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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 42 46 35
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -11
Permanent jobs citing Python 8 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 2.111% 0.765% 0.433%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.594% 1.415% 1.042%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 1
Average salary £24,000 £65,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-63.07% +188.88%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.75% -
All Programming Languages
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
143 212 96
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 37.73% 54.08% 41.56%
Number of salaries quoted 113 160 87
Average salary £33,000 £41,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.51% +17.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £32,500 £25,900
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
Bedfordshire

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Python Salary Trend

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 13 (92.86%) C
1 13 (92.86%) C++
1 13 (92.86%) Degree
2 12 (85.71%) Software Engineering
3 11 (78.57%) Computer Science
3 11 (78.57%) Linux
4 10 (71.43%) TCP/IP
4 10 (71.43%) Java
5 9 (64.29%) Windows
6 8 (57.14%) VoIP
6 8 (57.14%) C#
6 8 (57.14%) SS7
6 8 (57.14%) IP Telephony
7 2 (14.29%) Device Driver
7 2 (14.29%) Wireless
7 2 (14.29%) Electronics
7 2 (14.29%) RFID
7 2 (14.29%) Perl
7 2 (14.29%) Ethernet
7 2 (14.29%) GSM
7 2 (14.29%) Ruby
7 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 14443
7 2 (14.29%) LTE
7 2 (14.29%) Atmel
7 2 (14.29%) Smartcard
7 2 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (7.143%) Test Automation
8 1 (7.143%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (7.143%) Manual Testing
8 1 (7.143%) 3GPP

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 1 (7.143%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) TCP/IP
2 8 (57.14%) IP Telephony
2 8 (57.14%) VoIP
2 8 (57.14%) SS7
3 2 (14.29%) RFID
3 2 (14.29%) Wireless
3 2 (14.29%) Ethernet
3 2 (14.29%) GSM
3 2 (14.29%) LTE
4 1 (7.143%) 3G
4 1 (7.143%) 3GPP
4 1 (7.143%) 2G
General
1 2 (14.29%) Electronics
2 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Software Engineer
2 9 (64.29%) Graduate
3 8 (57.14%) Support Engineer
3 8 (57.14%) Software Support Engineer
3 8 (57.14%) C Software Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Test Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Software Tester
5 1 (7.143%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Software Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Tester
5 1 (7.143%) Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Graduate Software Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Embedded Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (78.57%) Computer Science
2 2 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (14.29%) Smartcard
2 2 (14.29%) Device Driver
3 1 (7.143%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Linux
2 9 (64.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Software Engineering
2 1 (7.143%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (7.143%) Manual Testing
2 1 (7.143%) Test Automation
2 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) C
1 13 (92.86%) C++
2 10 (71.43%) Java
3 8 (57.14%) C#
4 2 (14.29%) Perl
4 2 (14.29%) Ruby
5 1 (7.143%) PHP
5 1 (7.143%) Tcl
5 1 (7.143%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 14443
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Atmel