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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 69 74 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Permanent jobs citing Python 2 11 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.280% 1.179% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.519% 2.506% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 0
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Programming Languages
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
385 439 492
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 53.85% 47.05% 58.85%
Number of salaries quoted 333 386 429
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £24,300
10% offered a salary of more than £45,250 £38,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
Yorkshire

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Python Salary Trend

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 Yorkshire 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
Sheffield -3 2 £40,000 +14.28%
Python
Yorkshire

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 10 (83.33%) Linux
2 8 (66.67%) UNIX
3 7 (58.33%) Perl
3 7 (58.33%) Apache
4 4 (33.33%) HTML
4 4 (33.33%) MySQL
5 3 (25.00%) Web Services
5 3 (25.00%) XML
5 3 (25.00%) Shell Script
5 3 (25.00%) Configuration Management
5 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (25.00%) Firewall
5 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
5 3 (25.00%) VMware
5 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity
5 3 (25.00%) Ruby
5 3 (25.00%) Ubuntu
5 3 (25.00%) Bash shell
5 3 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (25.00%) Puppet
5 3 (25.00%) Amazon AWS
5 3 (25.00%) Digital Media
5 3 (25.00%) Web Application Development
6 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
6 2 (16.67%) Hibernate
6 2 (16.67%) Spring
6 2 (16.67%) HTTP
6 2 (16.67%) OOP
6 2 (16.67%) J2EE
6 2 (16.67%) Solaris

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 4 (33.33%) HTML
2 3 (25.00%) Web Services
2 3 (25.00%) XML
3 2 (16.67%) Hibernate
3 2 (16.67%) Spring
3 2 (16.67%) J2EE
3 2 (16.67%) CSS
3 2 (16.67%) JSP
3 2 (16.67%) SOAP
4 1 (8.333%) .NET
4 1 (8.333%) XSL
4 1 (8.333%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 7 (58.33%) Apache
2 3 (25.00%) Amazon AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) MySQL
2 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JUnit
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (25.00%) UNIX Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Linux Administrator
2 3 (25.00%) Administrator
2 3 (25.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 3 (25.00%) Linux Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Java Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Java Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Analyst Programmer
4 1 (8.333%) Programmer
4 1 (8.333%) Software Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Junior
4 1 (8.333%) PHP Web Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Junior Analyst Programmer
4 1 (8.333%) Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Web Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Perl Developer
4 1 (8.333%) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (25.00%) Digital Media
2 1 (8.333%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Linux
2 8 (66.67%) UNIX
3 3 (25.00%) Ubuntu
4 2 (16.67%) Solaris
5 1 (8.333%) Windows
5 1 (8.333%) Apple iOS
5 1 (8.333%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (25.00%) Web Application Development
2 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (16.67%) OOP
3 1 (8.333%) OO
3 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
3 1 (8.333%) Automated Testing
3 1 (8.333%) Scrum
3 1 (8.333%) Time Management
3 1 (8.333%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) Perl
2 3 (25.00%) Shell Script
2 3 (25.00%) Ruby
2 3 (25.00%) Bash shell
3 2 (16.67%) Java
3 2 (16.67%) PHP
4 1 (8.333%) SQL
4 1 (8.333%) C#
4 1 (8.333%) C++
4 1 (8.333%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) VMware
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Key skills: Unix / Linux systems administration skills. Version Control Systems for Configuration Management - Puppet or Chef. Shell Scripting for task automation - Ruby, Perl, Bash, Python etc… Apache configuration.....
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £32,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Responsibilities: *Linux server administration - Red hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS *Java server administration (deploying/managing applications in Tomcat/ Jetty) *SQL Database administration duties (PostgreSQL) *Shell scripting (bash etc) *Automated...
Fruition IT Resources Limited
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013