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The table looks at the demand for Python skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Python over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

LinkPython
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank156224
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+68
Matching permanent IT job ads8521610
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.251 %0.807 %
As % of the Programming Languages category2.590 %1.761 %
Salaries quoted6831373
Average salary£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3289891422
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.32 %45.83 %
Salaries quoted2814877127
Average salary£37,500£37,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£34,000

Python
Demand Trend

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

Python Demand Trend

Python
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Python within the UK.

Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Python over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

Python Salary Histogram

Python
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandUp+69840£40,000-
LondonUp+67521£45,000-10.00 %
City of LondonUp+56174£65,000+23.80 %
South EastUp+61119£32,500-18.75 %
South WestUp+9966£37,500-6.25 %
East of EnglandDown-1865£35,000+7.69 %
CambridgeshireDown-1355£33,500+3.07 %
CambridgeDown-1447£33,000+1.53 %
North EastUp+7545£30,000+22.44 %
Tyne and WearUp+5643£30,000+22.44 %
OxfordshireUp+4039£32,500-18.75 %
BerkshireUp+3834£31,000-22.50 %
OxfordUp+2825£32,500-18.75 %
Newcastle Upon TyneUp+2822£34,500+40.81 %
DorsetUp+5520£38,750+3.33 %
HampshireUp+8219£27,000-15.62 %
BristolUp+3919£39,000-2.50 %
NewcastleUp+2918£30,000-14.28 %
BournemouthUp+4317£40,000+6.66 %
North WestUp+9814£31,500+5.88 %
DevonUp+3714£37,500-21.05 %
ReadingUp+513£30,000-25.00 %
ScotlandUp+5611£37,500+50.00 %
ManchesterUp+659£31,500+6.77 %
FarnboroughUp+409£27,000-25.00 %
CornwallNew entry-9£22,500-
EdinburghUp+298£37,500+50.00 %
West MidlandsUp+787£31,000+12.72 %
MiddlesexUp+547£50,000-
HertfordshireUp+357£48,250+37.85 %

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1992 (52.24 %)Linux
2976 (51.40 %)Perl
3691 (36.39 %)PHP
4620 (32.65 %)C++
5610 (32.12 %)UNIX
6568 (29.91 %)Java
7542 (28.54 %)Finance
8496 (26.12 %)Windows
9451 (23.75 %)SQL
10408 (21.48 %)JavaScript
11352 (18.54 %)Degree
12325 (17.11 %)Ruby
13323 (17.01 %)OO
14311 (16.38 %)MySQL
15307 (16.17 %)SQL Server
16303 (15.96 %)C
17279 (14.69 %)C#
18267 (14.06 %)Electronic Trading
19220 (11.59 %)CSS
20206 (10.85 %)XML
21203 (10.69 %)HTML
22192 (10.11 %).NET
23181 (9.531 %)Computer Science
24169 (8.899 %)AJAX
25151 (7.952 %)Oracle
26143 (7.530 %)QA
27135 (7.109 %)Games
27135 (7.109 %)TCP/IP
28117 (6.161 %)Apache
29116 (6.108 %)Mathematics

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1220 (11.59 %)CSS
2206 (10.85 %)XML
3203 (10.69 %)HTML
4192 (10.11 %).NET
5169 (8.899 %)AJAX
698 (5.161 %)Ruby on Rails
792 (4.845 %)ASP.NET
890 (4.739 %)Django
980 (4.213 %)LAMP
1077 (4.055 %)XHTML
1176 (4.002 %)J2EE
1274 (3.897 %)STL
1372 (3.791 %)SOAP
1462 (3.265 %)WebServices
1557 (3.002 %)Spring
1654 (2.844 %)Flash
1751 (2.686 %)Adobe Flex
1848 (2.528 %)MVC
1943 (2.264 %)XSLT
2040 (2.106 %)Hibernate
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1117 (6.161 %)Apache
238 (2.001 %)CMS
334 (1.790 %)Tomcat
420 (1.053 %)MS Exchange
519 (1.001 %)WebSphere Application Server
614 (0.737 %)IIS
713 (0.685 %)SAS
88 (0.421 %)nginx
88 (0.421 %)Flash Media Server
88 (0.421 %)SharePoint
97 (0.369 %)Zope
97 (0.369 %)ArcGIS
106 (0.316 %)Resin
106 (0.316 %)Drupal
106 (0.316 %)WebLogic
106 (0.316 %)WebSphere Process Server
106 (0.316 %)Mathematica
115 (0.263 %)Documentum
115 (0.263 %)Rendezvous
115 (0.263 %)WebSphere Portal
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
181 (4.265 %)MATLAB
254 (2.844 %)MS Excel
319 (1.001 %)MS Visio
415 (0.790 %)Photoshop
513 (0.685 %)Maya
612 (0.632 %)S-PLUS
710 (0.527 %)MS Office
710 (0.527 %)3ds Max
89 (0.474 %)SPSS
97 (0.369 %)Spreadsheet
106 (0.316 %)MS PowerPoint
114 (0.211 %)Quicktime
122 (0.105 %)Simulink
131 (0.053 %)Stateflow
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (0.527 %)Summit
110 (0.527 %)Temenos Globus
23 (0.158 %)FRONT ARENA
32 (0.105 %)RMDS
41 (0.053 %)WebTrends
41 (0.053 %)Endur
41 (0.053 %)Google Analytics
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1135 (7.109 %)TCP/IP
282 (4.318 %)DNS
375 (3.949 %)Internet
453 (2.791 %)SAN
537 (1.948 %)SMTP
635 (1.843 %)Wireless
635 (1.843 %)DHCP
732 (1.685 %)Firewall
831 (1.632 %)HTTP
831 (1.632 %)NAS
924 (1.264 %)VPN
1023 (1.211 %)OSPF
1023 (1.211 %)LDAP
1119 (1.001 %)SSH
1217 (0.895 %)POP3
1217 (0.895 %)VLAN
1316 (0.843 %)IMAP
1414 (0.737 %)Network Security
1414 (0.737 %)FTP
1414 (0.737 %)VoIP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1311 (16.38 %)MySQL
2307 (16.17 %)SQL Server
377 (4.055 %)PostgreSQL
456 (2.949 %)RDBMS
534 (1.790 %)SQL Server 2005
624 (1.264 %)SQL Server 2000
717 (0.895 %)GIS
814 (0.737 %)Crystal Reports
910 (0.527 %)Datawarehouse
910 (0.527 %)Data Mining
109 (0.474 %)MS Access
117 (0.369 %)DB2
125 (0.263 %)OLAP
125 (0.263 %)Oracle 8/8i
134 (0.211 %)SQL Server 2008
134 (0.211 %)KDB
134 (0.211 %)Ingres
134 (0.211 %)InterSystems Cache
142 (0.105 %)WebFOCUS
142 (0.105 %)Oracle 11g
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
180 (4.213 %)Subversion
231 (1.632 %)ClearCase
327 (1.422 %)Visual Studio
417 (0.895 %)TeamCity
515 (0.790 %)Ant
614 (0.737 %)Selenium
79 (0.474 %)Dreamweaver
88 (0.421 %)Git (software)
88 (0.421 %)Eclipse
96 (0.316 %)Mercurial
105 (0.263 %)LabVIEW
105 (0.263 %)ClearQuest
105 (0.263 %)QuickTest Pro
105 (0.263 %)JIRA
114 (0.211 %)LoadRunner
114 (0.211 %)CruiseControl
123 (0.158 %)Bugzilla
123 (0.158 %)JUnit
123 (0.158 %)TestDirector
123 (0.158 %)TestComplete
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1542 (28.54 %)Finance
2135 (7.109 %)Games
384 (4.423 %)Education
479 (4.160 %)Banking
559 (3.107 %)Pensions
655 (2.896 %)Health
749 (2.580 %)Telecoms
833 (1.738 %)Publishing
928 (1.474 %)Marketing
1024 (1.264 %)Front Office
1120 (1.053 %)Aerospace
1120 (1.053 %)Financial Institution
1216 (0.843 %)Advertising
1315 (0.790 %)Investment Banking
1414 (0.737 %)Insurance
1414 (0.737 %)Electric
1414 (0.737 %)Electronics
1513 (0.685 %)Government
1612 (0.632 %)3D Graphics
1710 (0.527 %)Online Games
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1700 (36.86 %)Developer
2146 (7.688 %)Software Engineer
3141 (7.425 %)Programmer
4128 (6.740 %)Administrator
5114 (6.003 %)Support Engineer
6113 (5.951 %)Applications Support
799 (5.213 %)C++ Developer
897 (5.108 %)Linux Engineer
897 (5.108 %)Systems Engineer
994 (4.950 %)Architect
1092 (4.845 %)Systems Administrator
1092 (4.845 %)Senior Developer
1189 (4.687 %)Analyst
1285 (4.476 %)Web Developer
1285 (4.476 %)Software Developer
1384 (4.423 %)Python Developer
1477 (4.055 %)Java Developer
1569 (3.633 %)Applications Support Engineer
1660 (3.160 %)Test Engineer
