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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Python over the 3 months to 9 February 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.

LinkPython
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank203256364
Rank change year-on-year
Up+53Up+108
Matching contract IT job ads329253276
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.752 %0.550 %0.337 %
As % of the Programming Languages category1.985 %1.766 %0.968 %
Daily rates quoted1618558
Average daily rate£350£364£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.840 %+12.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£230£234£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£500£583
UK excluding London average daily rate£261£287£288
% change year-on-year
-9.050 %-0.080 %
Hourly rates quoted182617
Average hourly rate£33.50£33.50£33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+1.510 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.60£25.50£23.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£45.00£39.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.50£34.00£33.50
% change year-on-year
-1.470 %+1.490 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
165781433028524
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK37.87 %31.16 %34.85 %
Daily rates quoted807247888851
Average daily rate£401£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.57 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£525£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£305£325
% change year-on-year
-1.630 %-6.150 %
Hourly rates quoted83212302017
Average hourly rate£30.00£32.50£33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.690 %-1.510 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.88£16.00£19.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£42.50£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.00£32.50£33.50
% change year-on-year
-13.84 %-2.980 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Python within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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 within the UK.

Python Daily Rate Trend

Python
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Python within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

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 within the UK.

Python Hourly Rate Trend

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Python within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

Python Hourly Rate Histogram

Python
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 9 February 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
EnglandUp+37314£350-3.84 %
LondonUp+35199£425+6.25 %
City of LondonUp+470£510+20.00 %
South EastDown-1961£275-12.00 %
South WestUp+3233£255+13.33 %
HampshireUp+830£270-40.00 %
DevonUp+517£255+13.33 %
BerkshireUp+1215£350+6.06 %
EdinburghNew entry-14£185-
ScotlandNew entry-14£185-
ReadingUp+311£323-2.27 %
East of EnglandUp+229£300+20.00 %
ExeterUp+39£255-
CambridgeshireUp+167£300-
East SussexNew entry-7--
PortsmouthNew entry-7£300-
BrightonNew entry-5--
CambridgeUp+134--
North EastUp+114--
North WestUp+114--
OxfordshireUp+14--
SurreyDown-184£173-
RomseyNew entry-4£250-
Newcastle Upon TyneNew entry-4--
Tyne and WearNew entry-4--
BristolDown-83--
MiddlesexNew entry-3£338-
HounslowNew entry-3£303-
ManchesterNew entry-3--
FarnboroughNew entry-3£258-

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1246 (38.62 %)Perl
2245 (38.46 %)C++
3214 (33.59 %)UNIX
4203 (31.87 %)Linux
5152 (23.86 %)PHP
5152 (23.86 %)Java
6139 (21.82 %)XML
7133 (20.88 %)Oracle
8129 (20.25 %)JavaScript
9122 (19.15 %)SQL
10111 (17.43 %)OO
11110 (17.27 %)HTML
12100 (15.70 %)Banking
1397 (15.23 %)MySQL
1397 (15.23 %)CSS
1494 (14.76 %)Web Services
1588 (13.81 %)Open Source
1685 (13.34 %)C#
1780 (12.56 %)C
1780 (12.56 %)STL
1780 (12.56 %)Windows
1879 (12.40 %)Finance
1976 (11.93 %)Subversion
2071 (11.15 %)Investment Banking
2169 (10.83 %).NET
2265 (10.20 %)Security Cleared
2362 (9.733 %)Apache
2461 (9.576 %)OLTP
2557 (8.948 %)Unit Testing
2656 (8.791 %)Web Development

