The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Python over the 3 months to 17 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 45 62 64
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +2
Permanent jobs citing Python 2 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 0.694% 0.280% 0.701%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.389% 0.433% 1.145%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 2
Average salary £42,500 £57,500 £46,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.08% +24.32%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.75% -
All Programming Languages
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
144 231 262
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 50.00% 64.71% 61.21%
Number of salaries quoted 118 149 192
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £61,500 £50,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
Hertfordshire

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Python Salary Trend

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 14 (87.50%) C
1 14 (87.50%) C++
1 14 (87.50%) Degree
2 12 (75.00%) Java
2 12 (75.00%) Linux
3 10 (62.50%) UML
3 10 (62.50%) Embedded C
3 10 (62.50%) Delphi
3 10 (62.50%) Firmware
3 10 (62.50%) VxWorks
3 10 (62.50%) Handset
3 10 (62.50%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (62.50%) Embedded Software Development
4 4 (25.00%) LabVIEW
4 4 (25.00%) Business Development
4 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (25.00%) Electronics
5 2 (12.50%) Web Services
5 2 (12.50%) Twitter
6 1 (6.250%) Jenkins
6 1 (6.250%) Xen
6 1 (6.250%) Interactive Media
6 1 (6.250%) Blog
6 1 (6.250%) Release Management
6 1 (6.250%) CentOS
6 1 (6.250%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (6.250%) Apache CXF
6 1 (6.250%) Git (software)
6 1 (6.250%) SaaS
6 1 (6.250%) Bash shell

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 2 (12.50%) Web Services
2 1 (6.250%) Apache CXF
2 1 (6.250%) REST
2 1 (6.250%) HTML
2 1 (6.250%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) IIS
1 1 (6.250%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) HTTP
1 1 (6.250%) DNS
1 1 (6.250%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) LabVIEW
2 1 (6.250%) Subversion
2 1 (6.250%) Maven
2 1 (6.250%) Git (software)
2 1 (6.250%) Jenkins
2 1 (6.250%) Ant
General
1 4 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (6.250%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Interactive Media
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Software Developer
1 10 (62.50%) Developer
1 10 (62.50%) Embedded Software Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Technical Support
3 1 (6.250%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (6.250%) 3rd Line Technical Support
3 1 (6.250%) DevOps Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (62.50%) Firmware
1 10 (62.50%) Handset
2 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (6.250%) Blog
3 1 (6.250%) SaaS
3 1 (6.250%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 12 (75.00%) Linux
2 10 (62.50%) VxWorks
2 10 (62.50%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (6.250%) CentOS
3 1 (6.250%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (6.250%) Windows
3 1 (6.250%) Fedora
3 1 (6.250%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) UML
1 10 (62.50%) Embedded Software Development
2 4 (25.00%) Business Development
3 1 (6.250%) Release Management
3 1 (6.250%) High Availability
3 1 (6.250%) E-Commerce
3 1 (6.250%) Configuration Management
3 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (87.50%) C
1 14 (87.50%) C++
2 12 (75.00%) Java
3 10 (62.50%) Delphi
3 10 (62.50%) Embedded C
4 1 (6.250%) Bash shell
4 1 (6.250%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.250%) Perl
Qualifications
1 14 (87.50%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Twitter
2 1 (6.250%) Red Hat
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