The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Python over the 3 months to 21 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 144 132 152
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +20
Permanent jobs citing Python 59 49 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.178% 1.086% 0.490%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.386% 2.013% 1.047%
Number of salaries quoted 55 33 20
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £28,100 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £49,000 £41,850
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.75% -
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2473 2434 1911
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 49.36% 53.92% 46.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2157 2194 1721
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
England

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Python across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Coventry -3 22 £37,500 +32.74%
Birmingham -14 18 £29,000 -22.66%
Worcestershire - 10 £32,500 -
Staffordshire -14 4 £32,500 -21.21%
Warwickshire +4 3 £30,000 -15.49%
Solihull - 2 £33,000 -
West Bromwich - 2 £40,000 -
Shropshire - 1 - -
Python
England

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 78 (59.09%) Linux
2 70 (53.03%) CSS
3 65 (49.24%) HTML
4 63 (47.73%) JavaScript
4 63 (47.73%) PHP
5 49 (37.12%) Perl
6 48 (36.36%) Java
6 48 (36.36%) UNIX
7 45 (34.09%) C#
8 44 (33.33%) C++
8 44 (33.33%) SQL
9 43 (32.58%) SQL Server
10 38 (28.79%) Apache
11 37 (28.03%) .NET
12 28 (21.21%) MySQL
12 28 (21.21%) Web Development
13 27 (20.45%) MVC
14 25 (18.94%) HTTP
15 24 (18.18%) Computer Science
16 23 (17.42%) DNS
17 21 (15.91%) jQuery
17 21 (15.91%) Degree
17 21 (15.91%) Django
17 21 (15.91%) NoSQL
18 20 (15.15%) C
19 19 (14.39%) ASP.NET
19 19 (14.39%) XML
19 19 (14.39%) Windows
19 19 (14.39%) Ruby
20 18 (13.64%) Web Services

