The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Python over the 3 months to 17 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 57 81 50
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -31
Permanent jobs citing Python 35 21 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 3.968% 1.709% 3.881%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.469% 2.589% 7.061%
Number of salaries quoted 16 20 40
Average salary £32,500 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.47% +8.57%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.75% -
All Programming Languages
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
640 811 609
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 72.56% 65.99% 54.96%
Number of salaries quoted 569 700 548
Average salary £35,000 £38,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +11.59%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £42,500 £50,000
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 Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Python across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Gloucester +22 26 £42,000 +5.00%
Cheltenham - 5 £32,500 -
Cirencester +14 4 £32,500 -
Stroud - 4 £32,500 -
Python
South West

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 57 (87.69%) Linux
2 54 (83.08%) Bash shell
3 49 (75.38%) UNIX
3 49 (75.38%) Perl
4 47 (72.31%) Firewall
5 40 (61.54%) SMTP
5 40 (61.54%) DNS
6 39 (60.00%) Microsoft
6 39 (60.00%) MS Exchange
7 37 (56.92%) Juniper
7 37 (56.92%) Internet
7 37 (56.92%) ISA Server
7 37 (56.92%) Shell Script
7 37 (56.92%) Cisco
7 37 (56.92%) HTTP
7 37 (56.92%) LDAP
7 37 (56.92%) qmail
7 37 (56.92%) Postfix
7 37 (56.92%) Sendmail
7 37 (56.92%) Squid
7 37 (56.92%) Load Balancing
8 36 (55.38%) Security Cleared
8 36 (55.38%) SC Cleared
9 34 (52.31%) DV Cleared
10 27 (41.54%) SaaS
11 22 (33.85%) MS Excel
12 19 (29.23%) SQL
12 19 (29.23%) C++
12 19 (29.23%) Java
13 13 (20.00%) Configuration Management

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 10 (15.38%) J2EE
2 5 (7.692%) LAMP
3 4 (6.154%) SOAP
3 4 (6.154%) .NET
3 4 (6.154%) XML
3 4 (6.154%) soapUI
4 3 (4.615%) MapReduce
4 3 (4.615%) Ajax
5 2 (3.077%) STL
5 2 (3.077%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 1 (1.538%) ASP
6 1 (1.538%) Symfony
6 1 (1.538%) CodeIgniter
Application Platforms
1 39 (60.00%) MS Exchange
2 8 (12.31%) Apache
3 3 (4.615%) Apache Pig
4 2 (3.077%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 22 (33.85%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 47 (72.31%) Firewall
2 40 (61.54%) SMTP
2 40 (61.54%) DNS
3 37 (56.92%) HTTP
3 37 (56.92%) LDAP
3 37 (56.92%) Internet
4 2 (3.077%) IPv4
4 2 (3.077%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.38%) NoSQL
2 7 (10.77%) MySQL
3 3 (4.615%) Hadoop
3 3 (4.615%) Apache Hive
3 3 (4.615%) HBase
3 3 (4.615%) Big Data
3 3 (4.615%) IBM InfoSphere
4 2 (3.077%) GIS
5 1 (1.538%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (4.615%) Subversion
2 2 (3.077%) GCC
2 2 (3.077%) GDB
General
1 3 (4.615%) Games
2 2 (3.077%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (26.15%) Administrator
2 16 (24.62%) Linux Administrator
3 14 (21.54%) Developer
4 12 (18.46%) Consultant
4 12 (18.46%) Technical Consultant
5 10 (15.38%) Support Consultant
5 10 (15.38%) Software Engineer
5 10 (15.38%) UNIX Consultant
5 10 (15.38%) UNIX Support
5 10 (15.38%) UNIX Administrator
5 10 (15.38%) Technical Support Consultant
5 10 (15.38%) Technical Support
5 10 (15.38%) Linux Support
5 10 (15.38%) Linux Consultant
6 7 (10.77%) Security Administrator
7 6 (9.231%) Senior Linux Administrator
8 3 (4.615%) LAMP Developer
9 2 (3.077%) Linux Engineer
9 2 (3.077%) GIS Consultant
9 2 (3.077%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (41.54%) SaaS
2 10 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.615%) Mobile Games
3 3 (4.615%) Statistics
3 3 (4.615%) Social Media
3 3 (4.615%) iPad
3 3 (4.615%) Social Gaming
3 3 (4.615%) iPhone
4 2 (3.077%) Computer Science
4 2 (3.077%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 1 (1.538%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 57 (87.69%) Linux
2 49 (75.38%) UNIX
3 3 (4.615%) Android
3 3 (4.615%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (56.92%) Load Balancing
2 13 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 10 (15.38%) RUP
3 10 (15.38%) UML
3 10 (15.38%) Information Security
3 10 (15.38%) Software Engineering
3 10 (15.38%) Kanban
3 10 (15.38%) Software Architecture
4 5 (7.692%) OO
5 4 (6.154%) Business Analysis
5 4 (6.154%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (4.615%) Scrum
6 3 (4.615%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (4.615%) Analytics
6 3 (4.615%) Data Cleansing
6 3 (4.615%) Requirements Analysis
6 3 (4.615%) Web Development
7 2 (3.077%) Business Development
7 2 (3.077%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (3.077%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 54 (83.08%) Bash shell
2 49 (75.38%) Perl
3 37 (56.92%) Shell Script
4 19 (29.23%) SQL
4 19 (29.23%) C++
4 19 (29.23%) Java
5 11 (16.92%) C
5 11 (16.92%) PHP
6 10 (15.38%) AWK
6 10 (15.38%) sed
7 4 (6.154%) PHP5
7 4 (6.154%) VB.NET
7 4 (6.154%) C#
8 2 (3.077%) JavaScript
8 2 (3.077%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 36 (55.38%) SC Cleared
1 36 (55.38%) Security Cleared
2 34 (52.31%) DV Cleared
3 11 (16.92%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.615%) QA
System Software
1 37 (56.92%) ISA Server
1 37 (56.92%) Squid
1 37 (56.92%) qmail
1 37 (56.92%) Postfix
1 37 (56.92%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 3 (4.615%) Nagios
Vendors
1 39 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 37 (56.92%) Juniper
2 37 (56.92%) Cisco
3 10 (15.38%) Oracle
4 4 (6.154%) IBM
5 3 (4.615%) Twitter
5 3 (4.615%) Perforce
6 2 (3.077%) ESRI
7 1 (1.538%) Zend
Gloucestershire
Strong shell scripting experience coupled with experience/exposure to one of the following: Bash, Perl, Python or Expect * Understanding of routing and switching protocols and associated Cisco/Juniper...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Demonstrated shell scripting is essential within Bash, Perl, Python or Expect - Advanced understanding of Unix based email servers operating Qmail, Ecelerity, Postfix, Send mail or Exim. Microsoft Exchange...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Excellent Salary + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Leading IT Consultancy require a Security Cleared (SC or DV level) individual who will be part of the Technical Delivery Team that designs, creates, customises and implements ESRI...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 36k - 46k
Posted: 15 May 2013
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Leading IT Consultancy require a Security Cleared (SC or DV level) individual who will be part of the Technical Delivery Team that designs, creates, customises and implements ESRI...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Posted: 14 May 2013