The first 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 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 86 109 117
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +8
Permanent jobs citing Python 148 112 104
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 2.821% 2.023% 1.724%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.611% 3.316% 3.038%
Number of salaries quoted 120 90 84
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,127 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Programming Languages
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3210 3378 3423
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 61.19% 61.03% 56.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2875 2965 3000
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,127 £25,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £45,500
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South West 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 South West region.

South West Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

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

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 24 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
Bristol +16 53 £35,250 -21.66%
Gloucestershire +19 36 £32,500 -15.58%
Somerset +27 34 £50,000 -
Devon +6 9 £32,500 -29.72%
Dorset - 6 £29,000 -
Wiltshire -9 4 £45,000 +5.88%
Cornwall +4 3 £35,000 +12.00%
Python
England

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 146 (57.25%) Linux
2 111 (43.53%) Perl
3 86 (33.73%) Java
3 86 (33.73%) C++
4 76 (29.80%) Bash shell
5 75 (29.41%) C
6 65 (25.49%) UNIX
6 65 (25.49%) Degree
7 64 (25.10%) OO
8 61 (23.92%) SQL
8 61 (23.92%) DNS
9 58 (22.75%) Shell Script
10 57 (22.35%) HTTP
10 57 (22.35%) Firewall
11 54 (21.18%) Cisco
11 54 (21.18%) Internet
11 54 (21.18%) MySQL
11 54 (21.18%) JavaScript
12 53 (20.78%) Windows
12 53 (20.78%) Computer Science
13 51 (20.00%) PHP
13 51 (20.00%) CSS
14 50 (19.61%) HTML
15 49 (19.22%) Microsoft
16 46 (18.04%) Juniper
16 46 (18.04%) XML
17 44 (17.25%) MS Exchange
17 44 (17.25%) Load Balancing
18 43 (16.86%) LDAP
18 43 (16.86%) TCP/IP

