Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Python over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the South West region.

 Python
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank129128208
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Up+80
Matching permanent IT job ads546351
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West1.077 %1.018 %0.439 %
As % of the Programming Languages category1.859 %1.946 %0.949 %
Salaries quoted524940
Average salary£35,000£38,000£40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.890 %-6.170 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£29,350
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£44,500£50,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
South West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
290532385376
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West57.95 %52.34 %46.27 %
Salaries quoted262528604513
Average salary£32,500£34,000£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.410 %+3.030 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
Python EnglandPython
England

Python
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Python across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South West Python Demand Trend

Python
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Python across the South West region.

South West Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Python across the South West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GloucestershireNew entry-28£35,000-
BristolUp+1914£30,500-21.29 %
DevonUp+66£30,425-32.39 %
SomersetDown-75£31,000-4.61 %
Python EnglandPython
England

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West 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.

167 (50.76 %)MySQL
264 (48.48 %)PHP
359 (44.70 %)Linux
445 (34.09 %)Apache
543 (32.58 %)Perl
641 (31.06 %)C#
740 (30.30 %)C
838 (28.79 %)Delphi
937 (28.03 %)IIS
937 (28.03 %)Zend
1034 (25.76 %)C++
1133 (25.00 %)Java
1232 (24.24 %)Internet
1328 (21.21 %)OOP
1427 (20.45 %)HTML
1526 (19.70 %)Django
1625 (18.94 %)JavaScript
1723 (17.42 %)Degree
1821 (15.91 %)Web Development
1821 (15.91 %)SQL
1821 (15.91 %)CSS
1920 (15.15 %)TCP/IP
2017 (12.88 %)SQL Server
2116 (12.12 %)OO
2215 (11.36 %)XHTML
2215 (11.36 %)UNIX
2314 (10.61 %)AJAX
2412 (9.091 %)Windows
2412 (9.091 %)Unit Testing
2511 (8.333 %)Zend Framework

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
127 (20.45 %)HTML
226 (19.70 %)Django
321 (15.91 %)CSS
415 (11.36 %)XHTML
514 (10.61 %)AJAX
611 (8.333 %)Zend Framework
611 (8.333 %)jQuery
78 (6.061 %).NET
87 (5.303 %)ASP.NET
96 (4.545 %)Adobe Flex
105 (3.788 %)HTML5
105 (3.788 %)CakePHP
114 (3.030 %).NET Framework
114 (3.030 %)LAMP
123 (2.273 %)SWT
123 (2.273 %)Swing
123 (2.273 %)J2EE
132 (1.515 %)ASP
132 (1.515 %)XML
132 (1.515 %)XSD
South West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
145 (34.09 %)Apache
237 (28.03 %)IIS
35 (3.788 %)Oracle Spatial
35 (3.788 %)Magento
42 (1.515 %)SharePoint Server 2007
42 (1.515 %)Mathematica
42 (1.515 %)SharePoint
42 (1.515 %)ColdFusion
51 (0.758 %)Zope
South West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (1.515 %)MS Excel
12 (1.515 %)MATLAB
South West IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.758 %)Endur
South West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
132 (24.24 %)Internet
220 (15.15 %)TCP/IP
311 (8.333 %)DNS
311 (8.333 %)DVB
49 (6.818 %)VoIP
56 (4.545 %)iSCSI
56 (4.545 %)IPv6
64 (3.030 %)HTTP
73 (2.273 %)Intranet
82 (1.515 %)SMTP
82 (1.515 %)FTP
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
167 (50.76 %)MySQL
217 (12.88 %)SQL Server
35 (3.788 %)GIS
35 (3.788 %)PostgreSQL
South West IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
111 (8.333 %)Subversion
23 (2.273 %)JUnit
23 (2.273 %)ClearCase
31 (0.758 %)QuickTest Pro
South West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (3.788 %)Government
15 (3.788 %)Pensions
24 (3.030 %)Health
24 (3.030 %)Telecoms
24 (3.030 %)Aerospace
31 (0.758 %)Finance
31 (0.758 %)Games
31 (0.758 %)Military
31 (0.758 %)Music
31 (0.758 %)Music Industry
31 (0.758 %)Avionics
South West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1104 (78.79 %)Developer
252 (39.39 %)Web Developer
343 (32.58 %)PHP Developer
426 (19.70 %)PHP Web Developer
516 (12.12 %)Senior Developer
613 (9.848 %)Java Developer
712 (9.091 %)Senior PHP Developer
712 (9.091 %)Senior PHP Web Developer
712 (9.091 %)Senior Web Developer
811 (8.333 %)Test Engineer
910 (7.576 %)Graduate
910 (7.576 %)Java Web Developer
910 (7.576 %)Graduate Developer
109 (6.818 %)Software Engineer
109 (6.818 %)Python Developer
117 (5.303 %)Software Developer
126 (4.545 %)Test Development Engineer
126 (4.545 %)Test Leader
126 (4.545 %)Development Engineer
135 (3.788 %)Senior Development Engineer
South West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (8.333 %)MPEG
111 (8.333 %)DTV
210 (7.576 %)Blog
36 (4.545 %)Firmware
45 (3.788 %)Streaming Video
54 (3.030 %)Open Source
63 (2.273 %)Data Integration
63 (2.273 %)Visualisation
63 (2.273 %)Web 2.0
72 (1.515 %)STB
81 (0.758 %)Computer Science
81 (0.758 %)Credit Risk
South West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
159 (44.70 %)Linux
215 (11.36 %)UNIX
312 (9.091 %)Windows
49 (6.818 %)Debian
55 (3.788 %)Ubuntu
62 (1.515 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (1.515 %)AIX
62 (1.515 %)Solaris
South West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
128 (21.21 %)OOP
221 (15.91 %)Web Development
316 (12.12 %)OO
412 (9.091 %)Unit Testing
511 (8.333 %)OOD
65 (3.788 %)RUP
65 (3.788 %)Software Engineering
65 (3.788 %)Test Scripting
73 (2.273 %)BPEL
73 (2.273 %)Software Architecture
73 (2.273 %)Software Testing
73 (2.273 %)Requirements Analysis
73 (2.273 %)Agile Software Development
73 (2.273 %)Workflow
73 (2.273 %)Configuration Management
82 (1.515 %)Business Intelligence
82 (1.515 %)DSDM
82 (1.515 %)Scrum
82 (1.515 %)UML
82 (1.515 %)MVC
South West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
164 (48.48 %)PHP
243 (32.58 %)Perl
341 (31.06 %)C#
440 (30.30 %)C
538 (28.79 %)Delphi
634 (25.76 %)C++
733 (25.00 %)Java
825 (18.94 %)JavaScript
921 (15.91 %)SQL
1010 (7.576 %)Ruby
1010 (7.576 %)PHP5
114 (3.030 %)ActionScript
114 (3.030 %)Shell Script
123 (2.273 %)VB
123 (2.273 %)VB.NET
123 (2.273 %)Ada
132 (1.515 %)ECMAScript
132 (1.515 %)Tcl
132 (1.515 %)Pascal
132 (1.515 %)Prolog
South West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
123 (17.42 %)Degree
27 (5.303 %)Security Cleared
35 (3.788 %)SC Cleared
43 (2.273 %)DV Cleared
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (4.545 %)QA
South West IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (1.515 %)Postfix
South West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
137 (28.03 %)Zend
27 (5.303 %)Oracle
32 (1.515 %)Microsoft
41 (0.758 %)OpenLink