The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Python over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 38 49 61
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +12
Permanent jobs citing Python 26 10 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 4.114% 2.075% 0.187%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.303% 3.058% 0.319%
Number of salaries quoted 26 10 1
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +35.71%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +1.29%
All Programming Languages
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
356 327 313
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 56.33% 67.84% 58.61%
Number of salaries quoted 328 313 291
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
South West

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Python across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bath +9 16 £47,500 +18.75%
Bridgwater - 9 £50,000 -
Python
South West

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 32 (57.14%) MySQL
2 28 (50.00%) Java
3 26 (46.43%) Subversion
3 26 (46.43%) Django
4 25 (44.64%) Git (software)
4 25 (44.64%) JavaScript
4 25 (44.64%) Linux
5 24 (42.86%) CSS
5 24 (42.86%) Finance
6 22 (39.29%) OO
7 21 (37.50%) HTML
7 21 (37.50%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (33.93%) PHP
9 18 (32.14%) XML
9 18 (32.14%) Web Development
10 17 (30.36%) nginx
10 17 (30.36%) Gunicorn
11 16 (28.57%) Ruby
11 16 (28.57%) MVC
12 15 (26.79%) LAMP
13 14 (25.00%) Data Management
13 14 (25.00%) Leaflet
13 14 (25.00%) Mapnik
13 14 (25.00%) CoffeeScript
13 14 (25.00%) Open Source
14 12 (21.43%) Computer Science
15 11 (19.64%) Internet
15 11 (19.64%) SOAP
15 11 (19.64%) C++
15 11 (19.64%) XHTML

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 26 (46.43%) Django
2 24 (42.86%) CSS
3 21 (37.50%) HTML
4 18 (32.14%) XML
5 15 (26.79%) LAMP
6 14 (25.00%) Leaflet
6 14 (25.00%) Mapnik
7 11 (19.64%) SOAP
7 11 (19.64%) XHTML
7 11 (19.64%) Symfony
7 11 (19.64%) CakePHP
7 11 (19.64%) JSON
7 11 (19.64%) jQuery
7 11 (19.64%) XML-RPC
7 11 (19.64%) HTML5
8 8 (14.29%) CSS3
8 8 (14.29%) Backbone.js
8 8 (14.29%) Spine.js
9 7 (12.50%) Zend Framework
10 5 (8.929%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 17 (30.36%) nginx
1 17 (30.36%) Gunicorn
2 5 (8.929%) Apache
3 2 (3.571%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (5.357%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.786%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (16.07%) SAP LE
Communications & Networking
1 11 (19.64%) Internet
2 7 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 3 (5.357%) VoIP
3 3 (5.357%) HTTP
3 3 (5.357%) Wireshark
4 2 (3.571%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (57.14%) MySQL
2 21 (37.50%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (5.357%) GIS
Development Applications
1 26 (46.43%) Subversion
2 25 (44.64%) Git (software)
3 2 (3.571%) JIRA
3 2 (3.571%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 24 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (5.357%) Retail
3 1 (1.786%) Marketing
3 1 (1.786%) Games
Job Titles
1 37 (66.07%) Developer
2 18 (32.14%) Python Developer
3 15 (26.79%) Senior Developer
3 15 (26.79%) Senior Python Developer
4 12 (21.43%) PHP Developer
4 12 (21.43%) Web Developer
5 10 (17.86%) PHP Web Developer
6 8 (14.29%) Software Engineer
7 7 (12.50%) Applications Developer
7 7 (12.50%) Web Applications Developer
8 6 (10.71%) Junior Developer
8 6 (10.71%) Junior
9 5 (8.929%) Front-End Developer
10 4 (7.143%) Python/Django Developer
10 4 (7.143%) Analyst
11 3 (5.357%) Consultant
11 3 (5.357%) Management Consultant
11 3 (5.357%) Systems Engineer
11 3 (5.357%) Applications Consultant
11 3 (5.357%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.00%) Open Source
2 12 (21.43%) Computer Science
3 3 (5.357%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.357%) Social Network
3 3 (5.357%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (5.357%) Social Media
4 1 (1.786%) Verilog
4 1 (1.786%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 25 (44.64%) Linux
2 11 (19.64%) Ubuntu
3 10 (17.86%) Windows
4 3 (5.357%) Android
4 3 (5.357%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.571%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (39.29%) OO
2 18 (32.14%) Web Development
3 16 (28.57%) MVC
4 14 (25.00%) Data Management
5 8 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (12.50%) Risk Management
6 7 (12.50%) UML
7 6 (10.71%) Time Management
8 5 (8.929%) SysML
8 5 (8.929%) Signal Processing
9 4 (7.143%) Business Development
10 3 (5.357%) Performance Management
10 3 (5.357%) Memory Management
11 2 (3.571%) Software Engineering
11 2 (3.571%) RDF
11 2 (3.571%) ITIL
11 2 (3.571%) Six Sigma
11 2 (3.571%) OOD
12 1 (1.786%) OOP
12 1 (1.786%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 28 (50.00%) Java
2 25 (44.64%) JavaScript
3 19 (33.93%) PHP
4 16 (28.57%) Ruby
5 14 (25.00%) CoffeeScript
6 11 (19.64%) C++
7 10 (17.86%) C
7 10 (17.86%) ECMAScript
8 7 (12.50%) Perl
9 5 (8.929%) C#
10 4 (7.143%) Bash shell
11 3 (5.357%) SQL
11 3 (5.357%) VB
11 3 (5.357%) Objective-C
11 3 (5.357%) PowerShell
12 2 (3.571%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 9 (16.07%) CNA
1 9 (16.07%) Novell Certification
2 8 (14.29%) Degree
3 3 (5.357%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.571%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 2 (3.571%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.571%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (8.929%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.357%) Terminal Services
3 2 (3.571%) Gluster
Systems Management
1 3 (5.357%) Nagios
1 3 (5.357%) OpenView
1 3 (5.357%) SolarWinds Orion
2 2 (3.571%) Puppet
Vendors
1 11 (19.64%) Zend
2 5 (8.929%) Cisco
2 5 (8.929%) VMware
3 3 (5.357%) Apple
3 3 (5.357%) Juniper
3 3 (5.357%) BMC
3 3 (5.357%) CA
3 3 (5.357%) Adobe
3 3 (5.357%) Compuware
3 3 (5.357%) HP
3 3 (5.357%) Citrix
3 3 (5.357%) OPNET
3 3 (5.357%) SolarWinds
3 3 (5.357%) NetScout
3 3 (5.357%) F5
4 2 (3.571%) Talend
4 2 (3.571%) Atlassian
4 2 (3.571%) Riverbed
4 2 (3.571%) JBoss
4 2 (3.571%) Red Hat