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 51 (20.00%) CSS
2 50 (19.61%) HTML
3 46 (18.04%) XML
4 25 (9.804%) Django
5 24 (9.412%) LAMP
6 17 (6.667%) SOAP
7 14 (5.490%) JSON
7 14 (5.490%) Middleware
8 13 (5.098%) Ajax
8 13 (5.098%) CakePHP
9 12 (4.706%) HTML5
9 12 (4.706%) Leaflet
9 12 (4.706%) Mapnik
9 12 (4.706%) jQuery
10 11 (4.314%) Symfony
10 11 (4.314%) J2EE
11 10 (3.922%) XML-RPC
11 10 (3.922%) .NET
11 10 (3.922%) XHTML
12 8 (3.137%) Spine.js
Application Platforms
1 44 (17.25%) MS Exchange
2 29 (11.37%) Apache
3 15 (5.882%) nginx
3 15 (5.882%) Gunicorn
4 9 (3.529%) SharePoint
5 6 (2.353%) IIS
6 5 (1.961%) ArcGIS
7 3 (1.176%) Magento
7 3 (1.176%) Apache Pig
7 3 (1.176%) Tomcat
7 3 (1.176%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (1.176%) Plone
8 2 (0.784%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.784%) WordPress
9 1 (0.392%) SugarCRM
9 1 (0.392%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 28 (10.98%) MS Excel
2 5 (1.961%) MS Office
3 4 (1.569%) Photoshop
4 3 (1.176%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (3.529%) SAP LE
2 4 (1.569%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.392%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.392%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 61 (23.92%) DNS
2 57 (22.35%) HTTP
2 57 (22.35%) Firewall
3 54 (21.18%) Internet
4 43 (16.86%) LDAP
4 43 (16.86%) TCP/IP
5 42 (16.47%) SMTP
6 15 (5.882%) DVB
7 14 (5.490%) DLNA
8 8 (3.137%) IPv4
8 8 (3.137%) Ethernet
9 7 (2.745%) VPN
9 7 (2.745%) SSL
9 7 (2.745%) IPsec
10 6 (2.353%) 2G
10 6 (2.353%) DHCP
10 6 (2.353%) WAN
10 6 (2.353%) 3G
10 6 (2.353%) OSPF
10 6 (2.353%) BGP-4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (21.18%) MySQL
2 25 (9.804%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (4.706%) NoSQL
4 8 (3.137%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.745%) Big Data
5 7 (2.745%) GIS
6 4 (1.569%) Oracle OWB
6 4 (1.569%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (1.569%) Oracle BI EE
7 3 (1.176%) Data Mart
7 3 (1.176%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.176%) IBM InfoSphere
7 3 (1.176%) Apache Hive
7 3 (1.176%) HBase
7 3 (1.176%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (1.176%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.784%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.784%) Riak
8 2 (0.784%) SQL Server 2008
9 1 (0.392%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 29 (11.37%) Subversion
2 27 (10.59%) Git (software)
3 3 (1.176%) JIRA
3 3 (1.176%) GDB
3 3 (1.176%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.176%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.784%) GCC
4 2 (0.784%) Talend Open Studio
5 1 (0.392%) Selenium
5 1 (0.392%) Rational DOORS
General
1 27 (10.59%) Finance
2 21 (8.235%) Electronics
3 16 (6.275%) Telecoms
4 14 (5.490%) Games
5 3 (1.176%) Retail
6 2 (0.784%) Advertising
7 1 (0.392%) Marketing
7 1 (0.392%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.392%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 87 (34.12%) Developer
2 55 (21.57%) Software Engineer
3 30 (11.76%) Administrator
4 24 (9.412%) Software Developer
5 20 (7.843%) Python Developer
6 19 (7.451%) Consultant
6 19 (7.451%) Systems Administrator
6 19 (7.451%) Systems Engineer
6 19 (7.451%) Linux Administrator
6 19 (7.451%) Test Engineer
7 18 (7.059%) Web Developer
7 18 (7.059%) Senior Developer
8 14 (5.490%) Linux Support
8 14 (5.490%) PHP Developer
9 13 (5.098%) Technical Consultant
10 12 (4.706%) Senior Python Developer
11 11 (4.314%) PHP Web Developer
12 10 (3.922%) UNIX Support
12 10 (3.922%) UNIX Consultant
12 10 (3.922%) UNIX Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 53 (20.78%) Computer Science
2 28 (10.98%) SaaS
3 22 (8.627%) Open Source
4 17 (6.667%) Management Information System
5 16 (6.275%) MPEG
6 15 (5.882%) DTV
7 13 (5.098%) iDTV
7 13 (5.098%) Video on Demand
8 7 (2.745%) Social Media
8 7 (2.745%) Digital Media
9 6 (2.353%) Device Driver
9 6 (2.353%) Clustering
9 6 (2.353%) Mathematics
10 5 (1.961%) Statistics
10 5 (1.961%) Firmware
11 4 (1.569%) Machine Learning
11 4 (1.569%) Physics
11 4 (1.569%) Social Network
12 3 (1.176%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
12 3 (1.176%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 146 (57.25%) Linux
2 65 (25.49%) UNIX
3 53 (20.78%) Windows
4 15 (5.882%) Ubuntu
5 14 (5.490%) Apple iOS
6 13 (5.098%) Solaris
6 13 (5.098%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (3.529%) AIX
8 7 (2.745%) Android
9 6 (2.353%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (2.353%) Windows XP
9 6 (2.353%) Windows 7
9 6 (2.353%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (1.961%) CentOS
11 4 (1.569%) Fedora
11 4 (1.569%) Mac OS X
11 4 (1.569%) Mac OS
12 3 (1.176%) Windows Vista
12 3 (1.176%) MVS
13 2 (0.784%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (25.10%) OO
2 44 (17.25%) Load Balancing
3 41 (16.08%) Software Engineering
4 36 (14.12%) Agile Software Development
5 29 (11.37%) UML
6 24 (9.412%) Web Development
7 23 (9.020%) Software Architecture
8 22 (8.627%) Kanban
9 21 (8.235%) Multithreading
9 21 (8.235%) MVC
10 19 (7.451%) Scrum
11 16 (6.275%) OOA/OOD
12 14 (5.490%) Test Automation
12 14 (5.490%) Test Scripting
12 14 (5.490%) Data Management
12 14 (5.490%) Configuration Management
13 13 (5.098%) DRM
14 11 (4.314%) Signal Processing
14 11 (4.314%) OOP
15 10 (3.922%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 111 (43.53%) Perl
2 86 (33.73%) Java
2 86 (33.73%) C++
3 76 (29.80%) Bash shell
4 75 (29.41%) C
5 61 (23.92%) SQL
6 58 (22.75%) Shell Script
7 54 (21.18%) JavaScript
8 51 (20.00%) PHP
9 35 (13.73%) Ruby
10 29 (11.37%) C#
11 12 (4.706%) CoffeeScript
12 9 (3.529%) PowerShell
12 9 (3.529%) sed
12 9 (3.529%) ECMAScript
12 9 (3.529%) AWK
13 6 (2.353%) Tcl
14 5 (1.961%) PHP5
14 5 (1.961%) VB.NET
15 4 (1.569%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 65 (25.49%) Degree
2 40 (15.69%) Security Cleared
3 37 (14.51%) SC Cleared
4 35 (13.73%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.529%) CNA
5 9 (3.529%) Novell Certification
6 8 (3.137%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.745%) PhD
8 3 (1.176%) ISEB
8 3 (1.176%) RHCE