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 70 (53.03%) CSS
2 65 (49.24%) HTML
3 37 (28.03%) .NET
4 21 (15.91%) jQuery
4 21 (15.91%) Django
5 19 (14.39%) ASP.NET
5 19 (14.39%) XML
6 18 (13.64%) Web Services
7 15 (11.36%) .NET Framework
8 11 (8.333%) DHTML
8 11 (8.333%) XSL
8 11 (8.333%) COM
8 11 (8.333%) Ajax
8 11 (8.333%) WCF
8 11 (8.333%) WPF
8 11 (8.333%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 10 (7.576%) Ruby on Rails
9 10 (7.576%) LAMP
10 9 (6.818%) CSS3
11 8 (6.061%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 38 (28.79%) Apache
2 15 (11.36%) Tomcat
3 11 (8.333%) BizTalk Server
3 11 (8.333%) SharePoint
4 5 (3.788%) Apache Solr
5 4 (3.030%) nginx
6 2 (1.515%) IIS
7 1 (0.758%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.758%) Apache Pig
Applications
1 8 (6.061%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.515%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 11 (8.333%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 25 (18.94%) HTTP
2 23 (17.42%) DNS
3 18 (13.64%) Internet
4 13 (9.848%) DHCP
5 12 (9.091%) VoIP
6 8 (6.061%) TCP/IP
7 4 (3.030%) Network Security
7 4 (3.030%) SAN
8 2 (1.515%) Firewall
9 1 (0.758%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (32.58%) SQL Server
2 28 (21.21%) MySQL
3 21 (15.91%) NoSQL
4 14 (10.61%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (3.788%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.758%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.758%) GIS
6 1 (0.758%) SQLite
6 1 (0.758%) HBase
6 1 (0.758%) Redis
6 1 (0.758%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.758%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (0.758%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.758%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.758%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 9 (6.818%) Subversion
2 8 (6.061%) Git (software)
2 8 (6.061%) Team Foundation Server
2 8 (6.061%) JIRA
3 6 (4.545%) Hudson
3 6 (4.545%) Jenkins
3 6 (4.545%) Maven
3 6 (4.545%) CruiseControl
3 6 (4.545%) Ant
4 5 (3.788%) Visual Studio
5 3 (2.273%) Mercurial
6 2 (1.515%) TeamCity
6 2 (1.515%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 1 (0.758%) Bugzilla
General
1 4 (3.030%) Games
1 4 (3.030%) Finance
2 2 (1.515%) Marketing
2 2 (1.515%) Electronics
3 1 (0.758%) Publishing
3 1 (0.758%) Banking
3 1 (0.758%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 88 (66.67%) Developer
2 34 (25.76%) Web Developer
3 18 (13.64%) Software Engineer
4 13 (9.848%) Software Developer
5 12 (9.091%) Python Developer
5 12 (9.091%) .NET Developer
6 11 (8.333%) .NET Web Developer
7 10 (7.576%) Applications Developer
7 10 (7.576%) Applications Support
8 9 (6.818%) Applications Consultant
8 9 (6.818%) Support Consultant
8 9 (6.818%) Consultant
8 9 (6.818%) Applications Support Consultant
8 9 (6.818%) Python Web Developer
9 8 (6.061%) Analyst
10 7 (5.303%) Administrator
11 6 (4.545%) Front-End Developer
11 6 (4.545%) Front-End Web Developer
11 6 (4.545%) C Software Engineer
11 6 (4.545%) Linux Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.18%) Computer Science
2 17 (12.88%) Open Source
3 15 (11.36%) Mobile App
4 10 (7.576%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (6.818%) Device Driver
6 6 (4.545%) Digital Media
7 5 (3.788%) VLE
8 4 (3.030%) Replication
9 2 (1.515%) IaaS
9 2 (1.515%) Mathematics
10 1 (0.758%) LLPG
10 1 (0.758%) Data Extraction
10 1 (0.758%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.758%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 78 (59.09%) Linux
2 48 (36.36%) UNIX
3 19 (14.39%) Windows
4 14 (10.61%) Android
5 13 (9.848%) Apple iOS
6 11 (8.333%) OpenVMS
6 11 (8.333%) Solaris
7 6 (4.545%) CentOS
8 4 (3.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (3.030%) Debian
9 1 (0.758%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.758%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (21.21%) Web Development
2 27 (20.45%) MVC
3 14 (10.61%) Business Analysis
4 11 (8.333%) OO
4 11 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
5 9 (6.818%) Project Management
6 8 (6.061%) Configuration Management
7 6 (4.545%) Signal Processing
7 6 (4.545%) Web Application Development
8 5 (3.788%) PRINCE2
8 5 (3.788%) Software Engineering
9 4 (3.030%) Digital Forensics
9 4 (3.030%) Waterfall
9 4 (3.030%) PRINCE
9 4 (3.030%) E-Commerce
10 3 (2.273%) Change Management
10 3 (2.273%) Test Scripting
10 3 (2.273%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (2.273%) Change Control
11 2 (1.515%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 63 (47.73%) JavaScript
1 63 (47.73%) PHP
2 49 (37.12%) Perl
3 48 (36.36%) Java
4 45 (34.09%) C#
5 44 (33.33%) C++
5 44 (33.33%) SQL
6 20 (15.15%) C
7 19 (14.39%) Ruby
8 16 (12.12%) VB
9 15 (11.36%) Delphi
9 15 (11.36%) PHP5
10 14 (10.61%) VB.NET
11 11 (8.333%) XAML
12 8 (6.061%) Shell Script
13 7 (5.303%) T-SQL
14 6 (4.545%) ActionScript
15 5 (3.788%) PowerShell
16 4 (3.030%) VBScript
16 4 (3.030%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (15.91%) Degree
2 7 (5.303%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.545%) PhD
3 6 (4.545%) Postgraduate
4 1 (0.758%) ISEB
4 1 (0.758%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.758%) HNC
4 1 (0.758%) EnCE
4 1 (0.758%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.030%) QA
System Software
1 15 (11.36%) Squid
2 10 (7.576%) Samba
3 4 (3.030%) Varnish
3 4 (3.030%) Postfix
3 4 (3.030%) Sendmail
4 2 (1.515%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.758%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (4.545%) Nagios
2 2 (1.515%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.515%) Puppet
2 2 (1.515%) OpenNMS
Vendors
1 16 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.333%) SAP
3 6 (4.545%) AccuRev
3 6 (4.545%) VMware
3 6 (4.545%) Red Hat
4 5 (3.788%) Oracle
5 3 (2.273%) Remedy
6 2 (1.515%) Twitter
6 2 (1.515%) HP
6 2 (1.515%) Cisco
7 1 (0.758%) ESRI
7 1 (0.758%) Mapinfo
7 1 (0.758%) webMethods
7 1 (0.758%) Zend
7 1 (0.758%) Facebook
West Midlands
Ruby Developer x2 (NEW ROLE) Can provide sponsorship! Commutable from: Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Northampton, Warwick, West Midlands. Key words: Ruby on Rails, PHP, Javascript, HTML, Perl/Python.
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
To be suitable for this role a varied background would be ideally, but skills such as the below being desirable: - Internet technologies as a whole - HTML - CSS - PHP -...
ISL
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
My market leading client is looking for a Python Developer to join its team in Coventry. The candidate should have experience in using and programming Automatic Test Equipment...
Experis IT
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Midlands
WEB DEVELOPER - XHTML, HTML5, PHP, CSS, JAVASCRIPT WEB DEVELOPER - XHTML, HTML5, PHP, CSS, JAVASCRIPT ESSENTIAL SKILLS: (X)HTML and CSS JavaScript PHP Apache UNIX, Linux or Mac OS...
Satigo
Salary: £25000.00 per annum + 20 Days Holiday, Pension, Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a new team within this established global software focused business, a leader in their industry and expanding further- They are in...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP35000 to GBP40000 per annum + Benefits: plus Benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013
West Midlands (County)
Helix, EnCase Enterprise - Ideally EnCE certified - Experience of forensically analysing mobile devices, for example Feature phones, Smart phones and Tablets - Network forensics (Netwitness), forensic analysis, mapping devices - Data...
Acumin
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum plus benefits package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced -Net Developer to join an established global eCommerce software focused business, a leader in their industry and expanding further- They...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP35000 to GBP40000 per annum + Benefits: plus bonus and benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
From a technical perspective, candidates will need strong experience working with Unix/Solaris, Oracle and Sybase. Any skills with scripting (Shell or Perl/Python) would be extremely beneficial,...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013