The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Python over the 3 months to 22 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 67 55 59
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +4
Permanent jobs citing Python 3 14 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 0.503% 2.389% 0.176%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.949% 3.944% 0.278%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 1
Average salary £25,500 £41,250 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-38.18% +7.14%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.75% -
All Programming Languages
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
316 355 360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 53.02% 60.58% 63.27%
Number of salaries quoted 280 310 293
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
West Midlands

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Python across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Stoke-on-Trent -4 1 £32,500 -21.21%
Tamworth - 1 £18,500 -
Python
West Midlands

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (70.00%) C#
2 7 (70.00%) VB.NET
3 6 (60.00%) Ant
3 6 (60.00%) Configuration Management
3 6 (60.00%) CruiseControl
3 6 (60.00%) JIRA
3 6 (60.00%) Maven
3 6 (60.00%) Ruby
3 6 (60.00%) AccuRev
3 6 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (60.00%) Hudson
3 6 (60.00%) Jenkins
4 5 (50.00%) Degree
5 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
5 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
5 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
5 4 (40.00%) VB
5 4 (40.00%) Java
5 4 (40.00%) SQL
5 4 (40.00%) J2EE
5 4 (40.00%) Oracle
6 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
6 3 (30.00%) T-SQL
6 3 (30.00%) E-Commerce
6 3 (30.00%) Change Management
6 3 (30.00%) Remedy
6 3 (30.00%) Subversion
6 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (30.00%) Change Control

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 10 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (40.00%) J2EE
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Ant
1 6 (60.00%) CruiseControl
1 6 (60.00%) JIRA
1 6 (60.00%) Maven
1 6 (60.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 6 (60.00%) Hudson
1 6 (60.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (30.00%) Subversion
2 3 (30.00%) Mercurial
2 3 (30.00%) Git (software)
3 2 (20.00%) TeamCity
4 1 (10.00%) Bugzilla
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Graduate Developer
1 4 (40.00%) Developer
1 4 (40.00%) Applications Developer
1 4 (40.00%) Graduate
2 3 (30.00%) Release Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Build Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Release Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Software Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (30.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (30.00%) Change Management
2 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (30.00%) Change Control
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) C#
1 7 (70.00%) VB.NET
2 6 (60.00%) Ruby
3 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (40.00%) VB
3 4 (40.00%) Java
3 4 (40.00%) SQL
4 3 (30.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) AccuRev
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle
3 3 (30.00%) Remedy
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft