The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Python over the 3 months to 22 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 104 107 112
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +5
Permanent jobs citing Python 121 129 79
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.317% 2.061% 1.538%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.563% 4.228% 3.030%
Number of salaries quoted 110 107 65
Average salary £43,750 £36,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.52% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £25,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £49,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.75% -
All Programming Languages
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2175 3051 2607
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 41.65% 48.75% 50.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1922 2702 2302
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +2.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
South East

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Python across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +2 66 £39,250 +12.14%
Slough +2 21 £55,000 +29.41%
Maidenhead +19 11 £41,500 +0.60%
Bracknell -23 5 £45,000 +50.00%
Hungerford - 1 £50,000 -
Python
South East

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 144 (67.92%) PHP
2 132 (62.26%) Perl
3 122 (57.55%) Java
4 114 (53.77%) Linux
5 107 (50.47%) Ruby
6 92 (43.40%) MySQL
7 79 (37.26%) SQL
8 75 (35.38%) JavaScript
9 68 (32.08%) C++
10 62 (29.25%) Degree
11 61 (28.77%) OO
12 58 (27.36%) HTML
13 56 (26.42%) CSS
14 53 (25.00%) OOP
15 51 (24.06%) SQL Server
16 47 (22.17%) Zend
17 46 (21.70%) MVC
18 42 (19.81%) Windows
18 42 (19.81%) Client/Server
19 38 (17.92%) .NET
19 38 (17.92%) Zend Framework
20 37 (17.45%) Bash shell
21 36 (16.98%) UNIX
22 35 (16.51%) SQL Server 2000
23 32 (15.09%) Agile Software Development
24 31 (14.62%) Computer Science
25 28 (13.21%) TCP/IP
25 28 (13.21%) .NET Framework
26 27 (12.74%) DNS
27 26 (12.26%) Apache

