The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Python over the 3 months to 21 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 74 70 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Permanent jobs citing Python 21 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 1.820% 0.567% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.832% 1.111% -
Number of salaries quoted 19 4 0
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.75% -
All Programming Languages
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
548 360 610
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 47.49% 50.99% 58.15%
Number of salaries quoted 483 331 561
Average salary £37,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £26,093 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
South East

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Python across the Kent region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 21 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
Maidstone - 3 £32,500 -
Sevenoaks - 3 £30,000 -
West Malling - 3 £32,500 -
Dartford -5 1 £35,000 -6.66%
Tonbridge - 1 £42,500 -
Tunbridge Wells - 1 £55,000 -
Rochester - 1 £35,000 -
Python
South East

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 14 (58.33%) SQL
2 11 (45.83%) PHP
3 10 (41.67%) C#
4 9 (37.50%) HTML
4 9 (37.50%) Ruby
5 8 (33.33%) Java
5 8 (33.33%) CSS
6 7 (29.17%) Degree
7 6 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (25.00%) Joomla!
7 6 (25.00%) Computer Science
7 6 (25.00%) E-Commerce
7 6 (25.00%) JavaScript
7 6 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
7 6 (25.00%) CMS
8 5 (20.83%) MVC
8 5 (20.83%) ISEB
8 5 (20.83%) Project Management
8 5 (20.83%) ASP
8 5 (20.83%) ETL
8 5 (20.83%) XML
8 5 (20.83%) QA
8 5 (20.83%) Selenium
8 5 (20.83%) System Testing
8 5 (20.83%) ISTQB
8 5 (20.83%) Test Automation
8 5 (20.83%) HTML5
8 5 (20.83%) CSS3
8 5 (20.83%) Web Development
9 4 (16.67%) Automation Testing

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 9 (37.50%) HTML
2 8 (33.33%) CSS
3 5 (20.83%) ASP
3 5 (20.83%) XML
3 5 (20.83%) HTML5
3 5 (20.83%) CSS3
4 4 (16.67%) SOAP
4 4 (16.67%) .NET
5 3 (12.50%) CodeIgniter
5 3 (12.50%) soapUI
5 3 (12.50%) Laravel
6 2 (8.333%) Visualforce
6 2 (8.333%) jQuery
6 2 (8.333%) XHTML
6 2 (8.333%) LAMP
7 1 (4.167%) Web Services
7 1 (4.167%) DOM
7 1 (4.167%) J2EE
7 1 (4.167%) WebSphere
7 1 (4.167%) YUI
Application Platforms
1 6 (25.00%) Joomla!
1 6 (25.00%) CMS
2 4 (16.67%) Apache
3 2 (8.333%) Force.com
3 2 (8.333%) Drupal
4 1 (4.167%) Documentum
4 1 (4.167%) Umbraco
4 1 (4.167%) Kentico
4 1 (4.167%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) MS Visio
2 2 (8.333%) MS Office
2 2 (8.333%) MS Excel
3 1 (4.167%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) DNS
2 2 (8.333%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.167%) Internet
3 1 (4.167%) OSPF
3 1 (4.167%) BGP
3 1 (4.167%) Ethernet
3 1 (4.167%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 6 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 2 (8.333%) MS Access
4 1 (4.167%) MySQL
4 1 (4.167%) Big Data
4 1 (4.167%) MongoDB
4 1 (4.167%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Selenium
2 3 (12.50%) Sahi
3 1 (4.167%) Subversion
3 1 (4.167%) JIRA
3 1 (4.167%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (4.167%) FishEye
3 1 (4.167%) Git (software)
General
1 4 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Developer
2 5 (20.83%) C# Developer
3 4 (16.67%) PHP Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Test Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Web Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) SQL Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Automation Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) PHP Web Developer
5 2 (8.333%) Software Test Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Software Test Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Test Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Software Tester
6 1 (4.167%) QA Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.167%) Quality Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Architect
6 1 (4.167%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (8.333%) Open Source
2 2 (8.333%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (8.333%) Wiki
2 2 (8.333%) Blog
3 1 (4.167%) Web 2.0
3 1 (4.167%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 5 (20.83%) MVC
2 5 (20.83%) Project Management
2 5 (20.83%) ETL
2 5 (20.83%) System Testing
2 5 (20.83%) Test Automation
2 5 (20.83%) Web Development
3 4 (16.67%) Automation Testing
3 4 (16.67%) SEO
4 3 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (8.333%) Time Management
5 2 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (8.333%) Web Testing
5 2 (8.333%) Software Testing
5 2 (8.333%) CRM
5 2 (8.333%) Risk Management
6 1 (4.167%) Scrum
6 1 (4.167%) Web Design
6 1 (4.167%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (4.167%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 14 (58.33%) SQL
2 11 (45.83%) PHP
3 10 (41.67%) C#
4 9 (37.50%) Ruby
5 8 (33.33%) Java
6 6 (25.00%) JavaScript
7 4 (16.67%) IronPython
7 4 (16.67%) Perl
8 3 (12.50%) VB
9 2 (8.333%) Bash shell
9 2 (8.333%) Apex Code
9 2 (8.333%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) Degree
2 5 (20.83%) ISEB
2 5 (20.83%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.167%) CCIE
3 1 (4.167%) CCNP
3 1 (4.167%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (8.333%) Salesforce.com
2 1 (4.167%) Cisco
2 1 (4.167%) Juniper
2 1 (4.167%) Vignette
2 1 (4.167%) Atlassian
2 1 (4.167%) F5
2 1 (4.167%) hybris
2 1 (4.167%) Foundry
Margate, Kent
Python, SQL (MySQL, SQLLite, Postgres, Foxpro), Linux, Python Developer... Knowledge of Linux, FoxPro, SQL, MYSQL, SQLLite & Postgres would be also useful but you must have extensive experience in...
Edison Hill Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Kent
Linux - Redhat - Shell Scripting - Vmware... Red Hat enterprise Linux experience gained in a commercial environment. Redhat clustering experience. Excellent experience in scripting with Shell (bask, KSH), Perl and...
EarthStream Global
Salary: From £60,000 to £80,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013