The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Python over the 3 months to 24 May 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 West Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 32 89 -
Rank change year-on-year
+57 -
Contract jobs citing Python 62 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 4.940% 0.128% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.25% 0.403% -
Number of daily rates quoted 53 2 0
Average daily rate £275 £158 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+74.32% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £318 £300
% change year-on-year
-1.57% +5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £36.50 £34.50
% change year-on-year
+9.58% +5.79%
All Programming Languages
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
435 496 365
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 34.66% 31.69% 32.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 305 184
Average daily rate £275 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £203 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 16
Average hourly rate £14.50 £17.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.14% -22.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.58 £11.75 £13.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £43.50 £40.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Python
Yorkshire

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Python Daily Rate Trend

Python
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Python across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Yorkshire Python Daily Rate Histogram

Python
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Leeds +42 56 £275 +74.32%
Bradford - 1 £325 -
Python
Yorkshire

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 51 (79.69%) C++
2 50 (78.13%) Web Services
2 50 (78.13%) Linux
3 49 (76.56%) Ruby
3 49 (76.56%) Amazon AWS
4 48 (75.00%) PHP
5 47 (73.44%) Bash shell
6 46 (71.88%) Node.js
7 45 (70.31%) DNS
8 41 (64.06%) MySQL
8 41 (64.06%) Apache
9 40 (62.50%) nginx
10 39 (60.94%) Amazon EC2
10 39 (60.94%) Amazon S3
10 39 (60.94%) Kanban
10 39 (60.94%) Redis
10 39 (60.94%) Route 53
10 39 (60.94%) MongoDB
10 39 (60.94%) Amazon RDS
11 36 (56.25%) Configuration Management
12 35 (54.69%) Internet
13 34 (53.13%) Puppet
14 31 (48.44%) Client/Server
15 30 (46.88%) Oracle
16 29 (45.31%) Java
17 28 (43.75%) Perl
18 25 (39.06%) Test Automation
18 25 (39.06%) TDD
18 25 (39.06%) Telecoms
19 23 (35.94%) Scrum

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 50 (78.13%) Web Services
2 46 (71.88%) Node.js
3 16 (25.00%) POSIX
4 10 (15.63%) CSS
5 9 (14.06%) jQuery
6 8 (12.50%) HTML5
7 7 (10.94%) REST
7 7 (10.94%) CSS3
7 7 (10.94%) Spring
7 7 (10.94%) Hibernate
7 7 (10.94%) J2EE
7 7 (10.94%) SOAP
8 5 (7.813%) LAMP
9 3 (4.688%) Middleware
10 2 (3.125%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (3.125%) ASP
10 2 (3.125%) HTML
10 2 (3.125%) XHTML
10 2 (3.125%) JMS
11 1 (1.563%) XML
Application Platforms
1 49 (76.56%) Amazon AWS
2 41 (64.06%) Apache
3 40 (62.50%) nginx
4 39 (60.94%) Amazon EC2
4 39 (60.94%) Amazon S3
4 39 (60.94%) Route 53
5 7 (10.94%) Adobe CQ
5 7 (10.94%) Apache Solr
5 7 (10.94%) Tomcat
6 3 (4.688%) WebLogic
7 2 (3.125%) Oracle Service Bus
7 2 (3.125%) SharePoint
8 1 (1.563%) Plone
8 1 (1.563%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (1.563%) MS Project
1 1 (1.563%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 13 (20.31%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (70.31%) DNS
2 35 (54.69%) Internet
3 23 (35.94%) DHCP
3 23 (35.94%) HTTP
3 23 (35.94%) SSL
4 21 (32.81%) TCP/IP
5 13 (20.31%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (4.688%) SSH
7 1 (1.563%) NetScreen
7 1 (1.563%) OpenLDAP
7 1 (1.563%) Network Security
7 1 (1.563%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (64.06%) MySQL
2 39 (60.94%) Redis
2 39 (60.94%) MongoDB
2 39 (60.94%) Amazon RDS
3 19 (29.69%) NoSQL
4 16 (25.00%) Couchbase
4 16 (25.00%) SimpleDB
4 16 (25.00%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 8 (12.50%) Maven
1 8 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 7 (10.94%) Git (software)
3 2 (3.125%) Subversion
4 1 (1.563%) Ant
General
1 25 (39.06%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (40.63%) Software Engineer
2 13 (20.31%) Developer
3 9 (14.06%) Operations Engineer
4 7 (10.94%) Java Developer
5 4 (6.250%) Administrator
5 4 (6.250%) Java Software Engineer
5 4 (6.250%) Software Developer
6 3 (4.688%) Cloud Software Developer
6 3 (4.688%) Cloud Developer
7 2 (3.125%) Middleware Administrator
7 2 (3.125%) Linux Administrator
7 2 (3.125%) Linux Engineer
7 2 (3.125%) Network Engineer
8 1 (1.563%) Development Manager
8 1 (1.563%) Network Security Engineer
8 1 (1.563%) Lead Developer
8 1 (1.563%) Web Developer
8 1 (1.563%) Graduate
8 1 (1.563%) Front-End Developer
8 1 (1.563%) Lead Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 31 (48.44%) Client/Server
2 5 (7.813%) Open Source
2 5 (7.813%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.125%) NHS
4 1 (1.563%) MPEG
4 1 (1.563%) W3C
4 1 (1.563%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.563%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.563%) STB
4 1 (1.563%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 50 (78.13%) Linux
2 2 (3.125%) UNIX
3 1 (1.563%) Windows
3 1 (1.563%) Solaris
3 1 (1.563%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (60.94%) Kanban
2 36 (56.25%) Configuration Management
3 25 (39.06%) Test Automation
3 25 (39.06%) TDD
4 23 (35.94%) Scrum
5 21 (32.81%) Load Balancing
6 19 (29.69%) Security Testing
7 18 (28.13%) Continuous Integration
8 16 (25.00%) Capacity Management
8 16 (25.00%) Incident Management
9 9 (14.06%) SOA
10 7 (10.94%) BDD
10 7 (10.94%) Software Engineering
11 6 (9.375%) Performance Testing
12 4 (6.250%) Multithreading
13 3 (4.688%) Web Development
14 2 (3.125%) Network Design
15 1 (1.563%) E-Commerce
15 1 (1.563%) OO
15 1 (1.563%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 51 (79.69%) C++
2 49 (76.56%) Ruby
3 48 (75.00%) PHP
4 47 (73.44%) Bash shell
5 29 (45.31%) Java
6 28 (43.75%) Perl
7 9 (14.06%) JavaScript
8 4 (6.250%) SQL
9 3 (4.688%) Shell Script
9 3 (4.688%) Jython
10 2 (3.125%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
10 2 (3.125%) C
10 2 (3.125%) PL/SQL
11 1 (1.563%) Tcl
11 1 (1.563%) VB
11 1 (1.563%) AWK
Qualifications
1 3 (4.688%) Degree
2 1 (1.563%) HND
2 1 (1.563%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.563%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (1.563%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 34 (53.13%) Puppet
2 1 (1.563%) Nagios
Vendors
1 30 (46.88%) Oracle
2 17 (26.56%) Percona
3 7 (10.94%) hybris
3 7 (10.94%) Adobe
4 4 (6.250%) JBoss
5 1 (1.563%) Sun
5 1 (1.563%) Juniper
5 1 (1.563%) NetApp
5 1 (1.563%) Cisco
5 1 (1.563%) IBM
5 1 (1.563%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.563%) McAfee
5 1 (1.563%) Blue Coat
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