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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 59 36 61
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +25
Permanent jobs citing Python 10 39 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 1.451% 4.412% 0.573%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.833% 9.924% 1.120%
Number of salaries quoted 9 22 4
Average salary £33,000 £35,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.71% -7.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £27,500 £35,750
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,600 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.75% -
All Programming Languages
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
353 393 357
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 51.23% 44.46% 51.15%
Number of salaries quoted 317 312 291
Average salary £33,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,250 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
England

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

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

North East 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 North East 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
Tyne and Wear -24 7 £43,750 +25.00%
Durham +7 3 £33,000 +20.00%
Python
England

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 (70.00%) C++
2 12 (60.00%) PHP
3 11 (55.00%) Linux
4 10 (50.00%) C
4 10 (50.00%) HTML
5 9 (45.00%) C#
6 8 (40.00%) SQL
6 8 (40.00%) .NET
6 8 (40.00%) Perl
7 7 (35.00%) Java
7 7 (35.00%) Embedded Systems
8 6 (30.00%) Qt
8 6 (30.00%) Refactoring
8 6 (30.00%) Multithreading
8 6 (30.00%) MFC
8 6 (30.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 6 (30.00%) CSS
8 6 (30.00%) SOAP
8 6 (30.00%) Internet
8 6 (30.00%) Configuration Management
8 6 (30.00%) OOP
8 6 (30.00%) VC++
8 6 (30.00%) ECMAScript
8 6 (30.00%) Ethernet
8 6 (30.00%) Scrum
8 6 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
8 6 (30.00%) Subversion
8 6 (30.00%) Marketing
9 5 (25.00%) Ruby
9 5 (25.00%) MySQL

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 10 (50.00%) HTML
2 8 (40.00%) .NET
3 6 (30.00%) Qt
3 6 (30.00%) MFC
3 6 (30.00%) CSS
3 6 (30.00%) SOAP
4 4 (20.00%) XML
5 3 (15.00%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (10.00%) ASP
6 2 (10.00%) JSON
7 1 (5.000%) Spring
7 1 (5.000%) Web Services
7 1 (5.000%) Django
7 1 (5.000%) CherryPy
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Internet
1 6 (30.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (10.00%) ZigBee
2 2 (10.00%) Modbus
2 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (10.00%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (25.00%) MySQL
2 1 (5.000%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.000%) Couchbase
2 1 (5.000%) MongoDB
2 1 (5.000%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (5.000%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 6 (30.00%) Subversion
2 3 (15.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (30.00%) Marketing
2 2 (10.00%) Electronics
2 2 (10.00%) Automotive
2 2 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Developer
2 6 (30.00%) Software Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Software Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Python Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Java Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Junior
5 2 (10.00%) Ruby Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Technical Director
5 2 (10.00%) Junior Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Product Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Junior Java Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Development Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Junior Python Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Product Development Manager
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Python Developer
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.000%) Support Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Junior Tester
6 1 (5.000%) Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 11 (55.00%) Linux
2 2 (10.00%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Refactoring
1 6 (30.00%) Multithreading
1 6 (30.00%) Configuration Management
1 6 (30.00%) OOP
1 6 (30.00%) Scrum
1 6 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (10.00%) Project Management
2 2 (10.00%) Document Management
3 1 (5.000%) TDD
3 1 (5.000%) Software Testing
3 1 (5.000%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 14 (70.00%) C++
2 12 (60.00%) PHP
3 10 (50.00%) C
4 9 (45.00%) C#
5 8 (40.00%) SQL
5 8 (40.00%) Perl
6 7 (35.00%) Java
7 6 (30.00%) VC++
7 6 (30.00%) ECMAScript
8 5 (25.00%) Ruby
9 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
10 2 (10.00%) VB.NET
10 2 (10.00%) Shell Script
11 1 (5.000%) Jython
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Red Hat
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