SciPy Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SciPy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SciPy over the 3 months to 23 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

SciPy UK
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	818	842	929
Rank change year-on-year	+24	+87
Permanent jobs citing SciPy	52	71	59
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.058%	0.072%	0.053%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category	0.14%	0.19%	0.14%
Number of salaries quoted	33	67	49
Median salary	£100,000	£77,500	£75,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+29.03%	+3.33%
90% offered a salary of more than	£43,000	£45,000	£38,200
10% offered a salary of more than	£105,000	£120,000	£91,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£29,000
% change year-on-year	-	+55.17%

SciPy is in the industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills.

Software Library & Framework Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills	36508	38298	42245
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	40.97%	38.94%	38.10%
Number of salaries quoted	30684	33260	36138
Median salary	£47,000	£45,000	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+4.44%	-
90% offered a salary of more than	£32,500	£31,000	£30,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,000	£65,000	£70,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£40,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+6.25%	-

SciPy
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing SciPy as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category.

SciPy
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SciPy.

SciPy
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing SciPy over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

SciPy
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SciPy within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+26	45	£100,000	+29.03%	7
London	-4	40	£100,000	+25.00%	6
Scotland	-	6	£42,500	-	2
Edinburgh	-	6	£42,500	-	2
South East	+54	3	£37,500	-	1
City of London	+24	3	£91,250	+30.35%	1
Hampshire	-	2	£32,500	-
Portsmouth	-	2	£32,500	-
Birmingham	-	2	£60,000	-
West Midlands	-	2	£60,000	-
Wales	-	1	£55,000	-
South Wales	-	1	£55,000	-
Surrey	-	1	£45,000	-
Guildford	-	1	£45,000	-
Cardiff	-	1	£55,000	-

SciPy
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT jobs citing SciPy also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for SciPy.

1	96 (97.96%)	Python
2	85 (86.73%)	NumPy
3	68 (69.39%)	Pandas
4	54 (55.10%)	Finance
5	51 (52.04%)	SQL
6	46 (46.94%)	C++
7	39 (39.80%)	Software Engineering
7	39 (39.80%)	Java
8	37 (37.76%)	OO
9	36 (36.73%)	Machine Learning
10	35 (35.71%)	MongoDB
10	35 (35.71%)	Computer Science
11	33 (33.67%)	Mathematics
11	33 (33.67%)	Agile Software Development
12	31 (31.63%)	PhD

13	30 (30.61%)	Big Data
14	29 (29.59%)	Linux
15	28 (28.57%)	TDD
15	28 (28.57%)	Analytics
16	27 (27.55%)	Visualisation
17	26 (26.53%)	NoSQL
18	25 (25.51%)	R
18	25 (25.51%)	Apache Spark
18	25 (25.51%)	Unit Testing
18	25 (25.51%)	Continuous Integration
19	24 (24.49%)	Degree
20	23 (23.47%)	Hadoop
20	23 (23.47%)	Git (software)
21	22 (22.45%)	D3.js
22	21 (21.43%)	Hedge funds

SciPy
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:

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
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	25 (25.51%)	Apache Spark
2	6 (6.12%)	Apache Pig
2	6 (6.12%)	Elasticsearch
2	6 (6.12%)	IPython
2	6 (6.12%)	SAS
3	5 (5.10%)	Tornado
4	3 (3.06%)	Apache
5	1 (1.02%)	Jupyter

Applications
1	7 (7.14%)	Microsoft Excel
2	3 (3.06%)	GNU Octave

Cloud Services
1	8 (8.16%)	Amazon AWS
2	6 (6.12%)	Amazon EC2
2	6 (6.12%)	Amazon S3
3	5 (5.10%)	Amazon EMR
4	1 (1.02%)	Amazon CloudWatch
4	1 (1.02%)	GitHub
4	1 (1.02%)	Google Cloud Platform
4	1 (1.02%)	IaaS
4	1 (1.02%)	Microsoft Azure
4	1 (1.02%)	PaaS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	35 (35.71%)	MongoDB
2	30 (30.61%)	Big Data
3	26 (26.53%)	NoSQL
4	23 (23.47%)	Hadoop
5	18 (18.37%)	PostgreSQL
6	14 (14.29%)	Apache Cassandra
7	7 (7.14%)	Apache Hive
8	6 (6.12%)	Data Mining
9	5 (5.10%)	Data Warehouse
9	5 (5.10%)	Impala
9	5 (5.10%)	Mahout
9	5 (5.10%)	Neo4j
10	4 (4.08%)	MySQL
10	4 (4.08%)	Redis
11	3 (3.06%)	Relational Database
12	2 (2.04%)	Amazon Redshift
12	2 (2.04%)	BigQuery
12	2 (2.04%)	Power BI
13	1 (1.02%)	Blockchain
13	1 (1.02%)	Flink

