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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 20 February 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Python UK |
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6 months to
20 Feb 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
17 |
21 |
28 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+4 |
+7 |
+12 |
| Permanent jobs citing Python |
16,222 |
15,397 |
12,358 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
10.72% |
8.71% |
7.07% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
19.50% |
15.64% |
13.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
13,257 |
12,725 |
10,573 |
| UK median annual salary |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+9.09% |
- |
+4.76% |
| 10th Percentile |
£33,750 |
£32,500 |
£32,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£95,000 |
£90,000 |
£85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£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 |
83,170 |
98,472 |
93,722 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
54.94% |
55.70% |
53.63% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
68,771 |
82,696 |
80,271 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,000 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+4.00% |
+5.26% |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£29,750 |
£28,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£77,500 |
£76,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
- |
+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 20 February 2019.
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 20 February 2019.
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 |
+4 |
15,156 |
£60,000 |
+4.35% |
3,091 |
| London |
+7 |
9,047 |
£70,000 |
+7.69% |
1,516 |
| UK excluding London |
+4 |
6,901 |
£50,000 |
- |
1,747 |
| South East |
+2 |
2,226 |
£50,000 |
- |
428 |
| North of England |
+16 |
1,278 |
£50,000 |
- |
343 |
| South West |
+12 |
1,077 |
£47,500 |
- |
253 |
| East of England |
-2 |
921 |
£52,500 |
+5.00% |
374 |
| North West |
+16 |
695 |
£55,000 |
+13.40% |
177 |
| Scotland |
+2 |
611 |
£45,000 |
-10.00% |
101 |
| Midlands |
+13 |
584 |
£45,000 |
- |
177 |
| Yorkshire |
+15 |
481 |
£49,337 |
-1.33% |
134 |
| West Midlands |
+27 |
364 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
106 |
| East Midlands |
-4 |
220 |
£42,500 |
-10.53% |
70 |
| Wales |
+21 |
130 |
£47,500 |
+11.76% |
53 |
| Northern Ireland |
-3 |
106 |
£50,000 |
+25.00% |
19 |
| North East |
+49 |
103 |
£45,000 |
+20.00% |
32 |
| Channel Islands |
-1 |
1 |
£60,000 |
-7.69% |
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For the 6 months to 20 February 2019, 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 |
6,323 (38.98%) |
Java |
| 2 |
5,603 (34.54%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 3 |
5,582 (34.41%) |
Linux |
| 4 |
4,908 (30.26%) |
Amazon AWS |
| 5 |
4,797 (29.57%) |
SQL |
| 6 |
4,409 (27.18%) |
DevOps |
| 7 |
3,586 (22.11%) |
JavaScript |
| 8 |
3,513 (21.66%) |
Finance |
| 9 |
3,443 (21.22%) |
Software Engineering |
| 10 |
3,306 (20.38%) |
C++ |
| 11 |
3,078 (18.97%) |
Docker |
| 12 |
3,039 (18.73%) |
C# |
| 13 |
2,766 (17.05%) |
Degree |
| 14 |
2,599 (16.02%) |
Machine Learning |
| 15 |
2,549 (15.71%) |
Ansible |
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| 16 |
2,538 (15.65%) |
Microsoft Azure |
| 17 |
2,443 (15.06%) |
Bash Shell |
| 18 |
2,419 (14.91%) |
Analytics |
| 19 |
2,367 (14.59%) |
Git (software) |
| 20 |
2,283 (14.07%) |
Computer Science |
| 21 |
2,271 (14.00%) |
Jenkins |
| 22 |
2,145 (13.22%) |
Ruby |
| 23 |
2,086 (12.86%) |
Big Data |
| 24 |
2,032 (12.53%) |
Data Science |
| 25 |
1,989 (12.26%) |
Continuous Integration |
| 26 |
1,967 (12.13%) |
Test Automation |
| 27 |
1,827 (11.26%) |
Kubernetes |
| 28 |
1,815 (11.19%) |
Windows |
| 29 |
1,779 (10.97%) |
Puppet |
| 30 |
1,721 (10.61%) |
HTML |
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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 |
5,603 (34.54%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 2 |
4,409 (27.18%) |
DevOps |
| 3 |
3,443 (21.22%) |
Software Engineering |
| 4 |
2,599 (16.02%) |
Machine Learning |
| 5 |
2,419 (14.91%) |
Analytics |
| 6 |
2,283 (14.07%) |
Computer Science |
| 7 |
2,032 (12.53%) |
Data Science |
| 8 |
1,989 (12.26%) |
Continuous Integration |
| 9 |
1,967 (12.13%) |
Test Automation |
| 10 |
1,644 (10.13%) |
Mathematics |
| 11 |
1,595 (9.83%) |
Artificial Intelligence |
| 12 |
1,530 (9.43%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 13 |
1,479 (9.12%) |
Open Source |
| 14 |
1,426 (8.79%) |
TDD |
| 15 |
1,375 (8.48%) |
Scrum |
| 16 |
1,280 (7.89%) |
Microservices |
| 17 |
1,230 (7.58%) |
Configuration Management |
| 18 |
1,158 (7.14%) |
OO |
| 19 |
1,136 (7.00%) |
Business Intelligence |
| 20 |
1,021 (6.29%) |
Visualisation |
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| Programming Languages |
| 1 |
6,323 (38.98%) |
Java |
| 2 |
4,797 (29.57%) |
SQL |
| 3 |
3,586 (22.11%) |
JavaScript |
| 4 |
3,306 (20.38%) |
C++ |
| 5 |
3,039 (18.73%) |
C# |
| 6 |
2,443 (15.06%) |
Bash Shell |
| 7 |
2,145 (13.22%) |
Ruby |
| 8 |
1,641 (10.12%) |
Perl |
| 9 |
1,539 (9.49%) |
C |
| 9 |
1,539 (9.49%) |
R |
| 10 |
1,360 (8.38%) |
Scala |
| 11 |
1,327 (8.18%) |
PHP |
| 12 |
1,241 (7.65%) |
Go |
| 13 |
1,158 (7.14%) |
PowerShell |
| 14 |
566 (3.49%) |
Shell Script |
| 15 |
434 (2.68%) |
MATLAB |
| 16 |
284 (1.75%) |
TypeScript |
| 17 |
229 (1.41%) |
Groovy |
| 18 |
228 (1.41%) |
ES6 |
| 19 |
219 (1.35%) |
Java 8 |
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