The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Python over the 3 months to 22 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 133 168 162
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -6
Permanent jobs citing Python 48 9 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 1.169% 0.244% 0.180%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.863% 0.403% 0.361%
Number of salaries quoted 46 8 4
Average salary £37,500 £27,000 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.88% -64.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £41,300
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £36,200 £83,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.75% -
All Programming Languages
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2576 2232 1937
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 62.74% 60.55% 49.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2308 2025 1811
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% +6.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
North West

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Python across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 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
Bolton - 5 £27,500 -
Salford - 2 £45,000 -
Altrincham - 2 £42,500 -
Python
North West

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 47 (53.41%) Java
2 42 (47.73%) PHP
3 40 (45.45%) Linux
4 38 (43.18%) Perl
5 31 (35.23%) C++
6 30 (34.09%) JavaScript
7 28 (31.82%) C#
8 27 (30.68%) Web Services
8 27 (30.68%) Apache
8 27 (30.68%) Bash shell
9 22 (25.00%) E-Commerce
9 22 (25.00%) C
10 21 (23.86%) Ruby
11 20 (22.73%) .NET
11 20 (22.73%) Windows
12 18 (20.45%) Degree
13 17 (19.32%) Agile Software Development
13 17 (19.32%) MySQL
13 17 (19.32%) SQL Server
13 17 (19.32%) MVC
14 16 (18.18%) DNS
15 15 (17.05%) ITIL
15 15 (17.05%) SQL
15 15 (17.05%) HTML
16 14 (15.91%) IIS
16 14 (15.91%) CSS
16 14 (15.91%) DHCP
16 14 (15.91%) Windows Server 2003
16 14 (15.91%) VMware
16 14 (15.91%) Windows Server 2008

