Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 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 for the Berkshire region.

 Python
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank126130178
Rank change year-on-year
Up+4Up+48
Matching permanent IT job ads3535102
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire0.889 %0.753 %0.863 %
As % of the Programming Languages category1.920 %1.946 %2.239 %
Salaries quoted3324101
Average salary£45,000£48,750£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.690 %+21.87 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£80,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
182317994556
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire46.28 %38.69 %38.56 %
Salaries quoted160115153932
Average salary£40,000£40,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£27,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
Python South EastPython
South East

Python
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Python across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Berkshire Python Demand Trend

Python
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Python across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+2422£45,000+9.09 %
BracknellNew entry-2£58,750-
MaidenheadNew entry-2£33,500-
Python South EastPython
South East

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

157 (79.17 %)Perl
244 (61.11 %)Linux
329 (40.28 %)UNIX
427 (37.50 %)Degree
525 (34.72 %)Computer Science
525 (34.72 %)C++
623 (31.94 %)PHP
721 (29.17 %)PhD
721 (29.17 %)Mathematics
820 (27.78 %)C
919 (26.39 %)Java
919 (26.39 %)Education
919 (26.39 %)QA
1016 (22.22 %)C#
1016 (22.22 %)MySQL
1114 (19.44 %)Windows
1114 (19.44 %)Electric
1114 (19.44 %)Automated Testing
1114 (19.44 %)AJAX
1114 (19.44 %)Physics
1212 (16.67 %)Test Scripting
1212 (16.67 %)HTML
1212 (16.67 %)JavaScript
1310 (13.89 %)Web Development
1310 (13.89 %)SaaS
149 (12.50 %)Solaris
149 (12.50 %)Shell Script
149 (12.50 %)Scrum
158 (11.11 %)NUnit
158 (11.11 %)SQL

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
114 (19.44 %)AJAX
212 (16.67 %)HTML
38 (11.11 %)XML
46 (8.333 %)ASP.NET
46 (8.333 %)CSS
46 (8.333 %).NET
55 (6.944 %)ASP
64 (5.556 %)Web Services
64 (5.556 %)JSP
73 (4.167 %)Ruby on Rails
73 (4.167 %)jQuery
73 (4.167 %)Mason
82 (2.778 %)Motif
82 (2.778 %)X-Windows
91 (1.389 %)LAMP
91 (1.389 %)Cocoa
91 (1.389 %)OAuth
91 (1.389 %)Boost C++ Libraries
91 (1.389 %)Haml
91 (1.389 %)Servlets
Berkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (1.389 %)MS Excel
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (4.167 %)ISDN
13 (4.167 %)TCP/IP
13 (4.167 %)Wireshark
21 (1.389 %)H.323
21 (1.389 %)Wireless
21 (1.389 %)TETRA
21 (1.389 %)WiMAX
21 (1.389 %)Gigabit Ethernet
21 (1.389 %)UMTS
21 (1.389 %)Ethernet
21 (1.389 %)DECT
21 (1.389 %)GSM
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (22.22 %)MySQL
23 (4.167 %)SQL Server
23 (4.167 %)ETL
23 (4.167 %)PostgreSQL
32 (2.778 %)Datawarehouse
32 (2.778 %)Ingres
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (11.11 %)NUnit
25 (6.944 %)CruiseControl
33 (4.167 %)Selenium
33 (4.167 %)FitNesse
33 (4.167 %)WinRunner
42 (2.778 %)ClearQuest
42 (2.778 %)ClearCase
51 (1.389 %)Eclipse
51 (1.389 %)Git (software)
51 (1.389 %)RSpec
51 (1.389 %)Visual Studio
Berkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
119 (26.39 %)Education
214 (19.44 %)Electric
37 (9.722 %)Electronics
45 (6.944 %)Telecoms
52 (2.778 %)3D Graphics
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
125 (34.72 %)Developer
223 (31.94 %)Graduate
37 (9.722 %)Web Developer
37 (9.722 %)Software Engineer
46 (8.333 %)Software Developer
46 (8.333 %)Senior Developer
46 (8.333 %)C# Developer
46 (8.333 %)Test Engineer
46 (8.333 %)QA Engineer
46 (8.333 %)Linux Engineer
46 (8.333 %)C# Software Developer
46 (8.333 %)Agile C# Developer
55 (6.944 %)Agile .NET Developer
55 (6.944 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
55 (6.944 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
55 (6.944 %)MySQL Developer
55 (6.944 %)PHP Web Developer
55 (6.944 %)Perl Web Developer
55 (6.944 %)Senior C# Developer
55 (6.944 %)Senior .NET Developer
Berkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
125 (34.72 %)Computer Science
221 (29.17 %)Mathematics
314 (19.44 %)Physics
410 (13.89 %)SaaS
58 (11.11 %)Cloud Computing
65 (6.944 %)Open Source
71 (1.389 %)Thin Client
71 (1.389 %)Fat Client
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
144 (61.11 %)Linux
229 (40.28 %)UNIX
314 (19.44 %)Windows
49 (12.50 %)Solaris
54 (5.556 %)Mac OS X
63 (4.167 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (4.167 %)Windows 2000 Server
63 (4.167 %)AIX
63 (4.167 %)Windows 2000
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
114 (19.44 %)Automated Testing
212 (16.67 %)Test Scripting
310 (13.89 %)Web Development
49 (12.50 %)Scrum
54 (5.556 %)Test Management
63 (4.167 %)Software Architecture
63 (4.167 %)OO
72 (2.778 %)UML
81 (1.389 %)Test Automation
81 (1.389 %)Product Management
81 (1.389 %)MVC
81 (1.389 %)Agile Software Development
81 (1.389 %)TDD
81 (1.389 %)Load Balancing
81 (1.389 %)Unit Testing
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
157 (79.17 %)Perl
225 (34.72 %)C++
323 (31.94 %)PHP
420 (27.78 %)C
519 (26.39 %)Java
616 (22.22 %)C#
712 (16.67 %)JavaScript
89 (12.50 %)Shell Script
98 (11.11 %)SQL
106 (8.333 %)VB
106 (8.333 %)Bash shell
113 (4.167 %)Lisp
113 (4.167 %)Ruby
113 (4.167 %)VBScript
113 (4.167 %)PL/SQL
121 (1.389 %)Embedded C++
Berkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
127 (37.50 %)Degree
221 (29.17 %)PhD
33 (4.167 %)ISEB
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (26.39 %)QA
Berkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (2.778 %)NFS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (4.167 %)Oracle
13 (4.167 %)PeopleSoft
13 (4.167 %)SAP
22 (2.778 %)HP
31 (1.389 %)CA
31 (1.389 %)Apple
31 (1.389 %)Symantec
31 (1.389 %)VMware
31 (1.389 %)Google
31 (1.389 %)Symbian
31 (1.389 %)Microsoft