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 East of England 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 East of England region.

 Python
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank82114183
Rank change year-on-year
Up+32Up+69
Matching permanent IT job ads12991106
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England2.189 %1.408 %0.816 %
As % of the Programming Languages category4.352 %2.711 %1.616 %
Salaries quoted1198492
Average salary£36,000£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.850 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,900£23,500£24,350
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£55,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
East of England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
296433576561
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England50.30 %51.93 %50.52 %
Salaries quoted258929185545
Average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£47,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
Python EnglandPython
England

Python
Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

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

East of England 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 East of England 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
CambridgeshireUp+6103£36,000+2.85 %
HertfordshireUp+1616£45,000+28.57 %
NorfolkNew entry-6£37,500-
East AngliaNew entry-3£35,000-
EssexUp+222£40,000-5.88 %
Python EnglandPython
England

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1126 (59.15 %)Linux
2101 (47.42 %)C++
392 (43.19 %)Degree
490 (42.25 %)Perl
575 (35.21 %)C
663 (29.58 %)PHP
750 (23.47 %)C#
750 (23.47 %)UNIX
849 (23.00 %)Java
849 (23.00 %)SQL
941 (19.25 %)XML
1040 (18.78 %)HTML
1139 (18.31 %).NET
1236 (16.90 %)Apache
1332 (15.02 %)MySQL
1429 (13.62 %)Windows
1527 (12.68 %)Computer Science
1622 (10.33 %)Software Engineering
1622 (10.33 %)QA
1622 (10.33 %)ASP.NET
1622 (10.33 %)Red Hat
1622 (10.33 %)Red Hat Linux
1721 (9.859 %)Internet
1820 (9.390 %)Assembly Language
1820 (9.390 %)DSL
1820 (9.390 %)Open Source
1919 (8.920 %)Education
1919 (8.920 %)SNMP
2018 (8.451 %)Mathematics
2117 (7.981 %)Wireless

