Python Contracts in Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for Python skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Python over the 3 months to 22 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Python England / Yorkshire
Location	3 months to 22 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	18	47	65
Rank change year-on-year	+29	+18
Contract jobs citing Python	149	113	82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire	7.41%	4.05%	2.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category	17.55%	8.88%	6.93%
Number of daily rates quoted	85	89	52
Median daily rate	£420	£450	£375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-6.66%	+20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£365	£360	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£512	£625	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£425	£425	£388
% change year-on-year	-	+9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	0	0
Median hourly rate	£41.25	-	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£41.63	£37.75	£36.50
% change year-on-year	+10.26%	+3.42%

Python is in the programming language skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for programming language skills.

Contract Programming Language Skills Yorkshire
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills	849	1272	1184
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire	42.20%	45.56%	40.29%
Number of daily rates quoted	588	894	801
Median daily rate	£400	£400	£330
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+21.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£300	£305	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£500	£525	£450
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£350
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	+7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted	7	13	15
Median hourly rate	£40.00	£19.30	£35.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+107.30%	-44.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£22.00	£13.13	£20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£42.50	£41.65	£45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£42.50	£37.00	£36.00
% change year-on-year	+14.86%	+2.77%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Yorkshire citing Python as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Programming Languages category.

Job vacancy trend for Python in Yorkshire

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Python in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate trend for Python in Yorkshire

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Python in Yorkshire over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Python in Yorkshire

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python in Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Python in Yorkshire

Python
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire	+36	134	£420	+5.00%	38
South Yorkshire	-2	11	£475	-5.00%	9
North Yorkshire	+9	2	-	-	2
Python England

Python
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 22 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Python also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the Yorkshire region with a requirement for Python.

1	217 (68.03%)	Agile Software Development
2	189 (59.25%)	Java
3	145 (45.45%)	Linux
4	138 (43.26%)	JavaScript
5	131 (41.07%)	HTML
5	131 (41.07%)	Ruby
6	108 (33.86%)	Git (software)
7	103 (32.29%)	Continuous Integration
7	103 (32.29%)	CSS
8	92 (28.84%)	Test Automation
9	85 (26.65%)	PHP
9	85 (26.65%)	Configuration Management
10	77 (24.14%)	HTTP
11	74 (23.20%)	Jenkins
12	73 (22.88%)	Unix

13	65 (20.38%)	Relational Database
13	65 (20.38%)	DevOps
14	63 (19.75%)	Open Source
15	62 (19.44%)	Scala
15	62 (19.44%)	TDD
16	59 (18.50%)	Web Design
16	59 (18.50%)	MVC
17	58 (18.18%)	Responsive Web Design
18	57 (17.87%)	Spring
19	56 (17.55%)	Web Development
20	55 (17.24%)	Puppet
21	50 (15.67%)	JIRA
21	50 (15.67%)	RESTful
21	50 (15.67%)	Bash Shell
22	49 (15.36%)	Symfony

Python
Co-occurring IT Skills in Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	31 (9.72%)	Confluence
2	6 (1.88%)	Tomcat
3	4 (1.25%)	OpenStack
4	3 (0.94%)	Apache
4	3 (0.94%)	Apache Spark
4	3 (0.94%)	nginx
5	2 (0.63%)	Apache Pig
5	2 (0.63%)	Cloud Foundry
5	2 (0.63%)	CMS
5	2 (0.63%)	SAS
5	2 (0.63%)	WebSphere
6	1 (0.31%)	CloudStack
6	1 (0.31%)	Drupal
6	1 (0.31%)	Elasticsearch
6	1 (0.31%)	Oracle SOA Suite
6	1 (0.31%)	SharePoint
6	1 (0.31%)	Tornado
6	1 (0.31%)	WordPress

Applications
1	1 (0.31%)	Microsoft Excel
1	1 (0.31%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
1	1 (0.31%)	MS Visio

Business Applications
1	6 (1.88%)	SAP Oil and Gas

Cloud Services
1	22 (6.90%)	Amazon AWS
2	7 (2.19%)	Google Cloud Platform
3	5 (1.57%)	AWS CloudFormation
4	4 (1.25%)	IaaS
4	4 (1.25%)	Loggly
4	4 (1.25%)	Microsoft Azure
4	4 (1.25%)	Sumo Logic
5	3 (0.94%)	Amazon EC2
5	3 (0.94%)	Amazon S3
6	2 (0.63%)	Route 53
6	2 (0.63%)	Slack
7	1 (0.31%)	Amazon ELB
7	1 (0.31%)	Amazon SQS
7	1 (0.31%)	AWS Lambda
7	1 (0.31%)	Azure Active Directory
7	1 (0.31%)	Google Compute Engine
7	1 (0.31%)	Office 365
7	1 (0.31%)	PaaS
7	1 (0.31%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	77 (24.14%)	HTTP
2	13 (4.08%)	Firewall
3	11 (3.45%)	TCP/IP
4	5 (1.57%)	SSL
5	3 (0.94%)	Internet
6	2 (0.63%)	Kerberos
7	1 (0.31%)	DNS
7	1 (0.31%)	NAS
7	1 (0.31%)	OpenFlow
7	1 (0.31%)	SAN
7	1 (0.31%)	Skype
7	1 (0.31%)	SMS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	65 (20.38%)	Relational Database
2	41 (12.85%)	MongoDB
3	38 (11.91%)	MySQL
4	32 (10.03%)	NoSQL
5	20 (6.27%)	PostgreSQL
6	15 (4.70%)	Riak
7	11 (3.45%)	CouchDB
7	11 (3.45%)	Redis
8	8 (2.51%)	Apache Cassandra
8	8 (2.51%)	Couchbase
9	7 (2.19%)	Oracle Database
10	5 (1.57%)	Big Data
10	5 (1.57%)	RDBMS
11	3 (0.94%)	Data Warehouse
11	3 (0.94%)	Hadoop
11	3 (0.94%)	HBase
11	3 (0.94%)	MariaDB
11	3 (0.94%)	SQL Server
12	2 (0.63%)	Apache Hive
12	2 (0.63%)	Oracle Reports

Development Applications
1	108 (33.86%)	Git (software)
2	74 (23.20%)	Jenkins
3	50 (15.67%)	JIRA
4	44 (13.79%)	Subversion
5	32 (10.03%)	Selenium
6	31 (9.72%)	JUnit
7	26 (8.15%)	Cucumber
8	21 (6.58%)	WebDriver
9	19 (5.96%)	Hudson
10	11 (3.45%)	Maven
11	6 (1.88%)	Grunt
11	6 (1.88%)	PHPUnit
12	4 (1.25%)	GoCD
12	4 (1.25%)	Jasmine
12	4 (1.25%)	SonarQube
12	4 (1.25%)	Sonatype Nexus
12	4 (1.25%)	Vagrant
12	4 (1.25%)	Visual Studio
13	3 (0.94%)	Eclipse
13	3 (0.94%)	Mercurial

General
1	16 (5.02%)	Finance
2	14 (4.39%)	Telecoms
3	10 (3.13%)	Billing
3	10 (3.13%)	Marketing
4	8 (2.51%)	Electronics
4	8 (2.51%)	Games
5	6 (1.88%)	Manufacturing
6	4 (1.25%)	Banking
7	2 (0.63%)	German Language
8	1 (0.31%)	Automotive

Job Titles
1	210 (65.83%)	Developer
2	72 (22.57%)	Java Developer
3	65 (20.38%)	Python Developer
4	41 (12.85%)	PHP Developer
5	30 (9.40%)	Scala Developer
6	29 (9.09%)	DevOps Engineer
7	25 (7.84%)	Tester
8	20 (6.27%)	Automation Tester
9	15 (4.70%)	Architect
10	14 (4.39%)	Technical Architect
11	13 (4.08%)	Software Engineer
12	12 (3.76%)	Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12	12 (3.76%)	Senior Developer
13	11 (3.45%)	WebOps Engineer
14	10 (3.13%)	Full Stack Developer
14	10 (3.13%)	Java Scala Developer
14	10 (3.13%)	Linux Engineer
15	9 (2.82%)	Selenium Automation Tester
15	9 (2.82%)	Selenium Tester
16	8 (2.51%)	JavaScript Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	131 (41.07%)	HTML
2	103 (32.29%)	CSS
3	57 (17.87%)	Spring
4	50 (15.67%)	RESTful
5	49 (15.36%)	Symfony
6	47 (14.73%)	Django
7	43 (13.48%)	HTML5
8	37 (11.60%)	CSS3
9	36 (11.29%)	REST
10	35 (10.97%)	JSON
11	32 (10.03%)	Play Framework
12	29 (9.09%)	Ajax
13	26 (8.15%)	Guice
13	26 (8.15%)	Ruby on Rails
14	25 (7.84%)	Node.js
15	23 (7.21%)	Spring MVC
16	20 (6.27%)	Web Services
17	19 (5.96%)	Hibernate
17	19 (5.96%)	XML
18	18 (5.64%)	RabbitMQ

Miscellaneous
1	23 (7.21%)	Analytical Skills
2	16 (5.02%)	Greenfield Project
3	13 (4.08%)	User Experience
4	11 (3.45%)	Computer Science
5	10 (3.13%)	NHS
6	7 (2.19%)	Enterprise Software
7	5 (1.57%)	Driving Licence
8	3 (0.94%)	Over-the-Top Content
9	2 (0.63%)	Clustering
9	2 (0.63%)	Data Structures
9	2 (0.63%)	Embedded Systems
9	2 (0.63%)	Management Information System
9	2 (0.63%)	Reference Data
10	1 (0.31%)	Algorithms
10	1 (0.31%)	Digital TV
10	1 (0.31%)	IPTV
10	1 (0.31%)	Mobile App
10	1 (0.31%)	Private Cloud
10	1 (0.31%)	Replication
10	1 (0.31%)	Social Media

