The first table below looks at the demand for Python skills in IT jobs advertised for the York region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Python over the 3 months to 24 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 York region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Python
Rank 40 49 52
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +3
Permanent jobs citing Python 18 11 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 4.327% 2.619% 1.202%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.759% 3.741% 2.165%
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 5
Average salary £32,500 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Programming Languages
York
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
232 294 231
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 55.77% 70.00% 55.53%
Number of salaries quoted 171 225 189
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £26,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,500 £42,000 £56,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Python
North Yorkshire

Python
Jobs Demand Trend

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

York 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 York region.

York Python Salary Trend

Python
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Python across the York region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

York Python Salary Histogram

Python
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 33 (86.84%) XML
2 31 (81.58%) Java
3 30 (78.95%) WebSphere
4 25 (65.79%) Oracle
5 22 (57.89%) Linux
6 20 (52.63%) UNIX
6 20 (52.63%) HTTP
6 20 (52.63%) JavaScript
7 17 (44.74%) SQL
7 17 (44.74%) Adobe
7 17 (44.74%) Tomcat
8 16 (42.11%) LDAP
8 16 (42.11%) JBoss
8 16 (42.11%) Sun
8 16 (42.11%) SAN
8 16 (42.11%) TCP/IP
8 16 (42.11%) Perl
8 16 (42.11%) ITIL
8 16 (42.11%) SOAP
8 16 (42.11%) Internet
8 16 (42.11%) Solaris
8 16 (42.11%) Service Management
8 16 (42.11%) Workflow
8 16 (42.11%) SSH
8 16 (42.11%) Load Balancing
8 16 (42.11%) NAS
8 16 (42.11%) Cloud Computing
8 16 (42.11%) Bash shell
8 16 (42.11%) REST
8 16 (42.11%) Enterprise Storage

Python
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 33 (86.84%) XML
2 30 (78.95%) WebSphere
3 16 (42.11%) SOAP
3 16 (42.11%) REST
4 12 (31.58%) HTML
5 9 (23.68%) Ajax
5 9 (23.68%) jQuery
6 8 (21.05%) CSS
7 5 (13.16%) EJB
8 4 (10.53%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 4 (10.53%) XML Schema
8 4 (10.53%) STL
9 1 (2.632%) LAMP
9 1 (2.632%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 17 (44.74%) Tomcat
2 14 (36.84%) WebLogic
3 5 (13.16%) Apache
4 4 (10.53%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (2.632%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (2.632%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.632%) Amazon AWS
5 1 (2.632%) Amazon SQS
Applications
1 8 (21.05%) InDesign
2 4 (10.53%) QuarkXPress
3 1 (2.632%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 20 (52.63%) HTTP
2 16 (42.11%) LDAP
2 16 (42.11%) SAN
2 16 (42.11%) TCP/IP
2 16 (42.11%) Internet
2 16 (42.11%) SSH
2 16 (42.11%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.16%) SQL Server
1 5 (13.16%) Pentaho
2 1 (2.632%) MySQL
2 1 (2.632%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (2.632%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.632%) SimpleDB
Development Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Mercurial
General
1 8 (21.05%) Publishing
2 4 (10.53%) French Language
2 4 (10.53%) German Language
2 4 (10.53%) Portuguese Language
2 4 (10.53%) Spanish Language
2 4 (10.53%) Swedish Language
2 4 (10.53%) Marketing
3 1 (2.632%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.632%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (42.11%) Linux Engineer
2 15 (39.47%) Senior Linux Engineer
2 15 (39.47%) Senior UNIX Engineer
2 15 (39.47%) UNIX Engineer
3 13 (34.21%) Developer
4 9 (23.68%) Web Developer
5 4 (10.53%) C++ Applications Developer
5 4 (10.53%) Software Developer
5 4 (10.53%) Applications Developer
5 4 (10.53%) C++ Developer
6 3 (7.895%) UI Developer
7 2 (5.263%) Technical Support
7 2 (5.263%) Applications Support
7 2 (5.263%) Administrator
8 1 (2.632%) 3rd Line Support
8 1 (2.632%) Support Analyst
8 1 (2.632%) Systems Administrator
8 1 (2.632%) Analyst
8 1 (2.632%) Senior Technical Support
8 1 (2.632%) Linux Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 16 (42.11%) Cloud Computing
1 16 (42.11%) Enterprise Storage
2 7 (18.42%) Replication
3 3 (7.895%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.632%) New Media
4 1 (2.632%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 22 (57.89%) Linux
2 20 (52.63%) UNIX
3 16 (42.11%) Solaris
4 9 (23.68%) Windows
5 4 (10.53%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.632%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (42.11%) ITIL
1 16 (42.11%) Service Management
1 16 (42.11%) Workflow
1 16 (42.11%) Load Balancing
2 12 (31.58%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (10.53%) Master Data Management
3 4 (10.53%) Data Management
3 4 (10.53%) Information Management
4 1 (2.632%) Web Development
4 1 (2.632%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 31 (81.58%) Java
2 20 (52.63%) JavaScript
3 17 (44.74%) SQL
4 16 (42.11%) Perl
4 16 (42.11%) Bash shell
5 13 (34.21%) C++
6 5 (13.16%) Objective-C
6 5 (13.16%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (7.895%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.632%) VMware ESX
1 1 (2.632%) vSphere
Vendors
1 25 (65.79%) Oracle
2 17 (44.74%) Adobe
3 16 (42.11%) JBoss
3 16 (42.11%) Sun
4 5 (13.16%) Quark
5 4 (10.53%) IBM
5 4 (10.53%) Apple
6 1 (2.632%) VMware
6 1 (2.632%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.632%) Akamai
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