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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Python 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Programming Languages
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
81 78 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 66.94% 63.41% 58.70%
Number of salaries quoted 76 78 24
Average salary £32,000 £31,750 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.78% +5.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £27,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
Lancashire

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston Python Salary Trend

Python
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) RAD
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) WATIR
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) FitNesse
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) soapUI
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) soapUI
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) WATIR
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) FitNesse
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Test Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) RAD
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA