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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Python over the 3 months to 12 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 Hertfordshire region.

 Python
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank92106167
Rank change year-on-year
Up+14Up+61
Matching permanent IT job ads1571
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire0.800 %0.334 %0.023 %
As % of the Programming Languages category1.801 %0.783 %0.056 %
Salaries quoted961
Average salary£45,000£35,000£29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57 %+18.64 %
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£36,750£35,000
% change year-on-year
-4.760 %+5.000 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
8338941794
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire44.40 %42.61 %40.54 %
Salaries quoted7067561494
Average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£27,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£52,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
Python East of EnglandPython
East of England

Python
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Python across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

Hertfordshire Python Salary Histogram

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

112 (70.59 %)Linux
211 (64.71 %)Apache
211 (64.71 %)Configuration Management
211 (64.71 %)UNIX
211 (64.71 %)Performance Management
211 (64.71 %)Open Source
38 (47.06 %)Capacity Planning
47 (41.18 %)VMware Infrastructure
47 (41.18 %)VMware
47 (41.18 %)VMware ESX
56 (35.29 %)Degree
65 (29.41 %)Retail
65 (29.41 %)Xen
65 (29.41 %)Mathematics
65 (29.41 %)Physics
65 (29.41 %)Computer Science
65 (29.41 %)LAMP
65 (29.41 %)UML
65 (29.41 %)NetApp
65 (29.41 %)C
65 (29.41 %)Java
65 (29.41 %)PHP
73 (17.65 %)XML
73 (17.65 %)Adobe Flex
73 (17.65 %)Silverlight
73 (17.65 %)Papervision3D
73 (17.65 %)ActionScript 3.0
73 (17.65 %)SQL
73 (17.65 %)ActionScript
73 (17.65 %)C#

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (29.41 %)LAMP
23 (17.65 %)XML
23 (17.65 %)Adobe Flex
23 (17.65 %)Silverlight
23 (17.65 %)Papervision3D
23 (17.65 %)CSS
23 (17.65 %)HTML
23 (17.65 %)Flash
32 (11.76 %)Hibernate
32 (11.76 %)J2EE
32 (11.76 %)JDBC
32 (11.76 %)Spring
41 (5.882 %).NET
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (64.71 %)Apache
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (5.882 %)MS Excel
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (5.882 %)OpenDeploy
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (29.41 %)Retail
22 (11.76 %)Interactive Media
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (41.18 %)VMware Engineer
25 (29.41 %)Developer
34 (23.53 %)Linux Engineer
43 (17.65 %)Flash Developer
52 (11.76 %)Systems Engineer
52 (11.76 %)UNIX Specialist
52 (11.76 %)UNIX Engineer
52 (11.76 %)Java Developer
52 (11.76 %)J2EE Developer
52 (11.76 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
52 (11.76 %)Linux Specialist
52 (11.76 %)Java/J2EE Developer
61 (5.882 %)Release Engineer
61 (5.882 %)Release Manager
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (64.71 %)Open Source
25 (29.41 %)Mathematics
25 (29.41 %)Physics
25 (29.41 %)Computer Science
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
112 (70.59 %)Linux
211 (64.71 %)UNIX
31 (5.882 %)Red Hat Linux
31 (5.882 %)Windows
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (64.71 %)Configuration Management
111 (64.71 %)Performance Management
28 (47.06 %)Capacity Planning
35 (29.41 %)UML
43 (17.65 %)E-Commerce
52 (11.76 %)Refactoring
61 (5.882 %)Enterprise Architecture
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (29.41 %)C
15 (29.41 %)Java
15 (29.41 %)PHP
23 (17.65 %)ActionScript 3.0
23 (17.65 %)SQL
23 (17.65 %)ActionScript
23 (17.65 %)C#
23 (17.65 %)Perl
32 (11.76 %)JavaScript
32 (11.76 %)ActionScript 2.0
32 (11.76 %)Ruby
41 (5.882 %)C++
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (35.29 %)Degree
22 (11.76 %)RHCE
31 (5.882 %)RHCT
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (41.18 %)VMware Infrastructure
17 (41.18 %)VMware ESX
25 (29.41 %)Xen
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (41.18 %)VMware
25 (29.41 %)NetApp
31 (5.882 %)Oracle
31 (5.882 %)ATG
31 (5.882 %)Red Hat
31 (5.882 %)TIBCO
31 (5.882 %)JBoss