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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 36 36 39
Rank change year-on-year
0 +3
Permanent jobs citing Python 3 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 1.395% 0.990% 0.478%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.273% 1.724% 0.877%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 1
Average salary £42,500 £27,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+54.54% -12.69%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Programming Languages
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
132 116 114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 61.40% 57.43% 54.55%
Number of salaries quoted 119 113 113
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,875
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -1.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
Hampshire

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

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

Portsmouth Python Salary Histogram

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 29 (90.63%) Linux
2 22 (68.75%) C++
2 22 (68.75%) C
3 21 (65.63%) Java
4 18 (56.25%) C#
4 18 (56.25%) Scrum
5 15 (46.88%) PHP
6 12 (37.50%) Degree
7 11 (34.38%) MATLAB
7 11 (34.38%) PhD
8 10 (31.25%) .NET
8 10 (31.25%) Ruby
8 10 (31.25%) Web Development
9 9 (28.13%) GWT
9 9 (28.13%) Open Source
9 9 (28.13%) HTML5
9 9 (28.13%) NHibernate
9 9 (28.13%) Computer Science
9 9 (28.13%) MVC
9 9 (28.13%) Electronics
9 9 (28.13%) Software Engineering
9 9 (28.13%) MySQL
9 9 (28.13%) SQL Server
9 9 (28.13%) Visual Studio
9 9 (28.13%) CSS
9 9 (28.13%) VB.NET
9 9 (28.13%) JavaScript
9 9 (28.13%) OO
9 9 (28.13%) UNIX
9 9 (28.13%) Windows

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 (31.25%) .NET
2 9 (28.13%) GWT
2 9 (28.13%) HTML5
2 9 (28.13%) NHibernate
2 9 (28.13%) CSS
3 6 (18.75%) ASP.NET
3 6 (18.75%) Ajax
4 1 (3.125%) XML
4 1 (3.125%) JSON
4 1 (3.125%) iOS SDK
Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (28.13%) MySQL
1 9 (28.13%) SQL Server
2 6 (18.75%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 9 (28.13%) Visual Studio
2 3 (9.375%) Selenium
2 3 (9.375%) JIRA
2 3 (9.375%) ReSharper
2 3 (9.375%) Bugzilla
2 3 (9.375%) WebDriver
2 3 (9.375%) Cucumber
3 1 (3.125%) Eclipse
3 1 (3.125%) Xcode
General
1 9 (28.13%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) Software Engineer
2 7 (21.88%) Developer
3 6 (18.75%) .NET Developer
3 6 (18.75%) C# Developer
3 6 (18.75%) ASP.NET Developer
3 6 (18.75%) C# .NET Developer
3 6 (18.75%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 3 (9.375%) C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (9.375%) C Software Engineer
4 3 (9.375%) Linux Engineer
4 3 (9.375%) QA Engineer
4 3 (9.375%) Python Software Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) Senior C# Developer
5 2 (6.250%) Senior .NET Developer
5 2 (6.250%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (6.250%) Systems Architect
5 2 (6.250%) Senior Developer
5 2 (6.250%) Architect
6 1 (3.125%) Applications Developer
6 1 (3.125%) Mobile Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) Open Source
1 9 (28.13%) Computer Science
2 8 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 6 (18.75%) Social Network
3 6 (18.75%) Web 2.0
4 1 (3.125%) Smartphone
4 1 (3.125%) iPhone
4 1 (3.125%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 29 (90.63%) Linux
2 9 (28.13%) UNIX
2 9 (28.13%) Windows
3 1 (3.125%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.125%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (56.25%) Scrum
2 10 (31.25%) Web Development
3 9 (28.13%) MVC
3 9 (28.13%) Software Engineering
3 9 (28.13%) OO
4 8 (25.00%) E-Commerce
5 6 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (18.75%) ERP
5 6 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (9.375%) Software Testing
6 3 (9.375%) Refactoring
6 3 (9.375%) TDD
6 3 (9.375%) Pair Programming
6 3 (9.375%) Performance Testing
6 3 (9.375%) Test Management
6 3 (9.375%) Test Scripting
6 3 (9.375%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (9.375%) BDD
7 1 (3.125%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 22 (68.75%) C++
1 22 (68.75%) C
2 21 (65.63%) Java
3 18 (56.25%) C#
4 15 (46.88%) PHP
5 11 (34.38%) MATLAB
6 10 (31.25%) Ruby
7 9 (28.13%) VB.NET
7 9 (28.13%) JavaScript
8 5 (15.63%) Perl
9 2 (6.250%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 12 (37.50%) Degree
2 11 (34.38%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.375%) QA
Systems Management
1 8 (25.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 8 (25.00%) Red Hat
2 6 (18.75%) Oracle
3 1 (3.125%) Apple
3 1 (3.125%) Google