9 2 (0.784%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 2 (0.784%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.392%) VCP4
10 1 (0.392%) CCNA
10 1 (0.392%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.804%) QA
2 5 (1.961%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.784%) JTAG
System Software
1 39 (15.29%) Postfix
2 38 (14.90%) Sendmail
2 38 (14.90%) qmail
2 38 (14.90%) Squid
2 38 (14.90%) ISA Server
3 13 (5.098%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.137%) Active Directory
5 6 (2.353%) NFS
5 6 (2.353%) Varnish
5 6 (2.353%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.353%) Xen
6 3 (1.176%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.784%) Gluster
8 1 (0.392%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (4.314%) Nagios
2 4 (1.569%) Puppet
2 4 (1.569%) Ganglia
3 3 (1.176%) SolarWinds Orion
3 3 (1.176%) OpenView
Vendors
1 54 (21.18%) Cisco
2 49 (19.22%) Microsoft
3 46 (18.04%) Juniper
4 23 (9.020%) Oracle
5 15 (5.882%) VMware
6 14 (5.490%) Zend
7 8 (3.137%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.353%) HP
9 5 (1.961%) Huawei
9 5 (1.961%) ZTE
9 5 (1.961%) Nokia Siemens Networks
9 5 (1.961%) Siemens
9 5 (1.961%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 5 (1.961%) Nortel
10 4 (1.569%) ESRI
10 4 (1.569%) Adobe
10 4 (1.569%) Apple
11 3 (1.176%) NetScout
11 3 (1.176%) SolarWinds
11 3 (1.176%) Twitter
Bristol, Avon
My client based in Bristol are looking for a Perl / Python Developer to join their established team... The successful candidate will have a strong academic or commercial knowledge...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £22000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
You should possess the below capabilities: * First rate technical skills - technology/language isn't too important - the calibre of your work is * An outstanding academic background - a strong...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + be - bonus, health, pens +
Posted: 19 May 2013
Bath, South West
PHP Developer £45,000 PHP / MySql / Object Orientated Programming / Python I am currently looking for a PHP developer to join a new business on theBatharea... This is an...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cornwall
C++, JavaScript, Ext JS, Python, AJAX, Java - £30k - £40k - Cornwall A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Software Developer to join an award winning and expanding organisation...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Test Engineer (Unix / Linux, Perl / Scripting) - Bristol - 25-40k... The roles will be part of a Scrum team providing functional and non-functional testing, and will involve writing...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25 - £40 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
OO programming (C#, PHP5, C++, VB.NET, Python) Strong SQL programming experience... We are looking for a Developer with experience in Object Oriented (OO) Programming (C#, Java, C++,...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
OO programming (C#, PHP5, C++, VB.net, Python) - Strong SQL programming experience... The successful Developer will need strong C# and SQL programming experience Developer with experience in Object...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Poole, Dorset
Any experience of C / C++, PHP, JavaScript, XML, HTML, Python or Java would be of particular interest. Skills required for the role of Test Analyst / QA Engineer: Scripting...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £26000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Gloucestershire
Strong shell scripting experience coupled with experience/exposure to one of the following: Bash, Perl, Python or Expect * Understanding of routing and switching protocols and associated Cisco/Juniper...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Qualifications and Experience BSc or higher degree in Computer Science or engineering, or equivalent... Good understanding of C++ and C... Experience with the Microsoft development process. Desirable technical...
Proteus Europe
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Therefor ANY knowledge of .Net, Java, C#, Python, C++, Bash, Perl, SQL, etc... People Source specialise in niche technology markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £27000 - £30000 per annum + Outstanding benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
This role would suit a test engineer with 2 - 5 years of experience following a degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering. You must be able to read...
IT Connections
Salary: £25,000 to £35,000
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
You will require a minimum of two years' experience, Toolchain, a very good understanding of C++ / C, experience with the Microsoft development process, understanding / experience of Python would...
ISL
Salary: £35 - £45 per annum + Bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bath, Avon
Essential requirements: 2+ years extensive Python experience within a LAMP environment. Experience with DB servers such as MySQL or PostgreSQL. Experience with a source code management systems such...
Bridge Noble
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bath, South West
Essential requirements: 2+ years extensive Python experience within a LAMP environment Experience with DB servers such as MySQL or PostgreSQL Experience with a source code management systems such...
bridgenoble
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + pension, healthcare, bonus
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bath, South West
They are looking for a Senior Python Developer to join their highly technical team of Python experts... The company is expanding at a fast pace and they are...
bridgenoble
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Good knowledge of quality assurance processes and tools... Interest in emerging technologies and the internet... Experience with automated testing, particularly Robot Framework and behaviour driven development (BDD)... Experience...
Fasthosts Internet Ltd
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum depending on experience plus fantastic benefit
Posted: 23 May 2013