The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Python over the 3 months to 19 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 79 79 72
Rank change year-on-year
0 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 11 3 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.031% 0.337% 0.539%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.865% 0.691% 1.208%
Number of salaries quoted 9 3 5
Average salary £37,500 £65,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.30% +100.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £33,800 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £65,000 £42,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +1.29%
All Programming Languages
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
384 434 414
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 35.99% 48.71% 44.66%
Number of salaries quoted 355 371 397
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £48,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
East of England

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Python across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Bedfordshire Python Salary Histogram

Python
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Luton +3 3 £24,000 -63.07%
Bedford - 2 £24,000 -
Python
East of England

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 18 (81.82%) Windows
2 17 (77.27%) C#
2 17 (77.27%) Java
3 12 (54.55%) Linux
4 11 (50.00%) TCP/IP
5 10 (45.45%) Degree
5 10 (45.45%) Computer Science
6 9 (40.91%) E-Commerce
6 9 (40.91%) ASP.NET
6 9 (40.91%) C++
6 9 (40.91%) .NET
6 9 (40.91%) Selenium
6 9 (40.91%) Software Engineering
6 9 (40.91%) Ruby
6 9 (40.91%) Web Development
6 9 (40.91%) .NET Framework
6 9 (40.91%) MVC
6 9 (40.91%) Scrum
6 9 (40.91%) C
6 9 (40.91%) TDD
6 9 (40.91%) ASP.NET MVC
6 9 (40.91%) BDD
6 9 (40.91%) Agile Testing
6 9 (40.91%) Mobile App
7 8 (36.36%) Cucumber
7 8 (36.36%) WebDriver
7 8 (36.36%) IP Telephony
7 8 (36.36%) VoIP
7 8 (36.36%) SS7
8 7 (31.82%) WATIR

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 9 (40.91%) ASP.NET
1 9 (40.91%) .NET
1 9 (40.91%) .NET Framework
1 9 (40.91%) ASP.NET MVC
2 3 (13.64%) Web Services
3 1 (4.545%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.64%) WebLogic
1 3 (13.64%) Apache
1 3 (13.64%) Amazon AWS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 8 (36.36%) IP Telephony
2 8 (36.36%) VoIP
2 8 (36.36%) SS7
3 3 (13.64%) SSH
3 3 (13.64%) DNS
3 3 (13.64%) LDAP
4 1 (4.545%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 9 (40.91%) Selenium
2 8 (36.36%) Cucumber
2 8 (36.36%) WebDriver
3 7 (31.82%) WATIR
4 3 (13.64%) Git (software)
4 3 (13.64%) SpecFlow
General
1 3 (13.64%) Banking
2 1 (4.545%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 10 (45.45%) Software Engineer
3 9 (40.91%) Analyst
3 9 (40.91%) Test Analyst
3 9 (40.91%) Graduate
3 9 (40.91%) Agile Test Analyst
4 8 (36.36%) Software Support Engineer
4 8 (36.36%) C Software Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) UNIX Support
5 3 (13.64%) UNIX Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Build Engineer
6 2 (9.091%) QA Test Analyst
6 2 (9.091%) QA Analyst
7 1 (4.545%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 1 (4.545%) Software Tester
7 1 (4.545%) Test Engineer
7 1 (4.545%) Software Test Engineer
7 1 (4.545%) Tester
7 1 (4.545%) Automation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (45.45%) Computer Science
2 9 (40.91%) Mobile App
3 3 (13.64%) PKI
4 1 (4.545%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 18 (81.82%) Windows
2 12 (54.55%) Linux
3 3 (13.64%) UNIX
3 3 (13.64%) AIX
3 3 (13.64%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) E-Commerce
1 9 (40.91%) Software Engineering
1 9 (40.91%) Web Development
1 9 (40.91%) MVC
1 9 (40.91%) Scrum
1 9 (40.91%) TDD
1 9 (40.91%) BDD
1 9 (40.91%) Agile Testing
2 2 (9.091%) Test Automation
3 1 (4.545%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (4.545%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 17 (77.27%) C#
1 17 (77.27%) Java
2 9 (40.91%) C++
2 9 (40.91%) Ruby
2 9 (40.91%) C
3 3 (13.64%) Shell Script
3 3 (13.64%) Perl
3 3 (13.64%) Bourne shell
3 3 (13.64%) C-shell
4 1 (4.545%) PHP
4 1 (4.545%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.545%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 10 (45.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.091%) QA
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle RAC
1 3 (13.64%) Hyper-V
1 3 (13.64%) VMware ESX
1 3 (13.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) VMware
1 3 (13.64%) Red Hat
1 3 (13.64%) Cisco
1 3 (13.64%) Sun
1 3 (13.64%) HP
1 3 (13.64%) EMC
1 3 (13.64%) BMC
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle
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