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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 35 38 54
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +16
Permanent jobs citing Python 9 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 3.180% 1.923% 0.473%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.762% 2.479% 0.749%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 0
Average salary £32,500 £46,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.72% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.75% -
All Programming Languages
Devon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
189 242 267
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 66.78% 77.56% 63.12%
Number of salaries quoted 168 207 247
Average salary £34,000 £30,250 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.39% +0.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,250 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,250 £35,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
South West

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

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

Devon 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 Devon 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
Plymouth - 4 £27,127 -
Python
South West

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 11 (61.11%) Perl
1 11 (61.11%) Linux
2 9 (50.00%) Windows
3 8 (44.44%) C
3 8 (44.44%) Computer Science
4 7 (38.89%) OO
4 7 (38.89%) Apache
5 6 (33.33%) OOP
6 5 (27.78%) TCP/IP
6 5 (27.78%) DNS
6 5 (27.78%) Java
6 5 (27.78%) PHP
6 5 (27.78%) SQL
6 5 (27.78%) XML
6 5 (27.78%) Red Hat
6 5 (27.78%) Shell Script
7 4 (22.22%) Nagios
7 4 (22.22%) Firmware
7 4 (22.22%) Cisco
7 4 (22.22%) Electronics
7 4 (22.22%) Device Driver
7 4 (22.22%) Fedora
7 4 (22.22%) Ubuntu
7 4 (22.22%) Statistical Analysis
7 4 (22.22%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (22.22%) MS Office
7 4 (22.22%) NFS
7 4 (22.22%) Fortran
7 4 (22.22%) DHCP
7 4 (22.22%) FTP

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 5 (27.78%) XML
2 4 (22.22%) JSON
3 3 (16.67%) .NET
3 3 (16.67%) Ajax
3 3 (16.67%) LAMP
4 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET
4 2 (11.11%) WPF
4 2 (11.11%) Node.js
5 1 (5.556%) Dojo
5 1 (5.556%) WCF
5 1 (5.556%) .NET Framework
5 1 (5.556%) ArcObjects
5 1 (5.556%) jQuery
5 1 (5.556%) CSS
5 1 (5.556%) Servlets
5 1 (5.556%) XSD
5 1 (5.556%) HTML
5 1 (5.556%) J2EE
5 1 (5.556%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 7 (38.89%) Apache
2 4 (22.22%) MS Exchange
3 2 (11.11%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) TCP/IP
1 5 (27.78%) DNS
2 4 (22.22%) DHCP
2 4 (22.22%) FTP
2 4 (22.22%) VLAN
3 3 (16.67%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) Big Data
2 3 (16.67%) MySQL
3 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (11.11%) NoSQL
3 2 (11.11%) Riak
4 1 (5.556%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (5.556%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (22.22%) Electronics
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Software Engineer
1 4 (22.22%) Developer
1 4 (22.22%) Software Development Engineer
1 4 (22.22%) Linux Support
1 4 (22.22%) Development Engineer
1 4 (22.22%) Data Scientist
2 2 (11.11%) Administrator
2 2 (11.11%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (11.11%) Software Developer
3 1 (5.556%) .NET Software Developer
3 1 (5.556%) LAMP Developer
3 1 (5.556%) .NET Developer
3 1 (5.556%) Senior Software Developer
3 1 (5.556%) GIS Developer
3 1 (5.556%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Computer Science
2 4 (22.22%) Firmware
2 4 (22.22%) Device Driver
2 4 (22.22%) Machine Learning
3 2 (11.11%) Statistics
3 2 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (11.11%) Mathematics
4 1 (5.556%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 11 (61.11%) Linux
2 9 (50.00%) Windows
3 4 (22.22%) Fedora
3 4 (22.22%) Ubuntu
3 4 (22.22%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (22.22%) Solaris
3 4 (22.22%) Mac OS
3 4 (22.22%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) OO
2 6 (33.33%) OOP
3 4 (22.22%) Statistical Analysis
3 4 (22.22%) UML
3 4 (22.22%) Multithreading
4 2 (11.11%) Configuration Management
4 2 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 2 (11.11%) Software Engineering
5 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (5.556%) Data Modelling
5 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (61.11%) Perl
2 8 (44.44%) C
3 5 (27.78%) Java
3 5 (27.78%) PHP
3 5 (27.78%) SQL
3 5 (27.78%) Shell Script
4 4 (22.22%) Fortran
5 3 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 3 (16.67%) C#
6 2 (11.11%) R
7 1 (5.556%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) Nagios
1 4 (22.22%) Ganglia
2 2 (11.11%) Puppet
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Red Hat
2 4 (22.22%) Cisco
3 1 (5.556%) ESRI