The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT jobs advertised for the Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 43 34 -
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -
Permanent jobs citing Python 10 39 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 2.732% 7.708% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.525% 12.04% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 21 0
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Programming Languages
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
221 324 185
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 60.38% 64.03% 58.54%
Number of salaries quoted 193 281 154
Average salary £33,014 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.96% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
Merseyside

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

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

Liverpool Python Salary Histogram

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 (93.33%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (80.00%) Java
3 10 (66.67%) C#
3 10 (66.67%) C++
4 8 (53.33%) JavaScript
4 8 (53.33%) Photoshop
4 8 (53.33%) Ruby
4 8 (53.33%) Degree
4 8 (53.33%) Computer Science
4 8 (53.33%) HTML5
5 7 (46.67%) SQL
5 7 (46.67%) CSS
5 7 (46.67%) Games
6 6 (40.00%) Open Source
6 6 (40.00%) Groovy
7 5 (33.33%) Android
7 5 (33.33%) Apple iOS
7 5 (33.33%) OO
7 5 (33.33%) Flash
7 5 (33.33%) HTTP
7 5 (33.33%) .NET
8 4 (26.67%) Perl
8 4 (26.67%) Oracle
8 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
8 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
8 4 (26.67%) Adobe
8 4 (26.67%) Apple
8 4 (26.67%) Internet
8 4 (26.67%) 3ds Max
8 4 (26.67%) Streaming Video

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 8 (53.33%) HTML5
2 7 (46.67%) CSS
3 5 (33.33%) Flash
3 5 (33.33%) .NET
4 3 (20.00%) HTML
5 2 (13.33%) EJB
5 2 (13.33%) Struts
5 2 (13.33%) JMS
5 2 (13.33%) Spring
5 2 (13.33%) Hibernate
5 2 (13.33%) EJB 3.0
5 2 (13.33%) Spring Web Flow
5 2 (13.33%) JSON
6 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 1 (6.667%) Ajax
6 1 (6.667%) jQuery
6 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (6.667%) RESTful
6 1 (6.667%) Web Services
6 1 (6.667%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) ESB
2 1 (6.667%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Photoshop
2 4 (26.67%) 3ds Max
2 4 (26.67%) ZBrush
3 3 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) HTTP
2 4 (26.67%) Internet
3 1 (6.667%) VoIP
3 1 (6.667%) Firewall
3 1 (6.667%) SNMP
3 1 (6.667%) VPN
3 1 (6.667%) DNS
3 1 (6.667%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2000
2 3 (20.00%) DB2
3 1 (6.667%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) JUnit
2 1 (6.667%) TeamCity
2 1 (6.667%) CruiseControl
General
1 7 (46.67%) Games
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Senior Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Senior Games Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Games Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Java Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Development Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (6.667%) QA Test Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) QA Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Tester
4 1 (6.667%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Computer Science
2 6 (40.00%) Open Source
3 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
3 4 (26.67%) Streaming Video
3 4 (26.67%) Physics
3 4 (26.67%) Social Media
3 4 (26.67%) Social Network
4 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Android
1 5 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (6.667%) UNIX
2 1 (6.667%) Windows
2 1 (6.667%) Solaris
2 1 (6.667%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (33.33%) OO
3 4 (26.67%) Time Management
3 4 (26.67%) Memory Management
4 3 (20.00%) Web Development
4 3 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Unit Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (20.00%) MVC
5 2 (13.33%) SOA
5 2 (13.33%) AOP
5 2 (13.33%) Dependency Injection
5 2 (13.33%) Manual Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (6.667%) Automation Testing
6 1 (6.667%) System Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (6.667%) Information Security
6 1 (6.667%) Software Engineering
6 1 (6.667%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) Java
2 10 (66.67%) C#
2 10 (66.67%) C++
3 8 (53.33%) JavaScript
3 8 (53.33%) Ruby
4 7 (46.67%) SQL
5 6 (40.00%) Groovy
6 4 (26.67%) Perl
6 4 (26.67%) Objective-C
7 3 (20.00%) PL/SQL
8 1 (6.667%) Bash shell
8 1 (6.667%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) ISEB
2 2 (13.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle
1 4 (26.67%) Adobe
1 4 (26.67%) Apple
2 2 (13.33%) JBoss
Liverpool, Merseyside
4+ years current experience in C# & .NET writing and debugging scripts in C# Video streaming over Internet (via HTML5 or Flash)... Knowledge of 3D Studio Max, ZBrush, Photoshop.
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
4+ years Unity 3.x experience on commercial or open source projects 4+ years current experience in C# & .NET writing and debugging scripts in C# Video streaming over...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £55000.00 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013