The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Python over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 37 42 38
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 12 5 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 3.448% 1.299% 0.984%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.792% 4.202% 3.191%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 3
Average salary £41,250 £36,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.58% +10.76%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,250 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-4.45% +3.28%
All Programming Languages
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
154 119 94
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 44.25% 30.91% 30.82%
Number of salaries quoted 108 100 57
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,050 £44,700 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
Scotland

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Python Jobs Demand Trend

Python
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Python across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Python Salary Trend

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Python.

1 8 (61.54%) SQL
2 7 (53.85%) Perl
2 7 (53.85%) C++
3 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
4 4 (30.77%) Degree
4 4 (30.77%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (30.77%) Web Development
4 4 (30.77%) WPF
4 4 (30.77%) Java
4 4 (30.77%) C#
4 4 (30.77%) Oracle
4 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
4 4 (30.77%) Business Objects
4 4 (30.77%) IIS
4 4 (30.77%) .NET
4 4 (30.77%) OO
4 4 (30.77%) Apache
4 4 (30.77%) Tomcat
4 4 (30.77%) XHTML
4 4 (30.77%) MS Access
4 4 (30.77%) SharePoint
5 3 (23.08%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
5 3 (23.08%) TOAD
5 3 (23.08%) Windows
5 3 (23.08%) Linux
5 3 (23.08%) ASP
5 3 (23.08%) CSS
5 3 (23.08%) XML
5 3 (23.08%) C

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Python. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (30.77%) .NET
1 4 (30.77%) XHTML
1 4 (30.77%) WPF
2 3 (23.08%) ASP
2 3 (23.08%) CSS
2 3 (23.08%) XML
3 2 (15.38%) XSLT
3 2 (15.38%) .NET Framework
4 1 (7.692%) WinForms
4 1 (7.692%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) IIS
1 4 (30.77%) Apache
1 4 (30.77%) Tomcat
1 4 (30.77%) SharePoint
1 4 (30.77%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (15.38%) ArcGIS
2 2 (15.38%) ArcSDE
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
1 3 (23.08%) Modbus
2 2 (15.38%) CDMA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
1 4 (30.77%) MS Access
2 3 (23.08%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (23.08%) TOAD
3 2 (15.38%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (15.38%) Electronics
1 2 (15.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Business Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Software Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Software Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Software Developer
4 2 (15.38%) GIS Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Business Support Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Senior .NET Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Applications Support Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Support Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Applications Support
5 1 (7.692%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) VHDL
1 3 (23.08%) SCADA
1 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
3 1 (7.692%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) OO
1 4 (30.77%) Web Development
2 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
2 2 (15.38%) ETL
2 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (15.38%) Data Management
2 2 (15.38%) Digital Signal Processing
2 2 (15.38%) Signal Processing
3 1 (7.692%) Software Engineering
3 1 (7.692%) OOD
3 1 (7.692%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) SQL
2 7 (53.85%) Perl
2 7 (53.85%) C++
3 4 (30.77%) Java
3 4 (30.77%) C#
4 3 (23.08%) C
4 3 (23.08%) PHP
4 3 (23.08%) Ruby
5 2 (15.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle
2 4 (30.77%) Business Objects
3 2 (15.38%) ESRI