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1139 (21.82 %)XML
2110 (17.27 %)HTML
397 (15.23 %)CSS
494 (14.76 %)Web Services
580 (12.56 %)STL
669 (10.83 %).NET
755 (8.634 %)LAMP
854 (8.477 %)SOAP
951 (8.006 %)XHTML
1044 (6.907 %)Django
1140 (6.279 %)AJAX
1230 (4.710 %)JSP
1328 (4.396 %)jQuery
1427 (4.239 %)J2EE
1525 (3.925 %)ASP.NET
1624 (3.768 %)Hibernate
1723 (3.611 %)XSLT
1723 (3.611 %)Spring
1820 (3.140 %)Lucene
1820 (3.140 %)Middleware
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
162 (9.733 %)Apache
256 (8.791 %)CMS
355 (8.634 %)Drupal
443 (6.750 %)Tomcat
520 (3.140 %)Apache Solr
616 (2.512 %)WebLogic
713 (2.041 %)IIS
713 (2.041 %)Oracle Spatial
811 (1.727 %)WebSphere MQ
910 (1.570 %)ArcSDE
910 (1.570 %)ArcIMS
109 (1.413 %)Zope
118 (1.256 %)WordPress
118 (1.256 %)Rendezvous
125 (0.785 %)Plone
125 (0.785 %)ESB
134 (0.628 %)WebLogic Portal
134 (0.628 %)Lotus Notes
134 (0.628 %)Lotus Domino
143 (0.471 %)ArcGIS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
115 (2.355 %)MS Excel
28 (1.256 %)MS Office
34 (0.628 %)MATLAB
41 (0.157 %)Maya
41 (0.157 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (1.570 %)Front Arena
22 (0.314 %)Endur
31 (0.157 %)KBM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
142 (6.593 %)Internet
217 (2.669 %)Firewall
315 (2.355 %)TCP/IP
412 (1.884 %)Wireless
412 (1.884 %)LAN
412 (1.884 %)WAN
511 (1.727 %)HTTP
610 (1.570 %)Network Security
610 (1.570 %)LDAP
78 (1.256 %)SAN
78 (1.256 %)SSL
87 (1.099 %)Intranet
95 (0.785 %)SMTP
95 (0.785 %)Ethernet
104 (0.628 %)UMTS
113 (0.471 %)FTP
113 (0.471 %)DNS
113 (0.471 %)Intrusion Detection
122 (0.314 %)AMQP
122 (0.314 %)3G
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
197 (15.23 %)MySQL
261 (9.576 %)OLTP
347 (7.378 %)SQL Server
430 (4.710 %)PostgreSQL
520 (3.140 %)Oracle 10g
618 (2.826 %)RDBMS
618 (2.826 %)Ingres
714 (2.198 %)GIS
811 (1.727 %)Oracle 8/8i
811 (1.727 %)Oracle 9i
910 (1.570 %)SQL Server 2005
109 (1.413 %)SQL Server 2008
116 (0.942 %)Sybase ASE
116 (0.942 %)Sybase IQ
116 (0.942 %)Datawarehouse
124 (0.628 %)Oracle 11g
133 (0.471 %)OLAP
133 (0.471 %)Oracle OLAP
142 (0.314 %)CouchDB
142 (0.314 %)DB2
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
176 (11.93 %)Subversion
255 (8.634 %)ClearCase
331 (4.867 %)Eclipse
430 (4.710 %)Ant
529 (4.553 %)Selenium
619 (2.983 %)JMeter
619 (2.983 %)Maven
718 (2.826 %)FitNesse
816 (2.512 %)ClearQuest
98 (1.256 %)Visual Studio
107 (1.099 %)JUnit
107 (1.099 %)JIRA
116 (0.942 %)WATIR
125 (0.785 %)QuickTest Pro
134 (0.628 %)WinRunner
143 (0.471 %)PowerBuilder
143 (0.471 %)Rational Functional Tester
152 (0.314 %)Git (software)
152 (0.314 %)NCover
152 (0.314 %)TestDirector
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1100 (15.70 %)Banking
279 (12.40 %)Finance
371 (11.15 %)Investment Banking
447 (7.378 %)Front Office
532 (5.024 %)Games
631 (4.867 %)Telecoms
729 (4.553 %)Government
813 (2.041 %)Health
912 (1.884 %)3D Graphics
912 (1.884 %)Back Office
1011 (1.727 %)Financial Institution
1011 (1.727 %)Electric
118 (1.256 %)Aerospace
125 (0.785 %)Education
134 (0.628 %)Retail Banking
134 (0.628 %)Retail
134 (0.628 %)Insurance
134 (0.628 %)Electronics
143 (0.471 %)Advertising
143 (0.471 %)Marketing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1373 (58.56 %)Developer
290 (14.13 %)C++ Developer
363 (9.890 %)Python Developer
454 (8.477 %)PHP Developer
540 (6.279 %)Software Engineer
639 (6.122 %)Analyst
735 (5.495 %)Web Developer
834 (5.338 %)Java Developer
933 (5.181 %)Architect
1030 (4.710 %)Senior Developer
1127 (4.239 %)C# Developer
1225 (3.925 %)Administrator