1757 (3.002 %)UNIX Engineer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1181 (9.531 %)Computer Science
2116 (6.108 %)Mathematics
363 (3.318 %)Fixed Income
452 (2.738 %)Physics
546 (2.422 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
641 (2.159 %)Derivative
731 (1.632 %)Grid Computing
731 (1.632 %)Equities
829 (1.527 %)Replication
927 (1.422 %)W3C
927 (1.422 %)Management Information System
1026 (1.369 %)Multithreading
1125 (1.316 %)Social Network
1219 (1.001 %)Device Driver
1317 (0.895 %)Data Extraction
1415 (0.790 %)Interactive TV
1514 (0.737 %)Client/Server
1613 (0.685 %)Clustering
1613 (0.685 %)Statistics
1710 (0.527 %)DTV
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1992 (52.24 %)Linux
2610 (32.12 %)UNIX
3496 (26.12 %)Windows
4108 (5.687 %)Red Hat Linux
588 (4.634 %)Solaris
647 (2.475 %)Windows Server 2003
738 (2.001 %)Debian
829 (1.527 %)AIX
923 (1.211 %)Fedora
1019 (1.001 %)Ubuntu
1118 (0.948 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1213 (0.685 %)CentOS
1311 (0.579 %)Mac OS X
1410 (0.527 %)SUSE
1410 (0.527 %)Gentoo
159 (0.474 %)Windows XP
159 (0.474 %)Windows 2000 Server
168 (0.421 %)Embedded Linux
168 (0.421 %)FreeBSD
168 (0.421 %)HPUX
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1323 (17.01 %)OO
2267 (14.06 %)Electronic Trading
3107 (5.635 %)Agile Software Development
495 (5.003 %)Disaster Recovery
588 (4.634 %)Web Development
682 (4.318 %)Scrum
773 (3.844 %)BCP
856 (2.949 %)TDD
952 (2.738 %)OOP
1051 (2.686 %)Project Management
1144 (2.317 %)OOD
1243 (2.264 %)Algorithmic Trading
1339 (2.054 %)E-Commerce
1438 (2.001 %)Software Engineering
1531 (1.632 %)Workflow
1531 (1.632 %)Release Management
1630 (1.580 %)Test Scripting
1729 (1.527 %)UML
1729 (1.527 %)ITIL
1828 (1.474 %)Content Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1976 (51.40 %)Perl
2691 (36.39 %)PHP
3620 (32.65 %)C++
4568 (29.91 %)Java
5451 (23.75 %)SQL
6408 (21.48 %)JavaScript
7325 (17.11 %)Ruby
8303 (15.96 %)C
9279 (14.69 %)C#
1076 (4.002 %)Shell Script
1172 (3.791 %)Jython
1259 (3.107 %)VB.NET
1350 (2.633 %)Tcl
1445 (2.370 %)VB
1542 (2.212 %)VBScript
1639 (2.054 %)Erlang
1738 (2.001 %)ActionScript
1837 (1.948 %)VBA
1928 (1.474 %)PHP5
2024 (1.264 %)Lua
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1352 (18.54 %)Degree
234 (1.790 %)PhD
321 (1.106 %)ISEB
418 (0.948 %)Security Cleared
517 (0.895 %)RHCE
610 (0.527 %)RHCT
77 (0.369 %)Postgraduate
77 (0.369 %)PMI Certification
77 (0.369 %)Cisco Certification
85 (0.263 %)MCSE
85 (0.263 %)Microsoft Certification
85 (0.263 %)SC Cleared
85 (0.263 %)ISTQB
94 (0.211 %)CCNA
103 (0.158 %)PMP
112 (0.105 %)CISSP
112 (0.105 %)CCNP
121 (0.053 %)MCP
121 (0.053 %)A+ Certification
121 (0.053 %)CCIE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1143 (7.530 %)QA
25 (0.263 %)WAI
31 (0.053 %)TickIT
31 (0.053 %)ISO9000
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
145 (2.370 %)VMware Infrastructure
237 (1.948 %)Xen
323 (1.211 %)Active Directory
422 (1.159 %)Postfix
518 (0.948 %)NFS
616 (0.843 %)Samba
713 (0.685 %)VMware ESX
713 (0.685 %)Snort
88 (0.421 %)Nmap
97 (0.369 %)Squid
97 (0.369 %)Sendmail
106 (0.316 %)OpenLDAP
106 (0.316 %)qmail
115 (0.263 %)VMware Server
122 (0.105 %)Veritas Volume Manager
122 (0.105 %)Veritas File System
122 (0.105 %)Veritas Cluster Server
131 (0.053 %)Oracle RAC
131 (0.053 %)XenServer
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (0.421 %)Nessus
27 (0.369 %)Nagios
36 (0.316 %)Tivoli
45 (0.263 %)SCCM
45 (0.263 %)Cacti
54 (0.211 %)SCOM
54 (0.211 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
63 (0.158 %)AutoSys
63 (0.158 %)OpenView
72 (0.105 %)Munin
72 (0.105 %)BMC Performance Manager
72 (0.105 %)CiscoWorks
72 (0.105 %)BMC PATROL
72 (0.105 %)MOM
81 (0.053 %)Zenoss
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1151 (7.952 %)Oracle
2107 (5.635 %)Red Hat
386 (4.529 %)VMware
484 (4.423 %)Microsoft
546 (2.422 %)Sybase
644 (2.317 %)Cisco
735 (1.843 %)Adobe
829 (1.527 %)NetApp
923 (1.211 %)Perforce
923 (1.211 %)TIBCO
1021 (1.106 %)HP
1118 (0.948 %)IBM
1217 (0.895 %)Zend
1315 (0.790 %)Symbian
1413 (0.685 %)Google
1511 (0.579 %)Sony
1511 (0.579 %)Yahoo!
1610 (0.527 %)BladeLogic
1610 (0.527 %)Reuters
1610 (0.527 %)Bloomberg