The first table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Bristol region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Perl
Rank - 61 51
Contract jobs citing Perl 0 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol - 0.234% 0.320%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.791% 1.282%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £190 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £323
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +24.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £35.50 £34.50
% change year-on-year
-36.61% +2.89%
All Programming Languages
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
163 253 156
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 31.05% 29.66% 24.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 160 78
Average daily rate £311 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.75% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £415 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 22 12
Average hourly rate £36.75 £32.50 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.07% -14.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.73 £22.00 £20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £41.90 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
Perl
South West

Perl
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Perl across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Bristol Perl Jobs Demand Trend

Perl
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Perl across the Bristol region.

Bristol Perl Daily Rate Trend

Perl
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Perl across the Bristol region.

Bristol Perl Hourly Rate Trend

Perl
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Perl also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Perl.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) Windows

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Perl also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Perl. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Bristol, South West
DevOps Engineer, Automated Systems Engineer, Linux Systems EngineerAutomated Systems Engineer, Linux Systems Engineer My Client has an immediate requirement for an Automated Systems Engineer- Required Skills: Experience operating...
OPUS
Rate: GBP450 to GBP500 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
DevOps Engineer, Automated Systems Engineer, Linux Systems Engineer. Automated Systems Engineer, Linux Systems Engineer My Client has an immediate requirement for an Automated Systems Engineer.
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £450 to £500 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013