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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Python skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Python over the 6 months to 19 April 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Python UK |
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6 months to
19 Apr 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
20 |
28 |
35 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+8 |
+7 |
+34 |
| Permanent jobs citing Python |
16,139 |
12,579 |
12,426 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
9.10% |
7.31% |
6.06% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
16.23% |
13.41% |
11.66% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
13,110 |
10,680 |
10,470 |
| UK median annual salary |
£57,500 |
£55,000 |
£53,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+4.55% |
+2.80% |
+7.00% |
| 10th Percentile |
£34,000 |
£32,493 |
£32,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£90,000 |
£86,250 |
£85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+11.11% |
- |
+2.27% |
Python is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| All Programming Languages UK |
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
99,433 |
93,828 |
106,577 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
56.08% |
54.55% |
52.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
83,625 |
80,109 |
91,971 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
£46,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
+3.26% |
+2.22% |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,000 |
£28,750 |
£28,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£78,750 |
£76,250 |
£75,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£44,000 |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.53% |
+6.25% |
- |
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Python
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Python as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
Python
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Python.
Python
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Python over the 6 months to 19 April 2018.
Python
Top 17 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 2018.
The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location |
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year |
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads |
Median Salary
Past 6 Months |
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year |
Live
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
+6 |
15,108 |
£57,500 |
+4.55% |
2,453 |
| London |
+5 |
7,972 |
£65,000 |
+4.00% |
1,250 |
| UK excluding London |
+15 |
7,966 |
£50,000 |
+11.11% |
1,335 |
| South East |
+12 |
2,564 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
343 |
| East of England |
+11 |
1,627 |
£52,500 |
+16.67% |
281 |
| North of England |
+5 |
1,453 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
246 |
| South West |
+19 |
893 |
£50,000 |
+20.48% |
189 |
| North West |
+9 |
829 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
130 |
| Scotland |
+12 |
691 |
£50,000 |
+11.11% |
85 |
| Midlands |
+7 |
572 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
142 |
| Yorkshire |
+8 |
564 |
£50,000 |
0.00% |
90 |
| West Midlands |
+17 |
330 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
105 |
| East Midlands |
-9 |
239 |
£50,000 |
+25.00% |
37 |
| Wales |
+5 |
124 |
£42,500 |
- |
30 |
| North East |
-34 |
61 |
£42,000 |
+20.00% |
26 |
| Northern Ireland |
+33 |
59 |
£40,000 |
- |
19 |
| Channel Islands |
- |
1 |
£65,000 |
- |
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For the 6 months to 19 April 2018, IT jobs citing Python also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Python.
| 1 |
6,555 (40.62%) |
Java |
| 2 |
6,125 (37.95%) |
Linux |
| 3 |
5,273 (32.67%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 4 |
4,474 (27.72%) |
Amazon AWS |
| 5 |
4,291 (26.59%) |
SQL |
| 6 |
4,131 (25.60%) |
DevOps |
| 7 |
3,577 (22.16%) |
JavaScript |
| 8 |
3,469 (21.49%) |
C++ |
| 9 |
3,288 (20.37%) |
Software Engineering |
| 10 |
3,050 (18.90%) |
Finance |
| 11 |
2,988 (18.51%) |
Degree |
| 12 |
2,952 (18.29%) |
Ruby |
| 13 |
2,808 (17.40%) |
C# |
| 13 |
2,808 (17.40%) |
Docker |
| 14 |
2,760 (17.10%) |
Bash Shell |
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| 15 |
2,728 (16.90%) |
Machine Learning |
| 16 |
2,516 (15.59%) |
Ansible |
| 17 |
2,444 (15.14%) |
Computer Science |
| 18 |
2,401 (14.88%) |
Big Data |
| 19 |
2,316 (14.35%) |
Jenkins |
| 20 |
2,309 (14.31%) |
Puppet |
| 21 |
2,146 (13.30%) |
Analytics |
| 22 |
2,126 (13.17%) |
Data Science |
| 23 |
2,097 (12.99%) |
Continuous Integration |
| 24 |
2,084 (12.91%) |
Perl |
| 25 |
2,049 (12.70%) |
Git (software) |
| 26 |
1,891 (11.72%) |
Test Automation |
| 27 |
1,889 (11.70%) |
Windows |
| 28 |
1,886 (11.69%) |
Microsoft Azure |
| 29 |
1,877 (11.63%) |
Mathematics |
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Python
Co-occurring IT Skills 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:
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| Processes & Methodologies |
| 1 |
5,273 (32.67%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 2 |
4,131 (25.60%) |
DevOps |
| 3 |
3,288 (20.37%) |
Software Engineering |
| 4 |
2,728 (16.90%) |
Machine Learning |
| 5 |
2,146 (13.30%) |
Analytics |
| 6 |
2,126 (13.17%) |
Data Science |
| 7 |
2,097 (12.99%) |
Continuous Integration |
| 8 |
1,891 (11.72%) |
Test Automation |
| 9 |
1,877 (11.63%) |
Mathematics |
| 10 |
1,838 (11.39%) |
TDD |
| 11 |
1,739 (10.78%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 12 |
1,600 (9.91%) |
Scrum |
| 13 |
1,527 (9.46%) |
Configuration Management |
| 14 |
1,484 (9.20%) |
Open Source |
| 15 |
1,299 (8.05%) |
Artificial Intelligence |
| 16 |
1,252 (7.76%) |
OO |
| 17 |
1,121 (6.95%) |
Microservices |
| 18 |
965 (5.98%) |
SDLC |
| 19 |
963 (5.97%) |
BDD |
| 20 |
911 (5.64%) |
Mentoring |
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| Programming Languages |
| 1 |
6,555 (40.62%) |
Java |
| 2 |
4,291 (26.59%) |
SQL |
| 3 |
3,577 (22.16%) |
JavaScript |
| 4 |
3,469 (21.49%) |
C++ |
| 5 |
2,952 (18.29%) |
Ruby |
| 6 |
2,808 (17.40%) |
C# |
| 7 |
2,760 (17.10%) |
Bash Shell |
| 8 |
2,084 (12.91%) |
Perl |
| 9 |
1,770 (10.97%) |
C |
| 10 |
1,707 (10.58%) |
PHP |
| 11 |
1,677 (10.39%) |
R |
| 12 |
1,598 (9.90%) |
Scala |
| 13 |
1,174 (7.27%) |
PowerShell |
| 14 |
807 (5.00%) |
Go |
| 15 |
705 (4.37%) |
Shell Script |
| 16 |
580 (3.59%) |
MATLAB |
| 17 |
258 (1.60%) |
Java 8 |
| 18 |
235 (1.46%) |
Groovy |
| 19 |
193 (1.20%) |
VBA |
| 20 |
182 (1.13%) |
T-SQL |
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