The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Python over the 3 months to 24 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 Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 61 - 54
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Python 6 0 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 0.971% - 1.843%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.714% - 3.284%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 11
Average salary £29,000 - £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 - £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,750 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Programming Languages
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
350 349 335
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 56.63% 69.52% 56.11%
Number of salaries quoted 316 283 273
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -2.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,600 £23,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £50,000 £40,000
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 Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Python across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Poole - 4 £29,000 -
Python
South West

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 12 (85.71%) SQL
2 11 (78.57%) QA
3 9 (64.29%) Performance Testing
3 9 (64.29%) Load Testing
3 9 (64.29%) Unit Testing
3 9 (64.29%) Integration Testing
3 9 (64.29%) Test Scripting
3 9 (64.29%) Test Automation
3 9 (64.29%) Oracle
3 9 (64.29%) Perl
3 9 (64.29%) UNIX
3 9 (64.29%) Windows
3 9 (64.29%) AIX
3 9 (64.29%) Solaris
3 9 (64.29%) Linux
3 9 (64.29%) SharePoint
3 9 (64.29%) Shell Script
4 4 (28.57%) Java
5 2 (14.29%) Software Testing
5 2 (14.29%) ISTQB
5 2 (14.29%) System Testing
5 2 (14.29%) ISEB
5 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 2 (14.29%) C
5 2 (14.29%) C++
5 2 (14.29%) HTML
5 2 (14.29%) PHP
5 2 (14.29%) XML
5 2 (14.29%) Regression Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Fixed Income

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 2 (14.29%) HTML
1 2 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (7.143%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 9 (64.29%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) HTTP
1 1 (7.143%) DNS
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Tester
1 9 (64.29%) QA Tester
2 5 (35.71%) QA Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Systems Tester
4 2 (14.29%) Test Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Software Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Test Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Junior
5 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Junior Tester
5 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 9 (64.29%) UNIX
1 9 (64.29%) Windows
1 9 (64.29%) AIX
1 9 (64.29%) Solaris
1 9 (64.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Performance Testing
1 9 (64.29%) Load Testing
1 9 (64.29%) Unit Testing
1 9 (64.29%) Integration Testing
1 9 (64.29%) Test Scripting
1 9 (64.29%) Test Automation
2 2 (14.29%) Software Testing
2 2 (14.29%) System Testing
2 2 (14.29%) Regression Testing
3 1 (7.143%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) SQL
2 9 (64.29%) Perl
2 9 (64.29%) Shell Script
3 4 (28.57%) Java
4 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 2 (14.29%) C
4 2 (14.29%) C++
4 2 (14.29%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) ISTQB
1 2 (14.29%) ISEB
2 1 (7.143%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (7.143%) VCP4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (78.57%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Oracle
2 1 (7.143%) VMware
2 1 (7.143%) HP
Poole, Dorset
Any experience of C / C++, PHP, JavaScript, XML, HTML, Python or Java would be of particular interest. Skills required for the role of Test Analyst / QA Engineer: Scripting...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £26000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013