The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 96 98 115
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +17
Permanent jobs citing Python 26 38 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.413% 1.758% 0.172%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.574% 2.834% 0.288%
Number of salaries quoted 18 23 3
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% +7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +1.29%
All Programming Languages
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1010 1341 1040
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 54.89% 62.03% 59.70%
Number of salaries quoted 856 1219 897
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £46,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
North West

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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
Crewe +3 10 £47,500 -
Chester -10 2 £30,000 -28.57% 3
Warrington +6 1 £40,000 +14.28% 2
Python
North West

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 48 (80.00%) Java
2 36 (60.00%) PHP
3 29 (48.33%) .NET
4 28 (46.67%) ASP.NET
5 25 (41.67%) UNIX
5 25 (41.67%) C++
6 24 (40.00%) Linux
7 23 (38.33%) Finance
8 22 (36.67%) Fixed Income
8 22 (36.67%) Google
8 22 (36.67%) Web Development
8 22 (36.67%) JavaScript
8 22 (36.67%) Middleware
8 22 (36.67%) TCP/IP
8 22 (36.67%) Multithreading
8 22 (36.67%) Parallel Processing
8 22 (36.67%) Golang
9 21 (35.00%) HTML5
10 17 (28.33%) SQL
10 17 (28.33%) OO
11 15 (25.00%) HTML
12 14 (23.33%) XML
12 14 (23.33%) Computer Science
13 11 (18.33%) MATLAB
13 11 (18.33%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (18.33%) Web Services
13 11 (18.33%) Workflow
13 11 (18.33%) Open Source
14 10 (16.67%) Degree
15 9 (15.00%) CSS

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 29 (48.33%) .NET
2 28 (46.67%) ASP.NET
3 22 (36.67%) Middleware
4 21 (35.00%) HTML5
5 15 (25.00%) HTML
6 14 (23.33%) XML
7 11 (18.33%) Web Services
8 9 (15.00%) CSS
9 8 (13.33%) Django
10 7 (11.67%) ASP.NET MVC
11 6 (10.00%) WSDL
11 6 (10.00%) J2EE
11 6 (10.00%) JSP
11 6 (10.00%) XSLT
11 6 (10.00%) Apache Flex
11 6 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 6 (10.00%) jQuery
12 5 (8.333%) jBPM
13 2 (3.333%) Spring
14 1 (1.667%) EJB 3.0
Application Platforms
1 6 (10.00%) Apache Solr
1 6 (10.00%) Drupal
1 6 (10.00%) WordPress
2 1 (1.667%) Apache
2 1 (1.667%) ESB
Applications
1 6 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 22 (36.67%) TCP/IP
2 7 (11.67%) Internet
3 1 (1.667%) Network Security
3 1 (1.667%) DNS
3 1 (1.667%) SSL
3 1 (1.667%) VPN
3 1 (1.667%) VoIP
3 1 (1.667%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.667%) SNMP
3 1 (1.667%) Firewall
3 1 (1.667%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (10.00%) Oracle 9i
2 6 (10.00%) MySQL
2 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 6 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (10.00%) GIS
2 6 (10.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (5.000%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.667%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (10.00%) Synon
1 6 (10.00%) Ant
2 2 (3.333%) Subversion
2 2 (3.333%) JUnit
2 2 (3.333%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.667%) Mercurial
3 1 (1.667%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.667%) Hudson
3 1 (1.667%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.667%) Maven
3 1 (1.667%) JIRA
General
1 23 (38.33%) Finance
2 11 (18.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (3.333%) Retail
4 1 (1.667%) Automotive
4 1 (1.667%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (80.00%) Developer
2 16 (26.67%) Progress Developer
3 13 (21.67%) Java Developer
4 12 (20.00%) Programmer
4 12 (20.00%) Analyst
5 10 (16.67%) Software Developer
6 7 (11.67%) Java Analyst Developer
6 7 (11.67%) Python/Django Developer
6 7 (11.67%) Analyst Developer
6 7 (11.67%) Java Programmer
6 7 (11.67%) Python Developer
6 7 (11.67%) Senior Developer
7 6 (10.00%) Analyst Programmer
7 6 (10.00%) Graduate
7 6 (10.00%) Senior Programmer
7 6 (10.00%) Senior Java Analyst Programmer
7 6 (10.00%) Senior Java Programmer
7 6 (10.00%) Senior Java Developer
7 6 (10.00%) Developer Analyst
7 6 (10.00%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (36.67%) Fixed Income
2 14 (23.33%) Computer Science
3 11 (18.33%) Open Source
4 6 (10.00%) Client/Server
4 6 (10.00%) Derivative
4 6 (10.00%) iSeries
5 5 (8.333%) Grid Computing
5 5 (8.333%) Ontologies
6 1 (1.667%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.667%) MPEG
6 1 (1.667%) Chemistry
Operating Systems
1 25 (41.67%) UNIX
2 24 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (3.333%) Windows
4 1 (1.667%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.667%) Android
4 1 (1.667%) Solaris
4 1 (1.667%) VxWorks
4 1 (1.667%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (36.67%) Web Development
1 22 (36.67%) Multithreading
1 22 (36.67%) Parallel Processing
2 17 (28.33%) OO
3 11 (18.33%) Workflow
4 8 (13.33%) MVC
5 7 (11.67%) Unit Testing
5 7 (11.67%) TDD
5 7 (11.67%) SOA
6 6 (10.00%) OOD
6 6 (10.00%) UML
6 6 (10.00%) Integration Testing
6 6 (10.00%) Use Case
7 5 (8.333%) Bioinformatics
8 3 (5.000%) E-Commerce
9 2 (3.333%) Information Security
9 2 (3.333%) AOP
10 1 (1.667%) Dependency Injection
10 1 (1.667%) Change Control
10 1 (1.667%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 48 (80.00%) Java
2 36 (60.00%) PHP
3 25 (41.67%) C++
4 22 (36.67%) JavaScript
4 22 (36.67%) Golang
5 17 (28.33%) SQL
6 11 (18.33%) MATLAB
7 9 (15.00%) Perl
8 7 (11.67%) VB
9 6 (10.00%) VBA
9 6 (10.00%) PL/SQL
9 6 (10.00%) RPG
9 6 (10.00%) XPath
9 6 (10.00%) Ruby
9 6 (10.00%) RPG/400
9 6 (10.00%) RPG IV
10 5 (8.333%) R
11 2 (3.333%) C
11 2 (3.333%) C#
11 2 (3.333%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (16.67%) Degree
2 5 (8.333%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 22 (36.67%) Google
2 7 (11.67%) Oracle
2 7 (11.67%) Microsoft
3 6 (10.00%) IBM
3 6 (10.00%) JD Edwards
3 6 (10.00%) ESRI
4 1 (1.667%) AccuRev
4 1 (1.667%) JBoss
4 1 (1.667%) Remedy
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Salary: £35,000 per annum (dependent on experience) plus excellent benefits
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Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + bens
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