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
141 (19.25 %)XML
240 (18.78 %)HTML
339 (18.31 %).NET
422 (10.33 %)ASP.NET
512 (5.634 %)Flash
69 (4.225 %)Web Services
78 (3.756 %)J2SE
85 (2.347 %)LAMP
85 (2.347 %)Ruby on Rails
94 (1.878 %)Silverlight
94 (1.878 %)Boost C++ Libraries
94 (1.878 %)Spring
94 (1.878 %)SOAP
94 (1.878 %)STL
94 (1.878 %)J2EE
103 (1.408 %)CSS
103 (1.408 %)JDBC
103 (1.408 %)J2ME
103 (1.408 %)Hibernate
103 (1.408 %)WSDL
East of England IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
136 (16.90 %)Apache
210 (4.695 %)IIS
33 (1.408 %)ColdFusion
42 (0.939 %)DotNetNuke
51 (0.469 %)CMS
51 (0.469 %)Lotus Domino
East of England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (3.286 %)MATLAB
26 (2.817 %)S-PLUS
26 (2.817 %)MS Excel
35 (2.347 %)MS Office
41 (0.469 %)MS Visio
East of England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
121 (9.859 %)Internet
220 (9.390 %)DSL
319 (8.920 %)SNMP
417 (7.981 %)Wireless
516 (7.512 %)Firewall
516 (7.512 %)Ethernet
614 (6.573 %)LTE
713 (6.103 %)TCP/IP
713 (6.103 %)VoIP
812 (5.634 %)HTTP
99 (4.225 %)SMS
107 (3.286 %)3GPP
107 (3.286 %)UMTS
107 (3.286 %)DNS
107 (3.286 %)3G
107 (3.286 %)BGP
107 (3.286 %)HSPA
107 (3.286 %)HSDPA
107 (3.286 %)2G
107 (3.286 %)Ethereal
East of England IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
132 (15.02 %)MySQL
29 (4.225 %)SQL Server
36 (2.817 %)SQL Server 2008
43 (1.408 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (0.939 %)RDBMS
61 (0.469 %)Data Mining
61 (0.469 %)GIS
61 (0.469 %)Text Mining
61 (0.469 %)SQL Server 2005
East of England IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (0.939 %)Visual Studio
12 (0.939 %)Eclipse
12 (0.939 %)InstallShield
12 (0.939 %)Maven
21 (0.469 %)Mercurial
21 (0.469 %)Ant
21 (0.469 %)CruiseControl
21 (0.469 %)Subversion
21 (0.469 %)OpenDeploy
East of England IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
119 (8.920 %)Education
214 (6.573 %)Banking
310 (4.695 %)Health
49 (4.225 %)Pensions
57 (3.286 %)Marketing
65 (2.347 %)Retail
65 (2.347 %)Electronics
65 (2.347 %)Finance
74 (1.878 %)Pharmaceutical
74 (1.878 %)Telecoms
83 (1.408 %)Billing
83 (1.408 %)Insurance
92 (0.939 %)Interactive Media
92 (0.939 %)Publishing
East of England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
171 (33.33 %)Developer
241 (19.25 %)Software Engineer
334 (15.96 %)Software Developer
425 (11.74 %)Java Developer
520 (9.390 %)Test Engineer
520 (9.390 %)Java Software Developer
618 (8.451 %)Administrator
618 (8.451 %)Systems Administrator
713 (6.103 %)Linux Engineer
812 (5.634 %)C++ Developer
910 (4.695 %)C# Developer
910 (4.695 %)Systems Engineer
910 (4.695 %)C++ Software Developer
910 (4.695 %)Linux Systems Administrator
910 (4.695 %)Linux Administrator
109 (4.225 %)Web Developer
109 (4.225 %)C++/Java Developer
118 (3.756 %)Graduate
127 (3.286 %)Architect
127 (3.286 %)Senior Software Engineer
East of England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
127 (12.68 %)Computer Science
220 (9.390 %)Open Source
318 (8.451 %)Mathematics
48 (3.756 %)Statistics
48 (3.756 %)Smartcard
57 (3.286 %)IPTV
57 (3.286 %)Web 2.0
57 (3.286 %)Biotechnology
66 (2.817 %)Handset
66 (2.817 %)Physics
75 (2.347 %)Economics
84 (1.878 %)Applied Mathematics
84 (1.878 %)Life Science
84 (1.878 %)Cloud Computing
92 (0.939 %)Biology
92 (0.939 %)Informatics
101 (0.469 %)Robotics
101 (0.469 %)Cybernetics
101 (0.469 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
101 (0.469 %)Grid Computing
East of England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1126 (59.15 %)Linux
250 (23.47 %)UNIX
329 (13.62 %)Windows
422 (10.33 %)Red Hat Linux
512 (5.634 %)Solaris
65 (2.347 %)CentOS
74 (1.878 %)Fedora
82 (0.939 %)Debian
91 (0.469 %)Embedded Linux
91 (0.469 %)Windows CE
91 (0.469 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
East of England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
122 (10.33 %)Software Engineering
216 (7.512 %)E-Commerce
313 (6.103 %)Validation
313 (6.103 %)System Testing
412 (5.634 %)Configuration Management
511 (5.164 %)Performance Management
511 (5.164 %)Unit Testing
69 (4.225 %)Bioinformatics
69 (4.225 %)Test Scripting
78 (3.756 %)Capacity Planning
78 (3.756 %)Load Balancing
78 (3.756 %)Test Automation
78 (3.756 %)UML
78 (3.756 %)Network Design
87 (3.286 %)Benchmarking
96 (2.817 %)Manual Testing
105 (2.347 %)Agile Software Development
105 (2.347 %)Automated Testing
105 (2.347 %)Software Testing
114 (1.878 %)OO
East of England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1101 (47.42 %)C++
290 (42.25 %)Perl
375 (35.21 %)C
463 (29.58 %)PHP
550 (23.47 %)C#
649 (23.00 %)Java
649 (23.00 %)SQL
720 (9.390 %)Assembly Language
816 (7.512 %)Ruby
912 (5.634 %)Bash shell
1011 (5.164 %)JavaScript
117 (3.286 %)Embedded C
123 (1.408 %)ActionScript
123 (1.408 %)ActionScript 3.0
132 (0.939 %)ActionScript 2.0
132 (0.939 %)VB
141 (0.469 %)VB.NET
141 (0.469 %)T-SQL
141 (0.469 %)Tcl
141 (0.469 %)PL/SQL
East of England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
192 (43.19 %)Degree
214 (6.573 %)RHCE
313 (6.103 %)RHCT
412 (5.634 %)CCNP
412 (5.634 %)CCNA
412 (5.634 %)Cisco Certification
54 (1.878 %)PhD
East of England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
122 (10.33 %)QA
21 (0.469 %)SLA
East of England IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (3.286 %)VMware ESX
17 (3.286 %)VMware Infrastructure
26 (2.817 %)Xen
35 (2.347 %)XenServer
41 (0.469 %)NFS
East of England IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.469 %)MSI
11 (0.469 %)HP Quality Center
East of England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
122 (10.33 %)Red Hat
211 (5.164 %)Cisco
310 (4.695 %)VMware
47 (3.286 %)Anite
55 (2.347 %)NetApp
63 (1.408 %)Oracle
63 (1.408 %)Wall Street Systems
72 (0.939 %)JBoss
81 (0.469 %)Sybase
81 (0.469 %)IBM
81 (0.469 %)Macromedia
81 (0.469 %)Sun
81 (0.469 %)HP
81 (0.469 %)TIBCO
81 (0.469 %)ATG