The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Python over the 3 months to 23 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 Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 65 47 69
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +22
Permanent jobs citing Python 21 44 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 2.524% 4.772% 0.635%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.605% 8.103% 1.299%
Number of salaries quoted 18 43 4
Average salary £35,000 £42,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.64% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,900 £30,000 £28,800
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £36,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Programming Languages
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
456 543 308
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 54.81% 58.89% 48.89%
Number of salaries quoted 433 505 283
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
Hampshire

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Python across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Southampton Python Salary Histogram

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 29 (72.50%) Linux
2 26 (65.00%) UNIX
3 18 (45.00%) C++
3 18 (45.00%) Agile Software Development
4 17 (42.50%) Perl
5 14 (35.00%) Degree
6 13 (32.50%) C
7 12 (30.00%) Ruby
8 11 (27.50%) ISO 9001
9 10 (25.00%) Oracle
10 9 (22.50%) C#
11 8 (20.00%) PHP
11 8 (20.00%) Red Hat
11 8 (20.00%) Middleware
11 8 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (17.50%) MySQL
12 7 (17.50%) HTML
12 7 (17.50%) Java
12 7 (17.50%) CSS
12 7 (17.50%) Windows
13 6 (15.00%) Solaris
13 6 (15.00%) OO
13 6 (15.00%) WebLogic
13 6 (15.00%) .NET
13 6 (15.00%) Shell Script
13 6 (15.00%) Java EE
13 6 (15.00%) Oracle Linux
14 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
14 5 (12.50%) Windows 8
14 5 (12.50%) Subversion

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 8 (20.00%) Middleware
2 7 (17.50%) HTML
2 7 (17.50%) CSS
3 6 (15.00%) .NET
3 6 (15.00%) Java EE
4 4 (10.00%) jQuery
5 3 (7.500%) Symfony
5 3 (7.500%) CodeIgniter
6 2 (5.000%) XML
6 2 (5.000%) XHTML
6 2 (5.000%) HTML5
7 1 (2.500%) Django
7 1 (2.500%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 6 (15.00%) WebLogic
2 2 (5.000%) Google App Engine
2 2 (5.000%) Force.com
3 1 (2.500%) Confluence
3 1 (2.500%) Drupal
3 1 (2.500%) ColdFusion
3 1 (2.500%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.000%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 1 (2.500%) SunGard Stream Clearvision
1 1 (2.500%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (2.500%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (10.00%) DNS
1 4 (10.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.50%) MySQL
2 4 (10.00%) OLAP
2 4 (10.00%) OLTP
2 4 (10.00%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (7.500%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (5.000%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Subversion
2 4 (10.00%) Git (software)
3 3 (7.500%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (7.500%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (2.500%) JIRA
4 1 (2.500%) Mercurial
4 1 (2.500%) ClearQuest
4 1 (2.500%) ClearCase
General
1 4 (10.00%) Games
2 1 (2.500%) Multimedia
2 1 (2.500%) Electronics
2 1 (2.500%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (40.00%) Developer
2 8 (20.00%) Web Developer
2 8 (20.00%) Applications Developer
2 8 (20.00%) Web Applications Developer
3 6 (15.00%) Systems Support
3 6 (15.00%) Administrator
3 6 (15.00%) Linux Support
4 5 (12.50%) Test Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) Software Developer
5 4 (10.00%) DBA
5 4 (10.00%) Analyst
5 4 (10.00%) MySQL DBA
5 4 (10.00%) Database Engineer
6 3 (7.500%) Microsoft Developer
6 3 (7.500%) PHP Developer
7 2 (5.000%) Programmer
7 2 (5.000%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (5.000%) Software Engineer
7 2 (5.000%) Analyst Programmer
7 2 (5.000%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) Replication
1 4 (10.00%) Statistics
2 3 (7.500%) Computer Science
3 2 (5.000%) Kindle
4 1 (2.500%) Open Source
4 1 (2.500%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.500%) W3C
4 1 (2.500%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 29 (72.50%) Linux
2 26 (65.00%) UNIX
3 8 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (17.50%) Windows
5 6 (15.00%) Solaris
5 6 (15.00%) Oracle Linux
6 5 (12.50%) Windows 8
6 5 (12.50%) Windows 7
7 2 (5.000%) Mac OS
7 2 (5.000%) SUSE
7 2 (5.000%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (45.00%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (15.00%) OO
3 5 (12.50%) TDD
3 5 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 5 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (10.00%) ITIL
4 4 (10.00%) Change Management
4 4 (10.00%) Load Testing
4 4 (10.00%) Test Scripting
4 4 (10.00%) Software Testing
4 4 (10.00%) Analytics
4 4 (10.00%) Web Application Development
4 4 (10.00%) Game Development
4 4 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (7.500%) BDD
5 3 (7.500%) Software Engineering
5 3 (7.500%) Unit Testing
5 3 (7.500%) Information Assurance
5 3 (7.500%) Security Management
6 2 (5.000%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 18 (45.00%) C++
2 17 (42.50%) Perl
3 13 (32.50%) C
4 12 (30.00%) Ruby
5 9 (22.50%) C#
6 8 (20.00%) PHP
7 7 (17.50%) Java
8 6 (15.00%) Shell Script
9 5 (12.50%) SQL
9 5 (12.50%) JavaScript
10 4 (10.00%) PL/SQL
10 4 (10.00%) Bash shell
11 2 (5.000%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 14 (35.00%) Degree
2 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.00%) ISEB
4 3 (7.500%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.000%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (27.50%) ISO 9001
2 4 (10.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (25.00%) Oracle
2 8 (20.00%) Red Hat
3 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.00%) HP
3 4 (10.00%) Google
4 3 (7.500%) Zend
5 2 (5.000%) Salesforce.com
6 1 (2.500%) Northgate
6 1 (2.500%) Atlassian
6 1 (2.500%) NorthgateArinso
6 1 (2.500%) Remedy
6 1 (2.500%) BMC
6 1 (2.500%) IBM
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