Operating Systems
1	145 (45.45%)	Linux
2	73 (22.88%)	Unix
3	47 (14.73%)	Mac OS X
4	7 (2.19%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5	6 (1.88%)	Ubuntu
6	4 (1.25%)	Android
6	4 (1.25%)	Windows
7	3 (0.94%)	AIX
7	3 (0.94%)	Embedded Linux
7	3 (0.94%)	Solaris
8	2 (0.63%)	CentOS
8	2 (0.63%)	Windows Embedded Compact
9	1 (0.31%)	CoreOS
9	1 (0.31%)	VMS

Processes & Methodologies
1	217 (68.03%)	Agile Software Development
2	103 (32.29%)	Continuous Integration
3	92 (28.84%)	Test Automation
4	85 (26.65%)	Configuration Management
5	65 (20.38%)	DevOps
6	63 (19.75%)	Open Source
7	62 (19.44%)	TDD
8	59 (18.50%)	MVC
8	59 (18.50%)	Web Design
9	58 (18.18%)	Responsive Web Design
10	56 (17.55%)	Web Development
11	43 (13.48%)	Scrum
12	36 (11.29%)	High Availability
13	31 (9.72%)	Continuous Delivery
14	30 (9.40%)	Data Visualisation
14	30 (9.40%)	Visualisation
15	29 (9.09%)	Mentoring
16	27 (8.46%)	Software Engineering
17	23 (7.21%)	OO
17	23 (7.21%)	OWASP

Programming Languages
1	189 (59.25%)	Java
2	138 (43.26%)	JavaScript
3	131 (41.07%)	Ruby
4	85 (26.65%)	PHP
5	62 (19.44%)	Scala
6	50 (15.67%)	Bash Shell
7	40 (12.54%)	SQL
8	35 (10.97%)	C#
9	16 (5.02%)	Groovy
10	15 (4.70%)	Go
11	14 (4.39%)	Perl
12	13 (4.08%)	C++
13	7 (2.19%)	C
14	6 (1.88%)	ECMAScript
15	4 (1.25%)	Shell Script
16	3 (0.94%)	PL/SQL
16	3 (0.94%)	PowerShell
17	2 (0.63%)	Prolog
18	1 (0.31%)	Korn
18	1 (0.31%)	VC++

Qualifications
1	22 (6.90%)	Security Cleared
2	16 (5.02%)	Degree
3	8 (2.51%)	SC Cleared
4	6 (1.88%)	Master's Degree
5	5 (1.57%)	BC Cleared
5	5 (1.57%)	Computer Science Degree
5	5 (1.57%)	CTC Cleared
6	1 (0.31%)	AWS Certification
6	1 (0.31%)	BPSS Clearance
6	1 (0.31%)	ISEB

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	12 (3.76%)	QA
2	9 (2.82%)	Data Quality
3	5 (1.57%)	Disclosure Scotland

System Software
1	31 (9.72%)	Docker
2	4 (1.25%)	Virtual Machines
3	3 (0.94%)	Active Directory
3	3 (0.94%)	HDFS
3	3 (0.94%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	3 (0.94%)	vSphere
4	1 (0.31%)	Hyper-V
4	1 (0.31%)	KVM
4	1 (0.31%)	VirtualBox
4	1 (0.31%)	VMware ESXi
4	1 (0.31%)	Xen
4	1 (0.31%)	XenServer

Systems Management
1	55 (17.24%)	Puppet
2	43 (13.48%)	Opscode Chef
3	37 (11.60%)	Ansible
4	18 (5.64%)	Salt
5	8 (2.51%)	Kubernetes
6	6 (1.88%)	Nagios
7	4 (1.25%)	ZABBIX
8	3 (0.94%)	Mesos
8	3 (0.94%)	Prometheus
9	2 (0.63%)	Grafana
9	2 (0.63%)	Graphite
9	2 (0.63%)	Hadoop YARN
9	2 (0.63%)	Rancher
9	2 (0.63%)	SCCM
10	1 (0.31%)	SCOM
10	1 (0.31%)	Terraform
10	1 (0.31%)	Tivoli
10	1 (0.31%)	vRealize

Vendors
1	33 (10.34%)	Google
2	20 (6.27%)	Oracle
3	18 (5.64%)	Zend
4	11 (3.45%)	Red Hat
5	8 (2.51%)	Splunk
6	7 (2.19%)	SaltStack
7	6 (1.88%)	IBM
7	6 (1.88%)	New Relic
7	6 (1.88%)	SAP
8	5 (1.57%)	Rackspace
9	4 (1.25%)	Atlassian
9	4 (1.25%)	VMware
10	3 (0.94%)	HP
10	3 (0.94%)	Sun
11	2 (0.63%)	Hortonworks
11	2 (0.63%)	Microsoft
12	1 (0.31%)	AppDynamics
12	1 (0.31%)	Dynatrace
12	1 (0.31%)	MuleSoft
12	1 (0.31%)	TIBCO