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 58 (27.36%) HTML
2 56 (26.42%) CSS
3 38 (17.92%) .NET
3 38 (17.92%) Zend Framework
4 28 (13.21%) .NET Framework
5 17 (8.019%) Spring
5 17 (8.019%) Node.js
6 14 (6.604%) LAMP
7 13 (6.132%) Ajax
8 11 (5.189%) jQuery
8 11 (5.189%) Web Services
8 11 (5.189%) XML
9 10 (4.717%) REST
10 9 (4.245%) Memcached
10 9 (4.245%) Spring MVC
10 9 (4.245%) WebSphere
11 8 (3.774%) Symfony
11 8 (3.774%) CakePHP
11 8 (3.774%) Django
11 8 (3.774%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 26 (12.26%) Apache
2 10 (4.717%) Tomcat
3 9 (4.245%) IBM Connections
3 9 (4.245%) Lotus Notes
3 9 (4.245%) WebSphere Application Server
4 5 (2.358%) Alfresco
4 5 (2.358%) Drupal
5 4 (1.887%) CMS
5 4 (1.887%) Apache Pig
6 3 (1.415%) WordPress
7 2 (0.943%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.472%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.472%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 3 (1.415%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.943%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.472%) Revit
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.21%) TCP/IP
2 27 (12.74%) DNS
3 26 (12.26%) Internet
4 21 (9.906%) DHCP
5 20 (9.434%) Firewall
6 19 (8.962%) FTP
6 19 (8.962%) HTTP
7 18 (8.491%) BGP
7 18 (8.491%) OSPF
8 17 (8.019%) SAN
9 15 (7.075%) VRRP
10 12 (5.660%) VoIP
10 12 (5.660%) ISDN
10 12 (5.660%) PBX
10 12 (5.660%) PSTN
10 12 (5.660%) ISUP
10 12 (5.660%) Softswitch
11 10 (4.717%) LDAP
11 10 (4.717%) VLAN
12 9 (4.245%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (43.40%) MySQL
2 51 (24.06%) SQL Server
3 35 (16.51%) SQL Server 2000
4 24 (11.32%) Big Data
5 16 (7.547%) Hadoop
6 9 (4.245%) Redis
6 9 (4.245%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (3.302%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.830%) Apache Cassandra
9 5 (2.358%) MongoDB
9 5 (2.358%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.887%) Oracle BI EE
10 4 (1.887%) BigTable
11 3 (1.415%) NoSQL
11 3 (1.415%) SQL Server 2008
11 3 (1.415%) SQL Server 2005
12 2 (0.943%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 18 (8.491%) Git (software)
2 16 (7.547%) Subversion
3 9 (4.245%) Maven
3 9 (4.245%) Ant
4 5 (2.358%) Selenium
4 5 (2.358%) Eclipse
5 4 (1.887%) Gradle
6 3 (1.415%) WebDriver
6 3 (1.415%) QADirector
6 3 (1.415%) JMeter
6 3 (1.415%) JUnit
7 2 (0.943%) ClearCase
7 2 (0.943%) JIRA
8 1 (0.472%) WATIR
8 1 (0.472%) FitNesse
8 1 (0.472%) WinRunner
8 1 (0.472%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 20 (9.434%) Finance
2 14 (6.604%) Banking
3 8 (3.774%) Advertising
4 2 (0.943%) Electronics
4 2 (0.943%) Marketing
4 2 (0.943%) Retail
4 2 (0.943%) Billing
5 1 (0.472%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.472%) Games
Job Titles
1 97 (45.75%) Developer
2 33 (15.57%) Administrator
3 31 (14.62%) Software Developer
3 31 (14.62%) Systems Administrator
4 29 (13.68%) Software Engineer
5 28 (13.21%) Java Developer
6 20 (9.434%) Junior
7 19 (8.962%) Senior Systems Administrator
8 18 (8.491%) Graduate
8 18 (8.491%) Junior Developer
8 18 (8.491%) Linux Administrator
9 17 (8.019%) Analyst
9 17 (8.019%) Web Developer
10 16 (7.547%) Linux Systems Administrator
11 14 (6.604%) PHP Developer
12 13 (6.132%) Support Engineer
13 11 (5.189%) Architect
14 10 (4.717%) Systems Engineer
14 10 (4.717%) Voice Engineer
15 9 (4.245%) Senior Linux Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 42 (19.81%) Client/Server
2 31 (14.62%) Computer Science
3 14 (6.604%) SaaS
4 12 (5.660%) Clustering
4 12 (5.660%) Handset
4 12 (5.660%) Embedded Systems
5 10 (4.717%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.717%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (4.245%) Open Source
6 9 (4.245%) Enterprise Storage
7 7 (3.302%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 5 (2.358%) Data Integration
9 3 (1.415%) Social Media
9 3 (1.415%) Mathematics
9 3 (1.415%) Physics
10 2 (0.943%) Semantic Web
10 2 (0.943%) Visualisation
11 1 (0.472%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.472%) RIA
11 1 (0.472%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 114 (53.77%) Linux
2 42 (19.81%) Windows
3 36 (16.98%) UNIX
4 19 (8.962%) CentOS
5 16 (7.547%) Ubuntu
6 13 (6.132%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (6.132%) Debian
6 13 (6.132%) Solaris
7 9 (4.245%) OpenBSD
8 7 (3.302%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.472%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.472%) Android
9 1 (0.472%) SUSE
9 1 (0.472%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (28.77%) OO
2 53 (25.00%) OOP
3 46 (21.70%) MVC
4 32 (15.09%) Agile Software Development
5 25 (11.79%) E-Commerce
6 22 (10.38%) Software Engineering
7 20 (9.434%) Service Delivery
8 18 (8.491%) ITIL
9 14 (6.604%) Scrum
10 13 (6.132%) OOD
11 11 (5.189%) Change Control
11 11 (5.189%) Data Protection
12 10 (4.717%) Data Security
12 10 (4.717%) Information Security
12 10 (4.717%) Incident Management
12 10 (4.717%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 10 (4.717%) Penetration Testing
12 10 (4.717%) Risk Analysis
12 10 (4.717%) SIEM
12 10 (4.717%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 144 (67.92%) PHP
2 132 (62.26%) Perl
3 122 (57.55%) Java
4 107 (50.47%) Ruby
5 79 (37.26%) SQL
6 75 (35.38%) JavaScript
7 68 (32.08%) C++
8 37 (17.45%) Bash shell
9 21 (9.906%) Scala
9 21 (9.906%) C
10 13 (6.132%) Shell Script
10 13 (6.132%) C#
11 11 (5.189%) PHP5
12 9 (4.245%) PowerShell
13 5 (2.358%) Ada
14 2 (0.943%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.943%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.943%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.943%) Embedded C++
15 1 (0.472%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 62 (29.25%) Degree
2 9 (4.245%) RHCE
3 8 (3.774%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.472%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.472%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.472%) CCIE
4 1 (0.472%) CCNP
4 1 (0.472%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.491%) QA
2 10 (4.717%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 10 (4.717%) SLA
2 10 (4.717%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (4.717%) PCI DSS
3 5 (2.358%) DO-178B
System Software
1 22 (10.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (6.132%) VMware ESX
3 11 (5.189%) vSphere
4 10 (4.717%) NFS
4 10 (4.717%) Active Directory
5 9 (4.245%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 8 (3.774%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (10.85%) Puppet
2 14 (6.604%) Nagios
3 10 (4.717%) Nessus
4 9 (4.245%) Cacti
4 9 (4.245%) WSUS
4 9 (4.245%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 8 (3.774%) Ganglia
5 8 (3.774%) Zenoss
6 5 (2.358%) Plesk
Vendors
1 47 (22.17%) Zend
2 24 (11.32%) VMware
3 23 (10.85%) Microsoft
4 18 (8.491%) Oracle
4 18 (8.491%) Red Hat
5 16 (7.547%) Cisco
6 12 (5.660%) Polycom
6 12 (5.660%) Acme Packet
7 10 (4.717%) JBoss
7 10 (4.717%) McAfee
7 10 (4.717%) IBM
7 10 (4.717%) LogLogic
8 9 (4.245%) Lotus
9 5 (2.358%) NetApp
9 5 (2.358%) Hitachi
10 4 (1.887%) Informatica
10 4 (1.887%) Dell
10 4 (1.887%) Juniper
10 4 (1.887%) Teradata
10 4 (1.887%) BroadSoft
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