Development Applications
1	23 (23.47%)	Git (software)
2	17 (17.35%)	Mercurial
3	7 (7.14%)	Jenkins
4	5 (5.10%)	Vagrant
4	5 (5.10%)	Yeoman
5	2 (2.04%)	Maven
6	1 (1.02%)	Bower
6	1 (1.02%)	Team Foundation Server

General
1	54 (55.10%)	Finance
2	18 (18.37%)	Retail
3	17 (17.35%)	Banking
4	15 (15.31%)	Front Office
5	12 (12.24%)	Investment Banking
5	12 (12.24%)	Retail Banking
6	4 (4.08%)	Telecoms
7	3 (3.06%)	Manufacturing
8	2 (2.04%)	Back Office
8	2 (2.04%)	Games
9	1 (1.02%)	Financial Institution
9	1 (1.02%)	Marketing
9	1 (1.02%)	Publishing

Job Titles
1	45 (45.92%)	Developer
2	43 (43.88%)	Python Developer
3	27 (27.55%)	Data Scientist
4	12 (12.24%)	Analyst
4	12 (12.24%)	Data Analyst
5	11 (11.22%)	Technical Analyst
6	7 (7.14%)	Software Engineer
7	6 (6.12%)	Information Analyst
7	6 (6.12%)	Information Risk Analyst
7	6 (6.12%)	Information Systems Analyst
7	6 (6.12%)	MIS Analyst
7	6 (6.12%)	Quantitative Developer
7	6 (6.12%)	Risk Analyst
7	6 (6.12%)	Risk Data Analyst
8	5 (5.10%)	Analytics Manager
8	5 (5.10%)	Consultant
8	5 (5.10%)	Data Analytics Analyst
8	5 (5.10%)	Data Consultant
9	4 (4.08%)	Junior
9	4 (4.08%)	Senior Data Scientist

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	85 (86.73%)	NumPy
2	68 (69.39%)	Pandas
3	22 (22.45%)	D3.js
4	19 (19.39%)	Pyramid
5	18 (18.37%)	Matplotlib
6	17 (17.35%)	Highcharts JS
7	13 (13.27%)	Flask
7	13 (13.27%)	Kafka
7	13 (13.27%)	scikit-learn
8	12 (12.24%)	Django
9	11 (11.22%)	Natural Language Processing
10	6 (6.12%)	Celery
11	5 (5.10%)	AngularJS
11	5 (5.10%)	Cascalog
11	5 (5.10%)	MLlib
12	3 (3.06%)	Elastic Stack
12	3 (3.06%)	React
13	2 (2.04%)	Esper
13	2 (2.04%)	Redux
13	2 (2.04%)	TensorFlow

Miscellaneous
1	35 (35.71%)	Computer Science
2	21 (21.43%)	Hedge funds
3	13 (13.27%)	Algorithms
3	13 (13.27%)	Analytical Skills
4	12 (12.24%)	Derivative
4	12 (12.24%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
5	11 (11.22%)	Fintech
6	8 (8.16%)	Data Structures
7	6 (6.12%)	Greenfield Project
7	6 (6.12%)	Management Information System
8	2 (2.04%)	Fixed Income
9	1 (1.02%)	Digital Media
9	1 (1.02%)	Hybrid Cloud

Operating Systems
1	29 (29.59%)	Linux
2	21 (21.43%)	Windows
3	6 (6.12%)	Unix

Processes & Methodologies
1	39 (39.80%)	Software Engineering
2	37 (37.76%)	OO
3	36 (36.73%)	Machine Learning
4	33 (33.67%)	Agile Software Development
4	33 (33.67%)	Mathematics
5	28 (28.57%)	Analytics
5	28 (28.57%)	TDD
6	27 (27.55%)	Visualisation
7	25 (25.51%)	Continuous Integration
7	25 (25.51%)	Unit Testing
8	19 (19.39%)	Data Analytics
9	18 (18.37%)	Refactoring
9	18 (18.37%)	Statistics
10	17 (17.35%)	BDD
10	17 (17.35%)	Web Development
11	16 (16.33%)	SDLC
12	13 (13.27%)	Data Analysis
12	13 (13.27%)	Statistical Analysis
13	12 (12.24%)	Asset Management
13	12 (12.24%)	Operations Research

Programming Languages
1	96 (97.96%)	Python
2	51 (52.04%)	SQL
3	46 (46.94%)	C++
4	39 (39.80%)	Java
5	25 (25.51%)	R
6	20 (20.41%)	JavaScript
7	18 (18.37%)	C#
8	9 (9.18%)	Scala
9	8 (8.16%)	Bash Shell
10	7 (7.14%)	VBA
11	5 (5.10%)	C
11	5 (5.10%)	Clojure
11	5 (5.10%)	Cypher
11	5 (5.10%)	MATLAB
12	1 (1.02%)	Cython
12	1 (1.02%)	ES6
12	1 (1.02%)	F#
12	1 (1.02%)	Perl
12	1 (1.02%)	Ruby
12	1 (1.02%)	TypeScript