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 27 (30.68%) Web Services
2 20 (22.73%) .NET
3 15 (17.05%) HTML
4 14 (15.91%) CSS
5 12 (13.64%) XML
6 11 (12.50%) Hibernate
6 11 (12.50%) Spring
7 10 (11.36%) SOAP
7 10 (11.36%) ASP.NET
7 10 (11.36%) ASP.NET MVC
8 9 (10.23%) Django
8 9 (10.23%) J2EE
9 7 (7.955%) Ruby on Rails
10 6 (6.818%) Struts
10 6 (6.818%) HTML5
10 6 (6.818%) Java EE
10 6 (6.818%) Ajax
11 5 (5.682%) XSLT
12 4 (4.545%) soapUI
12 4 (4.545%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 27 (30.68%) Apache
2 14 (15.91%) IIS
3 11 (12.50%) Amazon EC2
4 9 (10.23%) Tomcat
5 5 (5.682%) CMS
6 4 (4.545%) WordPress
7 3 (3.409%) Orchard CMS
8 2 (2.273%) SAS
8 2 (2.273%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (2.273%) Plone
8 2 (2.273%) CICS
8 2 (2.273%) Windows Azure
8 2 (2.273%) Apache Solr
8 2 (2.273%) Drupal
8 2 (2.273%) GlassFish
Applications
1 2 (2.273%) MS Excel
1 2 (2.273%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 16 (18.18%) DNS
2 14 (15.91%) DHCP
3 5 (5.682%) HTTP
4 4 (4.545%) SAN
5 3 (3.409%) NFC
5 3 (3.409%) iSCSI
5 3 (3.409%) NAS
5 3 (3.409%) Fibre Channel
5 3 (3.409%) Firewall
5 3 (3.409%) Internet
5 3 (3.409%) Ethernet
6 2 (2.273%) WAN
6 2 (2.273%) LAN
7 1 (1.136%) SSL
7 1 (1.136%) VoIP
7 1 (1.136%) FTP
7 1 (1.136%) SNMP
7 1 (1.136%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (19.32%) MySQL
1 17 (19.32%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.682%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (3.409%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (3.409%) RavenDB
3 3 (3.409%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.273%) Oracle 9i
4 2 (2.273%) DB2
4 2 (2.273%) GIS
4 2 (2.273%) RDBMS
4 2 (2.273%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.273%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 2 (2.273%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.273%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.136%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.136%) Redis
Development Applications
1 10 (11.36%) Subversion
2 7 (7.955%) Git (software)
3 4 (4.545%) WATIR
3 4 (4.545%) Selenium
3 4 (4.545%) FitNesse
4 3 (3.409%) Visual Studio
4 3 (3.409%) Ant
5 2 (2.273%) Maven
5 2 (2.273%) JIRA
6 1 (1.136%) Synon
General
1 5 (5.682%) Retail
2 4 (4.545%) Finance
3 3 (3.409%) Banking
4 2 (2.273%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.273%) Electronics
4 2 (2.273%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.136%) Marketing
5 1 (1.136%) Games
Job Titles
1 46 (52.27%) Developer
2 14 (15.91%) Administrator
2 14 (15.91%) Systems Administrator
2 14 (15.91%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 14 (15.91%) Linux Administrator
2 14 (15.91%) Java Developer
3 13 (14.77%) Software Developer
4 7 (7.955%) Graduate Developer
4 7 (7.955%) Graduate
5 6 (6.818%) Lead Developer
6 5 (5.682%) Graduate Software Developer
6 5 (5.682%) Consultant
6 5 (5.682%) Senior Developer
7 4 (4.545%) DBA
7 4 (4.545%) Junior
7 4 (4.545%) Web Developer
7 4 (4.545%) Test Consultant
7 4 (4.545%) Team Leader
7 4 (4.545%) MySQL DBA
7 4 (4.545%) Software Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.77%) Computer Science
2 8 (9.091%) Client/Server
3 5 (5.682%) Mobile App
4 4 (4.545%) Replication
5 3 (3.409%) Java Card
5 3 (3.409%) Physics
5 3 (3.409%) Psychology
5 3 (3.409%) Open Source
5 3 (3.409%) BBC
5 3 (3.409%) W3C
5 3 (3.409%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (2.273%) Blackberry
6 2 (2.273%) Mainframe
6 2 (2.273%) SaaS
6 2 (2.273%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (1.136%) EqualLogic
7 1 (1.136%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 40 (45.45%) Linux
2 20 (22.73%) Windows
3 14 (15.91%) Windows Server 2003
3 14 (15.91%) Windows Server 2008
4 13 (14.77%) UNIX
5 6 (6.818%) Apple iOS
6 3 (3.409%) Android
6 3 (3.409%) Solaris
7 2 (2.273%) SUSE
7 2 (2.273%) Debian
7 2 (2.273%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 17 (19.32%) Agile Software Development
2 17 (19.32%) MVC
3 15 (17.05%) ITIL
4 13 (14.77%) OO
5 12 (13.64%) OOD
5 12 (13.64%) TDD
6 11 (12.50%) Incident Management
7 10 (11.36%) Unit Testing
8 9 (10.23%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (9.091%) Web Development
10 7 (7.955%) System Testing
10 7 (7.955%) Kanban
11 6 (6.818%) Configuration Management
11 6 (6.818%) B2C
11 6 (6.818%) Waterfall
12 5 (5.682%) Automated Testing
12 5 (5.682%) Software Engineering
12 5 (5.682%) UML
13 4 (4.545%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 47 (53.41%) Java
2 42 (47.73%) PHP
3 38 (43.18%) Perl
4 31 (35.23%) C++
5 30 (34.09%) JavaScript
6 28 (31.82%) C#
7 27 (30.68%) Bash shell
8 22 (25.00%) C
9 21 (23.86%) Ruby
10 15 (17.05%) SQL
11 5 (5.682%) VB.NET
12 4 (4.545%) Shell Script
12 4 (4.545%) Bourne shell
13 3 (3.409%) Objective-C
13 3 (3.409%) T-SQL
14 2 (2.273%) PL/SQL
14 2 (2.273%) VBA
14 2 (2.273%) Prolog
14 2 (2.273%) MATLAB
14 2 (2.273%) XPath
Qualifications
1 18 (20.45%) Degree
2 12 (13.64%) RHCE
3 11 (12.50%) RHCT
3 11 (12.50%) CCNA
3 11 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.273%) ISEB
4 2 (2.273%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.136%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.091%) QA
2 3 (3.409%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (15.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.409%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 14 (15.91%) VMware
2 10 (11.36%) Oracle
3 6 (6.818%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.273%) Symbian
4 2 (2.273%) JBoss
4 2 (2.273%) ESRI
4 2 (2.273%) IBM
4 2 (2.273%) Adobe
4 2 (2.273%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.136%) 3PAR
5 1 (1.136%) JD Edwards
5 1 (1.136%) NetApp
5 1 (1.136%) HP
5 1 (1.136%) Dell
5 1 (1.136%) EMC
5 1 (1.136%) Intel
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