LAMP
322 (17.32 %)CSS
417 (13.39 %)SOAP
516 (12.60 %)Web Services
614 (11.02 %)Motif
713 (10.24 %)XHTML
810 (7.874 %)X-Windows
810 (7.874 %)Django
96 (4.724 %)ASP
105 (3.937 %)AJAX
105 (3.937 %)Flash
105 (3.937 %)JSP
114 (3.150 %)J2SE
114 (3.150 %)WebSphere
114 (3.150 %)Hibernate
123 (2.362 %)TurboGears
123 (2.362 %)STL
123 (2.362 %).NET
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
118 (14.17 %)Drupal
217 (13.39 %)Apache
316 (12.60 %)CMS
413 (10.24 %)Tomcat
56 (4.724 %)IIS
62 (1.575 %)WebSphere MQ
62 (1.575 %)WebSphere Application Server
62 (1.575 %)WebLogic
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (2.362 %)Photoshop
21 (0.787 %)GIMP
21 (0.787 %)MS Visio
21 (0.787 %)Adobe Illustrator
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (5.512 %)Internet
24 (3.150 %)TCP/IP
32 (1.575 %)Firewall
32 (1.575 %)FTP
32 (1.575 %)SSL
32 (1.575 %)LDAP
32 (1.575 %)SSH
41 (0.787 %)VPN
41 (0.787 %)LAN
41 (0.787 %)WAN
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
139 (30.71 %)MySQL
215 (11.81 %)Ingres
38 (6.299 %)SQL Server
46 (4.724 %)Oracle 10g
54 (3.150 %)Oracle 8/8i
54 (3.150 %)OLTP
54 (3.150 %)SQL Server 2008
54 (3.150 %)SQL Server 2005
54 (3.150 %)Oracle 11g
62 (1.575 %)DB2
71 (0.787 %)RDBMS
71 (0.787 %)PostgreSQL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
124 (18.90 %)Subversion
215 (11.81 %)ClearCase
311 (8.661 %)ClearQuest
45 (3.937 %)WinRunner
54 (3.150 %)Ant
63 (2.362 %)Rational Functional Tester
71 (0.787 %)Maven
71 (0.787 %)Selenium
71 (0.787 %)Git (software)
71 (0.787 %)Eclipse
71 (0.787 %)JUnit
71 (0.787 %)LoadRunner
South East IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
113 (10.24 %)Government
29 (7.087 %)3D Graphics
35 (3.937 %)Banking
35 (3.937 %)Military
35 (3.937 %)Telecoms
35 (3.937 %)Finance
44 (3.150 %)Retail Banking
44 (3.150 %)Insurance
44 (3.150 %)Retail
44 (3.150 %)Investment Banking
53 (2.362 %)Games
62 (1.575 %)Education
71 (0.787 %)Billing
71 (0.787 %)Pharmaceutical
71 (0.787 %)Health
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
178 (61.42 %)Developer
232 (25.20 %)PHP Developer
312 (9.449 %)Python Developer
411 (8.661 %)Software Tester
411 (8.661 %)Software Engineer
411 (8.661 %)Tester
58 (6.299 %)Web Developer
67 (5.512 %)Senior Developer
75 (3.937 %)LAMP Developer
75 (3.937 %)Software Developer
75 (3.937 %)Analyst
75 (3.937 %)C++ Developer
84 (3.150 %)Technical Analyst
84 (3.150 %)Senior Software Engineer
84 (3.150 %)Junior Developer
84 (3.150 %)Technical Architect
84 (3.150 %)Junior
84 (3.150 %)Architect
84 (3.150 %)C Developer
93 (2.362 %)PHP Web Developer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
133 (25.98 %)Open Source
24 (3.150 %)Clustering
24 (3.150 %)Client/Server
32 (1.575 %)W3C
32 (1.575 %)DataPower
32 (1.575 %)PKI
41 (0.787 %)Mathematics
41 (0.787 %)Computer Science
41 (0.787 %)Japanese Language
41 (0.787 %)Statistics
41 (0.787 %)Semantic Web
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
157 (44.88 %)Linux
245 (35.43 %)UNIX
320 (15.75 %)Windows
48 (6.299 %)Red Hat Linux
56 (4.724 %)Windows Server 2003
65 (3.937 %)AIX
74 (3.150 %)Windows XP
74 (3.150 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (0.787 %)Ubuntu
81 (0.787 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.787 %)CentOS
81 (0.787 %)Mac OS X
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
126 (20.47 %)UML
126 (20.47 %)OO
221 (16.54 %)Unit Testing
316 (12.60 %)Automated Testing
415 (11.81 %)Software Testing
511 (8.661 %)Content Management
511 (8.661 %)Refactoring
66 (4.724 %)Agile Software Development
75 (3.937 %)Migration
84 (3.150 %)Configuration Management
84 (3.150 %)Integration Testing
84 (3.150 %)AOP
84 (3.150 %)TDD
93 (2.362 %)Web Development
93 (2.362 %)Test Automation
93 (2.362 %)Regression Testing
102 (1.575 %)Validation
102 (1.575 %)SOA
102 (1.575 %)CRM
102 (1.575 %)Information Architecture
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
152 (40.94 %)PHP
250 (39.37 %)JavaScript
341 (32.28 %)C
439 (30.71 %)C++
518 (14.17 %)Java
615 (11.81 %)Perl
714 (11.02 %)SQL
88 (6.299 %)PHP5
97 (5.512 %)Ruby
97 (5.512 %)C#
105 (3.937 %)VB
114 (3.150 %)Embedded C
114 (3.150 %)Groovy
123 (2.362 %)Shell Script
132 (1.575 %)WebLogic Scripting Tool
132 (1.575 %)Bash shell
141 (0.787 %)PHP4
141 (0.787 %)Lua
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
139 (30.71 %)Security Cleared
231 (24.41 %)SC Cleared
37 (5.512 %)Degree
42 (1.575 %)ISEB
51 (0.787 %)ISEB Practitioner
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (3.937 %)QA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (1.575 %)Squid
21 (0.787 %)Active Directory
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
114 (11.02 %)Oracle
28 (6.299 %)HP
28 (6.299 %)Red Hat
34 (3.150 %)JBoss
42 (1.575 %)IBM
42 (1.575 %)Cognos
42 (1.575 %)Altiris
51 (0.787 %)Apple
51 (0.787 %)Perforce