1321 (3.297 %).NET Developer
1420 (3.140 %)Programmer
1519 (2.983 %)Consultant
1615 (2.355 %)Systems Administrator
1615 (2.355 %)Tester
1713 (2.041 %)GIS Developer
1811 (1.727 %)Software Developer
1811 (1.727 %)Technical Architect
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
188 (13.81 %)Open Source
255 (8.634 %)Derivative
327 (4.239 %)Mathematics
425 (3.925 %)Multithreading
521 (3.297 %)Equities
521 (3.297 %)Physics
620 (3.140 %)Fixed Income
716 (2.512 %)Equity Derivative
814 (2.198 %)Credit Derivative
913 (2.041 %)Social Network
1012 (1.884 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1111 (1.727 %)Grid Computing
129 (1.413 %)W3C
129 (1.413 %)Clustering
138 (1.256 %)Wiki
138 (1.256 %)Computer Science
138 (1.256 %)Firmware
147 (1.099 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
156 (0.942 %)Cloud Computing
156 (0.942 %)PKI
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1214 (33.59 %)UNIX
2203 (31.87 %)Linux
380 (12.56 %)Windows
451 (8.006 %)Red Hat Linux
58 (1.256 %)Windows Server 2003
58 (1.256 %)Solaris
58 (1.256 %)Windows XP
66 (0.942 %)AIX
74 (0.628 %)Windows Server 2008
74 (0.628 %)Ubuntu
74 (0.628 %)HPUX
82 (0.314 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
82 (0.314 %)Windows Vista
82 (0.314 %)CentOS
82 (0.314 %)Debian
91 (0.157 %)Slackware
91 (0.157 %)iPhone OS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1111 (17.43 %)OO
257 (8.948 %)Unit Testing
356 (8.791 %)Web Development
447 (7.378 %)UML
545 (7.064 %)Agile Software Development
638 (5.965 %)Scrum
736 (5.651 %)Regression Testing
831 (4.867 %)TDD
831 (4.867 %)Content Management
928 (4.396 %)Risk Management
928 (4.396 %)SOA
1025 (3.925 %)Validation
1122 (3.454 %)Automated Testing
1218 (2.826 %)Performance Management
1317 (2.669 %)AOP
1317 (2.669 %)Release Management
1317 (2.669 %)Pair Programming
1416 (2.512 %)Extreme Programming
1515 (2.355 %)Software Testing
1515 (2.355 %)Refactoring
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1246 (38.62 %)Perl
2245 (38.46 %)C++
3152 (23.86 %)PHP
3152 (23.86 %)Java
4129 (20.25 %)JavaScript
5122 (19.15 %)SQL
685 (13.34 %)C#
780 (12.56 %)C
844 (6.907 %)Shell Script
935 (5.495 %)Bash shell
1033 (5.181 %)Ruby
1130 (4.710 %)VB
1227 (4.239 %)VBA
1325 (3.925 %)AWK
1423 (3.611 %)Korn
1521 (3.297 %)Groovy
1616 (2.512 %)PHP5
1714 (2.198 %)PL/SQL
1811 (1.727 %)VB6
198 (1.256 %)ActionScript
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
165 (10.20 %)Security Cleared
245 (7.064 %)SC Cleared
337 (5.808 %)Degree
411 (1.727 %)DV Cleared
510 (1.570 %)CISSP
68 (1.256 %)CISA
68 (1.256 %)CISM
76 (0.942 %)RHCE
84 (0.628 %)ISEB
92 (0.314 %)BC Cleared
92 (0.314 %)CTC Cleared
92 (0.314 %)RHCT
101 (0.157 %)PRINCE2 Certification
101 (0.157 %)MBA
101 (0.157 %)ISEB Practitioner
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
118 (2.826 %)QA
210 (1.570 %)ISO27001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
110 (1.570 %)Oracle RAC
29 (1.413 %)Squid
36 (0.942 %)Active Directory
45 (0.785 %)MSMQ
54 (0.628 %)AquaLogic
62 (0.314 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.157 %)AutoSys
11 (0.157 %)HP Quality Center
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1133 (20.88 %)Oracle
250 (7.849 %)Red Hat
326 (4.082 %)Sybase
412 (1.884 %)ILOG
511 (1.727 %)ESRI
511 (1.727 %)DataSynapse
68 (1.256 %)Alterian
68 (1.256 %)Lotus
77 (1.099 %)HP
77 (1.099 %)TIBCO
86 (0.942 %)Altiris
86 (0.942 %)McAfee
86 (0.942 %)CheckPoint
95 (0.785 %)Microsoft
104 (0.628 %)Zend
104 (0.628 %)Perforce
104 (0.628 %)JBoss
113 (0.471 %)Reuters
113 (0.471 %)Bloomberg
113 (0.471 %)VMware