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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 24 June 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Python UK |
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6 months to
24 Jun 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
18 |
25 |
35 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+7 |
+10 |
+29 |
| Permanent jobs citing Python |
16,298 |
13,153 |
12,343 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
9.38% |
7.60% |
6.13% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
16.72% |
13.75% |
11.75% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
12,799 |
10,950 |
10,564 |
| UK median annual salary |
£57,500 |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+4.55% |
- |
+10.00% |
| 10th Percentile |
£35,000 |
£32,500 |
£32,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£90,000 |
£87,500 |
£85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+11.11% |
- |
- |
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 |
97,501 |
95,648 |
105,066 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
56.09% |
55.26% |
52.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
81,144 |
80,730 |
90,761 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
- |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,000 |
£28,750 |
£28,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£76,250 |
£75,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,133 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+6.81% |
+5.33% |
- |
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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 24 June 2018.
Python
Top 16 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 24 June 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 |
15,199 |
£57,500 |
+4.55% |
2,344 |
| London |
+6 |
8,272 |
£67,500 |
+3.85% |
1,126 |
| UK excluding London |
+13 |
7,791 |
£50,000 |
+11.11% |
1,353 |
| South East |
+9 |
2,506 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
402 |
| North of England |
+7 |
1,461 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
274 |
| East of England |
+7 |
1,414 |
£52,500 |
+16.67% |
243 |
| South West |
+14 |
991 |
£47,500 |
+13.77% |
196 |
| North West |
+14 |
817 |
£50,000 |
+8.70% |
161 |
| Scotland |
+11 |
741 |
£50,000 |
+11.11% |
86 |
| Yorkshire |
+4 |
592 |
£50,000 |
0.00% |
96 |
| Midlands |
+27 |
533 |
£47,500 |
+18.75% |
102 |
| West Midlands |
+53 |
355 |
£47,500 |
+18.75% |
87 |
| East Midlands |
-26 |
173 |
£52,500 |
+31.25% |
15 |
| Wales |
+15 |
126 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
29 |
| North East |
-28 |
52 |
£42,625 |
+21.79% |
17 |
| Northern Ireland |
+30 |
43 |
£42,500 |
+33.86% |
21 |
For the 6 months to 24 June 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 |
6,700 (41.11%) |
Java |
| 2 |
5,937 (36.43%) |
Linux |
| 3 |
5,330 (32.70%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 4 |
4,460 (27.37%) |
Amazon AWS |
| 5 |
4,458 (27.35%) |
SQL |
| 6 |
4,190 (25.71%) |
DevOps |
| 7 |
3,686 (22.62%) |
JavaScript |
| 8 |
3,517 (21.58%) |
C++ |
| 9 |
3,420 (20.98%) |
Finance |
| 10 |
3,378 (20.73%) |
Software Engineering |
| 11 |
3,052 (18.73%) |
Docker |
| 12 |
2,971 (18.23%) |
Degree |
| 13 |
2,892 (17.74%) |
C# |
| 14 |
2,850 (17.49%) |
Ruby |
| 15 |
2,656 (16.30%) |
Machine Learning |
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| 16 |
2,595 (15.92%) |
Bash Shell |
| 17 |
2,535 (15.55%) |
Ansible |
| 18 |
2,476 (15.19%) |
Big Data |
| 19 |
2,450 (15.03%) |
Jenkins |
| 20 |
2,392 (14.68%) |
Computer Science |
| 21 |
2,287 (14.03%) |
Puppet |
| 22 |
2,283 (14.01%) |
Continuous Integration |
| 23 |
2,181 (13.38%) |
Analytics |
| 24 |
2,158 (13.24%) |
Git (software) |
| 25 |
2,137 (13.11%) |
Perl |
| 26 |
2,075 (12.73%) |
Data Science |
| 27 |
1,986 (12.19%) |
Microsoft Azure |
| 28 |
1,895 (11.63%) |
Test Automation |
| 29 |
1,879 (11.53%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 30 |
1,870 (11.47%) |
TDD |
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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 |
5,330 (32.70%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 2 |
4,190 (25.71%) |
DevOps |
| 3 |
3,378 (20.73%) |
Software Engineering |
| 4 |
2,656 (16.30%) |
Machine Learning |
| 5 |
2,283 (14.01%) |
Continuous Integration |
| 6 |
2,181 (13.38%) |
Analytics |
| 7 |
2,075 (12.73%) |
Data Science |
| 8 |
1,895 (11.63%) |
Test Automation |
| 9 |
1,879 (11.53%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 10 |
1,870 (11.47%) |
TDD |
| 11 |
1,811 (11.11%) |
Mathematics |
| 12 |
1,635 (10.03%) |
Scrum |
| 13 |
1,523 (9.34%) |
Open Source |
| 14 |
1,522 (9.34%) |
Configuration Management |
| 15 |
1,263 (7.75%) |
OO |
| 16 |
1,239 (7.60%) |
Artificial Intelligence |
| 17 |
1,206 (7.40%) |
Microservices |
| 18 |
1,112 (6.82%) |
SDLC |
| 19 |
963 (5.91%) |
Mentoring |
| 20 |
918 (5.63%) |
BDD |
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| Programming Languages |
| 1 |
6,700 (41.11%) |
Java |
| 2 |
4,458 (27.35%) |
SQL |
| 3 |
3,686 (22.62%) |
JavaScript |
| 4 |
3,517 (21.58%) |
C++ |
| 5 |
2,892 (17.74%) |
C# |
| 6 |
2,850 (17.49%) |
Ruby |
| 7 |
2,595 (15.92%) |
Bash Shell |
| 8 |
2,137 (13.11%) |
Perl |
| 9 |
1,805 (11.07%) |
C |
| 10 |
1,636 (10.04%) |
R |
| 11 |
1,628 (9.99%) |
PHP |
| 12 |
1,562 (9.58%) |
Scala |
| 13 |
1,239 (7.60%) |
PowerShell |
| 14 |
994 (6.10%) |
Go |
| 15 |
759 (4.66%) |
Shell Script |
| 16 |
525 (3.22%) |
MATLAB |
| 17 |
256 (1.57%) |
Java 8 |
| 18 |
206 (1.26%) |
VBA |
| 19 |
203 (1.25%) |
T-SQL |
| 20 |
201 (1.23%) |
Groovy |
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